Nothing scientific here, but I'll go up to a random jacked dude and strike up a conversation with the intention of finding out whether they use roids or other PEDs (obviously don't disclose this up front). I read that the vast majority of fitness influencers you see on online are on the juice, so I was curious about regular big dudes at the gym.

I've talked to seven guys over the past couple of months, and four of them told me they use "gear" as it's called. The other three may or may not but they didn't admit it. I'll just go up and tell them I've hit a plateau in my lifting and ask them if they could share their routines. All of them were pretty chill and gave me some legit tips. Then I asked about diet, supplements, etc., and a couple just straight up told me they inject roids. With the other two I had to prod a little bit more but they eventually told me they're on gear (one claimed it was just HGH, no roids).

Pretty crazy how widespread it's become with Instagram, Tik Tok, etc. I guess it's like the male version of lip fillers and botox (though some dudes do that, too).

Also, I'm probably weird for doing this, but it's kinda like a fun challenge to extract a confession.