> They all take insulin to burn it, which is the open secret inside that community. Insulin is a hormone that puts the body into an anabolic (growth) state. T

> They all take insulin to burn it, which is the open secret inside that community. Insulin is a hormone that puts the body into an anabolic (growth) state. The reason body builders use insulin is partly the reason they consume so many calories, they are trying to eat at a surplus so they build mass…the insulin helps build that mass because it enlarges cells and allows them to store the excess calories. Body builders have notoriously gotten larger once they began using insulin. In particular their stomachs have changed significantly from the pre-insulin days, it’s because the insulin doesn’t just effect muscle growth it also enlarges the organs giving the cartoonishly distended stomach. The second reason they use insulin is to promoted recovery (anabolism), after a strenuous workout you have broken down the muscle tissue and after a workout when amino acids/protein is consumed to begin repairing the muscle insulin is used with the idea the insulin will force the amino acids into the muscle tissue faster promoting a quicker anabolic effect (recovery).