I never did much running in college, but I tried to gain weight and strength in the gym. I quickly realized through observation and the equivalent of let's run message boards-the body building forums. com-that supplements and at a higher level "gear" are a big part of bodybuilding. They don't try to hide it. In fact, they don't deny it.

The funniest thing...I think there's a drug test in bodybuilding competitions; it's pretty much a joke. I don't believe they hold their athletes to the level of the VAD by means of random drug tests during the season.

However-I followed the doping threads on lets run and was interested in comparing bodybuilding to running.

I saw one thread that at one point gave a positive result to most of the top 100-meter sprinters. In addition, I have read opinions that most world distance records are not clean, and most athletes in the final at the WC or Olympic Games are under minimal suspicion anyway.

Does running or Jogging becomes the bodybuilding from the point of view of chemical strengthening? How many guys in the gym take creatine, protein, fuel, and whatever else they sell at GNC. Although it's not so visually obvious - how many runners are taking supplements to help.

Besides, there's always a guy or two in the gym on the roids. It's pretty clear. It's a little more obvious because you can see their progress with their muscle mass. But...is recreational distance running will become one where in each group or on each route there will be guys/girls who are at some" higher level " of pharmacy? I've heard that amateur cycling is already like that.