[Wrecked944]

Livi, what is your opinion of hormone replacement therapy for men? I have a Dr friend who thinks it is the best thing since sliced bread and shoots himself with test. As I said earlier, I find the use of 'roids to be a "first gen" technology and not really appropriate for general consumption. But everything I know about 'roids comes from my years as a bodybuilder and seeing other guys do freakish things to their bodies. So my knowledge base is limited and probably negatively biased. My doctor friend is using much smaller doses than bodybuilders and isn't using anything more exotic than straight test. He's convinced it is "safe" - or at least "relatively safe". But as I said, I come to it with a built in bias. So what's you take?

Oh and regarding Serge and the possibility of having a coronary event...I'd have to assume he is doing lots of aerobics and has to be eating a super healthy diet as well. Otherwise he'd never be able to have the abs and vascularity in the pics (again, speaking as a former gym rat who has BTDT). So wouldn't those things tend to strengthen his cardiovascular system and reduce his chances of having a bad coronary event?

I find that many people assume that bodybuilding is all about lifting weights. My personal experience, however, is that to excel at the sport as Serge has, you have to take a complete approach to your health. It is easy to gain weight. All you have to do is eat. But to gain lean muscle mass with the definition and sculpting of a guy like Serge, lifting weights is just the beginning. You also need to do a lot of cardio, eat a super healthy diet, get enough sleep, carefully monitor your fluids, spend a lot of time working on flexibility to avoid hurting your connective tissues, etc etc etc. I guess I assume everybody knows that. But obviously I'm wrong. Am I the only (former) bodybuilder on Pelican? Hmmm...

So that picture of Serge tells a complicated story. But I guess you'd have to be a bodybuilder to know that.