Have you ever used anabolic steroids to gain muscle? I watched an interesting piece today about anabolic steroids on Real Sports w/ Bryant Gumbel. Basically it focused on the public's negative opinion of them and said that steroids aren't nearly as dangerous as most believe when taken in regulation by an adult male. I'm not saying I support steroid use or anything like that, it was just an interesting side of the story and one I'd never heard before. There were multiple people supporting the theory that when taken responsibly there are no known cases that show steroid use put you at a higher risk for death (by an adult male). They even had a quote from Lyle Alzado's doctor saying that his death had nothing to do with his steroid use. So I was just wondering how many of you out there have tried them? I don't know a lot about them, but from what you hear use is fairly widespread. Do you agree or disagree with the opinion that they aren't as dangerous as most believe? By the way if you've got HBO I highly reccomend checking this piece out.
Agree on the roid rage. Had a friend in high school that smashed his best friends face in because he closed his locker. Seriously.
"Steroids" aren't necessarily bad. Steroids are used regularly to treat back problems and help recovery after surgery/injury. So yes, I have used "steroids". I haven't used anabolic steroids.
Since working out on the regular basis that I do, this is something that has come up from time to time. As far as I know, nobody I work out with uses steroids and I definitely do NOT use them and never would. Sure it is tempting to see your bench press go from like 265 to 350 but it is cheating, IMO, and not worth all the possible health problems that could occur from it. But I do think that anyone that works out on a regular basis will hear steroids mainly because many people want to take the easiest road to success. However, my dog, Jake, has taken steroids (actually twice) to clear up staph dermatitis.
ive used a substance that is basically steriods. its a product called 1-ad from ergopharm which is closer to steriods than andro. when i was taking it i put on about 20 pounds in 2+ weeks and i completely lost my sex drive. that caused my gf to get very angry with my penis so i quit using them. it took my sex drive over a month to come back.
Yeah, I can get very angry at my penis too. It can get pretty physical, we can come down pretty hard on each other.
I've used steroids for a good majority of my life.... I kicked the habit for several years, but then my doctor convinced me that I needed them again. So now I'm back to my old habits. Anything to help my arthritis. OH! THOSE kind of steroids... Nah, never. Won't ever need to I'm sure.
Yes I meant anabolic steroids to gain muscle mass.....sorry guess I should have been more specific. It won't let me edit the title.
The only steroids I have used have been for my nasal passages. A doctor once gave me a steroid nasal spray for allergies.
It's amazing what some people will use to acquire the shape that they want. MasterBaiter and I know a guy who used anything and everything to keep fat to a minimum and gain as much muscle mass as possible. He even ingested something to burn fat the had "Not For Human Consumption" printed in bold on the label. It was designed for cattle. He once joked with me that he was taking so much stuff that he couldn't get a girl pregnant. Which was good for him cause he was a total player.
Dude would squirt this crap under his tongue that would speed up his heart that would then speed up his metabolism. It would make him sweat like crazy which was really nasty. It was funny because he would get all of his crap shipped over from Romania in these big ass medical books. It was like something from a movie. The middle would be cut out and everything wrapped in carbon paper to allegedly keep the xray machines from picking anything up. He would also get these pellets and cook them in the oven in some sort of alcohol. I dont know what he did with it after that I dont remember but it came out this gold oil. He'd shoot it up all over his body. He even had his girlfriend shoot it up for him. Crazy crap.
Wow, that's nuts! Did the stuff actually work for the guy? Did he have any strange side-effects that you knew of?
Well he was kind of strange to begin with, but when he was working out he got pretty big. I was working our with him everyday for quite a while and he was making signifigantly larger gains than I was. In three months he went from 275 to 365 on his bench. Curling went from 45 to 70 lb dumbbells. But he was hard core in the gym like a religion. 4-5 days a week. 1- 1/2 hours lifting and 45 mins to an hour doing cardio. I know he stopped taking the cattle juice cause it started giving him the shakes after 2-3 weeks. And like I said his sperm was all screwed up. As far as roid rage is concerned he was in control most of the time, but he was always ready to fight if something came up.
