The world of bodybuilding has already seen countless deaths and horrific incidents due to the overuse of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs. One such individual who faced the wrath of abusing drugs was none other than renowned fitness entity and bodybuilding veteran Rich Piana. He died at the age of 46 in 2017 in Florida. His autopsy revealed “significant heart disease” and that his heart and liver weighed over twice the average amount for an adult male.

While he was open about his steroid usage, his confession about the same in 2016 caused a lot of controversy in the fitness sphere. In a clip that has recently resurfaced on the internet, Piana can be seen talking about his insane steroid cycle. The video caught a lot of attention from the bodybuilding community, which expressed their disbelief over the high dosages that he was on.

Rich Piana discloses his freakiest cycle ever

Rich Piana, who is known for his insane 8-hour arm workout video that went viral on the internet, blasted a ton of steroids in his career in order to get big. Talking about his craziest steroid cycle ever, Piana revealed in the video that he was taking growth hormones every two and a half hours.

“I was taking two grams of tests, probably six to 800 milligrams of tren. Probably 600 milligrams of equipoise. I was taking 300 milligrams of injectable anadrol a week. And the 20 IUs of growth—for me, that’s, that’s probably the craziest I’ve gotten,” Piana revealed.

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After coming across this post on Instagram, many people took it to the comments and expressed their views on the topic. Let’s take a quick look at the same.

The bodybuilding community reacts to Piana’s unbelievable dosage

One of the users commented on the post by writing, “How tf did he live so long. Taking this amount of stuff at the same time he was using hardcore drugs,” while another viewer expressed his disbelief over the video by stating, “Aside from how insanely f*cking stupid those dosages are, how the hell do you afford that?”

Another comment read, “That’s wild. Like what type of obsession to be so big you can’t wipe your a**. Swole is the goal tho.” Drawing conclusions from the video, a person wrote, “No wonder he died . Poor guy,” while one of his fans paid tribute to him by writing, “RIP Pianna you were one tough mf.”

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While Piana continues to reside in countless hearts because of his bodybuilding career and amazing videos, his story serves as a reminder to us to stay away from drugs and steroids. What are your views on this? Let us know in the comments.