Definition or Bulk

[Ethanael]

Definition. Bulk can slow you down, if even slightly.

[koto_ryu]

Definition. Bulk can slow you down, if even slightly.

Not entirely so, having more muscle mass can give you more speed and power. It's excessive bulk that can slow you down.

[koto_ryu]

Spot the Juicer!

And here you go bred, from Men's Health March 2003, from the article "Buying Bulk" is the add on "Spot the Juicer!".

HOW TO TELL IF THE GUY IN THE NEXT SQUAT RACK IS NATURAL OR ARTIFICIALLY ENHANCED

SKULL:
Steroids may or may not increase the size of the skull; the effect is more often attributed to human growth hormone, which is sometimes taken in conjunction with anabolic steroids.

SKIN:
Bodybuilders' skin sometimes take on a reddish glow, since steroids cause water retention, which raises blood pressure. One writer described 'roided bodybuilders as resembling walking erections, "all veiny and red."

DELTOIDS, TRAPS:
Supersized muscles surrounding the shoulders -- trapezius, lats, pectorals, deltoids, biceps, and triceps -- are a good clue Mr. Needle has been introduced to Mr. Buttock. The trapezius especially tends to get swollen out of proportion. Even if the lower body is normal size, upper-body muscles tend to be inflated.

(And considering a few threads ago you didn't even know where the upper trap was (http://www.defend.net/deluxeforums/s...ad.php?t=14164), I seriously doubt you can claim to have a lot of knowledge on how to train it up.)

CHEST:
One of the few consistent results of steroid studies is an increase in bench-press strength. When an experienced lifter makes sudden, dramatic strength gains, assume pharmalogical intervention.

BACK:
Upper-body acne is a common side effect in adults using steroids.

NIPPLES:
By any other name, gynecomastia is a bitch. Steroid-induced breast tissue can only be removed surgically.

LATS:
Lifters can increase muscle mass by up to 25 percent with 10 weeks of steroid use, so stretch marks on biceps and pectorals are common.

FOREARMS:
This is anecdotal, but some have observed that the best natural bodybuilders have a thick bone structure. When you see a guy with huge forearm muscles rising off of relatively small bones, it's a pretty good sign he's been hitting the Vitamin S.

BICEPS:
Another way to tell the difference between natural and unnatural lifters: The juicers look as if they have more muscle fibers as well as bigger fibers. Steroids seem to trigger a process called hyperplasia, in which the body produces new muscle cells.

ABS:
Steroids help reduce body fat even as they promote muscle growth. A guy who gains a lot of muscle quickly without steroids will also tend to add fat. Only a juicer can get substantially bigger in the chest and shoulders while losing fat from his waist.

HANDS:
Sportswriters are fond of saying steroids won't help you hit a fastball. But, since testosterone regulates the nervous system, steroids are thought to increase quickness by decreasing reaction time. Next stop, McCovey Cove.

THIGHS:
Anabolic steroids don't reduce inflammation, but they can help torn muscles recover their strength. On the other hand, corticosteroids, which are commonly used to reduce inflammation quickly, can cause damage to a muscle's structure and tissue regrowth.

KNEES:
Sports-medicine physicians have long suspected that steroids damage tendons and ligaments. Animal studies from the 80s show that the damage to joints begin within a few days of steroid use, and that exercise combined with steroid use makes it worse. The lab animals ended up with stiffer, weaker tendons.

(And weak tendons dramatically decrease your strength, hence why Ronnie can't lift as much as men half his size.)

TESTICLES:
With artificial testosterone injected into your body, your testicles don't need to make your own, so the assembly line shuts down, and the testes shrink.

PENIS:
Waldo goes wild, even while his two nutty friends turn into shrinking violets. Steroid users often develop voracious sexual appetites (despite the fact that they're actually producing less sperm), along with feelings of euphoria and boundless energy.

[koto_ryu]

Not entirely so, having more muscle mass can give you more speed and power. It's excessive bulk that can slow you down.

As an add on to this, the best way to add bulk without going overboard is to train for functional strength. You'll put on muscle a bit slower than those training for size, but there'll be a lot of power in those guns of yours. Slow-count calisthenics (i.e. dips, pullups, pushups) for 30 seconds up and 30 seconds down break down your II fibers and allow you to gain size as well as strength, as does a few other tricks: starting from the negative in some exercises (squats, bench press, etc.), thick bar training, explosive lifts, doubles or singles (but only for the advanced lifter), free weights, awkward object lifting (sandbags, barrels, kegs, logs, etc.), gripwork, 5x5 system, and even outdoor work like chopping wood and sledgehammers (good example is Ross from rossboxing.com).

[Broadsword2004]

Okay, since you mentioned the sexual part, this just popped into my head, but let's say you're a soldier in combat and are being shot at and a bullet sheans right under your groin and basically sheans your testicles clear off, and that's that. Now assuming you can get medical treatment and live (because the vein flowing through that area is so large, you can easily bleed to death), can taking steroids allow you to live a normal sex life afterwards, aside from that you won't make sperm??

Because the testicles make sperm, but the prostate gland and a few other glands make the seminal fluid itself which mixes with the semen prior to an ejaculation; so theoretically, could a man who lost his testicles still live a sex life by taking steroids to simulate the testicle testorone levels, because he can still ejaculate fluid, just he has no semen to provide??

Weird question I know, but I am curious.

[koto_ryu]

Because the testicles make sperm, but the prostate gland and a few other glands make the seminal fluid itself which mixes with the semen prior to an ejaculation; so theoretically, could a man who lost his testicles still live a sex life by taking steroids to simulate the testicle testorone levels, because he can still ejaculate fluid, just he has no semen to provide??

If you check out "castration" on Wikipedia (cause that's basically what it would be), they say they have a much reduced or virtually nonexistent sex drive though they can still do what they have to do, they just don't create semen.

[Broadsword2004]

How do steroids, if they are synthetic testerone, increase the sex drive when taken, but do not "bring it back" if the testicles themselves are gone if taken in proper quantities, then?

(by the way, I think you can surgically implant testicles into castrated guys, but good luck finding a doner if you need one!! )

[HtTKar]

Broadsword, I this may be way off topic. And besides, how excited does a man really have to be to have sex anyway? I mean what chance is there that any man would turn down really good sex, whether he was in the mood or not? Viagra probably would work better than any synthetic testosterone. Look at Hugh hefner; He's still having sex. It all depends on the woman (or beer-goggles), thats it.

[Broadsword2004]

true....some people lose the drive though and that's that, it is okay with them. Other men lose the sex drive and are like, "Hell no, I want it back!!" So it depends.

[Tom Yum]

I'm a good enough size, 16 1/2" biceps and a good sized chest with around a size 28-30 waist.

Oh yeah, what's your cup size

[koto_ryu]

Oh yeah, what's your cup size

I've got a baby dick It's a foot long and 8lbs, 6oz

[Tom Yum]

I've got a baby dick It's a foot long and 8lbs, 6oz

Wow, that exceeds Kinsey's statistics.

Must be tough finding grappling partners...lol