Quote Originally Posted by BigMan65
I was wondering how drinking cigarettes and marijuana affect weightlifters on gear. Althought i only drink i thought it would be interesting to hear what other substances can do?
The most inhibiting of growth of the bunch is tobacco. This is the very worst and can actually place a plateau on your growth potential even with steroids. Next in line is alcohol. Alcohol causes big increases in aromatase emzyme thus bigger percentages of your testosterone will turn to estrogen while you are on cycle. The brittish did a study and found there was no estrogen increase with marijuana contrary to popular believe but there is some LH production inhibition. In otherwords while on cycle it might not effect you but you might want to lay off the weed especially when you are in PCT and trying to get your testosterone production back up to par. All three actually are bad, especially for PCT and can inhibit restoration of your natural hormones when you are finished with a cycle.