Evo, nasao sam za sve one koji razmisljaju da uzimaju steroide, "nekoliko" pitanja, pa kao sto autor kaze "ako mozete sa lakocom da odgovorite na SVA pitanja, onda postoji sansa da su MOZDA steroidi za vas..."
If YOU are a young man who longs to “get swole”, you should know the answers to these questions at least as well as the middle-aged woman who is asking them.
So then, grasshopper, when you can answer the following questions with ease… there is a small chance that you may be ready.
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Turn over your examination paper.
You have all the time you need.
Begin.
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1. What are your maintenance calories?
2. Can you design and adhere to an appropriate diet for your goals?
3. What is your current lean mass and your % bodyfat?
4. Do you know how to gain weight?
5. Is your current training built around heavy compound lifts and free-weight movement patterns, or bodypart splits and machines?
6. Name three steroid hormones your body makes.
7. Is growth hormone a steroid?
8. What does AAS stand for?
9. What is the difference between AAS and steroids such as cortisone?
10. Are the oral birth control pills women take also AAS?
11. How do you stimulate muscle to make it grow?
12. What do you think you will get from AAS that you aren’t getting now?
13. Are you ready to no longer be able to say you’re natural?
14. Beyond “newbie gains”, how much muscle can an average man in say his mid-twenties expect to gain naturally in a month if he does everything right?
15. How much if he runs AAS?
16. Beyond “newbie gains”, can you gain any appreciable amount of muscle without gaining weight?
17. What happens if you gain weight faster than you can gain muscle?
18. Will this still happen if you run AAS?
19. How much testosterone does a normal healthy man’s body produce in a week (give the average for men aged 20 and for men aged 40)
20. Explain the difference between endogenous and exogenous testosterone.
21. Explain the difference between the medical terms “physiologic” and “supraphysiologic”.
22. Explain why men must take enough testosterone to completely replace their own testosterone, PLUS enough to go over this level, in order to elevate their levels above normal.
23. Why are oral steroids more toxic than injectable steroids?
24. Assuming you get clean gear, what are possible risks to your health of using injectable steroids?
25. The most commonly used AAS is testosterone, a hormone found in the human body. Testosterone is available as a suspension, and also dissolved in oil as the following esters:
* Propionate
* Enanthate
* Cypionate
* Undecanoate
26. Why use these oil-based injections rather than the water-based suspension?
27. Explain:
* The purpose of esterification
* The difference between the above esters
AAS affect your own hormones, as well as other blood chemicals such as your lipid profile and thyroid function.
Describe what can happen to your own:
28. Testosterone production
29. Estrogen production
30. T3 production
31. Blood lipids, specifically
a. HDL
b. LDL
c. Triglycerides
32. Liver function
33. In light of all this, list the blood tests you should have done before and after your cycle.
34. Describe post-cycle therapy, and explain why it is often necessary for men, but not for women.
35. Describe aromatase:
* What does it act upon?
* What does it produce?
* In which type of tissue does aromatase reside?
36. Describe 5-alpha-reductase:
* What does it act upon?
* What does it produce?
* What drug prevents 5-alpha-reductase from performing this function?
37. What is a SERM?
38. Explain the difference between SERMs and aromatase inhibitors, giving an example of each.
* What are the health risks associated with taking SERMs?
* What are the health risks associated with taking aromatase inhibitors?
39. What is clomid and why is it used?
40. Which of your five senses can be permanently harmed by Nolvadex?
41. Many users experience what is called post-cycle depression.
* Explain why, and strategies for getting through this.
42. Are anabolic steroids addictive?
43. What is an androgen receptor? In which types of tissues are they found?
44. Why is it important to cycle steroids rather than just stay on?
45. How long should you wait after running a cycle until you run another cycle? Why?
46. How much of your gains while “on” can you expect to keep when you’re “off”?
47. How will you handle being asked if you are on steroids? Will you tell your family? Your friends? Your main squeeze?
Will any of them ever use this information against you – for example, in child-custody or other disputes?
48. How will you handle being asked for sources?
49. Do you know and understand the laws regarding steroids where you live?
50. Are you ready?