[0:00] Is it possible to look like you're on
[0:02] steroids without ever actually taking
[0:04] steroids? I think it is, but a lot of
[0:06] people find that hard to believe. Vast
[0:08] majority of people are saying, "There's
[0:09] no way this guy is natural.
[0:11] You just won't be able to convince me
[0:12] there's a single chance he achieved this
[0:14] naturally."
[0:15] So, I put it to the test and I showed
[0:17] this group of guys who swear they're all
[0:19] natural to random strangers and ask them
[0:21] one question. Who's Natty and who's not?
[0:24] Him.
[0:24] You think he's on steroids? Okay.
[0:26] Oh, yeah. Like, that's just insane. It's
[0:29] pretty big.
[0:31] It gets a little suspicious, you know.
[0:33] It's a little It's a little like It's a
[0:34] little too much.
[0:35] I think he takes steroid
[0:36] him.
[0:36] Yeah.
[0:37] Okay. You stay forward.
[0:38] 100%. I would say natural.
[0:40] No, they've just been getting roasted
[0:41] the whole time. So,
[0:42] yeah. So, sorry about that.
[0:43] Yeah.
[0:43] Based on their answers, I was able to
[0:45] pinpoint exactly which body features
[0:47] people look at when they're suspecting
[0:49] steroids. And in this video, I'll show
[0:52] you how to build up those features 100%
[0:54] naturally. By the end, you'll know
[0:56] exactly how to look enhanced without
[0:59] ever touching a needle.
[1:01] As for our eight test subjects, I
[1:03] totally understand the skepticism when
[1:05] you just look at them, especially a few
[1:08] in particular. That's why I'm secretly
[1:10] bringing in a medical doctor who's going
[1:12] to blood test every single person later
[1:14] in the video. And I'll say this, there's
[1:17] definitely one curveball in those
[1:18] testosterone results. First, let's break
[1:21] down what people think a natural
[1:23] physique actually looks like. On the
[1:24] right is the definitely natty zone.
[1:27] Basically, everyone I interviewed
[1:28] thought this look was achievable
[1:30] naturally with some basic training. A
[1:32] few people pointed to subject number
[1:33] five's quads as being a little
[1:35] suspicious, but I got in a leg workout
[1:37] with him and I definitely think he
[1:38] earned those quads naturally. On the
[1:40] left side is the questionable zone. Most
[1:42] people thought these guys were probably
[1:44] taking something. Even after I told them
[1:46] they swear they're 100% natty, some
[1:49] people still had their doubts. So, what
[1:50] if I told you all of these people are
[1:53] actually natural? That's crazy.
[1:56] Oh, I'm going to start working out, too.
[1:58] Do you believe me?
[2:00] It gets a little suspicious, you know?
[2:01] It's a little It's a little like It's a
[2:02] little too much. I I'd have to say no.
[2:04] I'd have to say no.
[2:05] Bear, legit, are you in my YouTube
[2:07] comments? Out of curiosity, I asked
[2:08] people where they'd insert me into the
[2:10] lineup. And some of their answers were a
[2:12] little surprising.
[2:13] At the end.
[2:13] At the end.
[2:15] I had to put you at two. I got to put
[2:17] you at two.
[2:17] Right here.
[2:18] Yeah.
[2:19] Wow. Okay. Not here.
[2:20] Yeah, I can put you at one. I put you at
[2:22] one. I put you at one. But if you cancel
[2:24] out the person who put me in the most
[2:25] jacked spot, definitely a fan, and my
[2:28] biggest hater of all time, Meline, who
[2:30] put me in the least jacked spot, on
[2:32] average, most people put me in the
[2:34] middle, right between the definitely
[2:36] natty zone and the questionable zone.
[2:38] Several people pointed to my shoulders
[2:39] as my enhanced feature. And in my
[2:42] experience, that usually is the first
[2:44] thing that people look for when they're
[2:45] judging whether or not someone's
[2:47] enhanced. Anytime I'm accused of taking
[2:49] steroids, I always hear that my delts
[2:51] look just a little too 3D. And while I
[2:53] owe a lot of my deltoid development to
[2:55] solid science-based training principles,
[2:57] I probably owe more of it to my mom.
