Steroid Nation | Newsbeat Documentaries 

The interviewer is the kinda guy that gets a rush from going 5 mph over the speed limit

To anyone wondering why men suffer from bigorexia, just look at these comments. Tons of people are calling this dude small when he's 200+ lbs at 5'6". Just insane.

They should have checked his kidneys, liver, insulin resistance, testosterone production, blood pressure, and HDL

im convinced the dealer is greg doucette in a fat suit

Legend has it that if you take too much steroids you develop tribal tattoos on your arms

But giving test to 12 year old transgender kids is okay

Now lets see a video about excessive alcohol and cigarette use.

love how the interviewer never mentions baldness as one of the risks...wonder why lol

he agreed to go to London for a series of tests.. **Shows him getting a tattoo**

Steroids the worst thing in the world, but it’s okay to eat fast food and drink soda everyday

The dealer is right tho, it's their choice. Just like people that sell alcohol or tobacco they know it's harming other people only difference is that those drugs are legal.

"You're completely healthy but we can't actually say it straight-up on the mainstream news"

Skeletor let himself go and became a roid dealer

So, he's perfectly healthy. Given the BBC's propensity for exaggeration I'm amazed they aired this.

So what I got out of this. He’s been using for 5 years and his heart is normal and healthy. Is this a video promoting steroids?

The next episode is reversed, it’s the steroid user interviewing the interviewer on how many gloryholes he services each night

They really thought interviewing him during a neck tattoo was a good idea?

Now do this test to a person who drinks alcohol or smokes. The result would be worse

Obese people in the comment section: "steroids are bad for your health!"

Lol. Love how interviewer was expecting a crazy amount of money he spends on steroid and got smacked with 500 pounds .

the gym bro seems like a good bloke, if they dont trouble no one let them use it.. legalize everything your not going to stop us, just educated dont incarcerate...

These tests are UTTERLY useless without testing the guys heart before he started using.

To grown men: "don't take steroids!" To young girls: "here's a bunch of steroids. Have fun!"

Journalism is dead, this is heavily opinionated instead of being objective

the dude with the mask looks like kai greene lol

He probably looks better than 90 percent of the people commenting saying he is small! Also he is over 200lbs! The clueless people on here...

so the doctor basically told him that his heart is perfectly fine after using test for 5 years and he was just warning him for the future just to dramatize the documentary since nothing was wrong with his heart

"Seeing men with well-defined bodies is a new phenomenon for men today" **looks at roman/greek statues**

I really don't get the fuss about roids. People smoke, drink or over eat. They all get stigmatised for it, but none to the extend PED users get. As long as you don't compete in any sport that forbids it, I think it is totally fine to do it. I wouldn't do it for health reasons but I also wouldn't judge somebody over using.

So basically they found nothing and told him the risks over again. Stupid.

Smokers and drinkers in the comments hating on steroids can shut up

I've actually been told by a doctor while I was abroad that testosterone in low doses it's actually beneficial for older men. Your likely to have more problems with low testosterone than you are having optimal testosterone. Also has a massive impact on depression. Fixes depression without all the sides of anti depressants that a doc wouldn't think twice about prescribing you. When your 80 your virtually crippled. I wonder if that's because you've virtually no testosterone 🤔 🤔. No muscle, weak bones and a sun dried prune for a cock. Pharmacy's don't want us to live longer or stay healthy because the money doesn't come in. There's a difference between steroid use and steroid abuse. Granted he's not on trt doses.

I have a neutral perspective on steroids, but watching the reporter have a completely biased view and try to insist he’s right, only to get completely shut down by logical and genuine facts from the steroid user, dealer, and doctor was fucking good

Except it’s always harder for men to get the ideal body because we don’t just need to be thin, we need to be jacked too

I took steroids for a couple of years in the early 2000s when I was involved in strength competitions against other gyms. Before that I trained natural for 8 years until I plateaued in my lifts. I think a lot of guys don’t really give themselves a chance to achieve that base before starting anabolics. I’m really glad I quit them when I did because now I hear of old gym buddies that took them for close to 10 years having heart attacks and kidney problems in their 30 and 40s.

You should have put Gareth's results up against a similar aged guy that smokes, eats pizza and drinks on the weekends eg average Joe. I wonder who would be at the most risk of strokes, heart attacks and a shortened life?

Could of been a good short documentary, but the reporter was boring and dry 4/10

10:37 “what about the health risks” ? All those risks are the same for smoking and drinking alcohol but because the government can tax and control it thats ok ???

I always knew Skeletor was on gear but to be selling them!

Smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol is probably just as bad if not worse than taking steroids and also more expensive. Pick your poison. I dunno about you, but if I had to choose one or the other, I'd rather have gains with my poison

To everybody thinking he's small, he's nearly 200lbs with only 10% body fat. That's bigger than his frame could ever hold naturally. Yes, people can get bigger than that on steroids, but those are just mass monsters. Most mens physique guys would never want to be a bulbous block of useless muscle like that.

Skull-faced dealer makes a lot of sense

500 for 6 month is much less than I thought.. Compared to drinking, smoking and lines once in a while, he’s definitely saving money..

This host's attitude tho

09:00 when your gear dealer is Skeletor.

I mean some people kill themselves everyday drinking, smoking and doing other drugs! I see no issues if a person wants to do this and if they are they likely aren't doing the others...

I have a friend that took steroids for 3 years and he was huge, he finally stopped and lost all his gains within 6 months. He is now very skinny considering where he was and doesn't look healthy at all. You either take them for life with the risks, or stop and be happy with what you look like. You cant add good genetics, you are born with what you have.

The interviewer looks like he could use some testosterone

So his heart function was still considered normal 🤣🤣🤣

So a grown man taking steroids is super bad and shameful, but a 10 year old girl taking testosterone is not an issue at all? Wait I can't even disagree with it? Its discrimination? Yep! Welcome to 2018!

6:34 -" this is something young men are not geared up for"....not the best choice of words haha

" I've done my research and the dealer said they're safe to use"

12:44 "It look's like Gareth's steroid days might be numbered..." edits out portion where Gareth asks where the toilet is and proceeds to pin his left butt cheek

Why does the 'steroid dealer' do it? Err.... money?

All parties involved; the steroid using body builder, even the dealer are so eloquent.

*wears skull mask and sells drugs* "if I can help them not to hurt themselves" That said he talks a lot of sense so fair play

The “steroid user” in this report seems like an all around great guy. He’s smart enough to know the limit. Many users before him didn’t know that limit and found themselves dead at a early age and he knows that. His hard work ethic is going to keep him in shape regardless.

I will definitely use steroids once I hit 50s, because my body can not produce as much hormones as I used to , steroids will give me a lift

The dweeb interviewing with glasses , has he even set into a gym ?

I’ve been on testosterone every week since 2002 and I’ve suffered no side effects and my blood markers and lab work is perfect.

That guy won't stop using just bc of a diagnostic

Perfect health athletes have a naturally slightly thickened heart wall

Instead of worrying about a few young guys using steroids to build muscle, how about focusing on the high obesity rate, alcohol and cigarette use, junk food, obese people on mobility scooters are more common than gym goers.

Watching this as I chow down on a trenbologna sandwich and deca orange juice, stay juicy gym bros and broettes.

These clowns calling a 200+ pound 5’6er small...

Best voice actor ever 9:18

I just started TRT therapy for low T. I watched my best friend’s life turn amazing during the 4 years he has been properly prescribed test. Everything I’m moderation and properly.

The steroid dealer talked soo nicely. I wish he were my friend.

Just let him fucking get on with it. Why don't the BBC go around following everyone who sniffs coke every weekend?

I was an athlete in college and I trusted my coach. He was giving me anabolic steroid telling me it was a “vitamin”. I was 18 and naive. I was a power lifter and I started regularly placing first. Flash forward to 39 year old me. My left knee was simply not working. I had to have a total knee replacement due to a bone infarction due to steroid use.

Absolutely not true! Newest studies show the LACK of testosterone is what damages the heart and that exogenous testosterone and goods fats is what keeps the heart going and young!

The doctor's acting literally made me laugh out loud. It doesnt take longer than 10 seconds to see that the interviewer took this production very personally with the editing, the questions, and the dialogue that no doctor would say like that to a guy who it seems like knows more about steroid usage than him. This reminds me of the scared straight pieces they used to do except the bald jealous uninformed moron version

how can you tell if someone uses steroids? they wear a fucking belt doing bicep curls

9:46 skeletor got buff

Humble human being. Cozy and kind hearted eyes.

not the same pressure as women faced at all. women only had to not eat too much!

Ive took steriod since 21 , im 55 in perfect health my uncle is still doing a little gear hes 73 , he started 50yrs ago

The guy under the mask (dealer) has been confirmed to be Simeon Panda.

