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If there’s one thing that you’re supposed to believe, it’s that the lifelong use of steroids will lead one to misery in the latter part of their life. However, using hormone replacement therapy or HRT to fight andropause, “The Grandfather of Steroids”, Robert Clapp, proves that everything the researchers and media says about roids is a lie as the 70 year-old man still looks like a professional bodybuilder.

We’ve all heard the laughable general consensus of what the lifelong steroid user winds up like in the end. They are a sad, lonely individual whose violent roid rages have pushed everyone that they’ve ever known away from them. In addition to this, they are also in very poor health, can barely walk, and are most certainly headed towards an early grave. Fortunately though, this perception is merely a joke to those of us who are knowledgeable about steroids and hormone replacement therapy or HRT.

The truth is that these myths’ foundations lie in the old school research and reports on steroids throughout the 1980’s and they somehow still continue to exist today. They’re something that are more comparable to old wives’ tales. Much like how people used to believe that it took years for gum to be digested, animals could predict natural disasters, humans only use ten percent of their brains, or Dennis Miller was actually funny, these thoughts will one day be chalked up to mere ignorance of the times.

Andropause: definition
a gradual and highly variable decline in the production of androgenic hormones and especially testosterone in the human male together with its associated effects that is held to occur during and after middle age —called also climactericmale menopause

But for now, there are still those who have to continue to fight these ridiculous farces. Arnold Schwarzenegger himself was one such victim of a malicious attack on his future due to his years of steroid use. It got so bad that, in 1999, he eventually sued both a German doctor named Willi Heepe and a British tabloid called “The Globe” for saying that he would die young because of heart problems related to his steroid use.

We now know that this is a load of crap since the over 60 year-old California Governor is still going strong and looks to be in great health for a man of his age. There are many, many more instances of proof out there in the world of HRT steroid users who’ve gone on to have long and happy lives, including many that often escape the general public’s eye.

One such person who has avoided a lot of the headlines with regards to hormone replacement therapy or HRT use but is still in great shape and health is a man known to many as “The Grandfather of Steroids” for his use of anabolics to fight andropause. Yes, Mr. Robert Clapp looks as youthful and in shape as any 70 year-old man possibly could be. He’s enough to make the standard for the fountain of youth, Dick Clark, seethe with jealously and he’s more ripped and muscular than many teenagers could ever hope to be.

Nobody would ever believe that Robert Clapp was 70 years old if they had no prior knowledge of his age before seeing him. And they would certainly never guess that he had been using steroids for a whopping 40 years either! It is for this reason that there’s many members of the scientific and government community who don’t want anybody to know of “The Grandfather of Steroids” as his body and health are living proof that everything we’ve been told about prolonged juicing is a lie.

But there’s much more to Robert Clapp than his legacy, taut muscles, and youthful appearance. He’s got a very important message for people and one that is unpopular among today’s world, and maybe even unbelievable to most. So what is his message? The answer is that there are some obvious benefits to using hormone replacement therapy or HRT to fight andropause, almost everything that the general population has been told about them is a flat-out and blatant distortion of the truth, and there should be no one who can govern what we can and can’t put into our own bodies.

So does he prove his message through years and years of extensive research done in dark and secluded laboratories? No, he doesn’t have to as his way of life is enough to disprove the lies that have been spread around the world about steroids. By all means, Clapp should have been dead years ago but continues to defy popular logic by having what many call near perfect health. And the so-called joint pain that is supposed to hamper juicers later on in life has somehow escaped Robert Clapp’s body.

Beyond his physical marvels, Clapp also backs up his message by his actions and character. He has never succumbed to the “roid rages” that are often associated with steroid use and is still with his wife of 48 years. He is also very close to his children and grandchildren and has enjoyed watching three of his grandsons make their way through the high school and college football ranks. It’s hard to argue with this kind of proof as a happy life and a great looking, healthy body is all the evidence that The Grandfather of Steroids needs to back up his message.

But his message is one that the majority of people don’t want to hear. After all, everyone already knows that steroids are evil and the mere mention of their name brings to mind the unholyness emitted by the drugs. That’s why Robert Clapp and the many people just like him are swept under the rug by the mainstream media. It’s as if The Grandfather of Steroids never even existed.

However, he has always existed among the world of bodybuilding and steroids users. And those who do know of Clapp love to point to his stable lifestyle and excellent health as a sign that steroid users won’t meet the terrible and early demise that many researchers have predicted. But while Robert Clapp continues to be a model for what all juicers hope to achieve at the age of 70, The Grandfather of Steroids’ achievements don’t have any scientific backing. And this is sometimes the only thing that the majority of people will listen to.

It’s easy to chalk up Clapp’s defiance of the perceived odds to mere good genetics. After all, there are some smokers and alcohol abusers who live well past the age of what non-smokers and drinkers do. Who’s to really say what effect hormone replacement therapy or HRT will have after long-term use? As Dr. Charles E. Yesalis, professor of health and human development at Penn State University, said in an interview, “Amazingly, there has been no credible study of the long-term health effects of anabolic steroid use.”

He also contends that studies do show hormone replacement therapy or HRT will cause short-term effects like a decrease in good cholesterols and the liver can be negatively affected by pill forms of anabolic steroids. But he is the first to admit that these negatives disappear once a person stops taking steroids. They can also retain more than half of the benefits they achieved after quitting.

Yesalis, considered by many to be the United States foremost expert on anabolic steroids and hormone replacement therapy or HRT, also put roids in perspective with regards to other drugs by mentioning that long-term use of many legal substances like tobacco and alcohol are considered to be far more dangerous to one’s health than steroids. He also said, “You know, if my son came home and said, Dad, I'm either going to start smoking or I'm going to get on steroids... I'd have to say I would hope he would choose steroids.”

Beyond Yesalis’ thoughts on the matter of long-term hormone replacement therapy or HRT use for andropause, Clapp’s message is further cemented by the fact that there are thousands of others just like him who have been juicing since the 50’s and 60’s and continue to live healthy lives using anabolic steroids to fight andropause. That’s right; Robert Clapp is not some rare freak of nature who has scientists all over the world wanting to study him for medical purposes. These people are everywhere and many of them happen to be in their 70’s just like Clapp.

So the mystery still remains as to when stories of people like The Grandfather of Steroids will actually start surfacing in the mainstream media. There’s a small collection of people here and there who know of these ageless wonders but for the most part, their accounts remain mere fairy tales to the general public.

Unfortunately, no one can really tell for sure when the truth about long-term steroid use will come out. But one thing is for certain: Robert Clapp will assure juicers who know of him that they can expect to live a long and healthy life despite what lies they’ve been told.

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