Jan 06 2009
Steroids Shrinks Your Balls and Makes, “…Sex Life Hell”
We’re going to toss this one into the ‘no shit sherlock’ file. Too bad though, used to have a big crush on Nitro:
DAN Clark loved the power steroids gave him - until the “American Gladiators” star discovered the muscle-enhancing drugs made him grow man-boobs, shrank his privates and turned sex into a painful experience.
“Bitch t- -s, man boobs, breast-chesticles is what they’re called on the street. Gynecomastia is the scientific name. No matter what you call it, I [had] it,” Clark, who was “Nitro” on the smash reality series, reveals in his memoir, “Gladiator: A True Story of ‘Roids, Rage and Redemption,” out next month. “I hate[d] taking off my shirt. For photo shoots, [I’d] wet my nipple with spit . . . [to] look firm instead of hanging down.”
Clark, a former LA Rams defensive lineman, used steroids for 20 years. They also took their toll on his private parts, so much so that he embarrassingly had to explain to women what was going on. “My b- - -s never really regained their size. They’re kind of shriveled,” he sadly told one bedmate. In addition, steroids subjected him to a “dull throbbing pain” every time he had sex.
I just don’t get it. I get the desire to be strong and powerful, but not at the expense of my sexual organs and an enjoyable sex life. Shrinking balls? Man-boobs? No buddy. At the first sign of any of that, me and the steroids would have been done. It’s like if my breasts went away and I started to grow a penis.
No buddy.
No.
And to think I used to have a crush on Nitro.
Hahaha. Good article! What ashamed. I guess that is the price of fame. He had to know roids were doing something to him all along. I mean, he didn’t just wake up one day, look down, and say “my balls are gone.” “Oh, I have breasts too.” His sex life had to be waning for years. It must not have been important until his star faded.
I couldn’t agree with your more, I prefer my geeky hubby who is well in tact lol.