Abusing Steroids For A Good Body - 2117 Words

He was the Mr. Big of New Zealand bodybuilding now he can barely manage a short walk on the beach. 3 News interviewed Justin Ryes, and in his day he was Mr. New Zealand, Mr. Australasia and Mr. Oceania. To win many of his competitions Ryes did almost anything in an effort to win, and one of those ways was to use Anabolic steroids. Now Justin Rys’ body is failing him, his speech is slurred he spits and struggles to make sense. He also takes dozens of prescription pills daily, most of them for his failing heart, as a result he has utterly shortened his lifespan, and because of this, Justin comments, â€Å"That is something that I really want to tell people†¦ you can hurt yourself. You can look like me†¦ [But] you can really kill yourself doing it†Ã¢â‚¬ ¦show more content†¦From the beginning Anabolic steroids were not originally made to be used in the method that they are used today. Their primary use was to encourage weight gain and muscle development for t hose who have delayed puberty and wasting of the body cause by such diseases as AIDS. There are many kinds of steroids that follow naturally in many hormones and vitamins. The drug known as â€Å"anabolic steroids were first made in labs and specifically created to have the same chemical structure as those that occur naturally. The majority of them are factory-made by pharmaceutical companies that are available legally only if they are prescribed by doctor (do you know†¦anabolic steroids). Laura Bonetta explains that the way steroids work is by doing exactly what testosterone does to your body by sticking to cells and signaling the body to produce a greater amount of muscle cells and also drops the count of fat cells resulting in muscle gains and fat loss. They also promote the development of male sexual characteristics which makes them have an anabolic effect on the body which â€Å"anabolic† meaning growth reports Bonetta. She also says that â€Å"[i]n the past sixty years or so more than 100