1 00:00:09,610 --> 00:00:14,047 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:14,114 --> 00:00:15,782 (overlapping chatter) 3 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:18,185 MARIANA: Your classic American barbeque. 4 00:00:19,019 --> 00:00:22,422 Perfect weather. Meats on the grill. 5 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:27,027 And a backyard full of friends. 6 00:00:31,365 --> 00:00:34,201 But this is not your typical summer get together, 7 00:00:35,335 --> 00:00:38,605 because this is Dr. Tony Huge's house. 8 00:00:38,672 --> 00:00:40,440 MARIAH: Tony. We're ready for you, dude. 9 00:00:40,507 --> 00:00:45,846 ♪ ♪ 10 00:00:53,487 --> 00:00:55,923 MARIANA: And performance‐enhancing drugs 11 00:00:55,989 --> 00:00:58,125 are at the ready. 12 00:01:04,464 --> 00:01:06,333 TONY: Yeah! 13 00:01:08,368 --> 00:01:10,737 MARIANA: Tony Huge is the face of a movement that 14 00:01:10,804 --> 00:01:14,207 believes performance‐enhancing drugs, like steroids, 15 00:01:14,741 --> 00:01:16,343 can turn everyday people... 16 00:01:16,410 --> 00:01:18,712 TONY: Friends of Freedom. Pioneers of human evolution. 17 00:01:19,146 --> 00:01:20,480 MARIANA: Into superhumans. 18 00:01:20,547 --> 00:01:22,950 TONY: Instead of using medicine to make us average, 19 00:01:23,016 --> 00:01:25,352 we can use medicine to make us evolve. 20 00:01:25,419 --> 00:01:28,855 MARIANA: Tony's fans say his drugs make you feel like a god. 21 00:01:29,423 --> 00:01:30,824 MAN: I don't wanna be average. 22 00:01:30,891 --> 00:01:33,493 Whatever I can do to keep excelling, I'll do it. 23 00:01:34,227 --> 00:01:36,229 MARIANA: But are the authorities closing in? 24 00:01:36,296 --> 00:01:37,764 INTERROGATOR: You have no formal medical 25 00:01:37,831 --> 00:01:39,132 training whatsoever, correct? 26 00:01:39,199 --> 00:01:40,667 MARIANA: And are the dreams he's selling... 27 00:01:40,734 --> 00:01:42,869 TONY: 100% legal. No side effects. 28 00:01:42,936 --> 00:01:45,072 MARIANA: Actually nightmares? 29 00:01:45,606 --> 00:01:48,942 THOMAS: Being superhuman on steroids is part of the game. 30 00:01:49,676 --> 00:01:51,945 But the reality is, you can't be superhuman forever. 31 00:01:52,012 --> 00:01:54,781 And your heart doesn't wanna be superhuman. 32 00:01:54,848 --> 00:01:55,949 MARIANA: So they're playing with fire? 33 00:01:56,016 --> 00:01:58,185 THOMAS: They're playing 100% with fire. 34 00:01:58,785 --> 00:02:00,354 MARIANA: This is a story about the next 35 00:02:00,420 --> 00:02:02,522 generation of steroids. 36 00:02:02,589 --> 00:02:05,125 And the man behind the needle. 37 00:02:05,192 --> 00:02:06,860 Do you think everybody should be taking steroids? 38 00:02:06,927 --> 00:02:08,895 TONY: Absolutely. 39 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:24,478 ♪ ♪ 40 00:02:25,412 --> 00:02:27,314 MARIANA: When I started investigating the underground 41 00:02:27,381 --> 00:02:29,383 explosion of steroids in America, 42 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:32,219 there is one name I heard over and over again. 43 00:02:32,285 --> 00:02:33,487 TONY: Dr. Tony Huge. 44 00:02:33,553 --> 00:02:35,656 Dr. Tony Huge here. Dr. Tony Huge here. 45 00:02:35,722 --> 00:02:38,025 Where in the world is Dr. Tony Huge, update? 46 00:02:38,091 --> 00:02:39,893 MARIANA: Dr. Tony Huge. 47 00:02:40,594 --> 00:02:41,428 Hi. 48 00:02:41,495 --> 00:02:42,429 TONY: Mariana. 49 00:02:42,496 --> 00:02:43,497 MARIANA: Reporting for duty, Tony. 50 00:02:43,563 --> 00:02:44,665 TONY: Yes. Welcome. 51 00:02:44,731 --> 00:02:45,999 You now get to see the behind the scenes of how we 52 00:02:46,066 --> 00:02:48,368 actually build muscle, besides the drugs. 53 00:02:48,435 --> 00:02:50,170 Although there might be some of that involved as well. 54 00:02:50,237 --> 00:02:51,672 MARIANA: Okay. 55 00:02:52,673 --> 00:02:54,841 OPRAH: Did you ever take banned substances to enhance 56 00:02:54,908 --> 00:02:56,343 your cycling performance? 57 00:02:56,410 --> 00:02:57,577 LANCE: Yes. 58 00:02:57,644 --> 00:02:59,846 MARIANA: Performance‐enhancing drugs are notorious for 59 00:02:59,913 --> 00:03:02,582 causing scandals at the highest levels of sports. 60 00:03:03,817 --> 00:03:06,586 But these days, people like Tony Huge are bringing 61 00:03:06,653 --> 00:03:10,190 experimental versions of those same drugs to the masses. 62 00:03:14,594 --> 00:03:16,396 TONY: I'm gonna show you what we do before our 63 00:03:16,463 --> 00:03:18,699 workouts as bodybuilders. 64 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:21,902 MARIANA: Just minutes after I arrive, 65 00:03:21,968 --> 00:03:25,405 Tony invites me and a handful of his "guinea pigs," 66 00:03:25,472 --> 00:03:28,041 his words, not mine, into a locker room. 67 00:03:29,042 --> 00:03:31,611 TONY: You know, they wouldn't do it openly. 68 00:03:31,678 --> 00:03:35,215 We'll get kicked out of the gym if there's people around. 69 00:03:35,282 --> 00:03:37,284 This is generic Chinese growth hormone. 70 00:03:37,350 --> 00:03:40,087 This is an underground testosterone. 71 00:03:40,153 --> 00:03:41,788 All right, Akaash, I'm loading your needle. 72 00:03:41,855 --> 00:03:43,724 You want testosterone? Do you need test? 73 00:03:45,559 --> 00:03:48,795 TONY: This is actually an extremely potent prototype. 74 00:03:48,862 --> 00:03:49,930 A half cc would... 75 00:03:49,996 --> 00:03:51,231 AKAASH: Oh, let's do it, let's do it, like... 76 00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:55,335 TODAY: Okay. One quarter. 77 00:04:00,407 --> 00:04:01,975 MARIANA: Ah, it looks like a big needle that I wouldn't 78 00:04:02,042 --> 00:04:03,677 wanna stick on myself. 79 00:04:03,744 --> 00:04:04,778 Yeah. 80 00:04:04,845 --> 00:04:07,114 It's much bigger than I thought and thicker too. 81 00:04:07,180 --> 00:04:10,217 TONY: So, now, this is Molly's shot. 82 00:04:12,152 --> 00:04:15,756 In one month, she can make about a year and a half worth 83 00:04:15,822 --> 00:04:18,258 of muscle‐building progress. 84 00:04:21,461 --> 00:04:23,263 MARIANA: And why are you doing this? 85 00:04:23,330 --> 00:04:25,365 MOLLY: I've always had insecurities, like, 86 00:04:25,432 --> 00:04:26,967 with my body, with myself. 87 00:04:27,033 --> 00:04:30,403 So it slowly but surely does help you gain that confidence. 88 00:04:30,470 --> 00:04:32,806 MARIANA: Yeah, I'm feeling the pressure right now guys. 89 00:04:32,873 --> 00:04:35,909 I'm feeling really tiny and terrible here. 90 00:04:36,243 --> 00:04:38,612 I feel so out of shape right now. 91 00:04:39,846 --> 00:04:42,783 Dr. Tony Huge is a larger‐than‐life figure 92 00:04:42,849 --> 00:04:45,118 in the world DIY performance‐enhancing drugs. 93 00:04:46,052 --> 00:04:47,888 You're Dr. Tony Huge. 94 00:04:47,954 --> 00:04:49,556 Where did you get your medical degree from? 95 00:04:49,623 --> 00:04:51,158 TONY: I don't have a medical degree. 96 00:04:51,224 --> 00:04:53,593 I'm a Doctor of Jurisprudence. 97 00:04:53,660 --> 00:04:55,529 Contact us at Hughes Financial Law today. 98 00:04:56,029 --> 00:04:57,798 I'm a lawyer. Retired lawyer. 99 00:04:57,864 --> 00:05:01,134 Yo soy Antony Hughes, le puedo ayudar en Espanol. 100 00:05:01,735 --> 00:05:03,937 It's quite fortunate for the audience that I'm not an 101 00:05:04,004 --> 00:05:06,473 actually medical doctor because if I was, 102 00:05:06,540 --> 00:05:09,643 they would take my license for teaching the things that I do. 103 00:05:12,445 --> 00:05:14,514 MARIANA: Tony is evangelical about the power 104 00:05:14,581 --> 00:05:16,149 of anabolic drugs. 105 00:05:16,216 --> 00:05:17,851 TONY: I love steroids. 106 00:05:17,918 --> 00:05:19,653 I think before I came on the scene, 107 00:05:19,719 --> 00:05:21,588 steroids were an even greater taboo, 108 00:05:21,655 --> 00:05:23,824 so I've sort of made steroids cool. 109 00:05:23,890 --> 00:05:26,059 Steroids. Steroids. Steroids. 110 00:05:26,293 --> 00:05:28,929 I use them all the time in mega doses. 111 00:05:28,995 --> 00:05:30,230 And I don't think it's a bad thing. 112 00:05:30,297 --> 00:05:31,698 Be swell and swole, friends of freedom, 113 00:05:31,765 --> 00:05:33,266 pioneers of human evolution. 114 00:05:33,333 --> 00:05:35,635 MARIANA: Dr. Tony Huge is a fitness influencer, 115 00:05:36,436 --> 00:05:39,172 a new type of social media star who posts workout 116 00:05:39,239 --> 00:05:40,407 photos and advice. 117 00:05:41,441 --> 00:05:43,677 ZAC (over phone): Now you and I have talked about getting ready for shows. 118 00:05:43,743 --> 00:05:45,245 And this time, what I can do, 119 00:05:45,312 --> 00:05:47,047 with some of these new compounds that you've 120 00:05:47,113 --> 00:05:48,515 come out with... 121 00:05:48,582 --> 00:05:51,651 MARIANA: Tony spends hours every day talking to people like Zac, 122 00:05:51,718 --> 00:05:54,521 a 22‐year‐old bodybuilder prepping for a competition. 123 00:05:56,189 --> 00:05:57,390 TONY: Okay. Let's do it. 124 00:05:57,457 --> 00:05:58,859 Let's keep you healthy and get you in the best condition 125 00:05:58,925 --> 00:06:00,660 you've ever been in, my friend. 126 00:06:01,795 --> 00:06:05,832 ♪ ("Move Pon Bakka" by Tambor Battant Feat. Brail) ♪ 127 00:06:05,899 --> 00:06:07,901 MARIANA: So when did you start taking steroids? 128 00:06:07,968 --> 00:06:09,135 MARIAH: Uh, steroids? 129 00:06:09,202 --> 00:06:11,238 I actually started taking about two years ago. 130 00:06:11,304 --> 00:06:12,873 I didn't know I was taking them. 131 00:06:12,939 --> 00:06:14,374 Someone told me they were vitamins. 132 00:06:14,441 --> 00:06:15,909 MARIANA: Who? Who? Like a friend or? 133 00:06:15,976 --> 00:06:17,410 MARIAH: It was an ex‐boyfriend. 