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I
remember my first cycle and how I kept waiting to feel the surge of strength and
the
roid rage that I had heard went with this territory of Anabolic
Steroids.
As it turned out I would experience no such rage or
major surges due to the fact that
I was on an anabolic cycle rather
than androgenic and I did not know that these AS
are much more tame in
their manifestation.
I was very careful in the amounts that I did and I
remember that I injected less than
the recommended dose per week as I
was afraid of the side effects. I got some
results, but I also
prematurely ended the cycle due to fear and was not able to
maximize my
gains as a result.
I should add at this point that I have a medical
condition called Hepatitis C and that
it came from IV drug use in my
younger years.
I consider myself fortunate not to have contracted
the more deadly virus of AIDS,
but the Hep C condition is something
that I have had to learn to live with and to take
certain precautions
with.
It has also taught me how incredibly resilient the
body is, and specifically the liver.
I have had the condition since 1984 but only
discovered it in 1995 due to some
bloodwork that I had done for a hefty
life insurance policy.
Over the years I have had tons of blood work, a liver
biopsy, sonograms, cat scans,
MRIs, and frequent visits to the doctor.
This last visit I had my liver enzymes were
all normal except one and
the doctor said that it was no more elevated than if I had
taken one
stiff drink the night before.
My LDL cholesterol was 90 and my resting heart rate
was 56 bpm. All other facets
of the blood work were normal and my
LDL/HDL ratio was excellent.
That was about one year ago, and admittedly I am
about due to go back in for
another checkup.
At that time though, I had just finished a moderately
heavy cycle including some
orals. I had however been off the juice for
about 4 weeks and was using a herb
blend called ESSIAC tea which is
phenomenal in the way that it purifies the liver,
kidneys, spleen, and
blood.
In the arena of Naturopathic medicine it is hailed as
miraculous when treating cancer
and liver ailments of toxicity.
Additionally, I stay on about 2000mg of Milk Thistle
per day year
round.
When I tried conventional medicine they were not able
to lower my hepatic
enzymes and wanted to use Interferon which had side
effects that are worse than
the Hep C effects.
I refused that treatment and sought out a ND or
Naturopathic Doctor who I could
be honest with about my usage and my
condition.
Within 9 months all my liver levels were within the
normal range and with no
side-effects such as those that I would have
had with the Interferon. Ironically, just
like in the case of steroids
our Government is also always laying the heavy hand
on this area of
supplements as well.
Herbal medicine in the past couple of years has come
under heavy attack by FDA
and others. They have even begun to irradiate
the herbs which reduces their
effectiveness.
The point of the above story and the reason that I
risk sharing it is to prove that in
many cases we can avoid what many
believe to be the necessary side-effects of
using Anabolic
Steroids.
Of all people, I should be especially prone to the
side effects of AS since so many
of them originate in the liver
functions. Yet even my cholesterol is not high four
weeks after a
cycle.
I think that the reasons for this are varied but I
will say that I am one of the careful
ones with respect to
dosages.
In the beginning I used a rule of thumb where I
absolutely would not let my overall
dosage go over 1000mg of total AS
per week.
I now allow for up to 1500mg/week total due to the
fact that I use 50mg proviron/day
on all my cycles and I count this in
at 350mg/week. I then divide the rest up into
doses such as
400mg/deca/week; 350mg winny inject/week; and,
250-400mg
test/week.
The type of steroid could be anything per se but the
reader can see the philosophy
that I use in the way that I divide it
up. I have never looked in the mirror in
disappointment after a cycle,
or in the middle of a cycle.
These doses will never secure me a place in Muscle
Mag but I have a lot less
anxiety about my health.
At 42 years old I think that it is also significant
that I have no problems with
recovering energy and libido after my
cycles. I use a very strict recovery cycle which
enlists the help of
all the ancillary drugs ( I wrote about it a couple ezines ago) and
I
also do the herbal cleansing at that time.
Additionally, I keep the cycle to a maximum of 15
weeks and lately have begun
experimenting with the 6 weeks on and 6
weeks off routine. I am sure that the
moderation in dosage and the
disciplined amount of time on and off has made a
huge difference in my
ability to return to normal functioning within a short period
of
time.
I see more and more athletes or up and coming
athletes who want to use steroids
after only a very brief period of
time weight-training.
I have a bad feeling about this and will not hesitate
to discourage it for one major
reason as well as other
reasons.
At some point in my lifting...maybe 3 years into
it....I really began to understand
the concept of instinct training. I
had gotten in touch with my body and its workings
to the point that I
could really tell what I needed to do and what to avoid; when I
needed
more rest, more protein, more carbs, more water, less stress, and so
on.
It was like a whole new dimension to my being and how
I related to myself and to
my training. When I began juicing this was
in place in me and I was able to have a
good gut feeling about the way
I added this new aspect (Anabolic Steroids) into my
training and into
my life.
They would not control me...I would control
them.
Steroids make a great slave, but they are not a
very kind master. I had seen
and lived enough in the way of
addiction to know that I needed to live by my gut and
not let my mind
rationalize me into abuse.
In the years that I have been juicing I have
continued to live by this belief in myself
and to uphold to myself the
values of long-term health and balance.
There have been times where I wanted to do an
extreme-body cycle "just to see
what it would be like" because I have
very good genetics and I know that I would
respond
great.
As a recovering addict though, I also know that "one"
of anything that I really get
off on has never been enough for me. I
always will go back for more.
Therefore, having made my commitment to myself and to
my health I continue to
listen to that instinct inside of me that tells
me when "enough is enough".
In this game there will always be more of this or
that or someone who is doing
something that made them get bigger. I
needed to decide in advance what my
limitations would be.
Don't let ego rule or ruin you. Continue to train
intelligently and to develop the voice
within you. And most importantly..."to
thine own self be true".
In the circles of finance there is an expression
which goes like this:
"A man will spend all his health trying to
get wealth....
and later in life will spend all his wealth trying to get back
his health."
I believe that this principle applies to many areas
of life, including AS usage. We
are all trying to get a "wealth" of
muscle, but let's not throw reason to the wind.
The body does have its limitations. Mega doses of AS,
especially the androgenics
like Parabolon, D-bol, and Test can heavily
tax the system and can even cause
kidney and liver
damage/failure.
Don't slowly desensitize yourself to this fact. We
all have goals but don't forget to
assess the price tag
first.
God Bless, and Keep the Iron Brotherhood/Sisterhood
Strong and Intelligent.
- Paul, Moderator
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