One of the dumbest things I see is young guys going very very far down the anabolic path.
Before I continue lets get the obligatory steroid stance out of the way before every jacked lifter in the country posts a comment! I 'don't have a problem with roids, in fact I agree with many legitimate uses of steroids. For HIV positive men to assist with health, no problem. For burns victims to reduce catabolic effects of their injuries, no problems. For men who clinically have declining testosterone manifesting itself in negative ways such as depression, pre-diabetes etc, no problem. Hell if I get to fifty and my natural testosterone plummets I will be the first one dropping my pants for a clinical and legal therapeutic dose. Notice what I said....a dose the restores me to a positive hormonal balance. No ridiculous over the top supra-physiological doses that take me off the chart into side effects!
I have said this many times but you have to, have to, have to push your genetic boundaries first. Remember with gear there is only ever 1 'first cycle' and you can never go back.
The implication of this is that your body is a test tube and if you haven't figured how to tweak and cajole every ounce out of it naturally then quite simply your fucked if you jump to the gear to compensate. Because once you do the only lever to pull is the more is better approach!
At the previous gym I trained at there were several highly visible examples of train wrecks waiting to happen. One particularly was interesting and as I watched him slide into using it was interesting to see that he really had no plan. His lifts obviously went up and the water weight kicked in as well along with the obligatory zits on the shoulders. However what was painfully obvious is that he had no formal dose plan, still trained session to session with no sense of load, percentages or effort. No eventually at some point his supply will dry up or he will have to come off. He hasn't got the first clue about post cycle therapy and once he is off the drop in body weight and poundage lifted is seriously going to fuck with his mind and he won't have a clue how to address it.
Similarly I witnessed a young guy recently who, while he pushed some pretty decent competition weights was taking fair whack of gear. In fact against others around him he was so obviously on the gear that it was funny.
As I reflect on this post I think I am most offended by the use of roids when it is a short cut. Honestly fuck you if you can't put the time in first. Training is hard work and requires you to think about what you are doing to drive outcomes long term. If you cant focus on that before hitting the gear then you shouldn't be in this game.
Stay Strong
Thomo
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