Are You Natural? | Interviewing Bodybuilders

So much respect for that father being honest in front of his kids.

The black guy at the end... Really appreciated his answer. The extra health concerns he has and getting out of breath easily. 100% genuine answer.

Respect to the last guy, everyone talks about how easy it is to hop on gear and look good, nobody focuses on the extra commitments and struggles, especially if you are competing

Most respect to the last guy. He was honest about the side affects and also provided other info about taking steroids

It's actually really surprising how many people were honest about being on gear

Honestly a huge compliment to be asked this when you actually are natural

The guy that was sitting down who said he was natty and said "dont I look it" actually did. Yes he was muscular, but compared to everyone else he interviewed not so much. When I used to work out a lot people would ask me if I was on gear and it just cracked me up. I was 6'2" and 210 pounds. My gym buddy used to just laugh because he knew I wasn't obviously. And anyone else who lifts serious would too. So that one guy reminded me of that.

Respect to the last guy, got 3rd place and admits he isn't natural and giving good advice = all my life i've been in good shape, no gym no supplements, just workout at home and lifting weights for making my day to day easier. Also great inside on - if you want to compete you need a strict diet, strict planning on what and when you do and the edge is supplements, not worth if you aren't competing.

It's such a trip realizing how much honesty is one of the best things. Everyone including myself would always be upset with people when they say they weren't using steroids. But when people are being honest and admit it it's like they have an enormous amount of respect because like I said honesty is a really good thing.

This is great!! Peel the lid off this bullshit. It’s not taboo and the more open everyone is about it the better off everyone will be. Cleaner, safer, more understanding of body chemistry and hormones and over all education about health and fitness. Much respect to you and everyone who answered honestly.

"Are you natural?"
"No, but I work fucking hard"
All that needs to be said

Full respect for the father and the last guy. The father honestly said in front of his kids and The last one admit that he is having a side effect using the drug.

Hey Joe, just want to say watching your videos inspired me to start training in the gym and it’s changing my life! 👊🏻💪🏻🤟🏻

Im surprised how many people were so honest! Props to them

Total respect to the last guy. I don't think there's anything wrong with being assisted, as long as you're open about it because the side effects are so serious that you have to be honest with yourself in order to safely do what you're doing.

I took some steroids when I was over 18. I took about 1 shot per week and I saw some growth. I was able to see that I would have to take a lot more steroids and for longer periods to get actual results.
I counted my losses and moved away.
Right now, I'm focusing on weighted pull-ups. I want to become the strongest pull-up guy (weight wise of course).

Really good to see people being honest about it. It certainly wasn't like that a few years ago. It's still disappointing though that so many people take it these days. I've been training 31 years now and simply never made the huge gains that I've seen many get in 1/30th of the time. Then again, I've seen the same people disappear when they come off it. Natural is and always will be the way to build.

I think you went to a bodybuilding event expecting people to treat gear in the same way pro athletes or boxers do- it’s not taboo in bodybuilding. People have little to lose from admitting it and thus are very open about it and the health effects that come from it are now well documented both good and bad

Big respect on the honesty from most of these guys 💯

Love the honesty! It’s about time that the clout around gear gets corrected. Education is key. Great vid!

I had a friend in college who i was lifting with for a while who was super interested in steroids. He started a cycle a little after we stopped lifting together and when i asked him what he was doing he said cardio and crossfit. Dude skipped peds while lifting only to go on gear to run.

This went very well I love how honest everyone was

Love the fact that they are honest about it. That’s big respect to them for that.

I thought it was refreshing hearing the last guy admit he's not natural and the health risks he has, like breathlessness. I admire his honesty, and it opens my eyes to the risks of roids, despite how you might look aesthetically.

Glad to see that people seem to become more honest about it.

Really awesome to see more people say that they are openly taking something. Also I commend the guy that explained his opinion on why it’s easier to be natural. I agree all that stuff sounds like it’d make it harder to be on PEDs.

This was amazing. Much respect to everyone who answered

Respect for the guys’ honesty. A few hesitated a bit too long, but not many. Great video.

Great video do more! I’d say the blokes who said they only did “protein shakes” were not natty as that’s a ridiculously unnecessary answer to give to the qn lol.

Respect to everyone being open and honest need more of this in the industry✌🏾

4:17 This was what I'm looking for. A physique that looks natural that I cam aim towards

i think that body building competition has a too small base to diverge into different categories. if there were more people interested you could have a natural competetion (monitored by a covernance like in speed cycling), and a enhanced competition where basically anything is allowed.
i would be more interested in the frst categorie, who has the best genes and willpower to grow mass.
still i respect the people who are honest about their use

The second guy standing 5 foot 2 with 32 inch arms - “I’m natural” 😂😂😂😂 I’d believe him more if he said he was white. 😂

Love the honesty of everyone. Its a new fitness generation filled with honesty

As much as I respect then being honest, it's absolutely insane how many people are on something now. They've created a culture where you have to be in something to be relevant.

