Anabolic steroids and the factors you should be focusing on

D.graham0991

Amateur Bodybuilder
So I know this site is based on steroid use and I understand most people who find their way here are looking for answers about cycle layout, hormones, TRT, etc... I originally came here looking for that same information.

With steroid use comes great power and like Spiderman says, "great power comes with great responsibility". What i am saying is that you need to become responsible about every factor of training and nutrition before you even begin to think about cycling hormones and playing with your genetic makeup.

The single most important factor of being shredded, jacked, massive, chiseled, or whatever your goals are that led you to thoughts about AAS is NUTRITION. You can load yourself with test, tren, deca, and all the orals you want but if you eat processed, fatty, fried, are un natural foods then you are sick. What I mean by sick is that you are feeding your body chemicals that were never meant to be processed by your body and are, therefore, poisons. Your body is never near homeostasis and probably aches from constant inflammation and fat. Tendonitis, joint pain, groggyness, and weakness (unless you have a disease or other illness) is almost always the result of a poor diet. If your body cannot fire correctly at its synapses then it is not efficient enough to reach your true potential. This is why most heavy steroid users that you see on the street are big and strong but usually fat and not symettrical.

The next biggest factor is training. DO NOT EGO LIFT. You need to focus on full ROM, higher reps (despite common beliefs, lifting heavy weights for low reps does not fall into the most efficient category for muscle hypertophy - stick to things you can do 12-20 rep maxes with unless you are training for a strength competition), focusing on relaxing all muscle groups not associated with exercise, controlling the weight for the entire eccentric and concentric contraction, and TIME UNDER TENSION. Question everything and everyone who tells you to do something. Study what each muscle group is physiologically designed to do and repeat that motion correctly. Using muscles in an anti physiologically accurate manner will cause injury.

If you have truly mastered the diet suitable for your goals through use of organic, whole, natural, and low fat foods and have dedicated serious time to focus and tension through functional exercises than you can begin to research AAS using all of the amazing threads on this site. Also make sure that you are getting efficient and regular sleep. wish you all the best of luck in your endeavors of fitness.

NUTRITION NUTRITION NUTRITION.
 
Refreshing from such a new and young member.

I ll make a note of it, TY. I m pounding meal 6 now which is 5 boiled eggs , 4 pieces dark bread w a wee bit mayo on the side way to much salt and will finish it off w a Marlboro light and probably another before bed.
 
Lol you do your thing man. But you reminded me, sodium should be kept as low as possible and smoking causes cancer! Just for those that didnt know :laugh:
 
Sodium s irrelevant provided you drink copious amounts of water and besides I LIKE it. lol

My now ex gf worried herself then me right into being solo again for the same thing...playing it so g d safe she was stressing me out. Sugar, sodium msg, fat, egg yokes, working around loud motors emissions, cordite at in door ranges. Fuck me. STOP.

I told her---
Gravity--is bad for your spine
Aging is getting u closer to the end every day
She s a jogger...pounds her knees.
I can t run to the stop sign but can walk back to where I started be it 2 miles or 4 days .
Like swimming. I float like a stone, love to dive but hate to swim but always s make it back to the boat.
Hell I even exceed the speed limit at times.

Moderation in all that you do--Aristotle or Socrates--get them boy loving ass packing scholarly types mixed up. Use don t abuse AAS, food for fun at times...u gotta live.
Something to look forward to-a key to happiness, one of many. I look forward to the next gf and seeing her reaction when I eat 6 cheeseburgers and a shake then bone the bee jsusu oughtta her. Test cialus a bit of a benzo///never had a complaint yet...I could be wrong...it happened...once.

lol

Just jkg--I do not advocate anyone doing as I do-aim higher, much much higher. I m just a red neck with to much ed ju mu cation guns and really don t give less than 2 shit s bout much but my kid. Just being me as it all I can I can be lol

(..if all dogs go to heaven Mike Vick s fucked...)
 
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Funny that this pops up

im currently working on a new training routine. ive been on a 3x5 strength program for a bit and its time to switch up as i come into my cycle.

any training suggestions they you may enjoy or have had some success with?
 
Funny that this pops up

im currently working on a new training routine. ive been on a 3x5 strength program for a bit and its time to switch up as i come into my cycle.

any training suggestions they you may enjoy or have had some success with?

That's about as random as it gets!

What are your goals?

To run 100m in under 10 secs?
To bench a 1 ton of weight?
To swim a mile?
To compete in Mr Olympia?
To drive in a straight line on a windy road?

It's bad enough gatecrashing someone's thread on nutrition and asking for training advice.
But it's downright rude to do so without even explaining your goals!
 
