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SETS & REPS: Supplements vs. Steroids?

I have always loved your straight forwardness in your articles. You don't pull any punches and you say exactly what's on your mind. But my question is, how much of the pro bodybuilders gains are due to steroids compared to supplements. The reason I am asking is, I just started working out and I want to know if the supplements they are selling are worth it. Any ideas as to what I should be taking and what is just a waste of money? It drives me crazy to think that the majority of the gains are due to the steroids. Thanks in advance.

Yes, the supplements they may be associated with in the ads, are indeed worth it, but perhaps not because they may endorsing or talking about them, per se! What I mean by this, is once, I was at a seminar with the top 7 pros and several of the people in the crowd kept asking over and over about creatine (this was about 12 years ago when it was new), and since I was the moderator, I just went up and down the panel and asked them all about it, and at that time, none of them said they used creatine.

They did use protein 3-4 x a day in addition to meals. Creatine was new, but the point is, once the pro guys get into the steroid thing heavily, supplements end up making less and less difference. For example, someone injecting 1000mg of testosterone every 10 days is not going to benefit from a prohormone or T-raising agent.

These guys have enough water volume retention from steroids already, without compounding that with creatine. It is the great majority of builders who do not want to use drugs and/or risk fertility and heart side effects or jail, (the Feds just busted up some 26 internet steroid sites), who most benefit from all supplements, including creatine. You do have to accept physiology and biology that the body will not reach or achieve the same development as a steroid user may.

Overall, over a period of 10 years, of on and off use, I believe steroids would account for an increased muscle volume by about 30-40% of the whole body—and this is an immense amount.

posted by Planet Muscle # 10:30 PM

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