Principles of the eternal course of AAS and rehabilitation therapy

The topic of use by athletes is very relevant today. Thanks to the capabilities of the Internet, these drugs have ceased to be the privilege of only professionals and AAS are used very actively in amateur bodybuilding. We now want to talk about what an eternal course of steroids is. It should be recognized that this is a very extensive topic and a detailed discussion will require a lot of time. For this reason, we will focus only on the main points so that beginning builders have an idea about such courses. Already from the name it becomes clear that an eternal course of steroids involves the use of appropriate drugs over a long period of time. However, this does not mean that you should simply use one of the standard sets of AAS, say, Sustanon, Methandienone and Nandrolone Decanoate. You must also understand that during the eternal course you will face a large number of obstacles and not everything is as good as many assume.

What is post-course recovery?

Let’s say right away: if you are “natural” and do not plan to “take a course”, then you are definitely not in danger of post-course withdrawal. Such a fate is inevitable only for sports “sinners” who went over to the “side of evil” and began to use AAS (androgenic and anabolic steroids) in order to build up a mountain of muscles in a short time, and at the same time earn a bunch of health problems.

So, the rollback effect is that when you stop taking anabolic steroids (especially if the course was formulated incorrectly), a rapid decrease in muscle mass occurs, and all your efforts made during exercise are in vain. In the best case, only 30-35% of the acquired muscles will remain yours - the rest will be blown away. It’s especially offensive that the muscles disappear, but the negative effects of AAS on the body and health problems, as luck would have it, remain. It can manifest itself differently for everyone and depends on the anabolic steroid you choose. For example, after Turinabol or Anabol, this effect may be different, but it will occur in both cases.

This “drain ” is due to the fact that all your “meat” acquired with the help of steroids, relatively speaking, is not real. It appeared as a result of gross interference in the hormonal and genetic system of the body. AAS, which themselves are synthetic hormones, stimulate an enhanced process of production of certain hormones (mainly testosterone), which are responsible for protein synthesis, an anti-catabolic effect and the growth of muscle tissue. In this case, the body receives a dose of hormones from the outside, plus it intensively produces them itself, under the influence of AAS.

After stopping the intake, hormones stop coming from outside and, in the best case, their natural production returns to its previous level. But more often what happens is that the entire natural process of hormone production is already disrupted and the body cannot produce enough of them without external stimulation. That’s when the rebound after steroids begins, during which the muscles begin to rapidly deflate.

Perpetual course or short course: which is better?

Let's look at the advantages and disadvantages of courses of varying durations. Most often, short courses are held at the amateur level, but professionals prefer long ones.

Short course

Based on practical experience, we can say that the first cycle most often turns out to be the most effective. However, for this the cycle must be correctly composed and carried out. During the course, athletes most often reach their genetic limit and the results will not fall below this indicator. Unfortunately, everything that was collected beyond this will go away.

When the first cycle was short, then all subsequent cycles of similar duration will bring less and less results, and the rollbacks, in turn, will intensify. Thus, if you plan to perform, there is no point in conducting short courses. If you obtained good results in the first cycle, but have no desire to engage in professional sports, then there is no point in conducting further courses.

Perpetual course

On an eternal cycle, it is necessary to take anabolic steroids, most often testosterone esters, constantly. Some builders take periodic breaks, but more often use bridges. This word must be understood as the use of minimal dosages of steroids, which allows you to restore the functioning of the main body systems.

Of course, when using an eternal course, the results will be good, because the body constantly contains a large amount of exogenous anabolic hormones. But you must understand that maintaining muscle mass that exceeds your genetic indicator is possible only by using sports pharmaceuticals. To minimize losses, you need to exit the course correctly. This is exactly what we will talk about now.

How to avoid rebound after a course of steroids

Are you sitting and wondering how to avoid a rollback? To avoid rolling out your lip too much, we’ll answer right away: no way! It will come in any case, but for everyone differently. However, it can be minimized with a well-designed course and reasonable behavior after completion. So, here are a number of recommendations that will help you preserve your muscles as much as possible, and partly your precious health (although it is unlikely that it is so precious for you, since you decided to “take a bite”).

