Haven’t posted in a long while (not since the ‘old’ forum, I guess), but I just wanted to agree with the others. That was an incredible article, Thom. I suppose you are now MY “Uncle Phil”, because you really made me think with that piece.
Would I take a drug that would make me strong without having to lift? Absolutely not. After all, it’s the workouts that are the fun (?) part of the journey. Okay, yes, most of the workouts are brutally horrible – but I can’t imagine ever giving them up. In a very real way, these workouts – brutal though they may sometimes be, and even with the occasional (okay, frequent) failures – give my life purpose, a reason to get up in the morning … well, second to my kids, of course.
Now, would I take a steroid that was perfectly safe, and allowed me to keep all the gains I made? That’s a different story …