Female bodybuilding and steroids

Here is how the famous journalist John Romano describes a problem of steroids in female bodybuilding. And this problem concerned it directly. Though this article was written in the second half of the 1990th, it for 100% is urgent to this day.

D. Romano: "The destructive role of the pharmacology perverting an essence of bodybuilding and turning it into a public scarecrow is especially visible on the example of female bodybuilding. This sport degraded, having hardly managed to be born.

Provide, even in the USA in the early eighties a few women went in for body building. Commercial halls of that time reminded torture chambers of inquisition and weren't intended for women at all. And those who came there did it at own risk. In "Gold Jima" there was no door in a shower even. From a locker room it was possible to get to the hall only through the shower room, and it was considered in the nature of things.

Then Rachael McLeish won first Olympia. Her body made a splash and generated fashion for muscles at women. In sweaty rocking chairs there were more and more charming figures and where women, inevitably triumph beauty and an order. Without exaggeration, the bodybuilding is obliged to women by emergence of the light sparkling temples - modern fitness clubs which tongue won't turn to call rocking chairs.

However, all this lyrics, and the truth of female bodybuilding is today that female-kulturistki "sit on a needle" as well as men. Without it too nothing shines them on professional tournaments. However they, unlike men, unlike have more problems. Hormones cause in their bodies and douches irreversible, I repeat, irreversible symptom. I mean those champions who force to suspect of themselves transvestites.

It is sure, muscles in itself don't take away from the woman of feminity yet. Feminity is taken away by steroids. Really with the shaken venous muscles, a pimply skin, the expanded nose, wide jaws and the voice going from where from a stomach, to desire exclusively difficult, and is, in my opinion, the main criterion for evaluation of feminity what there was told.

In process of penetration into female body building of steroids public interest in it fell. Meanwhile very first women's Olympia was accepted very well. Participants looked tightened, strong and, certainly, womanly. Today to a podium there are beings which sex to determine difficult, if at all perhaps. Except for the Tape Murray and Sue Price who managed to escape somehow in this fight for courage, ranks of "Ms. of Olympia-96" directed horror. I just couldn't look at some without shudder. And I am not lonely. The female bodybuilding and competitions lost so many admirers and popular sportswomen that actually are on the last legs.

Especially well it is visible on prize-winning money.

So it turned out that the subject of steroids in female bodybuilding isn't for me net theoretical. I know a problem that is called from within thanks to history which befell me two and a half years ago.

I for the first time felt this shock, having seen such woman just at the most inappropriate moment - when carried out a press lying. At first to my eyes the most gorgeous of buttocks seen by me fitted by black jersey appeared. I put a bar and sat down more attentively to consider the new phenomenon. The upper part was fitted by the spandex which is provocatively exposing outside curves. The person - directly from a journal cover: naturally nice, without make-up, framed with the long blond hair which is going down to a belt.

She turned and, having noticed my interest, presented me a little confused smile. I found forces to start a conversation and in the end got a desired phone number.

Having risen next day, I didn't suspect that I take the first step to long and deep acquaintance to the woman accepting steroids. Steroids changed my friend externally and internally, at first having made our relations it is more interesting, but then having led to a global hemorrhoids.

Like men, the woman who decided to use anabolic agents faces the same medical and legal problems, but in addition is under much bigger public pressure. The reason - the irreversible symptoms of a masculanization accompanying reception of steroids. I speak not about brawny maidens now, and about the real pros competing at the high level. Their photos fill magazines, and any who spends condanguinity for tickets of some " show Ms. Olympia wishes to see such bodies". You can try - Complex of cytamins for the women's health.

Being going to change the body and mind, entering itself hormone of an opposite sex, the person will inevitably face appreciable contradictions.

How men's hormones suppress feminity and cause a masculanization? In what case these effects are unacceptable? I think, practically always. However at first we will define what is "feminity".

May you, comparing, for example, Kim Chizhevski and Marlu Duncan in a form, regular at competitions, to solve which of them looks is more womanly? I personally give preference to the Gauze, but others think differently. Feminists, of course, will declare that both of them look is womanly just because they are women and that feminity follows from the most female nature. However in case of kulturistka traditional attributes of feminity — the big breast, a slender waist, the convex back, the nice person have no value.

Alas, for the description of this concept I don't have enough words. Carol Ann Ueber, the journalist specializing in female sport can supply with the much bigger information on it: "Feminity is determined by women, but not men. This concept is determined proceeding from female essence, from her feeling. The woman is capable to enhance constantly the body, to build muscles and to participate in body building competitions, without losing feminity at all. Men invented opinion that the brawny woman is allegedly not womanly".

I agree, but I will add: until it didn't begin to accept steroids. The same who uses these medicines inevitably lose feminity and turn into freaks.

