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The Dangers of Building Muscles Fast With Steroids

Building muscle is a great way to condition yourself for sports and to create a healthier, happier body. However, building muscle fast is a goal that many people feel under great pressure to complete. This can lead them to doing unhealthy things with their bodies, such as using steroids or lifting too much weight and damaging their muscles. It's okay to want to build up muscles but doing so too fast isn't worth the problems it can cause.
The Dangers of Building Muscles Fast With Steroids
Sports often demand players to be as strong as possible. This is especially true of sports like football and weight lifting. Using steroids can seem like a quick and easy way to build muscles. However, the quick gain of muscles isn't worth the harm that steroids do to your body. Here is a quick list of problems caused by anabolic steroids.
Effects on the Brain
Anabolic steroids can cause adverse mood swings. This is because they are a synthetic version of a natural hormone in the body that causes people to become aggressive when necessary. This hormone kicks in when you are being competitive or if you feel at risk for your life. However, steroids often cause this feeling of nervousness to occur randomly, leading to angry outbursts and other serious mental conditions.
Steroids can also be addictive as they will replace the production of this hormone in your body, meaning you will need regular doses to keep the hormone level high. They can also cause depression, restlessness, mood swings and other serious mental problems, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Physical Problems
Steroids can cause a series of problems with your body that you may not even notice until it is too late. Chief amongst these problems are:
* Lack of bone growth.
* High blood pressure.
* Balding.
* Acne.
* Liver cysts or cancer.
* Weakened tendons, ligaments and muscles.
Steroids can also affect boys and girls differently. Since steroids stop the natural production of testosterone in your body (for up to a year) boys often become more feminine and grow breasts, lose testicular mass, have low sperm count, become impotent, increased prostate growth, serious cancer, premature balding and a higher pitched voice.
Girls suffer the opposite effects: they become more masculine. They grow male body hair, develop male pattern baldness, get a deepened voice, irregular periods, lose breast mass, grown an enlarged clitoris and may even cause birth defects.
The appeal and pressue may be sky high, but building muscle fast is dangerous and should be done naturally to avoid these problems. Regular work out regiments with a personal trainer can help you build muscles safely and quickly.

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The Dangers of Steroid Use in Fitness Training

The Dangers of Steroid Use in Fitness Training are huge. Anyone involved in fitness training or bodybuilding needs to be well educated and aware of the dangers surrounding the use of steroids. Steroids are often seen as a fast track to increased muscle mass and strength. While anabolic steroids can build muscle quickly, they come with massive risks that far outweigh their benefits.
The Dangers of Steroid Use in Fitness Training
Steroids are Never the Answer
Some people want shortcuts to reach fitness and peak physical condition. When results aren't coming quickly, steroids can be a tempting option. Before you even think about using steroids to build muscle, consider the dangers and long term effects.
Anabolic steroids are synthetic testosterone. Injecting or ingesting anabolic steroids can result in rapid increases in muscle mass, strength, and overall stamina. It sounds enticing, but there are reasons why you don't want to be putting these artificial hormones in to your body.
The non-prescribed use of anabolic steroids in the United States is illegal. Because of this, you are open to risk of criminal prosecution, but there's also the fact that the source of any purchased drugs may be unknown, and users may even be purchasing veterinary use steroids.
Steroids result in psychological and behavioral problems. Firstly, steroids are addictive. The psychological dependence arises from the 'reward' in that users feel stronger and more energetic. Even users who plan to use steroids as a short term boost will develop a dependency as they are unable to maintain their strength and muscle growth after cessation of use. During withdrawal the drop in hormone levels will result in depression. Steroid use can also result in increased irritability and a change in temperament, most often meaning increased aggression in users.
The scariest thing about steroids is what they will do to your body. Steroids can increase liver function which can eventually lead to damage and even liver failure. Blood pressure and bad cholesterol rises with steroid use, which will cause cardiac problems. The boost in testosterone will eventually inhibit natural testosterone production, resulting in hormone imbalances. All of these problems can continue long after steroid use has ended. There are also external changes for users. Thinning hair, testicular shrinkage, and oily skin are common problems resulting from steroid use.
The use of steroids can lead to lifelong problems even after a relatively short period of use. Yes, steroids build muscle, but is it worth the damage done to your body? No.
Avoid the use of steroids at all costs. Natural muscle growth through strength training and the right diet is more sustainable, rewarding, and infinitely safer than the use of anabolic steroids.

