Am I On Juice Or Am I Fully Natty?
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Channel: Dan Phoenix · 2018 · Sports
Am I On Juice Or Am I Fully Natty? So some people belief i am on the juice (Steroids) because i gained a lot of muscle in just under a 6 month period when switching from cycling and running to calisthenics training to maximise muscle growth. So the question i wanted to answer in this video is "Am I On Juice Or Am I Fully Natty?" for you all to learn the truth on this question. Steroids are something i have studied a lot as i thought about taking them in the future for an experiment to see how much muscle i can gain in a short period of time from using them alongside showing you what can be achieved with steroids and without them. There is so many people in the fitness movement that say they are not on the juice (Steroids) when in fact they are blatantly lying through their teeth to their fans and then many people wonder why they cannot achieve the results they do but naturally. What do you think? Should i give this experiment a go in the future? Yes or No? What are anabolic steroids and how do they affect men? IF YOU’VE SPENT at least 10 minutes in a hardcore gym or ever skimmed the headlines of the local sports page, you’re probably aware that anabolic steroids have a reputation for giving athletes a (completely jacked) leg up over their peers. But how much of an advantage do anabolic steroids really offer? And what’s the biological price of using anabolic steroids to augment your physique? Here’s a deep dive on how steroids work, who’s taking them, how widespread steroids are, and what exactly steroids can do to a man’s body—for better and for worse. What exactly are steroids? Anabolic-androgenic steroids are a synthetic version of the testosterone your body already makes. “They look and act a lot like natural testosterone. The hormone attaches to the receptor sites on our cells and affects your systems just as the natural hormone would,” explains Robert Kersey, Ph.D., the director of the Athletic Training Program at California State University, Fullerton, and lead author of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association position statement on anabolic-androgenic steroids. In fact, steroids work so seamlessly that if a guy has clinically low levels of testosterone, a doc may prescribe a type of anabolic steroid to bring his levels back up to normal. The difference comes when people start “abusing” steroids, or taking far beyond a normal prescription dose. “If a young male were to get testicular cancer where their normal production of testosterone goes way down, a physician might prescribe 5-20mg a day—that means a normal, therapeutic dose is maybe 70mg a week,” Kersey explains. “But for athletes seriously trying to improve performance, they’re probably taking 700-1000mg a week. Some big bodybuilders are taking more than 5000mg a week.” When you start getting over 500mg per week, the side effects start to set in. How is it sustainable, physiologically, to take such a massive dose? Most heavy steroid users will cycle dosages, either increasing the dose and frequency until they peak, then gradually taper and repeat; or taking large doses over a certain period of time and then pausing for a bit to let natural production start again, until they restart usage. Who actually takes steroids? Anabolic-androgenic steroids are the most widely used appearance- and performance-enhancing drugs in the U.S., and are used by everyone from professional athletes to amateurs and adolescents, according to a 2016 study published in FP Essentials. Steroids are often associated with professional athletes and bodybuilders, but a January 2017 paper published in JAMA reports that 2.9 million to 4 million people in the U.S. have used anabolic steroids at some point in their life, and that nearly all of them are men. What's more, about 1 million American men have become dependent on steroids, using high doses for years, according to the paper. Steroids aren’t going away, either. Steroid use is increasing, with up to 5% of male and 2% of female college athletes using anabolic steroids, and “a more than 20% usage rate among teenagers,” according to the FP Essentials study. Am I On Juice Or Am I Fully Natty? My Social Media Links: https://www.instagram.com/consciouscalisthenics/ The Shoes I Wear: Vibram V Running Shoe (Bikla Evo) - http://amzn.to/2ETi1MV Vibram Men's KSO EVO Five Finger Shoes - http://amzn.to/2GFlmMY The Supplements I Take: Protein Powder: Garden of Life Raw Organic Unflavored Protein Powder : http://amzn.to/2tLqNDp Amino Acids: Allmax Creatine Monohydrate: http://amzn.to/2snm2nm AMRAP Nutrition L-Glutamine Powder - http://amzn.to/2sWigO3 Vitamins: Thorne Research Extra Nutrients Multi Nutrient Supplement- http://amzn.to/2hUy8xs Minerals: Thorne Research - Double Strength Zinc Picolinate 30mg - http://amzn.to/2jd2cWq Lugols Iodine 5% (12.50mg of Iodine per drop): http://amzn.to/2sF6Wpz NOW Magnesium Citrate Pure Powder - http://amzn.to/2tE1Qxk
