Disenchanted with this Board!
For those of you who are used to my fairly frequent posts, you may wonder where I have been for the last few weeks. Well the truth is I'm getting more and more disenchanted with this board!
Aside from the excellent No Flame policy, which works really well I'm glad to say, this place is getting more and more like the other boards every time I come here!
What am I talking about?
The attitude towards people who are about to take their first cycle! I have seen Vets and Senior members with posts in the thousands, who are still recommending 500mg+ of test on a first cycle, and in some cases to someone who has posted a cycle but not their age, stats, diet and training habits.
I know that this has all been said before. I know that people keep harping on about it, but its really starting to bug me now. No matter how often people talk about this, no matter how often we all agree on the subject, NOTHING seems to change!
Those of us with some experience in this game have a responsibility to the newcomers to show them the right way to do things. Anyone who thinks that 500mg of test is good for a First time user on their FIRST cycle really has no right handing out information!
Its all well and good to sit back and say “Well that’s what I did” – So what! More fool you! If taking 500mg of test worked as well as everyone likes to claim it does why are we not all walking about looking like Ron Coleman?
The most frightening aspect of this, is that this same OTT advice is being handed out to people who have not supplied their details at all. They post what seems to be a fairly light, sensibly dosed cycle, and everyone instantly jumps up and screams “That’s not enough Test” or “That’s not enough Deca” – This is all crap! There is NOTHING wrong with doing 200mg of deca per week!! Its all dependent on your experience, body weight etc.
Surely we should at least ask about bodyweight and age before we recommend using 500mg per week!! Maybe this is a 110lb 17 year old on his first cycle who has been training for a month! And WE (Collective to the board here) just advised him to run home and do 500mg of test AND stack it with Deca and Dbol!! Jeesh! What’s wrong with THAT picture!
Everyone bemoans the attitude taken by the various authorities in countries where AS are illegal. Is it any wonder? All they would have to do is display a half dozen posts from THIS board, one of the best on the net, and they would have won any case they wanted!!
Its time we started to take our responsibility a little more seriously, and until I see a change in this OTT attitude I'm just not going to do much posting. No one person is to blame here, but we should ALL be looking out for posts which are blatantly giving OTT information without considering the other information we require before we give advice.
Newbies Take Note:
The Number of Posts a User has is NOT an indication of Experience!
The User Status is NOT and indication of Experience!
Double and Triple check ANY information you are given with at least 3 other people!
Supply ALL your stats when you ask a Question!
Sorry to have ranted, but I needed to get that off my chest.
A few brief comments . . .
I happen to agree with kaz. No big whoop, and I do understand why some were offended. But, while we have a no-flaming policy at A.R., everyone is entitled to vent occasionally. Tastefully, of course. :D
But the bottom line is simple: I'm right, and the rest of you are wrong. In fact, I am the only one on this board who is accurate 100% of the time. So get over it.*
One serious issue: You should take with a grain of salt any statement that abstractly refers to an "independent study" without citing the specific study and its source. "Independent" studies are the kind that are often sponsored by manufacturers, advertisers, or someone with a product to push (a word I choose carefully). Ditto the phrase "scientific study," which is generic and means nothing. Reliable studies are generally double-blind placebo studies; they include their research methodology, sampling, and other statistical data that backs up how the study was done, along with the research question to be answered in the first place.
You want an "independent study?" I'll give you a famous one that was spoofed by Playboy magazine back in the 1960's: Four out of five doctors prefer Camels. The other one prefers women. (Ba-da-bum!)
Final comment: In addition to considering a person's stats when recommending a cycle, their goals and objectives must also be considered. I laugh every time someone writes that they are doing AS for medical reasons and someone suggests they do additional AS which are totally irrelevant. It shows that [i]way[i] too many people are writing from their own preconceived notions and not even reading the original question in context.
But that's not as bad as the putz who suggested that everyone shoot 3,000 mg. of test per week . . .
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* Yes, that entire paragraph was satirical. If you took me too seriously, then you're taking yourself too seriously.