We all know that NFL players don’t take steroids, right? Sure …
In a mind-blowingly insane defense, Brain Cushing is now claiming that the reason that he tested positive for HCG (a drug designed to kick-start your bodies natural testosterone levels after you have been on the juice for a while) is because – get this – he was overtrained.
I’m not saying that it is completely impossible, but is it likely? That’s the important question.
Let’s look at some facts. Here’s a picture of The Fridge (remember that guy?), who played for the “Da Bears” back in the day:
Fridge was considered a total monster back then – unique. He was the biggest thing to have ever walked the earth … well, those days are gone. It used to be that lineman were big tubs of lard.
Here’s Cushing:
OK, OK … so Cushing is a linebacker and the Fridge was a defensive lineman. I know, modern defensive lineman are still fatter than Cushing by a good 50 to 80 pounds.
But all of today’s defensive lineman are huge, not unique, not like The Fridge. 20 years ago, about 40 players in the NFL weighed in at 300 or more pounds. Today about 340 players do!
Yes, the biggest of them are still fat. But, they are not carrying anything like the levels of bodyfat we used to see.
Did the human genome change in 20 years? Not likely.
