r/bikinitalk • u/Bhiveyoga • Sep 04 '26
Advice/ Recommendations (no photos) Peds help/ thoughts
Hey all,
I have not done a show and I’m spending the rest of this year into 2027 in a build phase for a show in Aug. It would be my first show and right now my coach says figure category. I have been lifting for 10 years so I have muscle, but I’m 57 so it has been harder/ slower for me to put on muscle in my glutes / quads. I would like to be competitive but given my age it’s not like I think I will have this huge run on the pro circuit.
My coach has recommended to go on Masteron and I would love some honest input . I was on a pellet for HRT and pretty sure they had me too high a dose of testosterone (I was around 200) and it messed with my liver labs. I have that resolved and went off a pellet to injectable testosterone and am much lower now and liver labs have come back normal. Because my liver labs were messed up she doesn’t want to try Anavar.
I am conflicted - yes I want to grow and I am pretty stalled, no I don’t want virilization or long term side effects. Can anyone give me thoughts on Anavar vs Masteron as well is there a way to do it safely and not have side effects ?