Dr Higgins: “We are facing into a steroid epidemic. What is so important is that young people are educated about #steroids… there’s an increase risk of stroke, increased risk of heart attack, increased risk of sudden death, prostate cancer, a significant cost” #RTEInvestigates pic.twitter.com/3kw8Gpn0fA
— RTÉ (@rte) December 12, 2018
“In 10 yrs time are some of these young lads gonna be washed up. Some will end up in trouble their kidneys, their liver, but they don’t care right now. They’re going to the gym, taking selfies. They’re looking good on Saturday night in a shirt. Its madness” #RTEInvestigates pic.twitter.com/14AowiKNPC
— RTÉ (@rte) December 12, 2018
Agris Bremsmits was listed as apart time personal trainer on a Finglas Gym website. He was convicted on nine counts of selling #steroids last year. Within 20 minutes of meeting him for a personal training session he offered to sell #RTEInvestigates steroids pic.twitter.com/51fqJlaKxJ
— RTE One (@RTEOne) December 12, 2018
Those who market themselves and earn their living as Instagram fitness/aesthetic influencers ought to submit themselves for regular drug screening. Prove to their followers – who compare themselves to unattainable standards they are in fact “natural” #rteinvestigates
— col 🇵🇸 (@cp_conlan) December 12, 2018
Last night.
‘Bridget M’ writes:
Credit where it’s due…[last night’s] RTÉ Investigates [on anabolic steroids] was public service broadcasting at its best… I think it will change the whole culture around steroid use among young men in Ireland..It was well-researched and pretty terrifying for any parent… I have an idea who the social influencer [mentioned during the show] could be but does anyone know why they weren’t named?
Anyone?
Watch back here
RTE Investigates Uncovers Steroid Use (RTÉ)
Common side effect not mentioned is steroids actually cause shrinking of the old chap
and the paranoia. ‘roid rage’ i believe it’s called.
Android users suffer from it after every update pushed out.
Steroids…
I can blame it on steroids!
Why replace the correct word for this part of the anatomy with ‘old chap’?
I really despair at what people think are taboo words.
Yes, the ‘fake natties’ on instagram and youtube giving young men and women unrealistic goals. Huge issue at the moment, and well hidden too. Scary stuff
Instagram is such a strange internet place.
it’s great for perving
Fair dues RTE Investigates
+1 was a real eye-opener
I know someone who used to use steroids. He’s 54, and has a colostomy bag.Hard t know if his prostrate cancer had anything to do with his steroid use but at his age, it is a hell of a coincidence.
You would think that the chap selling the steroids would be a bit more trim…
Dealers are not usually junkies.
Made for interesting viewing. Fair play to the ordinary punters who spoke on camera about their experiences.
Two thoughts: This is nothing new. Like SOQ above, I’ve known guys involved in purely recreational sport who were openly injecting twenty years ago.
Secondly, forget IG influencers. The biggest influencers in the Irish media are pro rugby players. The idea that menus of drugs are available in every gym in the country, except the ones rugby players use doesn’t seem credible to me. As Declan Lynch wrote in the Sindo a while back, these guys are so heavily muscled now that they may have actually evolved into a different species. It’s that obvious. I don’t see how you can complain about teenagers pumping up for selfies while putting rugby on a pedestal and not even attempting to connect the dots.
Bingo. Rugby players are clearly the biggest users, and RTE lionise them. Don’t forget the GAA though, huge uptake there too. Can only imagine how much more will start juicing if the sport turns paid professional.
They can increase cardiac muscle, reducing the space inside your heart ventricles, that would not normally happen through natural training. Then you can’t supply the necessary blood/oxygen for the demand, a recipe for disaster.
All ye need is cabbage, spinach and a regular batin’ outside de boozer! Tuffin ye up
Forget the steroids, all anyone is talking about is Dr Higgins’ girly voice. His voiceover was on for a while before his talking head appeared, and I nearly fell off the couch
He’s a natural bodybuilder – you can tell by the pencil neck and girly voice. He’s a walking advertisement for what happens if you don’t ‘roid. A few weeks on the juice will really deepen the voice and thicken up your vocal chords doc.
Girly voice? Never noticed.