134 00:06:17,477 --> 00:06:18,912 MARIANA: And then when you found out, were you angry or? 135 00:06:18,979 --> 00:06:21,248 MARIAH: No, because I liked the results that I got from them. 136 00:06:21,314 --> 00:06:24,084 MARIANA: Back at Tony's house, his friends are open about 137 00:06:24,150 --> 00:06:25,719 using steroids. 138 00:06:25,785 --> 00:06:27,954 SOLDIER: If you're someone who's deploying all the time, 139 00:06:28,021 --> 00:06:29,656 or you're in a specialist operations career field, 140 00:06:29,723 --> 00:06:31,558 we don't get down days. 141 00:06:31,625 --> 00:06:34,261 MARIANA: That includes a member of US Special Forces. 142 00:06:34,327 --> 00:06:36,129 SOLDIER: We're hiking the tallest mountains, 143 00:06:36,196 --> 00:06:37,597 we're in the hottest deserts. 144 00:06:37,664 --> 00:06:39,666 Pretty much perform like a superhuman. 145 00:06:39,733 --> 00:06:41,635 And when it's a life or death situation, 146 00:06:41,701 --> 00:06:43,670 it's a small price to pay to take performance‐enhancing 147 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:46,806 drugs to be able to get back home to my family. 148 00:06:48,541 --> 00:06:51,111 MARIANA: Who contacts you about steroids? 149 00:06:51,177 --> 00:06:52,145 TONY: Everyone. 150 00:06:52,212 --> 00:06:54,648 Teenagers all the way up to old ladies. 151 00:06:54,948 --> 00:06:55,982 I kid you not. 152 00:06:56,049 --> 00:06:57,284 And everywhere in between. 153 00:06:57,350 --> 00:07:00,487 Police, 40‐year‐old female, house moms that are using them 154 00:07:00,553 --> 00:07:01,855 to get in better shape. 155 00:07:01,922 --> 00:07:03,323 MARIANA: Do you still take steroids now? 156 00:07:03,390 --> 00:07:05,992 WOMAN: I do in the sense of if I wanna get ready for 157 00:07:06,059 --> 00:07:08,094 Halloween, I wanna body paint. 158 00:07:08,161 --> 00:07:09,362 MARIANA: Uh‐hmm. 159 00:07:09,429 --> 00:07:11,364 WOMAN: So for me to be able to body paint after three kids, 160 00:07:11,431 --> 00:07:14,601 instead of me doing a cabbage soup diet. 161 00:07:14,668 --> 00:07:15,669 MARIANA: Uh‐huh. 162 00:07:15,735 --> 00:07:17,137 WOMAN: I wanna look strong and feel strong... 163 00:07:17,203 --> 00:07:18,204 MARIANA: Uh‐huh. 164 00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:20,874 WOMAN: And not to (bleep) up my metabolism. 165 00:07:20,941 --> 00:07:22,776 MARIAH: Everyone has their poison, whether it's smoking, 166 00:07:22,842 --> 00:07:25,345 or alcohol, or hardcore opiates, and you know, 167 00:07:25,412 --> 00:07:26,479 things like that. 168 00:07:26,546 --> 00:07:28,682 Pick your poison and that's the one I chose. 169 00:07:29,582 --> 00:07:32,185 MARIANA: Tony is happy to give away performance‐enhancing 170 00:07:32,252 --> 00:07:34,354 drugs at his party. 171 00:07:34,421 --> 00:07:37,390 But how do everyday people normally get their hands on them? 172 00:07:38,124 --> 00:07:39,392 Do you know where the steroids you take, 173 00:07:39,459 --> 00:07:40,660 do you know where they're coming from? 174 00:07:40,727 --> 00:07:42,062 SOLDIER: It depends. 175 00:07:42,128 --> 00:07:43,063 MARIANA: You don't wanna tell me? 176 00:07:43,129 --> 00:07:44,164 SOLDIER: Not at all. 177 00:07:44,230 --> 00:07:45,498 MARIANA: So the anabolic's that you take, 178 00:07:45,565 --> 00:07:46,733 where are those coming, where is it coming from? 179 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,568 MARIAH: Our source asked not to be named. 180 00:07:48,635 --> 00:07:50,403 WOMAN: Um, I wouldn't say. 181 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:52,339 MARIANA: You don't wanna say? WOMAN: No. 182 00:07:52,405 --> 00:07:53,807 MARIANA: See, I've spoken to several people here and nobody 183 00:07:53,873 --> 00:07:54,874 wants to tell me where from. 184 00:07:54,941 --> 00:07:55,842 Why is that? 185 00:07:55,909 --> 00:07:57,143 SOLDIER: Well, I don't know you, 186 00:07:57,210 --> 00:07:59,446 and it's a small community, and you're dealing with stuff 187 00:07:59,512 --> 00:08:02,549 that can potentially put other people in jail. 188 00:08:02,949 --> 00:08:04,384 MARIANA: Okay. 189 00:08:04,451 --> 00:08:06,286 Can you just tell me if they come from overseas or they're domestic? 190 00:08:08,088 --> 00:08:09,656 MARIANA: Okay. 191 00:08:15,929 --> 00:08:17,464 Here's the thing, 192 00:08:17,530 --> 00:08:20,166 I don't really take no for an answer. 193 00:08:21,901 --> 00:08:25,205 So, after a few off‐camera conversations with Tony, 194 00:08:25,271 --> 00:08:28,641 he agrees to show me where underground steroids come from. 195 00:08:29,943 --> 00:08:33,013 Yeah. This is where he told us to meet him. 196 00:08:33,313 --> 00:08:37,617 Not where you'd think they'd be doing steroids and human 197 00:08:37,684 --> 00:08:39,185 experiments, you know. 198 00:08:42,956 --> 00:08:45,458 I see this light over there. 199 00:08:47,293 --> 00:08:51,064 (engine approaches) 200 00:08:55,902 --> 00:08:58,138 Tony Huge, right here. 201 00:09:00,507 --> 00:09:02,175 So, you're, it's not, is it here? 202 00:09:02,242 --> 00:09:03,943 TONY: No, it's not here. 203 00:09:04,010 --> 00:09:06,980 I'm gonna take you to it because the experiments that we do are kind of underground. 204 00:09:07,047 --> 00:09:09,249 You're not supposed to experiment on humans and 205 00:09:09,315 --> 00:09:11,251 you're not supposed to be making some of these compounds 206 00:09:11,317 --> 00:09:12,552 the way we do. 207 00:09:12,619 --> 00:09:14,854 And that's a lot of risk to me and the people I work with. 208 00:09:23,863 --> 00:09:25,231 MAN: Yes. Yes. 209 00:09:25,298 --> 00:09:26,366 TONY: Thank you. 210 00:09:26,433 --> 00:09:27,767 MARIANA: When you mentioned an underground lab, 211 00:09:27,834 --> 00:09:29,569 I definitely wasn't expecting something, so. 212 00:09:29,636 --> 00:09:31,404 It looks, it looks like a real lab. 213 00:09:32,072 --> 00:09:34,507 TONY: Well, it has to be clean and it has to have all the 214 00:09:34,574 --> 00:09:36,242 tools that we need for any given experiment. 215 00:09:37,010 --> 00:09:39,646 MARIANA: The DEA and FDA are the federal agencies with 216 00:09:39,712 --> 00:09:41,314 oversight on steroid use. 217 00:09:42,682 --> 00:09:45,151 They often make news for busting underground labs. 218 00:09:45,652 --> 00:09:47,153 ANCHOR (over TV): DEA agents raided the facility. 219 00:09:47,220 --> 00:09:49,456 REPORTER (over TV): A massive illegal drug operation. 220 00:09:49,522 --> 00:09:53,493 Homemade drugs are especially dangerous to anyone who uses them. 221 00:09:54,494 --> 00:09:56,296 MARIANA: Aren't you scared they could come after you? 222 00:09:56,362 --> 00:09:58,098 TONY: Yeah, everything, they did. 223 00:09:58,164 --> 00:09:59,399 They did. 224 00:09:59,466 --> 00:10:02,235 MARIANA: Tony is the face of Enhanced Athlete, 225 00:10:02,302 --> 00:10:05,538 a supplement company that was raided by the FDA in 2017. 226 00:10:07,207 --> 00:10:10,076 That same year, Enhanced Athlete was accused in a civil 227 00:10:10,143 --> 00:10:13,913 lawsuit of selling products not approved for human consumption. 228 00:10:14,714 --> 00:10:16,716 INTERROGATOR: You said you've got a doctorate of laws? 229 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:18,651 You don't, you don't really think it allows you to call 230 00:10:18,718 --> 00:10:20,186 yourself a doctor, do you? 231 00:10:20,253 --> 00:10:21,955 TONY: Yes. 232 00:10:22,622 --> 00:10:24,924 I was under investigation for many years and they were 233 00:10:24,991 --> 00:10:28,728 surveilling me and, and my CEO ended up in, in jail. 234 00:10:29,395 --> 00:10:30,663 ANCHOR: This is New Tonight. 235 00:10:30,730 --> 00:10:32,932 A Sacramento man was sentenced to three years in prison today 236 00:10:32,999 --> 00:10:36,169 for selling fertilizer disguised as fat‐burning pills. 237 00:10:36,870 --> 00:10:38,171 MARIANA: And you guys were making that here? 238 00:10:38,238 --> 00:10:40,540 TONY: That's what Scott was prosecuted for. 239 00:10:40,607 --> 00:10:41,541 MARIANA: Why are you still here? 240 00:10:41,608 --> 00:10:42,709 And why's he in prison? 241 00:10:42,775 --> 00:10:44,310 TONY: Because I never made money from any of this. 242 00:10:44,377 --> 00:10:45,678 I was a lawyer. 243 00:10:45,745 --> 00:10:47,046 I sold my law firm and I took that money and I 244 00:10:47,113 --> 00:10:49,415 invested it into research. 245 00:10:49,816 --> 00:10:51,551 MARIANA: Tony claims that for him, 246 00:10:51,618 --> 00:10:54,554 developing new drugs is merely a passion project, 247 00:10:55,155 --> 00:10:56,990 albeit, a risky one. 248 00:10:57,056 --> 00:10:58,758 So why do you let us film in here? 249 00:10:58,825 --> 00:10:59,959 Why do you let us come here? 250 00:11:00,026 --> 00:11:02,061 TONY: Because there's, there's a risk versus benefit. 251 00:11:02,128 --> 00:11:03,396 This is my passion. 252 00:11:03,463 --> 00:11:06,399 I retired from law to further the chemistry of bodybuilding. 253 00:11:06,466 --> 00:11:09,369 Instead of just using medicine to make us average, 254 00:11:09,435 --> 00:11:11,704 we can use medicine to continue to enhance us, 255 00:11:11,771 --> 00:11:14,140 to make us evolve. 256 00:11:14,374 --> 00:11:16,276 MARIANA: And who make, do you actually make all of this or 257 00:11:16,342 --> 00:11:17,243 who makes this? 258 00:11:17,310 --> 00:11:19,179 TONY: Coach Trevor is our lead chemist. 259 00:11:19,245 --> 00:11:20,980 Hey, Coach Trevor! 260 00:11:21,648 --> 00:11:23,516 MARIANA: Coach Trevor is Tony's secret weapon. 261 00:11:23,583 --> 00:11:24,817 Hi. 262 00:11:24,884 --> 00:11:26,452 TREVOR: Hey. How's it going? MARIANA: How are you? 263 00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:27,420 I'm Mariana. 264 00:11:27,487 --> 00:11:28,721 TREVOR: Trevor. Nice to meet you. 265 00:11:28,788 --> 00:11:30,056 MARIANA: Nice to meet you. 266 00:11:30,123 --> 00:11:32,325 The two are incredibly close, with an almost brotherly bond. 267 00:11:32,625 --> 00:11:33,893 This is your lab? 268 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:35,695 TREVOR: This is it. This is ground zero. 269 00:11:36,262 --> 00:11:38,398 MARIANA: And they have a shared passion for creating new 270 00:11:38,464 --> 00:11:40,033 performance‐enhancing drugs. 