
Originally Posted by
TKO Performance
I've never heard of anyone doing legit Anavar and having it make their tendons worse. My guess is that you got Winstrol masquerading as Anavar, which is common because Winstrol is cheap and Anavar is expensive.
Also, no steroid or anything is going to cause an increase is muscle fibers. You have all the muscle fibers you'll ever have right now. All you can do is hypertrophy as many of them as possible. BBs don't have more fibers than regular guys, it's just that their fibers are thicker, which is why their muscles are bigger and to an extent stronger. Not even HGH will do that. What HGH can do it increase the building blocks needed for muscle repair, so that if you have an injury it can be repaired faster and with minimal to no scar tissue (depending on the severity of the tear).
Collagen synthesis is the same way. HGH will increase collagen synthesis, as this is one of the many processes that slows down with age. That's why it has been linked to repairing minor connective tissue and joint issues. Anavar, Deca, and EQ all do that too. They do increase the production of the building blocks needed to make a repair to a tendon. It's the same concept as eating more protein to get stronger. You must have the building blocks available to repair the damage. You eat far more protein than your body could ever assimilate, but the reasoning is that when your body needs it there's a greater chance it will be available. Same goes for collagen synthesis.
Now, the process of course is not that simple. There's the issue of delivery system. There's the issue of T1 collagen vs T3 and the replacement ratio and rate after injury. This is ultimately what determines if the extra collagen produced can be used and if the repaired tendon will be as strong and injury resistant as the original uninjured one was. However, simply put Anavar is used to help burn victims regrow damaged soft tissue, which is also rich in collagen, with minimal formation of scar tissue. To my knowledge there has never been any direct study done on the use of Anavar to treat tendonitis, but the evidence that does exist is closely related and promising.
Finally, I was incorrect about Winstrol not being 5 alpha reduced. It is indeed 5 alpha reduced, so it will not increase free DHT in the body. However, due to the fact that it acts as a progesterone antagonist it acts just like free DHT. It reduces the amount of progesterone, which is how it reduces collagen synthesis, and why it affects your joints. It is 5 alpha reduced, but in this respect it acts like a steroid that is not.