All respondents me 50 men and women agreed with this statement. Any didn't declare that the woman who is going in for natural body building stops being herself. However healthy, sinewy women with the sticking-out veins, the sticking-out jaw and the voice reminding a roar of the drunk loader of anybody don't attract interest. Alas, the jury of competitions isn't inclined to listen to opinion of public. Only the small small group of maniacs supports now the idea of competitions at which the unique criterion for receipt of a prize is availability of muscles. As a result interest falls, and a great number of the pro are left without work, other sources of the income forced to look for.

As steroids got into female body building, interest of people in this sport directly proportionally decreased. When George Snider organized the first competitions "Ms. Olympia", he has found broad support among different layers of fans of sport. Women on the stage looked healthy, sports and very womanly.

Their look could rouse other women to play sports to become same. However with growth of this movement steroids came to the forefront. The attempt of the International federation of body building in 1990 to enter testing at competitions was vain.

Present participants of competitions can be surely carried to "neutral gender". With rare exception, most of participants "Ms. Olympia" represent very unattractive show. I can't see some of them - and not only I. This show has so strongly lost former popularity, has lost participants that can't exist in itself. On the last competitions "Ms. Olympia" less than 2000 tickets have been sold, and it was necessary to connect them with "Mr. Olympia" not to burn through.

I spoke with several women using steroids, trying to understand why they have preferred to subject the organism to influence of the means which are so considerably changing him? The female point of view was a little excellent from men's. First, almost all women claimed that they don't use these means. Only from some it was succeeded to gain recognition, and how about affairs last. All others denied though I have depicted him absolutely right picture of the changes which have happened in their organisms over the past few years. If they worked in the hall at least and a half that energy which was spent, trying to explain deceitfully to me why their voice became lower or why at them hair on all body grow, they wouldn't need steroids!

Really they didn't think that they break laws? Didn't govern Federations and not the penal legislation, but the laws established by the Higher Authority. If women copy men in style of trainings and competitions moreover accept men's hormones, they turn into men!

Whether women know that the means accepted by them gradually reconstruct their organism as men's? Yes, know. It becomes noticeable too quickly. One case - to say about side effects, and absolutely another is living with them.

But I will return to the history. In half a year after our meeting my acquaintance began the first cycle of acceptance of steroids. She wanted to win at national competitions, and didn't see other way to come to this level. I said what won't allow it to win against her geneticist, and "chemistry" will just destroy her body. Earlier the body of my friend could force the priest to dump a dignity moderately brawny, symmetric, sexual, with smooth skin. It could reach much, but to come to the national level - never. And it isn't important, with steroids or without - genetics not that!

However she didn't listen to my words and decided to become addicted nevertheless to achieve the objective.

I after all appeared the rights. She couldn't achieve a victory, but destroyed the organism, having lost feminity. Results it is available: the dry dirty skin, hair on the head, a deep voice which is sticking out a jaw, the termination of periods. Any traces of a former charm. Almost all side effects of acceptance of steroids and other medicines, both psychological, and physical, I for the first time observed on it.

Sad transformation besides became the reason of our parting. What I saw is typical for ALL women accepting steroids. ANY of them won't avoid side effects to a greater or lesser extent. The effects described by me in the majority are irreversible, mostly unacceptable and only some of them can be tolerant.

The most noticeable effects of a masculinization are widely known and are discussed in masses though sports officials, seemingly, don't wish to notice obvious violation by participants of rules of competitions. I want to talk about more intimate things which carefully disappear. The physiology and psychology of the sexual relations with an opposite sex extremely becomes complicated for women who have a masculinization.

If the woman turns into the man, sex with her purchases obvious smack of homosexuality for the partner that doesn't promote in any way the stable and healthy relations which shall be between the man and the woman.

At first I will tell you about aggression. For the body builder aggression is very desirable since it increases efficiency of trainings (to some limit). But if this condition is caused in the woman by presence of artificially entered testosterone, the result turns out not palatable. The brain comes to confusion from flow of excess of hormone, and aggression goes obviously not to the necessary course. Such woman becomes irritable and at the slightest pretext starts scandal.

I remember an improbable situation with my former friend - the first case of "steroid rage" seen by me. We went to Los Angeles where she was invited with a guest posing. At the airport near the luggage compartment we had to wait, and she has begun to be nervous.

My friend looked is very sports and fixed eyes of men. Some guy has dared even to be late row. And suddenly she has shouted by voice of the healthy man: "What x... you have hatched? Has gone on from here - horse-radish, and eyes that!" I hardly managed to extinguish scandal under amazed looks of passersby.

And how about sexual aggression? Excess testosterone literally does the woman by the sexual maniac. And very violent. Before pouring Dianabol to porridge to the girlfriend, imagine: the woman weighs 80 kilograms, squeezes out lying 150 kg and wants you - immediately! Any candles and gentle music - a mad bang several times a day!

If to you it on temper, after all carefully close a door in a bedroom. During an orgasm such women begin to shout quite male voice, and neighbors will think that you strike with the man. The neighbor from below long considered me the gay person — yet hasn't met my friend on a ladder. After that he has decided that I have started.

