I can say that many years ago I used to talk to paul borreson from the UK.. He had a great magazine called the " governor" that was a very hardcore magazine.. It had some training articles but was mainly drug related.. Very similar to peak training journal that was put out here briefly by Steve colts scott... We are talking late 90s.. But one thing that was fairly common ( and remember this is when the drug culture really escalated) in the UK was adding various compounds to a large 100ml bottle and and just shoot three cc or more a day.. A person would pick three or 4 of their favorite compiunds and by various amounts of the amps and just pour them into the large Vail and shake it up.. Use it until it's empty then fill it back up.. Not really knowing exactly what you were shooting in accuare amounts... It baffled me .. But I thought it was just the escalating drug culture that was coming about ...BUT....
a few years later I mentioned this to a magazine editor I knew that was very much into the scene from the 70s on.. He was not shocked and said " that is a British thing.. That's been going on for years before paul brought that up" .. He then went on to mention that a famous pro of the 80s out of the UK was known for it.. Just buying 100 cc of random gear and mixing and injecting a certain amount each day .
So why do I mention this ? Because gear abuse ( as bad as it is today) was bad in various instances in the past.. Granted no insulin or HGH in many instances but if it were available they would use it.. They are not holier than thou.. Look at grymkowski.. He was the epitome of abuse and admits it.. But he got very sick and had to bow out.. Don ross.. Again abused to large degree and paid a price.. There is always a mythical idea we get that the guys in the 80s and 90s DIDNT abuse but we should know different now.. This drug culture has been brewing for a long time.. The difference is that they still trained like mad men back then and many would at least abide by " cycles" or time off .. Today there is no time off.. It's full blast or a silly cruise.. Which is just a small cycle..
If you take insulin and hgh out of the equation and the added lbs they build you have the bodies ( in many cases) of the 80s and early 90s.. Again many did not know the health consequences of constant use at high levels.. The difference is today we know.. WE , TODAY, HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR THIS BEHAVIOR KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW.. I can not reiterate enough gentleman that dropping to trt doses ( stop kidding yourself that trt is 400 mgs of test) for many months a couple times a year will not hinder gains.. You will not lose shit.. Bodybuilding is gaining 5 pounds of muscle followed by losing two pounds of muscle.. But guess what?? You are now three pounds ahead of where Ya where.. It's a win.. Two steps forward and 1 step back.. This accumulates over the years.. It's a marathon not a sprint., go ahead and sprint and see if your lifting at the age of 40 or so..
So yes.. Their was abuse in the 80s etc.. But what was learned back then should be adhered to today.. But it's not.. That's what's sad.. No one is paying attention.. There is a smart way to do this.. Trust me when I tell you one can be a large man and healthy to an extent.. But it take more commitment and planning than just shooting and eating..
You have to spend some " cycle money" on blood work.. Take your health supplements religiously .. But also understand they don't work miracles.. You have to take time to get blood work into normal levels and keep them there for long times.. If your blood work is screwed up on a gram of test dropping to 400 mgs is not clearing this up because your taking krill oil and curcumin.. You need to go to trt and get blood lipids back in line., then see what dose you can take before shot goes bad.. My blood work is perfect at 300 mgs of test except for low Hdl ( which I've always had).. Once I go above that everything is going a bit off.. Hdl gets a bit worse.. Lipids get whacked.. So that's where I'm at.. Now there was a guy here in Vikings posts that ran fairly large amounts of gear and his blood work was amazing during the cycle.. He is a rarity.. But that's the genetic component of bodybuilding.. Stop trying to alter your body's reactions and learn what they are and train and use with in those parameters.. Pretty simple.. But this " foot on the gas " all the time has Got to stop.. And there is a selfish component to this also.. You guys abusing and getting sick and collapsing are fucking it up for those who try and use responsible.. The negative attention because you have no discipline makes life hard on many of your fellow lifters.. So in other words.. KNOCK IT OFF