Arimidex is the most popular aromatase inhibitor among anabolic steroid users for the purpose of estrogen control, as it was the first aromatase inhibitor that many bodybuilders took notice of.
If aromatase inhibitors must be used, they should be used only when absolutely necessary and at the lowest possible dose to control estrogen, not eliminate it.
Almost all Arimidex side effects are the result of a decrease in total circulating estrogen levels in the body due to the inhibition of the aromatase enzyme.
Clomid (clomiphene citrate) belongs to a category and class of medications known as selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs).
Despite the fact that Nolvadex has proven to have a better overall ability to stimulate testosterone levels in men, Clomid remains the essential compound for hormonal recovery during PCT for most anabolic steroid users.
While Clomid tends to have few side effects in men, there are a few notable Clomid side effects that are present in most users and should be known by all individuals.
Aromatase inhibitors differ significantly from SERMs in how they work and how they address the issue of estrogen regulation.
While Arimidex is more commonly known among anabolic steroid users as an aromatase inhibitor, Aromasin tends to be considered a superior aromatase inhibitor due to its properties and effectiveness.
A decrease in estrogen in the body can cause negative changes and problems in the body, especially if estrogen is suppressed for a long period of time using an aromatase inhibitor.
SERMs act to block the receptor site action of estrogen by occupying the receptor site instead of estrogen, preventing estrogen itself from exerting its effects in breast tissue through receptor site binding.
Letrozole has demonstrated remarkable efficiency in reducing estrogen, more so than the other two major aromatase inhibitors.
It should be emphasized that letrozole is the strongest and most potent of the three aromatase inhibitors and should be used for estrogen control, not estrogen elimination.
Overall, Carver is a great product for anabolic steroid users because it practically prevents prolactin-related gynecomastia or side effects while also providing cognitive benefits.
Pramipexole hydrochloride, also known as Prami in bodybuilding circles, is a dopamine agonist that is very similar to the same compound that works with cabergoline.
SERMs belong to a broader category of drugs known as anti-estrogens, and a cousin family of SERMs (which are anti-estrogens) are aromatase inhibitors, commonly abbreviated as AIs.
Toremifene is a fairly new compound in the medical community, and an even more recent entrant in the world of anabolic steroids and performance and physique enhancement among bodybuilders and athletes.
Raloxifene works very similarly to Nolvadex (tamoxifen) in its mode of action, exhibiting both estrogen agonist and estrogen antagonist effects in many tissues of the body.
Like other similar SERMs such as Nolvadex (tamoxifen), it is often used by bodybuilders beyond its primary medical indication to use anabolic steroids as an ancillary drug to address or prevent estrogen-related side effects and problems.
Negative raloxifene side effects and adverse reactions from raloxifene occur most often in women, who (ironically) are the first to be prescribed this medication.
Finasteride was originally developed and manufactured by Merck Pharmaceuticals and was approved by the FDA for use in the prescription market in 1992 under the brand name Proscar.
One of the most popular compounds that people use to enhance athletic performance is diuretics.
Prospective anabolic steroid users should undergo a specific medical evaluation of their overall health before a cycle (cycle) begins and identify any possible medical conditions that may put them at risk.
Growth hormone has a variety of side effects with unique characteristics that must be considered.
A dose of human growth hormone has a very specific effect (fat loss, muscle gain, rejuvenation, healing or anti-aging, etc.) that is seen with each subsequent dose increase.
Human growth hormone and anabolic steroids support each other in a variety of direct and indirect pathways in the body to maximize the potential for muscle growth and/or fat loss in a given cycle.
Human growth hormone is a substance known as a protein hormone (or peptide hormone) that is naturally produced endogenously in the human body and secreted by the pituitary gland.
The practice of using HCG as the sole hormonal recovery agent after the end of a cycle is an outdated practice from the pre-1990s era and is no longer valid.
Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) is a protein hormone (or peptide hormone) that is produced naturally and endogenously in a woman's body by the syncytiotrophoblasts of the placenta.
Insulin, a peptide hormone, is secreted by the pancreas and works with the liver to stimulate the production of glycogen, which is then converted to glucose.