271 00:11:40,633 --> 00:11:42,468 TONY: Coach Trevor and I have gone over the protocol. 272 00:11:42,535 --> 00:11:44,804 What I'm gonna start with is 50 milligrams per day. 273 00:11:45,371 --> 00:11:46,973 MARIANA: Tony was saying that you're the main chemist. 274 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:48,675 TREVOR: I think they call it chef. 275 00:11:48,741 --> 00:11:51,311 MARIANA: Sort of Breaking Bad kind of a thing? 276 00:11:51,544 --> 00:11:53,513 TREVOR: No, meth, no. 277 00:11:53,580 --> 00:11:56,216 MARIANA: Trevor is obsessed with the chemistry behind steroids. 278 00:11:57,150 --> 00:11:59,552 He even has the chemical structure for testosterone 279 00:11:59,619 --> 00:12:01,387 tattooed on his hand. 280 00:12:01,988 --> 00:12:03,456 TREVOR: This is my favorite hormone. 281 00:12:03,523 --> 00:12:04,824 First one I ever made. 282 00:12:04,891 --> 00:12:06,092 MARIANA: The first one you made in a lab? 283 00:12:06,159 --> 00:12:07,327 TREVOR: Uh‐hmm. 284 00:12:07,393 --> 00:12:09,963 MARIANA: Trevor says he's permanently mutated his body 285 00:12:10,029 --> 00:12:11,998 through years of experimental steroid use. 286 00:12:12,732 --> 00:12:15,335 TONY: So Trevor's arms are just around 21 inches. 287 00:12:15,401 --> 00:12:17,170 Mine are around 19 inches. 288 00:12:17,237 --> 00:12:20,006 MARIANA: And mine are around, half an inch. 289 00:12:21,241 --> 00:12:23,209 Despite the imposing exterior, 290 00:12:23,276 --> 00:12:25,912 Trevor sees himself as a science nerd at heart. 291 00:12:27,013 --> 00:12:29,048 If you wanted to, what drugs can you make right now? 292 00:12:29,515 --> 00:12:31,951 TREVOR: Actually, it'd be easier to name what I couldn't make. 293 00:12:32,018 --> 00:12:32,919 MARIANA: Could you make cocaine? 294 00:12:32,986 --> 00:12:33,953 TREVOR: Yeah. 295 00:12:34,020 --> 00:12:34,854 MARIANA: Can you make heroin? 296 00:12:34,921 --> 00:12:36,256 TREVOR: Yeah. Very simple. 297 00:12:36,322 --> 00:12:37,490 MARIANA: Do you know how to make fentanyl? 298 00:12:37,557 --> 00:12:39,525 TREVOR: Yeah. That's, yeah. 299 00:12:39,592 --> 00:12:40,627 MARIANA: Do you know how to make meth? 300 00:12:40,693 --> 00:12:41,694 TREVOR: Yes. 301 00:12:41,761 --> 00:12:43,229 MARIANA: If you can make any drug in the world, 302 00:12:43,296 --> 00:12:44,998 why are you making anabolic's? 303 00:12:45,064 --> 00:12:48,568 TREVOR: Because I could sell steroids to a lawyer. 304 00:12:48,635 --> 00:12:50,737 He's happy and it improves his life. 305 00:12:50,803 --> 00:12:53,206 If it's not hurting you, why not? 306 00:12:53,706 --> 00:12:55,341 MARIANA: Is what you're doing dangerous? 307 00:12:55,408 --> 00:12:56,576 TREVOR: Yeah, yeah... 308 00:13:00,179 --> 00:13:02,815 TONY: Sometimes, really bad things do happen. 309 00:13:02,882 --> 00:13:06,486 And, and afterwards, we sometimes say we're never 310 00:13:06,552 --> 00:13:08,321 gonna do another experiment. 311 00:13:08,388 --> 00:13:10,123 MARIANA: In a recent experiment, 312 00:13:10,189 --> 00:13:13,326 Tony says he overdosed on a banned dietary supplement, 313 00:13:13,393 --> 00:13:15,528 and he then vomited for two days straight. 314 00:13:16,596 --> 00:13:19,132 TONY: But we are addicted to the science and pioneering, 315 00:13:19,198 --> 00:13:21,567 and we do, we do continue experimenting even after 316 00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:23,169 bad things happen. 317 00:13:23,236 --> 00:13:24,971 MARIANA: The raw chemicals that you use here, 318 00:13:25,038 --> 00:13:26,372 where did those come from? 319 00:13:26,439 --> 00:13:28,741 TREVOR: Almost everything comes from China now. 320 00:13:29,242 --> 00:13:31,010 MARIANA: Because these chemicals are often on the 321 00:13:31,077 --> 00:13:33,713 DEA's list of banned substances, 322 00:13:33,780 --> 00:13:36,516 companies in China have found inventive ways to 323 00:13:36,582 --> 00:13:38,284 sneak them past customs. 324 00:13:38,751 --> 00:13:40,219 TREVOR: Here's one. 325 00:13:40,286 --> 00:13:41,754 MARIANA: Disguised as food. 326 00:13:41,821 --> 00:13:43,222 TREVOR: Yeah. It looks like flour, right? 327 00:13:43,289 --> 00:13:45,358 MARIANA: And so a lot of it is actually coming out. 328 00:13:45,425 --> 00:13:47,093 So it's not dangerous that it's all over my hands, is it? 329 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:48,494 No? 330 00:13:48,561 --> 00:13:49,829 TREVOR: Yeah, actually... 331 00:13:49,896 --> 00:13:52,265 No, it's not. Nah, I don't wanna bust.. 332 00:13:58,438 --> 00:14:01,040 MARIANA: Today, Trevor and Tony are developing a new, 333 00:14:01,107 --> 00:14:04,010 injectable version of a drug called "ASARM" 334 00:14:04,944 --> 00:14:07,013 TONY: A Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator. 335 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:08,881 So, potentially the future of steroids, 336 00:14:08,948 --> 00:14:10,983 all the benefits without the side effects. 337 00:14:12,819 --> 00:14:14,253 MARIANA: And this is illegal? 338 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:18,291 TONY: This is illegal to sell to a human as a supplement. 339 00:14:19,025 --> 00:14:20,293 It is legal to possess. 340 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:22,095 It is legal to use. 341 00:14:22,161 --> 00:14:24,297 MARIANA: People are using the stuff that you guys are making 342 00:14:24,364 --> 00:14:25,965 here in this lab.... are using this. 343 00:14:26,032 --> 00:14:28,835 TONY: Yes, they are using these formulas by, 344 00:14:28,901 --> 00:14:32,138 by facilities we have, are teaching how to make 345 00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:35,208 these things underground. 346 00:14:37,210 --> 00:14:40,313 MARIANA: That was a very around the way answer. 347 00:14:40,580 --> 00:14:42,682 TONY: I was a lawyer. I was a lawyer before. 348 00:14:42,749 --> 00:14:44,484 MARIANA: The stuff that is made here, 349 00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:48,321 does it end up inside people's bodies around the country? 350 00:14:50,690 --> 00:14:53,059 TONY: That's what I don't wanna answer. 351 00:14:53,126 --> 00:14:54,594 MARIANA: Because that can get you in trouble? 352 00:14:54,660 --> 00:14:55,862 TONY: Right. 353 00:14:56,295 --> 00:14:57,897 I plead The Fifth. I plead The Fifth. 354 00:14:57,964 --> 00:14:59,699 I plead The Fifth. 355 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:02,769 MARIANA: No matter what Tony might say; 356 00:15:02,835 --> 00:15:04,837 there's a black market for these types of drugs. 357 00:15:06,406 --> 00:15:08,241 And demand is high. 358 00:15:08,841 --> 00:15:10,376 Is this some of the stuff you're delivering today? 359 00:15:12,044 --> 00:15:14,247 MARIANA: I mean, so it's basically, it's a drug deal? 360 00:15:15,348 --> 00:15:17,417 DAVID: Check this stuff. BUYER: All right. 361 00:15:29,429 --> 00:15:33,266 ♪ ♪ 362 00:15:33,833 --> 00:15:35,701 MARIANA: How long have you been selling steroids for? 363 00:15:39,338 --> 00:15:42,442 MARIANA: A few days later, I find myself on a ride‐along 364 00:15:42,508 --> 00:15:45,077 with one of Sacramento's busiest steroid dealers. 365 00:15:45,778 --> 00:15:48,281 Are most of your buyers bodybuilders? 366 00:15:52,251 --> 00:15:53,986 MARIANA: I'll be calling him David. 367 00:15:54,053 --> 00:15:55,521 Is part of the reason you sell it is so that you 368 00:15:55,588 --> 00:15:56,923 can take them as well? 369 00:15:56,989 --> 00:15:58,191 So you can afford your own? 370 00:16:02,094 --> 00:16:05,264 MARIANA: Oh, wow. So testosterone. Trenbolone. 371 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:09,602 MARIANA: If David were caught, 372 00:16:09,669 --> 00:16:11,904 he could face five years in prison. 373 00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:14,941 The maximum punishment for selling steroids without a prescription. 374 00:16:18,444 --> 00:16:19,579 BUYER: Yeah. 375 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:23,516 MARIANA: David has agreed to wear a wireless microphone, 376 00:16:23,583 --> 00:16:25,818 so I can monitor this deal from a nearby car. 377 00:16:26,752 --> 00:16:28,654 DAVID: How's everything? BUYER: Oh, great, doing good. 378 00:16:43,436 --> 00:16:45,571 DAVID: Yup. BUYER: Here. 379 00:16:45,638 --> 00:16:47,173 DAVID: Five a joule. BUYER: Right on. Yeah. 380 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,475 MARIANA: They just did this right in the open. 381 00:16:49,542 --> 00:16:52,044 Even the money was exchanged out in the open. 382 00:16:52,111 --> 00:16:53,846 BUYER: Right on. Thanks. DAVID: Have a good day. 383 00:16:53,913 --> 00:16:56,148 BUYER: I'll talk to you later. DAVID: Yes, sir. 384 00:16:56,616 --> 00:16:59,685 MARIANA: David also allows us to secretly film a deal he has 385 00:16:59,752 --> 00:17:01,354 arranged at a local gym. 386 00:17:04,457 --> 00:17:07,360 MARIANA: David tells me that a steroid regimen can cost users 387 00:17:07,426 --> 00:17:10,496 between a couple hundred and a thousand dollars a month. 388 00:17:11,497 --> 00:17:12,765 DAVID: All right, bro. I'll see you, man. 389 00:17:12,832 --> 00:17:14,700 MAN: All right, man. I appreciate it. 390 00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:16,602 DAVID: Yes, sir. 391 00:17:16,669 --> 00:17:18,804 MARIANA: So all of this is illegal though. 392 00:17:18,871 --> 00:17:20,039 What you're doing, selling this. 393 00:17:21,641 --> 00:17:23,342 MARIANA: This is totally illegal? 