Students find a balanced approach more credible, the NIDA says. Although most secondary schools do not have official anabolic steroids prevention programs in place, there are programs available that have been shown to be effective in reducing steroid abuse, other substance abuse, and other risky behaviors.
The NIDA reports that these two sophisticated approaches have shown promise in preventing steroid abuse among high school sports players. The ATLAS program is designed to show high school football players that they can build powerful bodies and improve their athletic performance without using dangerous anabolic steroids.
The program not only provides education about the harmful side effects of anabolic steroids but also provides nutrition and weight-training alternatives to using steroids. According to NIDA research, the program has been successful in reducing the participants' intentions to use steroids while increasing their healthy behaviors.
One of the hallmarks of the ATLAS program is that the football coaches and team leaders are the ones who teach the players about the harmful effects of steroids and other illicit drugs on sports performance. They also discuss how to refuse if they are offered drugs.
In controlled studies of the ATLAS program, researchers compared athletes in 15 high schools who were in the program with a control group who did not receive the training. The study found that ATLAS-trained athletes had less interest in trying steroids, less desire to abuse them, better knowledge of alternatives to steroid abuse, improved body image, and increased knowledge of diet supplements.
The female athletes who did not receive the ATHENA training were three times more likely to begin using diet pills during the sports season. They were twice as likely to abuse other body-shaping substances such as amphetamines, anabolic steroids, and muscle-building supplements during the season.
During the sports season, girls in the control group increased their use of diet pills, while those who received the ATHENA training, cut their diet pill use in half of their preseason usage. They were:. The two anabolic steroid prevention programs received Sports Illustrated magazine's first-ever "Champion Award.
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A proper post cycle therapy protocol lasts between two and four weeks. It will depend heavily on how much the user has had its natural hormonal production suppressed. You never know if there will be any holds up when ordering, which could cause you to be late and mess up the plan.
For those of you who still are unsure which post cycle therapy product they should be using, we will give some additional information. You can get it by clicking here. In my opinion, you should always opt for a product like this over Nolvadex or Clomid if you can. Nolvadex PCT : for mild cycles with anabolic steroids where multiple compounds are stacked together. Many people use it for their first anabolic steroid cycle, where just one or two compounds are used for a reasonable time.
Clomid PCT : for harsh anabolic steroid or prohormone cycles that consist of multiple injectables and or orals. Many users only go with Clomid if they have no other option, mainly due to it causing pretty severe side effects. This post cycle therapy guide has taken you through all the steps of the process. This is basic guide that you can adjust and build on according to your needs. The most common strategy taken by the majority of steroid users is of course the standard cycle length, and this is measured in the range of 10 to 12 weeks in length.
This format is suitable for almost anyone, and only those on the outer edges of steroid use at either end — either very new and nervous or extremely hardcore and wanting to extend use well outside the square — will find the standard cycle not to their liking.
For the rest of us, this is an excellent way to get awesome results while limiting the time on cycle to a point where managing side effects well is doable. You can use a standard cycle length for any goal including bulking and cutting no matter what your experience level is.
This type of recurring cycle plan requires sufficient off cycle time in between — usually this should be at least equal to the cycle length so full recovery can take place. Another benefit is the cycle length allows the use of both short and long acting compounds so your choice of compounds is larger compared with shorter length cycles.
Lastly, this cycle length makes it realistic to use HCG during the cycle to help maintain normal testicular function; however most users will prefer to add HCG only for the last few weeks of the cycle as 12 weeks is generally considered too long.
The most common primary compounds are simply a testosterone ester mostly Enth, Cyp or Prop , or Sustanon. These just work very well for a week cycle and provide a balanced androgenic and anabolic ratio, while providing a positive boost to well-being and the libido.
Users who choose to add HCG can use different primary compounds as natural testosterone levels are then managed by HCG. This strategy is generally more suited to longer cycles though rather than the standard week. Test doses can start at mg weekly right up to mg weekly for maximum gains at the high end. Increasing the dose beyond this point rarely provides benefits versus the more severe side effects.
Instead of excessive test doses, users should consider a secondary compound or peptides. Almost anything can be used as a secondary compound here as a stack.
Most popular are the favored steroids including Dianabol, Anadrol, Equipoise, Deca-Durabolin, Trenbolone, Winstrol and Masteron, just to name a few and your choice will mostly depend on personal goals. Here you want to add strength and size. DBol is derived from testosterone and is an oral steroid. It comes with some significant gyno and water retention issues, but has great benefits for size and strength gains.