I enjoy sticking to golden age bodybuilding exercises but incorporating a new technique every week. For example this week is triple dropset week. The 3rd set of every exercise that I do will be a triple drop set for every exercise this week. Next week will be rest pause sets, the next week will be static contractions, and so on and so forth. I have about 9 different techniques to do and I will cycle through them and then start over. Constantly switch my techniques but I always stick to basic functional movements while keeping a very slow and controlled constant tension. I never jerk the weights or anything like that. For my big muscle groups and compound movements i stick to 12 rep maximums and for smaller muscle groups or single joint movements i stick to around 15-20 rep maximums depending on how i feel. Focus, squeeze, breathe brotha.
 
That's about as random as it gets!

What are your goals?

To run 100m in under 10 secs?
To bench a 1 ton of weight?
To swim a mile?
To compete in Mr Olympia?
To drive in a straight line on a windy road?

It's bad enough gatecrashing someone's thread on nutrition and asking for training advice.
But it's downright rude to do so without even explaining your goals!

Lmao I dont get offended easily so I answered his questions based on assumptions that he is trying yo get lean and muscular. Good point though bigben
 
I enjoy sticking to golden age bodybuilding exercises but incorporating a new technique every week. For example this week is triple dropset week. The 3rd set of every exercise that I do will be a triple drop set for every exercise this week. Next week will be rest pause sets, the next week will be static contractions, and so on and so forth. I have about 9 different techniques to do and I will cycle through them and then start over. Constantly switch my techniques but I always stick to basic functional movements while keeping a very slow and controlled constant tension. I never jerk the weights or anything like that. For my big muscle groups and compound movements i stick to 12 rep maximums and for smaller muscle groups or single joint movements i stick to around 15-20 rep maximums depending on how i feel. Focus, squeeze, breathe brotha.
I agree -keep the body guessing. Although you could probably do each one for several weeks without stalling out, I like the way you think. I, for one, let my workouts become stale doing the same things, and I have to force myself to try new methods. My doctors warned me of heavy squats spiking my blood pressure so I've forced myself to try pause reps with less weight. I can rep 315 plus but it's hard to breathe in the hole with that much weight. Pause reps with 225 can increase intensity without me holding my breath. Legs are big enough already just need to refine what's there
 
That's about as random as it gets!

What are your goals?

To run 100m in under 10 secs?
To bench a 1 ton of weight?
To swim a mile?
To compete in Mr Olympia?
To drive in a straight line on a windy road?

It's bad enough gatecrashing someone's thread on nutrition and asking for training advice.
But it's downright rude to do so without even explaining your goals!

Good questions, its all about end game. Lots of guys lose focus of that and pump and juice just to do it because Jim down the street is doing it and its in fashion, better to get your end game defined and attack from that standpoint.
 
There's a difference between lifting weight and bodybuilding. Lifting weight is done by doing whatever takes the least amount of resistance to move weight. Bodybuilding is putting the most tension on a given muscle until failure. Most would benefit by dropping their weight by 50% and actually train the muscle. You can either look like a badass throwing weight around the gym for an hr or look like a badass outside the gym all the time. Egos don't build muscles...
 
I lied, I will say something only because I can't agree more with you dgraham on the do each rep slowly focusing on the muscle being worked with full contractions theory & and I'm sure you keep tight form. But I can't, myself, sign up to the 20 rep theory. Not sure about that. If it works for you & u see improvement, more power to ya. I'm more in the school of thought I think where tbonexl is coming from and that is heavy weight to failure. Ive gained the most progress from this myself. But I'd like to hear more on your thoughts on it, if any. Thnx bro.
 
Sitting back taking it all in.....some good ass info in this one fellas.....thnx;-)

Sure is, I keep telling the younger lads around me to stay off fast foods, processed foods etc. but all they listen to is what the TV tells them to eat.
and TETS post sums up alot of other issues, thanks Teutonic!
 
...if I cant do a movement correctly 8-12 times I don t bother anymore but as BB said and Bossman Milt added, u gotta have a goal. In powerlifting it s a different approach.

My goal is to be buried looking as good as possible as I am just that darn vain...granted my work is dependent my being able to exert a certain of deterrence but also being able to back that "presence up" by either parting a crowd w a stare or stride to physically being able to do same.

Food is the most anabolic thing there is...sunlight to photosynthesis if u will...add fertilizer, AAS it s compounded.
 
So getting a tanning pack for me and the wifey this winter wouldn't be a bad idea I assume. If I'm understanding you about sunlight. She would be a happy camper anyways...lol.
 
That's about as random as it gets!

What are your goals?

To run 100m in under 10 secs?
To bench a 1 ton of weight?
To swim a mile?
To compete in Mr Olympia?
To drive in a straight line on a windy road?

It's bad enough gatecrashing someone's thread on nutrition and asking for training advice.
But it's downright rude to do so without even explaining your goals!

Wasn't trying to jack a thread. I was actually hoping to add onto it and get some different opinions, input, and convo. I wasn't looking to get too specific, I wanted more to know what everyone else liked
 
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