I,m 67, all l do, just for my health is: DIPS/PULLUPS/PISTOLS, 10 sets of each (5 bodyweight and 5 weighted) 10 - 20 reps each set, 4 times a week. (also a load of CALFS after breakfast) Each workout done nonstop...no rest between sets. With a view to keeping my cardio vascular system in good order, as the number 1 goal. Any increase in size at my age is a little bonus, not a priority. When your old, your HEALTH, not building the worlds biggest biceps is your NUMBER 1 PRIORITY. Even doing this workout for years... has taken its toll on my shoulders, elbows, and knees....not enough to make me quit....but you certainly feel it now and then. You don,t realise how shallow some of this is till you age....then you realise people don,t care how big you are. Young people want to swan around posing themselves of. I have never been a bodybuilder as such. I prefer to call my self a keep fitter. But as a layman, l think bodybuilding today is dreadful, compared to when Frank zane ruled in the 70s. These young people are going to regret taking this crap as they age.....they will then realise, to late that HEALTH is your most valuable asset....without which NOTHING MATTERS.

He's like, "Yeah I'll quit the bloody steroids. I'll just do meth with protein shakes for a bit instead."

The only way steroids can harm you in any way shape or form is if you abuse steroids, eat unhealthy whilst on cycle or if you have pre existing health problems.

Lol at all these people saying he looks natty. You fools

That interview with the supplier felt unconfortably unprofessional in the sense of being accusatory towards the dealer

Rich piana said the great results and the number of advantages you get from steroids you will have to pay for down the line.

People saying it could be achieved naturally, you're not wrong for the most part. But genetics do play a part. He very well could have hit a genetic wall.

0:46 i thought you were rapping there and actually liked it.

I'm 47 and only been back at the gym for 12 months and with no drugs, it's only the last couple of months where it actually looks like I train at all :D I started with 5x5 3 days/week and last month and a bit, switched to 6 days push/pull/legs and that is definitely working. Slow, but it's working (I have a great app that calculates my 1RM based on the weight/reps and it's slowly increasing across the board). It's funny about him commenting about aching and what not. I get that too - when I don't eat right. If I eat and sleep right though, I recover just in time for the next time I repeat the same routine. So in that aspect, no need for drugs, just have to learn how to train right, eat right and sleep right. I'm also learning that age is not really a factor so long as you have no major injuries (I'm talking like skeletal problems basically). I just train smart: use a custom made leather weight belt, SBD knee sleeves and elbow sleeves. Idea is to do hypertrophy on your muscles not your joints, I'm old enough to be know I'm not invincible haha. I did have some ankle problems, but between weights and jump rope, they have strengthened to the point they don't bother me anymore. I'm only 165 cm tall. Went from 95.5 kgs -> 69.5 kgs and now sitting around 76 kgs after 1 year at the gym. I'm leaner then I was after I dropped below 70 kgs, although nothing amazing, like 19% body fat. Just happy to look relatively normal and not feel like a fat slob whose a heart attack waiting to happen. If you saw me on the street, well, you would think I probably train but wouldn't think much of it. To me though, I look and feel DRAMATICALLY different.... but it was slow. It's taken 20 months to go from truly unhealthy (15 years of a desk job and bad eating habits with zero exercise) to actually fit. People use steroids because they think they CANNOT do it any other way. That, is bull shit and kinda sad. You cant be Mr Olympia w/o steroids. You can be jacked and tan though :D

Just checking his heart was pointless, also he is only 29 lets go back and see him at 39 and 49 and do a full medical review. Since the liver and kidneys are also damaged.

Brave guy to front up and admit he uses them and the reasons why as well as doing all those tests. Hopefully he's cut back on them at least and and is a bit happier with himself, seems like a nice bloke.

I know they said it’s an actors voice but it’s funny the guy in the mask sounds like Simeon panda lol

All he heard was “your heart is working well.” He’s not going to stop

Do steroids make you look old? The guy looks like he's in his 40s

Guess what, Heart attack run in my Family and they NEVER drink or take Steriods!! Doctors

The doctor was reaching. You could tell he didn't have much to go on. The medical evaluation was a letdown for them in their attempt to villainize steroids.

Dude's right! Getting ink in middle of chest hurts super bad, especially the sternum!

Lol the dealer sounds exactly like “ Luther” 😮🤣🤣

Genetics play a huge role in health also, some people may have a genetic pre disposition of high cholesterol/BP or others more prone to estrogen. I think if you want to use steroids then go see a doctor get checked out make sure everything is healthy before hand and then use small amounts safely and responsibly, rely on the training and diet first

I do wonder whether body image issues is a NEW thing for guys, as the ideal physiques portrayed by stereo-typically masculine heroes like He-man, as well as movie stars such as Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger have been around for decades and guys who look for muscular have always been looked at more favorably for as long as I can remember. Even though steroid use might have increased among men recently, perhaps the underlying issue isn't recent.

10:58 your not a doctor! that part cracked me up 🤣

Doc pretty much gives him the green light to do steroids lol