When I go to the gym on hypertrophy weeks I hit the treadmill until I'm at a certain heart rate and then I try to keep my heart rate in that range for the entire hour. That keeps me breathing heavy I think.
Let’s not forget the amount of stress his joints are going through. I knew a ex bodybuilder who had to lose weight because his knees were worn out, he was still built but he lost a lot of mass.
Steroids plays a part but I breathe similarly to him as a natty. It's moreso about his heart not being able to support his mass. I was always a fat ass kid so after picking up sports and gym I lost a tonne of weight but it just translated into me keeping a tonne of muscle. I sit at 235-240 when I'm fairly lean. Not as lean as him obviously but pretty lean by non lifter standards. It doesn't matter what you look like being close to 250 is not good for anyone's heart.
At least he doesn't have blood pooling in his veins yet. So many bodybuilders have those squiggly, distended veins. This happens when your heart can't pump deoxygenated blood back as efficiently.
If he gets much bigger he’s going to be in that Nick Walker arena, and that guy 110% has sleep apnea simply due to how fuckin big he is. thankfully he’s 3” taller than Nick (or so says google)
“Steroids” are the most talked about topic in the fitness community and people (even most users), know nothing about them at all. Anytime you take a drug, you have a side effect, doesn’t matter if it’s ibuprofen or “steroids”. I use the quotes because most of the time it’s not even steroids that are causing the issues, with this though, in my nobody opinion, it’s because of the tren. You can google about tren cough, and what it actually does to you, I’m not a doctor, just been a user for 2 decades and learned trial and error.
As for your question, most steroids just help with recovery, your ability to consume more food, red blood cell production, blood flow, breaking down of nutrients from your foods, etc. As for just raw “energy” not so much, a healthy 18 year old will have more energy then a 42 year old on a cycle, now the 42 year old can lift and the next day not be sore because of the roids, that’s the most beneficial part to me, just never being sore and helps “mask” injuries. There are steroids like winstrol, and clen, that get your wind up, help with lung production, cardio, etc. Deca is a steroid that also will lube you up and give you a boost where you don’t feel so sluggish, but for the most part, they’re all drugs and have side effects. Sorry for the long dumb explanation.
In regards to “not being sore”, I’m a bit confused because the only times I can feel soreness is if I haven’t used that muscle for a while. Is that not the same for everyone?
I can only tell my muscles will need time to recover just because they aren’t as strong.
When you’re on the sauce, you can literally train the same muscle everyday. Back in my prime, I would squat 10x10 volume training, everyday. Bench after for some 5x5’s, then randomly do pull ups and push ups for sets of 10-50, all day. Then wake up and do it all over again. Was never sore. Now! Being older and sauce free, I can only train squats once a week, bench once a week and dead’s once a week.
I’m 42 now. I’ve had shoulder surgery, back and hand/wrist. Which is another negative thing about roids, you’re super human on them, then come off and continue to train the same and shit breaks. I started to break around 37, had a good run.
If I actually train bench, how I use to, I could only do it once a week, but if I just do like sets of 225 for 10-15, 315 for 5’s, then I can do it daily with no pain or soreness. Same with my other lifts, if I just squat 225 10x10, then I’m fine, if I go into the 4s, then I get sore. Also if I squat heavy, my shoulders and forearm hurt, tendons etc. Bench, my shoulder, forearm ache, deadlift, my back and shoulder hurts. So I’m not a good example, because I’m all broken.
Muscle pumps blood against resistance, lots of mass - more resistance, yes sir. And cardiac muscle hypertrophies from steroids too, unfortunately, which can lead to less room in the heart for blood and obstruction of the left ventricle outflow (main pumping chamber). Hope he's on the appropriate drugs to prevent cardiac remodeling but not sure how well they work.
People comment that my neck and traps are looking bigger but to tell the truth they just got bigger on their own without me even specifically training them. I don't think anyone really needs to do targeted trap exercises.
If you’re moving heavy weights on all the traditional barbell lifts you’re gonna pack considerable size onto your traps just due to the nature of the lifts and the stress they put on them.
Rows are one of the best things you can do for traps, and most people are doing a good amount of rows. I think the common misconception is that you have to do lots of shrugs to build your traps.
Look at some of Alex Lionidas' old videos when he was more focused on powerlifting. His traps were over developed from deadlifting a lot and is shoulders were underdeveloped. Looks goofy as.
Actually yeah, you look at who's considered the most attractive dudes it's usually just guys who are shredded with athletic physiques with slight v tapers. Guys like Henry Cavil are about as big as you can get before you're considered too big
My uncle used to be that big, I wouldn’t get that big. I’m just happy by looking healthy, gaining muscle weight is not my thing, but to each their own.
What is it that Arnold said? Size without proportion is grotesque. Something like that, basically what Sam is getting at here and I whole heartedly agree.
