How far can all natural actually take a bodybuilder?
Unless you’re a genetic freak, being born with an aesthetic form is highly unlikely. It’s pretty evident that getting major muscle and looking like a superhero is simply something that not every human can achieve. It’s why professional bodybuilding was popularized in the first place. It showcased individuals with bodies that most people would be envious to attain. But it takes a level of dedication and sacrifice to achieve that aesthetic goal.
Achieving great musculature is a great achievement. Through dieting and hard work, a driven and determined bodybuilder can have an impressive physical form. But sometimes to get to a certain level of aesthetic fitness, individuals have turned to other less natural options to achieve their goal. Anabolic steroids are used by many athletes for a bunch of different reasons. Injuries, performance enhancing, you name it and there’s a reasoning behind utilize the anabolic substance. There are differing opinions on the subject. Many have no problem using steroids in the hopes of building up their physical forms to appear more aesthetic. Others believe it’s like cheating in sporting events like baseball, MMA, or boxing.
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The outcry is usually marshalled by athletes that believe training naturally is the healthiest, safest, and frankly, only way to train. For them using steroids is basically a crutch. They want to achieve an aesthetic body without using substances that they deem unnatural. To achieve a great body without steroids is considered a feather in the cap for most bodybuilders, leading to many claiming that they’re natural or natty. It’s what bodybuilder and fitness enthusiast Artemis Dolgin is claiming.
The bodybuilder has an unusually proportioned physique that by all accounts appears to be unnatural attained. But it’s not what Artemis is claiming. He has admitted to using steroids a few times, but claims that he has been natural throughout most of his bodybuilding journey. Check out his interview with Ric Drasin claiming as much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSqTgDdTuGo
Artemis is pretty adamant about his natural status. But it all seems unlikely that he could achieve a physique like this without being on some kind of anabolic substance.
Not impossible, but it just seems hard to fathom he could pull that off as a natty. In a world where bodybuilding and steroids is so synonymous – it’s hard to not be cynical when a person with masterful physique and size claims to be natural.
So what do you guys think? Is it possible to achieve Artemis Dolgin’s physique being natty? Are we being too jaded on what is naturally possible? Let us know what your think in the comments and forums. Also, be sure to follow Generation Iron on Facebook and Twitter.
