Do most professional bodybuilders use steroids?
| by stan olson | October 02, 2007
Yes they do. I would estimate that 100% of all professional bodybuilders use steroids and I would go as far to say that 90% of the athletes that compete at the national amateur level use anabolic steroids. Obviously, few of these athletes are admitting to steroid use, especially at this point in time. Anabolic steroid use has never been more of an antisocial behavior than it is right now, and the stigma is getting worse all the time. Professional bodybuilders have to stand out and say that they denounce the use of the very drugs that helped them achieve their current status or they face serious consequences. The point of being a professional bodybuilder to begin with is that they have reached a level of notoriety that is synonymous with marketability.
Through seminars, posing exhibitions and endorsements, the professionalathlete turns all of his hard work into financial success. All of that is inserious jeopardy if that athlete has been branded with the stigma of using illegaland banned substances to reach their position.
Thus, you will see nauseating hypocrisy in athletes at that level, not onlyin bodybuilding but in many sports where the athletes are idolized by their fansand the general public. Many professional bodybuilders have sincere intentionswhen they condemn the use of anabolic steroids in athletics, as they recognizethe enormous abuse potential for these drugs when placed in the hands of ignorantindividuals. I would criticize their actions further if I could honestly saythat I would not do the same thing placed in their position.
Through seminars, posing exhibitions and endorsements, the professionalathlete turns all of his hard work into financial success. All of that is inserious jeopardy if that athlete has been branded with the stigma of using illegaland banned substances to reach their position.
Thus, you will see nauseating hypocrisy in athletes at that level, not onlyin bodybuilding but in many sports where the athletes are idolized by their fansand the general public. Many professional bodybuilders have sincere intentionswhen they condemn the use of anabolic steroids in athletics, as they recognizethe enormous abuse potential for these drugs when placed in the hands of ignorantindividuals. I would criticize their actions further if I could honestly saythat I would not do the same thing placed in their position.
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