So I know that at some levels (eg professional bodybuilding in many bodybuilding organisations) steroids are generally assumed to be used by 100% of competitors in order to be competitive and obtain some of the otherwise-unobtainable, otherwordly physiques. No one really disputes this as far as I'm aware and the implicit assumption seems ot be if the organisation doesn't mandate drugs tests, everyone's using steroids. But what about in other populations?
There's estimates out there on the internet like 95% of professional athletes such as NFL players using steroids (http://ift.tt/1RtbjIe) and estimates that as many as 0.5% (one in 200) people in the general population take steroids (http://ift.tt/1VntTYt). But then who knows how credible or accurate these estimates are.
As someone who has always worked out at home I don't really have any visibility or context into how prevalent steroid usage is in the general gym population, or ever overheard anyone even discussing steroids. So what is the percentage of people that research shows take steroids, or what is the percentage that take steroids in your gym or your fitness circles in your own experience? Are we talking 1% (the exception) or more like somewhere in the range 10-50% (really commonplace)??
I don't see anything in the rule summary against discussing this and I've always wondered...
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