Great video mad respect for those who are honest

Respect for the honesty. People should be able to do what they want.

Makes me feel so much better about my extremely slow but natural gains. I always wanted to try but I never will because of the crazy side effects that could occur, scary.

We need more videos like this.. Bodybuilders openly admitting their use of steroids/enhancement supplement. Huge respect to them 🙌🏾🤝🏾 and Thank you for making this video!

I think a big part of the honesty( which is still respectable regardless ) is that these guys are smart enough to know that its incredibly obvious that they're not natural. No one gets that big naturally. You're fooling yourself if you think otherwise on some of these dudes.

I am really thankful for your video and i am really thankful for all the honest people in the video, like, they didn't take it as an insult either, they came of as really humble individuals.
And I am not sure about any of them but atleast 2 or 3 of the guys saying natty actually seemed to be telling the truth from the looks.

There is a stigma about it, but it’s great to see the honesty. It’s no something you should need to hide.

The guy at 5:03 was so honest and down to earth, love to see it :) Even him making kind of fun of him being out of breath etc.

Im suprised and happy how many people that actually were honest because there are so many ppl out there showing of and saying they are natural but you can see right through them that its just not possible. Then we have those ppl who have worked out really really har for like 15+ years that are not superlarge, those people are hard to judge. Thanks for this video !

Great to see the honesty of the answers and the maturity in the Interviewers question as well.

I was shocked to find out how many people take gear just locally, not even to perform 😅 im only just entering the gyming world, but its a real eye opener to know most of the people you see have unrealistic bodies to aim for if you were natural.

Good video bro. Nice approach to them too, I think your approach helped them feel that they can be completely honest with you too. Really cool

1:34 dude is as honest as a career politician

Respect to the people who are a bodybuilder that are honest ❤

Azzad is definitely the worst liar I've ever seen, eyes shifted like hes been questioned about murder

I’m natural never done a steroid In my life. I’d seriously recommend, buying a a set of gravity paralette bars, and watching TheXvid videos on different techniques on how to use them. The muscle
/ technique I have gained not even on a strict diet is insane. However always train legs at least 2 times a week, I’d recommend a 🚲 ride for maximum growth, as this works every muscle in your legs, quads hammys and calf’s.

suprised by how much people are honest about it, respect !

1:30 Not outright calling Roger a liar, _but_ , if he is natty then he's got the best arm genetics our of any human I've ever seen and if he took gear, given he's natty now, he would look like an absolute freak of nature

MAD respect to people being honest. They are also doing a public service in informing people that their physique may not be a realistic one for "regular" people to aim for. And by "regular" in this context I mean people whose livelihood doesn't depend on looking unnaturally jacked.

Got yourself a new sub mate. Second video I've seen of yours in the past week, seem like a good guy making good content 👍

I remember being so disappointed in myself when I was younger that I didn't look like any of these TheXvid guys I saw online who were ripped out of their minds and said they were natural. Looking back they definitely weren't and it killed my self esteem at the time.

Back when I was a teenager 18 years ago, no one was transparent about being unnatural. I was so frustrated that I can't grow muscles like everyone else.
Still I don't respect this industry, a lot of uninformed guys think they can have a physique like bodybuilders or Instagram influencers just by buying an online program or buying supplements.

Roger: “I’am natural”
His biceps: “I’am boutta end this mans whole career”

Lots of respect for the honest answers. Nothing wrong with using gear. Just be smart and safe about it.

I took 4 cycles and hit 175-180 lbs weigh wise and I wouldn’t say that wasn’t bad I was skinny up until I started I was 145 150 even with the gym and working out then started cycling hit 165 first then so on. So yes they are great but also they aren’t great for later affects.

I respect these body builders for keeping it real 💯

I think while it's important to have a more critical eye of if a person is on steroids based on how built they are, it's also important to remember that some body types really can get that ripped with the combination of genes, hard consistent work, and diet. My dad can get pretty big when he wants to be consistent, considering his diet is entirely clean and beneficial to muscle building.

This transparency is desperately needed on all social media. Great video

Much respect for all honest athletes.

Last guy kept it real real, mad respect.

If any of you IFBB Pros see this or are the ones in the video much respect. There's no shame in being enhanced. It's a sport to be the best. Much love. Stay safe, get jacked n tan.

It's great that people are being more honest about this.

And to the athletes using gear: we still love you! Hopefully they all become more open and honest but I get that they might not want to potentially lose sponsorship?

Best video I've seen in a long time. Obviously some people are gonna lie, but crazy respect to the people who are honest.

Love that more people are being open but think the most frustrating thing is being consistent for 17 years averaging almost 7 days a week (even with torn Achilles showing up to the gym with a peg leg) and people who aren’t natty knock your hard-work because you’re more in-shape than they are and THEY chose to be on things. people don’t see the 3 sets of failure sets curls or shoulder work before bedtime on top of daily gym workouts. That’s the only thing I have against the fitness world today.

