Shooting blanks?

[mkv213]

I've never had to worry about this until recently so I've never really looked into this matter but what's the deal with shooting blanks while on cycle? Is it true that you shoot blanks and can't get a female pregnant while shut down from test? If this is true, how many weeks before this happens?

mkv213

[Smart@$$]

I dont think that is accurate. You may have a harder time, key word may, but if semen comes out then you can get a girl pregnant. I KNOW FIRST-HAND

[mkv213]

...Oh shit

[magic32]

Boy that summer weather turns all minds to babies...

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread...08#post2818808

M.

[swolehouse22]

I dont think that is accurate. You may have a harder time, key word may, but if semen comes out then you can get a girl pregnant. I KNOW FIRST-HAND

Hit the nail on the head. Don't do it because the one time that you don't shoot a blank, you're a daddy.

[firmechicano831]

I think if you aim to shoot you might hit something.

[Pete789]

OH NO ------- I'll call a doctor.

[Maetenloch]

AAS reduce the number of sperm produced to near zero, but not always to zero. It only takes one sperm as many guys who have conceived while on a cycle can attest.

old joke:

Q: What do you call a guy who use steroids as birth control?

A: Daddy!

[Warrior]

Testosterone was being tested as a contraceptive. Anything over 300mg per week seems to be the ceilling as far as killing off the swimmers. Studies show that 100mg and 200mg per week have a dose-related suppression - but anything over 300mg per week either makes you sterile or your a rare nonresponder.

Personally, I have had a sprem count done while on my 4th or 5th week of TE and my results came back as, "as far as a contraceptive - your testosterone use is effective." My count was zero swimmers...

Here is one study, you can find many more on the Net...

Contraceptive efficacy of testosterone-induced azoospermia and oligozoospermia in normal men.

[No authors listed]

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

OBJECTIVE: To determine contraceptive efficacy of hormonally induced sperm suppression to severe oligozoospermia or azoospermia. DESIGN: Prospective, noncomparative contraceptive efficacy study. SETTING: Multicenter study in 15 centers in nine countries. PARTICIPANTS: Three hundred ninety-nine normal, healthy, fertile men requesting a male contraceptive method. INTERVENTION: Weekly IM injection of 200 mg T enanthate. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Incidence of pregnancies in efficacy when couples relied on T injections alone for contraception. RESULTS: Four pregnancies occurred during 49.5 person-years involving men with oligozoospermia (0.1 to 3 x 10(6)/mL) and none during 230.4 person-years in azoospermic men: pregnancy rates 8.1 (95 percent confidence interval [CI] 2.2 to 20.7) and 0.0 (95 percent CI, 0.0 to 1.6) per 100 person-years, respectively, or 1.4 (95 percent CI, 0.4 to 3.7) per 100 person-years for oligozoospermia and azoospermia (O to 3 x 10(6)/mL) combined. Pregnancy rates were related to sperm concentration. Inadequate suppression of spermatogenesis occurred in eight men and escape from suppression occurred in four. Discontinuations were due to personal reasons (50 men, cumulative annual life-table rate 12.2 percent [95 percent CI, 9.1 percent to 16.1 percent]) and dislike of the injection schedule (21 men, 5.1 percent [95 percent CI, 3.2 percent to 7.9 percent]). Thirty-five men discontinued for medical reasons (9.4 percent [95 percent CI, 6.7 percent to 13.2 percent]), with no serious treatment-related side effects. After stopping injections, sperm output recovered; additionally, fertility was demonstrated in 33 couples. CONCLUSION: Suppression of spermatogenesis to azoospermia or severe oligozoospermia (< or = 3 x 10(6)/mL) induced by weekly T enanthate injections results in sustained, reversible contraception with good efficacy and minimal short-term side effects. New hormonal regimens with more convenient delivery and improved spermatogenic suppression would provide practical male contraception.

[guest589745]

but anything over 300mg per week either makes you sterile or your a rare nonresponder.

Would these nonresponding issues have any effect on your ability to gain from test?

[Warrior]

Would these nonresponding issues have any effect on your ability to gain from test?

I would doubt it.

Once you inject a supraphysiological dose of testosterone - your levels go up... period. Your body can't metabolize it in a way to make it ineffective - well, unless you drank it and ran it through the digestive track. But injected IM, the result is always a rise in T. And with the proper diet and training - this translates into performance increases. There are some unique physiological barriers, like the amount of androgen receptors you have available... and how far removed you are from a genetic cut off point, what your body could maintain without AAS. But for the average AAS user - your diet and training routine are your key variables in maximizing a cycle.

I don't see how the effects on spermatogenesis could be related to the performance enhancing effects or how either could draw conclusions on the other.