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- October 30, 2020 at 4:17 am
Due to the recent number of PM’s ive been receiving regarding age and steroids I thought i’d write this thread to try and help some of our younger members. Ive also been having a conversation with my Endocrinologist who may give a more profession opinion on the subject:There isn’t an exact age were we all stop developing and growing because this is determined by our genes and DNA, we are all genetically programmed individually and we inherit our genes from our parents. To give an exact age we stop growing would be incorrect because everyone’s genetic blueprint is different.The main development of our bodies is up to the age of 21yrs of age but this can vary between individuals. There are parts of our bodies what carry on developing and adjusting slowly up until the age of 25yrs old, an example of this is the brain. The Endocrine system is a part of the brain what is very complex and keeps our bodies in a homeostasis state. Our testosterone levels start raising and roughly peak around 25yrs old and then start to slowly decline, so even though some of us may have stopped growing at the age of 21yrs old, others may still be developing up until the age of 25yrs old.
I have recently spoken to my Endo regarding this matter and he tells me that the HPTA is very sensitive and as many pathways how it regulates the human body, he states steroids disrupt the normal balance of hormones in the body which can cause reversible and irreversible changes at any age but risks are far more if you administrate exogenous androgens during development, this will put you in a very unnatural environment at a crucial time and your hormones should be treated with care especially in the early stages of maturity. The adverse effects can be erratic behaviour of the HPTA and potentially therapy when your older.
I did ask him what age he would think would be the safest as far as risk to damages and he said many endocrinologist suggest full maturation is reached by 25 years of age and this would also give the HPTA time to be established with your natural hormone balance and patterns. I personally feel 24-25yrs old would also be ideal starting point to get bloodwrok drawn to see exact what your natural levels are before starting any kind of cycles and waiting till you have reach your testosterone peak would be a good starting point, for me there is to much evidence over the forums and what I’ve seen personally over the last 25yrs I’ve been bodybuilding. Obviously it isn’t going to be all 19- 21yr old bodybuilders who suffer side effects what are irreversible but I am edging on the side of caution what age I advice to the newbies.
Marcus
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- December 12, 2020 at 4:36 am
I would argue that even a 19 or 20 year old lifter could cycle and not experience negative side effects if they do it responsibly.- December 12, 2020 at 5:41 am
Its not about negative side effects when on, its about permanent damage and needing TRT further down the line.Some will be fine, some wont
- December 12, 2020 at 6:38 am
hey dude i need help for my first cycle im 21 just throwing it out theregonna do test enanth 500 mg 2 pins a week for 12 weeks
im buying nolvadex clomid hcg and anastrozole dont know how to go about using them.- December 12, 2020 at 7:35 am
i dont know how to go about pct with the mova arimidex clomind and hcg what would you guys recommend…
there are alot of differeing opinions on these forum
im looking for a general consensus on whats safe.- December 12, 2020 at 8:47 am
Thanks for the post Marcus, very interesting and making me ask some questions about my choices. Keep up the great posts- December 12, 2020 at 11:09 am
Wish I saw this when I was 21- December 12, 2020 at 1:35 pm
I don’t think that s containing 100mg/ml. it’s UG labs… propionat from pharmacy much more better. for example: ukraine farmak propionat.- December 12, 2020 at 4:06 pm
some posts have been moved to their own thread in the ugl section, no need for them to be in here.
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