Good to see the honesty, still requires tonnes of hard work and dedication to look like that.

Joe: “can i ask you a question for a video?”
bodybuilder: “no”
voiceover: “and this i completely respected”

I find it interesting how most of the natural builders have to clarify that they take protein powder or preworkout, as if it's a grey area or something. Just love the honesty and clarification. And some of those guys are pretty huge too!

great video, we need more of this

This was a great video dude. I was shocked to see how many honest jacked guys said they take gear.
If you asked that in my gym, all the Muscle Mary's would say they were clean

You got a yard of balls amigo. Keep it up. Many bodybuilders aren't nice when it comes to the juice conversation.

I’ve got mad respect for people who are honest about not being Natural. With all the fake natty body builders on social media, it’s nice to see a change of pace and see people understanding the benefits and drawbacks of using them despite the press they may get.

I really liked the last gentleman you asked. When he came out and said how he has to monitor his estrogen and his heart, then admits he is easily winded while looking like the picture of fitness! Very eye opening!

Love the last guy who tells how hard it is taking gear. People think it's just a magic potion you inject and your muscles double in size.

the dad at 235 had a heavier back squat than a dead lift? hmmm interesting
everyone knows majority of body builders are on steroids the reason a lot say they're not is because of their contracts and sponsorship deals, once they stop competing professionally they all start coming clean about their routines and what they took. the last dude was awesome, a lot of people dont even look into the possible side effects and think there's nothing that could potentially go wrong because steroids are essentially the norm now

01:33 That smile before lying 😂🙏

This actually makes me feel much better about not looking giant. I didn’t realize how many of these guys have something helping them. Of course, I don’t mean anything bad about those who aren’t natural, but it makes me feel better to know that a lot of the giants that you see have at one point taken something. Thanks for the great video!

When the guy talked about running out of breath. Man I felt for him Ik he’s taking it willingly, but that’s tough. All the best to em.

I love their honesty.

Glad to see this. I grew up with bodybuilding competitions with 2 heavyweight parents, one of them being a iffb pro.
I was struggling alot with this when i started getting older as a teenager and could understand what was going on. I was so angry and felt so betrayed, i was also very angry at pro bodybuilding overall, i couldnt get in my head why you would base your lifes on a lie like this..
Now as a adult i've forgiven my parents and i've also forgiven pro bodybuilding. However as of today most pro bodybuilders are still living and making money of a lie, thats why im so happy to see that more people are now coming out in the open.

Really good to see that people are being honest, the few people that said that they were clean weren't though, its easier to spot enhanced people that most think...grate video btw

My thoughts are, I appreciate transparency from them and as Noel deyzel pointed out in one of his videos, just because some people are bigger does not mean it was healthy or achievable naturals

There were some there who said they weren't and I was quite surprised because they didnt look that big. Full respect to those who were truthful!

Thanks for the video. It completely changed my expectations.

The people that aren't natural just don't quite have correct body portions and I guessed all but one of the people you interviewed correctly before you disclosed whether they were natural or not going by those survival imposter detecting instincts, I just sort of get a way less extreme version of an uncanny valley feeling from the non naturals

Love the last guys explanation. You have to understand that once you hop on gear, you are basically a doctors guinea pig for the rest of your life. Regular blood work, medications, gyno surgery, hair loss treatment, acne treatment, physical therapy, etc. The only viable reason to take steroids is if you know for a fact you’re going to make loads of money by having an amazing physique.

huge respect to all this guys nice video

Agree with most of already said down below! Nice to see ppl being open about it.
Warm regards from Sweden 🇸🇪

Respect to the ones who admitted it and not let their damn pride be affected or ego

Great video. You got more yes answers than I thought you would. I'm still a fan of either or as long as they're transparent about it.

Tiny local gym I used to go around to as a kid from around 2007-2010 in Derbyshire was filled with a group of lads in their 20s who had got it into their heads that they needed to take steds and get as huge as possible. It was such a random small gym but this group of around 10 guys were absolutely huge. Theyd be buying and selling in the locker room and I remember hearing one of them talk about how you could feel the chemicals pump through their your bloodstream when you injected it and it gave them a buzz. One in particular was literally the biggest guy I've ever seen in a gym and I've been lifting for around 14 years. He looked so unhealthy even then, swollen red face and hands, hamster cheeks, constantly out of breath. He was also the shyest one and kept himself to himself. Probably suffered from massive self esteem issues. Heard a few years ago he was getting nosebleeds in the gym whilst lifting - and then I heard on the grapevine he literally died in the gym of cardiac arrest last year. No idea how the rest of them are doing, they'll be approaching their 40s now. Not worth it

Best video about the industry I’ve seen in a long time. It’s out there it’s normal and now hopefully it will be safer.

Gotta respect the honesty of a lot of them

your channels grown loads man, well done

I believe most of these guys. Respect for the honesty guys and more respect to the natural guys. I think the Arnold Classic would be the hardest place to admit it.