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Steroids in Bodybuilding: The Truth and Myths

It is true - bodybuilding is hard. And if you're an ectomorph it is twice as hard. Not so much because you have to work harder and smarter (although to some extend, it is true), but mostly because you will not have as many "hurray" moments as your mesomorph and endomorph counterparts. Simply put, you will workout hard, yet you won't see the results. Or at least, your pictures of 'ectomorph before and after' will most likely show only marginal results.
Steroids in Bodybuilding: The Truth and Myths
So, What Are Steroids? Are They THAT Bad? Are They THAT Good?
To many people, this is a very unsatisfactory way of working out and who can blame them. Many either quit, or start looking for the magic bullet. In the world of ectomorph bodybuilding, this magic bullet is typically called steroids.
When it comes to the use of steroids, most people would simply say they are bad and start describing all the real, as well as made-up side effects they believe the steroids will have on a skinny human being such as yourself. They will start showing you pictures of dead bodybuilders and weight lifters and telling you horror stories that a friend of their friend's friend experienced when he took 5mg of Deca - Durabolin one Wednesday, turning him into an aggressive monster with woman's breasts by Thursday morning.
Then there are people, who dismiss any side effects as urban legends, declaring the steroids to be no more harmful than a Big Mac (I guess they may be even righ). They will try to convince you that the steroids are not only harmless, but that they are in fact very good for your body. After all, they know know a guy who knows a guy, who knows a 25 year old ectomorph bodybuilder who has been using steroids for almost a year, and not only is he still alive, he never felt better.
The point is, the debate about steroids is typically very heated and driven by personal belief more than actual science. And to add even more controversy into the debate, some companies introduced legal versions of some of the most popular steroids. For example, Primal Muscle Company recently introduced legal version of Primobolan, which is a steroid used to dramatically increase the level of testosterone. Obviously, the legal version is not steroid in the exact meaning of the word, (it is considered a supplement) but it does work on similar basis, yet of course, without the negative effects (or so they claim).
Anyway, back to the "promise land of steroids"...
So, Should I Take Them? And Why I Didn't.
So where is the truth? I guess in the middle, as always. But let's forget the health issues that the debate about the use of steroids brings up. If they were completely harmless and legal, would it be a good idea to use them?
I came to contact with steroids many moons ago, and I admit I took some. For exactly 2 weeks. That is too short time to make any real-world analysis that the steroids may have had on me. But one interesting thing happened.
I realized that I did not want to use them, not because I would be scared of the side effects, but because I felt as if it would not be my body anymore. Kind of like when people were taking huge loans to buy expensive cars and houses. These things were never really theirs, they never got to pay off the loan. And look what a mess it is now.
To me, the use of steroids results in the same type of situation, just the asset you borrow against is your own body. I know it is tempted, after all, I felt for it too, even though I got out of there in just a couple of weeks. But the instant gratification that steroids bring is hard to fight.
Especially, if you believe that you already did everything you could to get that body of your dream, and yet have nothing to show for it.
You Have A Long Way To Go Anyway.
But despite of what you think, I bet you all the money I have in my checking account right now - that's right, all $30 -, that you didn't try everything, didn't experiment enough, didn't stick to what works long enough, didn't eliminate what doesn't work, didn't follow your diet consistently enough... you get the point. There's a lot you can improve right now.
Bodybuilding is a lifestyle, it is a journey. I know you hear that before and you probably think of it as another smoke-blowing tactic to keep you away from the magic effect of steroids, but if you think about it for just a second, I know you'll see that I am right.
Your Body - Your Temple.
Steroids do not build your body. They change your body into a foreign and uncontrolled bunch of hormones that take over your own ones. It's nothing more than an image of your real self. A Matrix, if you will, where your muscles are living in a dreamworld driven by evil chemist.
Look, I am not the one to judge you if you decide to take that road. But trust me - you will do so sooner or later. And it is a very hard position to be in, when you are both the accused and the judge.
If you expected some smart article that would give you a road map to safe use of steroids, I am sorry to disappoint. If you expected a scientific article about steroids, I am sorry to disappoint. But I hope, that if you expected a personal view from nontraditional angle, that you have now something to thing about. At least for a few seconds.
Let's face it - building muscles is hard. But it could be much easier and straightforward. All you need is to cut through all that BS, lies, half-truth and myths that surround bodybuilding today. 

