Shorter Esters...better!

[DUANABOL]

According to the famous -- Brock Strasser

Short Esters Are Better Esters

Perhaps the most important thing I learned in reviewing this study is that short-chain esters (steroids of shorter half life) yield a much higher plasma concentration of steroid than steroids of longer side chain esters. In this study, a single 100 mg/ml x 1 ml intragluteal injection of nandrolone phenylpropionate caused a peak plasma concentration of almost double that of the 100 mg/ml x 1 ml intragluteal injection of nandrolone decanoate. This level remained increased for almost seven days, too. By fourteen days, even though the nandrolone decanoate ester demonstrated a much higher plasma level than the nandrolone phenylpropionate level, the net amount of both was so low as to be ineffective.

This tells me that the effects I can see from using 500 mg of Testosterone enanthate per week probably won’t be the same as using 500 mg of Testosterone propionate or even Testosterone suspension per week. I’m going to see better results with the propionate and even better results with the suspension. Sure, I may need to inject the propionate and suspension more often, but in the long run it’ll pay off for me. (Not that I’d use steroids, of course. No sir, not me. They’re illegal!)

 

[jcp2]

You are talking about single shots, the long acting esthers will build up to higher levels than the short acting esthers i beleive when taking a shot every couple days. Although what you are saying is true, it is not relative to those taking multiple weekly shots.

 

[elijah_123]

Also this is due to the ester weight.

100mg of test base = 100mg of test
100mg of Test prop is about 80mg of test
100mg of test enan is about 67mg of test.

Your theory of plasma levels 14 days later is also flawed.
Real world situations are not worked out in 1 injection systems. Try this inject 250mg of Test Susp every 3 days for 4 weeks. Do the same with Test enan. THen 2 days after the last injection in week four check plasma levels. THe enan will have very good plasma concentrations while the susp will be almost none, because hpta is shut down and the test susp has already been metabolized.

 

[Trevdog]

Brock Strasser is a tmag butt head but I didn't think he was this foolish.

 

[E-Swift25]

The thing is, no everyone wants to inject daily, especially if they're on several different compounds.

 

[Bullfx]

I get much stronger on enth than prop

 

[DUANABOL]

FYI

I don't necessarily agree with Brock Strasser's article. I just posted it to get some feedback on the topic. After reading a lot of Brock's steroid articles, I've found that he writes some pretty silly stuff. I wonder if he just does this to get attention?

 

[Dr.X]

Shorter esters are only better for very specific circumstances:

1. You don't know how you're going to react to a particular substance. The shorter half-life will allow quicker clearance if an adverse effect is seen.

2. The last phase of contest dieting where you don't want long-acting drugs to contribute to water retention.

Other than that, I'd consider them essentially identical in terms of utility and effectiveness.

 

[elijah_123]

Long acting esters DO NOT contribute to water retention any more than short esters do.