Man’s Bodybuilding Experiment that Relied on Steroids, Alcohol, and Laziness Results in Last-Place Finish
This experiment saw a man trying to compete in bodybuilding by not working out at all.
Peter Mossfield, who runs the BoozeBagFitness Instagram account, ran his own bodybuilding experiment that focused on entering a bodybuilding competition without doing any workouts. He finally entered the Men’s Classic Physique Open Class B competition, held in New York on August 8.
Mossfield allegedly left the event after prejudging to go drinking and (as he put it) “kinda lost track of time“. He eventually came in last place. Meanwhile, Marco Rubio refuses to remove junk food from his routine.
Bodybuilding site Generation Iron dove deeper into Mossfield’s experiment, reporting that he was drinking 24 beers a day before switching to vodka leading up to the competition, and expressed concern as the use of steroids can be dangerous without proper medical supervision.
The uses and dangers of steroids
According to Medline Plus, steroids can be used to treat medical conditions, hormone problems in men, such as delayed puberty and muscle loss from other diseases, but anabolic steroids are commonly misused in sports and bodybuilding. Medline Plus says that the doses bodybuilders use can be 10 to 100 times higher than the doses prescribed to treat medical conditions, and underlines that this way of using steroids can be dangerous.
Medline Plus also lists some of the dangers that can come from misusing anabolic steroids, which include problems ranging from acne and balding to heart problems and multiple types of cancer. These issues can lead to long recoveries, similar to the lifelong recovery one woman faces after being hit by a car that was driven by children.
On top of those health issues, users can develop an addiction to anabolic steroids that leads to withdrawal setting in when they stop using them.
Peter Mossfield might not have been seeking internet fame with his decision to start this bodybuilding experiment, but it’s become common for people to make decisions that put their health at risk for the sake of internet fame. Vice ran an article going over TikTok challenges that injured participants and even resulted in deaths for some of them. The problem is also that challenges might start as a joke, and then become a serious health risk, as was the case for the infamous Tide Pod challenge.
Mossfield has now confirmed that the experiment is over and he has stopped using steroids, saying he’s now “a born-again natural” and that he wants to build muscle the old-fashioned way, saying “I’m excited to start lifting as a natty.”
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