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Heard ya bud. Idk how many 270+ pounders are gonna come in at "normal" ranges. AAS or not. At some point one would have to consider the amount of blood volume in a carcass like that and realize "normal" is prolly a lil on the high side. Know what I mean?
I'll share my thoughts on this subject because it's something that both interests and concerns me for a number of reasons. Off topic but I know OGH won't mind since its relevant for all AAS users.
Fact is, being a big human is just bad news for your heart in general. It's not so much that normal should be different for larger people, it's just that being bigger isn't good. It's just something those with bb'ing ambitions have to accept.
Anyway, the monitor is probably the best investment you can make for your health.
It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to know that having interim periods of htn isn't good for you - especially when it adds up over the years. 20+ years of cycling later you may wonder how many years you were walking around with htn numbers, even if you just cycled a few times per year. That can be some scary shit.
Having good genes helps, and it's just 1 risk factor, but then there is the cholesterol issue which really is something that all of us will be affected by. Then hemoglobin. Same story. Add all this shit together and maybe even other issues. Sleep apnea perhaps? The neck girth gained from training heavy certainly doesn't help with this issue either.
I'm not trying to scare monger or anything like that, this is just reality. I actually find it funny because I wasn't fully aware of this stuff when I started AAS. I kept hearing about all the other sides, bitch tits, high e2, losing all gains, pct, etc. Never had any issues with that. None what so fucking ever. Wish I knew a little bit more about it's effects on cardiovascular health though. Wouldn't have changed anything of course, but still.
Time off is the ticket really. Let health markers normalize, keep hemoglobin in range, don't go months and months with fucked up lipids, etc. Not much else we can really do. Blood pressure is something that every doc can help us with though. No reason to let it go untreated if it needs to be addressed.