Questions on cycling

[Stark_Knight17]

I'm well aware of all the risks associated with cycling at my age but the reward is worth the risk. I don't want to get big, I just want a boost/enhancement which is why I thought I could get away with taking lower doses. The reason why I'm considering it is I only have about 4 months of unrestricted training time to make gains during a year. The rest of the 8 months is focused on maintenance when I'm in school. Plus I'm not a D1 athlete so NCAA doesn't care about me, wasn't good enough coming out of high school so I've just been constantly training until I achieved D1 ability. Now it's just a final push to be drafted but I only have a year left, hence the desire to cycle.

[ScotchGuard02]

I'm well aware of all the risks associated with cycling at my age but the reward is worth the risk. I don't want to get big, I just want a boost/enhancement which is why I thought I could get away with taking lower doses. The reason why I'm considering it is I only have about 4 months of unrestricted training time to make gains during a year. The rest of the 8 months is focused on maintenance when I'm in school. Plus I'm not a D1 athlete so NCAA doesn't care about me, wasn't good enough coming out of high school so I've just been constantly training until I achieved D1 ability. Now it's just a final push to be drafted but I only have a year left, hence the desire to cycle.

Here's the problem with your logic of just taking a little AAS. The moment you inject exogenous Test into your system, your body knows there's more Test in your system than it's produced. Your body is totally smart so it will reduce or eliminate the natural production of Test to bring your body into homeostasis. Basically, when you take a "little" AAS, you'll shut down your natural production of Test but you haven't taken enough exogenous Test to regulate the other functions that dependent on Test. Your body is producing about 70mg/wk of natural Test. If you inject 100mg/wk of Test, you will effectively shut down natural production and replace it with just the exact amount that you were naturally producing. There's no net benefit. You've just introduced risk into your training. Your body is still maturing and is susceptible to external chemicals like AAS. Why would you want to put your health at risk for no additional benefits?

[boisebeast]

Here's the problem with your logic of just taking a little AAS. The moment you inject exogenous Test into your system, your body knows there's more Test in your system than it's produced. Your body is totally smart so it will reduce or eliminate the natural production of Test to bring your body into homeostasis. Basically, when you take a "little" AAS, you'll shut down your natural production of Test but you haven't taken enough exogenous Test to regulate the other functions that dependent on Test. Your body is producing about 70mg/wk of natural Test. If you inject 100mg/wk of Test, you will effectively shut down natural production and replace it with just the exact amount that you were naturally producing. There's no net benefit. You've just introduced risk into your training. Your body is still maturing and is susceptible to external chemicals like AAS. Why would you want to put your health at risk for no additional benefits?

This is spot on!