> Every morning at the YMCA, Tom worked through the Olympic strength-training regimen to build muscle mass. Within a month, he was squatting 500 pounds.

I know he was already a category 1 cyclist and thus in great shape (particularly his cardiac health), but going from not squatting to squatting 500 lbs is not something that happens in a month no matter who you are or what you're on. Something was very likely lost/garbled between the source and writer on this point.