394 00:17:30,483 --> 00:17:32,151 MARIANA: Do people buying steroids ever ask you about 395 00:17:32,218 --> 00:17:34,520 any side effects or any of the dangerous side of it? 396 00:17:38,157 --> 00:17:39,859 MARIANA: "What can I get to look like that?" 397 00:17:50,436 --> 00:17:52,271 MARIANA: The demand for performance‐enhancing drugs 398 00:17:52,338 --> 00:17:54,540 stretches from coast to coast, 399 00:17:55,374 --> 00:17:58,010 and users are quick to sing their praises. 400 00:17:58,077 --> 00:17:59,145 ZAC: I just love it. 401 00:17:59,211 --> 00:18:00,346 It's like getting dressed in the morning. 402 00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:01,647 What am I gonna do today? 403 00:18:01,714 --> 00:18:05,484 I'm so interested in my body's physical ability to change, 404 00:18:05,551 --> 00:18:06,686 especially so rapidly. 405 00:18:06,752 --> 00:18:08,621 My body's my art. 406 00:18:08,688 --> 00:18:11,591 I'm not happy with my masterpiece yet. 407 00:18:11,891 --> 00:18:13,960 MARIANA: Zac used to inject the types of traditional 408 00:18:14,026 --> 00:18:16,562 steroids I saw David selling in Sacramento, 409 00:18:17,730 --> 00:18:19,932 but then he met Tony Huge online. 410 00:18:20,266 --> 00:18:21,968 ZAC: We just, we chitchatted back and forth about 411 00:18:22,034 --> 00:18:23,803 what I was doing, and he sent me a care package. 412 00:18:23,869 --> 00:18:25,171 MARIANA: Of what? 413 00:18:25,237 --> 00:18:27,039 ZAC: And he was, like, of SARMs and supplements from his company. 414 00:18:27,106 --> 00:18:28,007 All of that stuff. 415 00:18:28,074 --> 00:18:29,642 It was like $700 when I checked it out. 416 00:18:29,709 --> 00:18:31,110 Now he seemed like this, you know, 417 00:18:31,177 --> 00:18:32,545 hot celebrity kind of guy. 418 00:18:32,612 --> 00:18:34,647 I couldn't believe that, like, me of all people, 419 00:18:34,714 --> 00:18:36,949 he just sent it out to. 420 00:18:37,416 --> 00:18:39,719 MARIANA: The two have remained friends and Zac has sought out 421 00:18:39,785 --> 00:18:42,822 Dr. Tony's help as he preps for the Olympia Bodybuilding 422 00:18:42,888 --> 00:18:44,557 Competition in Las Vegas. 423 00:18:50,296 --> 00:18:53,032 Armed with Tony's new experimental drug, 424 00:18:53,099 --> 00:18:57,236 Zac is on an extreme diet and working out five hours a day. 425 00:18:58,270 --> 00:19:01,140 But he still has a lot of fat to lose and muscle to add. 426 00:19:01,974 --> 00:19:03,676 ZAC: Hey babe, can you grab that mirror? 427 00:19:03,743 --> 00:19:05,645 MARIANA: And he's running out of time. 428 00:19:06,212 --> 00:19:08,180 ZAC: Tony just sent me some pretty awesome stuff. 429 00:19:08,247 --> 00:19:09,949 You know the SARMs I've been running? 430 00:19:10,016 --> 00:19:11,183 WOMAN: Uh‐hmm. 431 00:19:11,250 --> 00:19:12,752 ZAC: He sent me the injectable version, 432 00:19:12,818 --> 00:19:15,154 so I need you to put this in my shoulder. 433 00:19:15,221 --> 00:19:16,255 WOMAN: Okay. 434 00:19:16,322 --> 00:19:17,490 ZAC: Okay. 435 00:19:17,556 --> 00:19:19,558 MARIANA: Zac's girlfriend is generally supportive of him 436 00:19:19,625 --> 00:19:21,027 using anabolic drugs. 437 00:19:21,093 --> 00:19:22,895 WOMAN: Okay. ZAC: Cheers. 438 00:19:22,962 --> 00:19:27,233 Fast. There you go. Push deep into the muscle. 439 00:19:27,299 --> 00:19:29,235 Ow. Ow. 440 00:19:30,102 --> 00:19:33,239 MARIANA: Zac's mom on the other hand is decidedly not on board. 441 00:19:33,773 --> 00:19:36,475 MOM: I mean, I know it's naive to think that most athletes, 442 00:19:36,542 --> 00:19:38,944 professional athletes, aren't doing drugs. 443 00:19:39,011 --> 00:19:41,747 But it's kind of a known thing in bodybuilding. 444 00:19:41,814 --> 00:19:44,316 And that, it's terrifying. 445 00:19:44,917 --> 00:19:46,419 ZAC: She was like, "Why compete in a sport that 446 00:19:46,485 --> 00:19:47,853 relies on drugs to win?" 447 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:49,955 And she has a point. 448 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:52,591 MARIANA: Do you think he'll do well in this competition? 449 00:19:52,658 --> 00:19:54,760 MOM: I don't know if you can win without doing drugs, 450 00:19:54,827 --> 00:19:57,363 so I'm okay if he doesn't win. 451 00:19:57,430 --> 00:19:58,597 I'm... 452 00:19:58,664 --> 00:20:00,032 MARIANA: You prefer that he doesn't do drugs? 453 00:20:00,099 --> 00:20:02,535 MOM: I would prefer that. 454 00:20:06,939 --> 00:20:09,542 MARIANA: There isn't a lot of research done on SARMs yet and 455 00:20:09,608 --> 00:20:10,643 what effects it can have. 456 00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:11,877 Does that worry you? 457 00:20:11,944 --> 00:20:13,245 ZAC: That's true. 458 00:20:13,312 --> 00:20:17,583 But, I mean, it's just me taking a risk and putting a 459 00:20:17,650 --> 00:20:20,352 leg out there and seeing what happens. 460 00:20:30,663 --> 00:20:32,298 JEFF: Back then, I felt like a loser. 461 00:20:32,364 --> 00:20:35,067 I felt like a zero, felt like a nobody. 462 00:20:35,367 --> 00:20:37,737 And I found this thing, the sport that could give me 463 00:20:37,803 --> 00:20:40,172 respect immediately for nothing. 464 00:20:40,606 --> 00:20:42,475 You know, almost unearned, you know, 465 00:20:42,541 --> 00:20:44,610 you get big in the gym and people were afraid of 466 00:20:44,677 --> 00:20:47,046 me or respected me. 467 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:50,616 MARIANA: Like Zac, Jeff started bodybuilding and using 468 00:20:50,683 --> 00:20:52,885 steroids when he was in his 20s. 469 00:20:54,019 --> 00:20:57,123 But a decade later, he was diagnosed with heart failure. 470 00:20:57,990 --> 00:21:00,459 JEFF: The heart thing, that's what everyone's risking. 471 00:21:00,526 --> 00:21:02,695 And it's just when, when's your number gonna get called? 472 00:21:02,762 --> 00:21:05,364 Like that's how bodybuilders die. 473 00:21:08,167 --> 00:21:10,302 I was weak, like, weaker than I'd ever been. 474 00:21:11,237 --> 00:21:13,606 And there was something obviously wrong. 475 00:21:13,672 --> 00:21:16,175 When they use that word "heart failure", it's like, 476 00:21:16,242 --> 00:21:18,177 yeah, that hit me like a ton of bricks. 477 00:21:18,244 --> 00:21:20,412 And I got a kid right now, I've got a family, like, 478 00:21:20,479 --> 00:21:22,114 "Yo, this isn't cool." 479 00:21:22,181 --> 00:21:23,549 ABBY: Now that we have a baby, 480 00:21:23,616 --> 00:21:25,684 it was putting a lot of strain on us. 481 00:21:25,751 --> 00:21:28,921 JEFF: Many, many people I admire were doing steroids. 482 00:21:28,988 --> 00:21:29,989 MARIANA: Uh‐hmm. 483 00:21:30,055 --> 00:21:31,290 JEFF: And they weren't dropping dead. 484 00:21:31,357 --> 00:21:32,892 My hero's Arnold Schwarzenegger, 485 00:21:32,958 --> 00:21:35,194 they're alive, they're still alive. 486 00:21:35,261 --> 00:21:38,264 They were big steroid users. 487 00:21:38,798 --> 00:21:41,200 MARIANA: Ironically, doctors only discovered Jeff's heart 488 00:21:41,267 --> 00:21:45,037 problems when he was sent to the hospital for a different medical emergency, 489 00:21:46,105 --> 00:21:48,240 also caused by steroids. 490 00:21:48,941 --> 00:21:51,377 JEFF: Like my butt was so big, that, like, 491 00:21:51,443 --> 00:21:53,646 I had elastic basketball shorts, 492 00:21:53,712 --> 00:21:56,215 and I couldn't pull them up over my butt. 493 00:21:56,282 --> 00:21:57,149 It was... 494 00:21:57,216 --> 00:21:58,517 MARIANA: Because it was too big? 495 00:21:58,584 --> 00:22:00,386 JEFF: Yeah. It was, like, I don't know if you can tell, like. 496 00:22:00,452 --> 00:22:02,087 MARIANA: I can definitely tell. 497 00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:03,522 JEFF: You know. 498 00:22:03,589 --> 00:22:05,357 MARIANA: After injecting a batch of underground steroids, 499 00:22:05,424 --> 00:22:07,560 Jeff got an infection so malicious, 500 00:22:07,626 --> 00:22:10,863 that doctors had to amputate parts of his butt and legs 501 00:22:11,597 --> 00:22:13,632 just to keep him alive. 502 00:22:13,999 --> 00:22:15,100 JEFF: The lady was like, 503 00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:17,403 "Holy (bleep), we gotta operate on you right now." 504 00:22:17,469 --> 00:22:19,205 You know, there were seven surgeries to get the 505 00:22:19,271 --> 00:22:21,006 infection under control. 506 00:22:21,073 --> 00:22:23,676 And then there were five surgeries to clean it. 507 00:22:23,742 --> 00:22:26,612 So there was 11 surgeries in 24 days. 508 00:22:26,679 --> 00:22:27,713 MARIANA: Eleven surgeries? 509 00:22:27,780 --> 00:22:29,215 JEFF: Eleven. 510 00:22:29,281 --> 00:22:31,417 MARIANA: It was only then that Jeff began to rethink his 511 00:22:31,483 --> 00:22:32,952 long‐time steroid use. 512 00:22:35,421 --> 00:22:38,390 Tomorrow, Jeff will get the results from his cardiologist. 513 00:22:39,825 --> 00:22:41,861 JEFF: I'm hoping that, you know, I'm gonna get 514 00:22:41,927 --> 00:22:43,796 some good, good news. 515 00:22:43,863 --> 00:22:44,897 MARIANA: Uh‐hmm. 516 00:22:44,964 --> 00:22:46,532 What would be the worst‐case scenario? 517 00:22:46,599 --> 00:22:49,401 JEFF: Oh, it got worse, I mean, wouldn't that be scary? 518 00:22:49,468 --> 00:22:51,604 ABBY: I'm hopeful that it will be a positive move in the 519 00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:56,075 right direction but, you know, I, in my gut, 520 00:22:56,141 --> 00:22:58,210 I don't think this is something that's just gonna go 521 00:22:58,277 --> 00:23:00,312 away overnight, or in a few months. 522 00:23:01,714 --> 00:23:04,316 MARIANA: Jeff is about to find out how a decade of steroid 523 00:23:04,383 --> 00:23:08,187 use will impact his long‐term chance of survival. 524 00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:22,701 ♪ ♪ 525 00:23:25,804 --> 00:23:28,140 JEFF: I think some of the damage I did is probably 526 00:23:28,207 --> 00:23:30,676 permanent as far as, like, an enlarged heart. 