To clarify some, my experience came from a different era. The use of PED’s was going through a “maturing” phase at a fairly fast rate. What worked in the early 1970’s, became eclipsed in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. Synthetic Growth Hormone added another step change in the late 1980’s. In the late 1990’s I got an autoimmune disease and dropped out of bodybuilding altogether and know very little of how it has evolved since then.
I started using AAS in 1971 and competed in bodybuilding every year that I took AAS. In simple words, I used AAS to aid in competing in bodybuilding.
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Added: At my best knowledge level when competing, I had three AAS that I stacked as a foundation of all my cycles:
- 200mg/wk of testosterone cypionate
- An injectable anabolic up to 200mg/wk (example: Deca)
- An oral anabolic up to 20mg/day (example: Anavar, Winstrol, Dianabol, etc)
When I mentioned occasionally taking Anadrol-50 it might be for a three week period just before mid cycle. It was far from being involved in many of my AAS cycles.