Bigger, Stronger, Faster*

A lot of good info packed into the show, but I can't believe the guy's whiny attitude about America. It seems like he wants to blame America for his brothers' choices to take steroids.I'm living the American dream w/out taking Steroids and w/out giving in to the fake advertising out there.I guess for some of us freedom really sucks. Not sure what he wants to replace it with.

Chris Bell is one of the best documentarians to date. Bigger Stronger Faster is his first, and arguably best, film. He remains unbiased throughout them, even though he has first hand experience with each of the subjects in his movies. Bigger Stronger Faster completely shatters the myth behind steriods, but does so in a way that you are still aware of the consequences that come along with taking them. Bravo Chris Bell.

Steroids, people on roids talking about how roids make them money, along side those supplements everyone think are going to get them jacked! MuscleMilk doesn't get you jacked, Animal Mass does not give you mass like animals, an Pre workout is worthless! Just cause that model is taking that supplement doesn't mean he's not taking something else to look like that! Stupid people, Advertisement scams, supplement scams, an much more all covered in this video!

I would have liked to have seen a little more content on actual people that advanced their lives or standard of living by using steroids; just normal guys. Many men have Low T and this story could have been utilized as a means of carrying a message that Low T treatment is safe and has many benefits. Who the hell wants to be a pro wrestler? Maybe .001% of all people do. By the way; that brother is lost. 36 and thinks he can be a pro still... yeah sure.

I wanted to see this film ever since it got outstanding reviews during its theatrical run. Unfortunately, that theatrical run did not include my town. However, when I watched the dvd, I found that the reviews did not do this film justice.Chris Bell's film blows away anything that Michael Moore puts out for the reason that even though Bell is against steroids, he realizes that there is a huge gray area with this subject (as there is with almost any topic). Bell points out (rightly so), that performance enchancing drugs are a way of life in just about any walk of life, and that the majority of steroid users are the average Joes wanting to look better, not athletes. He also points out that for all the ranting and raving about the dangers of steroids, alcohol and tobacco abuse count for way more illness and death than do the abuse of steroids. These are fine points that are never brought up by Congress or the mainstream press.The best part of the film has to go to Bell's delving into why people feel the need to use performance enhancing drugs. The answer? The strong love of a winner found in society. Like I said earlier, this film is even better than the positive reviews it is receiving, and I would put it right up there with "Super-Size Me" as one of the better documentaries released recently. Do yourself a favor and pick this film up - you won't regret it.

I sat down to watch this with what I've been taught in mind - steroids make men angry and violent, and are in general hard on the body. No one can take them for longer than a year or two without suffering serious problems.Now, I don't know what to think about steroids, and wouldn't judge anyone for taking them. If you prioritize being as strong as possible, and they don't have any proven long-term effects, why wouldn't you take them? And are athletes who take them "cheating" any more than anyone else taking something to help their performance (in school, playing music, etc.)? The line between "natural" and "artificial" get very, very fuzzy.I was also fascinated by the stories of men in their 30s (and older) who hung onto the dream of stardom-through-strength even as it appeared to have become an unattainable and costly one. It is hard to hit your 30s and face the fact that your life won't turn out as you had dreamed, despite the work and time you put towards that dream. I felt for those guys.

I watched this documentary 3 months before the London Olympics began and I already knew... everyone is juicing. Then you get tiny Chinese women breaking swimming records of men, men winning 20 medals a piece, Hope Solo testing positive for juicing then being allowed to continue, London cyclist banned for life for juicing then being allowed to compete in the Olympics, and on and on it goes.This doc really opened my eyes to competitive sports. As a parent, I now know that I will never force my children to strive to be the best there is in sports, but rather only play as long as the fun lasts. It's OK if you'll never be the biggest, strongest, or fastest.All of my sports idols in the 90's had to have been doing something to get to the top or stay on top (Jordan, Gretzky, "Montana to Rice!", Agassi, Sir Charles, Magic, Superfly Jimmy Snooka, etc.).All children in 7th grade and up should see this.

In the world of fitness, health, aging, and competive sports from girls softball, to professional bodybuilding, the cry is always for bigger stronger , faster. So how do we do it? Hard work, proper diet, and acceptance of our genetic limitations, or do we use the lastet magic steroid pill, or an injection of the latest "Super Proton Energy Drug"?This film is the view of one man's journey to answer this very question.The film does a reasonable job but neglected ti include the fact that may of the steroids people use to get bigger fast and stronger come from animal products not human. Other than that this is worth a look by anyone seeking the answer to this quetion.

If you only ever watch two bodybuilding movies, then get this and Pumping Iron. With the latter you get to see a depiction of the nostalgic, glory-days of the then-niche sport. With the former you get to see how money has twisted and distorted this once inspirational pastime into a juggernaut of an industry propped up by lies and deceptions aimed at extracting your money. Bigger, Stronger, Faster is the movie I wish I'd made myself. It blows the lid on the common delusion that most sports are drug-free, and all our sporting heroes are clean. But its real tour de force is its robust rebuttal of the mainstream demonisation of anabolic steroids. It genuinely opens up the debate beyond the stereotypical view of the mysterious drugs that supposedly turn normal people into psychotic megalomaniacs. These guys (elite sportsmen) are simply using performance enhancing substances to push the limits. Is it really cheating if everyone else is doing it? Watch this with an open mind and make an informed choice. If you know little about drugs in sport, watch this. It will probably change the way you see the world. And what more can a good documentary film do than that?

A great documentary, showing, if you needed to be shown, the hypocracy behind much of the American dream and the US government stance on performance enhancing drugs. What makes this film really work is the personal layer involving Bell, his two brothers and his mum and dad. This is a film that really deserves to be more widely seen and contains more real evidence for the effects of steroid use than all the congressional hearings on the subject put together.

I was very impressed with this documentary, even though the subject matter completely affects the person making the film and members of his family, he still managed to create what I think is one of the only completely unbiased and objective documentaries I've ever seen. Intelligent and entertaining, a must watch for anyone interested in the subject of performance encancing drugs.

This is an amazing documentary, and true to the style of 'bowling for columbine' it remains on point, shows fair views from both sides of the debates, whilst showing sensitivity to certain areas whilst having fun in others, its entertaining,Anyone with a remote interest in bodybuilding, powerlifting or sports in general will fully appreciate this film,

great dvd quite funny at times though a serious side to it,delivere in goodtime