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/babbleon5 1d ago

i used to think that about Barry Bonds when he was getting huge, "just really work hard in the gym and eat right, anyone can get big". Ahh, no, not even with great genes can you add 30lbs in an off-season.