Formosa Fitness

Steroid use is more rampant than most people realize, especially in places that bill themselves as being hardcore. So let's say you're interested in weightlifting and you go to a forum or website and pick up a program that looks good or you approach the hardest core guy in your gym.

Let me ask you this: if someone is telling you that a certain volume of weightlifting is doable based on their experience, then wouldn't you want to know if that person is or has been on drugs?

It's stupidly obvious, isn't it? And yet we often don't think about this when we look around for fitness advice.

You need to be very, very careful about where you get your information. More people than you know are juicing and then telling the world how big or whatever you can get on their program. If they do steroids and you don't or won't, then you're setting yourself up for failure. Why take advice from the drug guy if you're planning on staying drug free?

It just doesn't make sense.

Be smart about where you pick your programs and info and you'll stay safe.