Mike Israetel

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When I was 27 years old.

When I was 27 years old.

At this body fat, I would probably weigh about 200 pounds.

At this body fat, I would probably weigh about 200 pounds.

Versus 230, 235. Okay. Now, 35 pounds. I know, that's a lot. That's a lot of muscle. Yeah. But I would still be very jacked. I mean, before I had ever started taking anabolic steroids, I was already an elite power lifter. I weighed 270 pounds at probably 30 something odd percent body fat.

Versus 230, 235. Okay. Now, 35 pounds. I know, that's a lot. That's a lot of muscle. Yeah. But I would still be very jacked. I mean, before I had ever started taking anabolic steroids, I was already an elite power lifter. I weighed 270 pounds at probably 30 something odd percent body fat.

But I've dexed myself in a master's program when I had been totally drug-free, and I had somewhere between 175 and towards the end of my drug-free era, close to 185 pounds of fat-free mass. For someone who's 5'6", like myself, though, if anyone asks, I'm 5'9". So your FFMI would have been north of 30? Not quite, but up there.

But I've dexed myself in a master's program when I had been totally drug-free, and I had somewhere between 175 and towards the end of my drug-free era, close to 185 pounds of fat-free mass. For someone who's 5'6", like myself, though, if anyone asks, I'm 5'9". So your FFMI would have been north of 30? Not quite, but up there.

I have very elite genetics, not swagger. It's just stating a fact. Anyone who sees this on video will notice that my head is curiously shaped like my... mastication muscles are absurd. I looked like this before I ever took any steroids. I have a picture of myself on Facebook from the side before for sure I took anything. And I was like, holy crap.

I have very elite genetics, not swagger. It's just stating a fact. Anyone who sees this on video will notice that my head is curiously shaped like my... mastication muscles are absurd. I looked like this before I ever took any steroids. I have a picture of myself on Facebook from the side before for sure I took anything. And I was like, holy crap.

I usually wasn't bald back then, but I shaved bald. And I was like, yep, there they were, those weird masticating muscles. And so, yeah, I was kind of built for the shit. But also, I got plenty out of steroids, but not as much as some other people. Some people without steroids are not overly jacked, but with steroids, it's a total transformative event.

I usually wasn't bald back then, but I shaved bald. And I was like, yep, there they were, those weird masticating muscles. And so, yeah, I was kind of built for the shit. But also, I got plenty out of steroids, but not as much as some other people. Some people without steroids are not overly jacked, but with steroids, it's a total transformative event.

And then when they retire and they come off of steroids, they're like, holy shit, did your back to mortal sized? How? Whereas other people come off of steroids and like they keep most of their muscle mass and they're on TRT and they just look so jacked for forever. huge, huge variation. But for me, steroids did a lot, but nothing crazy.

And then when they retire and they come off of steroids, they're like, holy shit, did your back to mortal sized? How? Whereas other people come off of steroids and like they keep most of their muscle mass and they're on TRT and they just look so jacked for forever. huge, huge variation. But for me, steroids did a lot, but nothing crazy.

I didn't gain 70 pounds of muscle, but I gained, yeah, 30-ish, something like that for 13 years.

I didn't gain 70 pounds of muscle, but I gained, yeah, 30-ish, something like that for 13 years.

I don't have to be. My testicular shrinkage has been zero. My spermatogenesis is seemingly zero. Some people just don't suppress.

I don't have to be. My testicular shrinkage has been zero. My spermatogenesis is seemingly zero. Some people just don't suppress.

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