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Statement: You must be less than 15% bf before using steroids .
Basis: If you're over 15% bf you'll experience a lot of side effects.

Facts: There is nothing factual to support a claim that you need to be less than 15% bf. First and foremost, nearly everyone on this board and everywhere else is fatter than they think they are. Gauging abs to determine bf is retarded and just shows how idiotic and uneducated an person is.

More to the point, the fear is if you're too fat you'll convert more testosterone to estrogen, thereby increasing the odds of gyno, water retention and high blood pressure. This is all assuming you're using supraphysiological doses of testosterone. What if the individual is using TRT doses of testosterone and a high dose of a non-aromatizing steroid ? Well, it pretty well does away with your over 15% fears. Equally important, 15%+ simply isn't some unhealthy or obese level and to think it is, is once again idiotic. Moreover, plenty of people that are 15% bf use testosterone without issues.

If the over 15% argument were based in fact, my father would have numerous issues. He is overweight, takes 200mg of testosterone per week along with HCG and has no estradiol problems of any kind and takes no AI of any kind. And yes, I'm positive his E2 is fine, he has regular blood work to prove it. Point being, genetics and genetic response to gear, including aromatization, that's what's important.

Statement: You need to have a bigger base of muscle before you use gear.
Basis: If you're not a certain weight you'll lose most of your "gains"

Facts: The above statement assumes you're trying to be bigger and forgets that the primary and most common reason to use steroids is not being the next abnormal and ridiculously looking professional bodybuilder. Looking like a mutated cartoon figure just isn't that good looking, sorry guys, it's just not. Most people that use gear, the vast majority, do so to look better. Yes, you can reach these types of weights naturally, yes, you can lose a butt ass load of body fat naturally, but no, you cannot produce the type of look I'm talking about naturally. If you can, you're one in a million, or flaming idiot that actually has no idea what he really looks like, i.e. 50% of all lifters who post on FB & IG.

Statement: Increase calories after cycle and you won't lose gains.
Basis: Hormone support system has been removed, in order to protect muscle, increase calories, thereby strengthening support system.

Facts: Your weight and strength stay relatively the same, your body fat goes up. How is that success? OK, fine, you're one of the very few that BF didn't go up and you kept your weight up...by the way, that means your gear was crap. You cannot remove something and nothing changes. You cannot interchange gear and calories, one doesn't replace the other. If calories and gear were interchangeable there would be no need for gear, and we would all just eat more. It is true that eating more post cycle should help you maintain some of the gains made on cycle, but it can't help maintain all. And it's also true, you will have to choose, hold onto a little more and get fatter or be willing to sacrifice a little more to maintain leaner.


Statement: Steroids don't can't cause you to lose fat.
Basis: Steroids aren't thermogenics, they aren't thyroid meds, aren't designed for fat loss purposes and don't attack fatty tissue.

Facts: If you increase lean muscle tissue, body fat goes down. Yes, you can increase lean tissue and body fat at the same time if you're eating too much, but you can also go the positive way. This is not to say you're going to grow into your diet. Yes, that is possible, but takes massive amounts of gear, not just steroids. Consider most TRT patients, most see their BF go down even without changing their diet. Is it a massive change, no, not normally, but it's still worth noting. Moreover, data has shown us time and again that certain steroids do have lipo properties, specifically, Anavar , Winstrol and Trenbolone . In fact, Winstrol is still proscribed in the U.S. in some cases to help treat obesity.

Statement: Use short esters for dieting and long esters for bulking because you'll hold less water when using short esters.
Basis: Bro science

Facts: This primarily pertains to testosterone - the claim being, you'll hold less water using testosterone propionate versus enanthate or similar versions. The facts, testosterone does not become active until the ester is removed, and once removed you simply have testosterone. With any form of testosterone, it's the same regardless of the ester attached. Any water retention you experience is due to aromatization, which occurs once you have active testosterone. No water retention occurs due to the ester. Another reasons you might experience water retention is because of your diet.

So why do so many swear they feel and look less bloated when using propionate versus enanthate? Because they use propionate when they diet and enanthate when they bulk. If they switched it up they'd find the same results. Another reason, for whatever reason, guys tend to use far less testosterone when using smaller versions, therefore there is less to aromatize.


Statement(s):
*Nandrolone puts water in the joints
*EQ will skyrocket red blood cell count
*You won't see results from Masteron , Winstrol, Anavar, Primobolan (basically, all the DHT based steroids, excluding Anadrol ) unless you're already lean.

Basis: Bro science, mental retardation, take your pick.

Facts:
*Nandrolone: you can't force water into bone or joints. There isn't some sort of lubrication going on like oil in an engine.

*EQ: all anabolic steroids increase red blood cell count. Medically, that's one of the primary reasons they've ever been prescribed. Think Anavar, one of its primary purposes is to treat anemia (low red blood cell count). When it comes to EQ, all this steroid is, is testosterone. It is simply testosterone with a double bond at carbons one and two, nothing more. There is nothing about this hormone in terms of its structure or activity that should cause it to increase RBC more than testosterone. However, there are other factors to consider, such as genetics. For some men, even a slight alteration to a hormone can make the reaction stronger or weaker, but that doesn't make it identical for all men. Does EQ increase RBC? Of course, and it should significantly, but that also doesn't mean it's going to skyrocket, sure, it will for some, but not universally.


*DHT, won't see results: The problem with this statement is you're assuming the desired results. If you're looking to be ripped to the bone, well of course DHT based compounds will be far more useful when leaner. But even if you're more "regular" in terms of leanness, with these compounds, you will still appear harder than you were before or at least you will be in better shape. This is undeniable and impossible to argue against. And maybe your goal has nothing to do with physique, perhaps you're only looking for a boost in strength and performance, which makes DHT based steroids almost always your best bet. If I want to hold my same weight but see an increase in strength, I'm certainly not going to take Dbol .

Statement: You should expect side effects or you can't get away with no side effects.
Basis: Lack of understanding the force.

Facts: It's true, steroids carry a risk of side effects. It's also true that the goal is to minimize side effects during use. However, that doesn't mean we can't use without side effects, you most certainly can. Fine, all steroids suppress natural testosterone production, meaning this is the one side effect that's unavoidable, but excluding that, use without other issues is very possible.

You can use steroids, performance doses, without gyno, water retention, cardiovascular problems, etc. If you're having these issues, perhaps you need a new plan, or perhaps your genetics aren't suited for the steroid(s) you're using. Genetics are so important, when it comes to acne and hair loss, this is highly dependent on genetics, but when it comes to side effect issues, ones that pertain to health are all I'm speaking about here.

The steroid that comes to mind most in terms of side effect talk is Trenbolone. We've all heard it said many times that this is a harsh steroid and that some side effects will occur, most notably, insomnia, night sweats, rapid heart rate, anxiety or other cardiovascular issues such as a loss of cardiovascular endurance. Once again, your genetic predisposition will be the biggest factor, which also means, some genetics will not have or experience these issues or in other cases only one or two of them mildly. The biggest problem with Tren is people tend to act like this is some steroid that was developed in the depths of hell and only intended for those that understand black magic. That's the perception, and many probably make matters worse due to fear and false worries. Yes, you'll hear someone say they experienced every horrible side effect Trenbolone has to offer, you'll even hear it from some massive amazing bodybuilder that is obviously the expert since he's massive (I hope you guys understand sarcasm). But none of that means you will experience those things.


I hope you've enjoyed. If not, by all means, let the flaming begin. I enjoy it, perhaps a little too much