All this, of course, not palatably. And as you like the woman with the hairy back and... small penis? Lengthening of a clitoris - one more frequent irreversible effect of reception of androgens at women. I saw several copies of the size of my thumb - you will like it? Some women consider it guarantee of more frequent achievement of an orgasm, but sometimes the size of a clitoris prevents to wear pants that in itself is unpleasant. And what the partner will think?

Girsutizm, or the uncontrolled growth of hair, is irreversible too. Hair appear on a breast, on a bum (especially around an anus), on a chin. It is necessary to shave not only the person, but also all other, sometimes for hours to hunt for rigid curly hairs on all body, and wearing a bathing suit becomes difficult. And such joy expects them on for the rest of the life. By the way, not too long...

Further there is an increase in a stomach. Some steroids cause swelling of the lower part of a peritoneum that leads to chronic locks, a delay of water and frequent gas generation. These are not really pleasant phenomena for people around too.

The fetid expirations from a vagina. Sexually sounds, isn't that so? The women accepting androgens often begin "to drip". The expirations aren't painful, but are unpleasant and fetid, besides are more or less continuous, unlike monthly. The effect is this, unlike previous, we will turn and disappears at cancellation of medicines, but in itself is capable to frighten off the sexual partner especially inclined to oral sex.

The pungent smell of a body is connected not only with "dropping". All other allocations - especially sweat - under the influence of steroids begin to smell stronger, than at men. The matter is that glands under the influence of testosterone bulk up and intensify the functions.

All these things can complicate life very strongly. The smelly woman usually loses partners and falls. Unfortunately, cancellation of drugs not only doesn't stop the majority of by-effects, but also leads to development of "withdrawal", or "withdrawal pains" — just as at narcomaniacs. The depression is partially caused by reorganization of an organism, and partially - catastrophic weakening of a musculation. In addition because of a constant imbalance of hormonal system apathy and a pavor for the life develops. Loss of feminity and sex disorders finally finish the victim of steroids and can lead to full degradation.

Whether the victory at competitions costs the ruined life? Whether it is possible several years to be at the zenith of fame, after this time to dare to turn into the smelly wreck reminding the old spent on drink bum? Unfortunately, quite so finishes considerable quantity of the leading sportswoman who once became addicted. Persons of less high rank, maybe, also don't experience so high falling, but also for them the described lifelong hemorrhoids - the phenomenon constant.

Very often women make a dangerous mistake, and under the influence of the husband or the friend — "to win against the muscleman who is able to do nothing, but inspires in the partner aspiration at any cost". Or the person who got on quite high place by means of steroids pulls along also the woman. Anyway, these men are absolutely ignorant and are pricked, without being able to organize normally the training process and a delivery. Besides they don't consider that chemistry of a female body absolutely another, than men's. If any woman climbs steps of competitions, at the same time becoming more and more ugly, - for certain behind her back there is a bastard with larger gushing forth the syringe.

Some women using small quantities of steroids with poorly expressed androgenic action test, respectively, a small part of the side effects mentioned here and are a little subject to changes of an organism. Fortunately, they usually compete long and achieve the best results.

A smaller number of women don't use steroids at all. My wife, Shelley Beatty, never used this rubbish during the professional career.

Though for a victory in the National championship which was this it a card of the pro it accepted steroids on the advice of the brainless physician. But it reached much bigger, having got rid of them, and at the same time - and of that idiot. The third place on "Ms. Olympia" - quite reasonable reason for pride. In 1992 Shelley became clubman "Gladiators of America" in whom steroids are strictly forbidden, and not passed very strict test (unlike some other federations) takes off. It passed all tests.

Unfortunately, one of figures of the International federation of bodybuilding declared to it: "If you want to achieve bigger, accept something". The next year Shelley and without it became even more. However, unlike other colleagues, the federation didn't give it the course, and it became at competitions of the seventh. And Shelley, to chagrin of the admirers, nevermore stepped on the stage: she learned the received lesson.

My wife is the talented and experienced sportswoman capable to make much in bodybuilding. She received several hundreds of thousands of dollars for the seminars and photoshoots and has magnificent financial opportunities. Most of the former champions aren't so successful.

Only the few sportswomen of a high rank are invited for a posing, someone conducts seminars or advertizes sportswear. Some work as trainers. And the majority roll down before prostitution, telephone sex, porn show or even dirtier affairs which and there is no wish to mention.

Salvation can be only one: to stop to use steroids! You REMEMBER: steroids steal her essence from the woman! Result - irreversible and unacceptable loss of feminity. This defect led to fall of prestige of female body building. Competitions in a bodifitnes - on a common development - are much more popular because women, but not sinewy mannish aunts participate in them. Here to you the most obvious alarm signal.

So it isn't necessary to rob himself! If you decided to win at any cost, you render for it excessive tribute. If steroids are and further are popular in body building, this sport will die, having carried away a set of destinies. Why to kill what is this the nature? For the sake of trophies which won't be soon because nobody will want to look at freaks?

Come round and return to a natural method of improvement of the body.