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QUESTION:
I want to know more about spot injections with
anabolic/androgens steroids. I've read in MuscleMag that you cannot
do spot injections (such as in the biceps and triceps) with certain
drugs such as testosterone cypionate and enanthate because of the
specific esters in the drug. They claim that it is a waste to inject
these two esters (cypionate and enanthate) into certain muscles. If
that is true, how come I can inject cypionate and enanthate into the
quadriceps and gluteus muscles but not into the biceps and triceps
muscles. Also, where does the drug go if it is supposedly wasted? If
you can do spot injections, which drugs that are not water-based can
I use for spot injections (I do not want to use synthol).
ANSWER:
First off, anabolic steroids that are suspended in oil can
essentially be injected into any muscle group in the body. Some
individuals like to inject testosterone propionate or Sustanon-250
(because it contains testosterone propionate as one of its
components) into small, “showy” body parts such as the biceps,
triceps, calves, or deltoid muscles because this particular ester
causes a noticeable inflammatory reaction wherever it happens to be
placed. This inflammation is what makes testosterone propionate
injections so uncomfortably painful.
As far as this “rumor” that you read about (i.e. Not being able to
spot inject testosterone enanthate and cypionate), it is all a bunch of
bullshit. Think about it logically, it makes absolutely no sense why
you could spot-inject one muscle group but not another.
Truthfully, although the word SYNTHOL seems like such a “dirty”
word in today’s world of bodybuilding, Synthol is just a fancy term to
describe a bottle of sterile oil (minus the anabolic steroids). Spot-injecting
Synthol is a hell of a lot safer than spot injecting anabolic agents into your
small muscle groups (arms, calves, and delts) because Synthol does not
possess the irritating effects of whatever esters the specific steroidal
compounds are linked to. Similarly, it is extremely hard to get enough
“volume” of anabolic steroids into the muscles, without increasing the
milligrams through the roof, to get an adequate volumization effect.
QUESTION:
What the heck is colostrum and what purpose does it have in the
bodybuilders supplement program? Is it true that this supplements contains
GH and IGF-1? Dave, please help explain what’s going on?
ANSWER:
COLOSTRUM is a nutritional supplement that has been on the
market for the last 6 years. Most advertisements for colostrum will explain
that it is the pre-milk fluid produced from the mother's mammary glands
during the first 72 hours after birth (After that initial 72 hours, breast-milk is
liberated). Colostrum provides life-supporting immune and growth factors
(specifically relevant to bodybuilders are GH and IGF-1) that ensure the
health and vitality of the newborn. What these advertisements do NOT tell
you is that the colostrum you are consuming (in supplement form) is bovine
(cow) colostrum; therefore, the provided growth factors are bovine GH and
bovine IGF-1. Humans cannot respond to protein hormones (such as GH
and IGF-1) that are not of the human variety (protein hormones are very
species specific). This is why pituitary dwarves and AIDS patients must use
human growth hormone (hGH). Even more importantly, it should be noted
that newborn babies do NOT have intact digestive tracts (i.e. They do not
produce any hydrochloric acid (HCl) in their stomachs). No stomach acids
mean that any ingested human colostrum in the first 72 hours of life will
enable the baby to absorb any immune and growth factors found within the
colostrum. Adults, on the other hand, do indeed have intact digestive tracts,
with plenty of HCl secretion; therefore, when they ingest colostrum, the
stomach acids destroy any functionality of the vast array of growth and
immune factors. In summation, even if the supplemental colostrum, sold in
nutrition stores, was indeed HUMAN colostrum (which it is not), no human
(over the age of 2 weeks) could ever utilize any of the GH or IGF-1 factors
found within it.
QUESTION:
Dave, whenever I open my latest copy of MD, your column is the first
thing I read. I desperately need your help with this very embarrassing
problem I have. Whenever I try to have sex with a woman, I am having a
hard time getting and keeping an erection. I usually cycle 1000mg of
testosterone cypionate (or testosterone enanthate) for 6 weeks then I come
off for 6 weeks (Burst Cycle Method). I seem to have the most problems
“getting it up” during weeks 1-3 that I am “on” and weeks 4-6 that I am
“off”. What can be done to save my sex life?
ANSWER:
Like I have said many times in the past, the “Burst Cycle” approach of
short anabolic steroid cycles is not a very smart philosophy for a number of
reasons. First off, I truly believe that your body requires that it be exposed
to testosterone and its synthetic derivatives (Deca, Equipoise, Trenbolone,
Dianbol, Anadrol, Winstrol, and Primobolin) for longer periods of time (than
just 4-6 weeks) in order to have any newly gained muscle become
permanent Likewise, because it takes approximately 3 weeks for long acting
testosterone esters like cypionate and enanthate to get into a users system, by
the time you start seeing good gains, you are already coming “off”.
To answer your question regarding sexual funtion, I first have to ask
you the question, “How do you expect to have a sex drive when you have no
testosterone in your system during weeks 1-3 that you are “on”(since the
drug hasn’t built up in the bloodstream yet) and weeks 4-6 that you are “off”
(since, at this point, testosterone levels are probably at zero)?”
Probably, the best solution to your problem is to stop following this
silly “burst-cycling” strategy. However, if you insist on following this
particular program, you could always try the anti-impotence drug, VIAGRA
(sildenafil). Take 50mg Viagra approximately a half hour prior to sex.
Aside from an occasional headache and “flushed” face, Viagra is well
tolerated in most men and it rarely fails to get the “job” done. It is
interesting to note that while Viagra does not increase DESIRE to have sex
in men (it enables the user to achieve a solid erection); in women, it does
indeed seem to increase sexual arousal (probably do to an increase in blood
flow to the woman’s clitoris).
QUESTION:
Dave, I have taken some small anabolic cycles in the past. I
have some anavar pills and, hopefully, real some winstrol pills. I am
currently on testosterone cream (100 mg once daily). The cream is
prescribed by my doctor. I haven’t seen many results except for my
“balls” shrinking. This is the reason I stop most of my cycles
prematurely. Is the testosterone cream strong enough to do anything
besides “shrink my balls?” Should I mix the anavar or winstrol in with
the cream? Is there anything I can do to stop my “balls” from
shrinking?
ANSWER:
Physicians prescribe testosterone cream exclusively for replacement
therapy in older adults. I would not consider it a significant performanceenhancing agent that would enable you to put on any noticeable or
appreciable amounts of muscle.
You could conceivably mix the Anavar (2-6 [2.5mg pills] per day)
with the Winstrol (4-8 [2mg pills] per day) and just leave out the
testosterone cream altogether. This anabolic cycle will result in some
muscular and some strength gains (without the testicular suppression and
atrophy you are used to seeing when using the testosterone cream).
Although the gains might not come instantly, if you eat a high protein diet
and have patience with this cycle, the gains will prove to be permanent.