• If you are still an inexperienced villain (and most likely you are, since you are reading this), and just decided to have fun once, then you are not recommended to carry out a prolonged intake, for example, of methane, since the “recovery” from it will be longer. The optimal period is 6 weeks.
• Be sure to eat plenty of protein foods and drink protein shakes. This will saturate the body with protein and slow down the process of its breakdown.
• The intensity of training after anabolic steroids should be significantly reduced. Heavy loads during exercise can only aggravate drainage, since at this time there is not enough “building material” for muscle growth. Do 2-3 workouts a week, no more. Lift dumbbells and barbells while lying down - that's enough for now.
• Carry out post-cycle therapy, because you need to restore your hormonal levels, the functionality of the genital organs and protect yourself from the effects of estrogen. Take the following medications to choose from: Gonadotropin, Proviron, Clomiphene or Tamoxifen. Thanks to PCT, you will quickly put your hormonal levels in order, which will allow you to maintain maximum weight after the course .
• It is also recommended to take Gonadotropin or the herbal food supplement Tribulus together with AAS. This will balance testosterone levels with gonadotropin hormone, which will further reduce the degree of muscle drainage during recovery.

Following all the above instructions requires approximately the same amount of time spent on the course itself.

What causes weight loss after an anabolic cycle?

The body of a healthy man produces about 5 mg of testosterone per day. When steroids are administered, its level increases approximately 20 times. Such support ensures rapid growth of muscle tissue and, as a result, the ability to achieve significant athletic results. After the cessation of the supply of active substances from the outside, the body finds itself without their support and without its natural testosterone, which was present before the course. The purpose of PCT is to restore reproductive function and slow down catabolic processes and preserve the results as much as possible.

Weight loss is a natural consequence of the lack of hormonal support and a decrease in metabolic processes and testosterone levels. Moreover, the strength of the rollback is directly proportional to the dosage and duration of anabolic therapy. The more intensively and longer you took steroids, the more noticeable the drop in muscle volume will be, since the body will get rid of what it cannot support on its own - this is a protective function of the human body. Accordingly, the lower the dose of drugs and the shorter the period of use, the less significant the losses. After long steroid cycles, the recovery period can take up to 6 months. But in any case, you should not ignore PCT.

Anti-rebound cortisol blockers

During training, and even more so during a course of anabolic steroids and after it, the body is in a state of stress (although you may not feel it emotionally) and actively produces the stress hormone - cortisol. It significantly interferes with protein synthesis and promotes the catabolic process (protein and muscle breakdown). This is most noticeable during the drain, so you should take anti-catabolic drugs that block cortisol and slow down protein breakdown.

There are a huge number of such drugs, but we will not list them all here, since you will have to use more than enough chemistry in addition to them. We recommend only the most proven and relatively safe nutritional supplements.

• Whey protein, which can be replaced with a homemade protein shake.
• In the morning Leucine, BCAA or any complex of amino acids.
• Ascorbic acid - vitamin C.
• Omega-3.

Anabolic steroids – stimulators of myofibrillar hypertrophy

After stopping cycles of anabolic steroids, the positive effect on hypertrophy also stops. Further training does not stimulate the formation of myofibrils in sufficiently impressive quantities; due to increased protein synthesis, the construction of new ones is not observed.

The impressive number of myofibrils that were created during the course decreases along with muscle volume and strength. It's all about the natural aging process of myofibrils. Lysosomes destroy structures unnecessary for the cell. This also applies to old myofibrils. New ones do not take their place due to the lack of an acceptable level of anabolic hormones. As a result, the muscle cell volume becomes smaller, reaching a size that can support testosterone levels. The rebound phenomenon is accompanied by a drop in weights during each workout.

Minimizing waste using a “bridge”

If you decide not to limit yourself to one course, but want to repeat them again and again, gradually turning into an orc, then you should know what a “bridge” is between courses of taking anabolic steroids. With this approach, you really can practically not lose what you have gained, but it implies prolonged use of anabolic steroids in the future, with virtually no chance of jumping.

