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its just the difference between a little fat offseason and her usually ultraripped condition at contest diet

I think most bodybuilders (male and female) look much more attractive and/or impressive when they're not quite in contest shape.  IMO, they have fuller and rounder muscles and their faces don't have that same dry and angular look that many of them have when they're cutting their fat levels down for competition.  Jana looks incredible in those shots.  Excellent pics!

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Nice. 🙂

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And some more…

I strongly suggest using the Download option to see the full-sized image, otherwise the best you'll see is a half-sized shot.  I left it big because after doing enough hatchwork to make my knuckles glow, I was going to make sure everyone could see it. :p

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Boring bonuspicture with deeep overhead squat.

Well, my knees buckled looking at this one as well, but for a totally different reason.  :-*

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Welcome back, and thanks for the info and the link. 🙂

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Almost all pro sports are juiced but do the pick on the big named sports? (NFL, NBA, MLB) Not too often.

You can thank the sports management, media and fan followings for a lot of that, because they really do not want to deal with the issue.  There are different reasons at each level.

-Management knows that steroids can keep players on the field more often, helping them shake off the strain of a long season, and so they don't mind steroid/PED use (though their public statements are obviously very anti-steroid, since admitting their reasoning would be really bad PR).  Steroid use is probably still very widespread in the NFL in spite of testing.  PED use is probably still very widespread in MLB and other major sports in spite of the bad PR.  And that isn't even counting the excessive and dangerous use of stuff like painkillers to keep players on the field.

-The media has been critical of steroid use only in those cases where it has become public knowledge (Bonds, McGwire, A-Rod, for example).  But they act as if these are isolated cases, even though they *must* know that this is not the case.  Admitting what they really know would completely undermine their integrity and the moral platform from which they judge those players who are 'outed.'  So they protect the sports as a whole, and only speak out when someone's use is revealed.  Disgusting?  I certainly think so.

-Fans are more varied in their points of view, but many fans of a particular sport, team, or player will be less critical of steroid use when it's that sport or team or player in the cross-hairs.  Even someone as generally disliked as Barry Bonds has gotten a lot of support from fans and commentators.

I think that bodybuilding doesn't have that buffer, or at least at the same level.  For obvious reasons (both legal and marketing) the industry doesn't mention steroids or other PEDs very often, if at all.  And while bodybuilding and weight-lifting have become more common and accepted, many people still react negatively to heavily-muscled physiques.  Without more mainstream support, rumors and urban legends take root much more easily, and the sport and lifestyle can be demonized more easily as well.

That's my take on it, anyway.  Others may have differing (and probably more accurate) views of the matter.

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Genetic manipulation is rapidly growing field of operation and I guess it's only a matter of time when they start to alter the humans too.

We have certainly made strides in our understanding of genetics, and I expect (and hope) that we are expanding that understanding quickly.  However, experimentation on humans is an issue that quickly runs into political and social minefields.

I'm not saying that those considerations are right or wrong.  I'm saying that I think it will be a really long time before we move from experimenting this way on plants and lower animals and onto human subjects.  There is still a popular perception that tinkering with the genome amounts to "playing god," and many people will resist the idea without giving it any consideration.

And that may not be for the worst.  A failed experiment with disastrous side effects could turn public opinion so ugly that this kind of research would be shut down for a very very long time.  Better to let it continue 'under the radar' and away from the eyes of people who would seek to stop it from progressing.  I think that genetic studies could lead to a future where humans are inoculated against many diseases and genetic defects before they're even born.  Don't think "designer humans" with extra muscles or bigger boobs.  Think about your son or grandson NOT being born with spina bifida.

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Should steroids be legal?  Its peoples choice, yes or no?

They should be, but the status of steroids in the USA is a political issue.  Steroids were banned in the US over the objections of both governmental departments and industry committees.  The black market for them is both lucrative and, as this topic shows, very risky.  With the negative attention focused on steroids by baseball recently, I suspect that efforts to crack down on distribution have been increased, and people caught trafficking in it are going to be dealt with harshly, as no prosecutor wants to be seen as 'soft' on the issue.

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It's all great, but the richness of Jed's work just makes me want to cry.

The "richness" of that third drawing almost caused my heart to stop.  😮

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How can he work so fast? So many picture in so little time.

It's frustrating.

It's frustrating that he can't clone himself!  Or grow another arm!  Or bottle his talent and send me some!  Aaaaargh!

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