Joe Rogan claims bodybuilding \u201cdoesn\u2019t exist\u201d without steroids Joe RoganJoe Rogan claimed on a recent episode of his Joe Rogan Experience podcast that the bodybuilding scene, as we know it, wouldn\u2019t be possible without the use of steroids. Rogan has been around the world of fitness for awhile, first being involved in UFC and now often discussing health topics on his popular JRE podcast. During a recent episode with journalist Mariana van Zeller, the pair were discussing steroids in sports, when Rogan claimed modern bodybuilding \u201cdoesn\u2019t exist\u201d without the use of the muscle-enhancing drugs. \u201cBodybuilding doesn\u2019t exist, it doesn\u2019t exist,\u201d Rogan claimed. \u201cBodybuilding with steroids exists, but not regular bodybuilding.\u201d He went on to say that he had a good friend that competes but doesn\u2019t use steroids, and even they weren\u2019t in the same league as people who do when it comes to competitions. Another example was bodybuilding legend Ronnie Coleman, who told Rogan on a past episode when he was a guest that he only started doing steroids at 30, after he realized he couldn\u2019t beat the guys that were. \u201cHe was honest about it, \u2018I couldn\u2019t compete because I was getting my butt kicked,\u2019 then he started taking them,\u201d the host said. \u201cThere are people that walk around, they don\u2019t even look like humans, they look like walls with feet.\u201d Van Zeller explained that steroids are incredibly widespread in the community, and even promoted by some influencers in the bodybuilding scene, which makes sense, given the inhuman proportions some of its enthusiasts are able to achieve. This was no surprise to Joe, who obviously admires bodybuilders, but is also a bit skeptical (as any regular-sized person would be) of what they do to themselves. \u201cThey\u2019re like sculptors, in a way it is kind of an art form,\u201d he mused. \u201cWhat they\u2019re doing is freakish, but they\u2019re all into it, they all love it.\u201d To be clear, Rogan was in no way endorsing the use of steroids or performance-enhancing drugs (making sure to make it a point that they\u2019re banned from the UFC), but obviously found it fascinating how widespread they are in bodybuilding, despite the health risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Joe Rogan claims bodybuilding \u201cdoesn\u2019t exist\u201d without steroids Joe RoganJoe Rogan claimed on a recent episode of his Joe Rogan Experience podcast that the bodybuilding scene, as we know it, wouldn\u2019t be possible without the use of steroids. Rogan has been around the world of fitness for awhile, first being involved in UFC and now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}