Kinda a rant… also curious what others think.
I often scroll through Tik Tok and see many “GymBros” discussing taking steroids and testosterone and using it as a means to get bigger in the gym. But what’s ironic is often times I see these same people criticize many for taking Ozempic to lose weight because they think it’s “cheating”. Is it practically not the same thing..? Lol. Double standard.
What do you guys think?
Best advise I’ve seen in weeks.
I'm fully addicted to my phone and it's getting to the point where I want to buy one of those timed safes just to take a break. Social media has been net negative for the world, I think that's pretty clear at this point
I 100% agree. And I think people are figuring this out.
In fact, I was just driving, and a car in frount of me had a hand writing sign in the window saying, “DELETE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA! ITS MAKING YOU CRAZY!”
so clearly people are waking up to the fact that it’s addictive, and bad for you.
I am too,, what is a timed safe
Glad to hear this!
The gym bro subculture has completely embraced semaglutides.
Underground labs that produce steroids, peptides and SARMs are now producing semaglutide.And being it’s a peptide, well gym bros love peptides.
All the trainers are giving it to clients.
The online gymbro influencers are frequently lying about steroid use as well, and lots of them are assholes.
IMHO it’s way safer than cutting drugs like clenbuterol, probably safer than GH though that’s dose dependent, way safer than screwing around with insulin. It’s got way more science behind it than SARMs.
It’s safer than all those things you mentioned, but you need to stay on it to keep the weight off so there is the issue of what it does to you over the long term.
Why would I care about the opinion about a weight loss method of someone who takes steroids, regardless of the actual opinion.
Actually with Ozempic I full-on don't care about people's opinions.
If I mention to anyone that I'm taking it - they say it's gonna cause me problems in the long run, that injecting anything is a bad thing etc, etc. So now I just tell people that I run 5 miles every day and eat nothing but lettuce.
Same here - I have been trying to lose weight for the last 10 years and this has been the only way that has really helped. Yes, I have been exercising and trying to eat properly but no matter what I did, I still couldn’t lose even 5lbs.
The worst is hearing how bad it is for me are coming from my naturally skinny friends who think I’m not trying hard enough. So I’ve stopped telling people I’m on it and I’ve just told them I’m running more or going to the gym more often.
same lol but i still say im on ozempic. Being fat was gonna kill me faster than a hypothetical situation from a weightloss drug in the future. They never even have anything to reply back when you’re like “what’s bad about it?” after saying that it’s bad for you.
Lol, good for you!
Ex pro body builder here, wife on OZ: lots of bodybuilders are low key using OZ and similar to lean bulk or cut for shows. Don’t get it twisted.
Thanks for the transparency!
I have no desire to get worked up over someone’s small mindedness.
It is a medical need for a chemical imbalance. They are uneducated and it’s not my job to teach them or give them a crash course in science or empathy for that matter.
The gym bros who get it, get it. Those who don’t (or don’t want to) are not worth the energy to think about or convince.
You are absolutely right. It just blows my mind how very common this chemical imbalance is. And why is it more prevalent in certain countries more than others.
Gym bros are actually fully supportive of GLP1s. Dieting is really hard! Always looking for assistance in shedding weight.
I’ve seen that and on their pages they call us fatties and the pigs that take it. Well if it wasn’t for us diabetics, fatties and piggies they wouldn’t have it.
Eventually everyone will be on it who does any sort of body building, and eventually they will all shut up.
I know several people taking ozempic from Mexico to diet for shows. They are delusional
Pro bodybuilder here actually looking at taking ozempic for a prep to decrease hunger and make prep a little more bearable! I think anyone ok with steroids and stigmatizing ozempic is an absolute clown. But also I have been seeing more bodybuilders look into it for supplemental help when trying to cut down. It’s pretty readily available through underground labs and much less expensive nowadays. I feel like the shitty side comes less from the people actually in the serious side of the industry, and more from the ig fitfluencer side who wants to stigmatize everything from steroids to eating eggs to eating carbs “at the wrong time of day” 💀💀 Not promoting anything either way just sharing a perspective from the “gym bro” side 🤓
This is refreshing to hear. I definitely think many younger Gym influencers on these social media platforms have a tendency to send the wrong message when it comes to these things.
Pretty funny but not surprising
I can imagine mr TRT HGH Joe Rogan ranting about Ozempic lol
If they’re competing they’re most likely using semaglutide or tirzepatide to cut before the competition in addition to their usual round of steroids. None of them would be the size they are without the steroids so it is absolute hypocrisy.
There isn’t a bigger group of obnoxious narcissistic jackasses on the planet than gym rats though. It’s easy to dismiss the opinions of people who are constant jerks. Ignore them.
It is pointless to care what GymBros think.... of anything.
I’m on ozempic and my husband is on steroids LOL we double dip in our household 🤣
Steriods versus drugs in the way that they are using it is just the difference between legal and illegal in compeition. Weight loss drugs probably should be illegal in competition including Ozempic. For competition, it shouldn't be seen as different. It should be classified in danger levels and they should draw the line somewhere for things that they should and shouldn't allow.
Also if you're considering HGH, don't do it. That shit indescriminately enlarges everything including your heart. You use it long enough, you will DIE. TRT is much safer but talk to your doctor to see if it's necessary. Ozempic is pretty damn safe and under doctor's prescription the risks are low. But talk to your doctor in general, don't take anything without talking to your doctor.
I’m with you,, no difference
Double Standards Abound...
Does that even happen from steroid heads? They take horse drugs to burn the fat off.
I have seen articles on them taking ozempic too.
It's because people who rant about this are invested in the idea that fat people are fat because they are bad, weak, and stupid. They build their identities on the difference between themselves and the people they hate, so if fat people can lose weight with an injection, it threatens their whole worldview. Disregard them.
100% I was hoping someone would point this out.
Plenty of meat heads use juice and ozempic or preferably Monjuaro. This dumb gymrat included
There are so many factors to losing weight that make it immensely difficult. I am a gym freak, a weightlifter and go consistently, and I train HARD. Yet still nothing. I have finally lost 8 lbs which doesn’t feel or sound like much but it’s been impossible even with balanced eating on the cleaner side, as well as a pretty intense fitness regime. I was pre diabetic and insecure and suffering from severe ibs and pain from being overweight. It’s not up to anyone else to decide what’s valid and what’s not. What matters is you’re taking control of your health and your body in a way that is necessary. Fuck what anyone things.
Well, not a very fair comparison. Just taking anabolic steroids will not give you anything but side effects. Taking ozempic without changing your lifestyle will not give you optimal results but is likely to give you weight loss anyway. I've lost weight by changing my lifestyle, not by chemically induced appetite suppression. Do I think taking ozempic is cheating? No. I realized that a lot of people have a hard time finding a direct way out of obesity with so much fitness industry "noise". I mean, too much of "eating clean" thing. What does it even mean?
Hell yeah. That would, in fact, be a double standard.
You lost me at Tik Tok
How is it the same thing? Ozempic makes you loose weight and of course adjust blood glucose level, Ozempic until we fully know the long term side effects is healthier. It was proven that using steroids is harmful. They are just ignorant. But yes, come on guys using Ozempic is kinda cheating. But it is an amazing medicine for now. It is cheating in the sense that, I wish more people who needs it can access it. But it definitely treats a certain condition.
Social media shows you stuff that it thinks will keep you engaged. Often, that’s ragebait. Just don’t engage with it and your life will be better.