[2:59] Like, just look at her shoulders right
[3:01] now at 60 years old, lifetime natty. But
[3:04] if you're chasing that naturally
[3:06] enhanced look, building a wide set of
[3:08] delts is absolutely crucial. And the
[3:11] real key is the side delts. I do lateral
[3:13] raises at least twice a week, but when I
[3:16] was early on in my bodybuilding journey,
[3:17] there were actually periods where I do
[3:19] lateral raises at the end of every
[3:21] workout. So, if you're struggling to
[3:22] grow them, try training them more often,
[3:24] even three to five times a week. After
[3:27] 3D delts, the second naturally enhanced
[3:29] feature that people pointed to was
[3:31] actually the biceps. I was a little
[3:33] surprised at this, but almost every
[3:35] single person pointed out the biceps on
[3:38] the four guys in the questionable zone.
[3:40] Like, the arms are literally as big as
[3:41] my leg.
[3:42] That's like, I don't know.
[3:44] Turns out that if you're trying to
[3:45] impress everyday folks, having some big
[3:47] peaked biceps might just be the easiest
[3:50] way to do it. Subject number four drew a
[3:52] lot of attention for his biceps peaks.
[3:54] So I wanted to see if he had any secret
[3:56] sauce for building those insane 18inch
[3:58] arms. Literally 18 right on the money.
[4:01] Yes. So I was a competitive gymnast.
[4:03] It's up until I was like 14. I've got
[4:05] this one photo. I pulled this off my
[4:07] mom's Facebook.
[4:08] You can even see the like delt
[4:10] development. What? How old are you
[4:11] there?
[4:12] Uh maybe like 12.
[4:13] Toli explained to me that he does a lot
[4:15] of preacher curls with forced reps at
[4:17] the end. So once he can't get the weight
[4:18] up on his own, he uses his other hand
[4:21] for assistance and then takes the full
[4:23] weight on the negative. Even though my
[4:25] biceps aren't really a strong point for
[4:26] me, I did manage to grow them over the
[4:28] last year according to ultrasound
[4:30] measurements. And I owe a lot of those
[4:31] gains to this exercise right here.
[4:33] Beijian curls in that position, right?
[4:36] Yeah. I keep it locked and it's just
[4:38] curling up like this. And so you can
[4:40] really emphasize the length and position
[4:42] after biceps. The next thing that stood
[4:44] out as an enhanced feature was actually
[4:46] the upper pecs. A few people pointed
[4:48] this out on subject number two as his
[4:50] main wow factor. And I'll take a little
[4:53] credit for that. I actually coached
[4:55] Shamar to the all-time Canadian bench
[4:56] press record for his weight class in
[4:58] drug tested powerlifting. Even though
[5:00] some of the science-based community
[5:01] prefers machines over the bench press, I
[5:03] strongly believe it's one of the best
[5:05] exercises for building a big sculpted
[5:07] chest.
[5:08] I think, man, it's I really don't think
[5:09] it's a coincidence, bro.
[5:11] Everyone I see who has a big bench has a
[5:13] big chest.
[5:14] Has a big chest to as well. Right
[5:15] now, when it comes to the upper pecs in
[5:17] particular, it is pretty clear that an
[5:18] incline bench will grow that area a bit
[5:20] better. So, for the best total pec
[5:22] development, make sure you include some
[5:24] kind of incline press or incline fly as
[5:26] well. After the pecs, a lot of people
[5:28] pointed out that everyone in the
[5:29] questionable zone had bigger traps than
[5:31] everyone else. And science does suggest
[5:33] that having massive traps can be an
[5:36] indicator that you're on some special
[5:37] supplements. That's because your upper
[5:39] traps have a higher androgen receptor
[5:41] density than most other muscles.