527 00:23:30,743 --> 00:23:31,710 DOCTOR: Yeah. 528 00:23:31,777 --> 00:23:33,078 JEFF: I don't wanna go back and body‐build. 529 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:34,313 I'm not looking for that. 530 00:23:34,380 --> 00:23:36,382 I'm looking for, you know, how long can I live, right? 531 00:23:36,448 --> 00:23:38,217 Like, I mean, if you look around this office, 532 00:23:38,284 --> 00:23:39,251 who's here? 533 00:23:39,318 --> 00:23:40,686 It's old men. 534 00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:42,254 It's like, "Why am I here?" 535 00:23:42,321 --> 00:23:43,589 I'm freaking 37. 536 00:23:43,656 --> 00:23:45,190 Something's wrong, right? 537 00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:47,559 MARIANA: Jeff has been under the care of a cardiologist for 538 00:23:47,626 --> 00:23:50,863 the past year, ever since doctors treating his steroid 539 00:23:50,930 --> 00:23:54,233 infection also discovered signs of heart failure. 540 00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:57,770 So, doctor, because Jeff took testosterone for so many years. 541 00:23:57,836 --> 00:23:58,971 DOCTOR: Right. Right. 542 00:23:59,038 --> 00:24:00,539 MARIANA: Now his body doesn't produce it naturally 543 00:24:00,606 --> 00:24:02,041 and he actually has to take testosterone to stay healthy. 544 00:24:02,107 --> 00:24:03,242 DOCTOR: Right. Right. 545 00:24:03,309 --> 00:24:05,778 This is the unfortunate irony for guys that are 546 00:24:05,844 --> 00:24:08,614 looking to become superhuman, per se. 547 00:24:08,681 --> 00:24:10,649 You know, they end up in a point where, again, 548 00:24:10,716 --> 00:24:12,584 they obliterate their body's own ability 549 00:24:12,651 --> 00:24:14,954 to produce testosterone. 550 00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:17,589 MARIANA: Today, Jeff will be getting the results to see if 551 00:24:17,656 --> 00:24:20,326 his heart has bounced back to normal. 552 00:24:20,659 --> 00:24:22,261 DOCTOR: So there's, there's two main things we're 553 00:24:22,328 --> 00:24:23,562 evaluating with that echo. 554 00:24:23,629 --> 00:24:25,431 One is your systolic function, 555 00:24:25,497 --> 00:24:26,732 which is the squeezing function, 556 00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:28,600 and that was the one that was mildly reduced last 557 00:24:28,667 --> 00:24:32,805 time you were here that actually does not look significantly different. 558 00:24:32,871 --> 00:24:34,373 JEFF: All right. DOCTOR: Okay? 559 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:35,941 So it still looks a little bit sluggish. 560 00:24:36,008 --> 00:24:37,176 JEFF: Yup. 561 00:24:37,242 --> 00:24:39,345 DOCTOR: But there's another parameter that we look at, 562 00:24:39,411 --> 00:24:41,447 which is the relaxation function of the heart. 563 00:24:41,513 --> 00:24:42,815 JEFF: Right. 564 00:24:42,881 --> 00:24:44,416 DOCTOR: And that was also quite abnormal last time you were here. 565 00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:46,251 That looks significantly better. 566 00:24:46,318 --> 00:24:47,653 JEFF: Okay. DOCTOR: Okay. 567 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,922 Now we're not, we're not at the point where I'd say your 568 00:24:49,989 --> 00:24:51,523 heart looks normal, unfortunately. 569 00:24:51,590 --> 00:24:52,725 JEFF: Right. 570 00:24:52,791 --> 00:24:54,393 DOCTOR: I think you should sort of get your mind around 571 00:24:54,460 --> 00:24:55,995 the fact that you're probably gonna be 572 00:24:56,061 --> 00:24:58,664 on long‐term medication. 573 00:24:59,531 --> 00:25:01,667 I worry about Jeff's longevity. 574 00:25:01,734 --> 00:25:04,636 His heart actually hasn't bounced back to normal. 575 00:25:04,703 --> 00:25:05,637 MARIANA: Uh‐hmm. 576 00:25:05,704 --> 00:25:07,072 DOCTOR: And the longer we see it, 577 00:25:07,139 --> 00:25:08,741 that sort of suggests that something permanent 578 00:25:08,807 --> 00:25:09,908 has happened there. 579 00:25:09,975 --> 00:25:10,943 MARIANA: Uh‐hmm. 580 00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:12,478 And if he started taking steroids again? 581 00:25:12,544 --> 00:25:14,513 DOCTOR: Not a good outlook. 582 00:25:15,014 --> 00:25:16,682 MARIANA: We've heard from a lot of people that say that 583 00:25:16,749 --> 00:25:17,950 there is a safe way of doing this. 584 00:25:18,017 --> 00:25:19,685 The people that have gotten hurt, 585 00:25:19,752 --> 00:25:22,087 it's because they didn't know what they were doing and they were taking too much or... 586 00:25:22,154 --> 00:25:23,455 DOCTOR: Right. 587 00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:25,124 MARIANA: But there is actually a safe way to do this they say. 588 00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:26,525 DOCTOR: Right. MARIANA: What do you think? 589 00:25:26,592 --> 00:25:28,627 DOCTOR: I think those people are kidding themselves. 590 00:25:28,694 --> 00:25:31,363 The best data that we have are autopsy studies. 591 00:25:31,430 --> 00:25:33,866 That means someone died. 592 00:25:34,233 --> 00:25:36,035 Jeff, frankly, is lucky. 593 00:25:36,101 --> 00:25:39,104 There's lots and lots of case reports of young guys having 594 00:25:39,171 --> 00:25:41,874 heart attacks and having strokes, sudden death. 595 00:25:42,875 --> 00:25:46,011 So your first symptom is dying. 596 00:25:49,815 --> 00:25:51,417 THOMAS: What do I think of Tony Huge? 597 00:25:51,483 --> 00:25:56,422 A very dangerous guy, because he's so seductive and his 598 00:25:57,056 --> 00:25:59,224 social media is so amazing. 599 00:25:59,291 --> 00:26:03,562 We have young men, boys, 13‐year‐old boys, 16, 18, 600 00:26:03,629 --> 00:26:07,299 25 that are buying it hook, line, and sinker. 601 00:26:08,434 --> 00:26:11,437 MAN: He wants to actually better the world. 602 00:26:12,137 --> 00:26:14,239 MARIANA: In your average American suburb, 603 00:26:14,306 --> 00:26:17,409 I meet up with two of Dr. Tony Huge's biggest fans. 604 00:26:18,110 --> 00:26:20,212 When did you guys start taking steroids? 605 00:26:20,279 --> 00:26:21,580 MAN: Four weeks ago. 606 00:26:21,647 --> 00:26:22,714 MAN: Yeah, week four. 607 00:26:22,781 --> 00:26:23,782 MARIANA: And how do you guys feel? 608 00:26:23,849 --> 00:26:26,418 MAN: Honestly, it's, it's superhuman. 609 00:26:26,952 --> 00:26:28,387 MARIANA: The shocking thing? 610 00:26:28,454 --> 00:26:32,057 They're only teenagers, which is why we aren't showing their faces. 611 00:26:32,858 --> 00:26:35,727 MAN: Just taking this, just the light dose that we are on, 612 00:26:35,794 --> 00:26:37,429 has just been crazy. 613 00:26:37,496 --> 00:26:39,131 MARIANA: Do your parents know that you're taking steroids? 614 00:26:39,198 --> 00:26:40,566 MAN: No. 615 00:26:40,632 --> 00:26:42,701 MARIANA: So do they see, have they noticed a difference in you? 616 00:26:42,768 --> 00:26:43,936 MAN: Little bit. 617 00:26:44,002 --> 00:26:45,471 They're kind of suspecting it now. 618 00:26:45,537 --> 00:26:48,340 MARIANA: And aren't you guys afraid of all these dangers? 619 00:26:48,407 --> 00:26:52,044 MAN: There's too many things like that, 620 00:26:52,111 --> 00:26:56,415 in life (bleep) worry about a steroid or SARM giving you 621 00:26:56,482 --> 00:26:57,916 some small side effect. 622 00:26:57,983 --> 00:26:59,351 MAN: Yeah. 623 00:26:59,418 --> 00:27:01,286 MARIANA: I mean, an enlarged heart is not a small side effect. 624 00:27:01,353 --> 00:27:02,421 MAN: Well, of course. 625 00:27:02,488 --> 00:27:03,989 MARIANA: Heart failure at an early age is not a 626 00:27:04,056 --> 00:27:05,057 small side effect. 627 00:27:05,124 --> 00:27:06,592 MAN: It's not a small side effect, of course, 628 00:27:06,658 --> 00:27:09,328 but if you do the right thing, especially learning from 629 00:27:09,394 --> 00:27:11,797 someone like Tony where he literally lays everything 630 00:27:11,864 --> 00:27:13,365 out for you. 631 00:27:13,432 --> 00:27:14,867 He, he gives you the training advice. 632 00:27:14,933 --> 00:27:15,934 MARIANA: Uh‐hmm. 633 00:27:16,001 --> 00:27:17,369 MAN: He gives you the nutrition advice. 634 00:27:17,436 --> 00:27:20,439 And he also tells you not to (bleep) do it if you're not healthy. 635 00:27:20,506 --> 00:27:22,274 And I know there's that one percent chance to, what, 636 00:27:22,341 --> 00:27:25,043 I take this first cycle, and I'm not gonna bounce back for 637 00:27:25,110 --> 00:27:26,245 the rest of my life, 638 00:27:26,311 --> 00:27:28,313 I'm on testosterone replacement. 639 00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:31,750 I understand that risk and I'm willing to take it. 640 00:27:33,318 --> 00:27:34,753 THOMAS: Are you kidding me? 641 00:27:34,820 --> 00:27:38,023 It's 100% dangerous. 642 00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:45,931 MARIANA: As Tony Huge arrives in Las Vegas for the start of the 643 00:27:45,998 --> 00:27:48,467 Olympia Bodybuilding Competition, 644 00:27:48,534 --> 00:27:50,702 I meet with Dr. Thomas O'Connor, 645 00:27:50,769 --> 00:27:53,572 a physician who specializes in steroid abuse. 646 00:27:53,639 --> 00:27:55,007 THOMAS: He's destroying lives. 647 00:27:55,073 --> 00:27:56,909 He looks like he's a physician, 648 00:27:56,975 --> 00:27:58,477 and he calls himself a doctor. 649 00:27:58,544 --> 00:28:00,078 If they were medical professionals, 650 00:28:00,145 --> 00:28:01,747 they'd be in jail. 651 00:28:01,813 --> 00:28:04,416 MARIANA: So Tony Huge right now is creating this 652 00:28:04,483 --> 00:28:06,251 injectable SARM. 653 00:28:06,318 --> 00:28:07,419 He says it's like a steroid, 654 00:28:07,486 --> 00:28:08,620 but without side effects, right? 655 00:28:08,687 --> 00:28:10,355 THOMAS: Okay. It's, he's wrong. 