Whats the difference between androgenic and anabolic effects?

[Shrunken Sak]

example steroid X is highly anabolic, but only moderately androgenic.

I think I have the general idea, but I would like a full explantion from one of the many knowledgeable people on this board.

[Lush]

Yeah, I wonder about this also. Anabolic means muscle building. That's easy.

Androgenic, I believe refers to male characteristics- like deep voice, face hair, etc....
So I'm not too sure what saying Steroid X is highly androgenic means. Does that mean strength?

Anybody else?

[juiceon]

Here is one way to answer the question - if I am hitting the test/dbol pretty hard and I hit a wall at lets say week 7, instead of adding an androgen, I'll add an anabolic and blast through the wall. I have found that I need only so much androgen and the rest is overkill. If there is a problem in such a cycle, I play catch-up with the anabolics.

[Anabolic_Ph.D]

What it pretty much boils down to is this:

Anabolic - How powerful/good it is for adding muslce

Androgenic - How severe the sides are

Typically the higher the Androgenic, the stronger the anabolic OR vise versa.

www.truemuscle.com

[Big Al]

Concise!

BA

[juiceon]

Read the profile on halotestin and compare it to the profile for deca or primo depot.

The only steroid I ever had a problem with was halotestin. Not anadrol or dbol or anything else. Halotestin will make you CRAZY.