minister
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I think its like most things in life. Your health outcome will depend on a lot of factors. How your body deals with these hormones(genetics) is one, your lifestyle and diet, and the way that you use the drugs.
Some people can smoke 3 packs of cigarettes a day and never get cancer or develop any health problems, and others might smoke 3 packs a week and get cancer. A good friend of mine smokes 3 packs a day, has been now for 22 years, and has not a single issue. His father has been doing the same for nearly 50 years and is fine too, toss in the grand father while youre at it.
Of course the higher dose of AAS you take, the more your risk. THe big problem is that some people can develop big health issues while taking just moderate doses. I think one of the biggest problems is cruising on test all year long. Once I cruised for a year is when my big problems started and I had the clot. I was crusing on between 500 -250 mg/wk inbetween cycles that were about 8-10 weeks long. My cycles only used 750 mg test/wk with 250mg deca/wk. So thats just 1g/wk total. Thats it.
In the past before I met Phil though, I had done cycles of about 2 to 2.5 grams/wk total. Id do about 8 weeks and get off though.
Maldorf, I think you hit it right on, I am a true believer that the secret to stay healthy and be able to do cycles is extending the time you are off gear, to give your body a chance to recover, myself I'm used to short cycles and longer time off, been using gear for 15 years, I'm not going to lie and say that I have always been this cautious, in my younger years I did long cycles and high doses,but as more info started coming in about the side effects of AAS, I adjusted to lower doses and shorter cycles, and it has worked out really good for me. I am 46 now and besides my BP going a bit high during my time on, everything else checks out, I know I have to give up gear at some point, but not right now, I still enjoy my time in the gym, still holding on to good quality muscle, and one of my best friends is 74 years old, been on gear for 36 years, and I told him I was going to be on gear longer then him, so we'll see. God bless you,and stay healthy, it's not fun otherwise.