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M . E DRUGS
5 BUSTED : STEROIDS DON ’ T WORK UNLESS YOU TRAIN AND EAT PROPERLY .
We ’ d love this to be true , wouldn ’ t we ? But the truth is that numerous studies conducted on burn victims , the elderly and other special populations , tell us that anabolic steroids will work to build muscle even in the most catabolic conditions , and in the absence of training . We see the same thing with people who have terrible training programmes but continue to make gains because they ’ re juicing . For optimal results , steroids are added to a proper programme and diet , but they ’ ll help even if the user is doing everything wrong . Hey , I didn ’ t make the rules , I ’ m just telling you what the science says !
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THE INJECTION SITE DOESN ’ T MATTER .
6A study conducted by Minto et . al . in 1997 examined the differences between injecting in the deltoid ( shoulder ) versus the gluteus ( butt ). While we ’ d logically assume that if someone is injecting 100mgs of Nandrolone into the body it shouldn ’ t matter where the injection site is , the reality could not be further from the truth . Injecting in the gluteus results in significantly higher blood plasma levels of the anabolic steroid in question . Put more simply , the men who received gluteal injections in the Minto study ended up with more Nandrolone in their bloodstream ! In practical terms , this means if someone is going to inject one ml of anabolic steroid per week , they ’ d find they would probably be getting the best results by alternating butt cheeks ( or quads ). For the guys doing a few ml per day , they ’ d probably be trying to stick themselves anywhere they ’ ve still got a piece of unscarred skin showing !
7 BUSTED : WINSTROL IS THE SAME WHETHER YOU DRINK IT OR INJECT IT .
When one passes a steroid through their liver it ’ s subject to a different metabolism to that of steroids injected directly into the muscle . In the case of Winstrol ( Stanozolol ), this includes greater interaction with SHBG , which lowers the amount of that carrier protein ( allowing one to free up more androgen in the body ). However , overall users get greater protein synthesis with the injectable route of administration , but both methods have their advantages .
8( NANDROLONE ).
8 BUSTED : EQUIPOISE ( BOLEDNONE ) WORKS SIMILARLY TO DECA-DURABOLIN
These two anabolic steroids have been considered interchangeable in cycles since the first series of Underground Steroid Handbook updates were published ( they were a newsletter , written by the late Dan Duchaine ). When Dan first introduced Equipoise to the bodybuilding world , he stated that a quick look at it ’ s structure revealed that it probably worked something like Deca . Well , nothing could be further from the truth .
Deca is a progestin , an anabolic steroid derived from 19-nor testosterone , while Equipoise is simply testosterone with an additional double bond . If we look at their characteristics ( conversion to oestrogenic metabolites , conversion to 5a-reduced metabolites ), we find very few similarities between the two drugs . And while Equipoise has a reputation for increasing appetite , Deca lays claim to healing injuries and relieving joint pain . Deca is also likely to cause a bit more water retention than Equipoise , although , when we talk in those kinds of terms we really start getting into a very subjective realm . In reality these two drugs are pretty dissimilar , but because of a single error , made a couple of decades ago , one still sees them being used interchangeably in cycles .
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9 BUSTED : AS LONG AS THE MILLIGRAM AMOUNT IS THE SAME , THE CONCENTRATION DOESN ’ T MATTER .
It seems like a reasonable assumption to say that a 100mg shot of Nandrolone is going to hit the same , regardless of whether it ’ s 4ml of 25mg or 1ml of 100mg , right ? Wrong . Minto ( the researcher from the earlier myth ) took a look at Nandrolone volume per injection and compared it to final blood plasma levels , and found that the more highly concentrated shot ( 100mg in 1ml of oil versus 4ml ) actually produced a higher concentration of steroid in the bloodstream ( yes , even though the total milligram amount was exactly the same ). This means someone is actually getting a better product when they purchase something like Equibold 350 ( a 350mg / ml Equipoise from Anabolic Research Laboratories ), as compared to purchasing an equal amount of Ganabol ( which is 50mg / ml ).
10 BUSTED : YOU SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM A CYCLE .
This one seems to make sense , doesn ’ t it ? If we really think it through , it would appear that tapering off steroids , instead of stopping all at once , would allow bodies more time to adjust back to their natural state . But in reality , a mere 100mg of testosterone ( or , of course , Nandrolone ) is enough to completely shut a body ’ s natural hormone production down . The level of exogenous androgen inversely mirrors the level of natural testosterone production ( i . e . testosterone production only begins to come back when the anabolic steroid level begins to fall below a certain threshold ). So , to start bringing natural hormonal levels back , according to those studies , the user wants to eliminate as much steroid from his body , as quickly as possible , to begin the recovery process . While he ’ s tapering , even down to a mere 100mg a week , he ’ s completely suppressing his natural hormone level , not bringing it back . At 25-50mg of testosterone per week he is actually shutting down his natural hormones , while failing to replace them . In other words , if he takes 25-50mg of testosterone per week , his testosterone levels will be lower than if he hadn ’ t taken anything . Tapering simply doesn ’ t have any science behind it and it ’ s not going to help anyone recover quicker . M . E
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