Biggest regret with steroids?

[Southeastbeast1]

Not starting them earlier

A secondary regret. Not necessarily with steroids but with bodybuilding in general..... Not focusing on stretching, foam rolling and massage from day one

Also this

 

[Sp2.0]

"no regerts" that's my credo

 

[AlienHuman]

I am financially secure now but I feel bad about the times I spent money on steroids instead of things my family needed.
I deeply apologize to my family for being selfish when I was young.

QFT; also applies to other areas of life. Wisdom of the ages

 

[master.on]

Not starting them earlier

Amen

Are you on tren? Lol.

Who cares if someone gets started with steroids in their 50s. What's better, being 53 with the declining natural testosterone levels of a regular 53 year old? Or getting started with something that improves your quality of life and makes you look better than 99% of dudes in their 50s. Once you get into it and make it a lifestyle, including diet and training along with the drugs.

I'll be using steroids at 93 if I'm around that long. Steroids are the fountain of youth. Not really, but you can probably understand what I mean. Steroids used wisely can make you feel like you're in your prime as a young man all over again even when you're past that.

More like HCG is the fountain of youth. It delays TRT by at least 20 years.

I am financially secure now but I feel bad about the times I spent money on steroids instead of things my family needed.
I deeply apologize to my family for being selfish when I was young.

Really?
How much did you spend on steroids? $200 a month? $300? Is money that tight?

I can understand getting broke on GH, but steroids?

 

[ickyrica]

Really?
How much did you spend on steroids? $200 a month? $300? Is money that tight?

I can understand getting broke on GH, but steroids?

judging the man for that post? Of all posts to judge...

 

[Dr JIM]

My regret is not paying attention to my joints and working through pain when i was young. Now my shoulders,elbows and knees suck.

Do AAS accelerate degenerative joint disease related processes?

While causal data is limited, its difficult for me to overlook the possibility AAS are in part responsible for arthralgias being the number one complaint in "older" cyclists.

Of course the loads many competitive BB are pushing has something to do with it, but the ability of some AAS to down regulate the glucocorticoid receptor may have paradoxical and untoward physiologic effects. (This relationship may help explain why very few studies support the use of AAS in the post-op orthopedic patient)

Such that while glucocorticoid (such as cortisol) mediated activity is generally "catabolic" with respect to SKM, they are also a critical means of limiting the inflammatory cascade within joints and elsewhere.

Consequently while AAS have not been shown to alter cortisol secretion per se, by suppressing the glucocorticoid receptor, the net effect of AAS may be an inability of cortisol to modulate joint inflammation, and is one reason why older lifters are better off limiting the dose and loads to one of "maintenance" IME.

Just food for thought guys.

JIM

 

[5percentbrah]

Regret running too many new substances at once and getting dumped by my ex GF because EQ somehow made me crazy.

Regret listening to people telling me I could eat anything I wanted on gear and stay lean. Put on a bunch of soft weight my first few cycles that was a waste.

Regret a bunch of time/money wasted on "hey I'll throw this in too" ideas to my early cycles.

 

[hurricane]

I dont have many AAS related regrets. I started using gear in the fall of 2014 after a short stint with a trt doc. I realized TRT = STEROIDS and wanted to start doing it myself. I regret other things though. Some of my best qualities are also the most dangerous qualities about me. I would rather die or cripple myself than give up. Which lead to my FIRST major back injury. Pride lead to my 2nd. I hid the injury pretty well at MEPS so i could get in. Not with malicious intent. Just wanted to get me a piece of those shit heads and i wasnt gonna be denied. Those back injuries hold me back from my true potential in more ways than i can count. Most would just rack it or drop it when they realize there not ready. Not me. I was born with a thick skull and ballz the size of coconuts. When the war paint is on its only gonna end 1 of 2 ways. Im gonna get it or cripple myself trying. Youthful vigor. Old(er) man regrets

+1 on this. I fell in to a short lived phase of falling victim to MORE is BETTER. Some of it was pure pressure and some of it was curiosity. When ever you hear some one saying MORE gear is how you reach your goals just know they are a fucking moron and to dismiss it as that. Nothing more nothing less. Just a moron.

