Placebo Effect - Part 1

[Proteus]

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Part 1

Jake sat in the waiting room of the laboratory, his insides twisting with anticipation. The door opened and Dr. Regaro appeared, holding a canvas bag filled with the items Jake would soon use to transform his life.

?Do you need me to go over anything again?? asked the doctor, handing the bag to Jake.

?Nah, doc. I?m more than ready for this,? Jake answered.

As he drove back to his apartment, Jake went over how he was fortunate enough to have this opportunity.

He had first seen the flyer at the gym. ?TEST SUBJECTS WANTED.? Jake was pretty strapped for cash, so he decided to see what the study was about. When he showed up at the lab, he was ushered into the waiting room, which was packed with nineteen other men, all of them pretty in shape. Many possessed the builds of fitness models or personal trainers (and some of them actually had those professions) and some were more built like Jake, who was an amateur bodybuilder. At six feet and 172 pounds, he would be a middleweight?if he ever got his pro card. Hell, only a few more pounds and he could compete as a light heavyweight.

?We are looking to study the effects of an experimental drug which promotes muscular hypertrophy,? Dr. Regaro had announced that day.

All of the guys in the room?s ears immediately perked up at the sound of this. He went on to explain that they had run successful trials with a muscle building drug on people of average builds with little experience exercising. Now they wanted to see what the effects on athletic individuals would be. In a PowerPoint, Regaro showed the results of the previous test. As he flipped through the slides, describing each picture and graph, the room was silent. They were captivated by what they were seeing.

First they viewed the results of the control group over four months. There were no changes, as the participants were not instructed to change their daily routine. Only one man seemed to improve slightly?the doctor explained that he worked out a few days a week. But then, they viewed the results of the test group. Over four months, most of the men in the study had gained 30 to 40 pounds of muscle! It was little wonder that Jake could have heard a pin drop in the room; everyone was taken aback by the tantalizing progress that these subjects made?most without lifting a single weight! One man had begun as the proverbial 90 pound weakling (130 pound weakling, if you wanted to be accurate) and grown into a sculpted, buff body. Where he once had knobby elbows on stick-like arms, he now had bulging biceps, each with prominent veins snaking across their peaks. If it could do that to him, Jake thought, what could it do to someone as ripped as he was?

When Jake arrived home, he unloaded the canvas bag and took inventory of the items. Included were a couple of skimpy, black undergarments (he would need those for the weigh-ins when they would take progress pictures), a drink shaker for mixing protein drinks and a tub of whey protein, and the first week?s frozen meals (specially prepared ahead of time). He leafed through a thick manual filled with the details of his required diet and exercise regimen. Finally, he inspected a cardboard box which turned out to contain seven bottles of capsules filled with the wonder drug.

He thought back to the initial weigh-in and photo session. It had been quite the event for Jake?he took the opportunity to flex as hard as he could in every pose, making himself look as big as possible. He got so worked up that he his cock became erect, but instead of being embarrassed, he proudly flaunted his boner in front of the lab staff (at eight inches long, he had plenty to flaunt).

Tonight was the beginning of something awesome, thought Jake as he unscrewed the childproof lid on one of the bottles. He eagerly swallowed the capsule with a gulp of water and went to bed early, envisioning himself on stage, at least 50 pounds heavier.

[GTlifter]

Honestly been waiting on the next tale from you man. Very excited

[Rarity]

Interesting beginning. You've surely got my attention.