Disclaimer:
The comments that follow are not for beggining steroid users. These are for users that have slowly worked up to moderate or high doses or are already experimenting with moderate to high doses. I still believe users should use low doses AT LEAST for their first 3 or 4 cycles.

Testosterone is the king of steroids. All other steroids are just imitations of it with manipulations to make a steroid more androgenic or anabolic. As we all know, steroids are called Androgenic-Anabolic Steroids (AAS), since no one has been able to fully eliminate the androgenic or anabolic component of a steroid. So...Why not (1) use just testosterone at mid to high doses and cut out stacking all the other wanna-be testosterones like Deca, EQ and Anavar and (2) just use diet and harding agents after bulking cycles to get the hardened look you may want?

If you're stacking weekly doses of 400mg of testosterone cypionate with 300mg of deca, why not just use 700mg of testosterone and skip the deca dick?

I've chatted with about 5 competitive bodybuilders over the last 6 months and it seems that most of them are running high dose test-only cycles during the off-season (bulking cycles). The others are running moderate to high dose stacks for bulking. (AGAIN--I'm talking about seasoned competitors, not fathers and sons who have full time jobs, school and a big social life who fit lifting in on the side and have not made a serious dedication to nutrition, rest and workout intensity. These bodybuilders I'm talking about have dedicated their lives to lifting and growing).

I know that some drugs harden people up and others help you carry less weight, but if you're out to bulk, wouldn't using just testosterone and a few ancillary drugs (anti-e's to manage lipids and water weight) be the best route?

I know some people will mention that EQ and other steroids seem to give more "keepable gains." To that I say this: If you slap on good mass on a test-only cycle, eat well and lift well between cycles, why wouldn't you be able to keep much of your gains? I think the people who loose a lot of weight between cycles, are probably loosing water weight and then becoming unmotivated between the rush (or "high") of being on a steroid cycle.

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