Its essence is that testosterone, in the form of steroids, still enters your body in small quantities after the cycle. To do this, you need to take other androgenic drugs by injection, in amounts up to 250 mg per week. This will partially compensate for the testosterone deficiency in the inter-cycle period of time, which should be at least 4 weeks. Androgens such as Omnadren 250, Testosterone Enanthate, Testosterone Cypionate, Sustanon are perfect for this.

There is also a similar “ritual” called HRT - hormone replacement therapy. It is also called the “perpetual course”. But this is a completely wild method, so we will not recommend it to you.

Additional recovery aids after steroid use

Sports supplements, which include:

1. Zinc. With intense training, its level decreases, which leads to an increase in estradiol levels. Therefore, during the recovery period you cannot do without it.
2. L-Arginine is an essential amino acid that regulates sexual activity (increases testosterone, potency and stimulates spermatogenesis.
3. Vitamins. D: Stimulates the secretion of testosterone and prevents its conversion to estradiol. Always in demand, and especially during post-cycle therapy. E: promotes the growth and restoration of muscle tissue, increases testosterone production, reduces fatigue. Groups B: influence the effectiveness of training, participate in metabolic processes, and normalize the emotional background.
4. D-aspartic acid. Increases LH levels, complements the work of SERMs class drugs.
5. Eurycoma longifolia. An aphrodosiac that increases libido, stimulating the production of “male hormone”.
6. "Fortezh", "Speman". Plant analogues of Proviron, stimulating spermatogenesis and increasing metabolic rate.

To combat cortisol, which reduces muscle volume, it is recommended to take drugs with anti-catabolic properties: androgens, insulin, growth factors and hormone, HGH Frag 176-191, Clenbuterol, Glutamine, DSIP. A side effect of most of these medications is lipolysis - an increase in adipose tissue. However, with their help, you can protect carefully built muscle reliefs from destruction.

In addition to the above

Both before and after taking steroids, you will need to take hormone and biochemistry tests and show the results to your doctor. You should not start using anabolic steroids if you are still new to the sport. In any case, try lifting without chemicals for at least a couple of years.

By doing bodybuilding, without using AAS, you can easily build enough muscle for yourself and build a beautiful and slender body. And at the same time, you don’t have to wonder: how not to merge and not get blown away. But, of course, it’s up to the owner – it’s up to you to choose. Good luck in the gym!

Exercises

• Chest: barbell, dumbbell, and bent-over presses.
• Deltas: swing dumbbells to the sides, in front of you, in an inclined position.
• Biceps: barbell lift.
• Back: wide-grip vertical block row, barbell or dumbbell row to the waist.
• Triceps: pulley press down, dumbbell abduction.
• Legs: leg press, barbell squats.
• Calves: calf raise.

conclusions

During the period of rest from anabolic steroids, in order to reduce the rate of catabolism, you can practice therapeutic doses of hormones while reducing the volume and intensity of training.

If the duration of rest is expected to last for one to one and a half months or the doses used in the course are small, you can safely refuse hormonal support from the outside and help your own hormonal system.

With the help of creatine, BCAA and HMB, muscle protein synthesis can be supported to a certain extent.

In any case, the intensity and volume of training loads should be significantly reduced. This is one of the most important factors in reducing the intensity of the rollback. A complete refusal to train for one to two weeks is also allowed.

You can try a combined approach, in which the first few weeks practice “bridge”, and the next few weeks - a complete abstinence from synthetic hormones. In this case, during the period of using therapeutic doses of AAS, you can do three working approaches per muscle group according to the above scheme, and in the subsequent period limit yourself to two approaches.

“You can’t get to the competition without steroids”

Anabolic steroids (anabolics) are medications synthesized in the laboratory based on testosterone.
They came to big sport in the middle of the 20th century and immediately gained popularity among athletes. First of all, the drug has proven to be in demand in those sports that require ideal proportions, bulky muscles and explosive strength. As a rule, they were used by athletes dealing with iron during preparation for competitions. Some wrestlers, boxers, weightlifters, strongmen, powerlifters, crossfitters and bodybuilders are still taking courses of the drug, but only a few are ready to talk about it openly. “Do you know that the use of steroid drugs in Russia is illegal and is equivalent to the article of the criminal code “Storage and use of drugs”?” - the first thing athletes asked before starting a conversation about anabolic steroids. Many refused to talk about this topic, but we still managed to find athletes who admitted that they had taken or were still taking steroids and agreed to talk about their experiences - on condition of anonymity. The names of the athletes have been changed at their request.

