[Jake]

I'm only 17 and I have experienced many of these stereotypes. Some of my friends don't understand bodybuilding/powerlifting, so they make negative assmptions about the sport(s). I have never used steroids and never tested positive for steroids, but people still say that I use them, because they are ignorant. The only thing that can really be done is to go along with it as if it were a joke. There are some peple that will listen to you and try to understand bodybuilding, and those are the people that bodybuilders need to try to surround themselves with.

Jake