in bodybuiling competitions??
Depends on the competition.
There are four segments of body building.
Amature All-Natural
Amature
Pro All Natural
Pro
The all natural ones do urine screenings for HGH, androsterone, etc.
The other kind is where you see Lee Haney freaks that bulge like a Gold’s Gym T-Shirt.
I just saw a special on this on the Discovery channel (or at least the end of one). In the “Natural” competitions, everyone has to do a urine test, and if you fail, you’re out. Looked like a nurse’s dream - a hundred built guys in Speedos parading around in front of you. In the other competitions, like Mr. Universe, they do random drug-testing, in theory, but it was implied that it is meaningless and doesn’t stop anything.
The guys who were in the non-Natural Pro competitions were pretty upfront about their steroid usage. Basically, “Hey, there’s a lot of money involved, and we can’t compete physically if we don’t use steroids. So what choice do we have?”