Main news on the topic

"One pill and you're Captain America." How beautiful and successful people get hooked on “drugs for life”

A typical course of steroid medication can last up to three months. Both beginners and professional athletes sit on them. In a conversation with a 66.RU journalist, young amateur athletes admitted that they started taking steroids in order to get quick results (a beautiful, sculpted body, like in the picture with Iron Arnie in his best years) and to overcome their inhibitions. Athletes describe the effect that steroids provide as follows: in six weeks they gained up to 8 kg in weight, switched to heavier weights, significantly improved their athletic performance, and experienced an unprecedented emotional uplift and a sense of euphoria.

Sergey, amateur athlete:

— I started taking steroids at 18 years old. I wanted to become stronger, cooler, and show my best athletic performance. After two weeks, I noticeably gained weight and strength. I began to feel more confident and became more aggressive. There were no strange sensations, I felt great: positive and very energetic. I began to grow - in every sense, my self-esteem especially soared. There were no health problems, except for shortness of breath and blood pressure. Well, minus or plus, I don’t know: at first the libido was crazy. Not all girls are ready to make love so often and for a long time, but I was always full of strength.

Athletes who have been involved in sports for a long time say that the drugs allow them to push their limits.

Dmitry, professional athlete:

— It’s hard for bodybuilders, and sometimes it’s simply impossible to get over a certain weight. An athlete can train all his life, at one moment he can achieve a certain result - and that’s it. He can no longer step over it. Then you have to use drugs. I treat it like a cold: to cure it, we use pharmacology. It's the same story here.

Another professional athlete with whom we were able to talk explained that without “chemistry” it is simply impossible to compete at a serious level today. “There will still be a person who will be on steroids and beat you in competitions,” said Artem.

Artem, professional athlete:

“There is no big sport without the use of sports pharmacology. If I don't take steroids, I won't have a chance to compete. My goal is competition, fame and earnings, and for this I am ready to do anything.

And passing the test control before a competition is not at all difficult, athletes say, if you “clean yourself properly” before doing so.

Training during the recovery period or post-anabolic exercises in the gym

For example, you trained your hands “naturally”, you were an ordinary outstanding athlete, you had time and load. Then they decided to put on a course that made you into a monster for 4-6 weeks that can lift, pull and push any weight. We gained weight and increased our performance. But it’s all over and you need to return to regular training on the “buckwheat”.

There is a visual loss of mass, but even worse things are happening inside. The endocrine system does not work in its own rhythm, reference points are lost. Your body is not adapted to the upcoming load, and you are confused with what frequency to train. After the course, your return is not even to the level of natural training, but lower. The weights you should take are those that were used during training and using sports nutrition, and even then not the maximum.

For example, if you benched 100 kg 8 times, during the course you benched 15, then after Khimki you need to lower the bar to 6, or maybe less, because this can be very stressful for the body.

Restoring your maximum performance will not be easy. This will take months, for some it may take a whole year. Most athletes cannot train without steroids and wait until the maximum results come naturally. Therefore, they set themselves another course. The points are lost again, progress is not controlled or managed.

Tags: Rebound after steroids

Author: ForceMan from 3-09-2015, 21:17

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"Testosterone cypionate"

This drug also requires special attention because it is one of the longest testosterone esters available today. Its half-life in the body is approximately 16 days. Its effect over a long period, the drug can cause water retention, and this is observed to a greater extent than with the use of other anabolic steroids.

Most often, Testosterone Cypionate is used in combined courses to increase muscle mass, but in some cases it can be used in athletes after 40 years of age when taking an eternal course. In the body, this drug acts as natural testosterone, which acts through anabolic receptors, helping to retain more nitrogen in the muscles, from which proteins are created.

