Does steroids increase chance of muscle tear?

[ScotchGuard02]

A's hit it right on the head. My first cycle was in my 40's with 25+ years of hard training under my belt. I got so strong so fast I freaked out. I tried to overhead press too much weight and tore up my shoulder. This is an experienced guy that just went nuts for a minute and got hurt. You're going to get strong with steroids no doubt about it. You need to be able to take your new found power with mature reasoning. If you're like me you're gonna get hurt. I've learned over the years to be moderate in the steroids as well as the training and to listen to my body.

[Perseverance1]

A's hit it right on the head. My first cycle was in my 40's with 25+ years of hard training under my belt. I got so strong so fast I freaked out. I tried to overhead press too much weight and tore up my shoulder. This is an experienced guy that just went nuts for a minute and got hurt. You're going to get strong with steroids no doubt about it. You need to be able to take your new found power with mature reasoning. If you're like me you're gonna get hurt. I've learned over the years to be moderate in the steroids as well as the training and to listen to my body.

I did the same thing except I had about 5-6 years of solid training under my belt but also a long period of only semi regular workouts (broke my back re-hitting my deadlift PR). My first cycle started about 6 months into regular training and at week 4 when the 750mg test kicked in everything just felt so light....and I had some sort of euphoric feeling as well....so I just kept going up and then boom...tore my rhomboid and messed up my shoulder a bit. Now 4 months of drugs and physical therapy later and I'm almost healed up. I did legs yesterday and will be doing arms today (second arms workout since it happened) and depending on how much it hurts to do push movements I might try to hit chest this Wednesday.

If you're not completely solid AND mature/controlled then don't cycle. Even if you possess those traits you still run the risk of injury.

Good luck.

[MuscleInk]

I did the same thing except I had about 5-6 years of solid training under my belt but also a long period of only semi regular workouts (broke my back re-hitting my deadlift PR). My first cycle started about 6 months into regular training and at week 4 when the 750mg test kicked in everything just felt so light....and I had some sort of euphoric feeling as well....so I just kept going up and then boom...tore my rhomboid and messed up my shoulder a bit. Now 4 months of drugs and physical therapy later and I'm almost healed up. I did legs yesterday and will be doing arms today (second arms workout since it happened) and depending on how much it hurts to do push movements I might try to hit chest this Wednesday.

If you're not completely solid AND mature/controlled then don't cycle. Even if you possess those traits you still run the risk of injury.

Good luck.

Good point P1. Illustrates that even with years of training, there are no guarantees with gear. I've been training off and on since I was 19 and then consistently (5 days a week) for 4 1/2 years before I touched gear for the first time at 39 years of age. I think my injury was my body's way of telling me I'm not a 20-something young man anymore and not to over do things!!!!! Lol