Bigger Stronger Faster

I watched an incredibly thought provoking film on the flight back from San Francisco last week. Bigger, Stronger, Faster is a 2008 documentary directed by Christopher Bell about the use of anabolic steroids as performance enhancing drugs in the United States and how this practice is linked to 'the Amercian Dream' in terms of sports and appearance.

It's a really clever film that manages to also be funny and troubling at the same time. Christopher Bell turns a spotlight on the US as a country that that willingly turns a blind eye to cheating until it decides to get completely hysterical about it.

Having had a conversation with someone representing Dwain Chambers just the night before, the film was particularly pertinent, especially the sections questioning the consistency of attitudes to steroid abuse in the US, and interviews with Carl Lewis.

I would recommend it to anyone working in sports and fitness - very enlightening.