Anabolic steroids - reasonable minimalism: less is better, but longer (D. Yakovina)

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This article is based on the author’s personal experience and the experience of his friends and acquaintances. The author does not pretend to be a guru in pharmacology and a fitness guru, these places have long been occupied, but just wants to express his point of view and is ready to enter into a discussion. The article is addressed to a wide range of people who practice the use of hormonal drugs in order to improve the results of bodybuilding, but who do not have competitive ambitions. Since the article is large in volume, it will be posted in parts as it is written.

Before we begin discussing the topic in the title of this article, let's theorize about concepts, that is, the meaning we give to specific words and expressions used when talking about steroids. "Steroids work and don't work." What does “work” mean? This means they act, and accordingly, “they don’t work” means they don’t act. Is it simple? Not really! For example, does oxandrolone work at a dosage of 20 mg per day? Definitely not, you say, it’s a light steroid, and even in such a child’s dose! But I don’t agree... Arguments? Please!

Argument No. 1 This daily dose of oxandrolone is enough for many representatives of the fair half of humanity to win bodybuilding and body fitness competitions at any level of preparedness and pharmacological experience.

Argument No. 2 This daily dose of oxandrolone is enough for many athletes to become a European champion in athletics (sprinting, steeplechase, javelin throwing (information obtained first-hand)).

Argument No. 3 This dose of oxandrolone was enough for 32 healthy men of mature age (60–87 years old) who do not engage in sports to gain an average of 3 kg of muscle mass and lose 1.9 kg of fat over 12 weeks of continuous use (“Journal of Applied physiology", March 1, 2004, volume 96).

I look forward to counterarguments: “Well, women are not men, they don’t need much, track and field athletes have different goals than bodybuilders, and old farts don’t have their own testosterone, so any doses of exogenous test (and its derivatives) have a positive effect on them.” . And it’s true, there’s nothing to hide! However, I wrote all this just to demonstrate that the concept of “doesn’t work” is not absolute, but relative. It doesn’t work for Vasya, but it works for Lyuba and Mikhail Kuzmich, and I assure you, there is more than one Petya who gained ten or two kilograms of muscle mass by practicing AAS courses, in which, except for 20 mg/day oxandrolone, there was nothing . Further analogies can be drawn with respect to other drugs used “solo” - injectable Primobolan, parabolan tablets, injectable and oral stanozolol. These drugs work, and work effectively even at small dosages... for track and field athletes. Yes, this effect is expressed mainly in an increase in speed and strength, but sometimes comparing the muscles of gymnasts and many guys from the gym, the standard course of which consists of 500 mg of sustanon and 200 mg of nandrolone per week, as well as 30 mg of methane daily (note, mediocre dosages ), you start to think: guys, are you doing something wrong...

But why is it so unfair: some purposefully plow in the gym and use “Kachkovsky” doses of mass-building steroids, but achieve nothing, while others go there once a week, conducting purely auxiliary training, practice literally therapeutic dosages of some mild anabolic steroid, but look cooler than many jocks. Yes, because the former train according to the principle “take more, throw further,” while the latter have a clearly organized and carefully planned training process. And now we will return again to what was said above: the concept “does not work” is relative! Let's add some specifics: a light anabolic steroid does not work for Vasya, because Vasya uses it under different conditions than Petya. Even more specifically: Vasya does not create the conditions under which a light anabolic can be effective, or, on the contrary, creates conditions that prevent the latter from working. And Petya was all over the place, Petya never doubted that all steroids work even in small dosages! But we just need to create the appropriate conditions for everyone. If pineapple yields are low in the Tula region, this does not mean that pineapples grow poorly, it means that pineapples grow poorly in the Tula region.

An important addition: steroid dealers will never make money from track and field athletes; when they want to buy steroids, they take a 10 ml bottle of Stanase for three of them.

