A mate of mine wants to bulk up on steroids for the summer. Hes looking for advice. discuss.......?

Answer 1

A mate...riiiight....

Tell...your mate....not to do it- rely on good old hard work alone. Tell....your mate...to try damned harder!

Answer 2

Dont do it there are many bad side effects from steroids besides the obvious ones tell your friend to stop paying attention to the media and the false world around him nothing in life that's worth anything is easy taking shortcuts in life is a recipe for disaster perhaps your friend needs to gain some acceptance of himself and how god made him dont listen to the T.V. and magazines that's all propaganda to get people to buy crap . We are perfect the way we are if you want big muscles so the Chic's like you WORK HARD FOR IT!

Answer 3

Depends on your build if your talking short term results, the only way to use roids is if your willing to seriously going to hit the gym.... y'see the main use is to increase recoverery time so you are able to train more often (its like putting nitros on a volvo 240dl ie I wont do jack put nitros on a ruff tuned porsche using it at high revs now your talking) if you (or your friend) wants to then give it a go just make sure u know how to to inject and make sure your happy the roids are genuine

Answer 4

please dont is all I can say I take the kind for health not bulk and all are bad for the system they start shuttin down parts till nothin wants to work right, try eating a lil more and then work out a lil more, also can stop for a weekor two and then start back, it fools the body when it gets use to somethin,

Answer 5

A famous football player died of brain cancer which he attributed to steroids before his death. Advise him to stay away from them. What good is a nice looking corpse???

Answer 6

It works well on the heart muscle and liver too causing them to enlarge with FATAL results!! I know several people who are now 6stone and totally disabled for the sake of cheating!!

DON'T even THINK of it!

Answer 7

My advice - stay the hell off of steroids!

Answer 8

Hey, it can be safe if done right. And as far as the balls comments, you know what they say, the smaller the potatoes, the bigger the steak looks!!

Answer 9

Sure the roids will bulk him up, but he can say good bye to his balls

Answer 10

work out da right way. avoid steriods. unless he really wanna go fo it, expect a few chemical changes...and alot of shrinkin dat i dont think he's gon be too happy bout..

Answer 11

A steroid is a lipid characterized by a carbon skeleton with four fused rings. All steroids are derived from the acetyl CoA biosynthetic pathway. Different steroids vary in the functional groups attached to these rings. Hundreds of distinct steroids have been identified in plants, animals, and fungi. Their most important role in most living systems is as hormones. Steroid hormones produce their physiological effects by binding to steroid hormone receptor proteins. The binding of steroid hormones to their receptors causes changes in gene transcription and cell function.


Steroid skeleton. Carbons 18 and above can be absent.In human physiology and medicine, the most important steroids are cholesterol, the steroid hormones, and their precursors and metabolites. In the bloodstream steroids are bound to carrier proteins.

Cholesterol is an important steroid alcohol, being a common component of animal cell membranes. However, a high level of it can cause various conditions and diseases, such as atherosclerosis. Most other steroids are synthesized from cholesterol. Also, various hormones, including vertebrate sex hormones, are steroids created from cholesterol.

Some of the common categories of steroids include:

Anabolic steroids are a class of steroids that interact with androgen receptors to increase muscle and bone synthesis. There are natural and synthetic anabolic steroids. These are the "steroids" used by athletes to increase performance.
Corticosteroids include glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoids:
Glucocorticoids regulate many aspects of metabolism and immune function, and often prescribed by doctors to reduce inflammatory conditions like asthma and arthritis.
Mineralocorticoids are corticosteroids that help maintain blood volume and control renal excretion of electrolytes.
Sex steroids are a subset of sex hormones that produce sex differences or support reproduction. They include androgens, estrogens, and progestagens.
Phytosterols - steroids naturally occurring in plants.
The term steroid is often used more restrictively in specific contexts. For instance, steroid in common medical usage by non-endocrinologists usually refers to corticosteroids, nearly always glucocorticoids. In an athletic or body-building context, steroid commonly refers to anabolic steroids.

Sex steroids include estrogen (U.S spelling) or oestrogen (UK spelling), progesterone and androgen. Oestrogen and progesterone are made primarily in the ovary and in the placenta during pregnancy and testosterone in the testis.

Unwanted side effects
Many androgens are metabolized to estrogenic compounds which bind to estrogen receptors, producing additional (usually) unwanted effects:

Elevated blood pressure
Cholesterol levels – Increased LDL, Decreased HDL levels
Acne– Due to the stimulation of sebaceous glands [1]
Reduced sexual function and temporary infertility
Conversion to DHT (Dihydrotestosterone) resulting in premature baldness.
Increased aggression – While very rare, increased aggression with possible psychiatric symptoms such as violence, mania, and psychosis - Known informally as "roid rage"
Enlargement of the heart – The heart is a muscle and thus affected by the muscle-building qualities of the hormones. The enlargement increases the risk of an adverse cardiac event occurring in later life.
Liver damage – Caused particularly by oral anabolic steroid compounds which are 17-alpha-alkylated in order to not be destroyed by the digestive system.
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Male-specific side effects
Gynecomastia – Abnormal breast development, due to aromatization
Testicular atrophy – Temporary side effect that is reversible provided the treatment is not too long.
Prostate cancer – Heavy steroid use can affect hormone-sensitive tissue and organs, in particular, the prostate, causing increased risk of prostate cancer; the enlargement is a result of conversion of anabolic steroids into DHT by 5-alpha-reductase
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Female-specific side effects
Permanent virilizing side effects include

Body hair increase
Deepening of the voice
Enlarged clitoris (clitoral hypertrophy)
Temporary decrease in menstrual cycles
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Adolescent-specific side effects
Stunted growth – Abuse of the agents may prematurely stop the lengthening of bones (premature epiphyseal fusion through increased estrogen)
Accelerated bone maturation
Slight beard growth
An ideal anabolic steroid (a hormone with purely anabolic effects and no virilizing or other side effects) has been widely sought. Many synthetic anabolic steroids have been developed in an attempt to find molecules that produced a higher degree of anabolic rather than virilizing effects. Unfortunately, the most effective steroids known for increasing lean body mass also have the strongest androgenic characteristics.