Duffdog said:
I don't think doing any steroids is a good idea, chiefly because you lose 100% of your gains once you come off them. Thats just common knowledge-- thinking that you will retain anything is really wishful thinking. (Although I could see the guy who sold them to you saying that to make you buy them)
Yeah if you
completely stop resistance training. Of course you are going to have to increase to caloric intake to compensate for your added mass, and you'll have to train accordingly. Anabolic aids = better protein synthesis = more mass than you would build with drug-free training.
Saying you lose 100% of your gains after a cycle is assuming you do NOTHING after said cycle.
"Common knowledge" isnt necessarily accurate knowledge.
That is just pop-culture bullsh!t. Anytime someone posts a thread about anabolics you get a bunch of clowns with 2nd-grade knowlege of physiology making inane statements like this. And get off the "cheater" blast.
Explain to me how exactly the OP was "cheating". Was he competing in a sport that disallowed that substance? Is he a paid athlete in a drug-free organization? Not according to him. He
was breaking the law unless he had a prescription, but he isnt "cheating" unless he is breaking explicit rules to have an unfair advantage in a competitive venue.
Anabolic steroids are testosterone analogues that act on the same celluar receptor as biological T and induce the same structural changes. You can shoot 'roids all day long but if you arent providing your body with substrate (food) then the results will be dissapointing.
I doubt our OP would have gained 40 pounds in 10 weeks without his ergogenic aid. 20, maybe 25 if his diet was right.
Also, HGH is a peptide hormone, not an anabolic steroid; though it has anabolic preperties. Androstenedione is a naturally occuring steroid hormone.