[5:44] Basically, they're just more
[5:45] testosterone receptors on the muscle
[5:47] cells there. So, when you inject
[5:48] testosterone, it tends to have a bigger
[5:50] impact on the trap since there are more
[5:52] receptors to bind to. I never had the
[5:54] best traps personally, but I did manage
[5:56] to bring them up the best my genetics
[5:57] would allow. Obviously, shrugs are a
[5:59] staple, but a good tip is to use a
[6:01] slightly wider grip and think about
[6:03] shrugging up and in. That way, you'll
[6:05] hit the upper trap fibers along their
[6:06] fiber orientation much better. The upper
[6:09] trap fibers actually run a lot more
[6:10] horizontally than many people realize. I
[6:13] also think including some kind of
[6:14] overhead raise is a good idea for the
[6:16] upper traps. So, that could be a full
[6:18] ROM lateral raise or an overhead lra on
[6:20] the cables. And even though it's fallen
[6:22] out of fashion a bit lately, I still do
[6:24] think direct neck training can make a
[6:26] big difference here, too. But above all
[6:28] that, in my personal opinion, this next
[6:30] thing is the biggest factor that's
[6:33] actually fully within your control, and
[6:35] it's simply being lean. Assuming you
[6:37] have some muscle base, when you're
[6:39] leaner, you're going to look much more
[6:41] jacked. As a comparison, this is what I
[6:43] looked like 30 lb heavier at around 20%
[6:46] body fat. And this is what I look like
[6:48] now, 30 lb lighter at around 10% body
[6:51] fat. I'm definitely getting more steroid
[6:53] accusations now despite the fact that
[6:55] I'm actually quite a bit smaller. That's
[6:57] the illusion of bodybuilding. I think a
[6:59] big part of creating that like enhanced
[7:01] look is just getting leaner.
[7:03] Yeah, for sure. 100%. Especially when
[7:05] you're naughty.
[7:05] If you get leaner and like you get on
[7:07] camera under some decent lighting, like
[7:09] you're going to look way bigger. It's
[7:10] just the way it is. You're actually
[7:12] smaller, but you look bigger.
[7:13] When you're leaner, you'll also be more
[7:15] vascular, which is actually not nearly
[7:17] as related to steroids as many people
[7:19] think. Phil Heath is arguably the best.
[7:21] You could make the case he's the best
[7:22] bodybuilder ever, the most gifted
[7:24] anyway. And he was just wasn't a
[7:25] vascular guy. Neither was Jay Cutler.
[7:27] You'll get more roid accusations if you
[7:29] are vascular. People for some reason
[7:31] think it's related. It's mostly just
[7:32] genetic, honestly. It's mostly genetic
[7:34] and low body fat.
[7:36] Someone like Hussein gets a lot of fake
[7:38] natty accusations online since he has a
[7:40] huge social media following. And yeah,
[7:42] he has a super impressive physique even
[7:44] in real life. So, I get it. But just
[7:46] like me and pretty much every other
[7:48] fitness influencer, he does understand
[7:50] the power of lighting, posing, and the
[7:52] illusion of bodybuilding. Most people
[7:54] don't realize just how much of a
[7:56] difference lighting can make in how
[7:57] enhanced you look, especially when
[7:59] you're lean like Hussein. Actually,
[8:00] while shooting this video, I played with
[8:02] two different lighting options. This is
[8:04] what everyone looked like with standard
[8:05] diffuse lighting. Now, look at the
[8:07] difference once we switched to more
[8:08] spotlighting. Everyone went from natty
[8:10] to enhanced in a 1second transformation.
[8:13] Here's another visual. This is what I
[8:14] looked like just standing in my kitchen
[8:16] under normal lighting with no posing and
[8:18] being filmed on an iPhone. All I did was
[8:21] run downstairs to my posing room,
[8:22] flicked on a spotlight, hit a most
[8:24] muscular pose, and switched to a Sony
[8:26] A7S3 camera. That's a big visual
[8:28] difference with less than 1 minute
[8:30] between shots. I'm only 155 lbs right
[8:33] now, and when you look at me posing on
[8:34] my own, I think I do look massive. But
[8:37] when you put me into the lineup of other
[8:38] guys that are bigger than me, I think it
[8:40] adds a lot of context. Now, right before
[8:41] I show you everyone's blood work, let's
[8:43] talk about Julian. This guy's caught the
[8:45] internet by storm with the majority of
[8:47] people saying there's simply no way he's
[8:48] natural. Especially when you consider he
[8:50] just turned 19 years old.