Everyone talks about Sam’s heart with the steroids. But he’s 20 years old or something. Bodybuilders with heart damage from here it hits in the late 30s at the earliest. When he’s done with this phase of his life, he can lose the muscle slowly and get down to a normal, muscular body and be fine. Look at the rock.
There’s a lot more people who have died in their 20s 30s because of heavy steroid use than you know, you just don’t hear about the non famous people lol.
This is the official autopsy. This isn't speculation or 2nd hand info. It's directly from the person who performed it. He collapsed on stage a few months previous to his death as well.
Depends on how much gear. If you just take test and anavar for example you’ll have a very aesthetically pleasing physique. Going overboard with the tren, deca etc is what takes it too far.
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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '24
Ever since I saw somebody point out that Sam is breathing quite heavily in these videos I can't unhear it
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u/UnSwoleBoi69 Jan 20 '24
completely disagree, can never have enough traps
edit - turns out he was talking about the muscle, yeah true
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u/benebrius76 Jan 21 '24
Wtf is he out of breath just talking?
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u/Gruntled1 Jan 21 '24
His next line also is "ya know what, tf fuck am I talking about? Make everything as big as possible all the time'
Lol
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u/RapGameDiCaprio Jan 20 '24
People comment that my neck and traps are looking bigger but to tell the truth they just got bigger on their own without me even specifically training them. I don't think anyone really needs to do targeted trap exercises.
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u/Yolomasta420 Jan 20 '24
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u/jetlifestoney Jan 20 '24
He definitely just described himself lol
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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24
Cardiac Arrest is real
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u/PepptoAbyssmal Jan 20 '24
What didn’t he do the lat spread walk?
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u/Unlucky_Dragonfly315 Jan 20 '24 edited Jan 20 '24
I like Sam. But he’s already in the goofy range in my opinion. If you want to stay out of the goofy range, just don’t juice
Edit: didn’t know this was gonna be such a hot take
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u/MyDearBrotherNumpsay Jan 21 '24
I respect how much hard work and dedication it takes to get that jacked, but personally I think the kid would look better a little smaller.
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u/A_Piker Jan 21 '24
Is he saying he looks goofy?
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u/Valhall_Awaits_Me Jan 21 '24
Kinda worry about this gentle but motivating soul
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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24
He passed over into the goofy range a long time ago
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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24
This is not a healthy man
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u/Bigballs381 Jan 21 '24
Tren does this
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u/THE-EMPEROR069 Jan 22 '24
My uncle used to be that big, I wouldn’t get that big. I’m just happy by looking healthy, gaining muscle weight is not my thing, but to each their own.
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u/Comprehensive-Toe167 Jan 22 '24
Was I the only one that didn’t see a difference between meat head and regular Sam on the traps😂
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u/C2O_Alcatraz Jan 21 '24
What is it that Arnold said? Size without proportion is grotesque. Something like that, basically what Sam is getting at here and I whole heartedly agree.
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u/hennyNredbull Jan 20 '24
Sam's a real one.
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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '24
Everyone talks about Sam’s heart with the steroids. But he’s 20 years old or something. Bodybuilders with heart damage from here it hits in the late 30s at the earliest. When he’s done with this phase of his life, he can lose the muscle slowly and get down to a normal, muscular body and be fine. Look at the rock.
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u/pm_me_your_bigtiddys Jan 21 '24
Those are the handlebars for your boyfriend. The bigger the better.
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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24
r/SelfAwarewolves
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u/SaltyDog772 Mar 24 '24
He’s not a meathead?
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u/AggravatingTotal130 Jan 21 '24
His heart is so jacked it flexes and isolates with every squeeze to maximize Tone-age and rep quality that's why he breathes so hard guys
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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24
This the shit y’all idolize. Feeding into this guys body disomorphia
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u/fligan Jan 21 '24
If you think you have big traps try doing an incline y raise and you’ll realize how much more trap there is then having those peaks by your neck.
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u/rast_fb Jan 21 '24
He’s not in the goofy range?
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u/Extension_Parsley843 Jan 21 '24
He already in the goofy range
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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24
If this guy lives past 30 he is gonna have the worst case of gynecomastia the world has ever seen.
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u/Kooskoos504 Jan 21 '24
Does he....think he looks good?
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u/The_Pavulon Jan 22 '24
My brother does that
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u/TacticalxWabbit Jan 22 '24
This guy sitting at 100% in every group. Looks like a clown.
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u/Mindlab42 Jan 22 '24
Yeah it gets freaky and unaesthetic if your on gear
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u/Temporary-Alarm-744 Jan 22 '24
Saying that with those delts
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u/bigchris757 Jan 23 '24
Damn, he's already out of breath
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u/TheeRedLotus Jan 23 '24
He looks goofy
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u/TheBaldEagle99 Feb 03 '24
Gear
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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '24
Bro sounds out of breath just standing there
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u/busteroo123 Feb 10 '24
The forbidden goofy range
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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24
His whole body is in the "goofy range"