Trukk I know this is off topic but did you see the release of the new semi from Tesla. It's fukin insane looking. Made me think of you. 0-60 in 5 seconds. It's a filthy looking beast. You 2 @HIGHRISK . Check it out when you can.

 

[Masters Power]

Watching the girl from Australia have a mental breakdown on this board several years back.

Each hairy ass shot she posted desperately looking for love and attention was more painful than the last.

 

[AnTabolic73]

Trukk I know this is off topic but did you see the release of the new semi from Tesla. It's fukin insane looking. Made me think of you. 0-60 in 5 seconds. It's a filthy looking beast. You 2 @HIGHRISK . Check it out when you can.

While trump builds a wall and accuses Mexicans of stealing jobs, we will one day have autonomous driving cars and trucks. And a ton of jobs will be lost, to robots.

 

[ickyrica]

Watching the girl from Australia have a mental breakdown on this board several years back.

Each hairy ass shot she posted desperately looking for love and attention was more painful than the last.

What is this breakdown you speak of? I'm going digging...

 

[Masters Power]

What is this breakdown you speak of? I'm going digging...

Someone who has been around for awhile help @Ickyrica out. I can't remember what thread it was in.

I will forewarn you be prepared for lots of scary pictures and reading "Fucks yous all" or something similar in every other post.

 

[MindlessWork]

Watching the girl from Australia have a mental breakdown on this board several years back.

Each hairy ass shot she posted desperately looking for love and attention was more painful than the last.

Alexgt149 if I recollect his/her/it's username...even got a PM one time

S'he had even a crush on OdieM...that was scary.

 

[DrinkFlintWater]

What is this breakdown you speak of? I'm going digging...

Someone who has been around for awhile help @Ickyrica out. I can't remember what thread it was in.

I will forewarn you be prepared for lots of scary pictures and reading "Fucks yous all" or something similar in every other post.

I gotta see this shit.. Icky let me know what you find...

 

[DrinkFlintWater]

Alexgt149 if I recollect his/her/it's username...even got a PM one time

S'he had even a crush on OdieM...that was scary.

I cant even find this username....you recall a thread?

 

[ironwill1951]

did you mean hgh or are you really that stupid ?

Amen


More like HCG is the fountain of youth. It delays TRT by at least 20 yrs

 

[Holistic]

I wish i never listened to guys who were as clueless as me...i wish understood years and years ago what i was doing. I wish i never ran deca only cycles in my late teens. I wish i never joined anabolex(.)com in the early 2000s and followed even worse advice than from gym rats. Speaking of which, does anyone remember an overseas source on there that would ship your gear in an empty VHS tape? Yea, i wish i never used his shit either...shouldve known something was up with the sust when it came in a bottle similar to a visine bottle just wider and taller, you had to unscrew the top and dip your needle in it to draw from....also, the winny tabs...fuck those things...other than that, been somewhat smooth sailing the past few years...

I used to be on anabolex.com... early 2000s... this board was mesomorphosis back then... I had no clue what ai correct dosing was... just keep pinning to see results... amazing how much info is available now...sad to see people just jumping in head first and not even trying to learn about what thery are injecting in their bodies...

 

[Masters Power]

did you mean hgh or are you really that stupid ?

That was a rhetorical question correct?

 

[TSud]

Do AAS accelerate degenerative joint disease related processes?

While causal data is limited, its difficult for me to overlook the possibility AAS are in part responsible for arthralgias being the number one complaint in "older" cyclists.

Of course the loads many competitive BB are pushing has something to do with it, but the ability of some AAS to down regulate the glucocorticoid receptor may have paradoxical and untoward physiologic effects. (This relationship may help explain why very few studies support the use of AAS in the post-op orthopedic patient)

Such that while glucocorticoid (such as cortisol) mediated activity is generally "catabolic" with respect to SKM, they are also a critical means of limiting the inflammatory cascade within joints and elsewhere.

Consequently while AAS have not been shown to alter cortisol secretion per se, by suppressing the glucocorticoid receptor, the net effect of AAS may be an inability of cortisol to modulate joint inflammation, and is one reason why older lifters are better off limiting the dose and loads to one of "maintenance" IME.

Just food for thought guys.

JIM

Big words say what?

 

[Xpac2]

Here for the link to the australian girls breakdown