Do I Look Like I Need Them?

There are few things that I've learned in life. One of them is that nothing comes easy in this world, PERIOD!! Achievement is the satisfaction that you get when you know that you have worked every single sweat that dropped out from your body after going through all the hardship and dedication supported by one core factor called DISCIPLINE. 

Result and achievement only comes with pure discipline and dedication (now referred to as the "2Ds"). There's no 2-way about it.  Another thing that I've learned in life is that you deserve every right to determine your own destiny and how you want to achieve your goals. You can either choose the easy way, and live a fake life, enjoying the short term satisfaction and pride which you TOTALLY DON'T DESERVE or build a strong character through the 2Ds, taking things one step at a time, and then enjoy every bit of your achievements which you have earned through hard work, patience and perseverance.

Let's just cut the chase...I often get asked, be it at the gym, restaurants when I'm ordering my food or even in the office, "So, do you take steroids?" or "Are you on Anabol?". And when I say, "No, never", I'll often get response like, "Yeah right, stop lying....I'm not a rookie who you want to kid". For you guys out there who have such an undeveloped mentality, let me tell you this, I have one thing that you don't and that is DISCIPLINE! You don't deserve the right to make such a comment or even ask me that question if you had not gone through what I had gone through for the past 5+ years. If you had put in all the discipline, efforts, dedication and hardship just like how I did, you shouldn't even think of putting in that junk (steroids) into your body.

Steroid is a great substance given the right place, the right time and taken with the right doctor's recommendation. Without these circumstances, just forget about taking it guys. They are good for people who are sick, who are suffering from some sort of illness or people with physical limitations but PLEASE PLEASE bear in mind that they will have tremendous adverse side effects if they're not taken in the right way.

Many people that I know who uses steroids will continue to use them until they start abusing them. There's a weakness in themselves which they can't fight against due to lack of will power and mental strength. On top of that, they also have this huge ego in them which blinds them from admitting their weaknesses. This is the point when steroids comes into play and say, "Hey, why must you work so hard? I'm always here to give you a short cut and help you achieve your goals almost immediately". That's what steroid does. Greg Plitt once said, "excessive use of steroids, collide with ego = DISASTER!"

Who are you trying to cheat here? Yes, you may have fooled everyone with your "great" physique and how you look....but imagine this, you go back home everyday and you see yourself in the mirror, ask yourself, "Are you able to fool that guy whom you are staring at in the mirror?" That's not who you are man...that's not you! Nothing comes easy guys.....easy come easy go. There's more to life than just impressing people. Are you willing to give up all the respect and reputation that you have earned from your friends, family, loved ones? Are you willing to forego all the credibility that you may have built all these while? Are you willing to spend your hard earned money on steroids just for a temporary pride?

You know, life gets harder with more responsibility, and when disaster hits you at some point of your life, you'll lose your sense of direction cause you wouldn't know what to do. You wouldn't know what is the right path to take, cause before you have always been taking the easy way out and you have not learned the integrity and morality to build the character of who you really are. At the end of the day, who will pay the price? YOU will pay the price! Your family will pay the price! Your career will pay the price!

A point to remember guys, life gets more valuable through the failures and hardships that you go through. Standing up from every fall and learning what is it that made you fell will make you a stronger person both mentally and physically. Taking steroids is NOT the path leading to strong character.

I bought a T-Shirt from a friend of mine, Amir, at the gym a couple of weeks ago, and I really think that all fitness freak in this world should own this T-Shirt! Cheers Amir!!