Big Bones, Small Bones, Bodybuilding

The skeleton structure of a person is strongly connected to his strength, muscle size, speed...etc. In bodybuilding it's hard to say what's better - small joints or big joints. Why?

If a person has big bones this usually means that he/she will have bigger muscles compared to a thin/fragile individual. However the person with the larger bone structure will also have bigger waist and since bodybuilding is based on illusion the thin guy may end up looking much better than his/her rival. As far as men are concerned any bodybuilder/fitness enthusiast with under 7 inches wrist has small bone structure. On the other hand anybody with 7.5-8+ inches wrist has large skeleton structure. 

A person with 6' inches wrist and insane genetics would be able to have about 16+ inches arms at a decent (below 12%) BF* At the same time a big boned trainee with 8 inches wrist will have about 18 inches arms. Who is bigger? Well, technically the guy with 18 inches arms. However we all know that in bodybuilding the winner is not the guy with the biggest measurement and the guy with 16 inches arms may actually win. What about strength?

When it comes to strength the guy with big joints has full advantage. Actually I can't think of a single advantage small bones offer when you are a powerlifter. The goal is to push the most weight and having stronger and bigger skeleton gives you an advantage right from the start. A lot of  guys with small wrists have trouble benching. Also small hips can be a problem for squats. The only strength exercise than does not give a fuck about bone size is the deadlift. The reason for that is quite simple - during the deadlift you are not supporting the weight with your limbs but you are rather pulling it towards your entire body. 

Ed Coan, the most famous powerlifter, has 8 inches wrist while some of the most aesthetic bodybuilders out there like Serge Nubret, Vince Taylor and Flex Wheeler have small - 6-6.5 inches wrists. 

Ed Coan - 8 inches wrist 

Vince Taylor (on the right) has really small wrist which gave teh illusion his arms were bigger.

"all the top pros i've met have tiny joints.  when i met Vince, our arms look close to the same size.  but if you saw a pic of me onstage alone, and a pic of Vince on stage alone, you would guess his arms 3 inches bigger at least. 

my wrist is probably 1.5 inches bigger than his, and thats why i was never a great bodybuilder."

  -hazbin (member of Getbig.com and also the guy on the left)

original source 

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It's not about height

Lee Priest 

A lot of people such as Lee Priest believe that the taller guy should have bigger measurements than the short one. It's not true. It's about bone thickness and size. The height of a person does not determine his/her bone size - only length. In other words just because a guy like the 5'4 inches tall Lee Priest has 20 inches (obviously he has been abusing drugs since his creation) it does not mean that a guy who is 5'10 should have 25 inches. No. The measurements of a person are determined obviously by his level of development but also by his bone size. A person who is 6'1 tall with 20 inches arms has 50+ pounds of muscle more than a 5'4 guy with the same arm size.

 So, Lee Priest can fuck off and go heal his Napoleon complex. Truth be told naturally he will be 140 lbs top at his height. He competes at 200lbs. Case closed.

Conclusion: Small joints may be great for bodybuilding while huge joints work better for Olympic weightlifting and powerlifting. In all cases be happy with what you got.

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Dorian Yates On Steroids - Not Telling The Truth

This is a very recent video of Dorian Yates where he talks about steroids. Of course, he does not tell the truth. Here's the actual truth.

Side effects

When asked about the side effects of steroids Dorian just gives acne and a little aggression as an example. However the truth is that the biggest and the most problematic side effect caused by steroid abuse is that your own testosterone supplementation is shut down and you may have trouble having kids and on top of that you may need to continue using steroid forever just to look like a man. Obviously all of this is dependable and for example Ronnie Coleman has 8 children and some of them born later in his career. Does this mean that everyone is safe? Of course not. There is also possibility for liver and kidney damage. The side effects could be much more severe. Just look at Branch Warren - loss of hair and pre-mature aging. Who would want that? However in my opinion the biggest problem is addiction and all the trouble it comes with. 