656 00:28:10,422 --> 00:28:11,890 It's not possible right now. 657 00:28:11,957 --> 00:28:14,560 Pharmaceutical companies like to do what? 658 00:28:15,427 --> 00:28:16,595 Make money. 659 00:28:16,662 --> 00:28:18,330 MARIANA: So you're saying that if it was possible to 660 00:28:18,397 --> 00:28:20,599 create a steroid without the side effects that the 661 00:28:20,666 --> 00:28:21,767 pharmaceutical companies. 662 00:28:21,833 --> 00:28:23,168 THOMAS: Billion‐dollar industry. 663 00:28:23,235 --> 00:28:24,303 MARIANA: Okay. 664 00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:25,604 And the fact that they're not all over it right now, 665 00:28:25,671 --> 00:28:26,838 it's because. 666 00:28:26,905 --> 00:28:28,941 THOMAS: It's, that's it's beyond the science of today. 667 00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:32,511 MARIANA: Recently, the FDA released a statement saying 668 00:28:32,578 --> 00:28:36,181 that SARMs can increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, 669 00:28:36,248 --> 00:28:37,783 and liver damage. 670 00:28:38,183 --> 00:28:40,419 The same side effects of steroids. 671 00:28:41,153 --> 00:28:43,388 THOMAS: The patients tell me that, "Hey, doc, 672 00:28:43,455 --> 00:28:46,291 I used to love Tony Huge, man, because he represented just, 673 00:28:46,358 --> 00:28:49,061 like, freedom and all this kind of stuff." 674 00:28:49,127 --> 00:28:52,164 TONY (over phone): You see me in my bedroom with a hot girl. 675 00:28:52,231 --> 00:28:54,132 THOMAS: "And then I really took some of the drugs he 676 00:28:54,199 --> 00:28:56,568 recommended and then I ended up in the hospital," 677 00:28:56,635 --> 00:28:58,370 or "My brother died" or 678 00:28:58,437 --> 00:29:00,872 "A friend of mine is really suffering." 679 00:29:00,939 --> 00:29:04,076 You see the bodies that are constructed. 680 00:29:04,409 --> 00:29:08,247 Being superhuman on steroids is part of the game. 681 00:29:08,313 --> 00:29:10,816 It's part of the trip. 682 00:29:11,149 --> 00:29:14,319 But the reality is, you can't be superhuman forever. 683 00:29:14,386 --> 00:29:17,256 And your heart doesn't wanna be superhuman. 684 00:29:30,902 --> 00:29:33,038 MARIANA: When I first see Zac in Las Vegas, 685 00:29:33,105 --> 00:29:35,641 it's hard to argue with the results. 686 00:29:35,707 --> 00:29:38,243 His transformation is jaw‐dropping. 687 00:29:45,083 --> 00:29:46,218 That's him before and after? 688 00:29:46,285 --> 00:29:47,619 ZAC: It, kind of, just speaks for itself. 689 00:29:47,686 --> 00:29:48,754 It's just nine weeks, yeah. 690 00:29:48,820 --> 00:29:49,788 MAN: Yeah. 691 00:29:49,855 --> 00:29:51,256 MARIANA: Holy moly, that is crazy. 692 00:29:51,323 --> 00:29:52,791 This is in just nine weeks? Just three months? 693 00:29:52,858 --> 00:29:54,293 MAN: Correct. 694 00:29:54,359 --> 00:29:57,195 MARIANA: In just nine weeks, Zac dropped his body fat from 695 00:29:57,262 --> 00:30:00,732 21% to 5%. 696 00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:03,902 He credits a dedicated workout and diet routine. 697 00:30:04,303 --> 00:30:05,737 MAN: Two training sessions a day. 698 00:30:05,804 --> 00:30:07,639 Zero carbs of course and... 699 00:30:07,706 --> 00:30:09,141 ZAC: I get, yeah, I've been doing three hours 700 00:30:09,207 --> 00:30:10,275 of cardio every night. 701 00:30:10,342 --> 00:30:12,411 MARIANA: He also credits the drugs that Dr. Tony 702 00:30:12,477 --> 00:30:15,814 recommended, including the new injectable SARMs. 703 00:30:19,985 --> 00:30:22,020 But the work is not over. 704 00:30:22,988 --> 00:30:24,990 TONY: So the first thing I'm gonna inject you with is 705 00:30:25,057 --> 00:30:27,626 RAD140, the injectable SARM. 706 00:30:27,693 --> 00:30:30,362 MARIANA: Zac has 24 hours before the competition. 707 00:30:30,896 --> 00:30:33,899 He and Tony plan to make the final hours count. 708 00:30:34,299 --> 00:30:37,836 TONY: I'm gonna give you a dose of 40 milligrams, 709 00:30:37,903 --> 00:30:41,340 which is, you know, that's pretty high for an injectable. 710 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:42,741 ZAC: That's a, yeah. 711 00:30:42,808 --> 00:30:44,142 TONY: All right. 712 00:30:44,209 --> 00:30:45,310 I'm gonna shoot it into your delt. 713 00:30:45,377 --> 00:30:47,245 And this is gonna burn. 714 00:30:53,752 --> 00:30:56,888 You're gonna wake up tomorrow morning looking more vascular 715 00:30:56,955 --> 00:30:58,890 and harder and drier. 716 00:30:58,957 --> 00:31:00,359 ZAC: Just in time for prejudging. 717 00:31:00,425 --> 00:31:01,526 TONY: Perfect. Yeah. 718 00:31:01,593 --> 00:31:02,861 ZAC: Yeah. 719 00:31:02,928 --> 00:31:04,663 TONY: That's a good one. Oh, I see you twitching. 720 00:31:04,730 --> 00:31:05,797 It stings, huh? 721 00:31:05,864 --> 00:31:07,199 ZAC: Yeah, that one burn. 722 00:31:07,265 --> 00:31:09,067 TONY: Oh, yeah. That stings. 723 00:31:09,134 --> 00:31:11,837 And it's bleeding too, so I'm gonna hold pressure. 724 00:31:11,903 --> 00:31:14,139 ZAC: It's getting pretty sore. 725 00:31:14,206 --> 00:31:16,341 TONY: Where, where do, where do you want this last one? 726 00:31:16,408 --> 00:31:18,377 ZAC: (bleep). 727 00:31:18,643 --> 00:31:21,113 TONY: It's worth the pain. 728 00:31:21,546 --> 00:31:23,682 Oh, the other thing I want you to take is Viagra. 729 00:31:23,749 --> 00:31:24,916 ZAC: Okay. 730 00:31:24,983 --> 00:31:26,818 TONY: Not for, not to get an erection. 731 00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:29,888 We're taking this to push the blood flow into our muscles. 732 00:31:30,188 --> 00:31:31,757 MARIANA: Tony really believes in his dream of a 733 00:31:31,823 --> 00:31:34,659 steroid replacement with none of the risks. 734 00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:35,861 TONY: We did some damage. 735 00:31:35,927 --> 00:31:37,863 ZAC: Yeah. TONY: You ready to lift? ZAC: Let's do it. 736 00:31:37,929 --> 00:31:40,065 MARIANA: But the reality is, he just doesn't know what the 737 00:31:40,132 --> 00:31:42,734 long‐term dangers will be. 738 00:31:49,608 --> 00:31:51,309 TONY: Push them up and out in front of you 739 00:31:51,376 --> 00:31:53,412 little bit for upper chest. 740 00:31:53,945 --> 00:31:55,680 ZAC: Like I told Tony, as long as he can guarantee 741 00:31:55,747 --> 00:31:57,382 I'm not gonna die right away from this stuff, 742 00:31:57,449 --> 00:31:58,817 then, it's okay. 743 00:31:58,884 --> 00:32:01,153 MARIANA: Why do you put some much confidence and trust in Tony? 744 00:32:01,219 --> 00:32:04,389 ZAC: Because not only is the man honest, 745 00:32:04,456 --> 00:32:05,724 he's a really good friend too. 746 00:32:05,791 --> 00:32:07,492 He's just an awesome uncle that, 747 00:32:07,559 --> 00:32:10,462 that knows everything and takes care of you when you need it and is always around. 748 00:32:10,529 --> 00:32:13,231 TONY: All right. You're gonna have to breathe more because your blood is 749 00:32:13,298 --> 00:32:16,168 super oxygenated now. 750 00:32:16,234 --> 00:32:18,403 MARIANA: When you hear all these stories about pros 751 00:32:18,470 --> 00:32:20,639 taking steroids and the side effects and... 752 00:32:20,705 --> 00:32:21,706 ZAC: Uh‐hmm. 753 00:32:21,773 --> 00:32:22,941 MARIANA: You know, all the dangers involved, 754 00:32:23,008 --> 00:32:24,109 does that scare you at all? 755 00:32:24,176 --> 00:32:25,377 ZAC: No. 756 00:32:25,444 --> 00:32:27,045 A lot of these guys overdo it and it screwed themselves. 757 00:32:27,112 --> 00:32:30,382 I have enough knowledge to keep myself within a safe realm, 758 00:32:30,449 --> 00:32:32,617 and I know enough to trust my gut. 759 00:32:32,684 --> 00:32:35,120 MARIANA: Tomorrow, Zac will pit himself against other 760 00:32:35,187 --> 00:32:37,189 aspiring bodybuilders. 761 00:32:37,255 --> 00:32:40,158 It will be a test of both Zac's new physique and of 762 00:32:40,225 --> 00:32:43,195 Dr. Tony's new wonder drug. 763 00:33:11,022 --> 00:33:12,190 MAN (over PA): And coming up next, 764 00:33:12,257 --> 00:33:14,626 we have competitor number 43, Ali Balighi. 765 00:33:15,093 --> 00:33:17,529 MARIANA: It's the first day of Mr. Olympia, 766 00:33:17,596 --> 00:33:20,332 and hundreds of bodybuilders are squaring off. 767 00:33:20,966 --> 00:33:22,601 (inaudible) 768 00:33:33,345 --> 00:33:36,014 MARIANA: Zac is about to go on stage for the amateur portion 769 00:33:36,081 --> 00:33:37,849 of the competition. 770 00:33:37,916 --> 00:33:39,951 If the judges like what they see, 771 00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:43,188 Zac can fulfill his goal of turning professional. 772 00:33:43,455 --> 00:33:45,123 ZAC: I don't consider myself natural at all. 773 00:33:45,190 --> 00:33:46,858 I may not be using steroids, 774 00:33:46,925 --> 00:33:48,493 but I'm still like using things that are 775 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,396 comparable and influence your hormonal balance. 776 00:33:51,897 --> 00:33:53,098 MARIANA: Uh‐hmm. 777 00:33:53,164 --> 00:33:55,233 He's betting that Tony Huge's new experimental drug will 778 00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:57,669 give him a competitive edge. 779 00:33:57,736 --> 00:33:58,870 ZAC: With the injectable SARMs, 780 00:33:58,937 --> 00:34:01,206 what I want is to look roided out without being on 781 00:34:01,273 --> 00:34:05,110 mainstream roids and being way healthier. 782 00:34:06,945 --> 00:34:10,081 (overlapping chatter) 783 00:34:11,950 --> 00:34:14,920 MARIANA: Today, Zac will take on 24 other amateur 784 00:34:14,986 --> 00:34:18,557 bodybuilders in the Classic Physique category. 785 00:34:27,499 --> 00:34:28,800 MAN: Yeah. 786 00:34:30,535 --> 00:34:32,871 MARIANA: Only the top three will advance and be given 787 00:34:32,938 --> 00:34:34,706 their professional cards. 