New to AAS? You need to know this!

I do not know everything. Neither do you. If you are a Vet reading this and find anything missing please add to the list.

If you are a Noob, then the following applies to you. Research and experience in different forms of performance enhancing substances is a changing landscape but the basics remain the same. This threads intention is not to stop you from asking questions but to help you ask informed ones.

Read this thread, read the rest of the threads on this board, click the links if they are provided or use google. Google is your friend. The info it finds for you is awesome. Learn to love it.

AAS is not a super soldier serum. It will not turn you into Superman overnight. AAS only enhances that which you are ALLREADY doing right making the results much more rewarding. You need to have a solid training background and a diet that works.

If you have not been training for at least 2 years continuously chances are you will be wasting your money on whatever cycle your friend told you to do.

If you are fat you need to understand that AAS will not "magically" strip the layers of lard off your belly. Yes, certain substances available do enhance your bodies metabolism and ability to metabolise fat. Other substances by means of the androgen receptors even "prohibit" your body from storing fat. Point of not is this. DIET. Diet. diet. If you eat like crap you will look like crap regardless of the 5K's worth of gear you are injecting into your ass.

Once again, AAS and other substances will not make the fat magically disapear. Hard work in the gym and a solid diet is what makes you lose fat. Do you really think that if this magic bullet existed some pharma company would not have bribed a few government officials, legalised it and sold it to fat housewifes and McD munching teenagers for mother of a profit.

The best fat burner on the market in my opinion is cardio and HIIT. Do not know what HIIT is? google it.

If you are under 21 stop. You do not need to do AAS. It shuts down your growth plates and unless you are willing to be a mini-me version of whichever bodybuilder/athlete you would like to look like, stop. A healthy males own testosterone production only starts to diminish at about 25. Bear this in mind when deciding to do a cycle.

So, you still want to do a cycle? Good.

Do you know what PCT is? If not read the PCT section. Running any cycle with supranatural levels of AAS in your system will SHUT down your bodies HPTA. This is the series of glands which regulate and produce natural levels testosterone. PCT brings this back to life after the cycle has ended. PCT also helps you hold onto the hard earned pounds of meat you added during the cycle.
Find out what the following means and how they work, HPTA(Hypothalamus Pituitry and Testicular Axis), SERM(Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator) AI(Aromatase Inhibitor), HCG(Human Chronic Gonadotropin).

Testosterone. It should be your drug of choice. In my opinion every single cycle should at the very least include base test.

This is an ideal first cycle for everyone:

(NOTE - W X-Y means start of week X to end of week Y)

W 1-10 Test Enth 200-300mg E3D
W 1-4 Dbol 10mg 3x/d
W 1-12 Applicable dose of Whichever AI you choose to use.
W 6-12 Proviron 25mg 2x/d
W 1-12 Tamoxifen 20mg/d if estrogenic symptoms start to show (just in case)

Save the Deca, Tren, Masteron, EQ, Winny, HGH, IGF-1, etc, etc that you have heard about to get more out of future cycles...chances are this isn't going to be the only cycle you run so add them into future cycles one at a time so you know what works best for you and you continue to see big gains in future cycles. They don't really work better than test, they just work different... Rememner that your diet and training is the deciding factor and you can cut on any cycle, certain stacks are just more suitable to certain goals.

Post Cycle Therapy starts week 13

SERM PCT
W 13 Tamoxifen 20mg 2x/d or Clomid 50mg 2x/d
W 14-16 Tamoxifen 20mg/d or Clomid 25mg/d
W 13-14 HCG 1500mg of Pregnyl or equivalent E5D (three shots)

As stated this threads intention is not to stop you from asking questions but to help you ask informed ones.

When asking a question related to AAS please include the following info as default to be able to better understand and respond to your qeuation.

Your Age:
Years Training:
Short description of Diet:
Stats:

Thanks for the good topic, Ceej.

I will make it a sticky. Karma +1