[8:52] Does anybody else?
[8:54] How old are you? Yeah. 19.
[8:55] You're 19? Okay. Yeah, he's 19.
[8:57] Yeah.
[9:00] I've been training for almost as long as
[9:01] he's been alive.
[9:02] I'm going to max this thing out for him.
[9:04] Doesn't even know where to fit.
[9:05] Yeah, we're starting to run out of room,
[9:06] but yeah. Now, what's another 10? 360.
[9:11] Let's go. We might as well go 365.
[9:16] You think you'll get it?
[9:17] I don't know. I just loaded as much as I
[9:19] could.
[9:19] All right.
[9:20] Tell me on one, two, three. Okay.
[9:21] 31 up.
[9:24] Here we go.
[9:29] That's actually
[9:30] Yo,
[9:32] let's get five or six. Four. Let's go,
[9:35] Julian. Push it.
[9:38] Six. Let's get eight.
[9:40] Come on. Come on.
[9:42] Seven. Okay. This
[9:44] got 12 me.
[9:46] Go heavier. Stop.
[9:47] That's too light for you. And you don't
[9:49] do weighted pull-ups?
[9:50] Uh, I do.
[9:50] You do have three plates.
[9:52] You do three plates?
[9:53] Yeah.
[9:55] I don't even know what to say right now.
[9:57] It's just depressing. I sort of be like
[10:00] if I should be motivated or just sad.
[10:03] But here's the thing. Before you jump to
[10:05] any conclusions, just take a look at
[10:07] this photo. This is Melvin Wells, and
[10:09] this photo was taken in 1949. The first
[10:12] corroborated reports of testosterone use
[10:13] in the lifting community were in 1952.
[10:17] So, there's an extremely high likelihood
[10:19] those arms are 100% natty. But if you're
[10:22] really tapped in, you may know that
[10:24] Soviet lifters did use testosterone in
[10:26] the late 1940s. So, maybe this guy
[10:29] somehow got his hands on it. One person
[10:31] who definitely didn't get his hands on
[10:32] steroids though was this gentleman. And
[10:35] we know that because this photo was
[10:36] taken in 1912, two decades before
[10:39] injectable testosterone was ever even
[10:41] isolated for the first time. Not going
[10:43] to lie, those bicep peaks do look a bit
[10:46] familiar. Here's the thing, some people
[10:48] are just jacked. Just like there's a
[10:49] huge range in height potential, there's
[10:51] also a huge range in muscle growth
[10:53] potential. If we see someone who's 7T
[10:55] tall, we don't immediately think they're
[10:57] taking growth hormone. But when it comes
[10:59] to muscle mass, people often forget the
[11:01] role of genetics and immediately jump to
[11:03] steroids. Now, I don't want to undercut
[11:04] any of Julian's hard work and chalk it
[11:06] all up to genetics. The dude trains like
[11:08] an absolute beast, but I do think his
[11:11] answer to this question was revealing.
[11:13] What do you eat? What do you have for
[11:14] breakfast?
[11:14] I do eat a lot of like protein and stuff
[11:16] like that. Like same everybody else
[11:17] eats. Like I go to Wendy's sometimes,
[11:18] you know what I mean? Nothing crazy.
[11:20] Here's what I think. Sometimes when you
[11:22] combine worldclass genetics with super
[11:24] hard training, you really can get to a
[11:26] level of muscular development that some
[11:28] people simply aren't going to believe is
[11:30] possible naturally. No matter what you
[11:32] say,
[11:33] I'm in the gym all the time. It's like
[11:35] somebody's like basically saying, "Nah,
[11:36] you didn't put in the work. You just
[11:38] stuck a needle in your arm." But I'm
[11:39] like afraid of needles. I hate needles
[11:41] like so much.