IGF-1 is not an anabolic steroid, but a protein hormone (also called a polypeptide or simply a peptide hormone) that is very similar in structure to another peptide/protein hormone, insulin.
Growth hormone-releasing hexapeptide 6 (GHRP-6) is a peptide hormone (also known as a protein hormone), which belongs to a category known as human growth hormone (HGH) secretagogues.
GHRP-6 is a peptide hormone that amplifies the release of HGH from the pituitary gland, so it's no surprise that GHRP-6 cycles are generally well suited for weight loss and fat loss.
To simulate higher and more stable plasma levels of HGH, GHRP-6 doses should be administered multiple times daily depending on the user's goals.
The side effects caused by GHRP-6 are generally what you would expect from HGH use, due to the fact that the end result of using GHRP-6 is a significant increase in HGH levels.
It's a very powerful peptide and can build tremendous muscle, but it must be stacked with similar peptide hormones such as MGF, also known as the machine growth factor.
Ipamorelin is a growth hormone releasing peptide, which is known as one of the milder growth hormone releasing peptides because its side effects are very GHRP friendly.
Hexarelin is a type of growth hormone classified as a member of the hexapeptide family of secretagogic receptors, or GHSRs.
Nolvadex side effects in athletes and bodybuilders using male anabolic steroids are very rarely reported.
Since Nolvadex is a very potent SERM to begin with, the dosage itself doesn't have to be overly high for the compound to do its job in the body.
Nolvadex (tamoxifen) belongs to a category and family of medications known as selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs).
Mod GRF 1-29 (CJC-1295) belongs to a category of peptides known as human growth hormone (HGH) secretagogues.
The overwhelming majority of athletes who use Superdrol use it as a cutting steroid that allows them to preserve muscle mass while starving themselves before a competition in order to not lose a single drop of fat, but also to continue gaining muscle mass at the same time.
These include coughing during or shortly after the injection (aka "tren cough"), excessive sweating/excessive perspiration (especially at night), insomnia (aka "tren insomnia"), marked increases in aggression and mood, and progestogenic side effects.
Because Parabolan is a trenbolone product, the human body requires testosterone for the essential functioning of many normal physiological functions.
Parabolan is a long-acting variant of trenbolone with a half-life of 14 days because it is trenbolone hexahydrobenzyl carbonate.
Trenbolone itself is a synthetic derivative of nandrolone, which is a modified form of nandrolone.
Trenbolone and testosterone offer the same potency and results, but trenbolone is much more potent than testosterone.
Trenbolone enanthate has an enanthate ester attached to it, a longer ester that extends the half-life of trenbolone by 7-10 days or more.
Trenbolone acetate (commonly abbreviated as TrenAce, TrenA, or simply Tren) is the most popular form of trenbolone used by bodybuilders and athletes today.
Trenbolone is widely regarded as an anabolic steroid with more 'harsh' side effects than any other anabolic steroid.
Trenbolone has five times the anabolic activity of testosterone and five times the androgenic strength of testosterone.
We will reiterate over and over again that trenbolone is 5 times the strength of testosterone and that its strength and potential for side effects are equally as great.
While trenbolone is not as harsh anabolic steroid as many people think, it is by no means a beginner's compound and needs to be taken seriously when considering its use.
Masteron itself is an anabolic steroid that is considered fairly mild in terms of most Masteron side effects.
In particular, Masteron doses should start at a higher starting point than most other anabolic steroids, this is due to its moderate anabolic strength compared to testosterone, and the higher the dosage of Masteron, the greater the aesthetic physique enhancing effects.
Masterons provide aesthetic enhancements (primarily visually pleasing effects rather than strength, performance, or size).
Masteron is an injectable oil-based anabolic steroid and derivative of dihydrotestosterone (DHT), Masteron is a member of the family of anabolic steroid derivatives and analogs derived from DHT.
The first thing to know is that this anabolic steroid has many of the same properties as a compound called Nandrolone Decanoate (Deca).
While testosterone may exhibit certain side effects (such as aromatization to estrogen) that other anabolic steroid analogs have effectively eliminated, testosterone actually remains the safest anabolic steroid of choice for everyone.
