What’s going on, guys.
Sean Nalewanyj here, I wanted to get a little
more personal today, do a different type of
video and explain the reason why I choose
to stay natural and why I personally don’t
and never have taking steroids.
Now, I’ll separate this into two questions,
which are why I don’t use them now and why
I didn’t use them in the past, because they’re
actually two different reasons.
So, the reason I don’t use them now is really
simple, and that’s just that I honestly
have no desire at all to carry anymore muscle
or to be any bigger than I already am.
I’ve been doing this fitness thing for a
very long time now.
I went through my bodybuilding phase back
in the day where I literally want to be as
huge and strong as possible, and I was basically
obsessed with it.
That last probably about eight years, which
I’ll talk about shortly, but at this point
my mindset has changed a lot toward it.
And I definitely prefer a more practical,
sort of athletic look, so, a decent amount
of muscle but not too much and a decent amount
of--or a decent level of leanness but also
not too much.
So at this stage I’m honestly not preoccupied
with the idea having, you know, a crazy physique.
I train because I enjoy it, and because it
makes me feel good.
I definitely like being in good shape physically
and I do want to look good, but my life does
not revolved around fitness.
I have other priorities now and working out
and eating properly is really just something
that I do but I don’t really think too much
about, because it’s just such an automatic,
ingrained habit for me.
And once you develop the habit and you’re
happy with where you are, the whole thing
pretty much becomes almost effortless.
So I don’t use steroids now for the very
simple reason that I have no reason whatsoever
to use them.
I wouldn’t even want the results they would
give me.
Now, the second part of the question is why
I didn’t use the steroids in the past, even
though I did want to be as muscular as possible.
So, the simplest answer I could give is that
I didn’t use steroids because I was afraid
of the psychological effects that they would
probably have on me.
So for the first, maybe like five years of
training, I didn’t even consider the idea
of steroids because I was really young at
the time, I was making consistent gains and
so it just didn’t occur to me.
But once I hit, maybe 20 years old, by that
point I had pretty much already come close
to maxing out my genetic potential for carrying
muscle naturally.
I was maybe 195 pounds at that point.
I’m 170 now.
And I was working at a supplement store with
all competitive bodybuilders who are all using
gear, and the idea of possibly using it did
cross my mind.
I don’t think I ever really, truly considered
doing it.
And the main reason, again, was psychological.
It wasn’t so much the possible health effects,
that was part of it, but it was mostly just
that I was afraid of the body image issues
that it would probably create.
And I was afraid that if I was started using
steroids, I wouldn’t be able to stop.
If you’re really heavily into bodybuilding
and fitness for aesthetic purposes, especially
if you compete, then you’re already highly
preoccupied with the physical appearance of
your body.
You know, you’re constantly analyzing you
body fat levels, how big your muscles are,
you symmetry, how your physique compared to
other people, how it compares to how you looked
in the past.
And in my experience going to the extreme
with it, it just creates kind of a neurotic
situation that takes away from your overall
mental wellbeing.
Not for everybody, but that’s just been
my experience.
And the big challenge with it is that just
like with anything in life, you always get
accustomed to whatever level you achieved
with something.
So whether it’s with making money, material
possessions, social status, your dating life,
you always get used to a particular level
and then it stops bringing you satisfaction.
And our brains are wired up this way, to keep
us striving for things.
And in the case of bodybuilding, you’ll
always find yourself looking to the people
with the physiques that are at the next level
above you and you’ll use that as your new
standard.
And this cycle will just goes on and on.
So when you first start out at the gym, you
just want to be in decent healthy shape.
And then you achieved that and you think,
"Well, it’d be nice to carry more muscle.”
So you go ahead and you train hard.
You put on maybe ten pounds of muscle.
And then you’d think, “Well, this looks
good but I’m still not that muscular.
That guy over there is way bigger.
I need to put on, say ten more pounds.”
So you do that, and then it’s, “Alright,
I’m not look bad but I’m still kind of
small, let’s add another ten pounds.”
So you do that, then it’s, “Well, yeah,
I’m pretty big but I’m so fat.
So I need to lean down.”
So then you’ll lose, say 15 pounds of fat,
but then you’ll feel like you’ve lost
size and you’re too small, so now you want
to maintain that level of leanness but get
even bigger.
So then you go add more size, but now you
feel fat again, so you do another cutting
phase.
And this whole thing’s just goes on and
on and on.
Whatever level you get to, becomes the new
normal and then you start to feel unhappy
with that level and you want more.
So this was the issue that I saw with steroids
and it’s why I was, basically afraid of
taking them.
I just felt that if I was to use steroids,
I’d pack on all this new muscle, I’d be
huge and shredded in a very short time and
just feel like monster.
And if I experienced that once, how would
I ever be able to go back to my natural physique?
I’d have to keep pushing the envelope further
and further to stay satisfied.
And then eventually when I stopped using them,
it would mess me up mentally to, basically
watch my body deflate, and that maybe I’d
always be dissatisfied with my physique after
that.
And then coupling that with the fact that
I had no plans of competing, and that I already
have a very analytical, sort of perfectionist
attitude in general, it just all in all felt
like a really risky path to go down.
So that basically it.
I didn’t use steroids because I felt that
it was psychologically dangerous, and it wasn’t
worth it, and I think this applies to a lot
of other people as well.
So, if you’re someone who is considering
steroids use, don’t just think about the
physical health side but also think about
the mental side.
I have no moral issues to all the steroids
used, as long as people don’t lie about
it to sell things.
I’m fully in favor of the fact that people
should be able to do whatever they want with
their bodies.
And surely there are people out there who
do just fine using them, but the psychological
side shouldn’t be overlooked because I think
it can be very dangerous for some people depending
on their personality type.
So steroids use is a decision that shouldn’t
be taken lightly.
I think that for most people, unless you have
aspirations of competing at a high level and
bodybuilding is a central prime focus in your
life, then staying natural is the smarter
long term route to take.
That’s just my opinion, but for the average
person I definitely think that steroid use
probably ends up doing more harm than good
in the long run.
So that’s all I wanted to say on that.
Thanks for watching guys.
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