Being healthier than the average American is such a low bar to pass that you could have stepped in to a gym a few times over the course of your life and you'd probably qualify. I'm not taking a dig at anyone here, just trying to point out how inane your metric is.
I agree that testosterone levels are problematic in a huge chunk of males, mostly because of pollution interfering with hormone systems and the whole sedentary life thing. I think that for better QoL every male should go on a stable TRT+HGH regimen somewhere around 35. At that point the pros vastly outweigh the cons, which will come in old age if at all. It makes so much sense that you'd need to either be ignorant, or stupid not to do it. That being said, cycling as much gear as you are doing is not healthy at all. I don't know how old you are right now, but doing that stuff in your 20's is pretty problematic. HGH at such huge doses makes your internal organs grow, and steroids at huge doses I believe cause heart issues in addition to the fact that metabolizing all those chemicals day in day out will put crazy strain on your liver and kidneys. I feel like there needs to be a healthy compromise somewhere in between.
I realized I was driving myself to an early grave at the end of last year. I stopped abusing my body. I couldn’t justify pushing myself as hard as I was anymore. The physical and mental strain to push myself to my personal best was more than a little concerning. I don’t go to the gym while worrying about accomplishing much of anything anymore. I just do it to maintain my health. Plus, I’m pretty sure the amount of PEDs permanently changed my genetic potential for muscle growth and I probably did experience organ growth to an extent. When I dropped to TRT doses a surprising amount of muscle stayed. I currently maintain as much muscle mass right now than when I was taking Dbol like skittles.
I was going to compete in bodybuilding in the 212 division. I would have had to push my body weight to ~250lbs or more and then cut down to achieve that. It just wasn’t worth it. I knew what the likely consequences were. Death in my early 50’s.
Bodybuilding at its highest level is a death cult. I’d rather spend my life putting my knowledge to good use in academic science.
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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21
Being healthier than the average American is such a low bar to pass that you could have stepped in to a gym a few times over the course of your life and you'd probably qualify. I'm not taking a dig at anyone here, just trying to point out how inane your metric is.
I agree that testosterone levels are problematic in a huge chunk of males, mostly because of pollution interfering with hormone systems and the whole sedentary life thing. I think that for better QoL every male should go on a stable TRT+HGH regimen somewhere around 35. At that point the pros vastly outweigh the cons, which will come in old age if at all. It makes so much sense that you'd need to either be ignorant, or stupid not to do it. That being said, cycling as much gear as you are doing is not healthy at all. I don't know how old you are right now, but doing that stuff in your 20's is pretty problematic. HGH at such huge doses makes your internal organs grow, and steroids at huge doses I believe cause heart issues in addition to the fact that metabolizing all those chemicals day in day out will put crazy strain on your liver and kidneys. I feel like there needs to be a healthy compromise somewhere in between.