The beauty of a Testosterone Suspension cycle is that due to the extremely fast acting and extremely potent nature of this product, it is possible to shorten a Testosterone Suspension cycle to a very short period of time compared to most other anabolic steroid cycles, while still allowing the user to achieve large (or even greater) gains.
Many people like to use testosterone suspension because it has a much higher potency and faster action than all other forms of testosterone.
In the bodybuilding and athletic world, testosterone suspension is considered the strongest and most potent form of injectable testosterone, and is known to produce the fastest mass, strength, and physique changes of all injectable testosterone preparations.
Testosterone is probably the safest anabolic steroid as far as side effects are concerned, as it is a naturally occurring anabolic steroid in the human body.
It is important to remember that testosterone is an aromatizable anabolic steroid, so sustanon doses intended for physique and performance enhancement purposes will always be high enough to undoubtedly undergo varying degrees of aromatization into estrogen.
This particular stack of Sustanon/Deca-Durabolin/Dianabol is literally the most popular anabolic steroid stack in the world and in history, a stack first designed and pioneered by the golden age of bodybuilders in the 1960s and 1970s.
Sustanon is actually a mixture (also known as a blend) of testosterone, or the trade name for four esterified variants of testosterone, each mixed in a specific ratio.
Deca Durabolin is an anabolic steroid that is considered by many to be 'mild' in terms of side effects. However, the term 'mild' is often used too broadly and is a very broad and vague label to give to all anabolic steroids.
While it tends to be used primarily as a weight gain and bulking compound, it can also be used effectively to shorten weight loss cycles during fat loss phases and periods.
Nandrolone is primarily used as a muscle mass gaining compound when quick and dramatic muscle mass gains are not required and the user experiences steady qualitative gains.
Deca Durabolin is the brand and trade name for the anabolic steroid nandrolone.
Primobolan is widely recognized as one of the few anabolic steroids that is considered very 'mild' in that not only does it carry no risk of estrogenic side effects at all doses, but it also has a very weak androgenic strength rating, meaning that it is far less likely to cause androgenic side effects than most other anabolic steroids.
Primobolan has very limited uses, with the main restriction being its use in fat loss cycles and phases.
Primobolan cycles are typically limited to those of a cutting cycle, where the user goes into a calorie deficit to lose body fat.
Primobolan is the trade name for the anabolic steroid methenolone (also spelled methenolone). It is available in both an oil-based form for injection and an oral form. Primobolan for injection is known as methenolone enanthate, and for oral use is known as methenolone acetate.
Equipoise is one of the specific anabolic steroids with a very favorable profile consisting of estrogenic activity, androgenic strength, and anabolic strength, with very low estrogenic activity, very low androgenic strength, and maintaining exactly the same anabolic strength as testosterone.
Equipoise should be considered a fairly moderate strength anabolic steroid.
Equipoise cycles are typically bulking cycles or lean mass cycles where the user's general goal is significant mass and size gains (including strength gains).
Equipoise is the brand/trademark name for the anabolic steroid boldenone, an oil-based injectable anabolic steroid with an undecylenate ester attached to extend its release rate and half-life.
Proviron is the trade name/brand name for the androgen known as mesterolone. It is an oral product and is not considered an anabolic steroid because it is known to be very mildly anabolic.
While testosterone itself can have side effects (such as estrogenic side effects) that other modified analogs and derivatives can avoid, testosterone is considered the safest anabolic steroid simply because it is an anabolic hormone that the human body naturally produces endogenously.
Testosterone propionate has a half-life of 4.5 days and must be injected every other day, which may not mix well with long ester anabolic steroids that are injected less frequently.
Testosterone propionate is considered a fairly popular and common anabolic steroid, but it is much less known compared to most other esterified testosterone variants.
Propionate is an injectable compound that has a slower release rate than unesterified testosterone, but a faster release rate than all other commonly available esterified forms.
Testosterone is widely regarded as the safest of all anabolic steroids, and for good reason. Testosterone is the primary anabolic steroid produced endogenously in the human body and is therefore the most familiar to the body.