[11:42] See, that's how you know he's not
[11:43] enhanced cuz he said you put it in your
[11:44] arm and you like you don't inject in
[11:46] your arm. Nah. So, are you are are you
[11:49] planning to stay natural or have you
[11:51] thought about that?
[11:51] As of right now, I'm just focused on,
[11:53] you know, getting through school
[11:54] and I'm also like a big family dude, so
[11:57] I start a family and stuff and awesome.
[11:59] Once everything's kind of, you know, set
[12:00] in stone and have everything laid out,
[12:01] then I'll be like, "All right, cool.
[12:02] Let's shoot for Olympia." You know what
[12:03] I mean?
[12:03] For real.
[12:04] Shoot for real.
[12:04] Holy. Okay.
[12:06] And despite that sounding authentic, I
[12:08] still want a little more confirmation.
[12:10] So, while they get their blood drawn,
[12:11] I'll tell you what I'm looking for in
[12:13] someone who's natural. Most healthy
[12:15] young men will have testosterone levels
[12:17] between around 200 and 850 nanogs per
[12:21] deciliter. If you're over a thousand,
[12:23] that's a bit suspicious. Over 1,200 is
[12:26] very suspicious, and over 1,500 is
[12:29] basically impossible without steroid
[12:31] use. Pro bodybuilders will sometimes go
[12:34] well above 5,000. I've even heard of
[12:37] people going above 10,000, especially if
[12:39] they're not taking other drugs to
[12:40] suppress their levels. All right. Now,
[12:42] with that in mind, let's take a look at
[12:44] the blood results. Now, for the sake of
[12:47] full transparency, I have to say there
[12:50] actually was one person who went above
[12:52] the normal range for testosterone. This
[12:54] is the bar graph of everyone's levels.
[12:56] They ranged from 415 to 689 except for
[13:01] one person who hit 928.
[13:04] Who do you think it was? It was actually
[13:07] subject number six, Spencer. Everyone
[13:11] else was in the 400s to 600s, but
[13:14] Spencer's levels were substantially
[13:15] higher than everyone else's. So, does
[13:18] that mean he's the fake natty? Well, to
[13:21] check and see, I went ahead and got his
[13:23] luteinizing hormone and follical
[13:24] stimulating hormone levels measured as
[13:26] well, since those hormones tend to drop
[13:28] very low with steroid use. So, if
[13:31] Spencer has high testosterone combined
[13:33] with low LH and low FSH, that would make
[13:37] me do a double take. And as it turns
[13:39] out, his LH and FSH levels were totally
[13:43] normal, right in the middle of the
[13:45] reference range. In fact, the LH and FSH
[13:47] levels were all normal for everyone. And
[13:50] to be clear, I definitely do think
[13:51] Spencer is natty. A 928 testosterone
[13:54] level is a bit high, but it's nothing
[13:56] really out of the ordinary for an active
[13:58] young male in their late teens. But more
[14:00] interestingly, and contrary to popular
[14:02] belief, more testosterone didn't
[14:05] correlate with more muscle, at least not
[14:07] within the natural range. And research
[14:09] actually supports this. Studies show
[14:11] that as long as you're within the normal
[14:12] healthy range, testosterone doesn't do
[14:15] nearly as much for muscle growth as
[14:17] people seem to think. It isn't until you
[14:19] start injecting testosterone and you get
[14:21] to those super physiological levels that
[14:23] it really packs on the size. Now, of
[14:25] course, it's always possible that
[14:27] someone could have used something in the
[14:29] past, but I think the most plausible
[14:31] scientific explanation is that when you
[14:33] combine years of really hard training
[14:35] with dedicated nutrition and the right
[14:37] parents, the results can be super
[14:39] impressive. If you want to maximize your
[14:41] own natural potential, you need to dial
[14:43] in your nutrition. I honestly think just
[14:45] getting your body fat down is probably
[14:47] the number one thing you can do to look
[14:48] as jacked as you possibly can naturally.
[14:50] I'm using MacroFactor to run my own cut
[14:52] this summer and honestly the app makes
[14:54] the whole process super easy and kind of
[14:56] fun. Tracking your macros is like
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