{"id":258393,"date":"2020-07-29T11:32:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T18:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=258393"},"modified":"2020-07-29T11:48:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T18:48:23","slug":"why-i-dont-use-steroids-human-growth-hormone-testosterone-protein-powder-creatine-or-any-supplements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/29\/why-i-dont-use-steroids-human-growth-hormone-testosterone-protein-powder-creatine-or-any-supplements\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Don&#8217;t Use Steroids, Human Growth Hormone, Testosterone, Protein Powder, Creatine, or Any Supplements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My regimen is uber-simple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/16\/why-i-love-intermittent-fasting\/\">Intermittent fast<\/a> during the day (<a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/28\/why-i-dont-eat-breakfast-or-lunch-in-praise-of-one-huge-dinner-meal-a-day\/\">no breakfast and lunch<\/a>)<\/li><li>Lift weighs while fasting (yes, even <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/07\/powerlifting-while-fasting\/\">powerlifting<\/a>)<\/li><li>When the sun goes down (dinner time), I <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/22\/how-i-break-my-fast\/\">break my fast<\/a> and eat a <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/29\/eric-kim-eats-meat\/\">shitload of meat<\/a>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No protein powder, no steroids, no testosterone, no creatine, no &#8216;pre-workout&#8217; stuff, no energy drinks, no protein powder, no creatine. The only stimulants I consume are black coffee, 100% cocoa powder, matcha green tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why? Let me explain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. I like my balls<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you take human growth hormone, testosterone (injection or oral tablet form), steroids (anabolic, etc) your balls will shrink. Why? Your body no longer has a need to produce testosterone on its own. Your balls literally shrink!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/i3qfLRaD?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. I&#8217;m cheap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/0REiZa8H?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/29\/eric-kim-eats-meat\/\">ERIC KIM EATS MEAT<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t like to spend money. I just spend all my money on <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/24\/i-only-eat-industrial-food\/\">cheap industrial meat<\/a> (99 cents a pound for pork, and steak and beef for the cheapest I can find.. whether ground beef for $2.99 a pound or steak for $4.99 a pound). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And think about it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>All the money you can spend on protein powder and strange supplements&#8230; why not just direct that money towards buying yourself more meat and <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/29\/eric-kim-eats-meat\/\">steak<\/a>?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. <\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My regimen is uber-simple: Intermittent fast during the day (no breakfast and lunch) Lift weighs while fasting (yes, even powerlifting) When the sun goes down (dinner time), I break my fast and eat a \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":255764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-258393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ERIC-KIM-FLEX-00021-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1600&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258393"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258414,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258393\/revisions\/258414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}