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The Work of Taking It (Steroids) Until You Make It
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The Work of Taking It (Steroids) Until You Make It

For powerlifter Mark Bell, using anabolic steroids to bench-press 600 pounds isn’t right or wrong; it’s simply the way things work

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Dec 16, 2022
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This piece — one of my first longer efforts on the topic of “living and working with steroids” — ran in the July 2016 edition of the now-defunct Pacific Standard’s magazine. The Bell brothers, filmmaker …

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