Brian Cushing "Genes" or "something else"

sterling61989 · Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 2477 Location: FSU

This pick was taken about 1 year ago

Now

Anyone else questioning this?
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NateDawg · Joined: 02 Apr 2005 Posts: 14159 Location: Beavercreek, OH

From everything I can remember, Cushing's been jacked ever since he's been at USC. He does look significantly bigger in the 2nd picture, though (and more straight, too).

If I remember right, there was some steroid speculation regarding Cushing after he enrolled for the Trojans. Not sure what came of it.

ztang · Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 5:25 am Post subject:

wouldn't suprise me one bit it is USC... they are probably working with Barry Bonds' trainers and BALCO to get their player to taht elite level...

On a serious note,

I think he hit the weights hard for 3 years and has that to show for all his hard work!!! He was small as a freshman but not that small or as small as he is portrayed in that picture. The dude has gained almost 30 lbs since being at USC which is about 10 lbs/year and maybe that is what 30 lbs of muscle looks like on his frame... he came in at about 225 and is currently about 235 but went as high as 255 so maybe he bulked and then trimmed...
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LionsFan01 · Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Posts: 2421

There have been rumors of him being a steroid user since his high school days. And there are some things in those photos that would lead me to believe there's a good possibility that he was/is using steroids. But it's all just speculation at this point.
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Vigilante · Joined: 07 Jan 2005 Posts: 3227

COMPLETELY UNFOUNDED!

This is absolutley ridicilous! The people who start the rumors are generally people who have 0 work ethic and 0 athletic ability! Anybody who has played intense college football knows what the workouts and training is like - and if you take it seriously, then it is legit

Im a former player and I went from 6'1, 165 pounds, 8% BF in High School to 1 year later being 6'1, 210 pounds 12% BF - thats 45 pounds!!!. It takes a serious work ethic, proper nutrioning and adequate sleep. Furthermore, USC is known as a top S&C school! Cushing has been a workaholic since High School and has trained with Joe DeFranco - thats fact, not rumor

The pictures show his weight fluctuating because he is on a "bulking" phase where he is gaining muscle and fat, take a look

High School

USC

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icecoldbruschi · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 7180

these kids are drug tested so often, it would almost be impossible to take any form of performance enhancers..i played 2 D1 sports in college (not football though) and can say that i was drug tested 4-5 times a year. and this wouldn't include for somebody like him who is very high profile for a major team in a major sport.
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Oregon Ducks · Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 7070 Location: USA

Who's that average Joe between the SC football players? Laughing

First of all, Cushing was not small coming out of high school. He didn't have as much mass as he does now, but USC has a legendary strength and conditioning coach. It's kinda suspicious, though...
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twista6002 · Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 9:00 pm Post subject:

Dude Cushing was jacked when he was at Bergen Catholic.
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S00NER_1 · Joined: 11 Mar 2008 Posts: 358 Location: Oklahoma

its totally possable to gain that much muscle while in a college weight training program. i went from 157 my first weigh in last june and in only one year of college im up to 170. And ive gained alot of speed. I havent' taken any hgh or steriods. im very perinode of what i put in my body.
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ku17 · Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 321

His gains are quite plausible and if he is on gear then he should seriously reconsider whats he's taking because he's not putting on nearly enough mass for someone in the prime muscle building years. He came out of high school listed 6-3/6-4 and anywhere from 216-225. He's currently listed at 6-4 240 which would mean a maximum weight gain of 24 lbs of nothing but lean body mass. gaining an average of 8 lbs of muscle per year at a top S&C program while being an athletic freak of nature is definitely not impossible. It generally accepted that a completely drug free weightlifter can reasonably gain 5 lbs of LBM or even go as high as 10 lbs in one year. Looking at the differences between the high school and current pictures its clear that he isn't as vascular as he was in high school which is an indicator of a higher BF%. Meaning that some of that 24 lbs has to be fat.

I believe that first picture can be fairly easily explained as 1) being a picture of someone that isn't wearing flatting clothing for their physique 2) Cushing wasn't posing or flexing in any way like he was in the other pictures 3) I believe he was rehabbing a knee injury at the time which would explain why he would have a sloppy physique.
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Estonianzulu · Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 5912 Location: Blacksburg, VA

The human body was not made to look like that. Shocked

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