“Insulin RUINED Bodybuilding!” Yates & Levrone REVEALED Their Uses
One of the newer controversial substances to enter bodybuilding is insulin a drug that offers benefits to those in need has been transformed into another tool for building muscle fast in the sport however health professionals fear that it leads to major health issues and early deaths in the sport let’s see what some top bodybuilders like yates and lebron have to
Say about the effect of insulin and gh on bodybuilding yates opinion on insulin and steroid use bodybuilding legend and six-time mr olympia winner dorian yates cautioned the younger generations about the dangers of steroid use during his recent visit to a podcast dorian yates spoke about steroid use and its long-term effects in different contexts yates has not
Opposed steroids as a means of staying healthy for older men however he has a different opinion on the rampant steroid use among young people especially those who are not competing athletes considered one of the greatest bodybuilders in history he scored six consecutive mr olympia wins from 1992 to 97 best known for his wide and thick back yates holds wins in 15
Major competitions and second place finishes his sixth mr olympia wins are fifth most in bodybuilding history behind lee haney ronnie coleman arnold schwarzenegger and phil heath since his retirement he has spoken about the downside of steroid use in sports yates told the bodybuilding community that unless you’re competing or over the age of 40 it’s not a good
Idea to use steroids he believes these compounds are used in excess and athletes are becoming ticking time bombs the bodybuilding legend also issued a warning in regard to using insulin for competitions in the past yates revealed that he used steroids for over 12 years and acknowledges the harm they can cause in the wrong hands dorian yates said i tell the people
That i coach and help now and i advise i said look i’m always honest and i tell you the truth yes i used insulin was it positive in my mind no it wasn’t because you would start to lose a little bit of quality not to mention the negative health effects diabetics that use insulin i think have like 10 years less life expectancy so if you’re using insulin and steroids
And other things altogether they’re becoming a ticking time bomb the purpose of bodybuilding is to celebrate healthy living and strengthen the body however many bodybuilders have passed away at a relatively young age over the last few decades dorian yates highlighted this and said your body can’t tolerate this kind of stress as you get older so we’re seeing heart
Attacks and stuff with bodybuilders now in their 40s and 50s it always happened since the 90s there have been a few guys he stated that steroid use has not only increased among people that don’t even compete but they’re using higher doses than even professional bodybuilders used back in the 1990s steroid use comes with great incentives for people in the fitness
Sports and entertainment industry as it enables them to perform their jobs better however a large section of young people and even school-going children are believed to be at least exposed to their use it is also a noteworthy fact that the risk of using steroids outside professional reasons comes with a great risk with minimal or no benefits in the larger context
The 59 year old further stated that steroid use is increasing with each generation yates argued that although it helps with recovery and gains initially there comes a point when they don’t add any value he said i think each generation of bodybuilders is pushing the chemical envelope a little bit more a little bit more what i am told by people that compete or even
Don’t compete they’re just taking it recreationally i said mate you’re taking more than i took for mr olympia you don’t need that dorian yates’s comments might make one think that he is a staunch opponent of steroids irrespective of the circumstances under which they’re used however that is not the case yates explained that steroids or testosterone replacement
Therapies are a great way for older men to lead a healthy life his sole objection to steroid use is aimed at the young generation that resorts to it as the means to make gains and athletes who take more steroids than recommended by medical experts during his time as a competitive bodybuilder dorian yates took his fair share of steroids insulin and other gear yates
Talked about the first time he used steroids saying i used gh during my contest phases the first times i used it were for the 1991 night of champions and mr olympia shows i used 4 iu a day while i was dieting and i can’t say i noticed much difference in adding an in for my off season in 1992 i doubled that to 8 iu per day consistently and saw better results he
Admits that he utilized these substances to create a physique unlike any other during his day but since retiring from competition yates has radically changed his lifestyle he has become a yogi has changed his diet and has downsized tremendously dangers of insulin abuse insulin is a hormone released by the body in the fed state and it tells muscle cells to take up
Amino acids and glucose from the bloodstream by taking extra insulin bodybuilders can increase the rate at which amino acids enter the muscle tissue using insulin in this way is like force feeding the muscles with protein and carbohydrates insulin can also act as a growth factor stimulating muscle growth in a similar way to hgh modern bodybuilders are still chasing
That legendary mass of physique of ronnie coleman but now there are new drugs that promise to bring muscle growth even fast insulin has become to some a necessary element to becoming larger than life bodybuilder bodybuilders who use insulin to boost muscle growth are risking brain damage and death although insulin is banned by the international olympic committee
Doctors believe it is becoming increasingly popular among bodybuilders because it boosts stamina and muscle tone while being virtually undetectable disappearing from the blood in just four minutes samir banut’s opinion on insulin usage samir banut is seeing a trend in modern bodybuilding over the past few decades to be fair it’s a trend we’ve all been noticing for
Quite some time now competitive bodybuilding is becoming more and more about excessive muscle mass pushing the limit on muscle mass is the goal of modern bodybuilding insulin can provide faster muscle growth and has become popular but it can also have much more dire consequences when abused in an interview samir banut argues that the focus on massive muscle above
All else can lead to an impressive physique but that physique will only last in the short term he uses legendary champions like dorian yates and ronnie coleman as examples yes they did both win multiple mr olympia titles in the long term banute isn’t arguing that but what he does believe is that both of these athletes looked phenomenal the first two to three years
As champions then started to look worse samir banut believes that even when used correctly consistent use of insulin leads to short-term success and long-term failures at worst it can lead to serious health issues or even death at its best it will give you two or three years of an incredible physique and then the quality starts to go down he said it’s insulin a
Ruin for modern bodybuilding it’s a ruin for bodybuilding kevin levrone on steroid use kevin levrone was born in 1964 and earned a spot in the ifbb hall of fame he’s competed in nearly 70 contests and won 23 professional shows two of his nicknames are maryland muscle machine and the uncrowned king of mr olympia referring to the fact that he was the runner-up on
Four separate occasions lebron nailed it when he said the bodybuilding industry avoids talking about it but fans and bodybuilders at all levels have no problem asking about it according to him fans wanted to know why the pros avoid the subject of steroids the fans also hoped that their online personal trainer and nutrition supplement manufacturer could step up and
Talk openly about it and maybe start them all rolling now kevin levrone openly admits that he used steroids in order to compete on an equal footing with competitors who were completely on illegal drugs the athlete does not claim that taking steroid hormones was a pleasant aspect of his career he just unlike the hypocrites is not shy about the fact that there is
Doping in bodybuilding he admitted to his steroid usage and has said i did my first cycle of steroids when i was 24 years old almost 25 at six weeks out from my first contest by then i was a grown man and making all my own decisions in all aspects of life since both of my parents had passed away my cousin chico came over to my house with a bottle of testosterone
Cypionate and a syringe and said here you go lebron considered gh to be a game changer as did everyone else at the time he said gh was still fairly new on the scene when i started competing as a pro people made a big deal about it and there was a lot of hype surrounding it when i won the arnold classic in 1996 at 257 pounds i used it twice a day every day for the
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"Insulin RUINED Bodybuilding!" Yates & Levrone REVEALED Their Uses By Bodybuilding Moments
