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Brazilian fitness model, Rafaela Ravena, has gotten super ripped super fast- dropping 33 lbs. and getting down to 10% body fat in just one year. There is certainly no denying that her body looks really good.SEE ALSO: The Most Stunning Iron Maidens of 2015But is it too good?Ravena has faced many accusations that she has abused steroids in order to achieve her ripped new physique. But she is hell bent on proving that it is not true. 

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After getting teased for being “chubby”, Ravena decided she was sick of the way she looked. So, at 19, she started working out religiously and enlisted a hard-core carb free diet. Her results have been impeccable- being that she is now a fitness model with over 500,000 followers on Instagram. Interestingly enough, she has admitted to using steroids to help her progress- but years ago. 

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Ravena told the Brazilian magazine, Sexy, that most fitness models use anabolic steroids.SEE ALSO: What Does It Take to Become a Fitness Model?She claims that she used stanozolol and oxandrolone, in order to increase her testosterone levels to build bigger muscles, according to Daily Mail. But upon getting some unwanted side effects- like excess hair growth and acne, Ravena stopped using them. 

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After experimenting with steroids, Ravena decided to stick with a strict diet and workout plan to achieve her results. She recently took a drug test and posted her results to prove that she was completely clean.Now, she is challenging her rivals to do the same in order to prove that they’re clean as well.This goes to show that diet and exercise always prevail over drugs. 

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Too Good to be True?

Brazilian fitness model, Rafaela Ravena, has gotten super ripped super fast- dropping 33 lbs. and getting down to 10% body fat in just one year. There is certainly no denying that her body looks really good.

SEE ALSO: The Most Stunning Iron Maidens of 2015

But is it too good?

Ravena has faced many accusations that she has abused steroids in order to achieve her ripped new physique. But she is hell bent on proving that it is not true.

 

Impressive Build

After getting teased for being “chubby”, Ravena decided she was sick of the way she looked. So, at 19, she started working out religiously and enlisted a hard-core carb free diet. Her results have been impeccable- being that she is now a fitness model with over 500,000 followers on Instagram. Interestingly enough, she has admitted to using steroids to help her progress- but years ago.

 

Past Steroid Use

Ravena told the Brazilian magazine, Sexy, that most fitness models use anabolic steroids.

SEE ALSO: What Does It Take to Become a Fitness Model?

She claims that she used stanozolol and oxandrolone, in order to increase her testosterone levels to build bigger muscles, according to Daily Mail. But upon getting some unwanted side effects- like excess hair growth and acne, Ravena stopped using them.

 

All Clean Now, Though

After experimenting with steroids, Ravena decided to stick with a strict diet and workout plan to achieve her results. She recently took a drug test and posted her results to prove that she was completely clean.

Now, she is challenging her rivals to do the same in order to prove that they’re clean as well.

This goes to show that diet and exercise always prevail over drugs.

 

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