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Why You Should Avoid Steroids in Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding is a sport in which large muscles in proportion to one's body is very much appreciated. The athletes who enter this sport usually prefer to maintain their muscles with the help of dietary supplements. Exercise and the right training program also helps in building muscles and maintaining their appearance. There is actually nothing wrong in using the right kind of dietary supplements but some athletes may find the need to use steroids in achieving their goal.
Anabolic steroids are actually chemically produced or a synthetic version of testosterone. This synthetic version of the hormone testosterone can have a variety of positive and negative effects.
The Side Effects of Steroids
The Side Effects of Steroids
Upon the initial use of steroids, bodybuilding athletes will certainly be satisfied with the effects it has on them. Their muscles will grow fast and their overall performance is modified in such a way that the muscles are larger than average for just a short time. These are the advantages of using anabolic steroids for bodybuilding, faster and larger muscle growth in just a short span of time. The temptation to use steroids stems from the fact that more muscles are developed for just a short time. This can not be achieved with regular and natural supplementation.
The downside to using steroids for bodybuilding is the part when you need to stop using them. Eventually, bodybuilders will need to stop using steroids for their bodybuilding when they reach their goal or when their body gives out due to the pressure of too much steroids. Continuous use of anabolic steroids will do harm to your heart and increase the risk of cancer for the user. The risk of having a heart attack is high since your heart rate usually shoots up when training, steroids might affect the heartbeat of a bodybuilder as well as make it abnormal.
Muscle atrophy is another thing that could happen when the bodybuilder ceases to use anabolic steroids for developing his muscles. This condition is when the muscles wither and grow smaller despite continuous training. Eventually, the bodybuilder will be forced to stop training since his muscles would lose their strength and their shapely appearance. This is the result of non stop, continuous use of steroids. If you need to use anabolic steroids and do not mind the risks it gives your health, use it for just a short period of just four weeks and then stop. In spite of this alternative, it is best to never start using this synthetic supplement to avoid any health risks.
Another possibility that one might have when using anabolic steroids is the changes that it brings for ones voice, body hair, sperm count, sexual appetite and possibly the sex organ. For many, the last change may seem like an advantage but there is a downside to this. These changes are brought about during use of steroids but when one ceases to use anabolic steroids these also change to a degree lesser than what you started with. A noted increase in aggression is another side effect of anabolic steroids.
Although using anabolic steroids may seem the easy and quick way to a ripped body, the adverse side effects that you get from them far outweigh the benefits. Your health is of the utmost importance and disregarding this for the sake of a short cut to bigger muscles is not worth it.

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Steroids, Why You Should Never Take the Stuff

Many people have been tempted to go on the juice aka steroids. As for me, I've been accused of taking steroids before which really caught me by surprise. Find out why I'd never take steroids and neither should you.
Accused of taking the juice
I first got accused of taking juice when I went for a checkup with my local GP. I had some chest pains and later found out it was nothing more than precordial catch syndrome. (It's basically sharp pains to the chest which can sometimes be mistaken as a heart-attack but it's harmless) He did not believe me until he did a check up on me. My heart rate was at 43 beats per minute, healthy by any standards.
steroids side effects
That was the first time I was accused of taking the juice and it just started getting more regular. I know that people are going to think that I take steroids no matter what I say. It's the most common assumptions that people make when they see a fit guy. People in extremely good shape today are probably in the minority with steroids being so easily available today. So people will naturally assume that I or other people like myself are guilty of taking the stuff.
Steroids and what does it do
Steroids are basically the male hormone, testosterone. We're talking about anabolic steroids in particular here. I don't blame many people for jumping straight into it as it promises a lot and delivers on it too. Today's world that likes instant gratification so much would absolutely love this stuff as it makes you look fit in less than half the time that you would normally take.
You can train harder and longer and on top of that recover faster. Steroids can make your muscles grow many times fold faster than it can normally grow. On top of that, it makes your muscles grow past any plateaus, to the point you get extremely huge and makes you lose fat extremely fast as well.
I once met this guy who was tiny; he was smaller than me and probably only weighed 50 kilos. He obviously started taking steroids as in less than 3 months, he had ballooned to double my size and it was just unsightly. However after a month or so, he never came back. How do I know he was on the juice? Well first of all, he looked like he put on close to 50 kilos in that short time which is biologically impossible and his back was just covered with acne.
Steroids have many side effects. You may look totally fit on the outside, however on the inside your body is dying. It causes liver damage, high blood pressure, acne, heart failure, infertility, harmful changes in cholesterol levels and more. The scariest thing is that it totally messes up your hormones. When you take steroids, your body will automatically stop producing testosterone after awhile; this is because it realizes that you're getting more than enough testosterone from another source. However once you stop taking it, your body will take awhile to start producing it again.
During this time, many people go into depression and this are the times when many commit suicide. If that period didn't kill you, your internal organs, most particularly your liver will be covered with ulcers.
Don't kid yourself; taking steroids will definitely kill you in the long run. So now we go back to the beginning, you're keeping fit, totally free of steroids and you're being accused of taking steroids. How do you deal with this? Should you just ignore them? I'd love to just tell you to however it won't help either party's situation.
What you should do is just inform them the dangers of taking steroids. This in itself would at least let them know that you aren't willing to jeopardize your health by taking steroids and neither should they.
Have integrity, and keep it clean. Motivation and determination are the 2 things you'd need to get to your fitness goals.

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