Let's continue with the concepts... "The steroids stopped working." Based on the previous formulation “work means they act,” we can assume that “they stopped working” means they stopped acting. What is usually meant by this concept? I quote from the forum: “In 6 weeks of taking methane, I gained 8 kg of mass, my bench press increased by 20 kg, but then the weight increased, and my strength also has not increased for several weeks. Why does methane no longer work, are the receptors clogged or is it an addiction to the drug? What to do next, replace methane with Winstrol or increase the dosage? Everyone has encountered this situation. Having started a steroid course, we progress in mass and strength for some time, then the progress slows down and stops completely. Then someone increases the dosage, and someone changes the combination of drugs, but as practice shows, even if progress appears after this, it is incomparable with the beginning of the course, and in any case, in the near future everything will stand still, regardless of whether we used powerful testosterone enanthate or light Primobolan. After this, as a rule, many finish the course, seeing no further point in continuing it: the steroids no longer work, they have stopped working. Again, I disagree... When we get into our car, start the engine and start driving down the road, can we say that our car is running? Well, of course, it performs its main function - it moves! And when we, stopped at a red traffic light, depress the clutch, shift the gearbox to neutral and stand with our foot on the brake pedal, does the car work? It growls with the sound of a running engine, the exhaust pipe pollutes the atmosphere with carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide, but at the same time we are not driving, but standing. At this time, the car does not fulfill its direct function - to move on. But can we really say that it doesn't work? Once you engage the gear and release the brake pedal, the movement will begin again. The same goes for a steroid cycle. We got up, the weight does not grow, but the result gained, expressed in muscle volume and strength indicators, does not fall, it remains at the same level that we just reached - “the engine is running, but the car is not moving.” And if we stop using steroids, this achieved level will rapidly begin to decline, because now the steroids really don’t work... They are no longer there, the engine has stalled. As long as steroids are in the body, we are in shape, which means they exert their effect.

Hence the conclusion: steroids always work! The eternal course always works! But this work is expressed in different ways. Sometimes we move forward, and sometimes we stand still with the engine running, but as soon as we turn on the gear and release the brake pedal, the movement begins again. The problem of lack of movement most often lies in ourselves. Striving for rapid and pronounced progress, we either overheat the engine and disable it, or, having driving skills at the level of a “teapot,” we constantly brake, not allowing the running car to go further.

Now, if we combine the above two conclusions “All steroids work, even in small dosages” and “Steroids always work”, add to this the important additions that “for each steroid it is necessary to create appropriate conditions”, “the problem of lack of movement most often lies in ourselves,” then certain principles are outlined on which practical recommendations for the effective use of anabolic steroids in minimal dosages can be built. Do you know what I mean? I'll give you a tip. Is methane a good anabolic steroid? Considering that millions of people have achieved enormous results in increasing mass and strength with the help of it alone, then most likely yes. Remember your first course on methane: a sharp jump in mass and strength, an increase of 5-6 kg of body weight per month and 15-20 kg in the working weights on the barbell - these are ordinary indicators. And if during this month we trained every day for 3 hours, and ate several sandwiches and a bowl of soup a day, would we achieve such progress? Most likely no. What is there - guaranteed not! Because we have created conditions that prevent methane from showing itself as a good working anabolic. And now let those who, in the first year of methane progressed like crazy, think about it, although they used the same doses as others. The problem with your lack of progress is not that “this is not your drug” or “it was a fake,” but that you have not created the necessary conditions for it to work - the optimal training and nutrition regimen. If we take the idea even further, we can say the following: different conditions are required for different steroids and different dosages of these steroids. If testosterone “forgives” many errors in training methods, then Primobolan requires a clear plan that involves distributing loads over time. Both drugs stabilize the androgen receptor well, but testosterone has properties that Primobolan does not have: pronounced anti-catabolic activity, non-genomic activity, restoration of the central nervous system, increased synthesis of IGF-1 and somatropin, increased glycogen reserves. It is much easier to achieve results with testosterone, because you have to think less. Testosterone has a very powerful effect, but many manage to nullify this power with their stupid approach to the training process and disregard for nutritional support of the body, explaining the reason for the weak “exhaust” of gram doses by low sensitivity to drugs.

“Does it matter at what doses we achieve progress?”

