Sam Sulek: Recipe For Disaster? | Dr Chris Raynor

In this reaction video, orthopedic surgeon Dr Chris Raynor discusses the hype surrounding fitness influencer, @sam_sulek. We discuss Sam’s, diet, training intensity and technique, and his PED usage. #samsulek #gymbro #drchrisraynor

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[LukeyD]

High blood pressure is no joke. I had it undiagnosed for years because I was overweight, until I ended up in hospital with a reading of 219/124 and the nurse went pale and said I should not even be alive at that point. I should have been dead. I had absolutely no symptoms, until one day, my chest felt tight and I struggled to breathe. I have since given up smoking, changed my diet and exercise more. I was only 33 years old when I had my stent put in to save my life. Please, I implore everyone reading this, change your life style, improve your diet and for the love of God, get checked out by a doctor regularly.

Edit: I will be 36 this year (2024).

[williamtolli]

The sad part is when you are young you think 50`s and 60`s are far far away but in a blink of a eye it`s here.A good friend of mine used to say anything after 50 is a gift, at 51 he died from steroids, his heart just gave out

[DNK]

I tapped out guys.
Ive given up on increasing mass coz it was just too time consuming and still was impossible to compete against the guys that are juicing.
I still go gym but dropped 12kgs and now focus on calisthenics and mobility.
Blood pressure down
Joint pain gone
Happiness up

[Mike-ijrq]

Sam Sulek breaks my heart because he reminds me of someone I was close to in the army. He had almost the same physique, with a large chest, wide arms, and a massive abdominal. He denied using steriods even though it was pretty much an open secret in our platoon that he'd been juicing since college at the lastest.

He was hospitalized for high blood pressure at 28 despite having the highest fitness score in the *brigade*

[Double_deuce]

In my 38 years of lifting weights and being called a gym rat, I have never used any PEDs. Yes, it was disheartening to say the least when I was competing against those that did PEDs. However, I was not going to be influenced by others. I am my own person, and I do not need others for validation. I work hard; try to eat right; and set realistic goals. To each their own, but for me being clean is the ultimate gratification in knowing I achieved my physique and strength sans any PEDs.

[jdwspe]

"This is NOT AT ALL what health is" - Based, true and well said! As a father raising a competitive teenage son, I tell him this all the time. He gets it.

[cp]

I really love how objective, non-judgmental, and evidence-based your videos are.

[thejonesy]

As someone who worked with doctors for almost a decade. I really appreciate your down to earth approach to topics and the lack of condescension that a lot of doctors and specifically surgeons have.

[whosjiinzo]

The bodybuilding judges these days are also to blame. If these guys arent absolutely as massive as possible they just inevitably lose every competition. Anyone wanting to be a bodybuilder is forced to do insane amount of gear to win anything of value.

[grimjim]

let the kid enjoy the last 5 years of his life.

[julienl.]

As a sociologist, I find it useful to compare the 1990’s pressure on young women to be anorexic to the 2020’s pressure on young men to be as big as possible.

[theomni]

Out of the 3 guys from our group of mates who got on the roids in our teenage years (20y ago), 1 of them is dead and the other 2 are not in a good place mentally or physically. Despiye the pressure, im so happy i refused to go down that rd.

[CarlosLopez-pxnq]

I concur, so many young men are jumping straight into steroids and instead of ppl wanting to be a great shape ppl wanna just be the strongest and biggest which doesn’t mean ur actually in shape . And theyre taking sauce to get there . We need to stop idolizing steroid abusers .

[desertdweller]

The high blood pressure, cardiac hypertrophy, artherosclerosis all working together is just a ticking time bomb

[EmperorWelkin]

He seems like a very easy going and down to earth guy. If being that big is worth potentially half of his lifespan, that's up to him. But I do hope he reconsiders and tries to take better care of his health. So many of these guys drop dead far too young.

[DJ-mpzz]

I really think Chris Raynor needs to do a video on the stories of people surviving falling from planes without parachutes. Several women have survived falls of over 10, 000+ (3k meter) feet. I think analyzing their orthopedic injuries could give clues on to how they survived the impact

[StarshipTrper]

I'm 61 and sadly I'll probably outlive this young man considering I've already seen so many body builders passed away at a prime age.

[chloeirnes]

When Dr Raynor pointed out that baldness is one of the possible side effects, my mind immediately seized on "That's why this guy never takes his cap off!"

[jtpadventures]

This is excellent, should be required viewing for all young men. I know I’ll be making sure my sons watch this.

[JSF_]

This is one of the most clinical, thought provoking and balanced critiques of any subject on this platform. Wow.