PEDs

Performance Enhancing Drugs are rife in the fitness industry. That girl who has ‘body goals’ is taking steroids and yes there are steroids that won’t virilise women, but they will help them put muscle on twice as fast and lose fat twice as quick. PED usage has rocketed in the last 10 years, especially as women head to the weights room and as social media has created a whole new competitive field.

No judgement from me if people want to enhance their physique synthetically but I feel you should know, this isn’t a level playing field. You could be grinding in the gym, eating, sleeping and recovering right, and you will NEVER look like that Instagram fitness model who uses.

Consistency Equals Results

You can build an amazing world class physique naturally but it takes longer, approximately 5 to 10 years longer and bear in mind that you still may not look like someone who is using.

When you build it yourself without reliance on drugs it’s a different thing- it’s all yours, you did it and you won’t have any of the health issues that come with long term PED usage. The other message here is to stay away from comparison if it makes you feel bad. These days you’re competing with filters, photoshop, surgery and performance enhancing drugs.

Stay on your own journey, make your results mean more than social approval and know that there are consequences to PED use. Nothing comes for free!

Written by Alexandra.
Edited by Deepa