Over The Top Cycles (Part 1)

I suppose that this article will be viewed as a load of bollocks to those who view safety in cycling as a secondary issue and no matter what I say or how carefully I try to put the point over, those that have no fear for what they do (or what fellow bodybuilders will suffer in the meantime) will continue to take such cycles no matter what proof or arguments we can bring forward.

Having said all that, I respect anyone’s decision to take what they want so long as they know what they are doing and have a plan for the outcome, or as best as they can see. Why would I say that? Easy, because if that person has previous knowledge of what a singular steroid can do for them, then they are on the right track to being able to identify what each one does and what the effects are long and short term.

But… that is not always the case and in fact that is why most people who use OTT cycles without any prior knowledge of individual steroid effects have problems or at the very least produce nothing in the way of results, apart from the usual massive water retention gains.

What is regarded as too much?
To be honest and fair it lies with the individual as to the amount they take, but there has to be a reference point, a level to which people can set targets, beginners especially otherwise the latter would be hitting the top side effect limits and over. Without a barrier, a limit to beware of and many just go head on into the breach and problems ensue. These usually take the form of water retention, acne, lower back problems (liver or kidney stress usually) as examples.

Libido can also be affected on over the top dosages but in the main for first time users this is in the form of increased sexual activity rather than the opposite. But someone has to point out the basic levels that one can aim for and I put my hand up to that years ago, much to the disagreement of the “hairy arsed – take as much as you can get into the needle” brigade. No matter what their opinion a safety base HAS to be established other wise we would have seen more than our fair share of major problems due to dosages taken OTT.

Over the many years, we older bodybuilders have set ourselves as the guinea pigs for the majority that is how we can be so accurate to be honest. Don’t get me wrong, most of us have based the structure of our dosages with maximum knowledge of the steroid and its uses in general medicine and then there are those that basically close their eyes and jump in with both feet – not recommended but in some cases that is just how it has been.

If a certain side effect of a drug i.e. Clenbuterol Hydrochloride (Spiropent) is taken into consideration then we can wonder why we have tried and thankfully been successful. Clenbuterol has a side effect where brown fat is burnt as the major effect where in fact the actual usage for ‘Clen’ is in the main for asthma sufferers in the main, but you can see the reason why we try what we try and do what we do, the reasons are obvious.

Why not just take as much as you can?
Again, it depends on the individual and this article is not intended to say what is right and what is wrong as I see it, it is intended to give a guideline as to how careful one should be. Most of the shit that we bodybuilders get, especially from the media (and also down to their lack of knowledge) is due to people who have decided to give the gear a go, take as much as they can without limit and (in their hope) rely on the fact that the gear will do most of the work. THIS is the biggest mistake that they usually make.

Let me give you an example of what I am trying to say. A few years ago a guy came to see me with a plan. He had decided that he should do something about his body and had come to the conclusion that he would have to go to any lengths to get to where HE could see himself going. So he approached me with his set plan that (bear in mind) he had also put before a few other guys previously.

Now the plan was not basic in its construction, it was obvious that it had been created from many different training schedules and I commented that if he did implement this system then he would have to have the recovery rate of a cheetah – but he would not listen. I could see from then there was going to be problems.

So I asked that if he did follow the system that he had planned, how he had thought that he could recover from such a gruelling schedule and expect to grow. He could not answer because he fully expected the steroid cycle (that he had been given) would produce all the results that he expected and he expected a lot. He based his expectations on the fact that if he did enough training, and that meant to train over and above the norm, the drugs would build him, lose the excess fat, reduce his waist and at the same time increase his chest, biceps etc…. in a nutshell he was expecting too much and would not see further than his nose end. This was to be his downfall.

(Part 2 Coming Soon)

God Bless and Take Care!!!

Mick.
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Layman’s Guides to Steroids I and II

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Layman’s Guides to Steroids III (new)

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