788 00:34:37,509 --> 00:34:38,510 That's him. That's him. 789 00:34:38,577 --> 00:34:40,111 TONY: Oh, Zac. Yes, Zac. 790 00:34:44,316 --> 00:34:45,417 MARIANA: Are you nervous? 791 00:34:45,483 --> 00:34:46,885 TONY: Yeah, I'm, I, I usually get nervous, like, 792 00:34:46,952 --> 00:34:48,620 for the competitor, for the client so. 793 00:34:55,527 --> 00:34:56,861 WOMAN: Yeah, Zac. 794 00:34:57,195 --> 00:34:58,296 TONY: Beautiful. 795 00:34:58,363 --> 00:34:59,798 WOMAN: Fifty‐one. 796 00:34:59,864 --> 00:35:01,633 TONY: Tighten the lower abs. 797 00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:02,834 MAN (over PA): Relax. Quarter turn to your right. 798 00:35:02,901 --> 00:35:04,302 TONY: Wow. 799 00:35:06,204 --> 00:35:07,772 MARIANA: Woo‐hoo! 800 00:35:07,839 --> 00:35:09,641 When he first walks on stage, 801 00:35:09,708 --> 00:35:12,410 I'm once again blown away by Zac's transformation. 802 00:35:14,045 --> 00:35:15,113 MAN (over PA): Let's hear some noise. 803 00:35:15,180 --> 00:35:17,315 Who do you guys wanna see? 804 00:35:18,984 --> 00:35:20,118 502. 805 00:35:20,185 --> 00:35:22,320 MARIANA: Contestants are called to the front of the 806 00:35:22,387 --> 00:35:23,955 stage in groups of five. 807 00:35:24,022 --> 00:35:26,925 Judges are looking for the perfect combination of muscle 808 00:35:26,992 --> 00:35:28,960 definition and size. 809 00:35:29,828 --> 00:35:32,964 Officially, steroids drugs are banned at Mr. Olympia. 810 00:35:33,698 --> 00:35:35,667 But there are no drug tests today, 811 00:35:35,734 --> 00:35:38,470 so it's impossible to know if any of these bodies were 812 00:35:38,536 --> 00:35:41,139 sculpted with anabolic drugs. 813 00:35:41,406 --> 00:35:44,009 MAN (over PA): 481, 485. 814 00:35:44,342 --> 00:35:46,144 TONY: You see how some of these guys have a lot more 815 00:35:46,211 --> 00:35:47,445 muscle than Zac has? 816 00:35:47,512 --> 00:35:48,880 MARIANA: Yeah. 817 00:35:48,947 --> 00:35:51,282 TONY: Now if Zac can get this amount of muscle with his posing, 818 00:35:51,349 --> 00:35:52,984 with his structure, 819 00:35:53,051 --> 00:35:56,254 then he could go really far in this sport. 820 00:35:56,821 --> 00:35:59,357 MARIANA: You can see the frustration on Zac's face as 821 00:35:59,424 --> 00:36:02,594 other competitors are asked to pose for the judges first. 822 00:36:03,294 --> 00:36:05,563 MAN (over PA): 390, 476. 823 00:36:06,331 --> 00:36:08,833 MARIANA: Tony believes that the bigger participants have 824 00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:11,036 simply taken more drugs than Zac. 825 00:36:11,703 --> 00:36:14,506 TONY: If he wants to grow after this competition which I think he will, 826 00:36:14,572 --> 00:36:17,142 then it's time to start using some of the drugs that 827 00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:19,377 can build a lot more muscle like the rest of 828 00:36:19,444 --> 00:36:20,545 these guys have. 829 00:36:20,612 --> 00:36:23,048 MAN (over PA): 315. 830 00:36:23,114 --> 00:36:25,316 MARIANA: Yet another group is called up instead of Zac. 831 00:36:25,383 --> 00:36:27,452 MAN (over PA): 502. 832 00:36:27,519 --> 00:36:28,987 MARIANA: As the first session ends, 833 00:36:29,054 --> 00:36:31,723 his odds are not looking good. 834 00:36:33,892 --> 00:36:36,094 MAN (over PA): Relax. Thank you, gentlemen. 835 00:36:37,529 --> 00:36:40,165 MARIANA: But there's still another round of the competition, 836 00:36:40,231 --> 00:36:42,500 and anything can happen. 837 00:36:42,867 --> 00:36:46,237 TONY: Zac. Amazing posing, incredible stamina. 838 00:36:46,971 --> 00:36:48,006 But how do you feel? 839 00:36:48,073 --> 00:36:49,541 Do you feel flat? Do you feel full? 840 00:36:49,607 --> 00:36:52,043 ZAC: I mean, I might have just got my ass whooped. 841 00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:54,612 TONY: Now, if you wanna use this as an experiment to see 842 00:36:54,679 --> 00:36:56,781 how much we can fill you out with some more advanced 843 00:36:56,848 --> 00:36:58,950 chemistry before the finals, 844 00:36:59,017 --> 00:37:01,052 then that's what we can do right now. 845 00:37:01,119 --> 00:37:02,721 MARIANA: Despite Zac's pessimism, 846 00:37:02,787 --> 00:37:05,323 Tony sees a golden opportunity. 847 00:37:05,824 --> 00:37:06,925 Like what? 848 00:37:06,991 --> 00:37:08,693 ZAC: Like what? Is the question. 849 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:12,330 TONY: Like, like insulin, IGF, high carbs, 850 00:37:12,397 --> 00:37:14,265 throw in some sodium. 851 00:37:14,332 --> 00:37:15,166 Let's do it. Let's. 852 00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:16,401 MARIANA: So that would be right now? 853 00:37:16,468 --> 00:37:17,669 TONY: Let's do a three‐hour transformation. 854 00:37:17,736 --> 00:37:18,903 MARIANA: Right now? 855 00:37:18,970 --> 00:37:20,972 TONY: Let's get him some drugs and some food. 856 00:37:27,479 --> 00:37:30,782 So this is, this is gonna be a little dangerous because 857 00:37:30,849 --> 00:37:33,818 I want you to take a high dosage really to fill you out. 858 00:37:38,223 --> 00:37:40,125 TONY: I'll grab some goodies to inject. 859 00:37:42,994 --> 00:37:46,297 TONY: The insulin is gonna cause your blood sugar to drop. 860 00:37:48,133 --> 00:37:50,101 And then I'm gonna inject you with AMP, 861 00:37:50,168 --> 00:37:53,338 Adenosine Monophosphate to volumize your blood. 862 00:37:54,506 --> 00:37:56,775 MARIANA: Tony is injecting Zac with hundreds of dollars 863 00:37:56,841 --> 00:37:58,643 of free drugs. 864 00:37:58,710 --> 00:38:01,045 TONY: And that also can make you very dizzy. 865 00:38:01,112 --> 00:38:03,181 MARIANA: But what's the real cost for Zac? 866 00:38:03,481 --> 00:38:05,150 TONY: I don't want you to pass out on stage, 867 00:38:05,216 --> 00:38:06,684 but we're gonna get you right to the edge of 868 00:38:06,751 --> 00:38:09,053 where you're gonna be a little bit dizzy. 869 00:38:11,055 --> 00:38:12,957 Okay. I'm gonna put the insulin in last, 870 00:38:13,024 --> 00:38:17,629 so first I'm putting IGF des, 200 micrograms. 871 00:38:19,364 --> 00:38:21,566 Ah, what the heck, 250 micrograms. 872 00:38:23,902 --> 00:38:25,236 TONY: Yeah. 873 00:38:26,938 --> 00:38:28,640 TONY: Two, yeah, nothing's gonna happen to you. 874 00:38:28,706 --> 00:38:30,441 But right before I shoot, shoot that, 875 00:38:30,508 --> 00:38:33,945 I just want some pictures and, and video of you because it's 876 00:38:34,012 --> 00:38:35,780 gonna work pretty quick. 877 00:38:35,847 --> 00:38:38,049 So I've got my videographer here. 878 00:38:38,116 --> 00:38:39,551 What do you think? 879 00:38:39,617 --> 00:38:41,419 You got a good angle. 880 00:38:44,055 --> 00:38:46,891 Of all the SARMs, this is one of the faster‐acting ones. 881 00:38:50,862 --> 00:38:53,631 MARIANA: Are you doing any of these for the first time? 882 00:38:53,698 --> 00:38:55,366 ZAC: Yeah, all of them. 883 00:38:57,001 --> 00:38:59,070 TONY: Three hundred micrograms of IGF des, 884 00:38:59,537 --> 00:39:02,540 five units of growth hormone, and fifteen units of insulin. 885 00:39:03,341 --> 00:39:05,543 It's a lot to combine. 886 00:39:05,610 --> 00:39:08,346 MARIANA: Zac is understandably nervous about taking 887 00:39:08,413 --> 00:39:10,281 insulin in particular. 888 00:39:10,348 --> 00:39:11,616 ZAC: Are we doing this whole shot in my glute? 889 00:39:11,683 --> 00:39:13,218 TONY: On your glute, yeah. ZAC: On my glute? 890 00:39:13,284 --> 00:39:15,320 TONY: And Vivian, how long until the rice is ready? 891 00:39:15,386 --> 00:39:17,522 MARIANA: Insulin can be bought over the counter at any drug 892 00:39:17,589 --> 00:39:21,059 store but injecting too much of it can lead to seizures, 893 00:39:21,626 --> 00:39:24,462 coma, brain damage, or death. 894 00:39:25,697 --> 00:39:26,698 TONY: As soon as we hit this, 895 00:39:26,764 --> 00:39:28,399 I want you to start eating some carbs. 896 00:39:28,466 --> 00:39:30,735 Don't like shove it down, but just start snacking on it, 897 00:39:30,802 --> 00:39:33,371 get your blood sugar steady. 898 00:39:47,518 --> 00:39:50,088 After the shot, I'm gonna put pressure on it so it disburses 899 00:39:50,154 --> 00:39:51,856 it into the bloodstream faster. 900 00:39:51,923 --> 00:39:54,158 MARIANA: Zac is also injecting AMP, 901 00:39:54,225 --> 00:39:57,228 a steroid created for racehorses and not allowed for 902 00:39:57,295 --> 00:39:58,763 human consumption. 903 00:39:58,830 --> 00:40:00,932 TONY: It's gonna hyper‐oxygenate your blood, 904 00:40:00,999 --> 00:40:03,201 and so you're gonna be gasping for air to get more oxygen 905 00:40:03,268 --> 00:40:05,270 into your bloodstream. 906 00:40:05,336 --> 00:40:06,838 This is actually very therapeutic. 907 00:40:06,905 --> 00:40:10,074 It's actually very, very healthy. 908 00:40:10,141 --> 00:40:11,109 Does it sting? 909 00:40:11,175 --> 00:40:13,912 ZAC: Oh, yeah. 910 00:40:14,345 --> 00:40:15,513 MARIANA: I'm not gonna lie. 911 00:40:15,580 --> 00:40:18,783 I'm completely rooting for Zac to win this competition. 912 00:40:18,850 --> 00:40:21,619 But I don't wanna see him die in the process. 913 00:40:40,705 --> 00:40:42,340 TONY: Of all the SARMs, this is one of the 914 00:40:42,407 --> 00:40:44,676 faster‐acting ones. 915 00:40:44,742 --> 00:40:47,445 MARIANA: On a short break from the Mr. Olympia competition, 916 00:40:47,512 --> 00:40:49,914 Tony is about to inject Zac with a long list 917 00:40:49,981 --> 00:40:51,783 of anabolic drugs. 918 00:40:52,083 --> 00:40:54,352 TONY: So this time, you're taking a 30% higher dosage 919 00:40:54,419 --> 00:40:55,954 than we took at the gym for practice. 920 00:40:56,020 --> 00:40:57,055 ZAC: Okay. 921 00:40:57,121 --> 00:40:59,190 MARIANA: Tony is hoping to transform Zac's body 922 00:40:59,257 --> 00:41:00,992 in just three hours. 