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(Joe.Muscle @ Dec. 03 2006,21:50)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">Lol,
The only pro I know who talks openly about steroids is Lee preist.
He admits to taking it throught out the year with cycles...however he talks about how he doesn't take that much? And he also says he doesn't mess with GH at all.
From what I understand...and I have never done roids...but from reading about them.
They were much weaker back in the golden era...aka arnold days.</div>
The steroids these guys are using are for the most part the same as the ones back then. A mg of Dianabol back then is the same as a mg of Dianabol now. They used lower doses and didn't have access to or use substances like insulin or growth hormone back in Arnold's day. Maybe a few extra steroids were developed in the intervening time as well, stuff like halo.
<div></div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">Now days they are much stronger and the pros abuse them and take more and more to push the envelope.</div>
Pros take more, the steroids aren't stronger. Teatosterone then is the same as testosterone now. Same for Decca, Dbol, Anadrol, etc.
<div></div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">IN the process the found that GH another designer roid could make new gains come from when just the regular roids peak out.</div>
GH isn't a steroid.
<div></div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">Gh is some strong stuff and that they say is why the bellys and forheads are changing.
Apparantly Growth hormone is so strong that it can change your bone structure and also hypertrophy your internal organs.....which we notice now a days with the pros having single digit bodyfat however they still look pregnant.</div>
GH can cause bone growth, higher levels of it in rare diseases like McCune Albright Syndrome can lead to bone deformities. The use of GH, insulin and IGF respectively can all apparently cause the now common 'gut' a lot of pros have. I think GH is the main culprit there.
<div></div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">All in all its got to be unhealthy.
However in my opinion...when arnold and the guys from the golden era done roids...i dont think it was that unsafe?</div>
The risks then are exactly the same as they were now. They used lower doses. Pros these days use higher doses, have better PCT, use different types of hormones, etc. The level of use, especially of oral steroids, is generally what would make them less healthy. That and the fact that carting around a ton of extra weight, fat or muscle, isn't good for you long term.