Side effects

There is no point in going into detail about the side effects that occur when taking steroids. Every bodybuilder knows about them, regardless of the fact of using them. It is paradoxical that someone who has not yet held a single tablet or ampoule in their hands knows more about the “side effects” than an experienced “chemist”. It is the theorists who zealously and emotionally prove that steroids are evil. Thus, they justify their “natural” path. Some individuals were so distinguished in attacks of anti-steroid hysteria that a special term was coined for them - “aggressive straight”. These are scary and dangerous people... especially on the Internet. Practitioners, despite the fact that they have experienced a third of the well-known side effects, claim that steroids are safe, and this is not just an excuse, but sometimes a true belief in this. Their logic is easy to understand. What is health? Many will answer: “This is when nothing hurts or bothers you.” However, many people understand this in different ways. I'll give you an example, again with a car. Once upon a time I had a VAZ 2105, its generator did not work well - it did not produce enough energy, the battery did not hold a charge well and discharged under load, the starter shorted - when starting it “shorted to itself”. On a winter morning, I had a maximum of three attempts to start a cold engine. After the third attempt, the battery was discharged to such an extent that it could not force the self-closing starter to rotate. After that, I cursed my car and swore, but knowing that at that moment I couldn’t fix anything, I went out and tried to start it from the pusher. Fortunately, this has always been possible. After the car started, my mood lifted and negative emotions disappeared. I, without turning on the radio, low beam, or heated rear window so that the energy generated by the half-dead generator would be enough to recharge the same half-dead battery, began to move in the direction I needed. And when the engine warmed up, the car started up without any problems, I no longer spewed curses and obscenities. And so every day. The car was driving, but this does not mean that it was in good working order. I just adapted to it and accepted the existence of faults. The operation of one’s own body by a “chemist” is similar to the operation of a used VAZ, in which 30% of the parts are faulty, but it still runs. “So what if your whole back is covered in acne and your head “bursts” from the pressure, it’s not fatal, it will go away later, and the main thing is that it doesn’t interfere with training, and the mass seems to be “rushing”.” Many, many steroid users take the side effects that occur for granted, accept them, adapt to them, and ultimately ignore them. Now, if your legs were paralyzed or your vision was lost, yes, it’s time to sound the alarm! And now let’s return to our topic “DOES IT MATTER WHAT DOSES?..”

At the end of the 18th century, the English physician William Withering wrote: “Poison in small doses is the best medicine; a useful medicine in too large a dose is poison.” It is the dose that determines the very fact of the occurrence of side effects and their severity. Nobody will argue with this. The higher the dose of the steroid, the greater the chance that the “side effects” will make themselves felt not only on the test results sheet, but also in more understandable and tangible signs: headache, acne, mood swings, decreased libido, gynecomastia. For most, 2000 mg of testosterone per week can cause a whole bunch of troubles, and the result in terms of weight and strength growth will be no more than 500-750. There is another extreme - too small a dose. 50 mg of testosterone per week will not cause any side effects, but there is no profit from this minuscule amount. Let’s increase the minuscule dose by two to three times and get the so-called threshold dose, or the minimum effective dose, or the therapeutic dose, with which the drug only begins to exhibit biological effects. The therapeutic dose is not very suitable for us, men in the prime of life, since it is clearly not designed for those who grind tons of “iron” in the gym, but this is something that, although weak, works with a low probability of side effects. But if we increase the dose even more, we will reach a certain amount of the drug that is truly “working” and at the same time causes relatively little negative impact on health. A further increase in this amount will not lead to a significant increase in “performance”, but will lead to an increase in the severity of side effects. Remember the title of the article “Reasonable minimalism...”. Now do you understand what I meant? Not just a minimum, but a reasonable minimum. And here's another moment. Those who, after a course of steroids based on generally accepted dosages, say that they did not gain anything from it are mistaken. At the very least, he has collected a bunch of negative health factors. The phrase is often heard: “From that course I only gained a couple of kilograms of water and acne on my back.” “Side effects” live their own lives, they don’t care whether your muscles grow or not, they always appear when a certain dose of the drug used contributes to this.

Let's continue. And again, “DOES IT MATTER AT WHAT DOSES WE ACHIEVE PROGRESS?”