923 00:41:01,059 --> 00:41:02,593 TONY: Okay. So it stings a lot. 924 00:41:02,660 --> 00:41:04,329 So we're definitely gonna have to put pressure because 925 00:41:04,395 --> 00:41:06,164 the body's gonna react to that. 926 00:41:06,230 --> 00:41:08,533 If I put pressure, it distributes into your 927 00:41:08,599 --> 00:41:10,068 bloodstream quickly. 928 00:41:12,437 --> 00:41:13,638 So this time... 929 00:41:13,705 --> 00:41:15,640 MARIANA: It's a last‐ditch effort to impress the Olympia 930 00:41:15,707 --> 00:41:18,009 judges for the final round of the event. 931 00:41:18,309 --> 00:41:19,877 ZAC: So what's this gonna do for my physique? 932 00:41:19,944 --> 00:41:22,180 TONY: Make your veins pop out, make your muscles fuller. 933 00:41:22,246 --> 00:41:25,516 MARIANA: This is all against the rules of the Olympia competition, 934 00:41:25,583 --> 00:41:29,354 and it's the kind of thing that can get you in trouble with the DEA. 935 00:41:29,721 --> 00:41:31,289 How much of all the stuff you've given him, 936 00:41:31,356 --> 00:41:33,491 how much of it is illegal? 937 00:41:33,558 --> 00:41:34,892 TONY: Let's see. 938 00:41:34,959 --> 00:41:38,296 So the AMP's not technically illegal. 939 00:41:38,363 --> 00:41:40,631 It's a grey area. 940 00:41:40,698 --> 00:41:42,900 This is something you wouldn't be allowed to sell to another 941 00:41:42,967 --> 00:41:45,336 human for human consumption like a drug, 942 00:41:45,403 --> 00:41:46,871 it's not FDA approved. 943 00:41:46,938 --> 00:41:49,307 MARIANA: Are you allowed to administer them to somebody else? 944 00:41:49,374 --> 00:41:53,811 TONY: Probably not. 945 00:41:54,445 --> 00:41:56,014 MARIANA: Could he get in trouble for this? 946 00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:59,617 TONY: No. Nope. MARIANA: Are you worried, Zac? 947 00:42:03,621 --> 00:42:06,324 ZAC: If the po‐po come knockin', we'll run together. 948 00:42:06,824 --> 00:42:09,027 TONY: You've got the number of your lawyer. 949 00:42:09,093 --> 00:42:11,329 ZAC: Okay. TONY: Dr. Tony Huge. ZAC: All right. 950 00:42:15,133 --> 00:42:18,503 MARIANA: After injecting half a dozen new anabolics into his bloodstream, 951 00:42:20,171 --> 00:42:22,774 Zac arrives back at the competition. 952 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:25,376 He's due on stage in less than an hour. 953 00:42:25,443 --> 00:42:27,712 TONY: Okay. That's pretty good. 954 00:42:27,779 --> 00:42:30,815 So, now we can see some veins popping out. 955 00:42:30,882 --> 00:42:32,583 He looks like he put on about eight pounds of 956 00:42:32,650 --> 00:42:35,286 muscle in just a few hours. 957 00:42:36,921 --> 00:42:37,889 MARIANA: It's true though. 958 00:42:37,955 --> 00:42:39,257 You can totally see the difference now. 959 00:42:39,323 --> 00:42:42,060 I don't think I could notice any of these veins before, 960 00:42:42,126 --> 00:42:44,729 and now I can notice them all. 961 00:42:45,196 --> 00:42:47,465 Zac's veins are popping, 962 00:42:47,532 --> 00:42:49,901 and his muscles are noticeably bigger. 963 00:42:49,967 --> 00:42:53,671 He's also feeling short of breath, a side effect of AMP, 964 00:42:54,338 --> 00:42:56,374 the horse steroid. 965 00:43:02,380 --> 00:43:03,948 He's worried that this won't be enough to 966 00:43:04,015 --> 00:43:06,250 impress the judges. 967 00:43:06,317 --> 00:43:09,153 I'm worried he's going to pass out on stage. 968 00:43:16,894 --> 00:43:20,064 MAN (over PA): Competitor number 100, Daniel Chmura. 969 00:43:21,065 --> 00:43:24,502 Competitor number 158, Luis Estrada. 970 00:43:24,802 --> 00:43:27,038 MARIANA: As other competitors are eliminated, 971 00:43:27,105 --> 00:43:29,607 Zac remains on stage. 972 00:43:29,674 --> 00:43:31,742 MAN (over PA): 61, Anmar Ezzulddin. 973 00:43:31,809 --> 00:43:33,344 MARIANA: He's still up there. TONY: Yeah. 974 00:43:33,411 --> 00:43:35,780 MAN (over PA): Competitor number 204, Denny Guemos. 975 00:43:35,847 --> 00:43:36,948 TONY: Good. Good. 976 00:43:37,014 --> 00:43:38,149 MARIANA: They didn't call his number. 977 00:43:38,216 --> 00:43:39,283 MAN (over PA): Competitor number 312... 978 00:43:39,350 --> 00:43:42,186 MARIANA: But finally, Zac's name is called and 979 00:43:42,253 --> 00:43:44,388 his day is done. 980 00:43:45,223 --> 00:43:46,858 MAN (over PA): Competitor number 315. 981 00:43:47,191 --> 00:43:49,994 MARIANA: He finishes tied for 16th place. 982 00:43:50,061 --> 00:43:52,363 Not the results he was looking for. 983 00:43:52,430 --> 00:43:53,364 Are you sad at all? 984 00:43:53,431 --> 00:43:54,465 Are you disappointed? 985 00:43:54,532 --> 00:43:55,967 ZAC: I'm not actually extremely disappointed. 986 00:43:56,033 --> 00:43:57,602 I just didn't have the conditioning I needed so they 987 00:43:57,668 --> 00:44:00,171 deserved it more than I did today. 988 00:44:00,471 --> 00:44:01,639 MARIANA: At the end of the day, 989 00:44:01,706 --> 00:44:04,008 Tony and Zac are both clear on one thing, 990 00:44:04,075 --> 00:44:07,345 competing at this level will mean taking even more drugs, 991 00:44:09,881 --> 00:44:12,016 and even bigger doses. 992 00:44:13,451 --> 00:44:14,986 ZAC: I definitely felt good with Tony's little cocktail. 993 00:44:15,052 --> 00:44:17,121 Yeah, that definitely worked, that whole thing. 994 00:44:17,188 --> 00:44:20,958 TONY: Bodybuilding is a sport, and it's also art. 995 00:44:21,025 --> 00:44:23,561 And the drugs and the steroids give us a bigger 996 00:44:23,628 --> 00:44:25,696 paintbrush and more colors to choose from. 997 00:44:25,763 --> 00:44:28,533 ZAC: That's exactly right. That's exactly right. 998 00:44:32,904 --> 00:44:34,672 MARIANA: Would you call it an epidemic? 999 00:44:34,739 --> 00:44:37,341 THOMAS: This is an epidemic where you look great, 1000 00:44:37,408 --> 00:44:40,111 but your day will come. 1001 00:44:41,779 --> 00:44:44,348 MARIANA: It's estimated that up to four million Americans 1002 00:44:44,415 --> 00:44:46,284 are now using steroids. 1003 00:44:49,820 --> 00:44:50,788 Hi, Tony. 1004 00:44:50,855 --> 00:44:52,056 TONY (over computer): Hi, Mariana. 1005 00:44:52,123 --> 00:44:53,224 MARIANA: How are you? 1006 00:44:53,291 --> 00:44:55,059 TONY (over computer): Good. Thanks. 1007 00:44:58,296 --> 00:45:01,165 MARIANA: So you've spent the last couple of months in Thailand, 1008 00:45:01,666 --> 00:45:02,533 is that right? 1009 00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:04,001 TONY (over computer): Yeah. 1010 00:45:04,068 --> 00:45:07,438 I'm building an epicenter of chemical transformations to 1011 00:45:07,505 --> 00:45:10,107 push the limits on performance enhancement. 1012 00:45:10,174 --> 00:45:12,243 MARIANA: When I last checked in with Tony Huge, 1013 00:45:12,310 --> 00:45:15,079 he's still promoting "Enhanced Athlete" products, 1014 00:45:15,146 --> 00:45:18,082 but he's got a new place to conduct human experiments. 1015 00:45:18,950 --> 00:45:20,284 Are you and Trevor planning on moving your whole 1016 00:45:20,351 --> 00:45:21,852 operation to Asia? 1017 00:45:21,919 --> 00:45:25,089 TONY (over computer): Yeah. We're transitioning right now, so yeah. 1018 00:45:25,156 --> 00:45:26,958 As fast as we can. 1019 00:45:27,291 --> 00:45:30,861 In Thailand, they have clinics on every corner. 1020 00:45:30,928 --> 00:45:33,231 We don't have to go through doctors and get 1021 00:45:33,297 --> 00:45:34,799 prescriptions for lab work. 1022 00:45:34,865 --> 00:45:39,036 Look, SHBG, Cortisol, DHT, Prolactin estrogen, 1023 00:45:39,370 --> 00:45:40,471 Growth Hormone. 1024 00:45:40,538 --> 00:45:42,206 We can just move much faster in Thailand than in 1025 00:45:42,273 --> 00:45:44,075 the US with our research. 1026 00:45:44,141 --> 00:45:47,411 MARIANA: In 2019, a bill was introduced to the US Senate 1027 00:45:47,478 --> 00:45:51,215 that would allow the DEA to arrest anyone making SARMs. 1028 00:45:52,683 --> 00:45:54,018 Are you ever afraid that the authorities will 1029 00:45:54,085 --> 00:45:55,886 come after you? 1030 00:45:55,953 --> 00:45:58,289 TONY (over computer): Yeah, sure, there's always a little bit of that fear. 1031 00:45:58,356 --> 00:46:02,159 Yeah. It's not so much that I'm running away from authorities 1032 00:46:02,226 --> 00:46:04,428 and law enforcement, as it is, 1033 00:46:04,495 --> 00:46:07,698 I'm just less of a target if I'm outside the country. 1034 00:46:07,999 --> 00:46:09,800 MARIANA: Do you think there's anything wrong with wanting to 1035 00:46:09,867 --> 00:46:11,836 be superhuman? 1036 00:46:12,536 --> 00:46:13,771 TONY (over computer): No. 1037 00:46:13,838 --> 00:46:17,441 I think that that is the next step of our evolution. 1038 00:46:17,508 --> 00:46:19,243 I mean, how strong can we become? 1039 00:46:19,310 --> 00:46:20,911 How amazing can we look? 1040 00:46:20,978 --> 00:46:23,247 How long can we live? 1041 00:46:25,283 --> 00:46:29,420 If people could just visualize when they felt the best in their life, 1042 00:46:30,755 --> 00:46:32,256 imagine having that all the time and then 1043 00:46:32,323 --> 00:46:34,692 imagine amplifying it. 1044 00:46:37,028 --> 00:46:38,996 That's what it feels like to be superhuman. 1045 00:46:39,063 --> 00:46:42,033 And once people experience, it's hard to go back. 1046 00:46:45,069 --> 00:46:48,039 MARIANA: This is what makes Tony's pitch so seductive. 1047 00:46:49,573 --> 00:46:52,109 He believes, with missionary‐like zeal, 1048 00:46:52,176 --> 00:46:53,477 in what he preaches. 1049 00:46:53,544 --> 00:46:55,346 TONY: All right. Here we go. 1050 00:46:57,748 --> 00:47:01,385 MARIANA: That sort of faith can be dangerous, even deadly. 1051 00:47:02,987 --> 00:47:05,356 But it's hard to argue with those convinced they're 1052 00:47:05,423 --> 00:47:08,125 on the path to salvation. 1053 00:47:12,396 --> 00:47:16,133 ♪ ♪ 1054 00:47:17,068 --> 00:47:18,469 Captioned by Cotter Captioning Services.