From the perspective of a Testosterone Cypionate cycle, it is also a compound that shows very broad and extensive compatibility with other anabolic steroids
Testosterone cypionate is just as popular as testosterone enanthate, but as mentioned earlier, testosterone cypionate has historically tended to be more favored among international anabolic steroid users than testosterone enanthate.
Testosterone cypionate is one of the many esterified variants of testosterone, and is likely the second most popular esterified variant (the first being testosterone enanthate).
Testosterone is the most natural anabolic steroid for the human body (compared to very mysterious compounds like anadrol or trenbolone, for example), so it shouldn't exhibit any hidden or strange side effects.
It is one of the most popular long-acting testosterones used by athletes and bodybuilders, and is almost identical in usage and popularity to the nearly identical testosterone cypionate.
Testosterone enanthate has a longer half-life of 10 days, which can make it inconvenient to stack with other anabolic steroids that have shorter half-lives and faster release rates (such as trenbolone acetate).
The enanthate ester extends the half-life of testosterone to 10 days, and plasma levels of the hormone remain elevated for approximately 2-3 weeks.
Overall, it's a very potent compound that not only has therapeutic benefits, but also improves mental clarity, focus, and aggression.
Halotestin is an extremely powerful anabolic steroid and a very potent androgen, more powerful than trenbolone, which is considered the most powerful anabolic steroid on the market.
Turinabol has been found to effectively bind to SHBG, allowing more free testosterone to circulate through the body and have a muscle-building effect.
Historically, the literature indicates that the East German weightlifting team used 10 grams of turinabol per year (equivalent to about 27 mg per day), and the documentation indicates that track and field athletes representing East Germany used no more than 730 mg per year (equivalent to about 2 mg per day).
Tibol is actually a modified form of Dianabol (methandrostenolone), combining the chemical structure of Dianabol and Clostebol (4-chlorotestosterone).
Winstrol has a wide range of potential side effects, many of which are very common with all anabolic steroids.
Because there is no water retention or bloating from Winstrol use, Winstrol results represent high quality lean muscle mass (LBM).
Winstrol is more widely known as an oral anabolic steroid, but the injectable is commonly referred to as Winstrol Depot.
Details of oral Winstrol were first published in 1959, and the Winthrop Institute in the UK led the way in making it available as a prescription drug.
Because Winstrol is a DHT derivative, it tends to completely negate potential estrogenic effects such as water retention and bloating, giving users a gently bulking physique that is generally undesirable for most people.
Winstrol is most famous and well known because of Canadian Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson's positive test for (winstrol) at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Ephedrine is not an anabolic steroid, but rather belongs to a specific category of compounds known as sympathomimetics (more commonly known as stimulants).
Athletes have been known to take ephedrine as a pre-workout or pre-game/competition stimulant to temporarily gain small but noticeable strength gains, including the ability to increase energy.
All compounds in the stimulant class of drugs (e.g., caffeine, clenbuterol, albuterol, cocaine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, etc.) all have more or less the same side effects.
Liothyronine sodium is a synthetic variant of the body's own thyroid hormone.
Since T3 is a fat burner, the cytomel cycle is very simple and relatively straightforward.
It was primarily intended to help with cardiovascular disease, but during testing they realized that it was actually an amazing endurance supplement.
T3 is a powerful stimulator of the body's metabolism at the cellular level, where it does not discriminate between the various substrates utilized for energy (proteins, carbohydrates, fats).
Ostarine, also known as MK2866, is not an anabolic steroid and belongs to a newer class of experimental performance-enhancing drugs known as SARMs (selective androgen receptor modulators).
Albuterol is a compound that belongs to the class of sympathomimetics (also known as stimulants).
As with almost all stimulant based fat loss compounds, and most fat loss compounds in general, there is a very limited number of albuterol cycles and ways in which albuterol can be used.
Albuterol is known for having much less pronounced, milder, and more tolerable side effects than its sibling, clenbuterol.
Beyond simply counting calories and doing more cardio, there are many other ways to get great results without relying on DNPs.
Gains from Winstrol use are not expected from much stronger and heavier bulking anabolic steroids such as Dianabol, Anadrol, Trenbolone, etc.
Anadrol (Oxymetholone) is well known as one of the more 'harsh' anabolic steroids, especially when it comes to liver toxicity.
