Flat pecs = ectomorph ?

[Andynonomous]

I have noticed a pattern that athletes that are alleged to have taken steroids and or HGH have muscular bodies, but flat pectorals.

Shouldn't a natural mesomorph have large pectoral muscles ?
Is a muscular body with flat pectorals a "tell" that an athlete is using anabolics ?

 

[Andynonomous]

An athlete suspected to have used anabolics, before and after:

 

[Andynonomous]

Another

 

[Andynonomous]

Another athlete that some are suspicious about :

 

[Andynonomous]

Another athlete that some people suspect :

They all have buff bodies, but flat chests.
Am I seeing something here, or am I making something out of nothing ?

 

[jens_attacks]

i'm hetero but nice thread.

 

[Metabolol]

I have noticed a pattern that athletes that are alleged to have taken steroids and or HGH have muscular bodies, but flat pectorals.

Shouldn't a natural mesomorph have large pectoral muscles ?
Is a muscular body with flat pectorals a "tell" that an athlete is using anabolics ?

No, it isn't. But many guys who take steroids have their delts and traps (lots of androgen receptors in this area) blow up so that can in some cases give that illusion. It also very much depends on what kind of doses we are talking about (which will vary between sports).

 

[Dear Wiggo]

I have noticed a pattern that athletes that are alleged to have taken steroids and or HGH have muscular bodies, but flat pectorals.

Shouldn't a natural mesomorph have large pectoral muscles ?
Is a muscular body with flat pectorals a "tell" that an athlete is using anabolics ?

The kid on the left is an ectomorph, I would have thought?

 

[Irondan]

I think body builders kind of shoot down this theory...

 

[SeriousSam]

Looks just aren't very predictive at all of PED use, barring obvious stuff like bodybuilders, NFL monsters etc which have physiques that are close to unobtainable without PEDs.

Cyclists, tennis players, football players etc have cleanly attainable bodies in terms of lean body mass.

The bodyfat some cyclists have is a different story.

 

[ray j willings]

You will only get excess size on a muscle group if you work it , If those flat chested guys started bench pressing some decent weight they would soon develop in that area.

 

[Andynonomous]

I have noticed a pattern that athletes that are alleged to have taken steroids and or HGH have muscular bodies, but flat pectorals.

Shouldn't a natural mesomorph have large pectoral muscles ?
Is a muscular body with flat pectorals a "tell" that an athlete is using anabolics ?

The kid on the left is an ectomorph, I would have thought?

That's the point.

I noticed that there is a pattern between ectomorphs and steroids = buff + flat chest.
The second picture, the guy (presumably the same guy as on the left after steroids) is buff, but has a flat chest.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I must admit I am not an expert when it comes to male pectoral muscles but in most of these pics the pectoral muscles look perfectly normal to me?

 

[Andynonomous]

I must admit I am not an expert when it comes to male pectoral muscles but in most of these pics the pectoral muscles look perfectly normal to me?

Artificial Pectorals :

Artificial Flat :

Natural Pecs :

Natural flat :

 

[Bosco Rivera]

Natural Pecs :

Ohhh, I think I get it. They're natural because they're hairy?

 

[antonshipulin]

One approves of this thread. Go on, speculate some more.

 

[King Boonen]

Flat pecs = no chest specific high load exercises.

 

[sniper]

Re:

nadal, agassi, lance, all look pretty natural to me on those photos.
buffy? more like healthy, well trained.
flat chest? hardly.
as for phelps, his pecs are probably the least suspicious part of his body.

 

[blackcat]

*** tits estrogen

*** tits and hgh gut, or 'slin gut. (insulin)
technically gynecomastia

priapus ftw

 

[Berzin]

Big biceps are a more telling sign of PED use, especially testosterone. When you see Master's racers with big biceps, they aren't just doing curls in the gym. That's testosterone therapy at work. I've read that the biceps are the most difficult muscles to develop. but with PED use they grow out of proportion to the work needed to get them big.

The pectorals? Like a previous poster stated, it's a matter of not doing specific exercises to target this area. What would a professional cyclist need a huge and defined chest for, anyway?

 

[53x11 in DC]

Is this a sneaky answer to the "Girls on Bikes" thread? What's next, shrunken packages = steroid use, replete with photos??