Did anyone out there see that programme last night about body builders, it was gross. it was basically about the misuse and abuse of steroids! This guy in the US (!!), pushed so much stuff into his muscles that they became infected and he had to draw out the blood and poison, he was eventually hospitalised and scarred for life. Why anyone wants to look like that is beyond me. What did anyone else think? tinhat2

That guy has seriously messed himself up..it seems a real downward spiral of vanity, obsession, low self esteem and misuse of steroids...

I'd advise anyone who knows someone who is taking them to stop or risk harming themselves...

work with nature, genetics can play a part in it, but oyu can surprise yourself how clever your body is if you know what to do. Steroids is a dangerous path.

I didn't see that, but there was something in the paper last week about guys pumping some kind of oil into their arms to make them swell up - it looked ridiculous, way out of proportion - and i'll bet it's dangerous too!

That was gross, wasn't it?  Hopefully it's just a lunatic fringe.

I saw that a few months ago - i guess they repeated it - with the guy syringing puss out of his arms?  Hard to understand what people are thinking when they do stuff like that.

It's actually so opposite what most people who work out are trying to do - that is, be healthy, look good, enjoy your workouts.

I always assumed people worked out to be healthy, get fit etc.  Guess I was wrong...

That guy has got it totally backwards.  I mean, I love bodybuilding and spend a lot of my free time at the gym, but what drew me to it in the first place was that a strong body and and toned muscles are all about health to me - it's a sign that you're looking after yourself and your health and that you respect your body.  That guy on the tv programme's got a mental health problem.  There's a kind of reverse anorexia that guys who body build get where they have to get bigger and bigger - it's a sickness. 

The simple term is know as SIZE MORPHEA.... not knowing the size you are even when you are told how big you are by others, you always see yourself smaller than what you are?????!

i guess it's related to anorexia, not seeing what you actually look like.