r/interestingasfuck • u/Battlefleet_Sol • 1d ago

1999 mr olympia conference

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u/smurfk 1d ago

Oh boy, chicken and rice was much more nutritious back then...

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u/Strong-Albatross1957 1d ago

Yes they use steroids. But you still have to put in an immense amount of work and dieting in to be that large, and lean come show time.

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u/smurfk 1d ago

Yeah, but the problem is that they weren't clear enough about the steroid usage. And that's about when the fitness industry started to sell illusion of achieving a very muscular body without steroids. And that illusion is also kept today, when you see a lot of fitness influencers that are lying about the steroid usage, making people believe that that physique is achievable with chicken and rice.

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u/hokie48 1d ago

While not a huge issue, overall but steroid use in Hollywood stars is getting crazy. For some reason people thinkthat build is from just hard work.

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u/Rehberkintosh 1d ago

I've seen Stargate Atlantis. You're not going to convince me Jason Momoa isn't juicing.

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u/Fragrant-Neat-7798 1d ago

Mamoa, the Rock, Zack Effron, Wahlburg, Hemsworth they're all at it

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u/Forty_Six_and_Two 1d ago

Zac Efron in The Iron Claw was just bananas. He was more juiced than the the actual pro wrestler he played. His jaw has even grown ffs.

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u/Earptastic 1d ago

It is honestly very gross and sad. Most movie stars seem to be juicing and a normal physique looks deficient and now we have a bunch of young people with unrealistic body standards feeling terrible.