If we remove steroids the champion is still the champion

This is not true for one very simple reason - not everybody has the same response to steroids. Some people just respond better and get bigger. Gear works for everyone but some people just get freakier. Also the fact that you are a good natural bodybuilder does not mean that your body can handle years of steroid abuse. Dorian Yates had average genetics and great response to drugs. Without them a lot of bodybuilders would blow him away in a natural competition.

The cycle in the magazine presented by Dorian is not real

The cycle presented by Dorian in the magazine he talks about is not real. The pros take much more steroids than they would like you to believe. Much more. Think grams. The cycle presented by Dorian in MD magazine would be enough to build only the lats of the "shadow." Well, if it was hist first cycle then I believe him.

People having kidney problems from Nurofen

It's funny how everybody likes to compare steroids to legal drugs. So what your kidneys can die from abuse of pain killers. Obviously abuse of any drug can cause problems. Does this make steroid harmless? Of course not. It's just a good excuse to say: "Hey, drinking a lot of water can kill you. So, steroids are good. It's all about the dosages." Right to a point but not 100% true.

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The Problem With Steroids

Steroids are always a hot topic and pretty much everybody on this planet who has been somewhat training for more than a few years has at least thought one time about doing the stuff. Yes, I know you googled steroids many times.....so did I.

Nothing in nature can be hidden or lost. Let's take a look at the water cycle (pun intented) for example. Water changes its form but it never disappears. 

Same is true about steroids. Steroids are basically hormones. When you put steroids into your body under any kind or form your male hormone testosterone increases you since this is the hormone responsible for muscle growth and many other things considered "alpha" you get bigger. Nice, right?

You are probably thinking this: 

Professional bodybuilders abuse steroids for decades. I will do just one cycle and gain 10-15 pounds. It's not gonna hurt me.

The problem is this. After you stop using steroids your hormones are back to normal in best case scenario. Most people will even produce less testosterone because when you go on "the juice" your natural production is decreased. However let's say that you are back to normal, no side effects, no nothing. You just gained 15 lbs of pure muscle. What happens next?

Like I said you cannot cheat nature and that's what happens after you go off - you shrink back to what you were prior to injecting that sweet gluteus maximus because your testosterone levels are too low to maintain your extra muscle mass. Doesn't matter who you are, how thick are your bones, how big is your nut. You will eventually shrink. You can't fight nature. You can try but you will always lose. So, what do you do?

Correct. You do one more cycle and then one more and then one more. Eventually you either quit and go on TRT (Testosterone Replacement Terapy) or you use high dosages all the time. Both options sick in my opnion.

The truth about TRT

Today I read on some stupid site how awesome TRT is and how testosterone levels of man decrease with each generation and kids born after 2000 will have the hormonal profile of Pamela Anderson and what not. Bullshit. 

TRT sucks because it's like drug addiction. When you are on you feel good. When you are off you feel like shit and probably look like a girl. Wait, most of the steroids fuckers out there probably would look like a girl without it. So if you want to be injected some synthetic testosterone in your butt while flexing your fake muscles in front of a bunch of fags do your thing. 

Of course I guess if you are old you have "nothing to lose" but that's the actual purpose of TRT - to use it when you need it and not because you were a stupid meat head when you were 20 and now your nuts are the size of Keira Knightley's nipple.

Option number two is to stay on higher doses all the time, like professional bodybuilders. No, they don't go off. When do you think was the last time Branch Warren took a rest from all the drugs? Maybe when people were using Windows 3.11? 

Someone once said to me: Bodybuilding is 70% gay by default. I didn't believe him. Now I do.

When you stay on high doses all year you get the same benefits you get from TRT but this time you add extra kidney and livers stress. Yeah, you big. 

So, in the end of the day steroids become a vicious cycle. You get big but you have to keep them in your system, at least one cycle from time to time, just to keep some of the gains. Don't blame me, blame nature. Nature does not want us to have something for nothing. We always pay for what we do - it may be our health, personal life or whatever but in order to get something in life we always pay some sort of a price.

So while I cannot stop you from using I can just tell you the truth. 

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