Dubbed as the Kendall Jenner of bodybuilding due to her resemblance to the famous model, Vladislava Galagan possesses both good looks and an impressive physique. Regularly sharing fitness tips on social media, she recently appeared on the First Things THRST podcast on YouTube, providing advice for women in fitness and discussing the challenges of using performance-enhancing drugs.
Starting her fitness journey at 16, Galagan, now with 11 years of experience, showcases substantial biceps and rock-hard abs, achieved through a dedicated workout routine and strict dieting.
Maintaining a daily protein intake exceeding 100 grams, sourced from chicken, fish, beef, and eggs, Galagan follows an intense workout routine with six sessions per week lasting 90 minutes, targeting every muscle group twice. Additionally, she includes a minimum of three weekly cardio sessions.
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Beyond fitness, Galagan has achieved financial success, earning over $10,000 monthly on OnlyFans. Despite the platform’s association with explicit content, she shares that her videos often feature lingerie or latex and leather attire during arm wrestling sessions.
Vladislava Galagan (Kendall Jenner) Opens Up – Advocate Using PEDs in Women’s Bodybuilding
To start, Vladislava Galagan is clear: women in bodybuilding need to use performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). In response to an Instagram post, Galagan defended her PED use, saying it helps her ‘level the playing field’ in competitions.
In her first talk on the First Things THRST podcast, Galagan shares advice for women in fitness. She also talks openly about her careful ways to deal with possible side effects from using steroids.
“To compete, well, if you want to just do it for yourself, you don’t need stuff obviously. If you want to compete, well, everybody, men, even people that don’t compete take it so.”
“If you want to do the competitions, yes [you need to use PEDs]” Vladislava Galagan said.
Additionally, Galagan emphasizes that taking breaks is her strategy to avoid PEDs’ undesirable effects. However, she acknowledges dealing with the psychological toll of knowing she won’t maintain the same size when she’s off gear.
“I guess I was lucky [not to have a deep voice],” said Galagan.
“You’re very lucky. I’ve come across a lot of women who do train very hard and they are very big, obviously Dubai, D1 Gym is full of them. But they all have this deep raspy voice. And it’s like whoa. That’s so weird,” said Mike Thurston.
“Maybe because well the steroids, the thing is, when people start taking it, it’s also psychological, you get used to you know being driven, ego, motivation, right? I know this.”
“I do cycles, I’m not on one big cycle all year round. In the beginning, it was really hard to kind of let it go. To have the breaks. Now I have a break.”
Galagan’s Candid Insights on Steroid Effects and Sugar Triggers
Galagan acknowledges that her body looks less pumped without steroids. Furthermore, she discusses how sugar can trigger side effects like bad skin, irrespective of PED use.
“I made my peace with it. I convinced myself that it’s just part of it. It’s part of the journey. So… and without having breaks… I would not look the way I would on my cycle.”
“Now, the skin yeah [it’s clear] but if you eat sugar it doesn’t matter anyways, if you’re on cycles or not, I have these outbreaks from sugar. But I was saying, when you’re on cycle, so the problem right, you ask me about women having deep voices and stuff.
I do breaks. Maybe that’s the secret. I made my peace with you know, that I will not look the same as when I’m on a cycle. When you’re on a cycle you’re always pumped right? The most interesting thing is when now when I’m off the cycle it’s different than the previous times,” she shares.
She points out that readjusting to steroids after a break is not a difficult process.
“It’s not that difficult for me to come back to bounce back when I start the cycle again. So, and yeah, you have always to battle to fight like the only pump you get is when you’re in the gym, when you’re natural, and then it’s gone.”
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In unveiling her bodybuilding journey, Vladislava Galagan emphasizes a psychological connection rooted in childhood experiences. Notably, she reveals a scarcity of emotional support from her parents. Consequently, she believes that her pursuit of physical strength compensates for the emotional deficits of her youth.
“Maybe it’s psychological aspects of this, because I had to be strong all my life.”
“Yeah [I don’t want to show I’m weak]. Maybe that’s why I started doing bodybuilding. That’s what my therapist told me.”“For a year [I’ve had the therapist]. They actually told me that it might be that because I was lacking from both sides, mother and father, so that’s my way to combine it.”
“Not love, but time, I think. I think attention, time, so that’s what, yeah so that’s what the therapist told me. That’s my way to kind of combine the feminine and the masculine in one.”
While the use of Performance-Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) in bodybuilding and fitness remains contentious, health complications and fatalities have sparked concerns. Moreover, athletes like Kali Muscle, having survived a near-fatal heart attack, actively discourage steroid use. Advocating for safer practices, Kali Muscle contends that his heart attack was avoidable.
In the fitness realm, Vladislava Galagan serves as an inspirational figure. Notably, her openness about her cycles and mental struggles is distinctive, as many athletes avoid such discussions. Additionally, some bodybuilders and fitness influencers falsely claiming to be natural can set unhealthy expectations for followers. To counter this, Galagan sidesteps the issue by consistently maintaining honesty with her audience.
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Overview
Vladislava Galagan, often compared to the Kendall Jenner of bodybuilding, seamlessly combines beauty with strength. Dispensing fitness advice on social media, she recently featured on the First Things THRST podcast, shedding light on women in fitness and the challenges tied to performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Starting her fitness journey at 16, with over a decade of experience, Galagan flaunts sculpted biceps and chiseled abs. Her daily protein intake, exceeding 100 grams, draws from chicken, fish, beef, and eggs. Beyond fitness, she has achieved financial success, earning over $10,000 monthly on OnlyFans. However, Galagan’s advocacy for PEDs in women’s bodybuilding sparks attention, as she asserts their necessity for competition while candidly addressing potential side effects. Delving into personal territory, she opens up about the challenges of steroid use, emphasizing the ease of readjusting after a break and tracing her emotional journey back to childhood experiences and a lack of parental support.
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