The thing about steroids is that, like anything else, it can affect different people in different ways. For instance, some people are allergic to Penicillin where it's literally a life saver for some. Some individuals can take steroids for years, even decades, without harmful side effects but, as one would expect, it's the ones who have adverse reactions to using them that you hear about on the news all the time. For example, I don't know how long he used them or whether he still uses them, but Sylvester Stallone has used steroids for many a year. Back in 2007, according to an old ABC news report I found, customs officials in Australia found 48 vials of a human growth hormone called Jintropin in his luggage. Jintropin especially is used in controversial anti-aging therapies. Stallone turns 68 in early July and this link shows a picture of him shirtless about a month after his 66th birthday.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...ion-best-body-toned-wife-Jennifer-Flavin.html Honestly, how many men his age or even 20+ years younger than he is are naturally able to maintain that level of muscle mass and definition.
Anyhow, I've kinda gotten off track. With a lotta guys who've used steroids, it can sometimes be difficult to tell because different types of performance enhancing drugs are used for more specific ways. After all, what's the usual stereotype for someone that uses steroids? Usually guys who're these big, muscular hulks that look like they stepped off the cover of a comic book. It's true that many types of steroids are used to build size and used in combination with others, such as various HGH compounds, can promote increased definition. Guys who have a lot of muscle mass but who's muscles aren't sort of freakishly rounded, such as how comic book characters are portrayed or pro bodybuilders, are usually natural. Natural muscularity have more sloping contours & angles rather than being rounded.
http://www.myfrugalfitness.com/2011_07_01_archive.html In that link are a few pictures of people who're in great shape, but have the sort of natural contours I was talking about. While I can't say for 100% certainty, because you simply can't based on merely looking at someone, odds are that these people don't use any sort of performance enhancing drugs.
When it comes to WWE, it's sort of the same. Back in the mid 2000s, I'd have a great deal of trouble believing that Batista wasn't on steroids. Circa 2005, Batista had to be a genuine 300+ pounds with extremely low body fat. He's certainly a lot smaller now than he was 10 years go. Ryback & Big E, in my opinion, have probably used steroids at various times in their pasts and while I'm sure that some do think they're still taking them while WWE officials look the other way, it just doesn't seem all that feasible. As a publicly traded company,
IF something like that leaked out then Vince McMahon would find himself in the midst of more trouble than he's ever been in before. Aside from the government & various agencies investigating, Vince would probably be facing huge lawsuits from company stockholders.
A guy's diet plays a part in it as well. To be the side of Ryback and to have the kind of muscular definition he has, he has to consume huge quantities of protein, drink ridiculous amounts of water and, of course, avoid preparing foods in certain ways while avoiding numerous other foods altogether.
