ruxgear
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Steroid Use - Yes or No?
Here is my incomplete thoughts on the matter and the questions I believe everyone should ask themselves before committing to supplementing with AAS;
1. Why do I want to take them? Need to be real and honest with this answer. If you are not honest with this answer the following questions are thrown out the window.
2. Do I fully understand the risks? It's an important question you gotta ask yourself, because there is a lot of contradictory information about the subject.
3. Do I really need them? If I haven't given 100% effort and commitment to doing it naturally first then I have to be honest with myself and answer this with a clear "NO". I have a lot of respect for professional sports men and women that reach the natural limits of their efforts and then decide to take it to the next level.
4. Do I have clearly defined goals and are they realistic?
5. Have I expressed the past discipline (diet, training, rest, etc.) to make their use effective? This answer MUST be "yes" before considering AAS. We need to get this right first before taking the plunge.
Steroid use, in a controlled and educated setting, can be effective but when combined with poor education and even poorer discipline (laziness on the users part) then it becomes a wasted effort.
In closing, I will say with a high level of certainty that most of us if we answered the first question honestly and are not a professional athlete the answer to question #3 will be "no" but we are simply attempting to do more with less. The passion that we show in our hobby sport is good and is to be commended. If the answer to question #5 is "no" then we are only fooling ourselves and believe the laws of physics do not apply to us.
Keep it real and stay real.