Article: STEROIDS DO MORE TO TEAR DOWN THAN BUILD

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Steroids - the drug seems synonymous to male body builders. But what about women body builders?

Recently, I attended the Midwest Classic Body Building Championships in Merrillville.

Women of all muscular sizes strutted up and down the center stage, flexing their pecs in tune to music like Prince's "U Got The Look" and Michael Jackson's "Bad."

One clearly outmuscled most of her competition. Competitors said steroids gave the winner the needed edge. It also gave her facial hair, pimples on her back and a voice an octave lower.

When she walked off stage with trophy in hand, the urge nearly struck me to ...

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