Anadrol is an orally administered steroid that was initially created to treat conditions such as muscle atrophy and anemia.
Anadrol is one of the compounds that is very similar to Dianabol, with extreme usage restrictions, especially in terms of anadrol dosage.
Estrogenic effects are a problem with anadrol (oxy) even if it cannot be converted to estrogen, so anadrol (oxy) cycles are usually saved for pure bulking and strength gains.
Anadrol is known as one of the most powerful (and sometimes infamous) oral anabolic steroids on the market.
Despite its various features, including its low androgenic strength compared to testosterone, Dbol is well known to have certain side effects.
Dianabol is a top anabolic steroid and is the first choice of those who participate in sports at the professional and amateur levels.
The flexibility of a Dianabol cycle tends to be fairly limited in scope because it is an aromatizing oral anabolic steroid.
The nature of Dianabol as an oral anabolic steroid tends to limit the ways in which it can be used, and the flexibility with which it can be used is limited by the Dianabol dosage and Dianabol cycle.
Methandrostenolone was first reported in the literature in 1955 and was introduced to the U.S. prescription market in 1958 by Ciba Pharmaceuticals under the drug name Dianabol.
As we've mentioned many times already, Anavar has been considered a very 'mild' anabolic steroid by athletes and bodybuilders for decades, with few side effects, and this is generally true.
While most users tend to use it as a compound to maintain muscle mass during low-calorie fat loss cycles, its use actually extends beyond that.
Anavar's versatility also makes it an effective cutting agent for use in fat loss cycles as well as an effective compound for mass addition or bulking up
Anavar was developed and marketed between the 1950s and 1980s, during the height of anabolic steroid research.
Andriol, the brand name and trade name for testosterone undecanoate, is an oral testosterone product. It is oil-based and manufactured in gel capsule form.
A diuretic is a treatment used to increase the rate of urine flow, sodium, and electrolyte excretion to regulate the amount and composition of body fluids or to remove excess fluid from tissues.
The most common type is male pattern baldness, also known as androgenetic alopecia.
The abuse of androgenic anabolic steroids (AAS) can cause a variety of cardiovascular side effects in athletes, including left ventricular hypertrophy, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, myocardial infarction, heart failure, hypertension, arterial thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism.
While we'll discuss other acquired conditions in more detail in this article, it's important to understand that all of the other conditions listed can increase your risk of heart disease over the course of a long athletic career.
Post Cycle Therapy (PCT) is probably the most important aspect of anabolic steroid use.
Advanced anabolic steroid users are the top tier of experienced users, at which point it is assumed that the anabolic steroid user has gained enough experience and acquired enough knowledge to take on the status of an advanced user.
By the time you reach an intermediate level of cycle experience, you should already understand and be familiar with all the simple basics and pre-use checks and considerations.
Beginners are at the most influential stage of their anabolic steroid use journey, not only in the pre-use phase, but also in the actual beginner/novice phase of their first few anabolic steroid cycles.
At first glance, anabolic steroid cycles may appear to be quite dangerous based on the information available to the general public in the mass media (such as YouTube).
Before diving into the details of common steroid use ingredients, it is very important to review and observe the current state of anabolic steroid use around the world and how it has evolved over the years, both before and since the ban.
This article outlines what anabolic steroid abuse is, where the line is drawn between use and abuse, how firm that line is, and the criteria for determining safe and responsible use versus irresponsible abuse.
Knowing how testosterone works in the body is very important for anyone taking anabolic supplements.
"Why do I have to inject testosterone, why can't I just make it in pill form?" you ask.
Testosterone, specifically known as an anabolic androgenic steroid hormone (AAS), acts on a variety of tissues in the human lower system, but it is its anabolic muscle-building properties that are of particular note and interest to bodybuilders and athletes.
Testosterone was officially discovered, isolated, and synthesized by German scientist Adolf Butenant and his colleagues in the 1930s. Shortly thereafter, nandrolone and dihydrotestosterone were also discovered, isolated, and synthesized.
In the realm of side effects, testosterone measures up as the unconditionally safest anabolic steroid to use, given the fact that it is the best anabolic hormone that the human body naturally produces and secretes endogenously.
