I hope this doesn’t get moved to the Steroid forum this is sorta meant for everybody.
So I never took the dive into steroids but am lately seriously considering it.
Mainly its because of a kid at my gym. I known him for a while and we have worked out together here and there. Not to long ago he was smaller then me and then all of sudden started to blow up and I asked him if he had any tips. He told me he started cycling, and tell me all the research he did etc.
And I sorta am thinking now if I can make gains that much faster why not?
So BBers of T-Nation why or why not have you guys decided to or not take steroids?
I’d imagine their illegality is #1 on the ‘why not’ list, they’re also not cheap(although the latter is both subjective and not an obstacle depending on who you are, but that’s the entire idea of this thread =p).
Because I’m 17. If there were no potential health risks because of my age and my already sky-high hormone levels, you bet your ass I’d be juicing my fucking brains out right now lol.
I’m trying to make a d1 football team where I ASSUME (that means I could be wrong) that some of the team has done at least 1 cycle.
The reason I haven’t used has nothing to do with NCAA sanctions, cost, illegality, whatever. I just want to know if I can do it naturally… I find a great dignity in that.
Other lesser reasons include: a genuine curiosity to know how strong/big one can get naturally, as a good amount of the big guys I know and have met on forums have used at least once, or done HGH at least once, et cetera et cetera.
Many of these 1 and done guys are VERY reluctant to admit this, which suggests a personal disappointment to me. I figure I have decent genetics so I want to find out. I haven’t done the research so I don’t know about the health effects, but they sound quite bad. Perhaps this is propaganda.
In most cases, once you are on the juice, you will never get off it. Lets face it, these are progressively physically and psychologically addictive substances. Its as if your entering a drug den, once you are in there again, in most cases, you’ll never really escape their lure and appeal. As you observed it is a extremely easy way to obtain size and bulk, but also observe the first law of physics, for every action there is a equal and opposite reaction, then you can realize the pitfalls and negatives of AAS.
Being unnatural, your testicles, within time, will shrivel up and perhaps later they will die from progression of use and you’ll be forced to use synthetics for the rest of your life. My uncle has observed this repeatedly over the past few decades. The addictive aspects of super pharmacological amounts of hormones should frighten you. Steroids can age your organs tremendously, along with causing possible kidney failure or liver toxicity. And those are only the known effects. As any pharmacist will tell you, for every known effect of a drug there are two that are unknown.
My uncle has seen all the negatives or steroid use you wouldn’t believe and I’ve seen some as well but it seems as though everyone is content to sell out for minimum/maximum gains and a short lived bodybuilding career. But you might just win a $50 plastic trophy! In steroids their is no discipline. I’ve observed people who trained very minimally and yet obtain a terrific physique from their ingestion! Of course, people combine them with discipline in eating and working out and turn out incredibly freaky physiques! I’m not saying they don’t. Once you abstain from use, you will atrophy and shrink like a prune. So this is the physical and mental aspect of AAS use without elaborating to much. You don’t have to be ignorant to know they are just not healthy. Some people, especially the young ones like your friend, seem to care little.
The other way in the natural way. Your body when built the natural way can and will maintain a terrific physique and for the rest of your life. Its not going to be easy but hard work is what separates the real men from the boys. Anything you earn in life is so monumentally rewarding is almost euphoric. Don’t ruin your physique, your health, and that feeling of accomplishment by taking the easier path.
[quote]ElevenMag wrote:
In most cases, once you are on the juice, you will never get off it.[/quote]
Wrong
Wrong
Incredibly stupid comment.
lulz what? Stop trying to sound smart when you’re not.
Easy to mitigate
“synthetics”? lol. Your terminology is odd.
Don’t lump all “steroids” into one big basket, as this is not applicable to the majority of AAS.
LULZ…care to back that up with any documentation there big chief?
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My uncle has seen all the negatives or steroid use you wouldn’t believe and I’ve seen some as well but it seems as though everyone is content to sell out for minimum/maximum gains and a short lived bodybuilding career.[/quote]
Right because all the guys at the top are natural LOL
You probably know some retards–anybody that uses them intelligently works harder than anybody ive ever seen.
Wrong
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The other way in the natural way. Your body when built the natural way can and will maintain a terrific physique and for the rest of your life. Its not going to be easy but hard work is what separates the real men from the boys. Anything you earn in life is so monumentally rewarding is almost euphoric. Don’t ruin your physique, your health, and that feeling of accomplishment by taking the easier path.[/quote]
LMFAO!!!
Boy your post was retarded. I hate you for wasting 5 minutes of my life responding to it.
@ price and legality: Juice is dirt cheap, and you can most likely even acquire it by legal means, if that is a concern.
As for me… I just decided it wasn’t worth it anymore. I’m balding pretty early and am now taking Finasteride… which means I can only run Test. My last Test cycle gave me bad cystic acne so I’m not looking foward to run Test ever again
So yeah, I basically don’t take them because I respond poorly and can’t tolerate the sides. Shame.
fear of injecting yourself seems to be the main reason among people I know for not wanting to do steroids. I’ve never heard anyone be put off by the illegality, but then I’m in the UK and it’s not that strict here
