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2005-06-18, 02:29
Jag scannade in ett utdrag ur en intervjuv med Mike Matarazzo från senaste Flex. Han vara bara 38 år gammal när han genomgick en akut hjärtoperation. ´Den kanske kan få någon att ändra sina åsikter om doping
Oh, god where do I begin I´d have to say that everything that led to my heart problem began the minute i started to getting seriuos about competetive bodybuilding. In order to get bigger, I´d eat five, six, seven pounds of red meat a day, no vegetables. And I´d stay away from fruits because of their sugar.
Worst were the chemicals. I have so many memories of being alone in a hotel room the week, five days or two days before a contest, and doing unspeakable things to my body - stereoids, growth hormones, diuretics - anything and everything that we bodybuilders do to achive a certain look. The greatest danger, though , is that while dieting and training stay the same through the years, there´s a compulsion to experimente more wildly with chemicals. Every day, guys are on the phone asking who´s using what, where are they getting it, how are they mixing it? There are guys out there who are being paid big money by pros to mix special concoctions for them. I remember being all over the world, a few nights before a contest, putting chemicals into my body, knowing I was hurting myself, but I did whatever it took to attain l "look."
If i could go backin time, these things never would have happened. I would have gone back to driving a truck. I have no doubt in my mind that the primary cause of my problem - the biggest thing- was the chemicals. It was the steroids, the growth hormones, the diuretics. We take Cytomel to lose fat, knowing it´s an incredibly powerful thyroid drug, and that´s only one of the many, many drugs out there taken by everyone, from amateurs to the highest level in the world. I wouldn´t in a million years change the aspects about bodybuilding, but there´s the one aspecyt I´d discontinue if I had a second chance.
What should those who still have a second chance do about it?
Put it away. Only a handful of men on this planet make barely a decent living at bodybuilding. I happend to be one who did for 15 years, but I probably took 20 years off my life. No amount of money in the world is worth that. I´d rather go back in time and get a ninte to five job and live to a ripe old age, like my grandfather.
There´s no way you can do those things and guarantee safety. It´s imossible. Furthermore, I was on the lighter end of the scale of doing things to myself. I had oppertúnities to do a lot more to myself chemically, but I didn´t;yet, I still got hurt. I never did insulin, but guys these days are doing insulin like it´s water. Some take a shot with every meal. That´s insane, and it´s the luck of the draw whether it´ll hurt you or the next guy. I took that gamable and lost in every way. Physically, I´m completely limited. Financilly, I´m pretty close to ruined. Emotionally, it made a guy like me - whose only fear in life was the loss of my mother and father - afraid of every little ache and pain. I´m afraid I´m not going to be here to enjoy another sunrise, or enjoy another day of laughter with my fiancée - all those little things people take for granted. That wears on me.
It has affected my whole life, so to all those guys who are on an eternal quest to have 21" arms and 20" calves, and who are so vain about their never say die attitude, I say, "Change your attitude" Worry aboút keeping that body of yours as healthy as possible, because it´s going to have to last you not just through your next contest or to the end of your bofybuilding contract, but fór a long time. And a long time for a human being is nothing. It goes by quicker when your health is gone and you have nothing to stand on.
Oh, god where do I begin I´d have to say that everything that led to my heart problem began the minute i started to getting seriuos about competetive bodybuilding. In order to get bigger, I´d eat five, six, seven pounds of red meat a day, no vegetables. And I´d stay away from fruits because of their sugar.
Worst were the chemicals. I have so many memories of being alone in a hotel room the week, five days or two days before a contest, and doing unspeakable things to my body - stereoids, growth hormones, diuretics - anything and everything that we bodybuilders do to achive a certain look. The greatest danger, though , is that while dieting and training stay the same through the years, there´s a compulsion to experimente more wildly with chemicals. Every day, guys are on the phone asking who´s using what, where are they getting it, how are they mixing it? There are guys out there who are being paid big money by pros to mix special concoctions for them. I remember being all over the world, a few nights before a contest, putting chemicals into my body, knowing I was hurting myself, but I did whatever it took to attain l "look."
If i could go backin time, these things never would have happened. I would have gone back to driving a truck. I have no doubt in my mind that the primary cause of my problem - the biggest thing- was the chemicals. It was the steroids, the growth hormones, the diuretics. We take Cytomel to lose fat, knowing it´s an incredibly powerful thyroid drug, and that´s only one of the many, many drugs out there taken by everyone, from amateurs to the highest level in the world. I wouldn´t in a million years change the aspects about bodybuilding, but there´s the one aspecyt I´d discontinue if I had a second chance.
What should those who still have a second chance do about it?
Put it away. Only a handful of men on this planet make barely a decent living at bodybuilding. I happend to be one who did for 15 years, but I probably took 20 years off my life. No amount of money in the world is worth that. I´d rather go back in time and get a ninte to five job and live to a ripe old age, like my grandfather.
There´s no way you can do those things and guarantee safety. It´s imossible. Furthermore, I was on the lighter end of the scale of doing things to myself. I had oppertúnities to do a lot more to myself chemically, but I didn´t;yet, I still got hurt. I never did insulin, but guys these days are doing insulin like it´s water. Some take a shot with every meal. That´s insane, and it´s the luck of the draw whether it´ll hurt you or the next guy. I took that gamable and lost in every way. Physically, I´m completely limited. Financilly, I´m pretty close to ruined. Emotionally, it made a guy like me - whose only fear in life was the loss of my mother and father - afraid of every little ache and pain. I´m afraid I´m not going to be here to enjoy another sunrise, or enjoy another day of laughter with my fiancée - all those little things people take for granted. That wears on me.
It has affected my whole life, so to all those guys who are on an eternal quest to have 21" arms and 20" calves, and who are so vain about their never say die attitude, I say, "Change your attitude" Worry aboút keeping that body of yours as healthy as possible, because it´s going to have to last you not just through your next contest or to the end of your bofybuilding contract, but fór a long time. And a long time for a human being is nothing. It goes by quicker when your health is gone and you have nothing to stand on.