steroid boomers

[metalmaster1]

I was just sitting here thinking about how huge the steroid craze is. Maybe I was unaware before now, I dont know. I used to subscribe to this website when I started the sauce because I didnt want to fuck it up and some of these guys are super helpful. I also lifted and participated in athletics while growing up. I remember in high school seeing a poster in my locker room of a football player with every side effect possible from steroids and details about the side effects. This still did not deter my thinking that maybe that poster was just there to scare me. It didnt...I just didnt have the resources I have today to play biochemist on myself. I have always had a fascination with being the stongest and baddest mother fucker out there and did a ton of research (btw there wasnt shit for knowledge on the subject at the time) and now you have so much information thrown at you that its hard to decipher between the truth and bullshit.

I hit my absolute max while I was a sophomore in college. Weighing in at a stout 220 and pushing the capabilities of my body with crap supplements from nutrishop (tren extreme ring a bell??) I decided to take the leap into the chemically enhanced side of life. For me this was easy. I always knew I would and I wouldnt reach my goals and look the way I wanted to without the sauce. It was a no brainer for me. And here I am nearly 10 years later avidly battling the weights in an all out war against myself to get bigger and look fucking scarier. Now the point of my story is to point out that 10 years ago you kept your training secrets to yourself regardless of what people assumed you were on and now it looks like im just blending in with the crowd. Kids these days are doing it wrong and looking for a miracle drug to make them something they're not....and to tell you the truth, they found it. Its all just kind of scary to me. I have ruined every romantic relationship ive had because of this shit and I still wont stop taking it because my lifestyle is exactly where I want it to be. I know steroids have changed my life and helped me reach my goals. And im ok with the bad parts of them. Juicing is part of who I am. But is it for everyone? Is it for the kid who got bullied and wants to show his bully what the fuck is up in a year and a half? Or the high school athlete that is just a little too small or slow to make the cut in college? It seems young people are coming up with shitty reasons to start juicing anymore and trying to take the easy way out to get results quickly. Maybe its just me but this shit isnt something to just dabble with. Its a fuckin lifestyle and you better be prepared to take the plunge and not look back.

 

[Capt Forest]

Well said. Great read.

I agree people are looking for what ever reason they want to start pinning. Not that my reason to start was good but i have to agree with you.

 

[BR1217]

I was just sitting here thinking about how huge the steroid craze is. Maybe I was unaware before now, I dont know. I used to subscribe to this website when I started the sauce because I didnt want to fuck it up and some of these guys are super helpful. I also lifted and participated in athletics while growing up. I remember in high school seeing a poster in my locker room of a football player with every side effect possible from steroids and details about the side effects. This still did not deter my thinking that maybe that poster was just there to scare me. It didnt...I just didnt have the resources I have today to play biochemist on myself. I have always had a fascination with being the stongest and baddest mother fucker out there and did a ton of research (btw there wasnt shit for knowledge on the subject at the time) and now you have so much information thrown at you that its hard to decipher between the truth and bullshit.

I hit my absolute max while I was a sophomore in college. Weighing in at a stout 220 and pushing the capabilities of my body with crap supplements from nutrishop (tren extreme ring a bell??) I decided to take the leap into the chemically enhanced side of life. For me this was easy. I always knew I would and I wouldnt reach my goals and look the way I wanted to without the sauce. It was a no brainer for me. And here I am nearly 10 years later avidly battling the weights in an all out war against myself to get bigger and look fucking scarier. Now the point of my story is to point out that 10 years ago you kept your training secrets to yourself regardless of what people assumed you were on and now it looks like im just blending in with the crowd. Kids these days are doing it wrong and looking for a miracle drug to make them something they're not....and to tell you the truth, they found it. Its all just kind of scary to me. I have ruined every romantic relationship ive had because of this shit and I still wont stop taking it because my lifestyle is exactly where I want it to be. I know steroids have changed my life and helped me reach my goals. And im ok with the bad parts of them. Juicing is part of who I am. But is it for everyone? Is it for the kid who got bullied and wants to show his bully what the fuck is up in a year and a half? Or the high school athlete that is just a little too small or slow to make the cut in college? It seems young people are coming up with shitty reasons to start juicing anymore and trying to take the easy way out to get results quickly. Maybe its just me but this shit isnt something to just dabble with. Its a fuckin lifestyle and you better be prepared to take the plunge and not look back.

I am not trying to be a jerk so please don't read anything into this.
What point are you trying to make? Please give me the cliff notes version. I agree with a lot of things you said, just seemed very random to me. Thanks for sharing.

BTW - I am a little older as well and have seen a lot of the same things you mention.

Is the point that kids shouldn't do exactly what we did at their age?

 

[metalmaster1]

I am not trying to be a jerk so please don't read anything into this.
What point are you trying to make? Please give me the cliff notes version. I agree with a lot of things you said, just seemed very random to me. Thanks for sharing.

BTW - I am a little older as well and have seen a lot of the same things you mention.

Is the point that kids shouldn't do exactly what we did at their age?

Honestly this was a completely random post. I was up at 2 am reading through these "first cycle" threads and it seems like these kids have no idea what the hell they are getting into. Before I started I did as much research as possible, I even wrote several research reports for a few of my classes while I was in school on anabolics.
I used to be the minority in the gym and now it seems like everyone is juicing...most are checking themselves out in the mirror more than actually lifing too....which is weird in itself. The lifting culture has changed and everyone wants to be big and that's fine but it seems like people are treating steroids as a fly by night fix all that will get them the girl and then they can quit. And in my opinion that is a terrible way to look at steroids. I knew before I started juicing that I would like it and continue the sauce until the day I die (possibly from the sauce, who knows). I never looked at steroids as a "I'll try this to see if I like it". It's a lifestyle choice in my opinion.

I just think people need to reevaluate what they actually want out of this stuff. You can get seriously hurt if you do it the wrong way and thank god for some people on this site and others that advocate doing it the right way to help the idiots that don't want to do any research on their own. When it comes to messing with hormones you need to know what you're doing and not just take the advice from some huge gym rat that lives out of his van in front of golds. I know this is a jumbled mess of thoughts and I hope it makes a little sense.

 

[ThunderNuts]

One thing I have learned over the years... if a guy has it in his mind to use anabolics, he will use regardless if he knows how to do it or not.
Sites like these are invaluable. Many times I've had new guys pm me on the other sites I'm usually on and ask how to fix themselves because they never learned about pct.
I always help out because I was them once. But when I started, there was not a lot of information out there. At that time, you had to pay for membership on boards to get the information you needed, and even then you had to EARN it. I'm not talking about getting sources.. I'm talking about guys helping you straighten yourself out.
I try to talk them out of doing stupid things these days, but I know if they have made up their minds, there isnt a lot you or I can do about it. Just like parents with teenage kids... all you can do is put the info out there, hope they pick it up, and help them pull themselves together when they fuck up.