Roberto Olivardia

You know, being dwarfed by your Stallone and Schwarzenegger and Jean-Claude Van Damme, like all those 80s stars, which, you know, their acting is their acting, but their bodies were their commodity. I mean, that was the thing that, you know, drew people to the box office, you know, seeing these hyper muscular bodies. Muscle magazines were exploding, you know, in the early 80s.

You know, being dwarfed by your Stallone and Schwarzenegger and Jean-Claude Van Damme, like all those 80s stars, which, you know, their acting is their acting, but their bodies were their commodity. I mean, that was the thing that, you know, drew people to the box office, you know, seeing these hyper muscular bodies. Muscle magazines were exploding, you know, in the early 80s.

You know, being dwarfed by your Stallone and Schwarzenegger and Jean-Claude Van Damme, like all those 80s stars, which, you know, their acting is their acting, but their bodies were their commodity. I mean, that was the thing that, you know, drew people to the box office, you know, seeing these hyper muscular bodies. Muscle magazines were exploding, you know, in the early 80s.

Steroid use started to trickle out of just elite bodybuilding circles into more sort of the mainstream. And then incidentally, the rise of eating disorders amongst men really started to skyrocket.

Steroid use started to trickle out of just elite bodybuilding circles into more sort of the mainstream. And then incidentally, the rise of eating disorders amongst men really started to skyrocket.

Steroid use started to trickle out of just elite bodybuilding circles into more sort of the mainstream. And then incidentally, the rise of eating disorders amongst men really started to skyrocket.

Yeah. Then it started to shift where I remember in the 90s when a patient of mine said, oh, I just saw this movie called Fight Club with Brad Pitt.

Yeah. Then it started to shift where I remember in the 90s when a patient of mine said, oh, I just saw this movie called Fight Club with Brad Pitt.

Yeah. Then it started to shift where I remember in the 90s when a patient of mine said, oh, I just saw this movie called Fight Club with Brad Pitt.

Yep. And I was like, oh, I had never heard of the movie. It just came out. And he goes, Brad Pitt and these other guys are just cut. They're lean. They're not massive, but they are cut. And I started to see that shift even in my patients where they weren't so much about being the biggest person, but being the fittest person.

Yep. And I was like, oh, I had never heard of the movie. It just came out. And he goes, Brad Pitt and these other guys are just cut. They're lean. They're not massive, but they are cut. And I started to see that shift even in my patients where they weren't so much about being the biggest person, but being the fittest person.

Yep. And I was like, oh, I had never heard of the movie. It just came out. And he goes, Brad Pitt and these other guys are just cut. They're lean. They're not massive, but they are cut. And I started to see that shift even in my patients where they weren't so much about being the biggest person, but being the fittest person.

And when I'm talking boys, I mean, I'm seeing this in boys as young as 12, you know, 11.

And when I'm talking boys, I mean, I'm seeing this in boys as young as 12, you know, 11.

And when I'm talking boys, I mean, I'm seeing this in boys as young as 12, you know, 11.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. I've worked with boys as young as 13, 14 who have done anabolic steroids. So I see the variety and I still work with men that want to be big and then some that they're not looking to be big, but they want very, very, very little body fat.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. I've worked with boys as young as 13, 14 who have done anabolic steroids. So I see the variety and I still work with men that want to be big and then some that they're not looking to be big, but they want very, very, very little body fat.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. I've worked with boys as young as 13, 14 who have done anabolic steroids. So I see the variety and I still work with men that want to be big and then some that they're not looking to be big, but they want very, very, very little body fat.

Yeah, my co-authors and I sort of nicknamed that politely roided steroid.

Yeah, my co-authors and I sort of nicknamed that politely roided steroid.