"Colin Kelly, a 48-year-old amateur bodybuilder from Hermosa Beach, Calif., says he uses Serostim [a popular synthetic growth hormone] to help him bulk up his physique. He says he gets the drug from middlemen in the black-market pipeline who buy it from AIDS patients.
"'Remember when you were 20 years old and could eat ice cream and cake and stuff, and you never gained any fat? This is what it will do for you,' he says. 'You can eat all that stuff again. It picks up your metabolism a lot, so you take the stuff and you gain muscle mass and lose body fat without even working out at all. It's incredible.
"'It's the fountain of youth in a bottle, so who wouldn't want that?'"
Um ... me. Probably you. Probably most people.
Which brings up a point so obvious that I dont even have to spell it out: the "Juiced" Bodybuilders really have no clue how bizarre their goals and habits are. I mean, I'm all for working out hard and consistently, and eating the best foods while trying to avoid the worst, but when you're to the point that you're taking drugs to create an effect you can't get from exercise and diet, to look more muscular and vascular than nature allows ... that's where normal healthy people draw the line. I'm almost embarrassed to be a part of the bizarre Gym/Workout subculture sometimes.
posted by .:mike 3:32 PM