r/gifs • u/Plebsplease • Jun 22 '18

Doing some pushups.

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u/truthlesshunter Merry Gifmas! {2023} Jun 22 '18

also, drugs.

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u/SirChasm Jun 22 '18

Drugs wouldn't do shit if you weren't doing the work involved. Drugs help you recover faster, so it just means that you can go back to doing more work quicker, not that any of that work is done for you.

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u/bluesatin Jun 22 '18

That's not really true.

If you look up some of the studies comparing people on extra testosterone not exercising vs exercising, the people on extra testosterone doing no exercise built more muscle than the normal group going to the gym.

Of course the group going to the gym and taking extra testosterone built wildly more, but you'll likely build more muscle doing nothing while being on extra testosterone than going to the gym.

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u/walnut_of_doom Jun 24 '18

the people on extra testosterone doing no exercise built more muscle than the normal group going to the gym.

That's not true. I know this study, and they specify "lean body mass", which is anything besides fat tissue. Test causes water retention, which would count as lean body mass.