"I don't think steroids should be banned for a broken leg"
He was not taking them for his broken leg. What he was taking well over a YEAR after the injury occurred has ZERO effect on his leg. Do you REALLY think it's a coincidence that he was caught using the EXACT SAME DRUGS as other people in his camp, kwith the same "strength trainer" who has clearly abused steroids for his entire adult life?
Did those same guys have broken legs too? No? Then why did they take the exact same illegal drug that Anderson did and got caught? Maybe it's actually because people in his gym use that drug for the benefits it provides in a fight and training - NOT to heal broken bones?
He was taking PEDs for the exact same reason every other fighter who uses them does. To get an unfair advantage over your competitor by using drugs deemed illegal because of the way they alter your strength, hormone levels, and all around ability to perform.
Not only dd he already have a natural advantage over Nick - a SMALL welterweight who had not fought in 2 years - he had a dangerous chemically enhanced advantage that allowed his near 40 year old body to train harder, recover faster, be stronger, etc. What he took over a year after his injury (and during the entire time he was out, and probably during his entire career) has ZERO to do with "healing a broken leg".
People who don't know anything about this should not even chime in. It's ridiculous that anyone could be so blind to actually support the "broken leg" argument.
Do you know how old Anderson was in these pictures? His late 20s. A man's physical prime
Now do you know how old he is in these pictures? His late 30s.
Isn't it crazy how a guy can go from being 28 years old, fighting at his natural weight of 165 lbs
Then in his LATE 30s, gain enough mass that he WALKS AROUND (his own admission) at 220lbs off season? And is between 200-210 lbs on the night of his fights?
How many men in their 30s add 30-40 lbs of mass? While going through all of the strenuous, immense daily training that being an elite level MMA fighter requires?
NO ONE. If they are clean, anyway. The human body works a certain way. You don't get better, stronger, faster, etc at age 35 naturally.
This drives me insane. I was a huge supporter of Silva his whole career. But people actually believe what he is saying? That it was all a big mistake and accident???
All of these things are coincidences (his steroid riddled trainer, the training partners popping for the same drug, the fact he was not that great of a fighter until his 30s when he suddenly became faster than anyone else, etc)
Yeah, all a big coincidence. Honest mistake. He just did it to heal his broken leg, guys. 13 months after he broke it, with drugs that have zero effect on bone strength/stability/density.. Is normal.
He was not taking them for his broken leg. What he was taking well over a YEAR after the injury occurred has ZERO effect on his leg. Do you REALLY think it's a coincidence that he was caught using the EXACT SAME DRUGS as other people in his camp, kwith the same "strength trainer" who has clearly abused steroids for his entire adult life?
Did those same guys have broken legs too? No? Then why did they take the exact same illegal drug that Anderson did and got caught? Maybe it's actually because people in his gym use that drug for the benefits it provides in a fight and training - NOT to heal broken bones?
He was taking PEDs for the exact same reason every other fighter who uses them does. To get an unfair advantage over your competitor by using drugs deemed illegal because of the way they alter your strength, hormone levels, and all around ability to perform.
Not only dd he already have a natural advantage over Nick - a SMALL welterweight who had not fought in 2 years - he had a dangerous chemically enhanced advantage that allowed his near 40 year old body to train harder, recover faster, be stronger, etc. What he took over a year after his injury (and during the entire time he was out, and probably during his entire career) has ZERO to do with "healing a broken leg".
People who don't know anything about this should not even chime in. It's ridiculous that anyone could be so blind to actually support the "broken leg" argument.
Do you know how old Anderson was in these pictures? His late 20s. A man's physical prime
Now do you know how old he is in these pictures? His late 30s.
Isn't it crazy how a guy can go from being 28 years old, fighting at his natural weight of 165 lbs
Then in his LATE 30s, gain enough mass that he WALKS AROUND (his own admission) at 220lbs off season? And is between 200-210 lbs on the night of his fights?
How many men in their 30s add 30-40 lbs of mass? While going through all of the strenuous, immense daily training that being an elite level MMA fighter requires?
NO ONE. If they are clean, anyway. The human body works a certain way. You don't get better, stronger, faster, etc at age 35 naturally.
This drives me insane. I was a huge supporter of Silva his whole career. But people actually believe what he is saying? That it was all a big mistake and accident???
All of these things are coincidences (his steroid riddled trainer, the training partners popping for the same drug, the fact he was not that great of a fighter until his 30s when he suddenly became faster than anyone else, etc)
Yeah, all a big coincidence. Honest mistake. He just did it to heal his broken leg, guys. 13 months after he broke it, with drugs that have zero effect on bone strength/stability/density.. Is normal.