Not all the same! Because a steroid course tends to end sooner or later. The moment we stop taking the drugs, there is a sharp drop in the level of anabolic hormones. Hormones are not vitamins, they are substances whose task is to transmit signals or, if you like, orders to various cells of the body. High levels of any hormones cause dramatic changes in metabolism. We can observe some changes visually in a person’s appearance. It is not at all difficult to make diagnoses such as gynecomastia, virilization, acromegaly, Itsenko-Cushing syndrome. And inside us there is a real metabolic storm, a high level of at least one hormone changes the activity of many body systems and it goes into a mode of abnormal functioning. And the higher the dose of the drug used during the course, the stronger these changes are. Of course, steroids won’t turn you into the Hulk, but for some people on the course, the tower will be completely demolished. Now imagine that the powerful hormonal supply has stopped. A sharp drop in hormone levels causes severe metabolic stress. “Leaving” a course is like leaving a house through a window. The higher the dose used during the course, the higher the floor of your house from the window of which you exit. Obviously, the fall will be painful in any case. However, having jumped from a window on the first floor, you will quickly shake yourself off and move on, but having landed from the height of the fifth floor, you will not soon get back to your feet... Do you feel the difference? I note that some side effects begin to manifest themselves after the course - acne, for example...

Any stress has a detrimental effect on muscle mass: the greater the stress, the greater the muscle catabolism. This is physiology. A significant decrease in hormone levels caused by the end of the course is stress. A drop in testosterone from 2000 mg per week to zero is more stressful than from 350 mg to zero, and therefore a greater rate of “rollback” - post-cycle catabolism. It's good to live on the ground floor... Now notice that I said speed, not degree. Few people manage to maintain everything they gained on the course; sooner or later, many of us will return to pre-course conditions. But some will lose everything in 6 weeks, while others will lose everything in 6 months. The size of the dosages used here is one of the reasons for such a large difference in time. Let me quote myself in a paragraph from another article: “Unfortunately, elevated cortisol levels after AAS withdrawal are not the only reason for the collapse in results. We must really realize that the level of anabolism when taking external hormones is an order of magnitude higher than what our own hormones produced by the body can give us. If we gained 6 kg of mass and 20 kg of strength in the main basic movements in one cycle, while taking a total of 1500 mg of androgens per week, then is it really possible to maintain all the gains only with the natural secretion of testosterone, equal to a measly 35-50 mg per week? Is it possible, with a natural level of testosterone, which is thirty times less than what we have on the course, to also successfully recover after 12 approaches to the chest over a seven-day period of time? I think the answer is obvious." Based on the topic of this article, I will supplement the above quote with the following: it is difficult to maintain the results gained with 1500 mg of androgens per week, but if the same results are achieved with 350 mg, then it will be easier to maintain the gains. Just as it is easier to live when your salary, equal to thirty thousand rubles, was cut to ten than if it was reduced to the same amount from one hundred and fifty - with such an income you get used to living in grand style: if you want a cake, if you want ice cream !..And then - to nothing...

To summarize: The likelihood of side effects and their severity depends on the dose; The effectiveness of post-cycle therapy—restoring the normal functioning of the body and maintaining the achieved results—depends on the dose size.

But this is just the beginning...

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Steroids for athletes over 40. Review of drugs

Experts are divided on whether it is worth building an eternal course on testosterone or other means, such as mild anabolics. Analyzing all points of view on this issue, we can highlight the following remedies that are suitable for people over 40 with an eternal course:

1. “Testosterone” - it is better to select long ester forms, for example, “Testosterone enanthate”. It must be borne in mind that when choosing this mild anabolic steroid, it will be very difficult to restore the secretion of the hormone when stopping the eternal course.
2. “Mesterolone” (“Proviron”) – athletes after 40 experience an increase in globulin, which binds steroid hormones, resulting in a decrease in the concentration of free testosterone, which is active. Therefore, Proviron is recommended to be taken together with testosterone.
3. "Somatropin", which is a growth hormone that helps slow down the aging of the body. A high-quality product protects muscle tissue from damage and prevents the accumulation of fat. The drug is expensive, but it is indispensable for athletes after 40 years of age.