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December 10th, 2015 
Awake Goy Like millions of people, I go to the gym several times a week with the hopes of maintaining good health, improve my fitness, and with the pipe dream that one day I’m going to roll out of bed and look like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
However, despite the fact I know today’s society glorifies strength and muscly physiques, I’d always choose cardio over weights. Why? Because my health will always come before my desire to be ripped.
I’m not saying people can’t have both – of course they can – I’m simply referring to how I choose to spend my hour in the gym.
But for some people, the only thing that matters is muscle development; getting hench. Trouble is, most people nowadays live busy lives, and they don’t have the free time to spend in the gym, pumping iron for hours on end.
So, they turn to steroids
Anabolic steroids mimic certain natural hormones found in the body, which regulate and control how the body functions and develops. Due to their similarity to the male hormone, testosterone, they are often used with the desire to improve endurance and performance and stimulate muscle growth.
It is predicted that over 1 million Britons are currently using steroids, with children as young as 13-years-old admitting to abusing the drug. However, when it comes to steroid use, it really is a clear cut choice between health or appearance.
Here, Sky News were able to film two producers of illegal steroids, where they create the substance in a make-shift lab, located in a garage in the West Midlands:
It really does look like a scene from Breaking Bad, but when the money is as high as £20,000 per month, I guess the rewards outweigh the risks… the risk of up to 14 years in prison.
At the end of the video, one of the manufacturers explains how the illegal steroid trade is only going to get bigger. And with an increased obsession with health and fitness in society, it’s possible that this is true.
When the desire to work-out becomes more than just wanting to keep fit, and instead, the individual becomes focused on their appearance and strength, or they feel the pressures of competition, this is when steroids become an easy option, and the fact they’re produced in an unsterilised lab isn’t important.
But what’s it like to live as a steroid user? And more importantly, what’s it like to live with somebody whose looks are so important to them, they’re putting their health at risk? Meet Jenny and Louis:
Although, Louis claims he feels in peak fitness and “on top of the world” – what’s the issue? If his steroids aren’t causing him any bother right now, he should just continue, right?
Earlier this year, 22-year-old, Ryan Harriss from Essex become obsessed with the immediate effects he saw that came with taking steroids. He claimed that seeing his arms and back continue to grow bigger was addictive, and so, he continued to abuse the drug. Six months later, he suffered a heart attack, and nearly died. Now, he struggles to work out, fearing his heart could give in at any moment.
Ryan stated;
“I miss being big, but I couldn’t keep risking my life just for a few extra muscles. If I was to use them again, doctors warned me I wouldn’t last a month, my heart just can’t take them.”
Perhaps Jenny would change her mind if she really knew the dangers of prolonged steroid abuse, because it’s a lot worse than just some swollen nipples, as this video explains:
One industry that is now suffering from the prolonged use of of steroids, is the professional wrestling world. Many wrestlers of the past generations have admitted that steroids were common practice in the locker rooms, in order to maintain their superhero-like physiques.
Last year, James Hellwig, better known as The Ultimate Warrior, passed away at just 54-years-old, due to a heart attack in his hotel. A life of steroid abuse was noted to be behind the tragedy. In fact, in the past decade, the number of wrestlers who have died from cardiac conditions, such as an enlarged heart like fan-favourite, Eddie Guerrero, is startling, as Paul Fahri from The Washington Post states;
“Professional wrestlers of Warrior’s generation (he was 54) have experienced a mortality rate that would be considered a crisis and a scandal if it happened in some other context — say, to football players, race car drivers or boxers.”
For many people, steroids have become a common practice in bodybuilding, when in reality, they are nothing more than an illegal chemical shortcut, which is seriously harmful to the individual’s long-term health.
Just like the manufacturers, it’s about whether the risks against the rewards. There are those that believe injecting an illegal drug that has been manufactured in an unsterile, pop-up lab in some fella’s garage, which can cause acne, baldness, shrinking and life-threatening cardiac conditions, is all worth the extra inches around the biceps.
But at the end of the day, if you think the addiction to your own vanity isn’t worth it, then please, seek help.
Source Article from http://worldtruth.tv/whats-driving-the-worrying-rise-of-steroid-use-in-u-k/
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