With the water retention comes potential blood pressure increases. Being a 17aa oral steroid it comes with liver toxicity risks so most users will want to use it for no more than 6 weeks in the cycle with doses starting at 10mg daily up to 60mg daily. Anadrol is also a 17aa oral steroid which gives similar results to DBol.
Despite this it can still cause some level of estrogen increase through other mechanisms, so can still produce gyno and water retention. These are all excellent bulking cycle options as the add strength and mass, but users should be prepared for water retention to occur and therefore plan to combine these compounds with an aromatase inhibitor AI drug. For strength and muscle hardness we can look at several compounds including the already mentioned Primobolan and Masteron, but also Trenbolone, Winstrol and Proviron.
Just make sure you use the short acting Masteron prop ester in a cycle of this length. A Nor injectable, Tren is a very powerful mass and strength builder. It can increase IGF levels and sensitivity plus boost protein synthesis. Acetate and enanthate are the two common esters of Tren. Tren has shown to have fat burning effects as well as being anti-catabolic so it helps retain muscle. It can bring about drastic mood changes and insomnia as well as androgenic effects like acne and hair loss.
Therefore most users like to use Tren for limited periods of time to reduce side effect severity. Additionally, because of possible issues with prolactin being elevated which can eliminate the libido, a prolactin antagonist is often recommended to be used with Tren to help maintain the sex drive.
A typical Tren dose ranges up to mg daily. Winstrol or Winny comes in both injection or oral form and is a DHT derived steroid. It has powerful protein synthesis and strength boosting effects and comes with the benefit of no water retention. It works well with testosterone, but users should be aware the oral form is quite hepatotoxic. When used as an injection, Winstrol is taken at a dose of between 50mg and mg daily every two days while the oral form is used at 25mgmg daily.
Proviron can increase muscle hardness, but the downsides include liver toxicity risks and possible benign prostatic hyperplasia BPH. Dosage usually sits around 50mg daily but can range anywhere from just 25mg daily up to mg.
Proviron , Masteron , Trenbolone , Winstrol and Primobolan can all boost strength and do so without water weight which makes them especially useful for cutting cycles where bloating is to be avoided and muscle hardness encouraged. Experienced users will often stack multiples of the above drugs with the testosterone base to additional qualities like DHT and Nor.
This is where you use compounds that are fast acting, including both orals or short ester injectables, to kick off the cycle. You should therefore see results within just the first few weeks instead of waiting for the week mark for the other compounds.
Dianabol, Winstrol, Masteron, Anadrol oral and Testosterone propionate are excellent kickstart options. You can use the same ancillary compounds and peptides as listed for long cycles. There will be some usage difference with peptides such as not using a low dose of HGH long term. Some people experiment with combinations like HGH and IGF when on cycle at specific times like after a workout with mixed results. A cycle of medium length will be shorter than a standard cycle, usually lasting between 6 and 8 weeks.
These are the two main reasons for doing a medium length cycle:. There are a lot of benefits in doing a cycle of this length and many users will find it to be a good balance between getting results and controlling side effects. The most common compound used in a 6 to 8 week cycle is Testosterone Propionate, for multiple good reasons. This compound is ideal because:. The negative factors for using Test Propionate include the expected side effects we experience with any compound, as well as potential pain when injecting as this is known as one of the more painful injections to administer.
When it comes to dosing of Testosterone Propionate during this cycle length, measuring a daily dose anything in the 50mg daily to mg daily range can be considered according to your goals and experience level.
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Skip to content. I get these kind of questions all the time. However, there is a lot of ambiguity around the ideal amount of time you should off after PCT. If you PCT properly, there are a couple things you need to initially look at. Endocrine System Recovery Have your Testosterone levels returned to where they were pre-cycle baseline? What does your blood work show? Does your hormonal profile look exactly like it did pre-cycle?
Or are you still not quite there? Some guys take longer than others to bounce back. As you get older, it will take longer to bounce back as well. Are your endogenous sex hormones back to where they were pre-cycle? Were your pre-cycle bloods healthy in the first place? Were you pounding tons of high-glycemic carbs during a manic dirty bulk phase? Have you been using GH for a long span of time? What do your fasting blood glucose levels look like now?
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