From my reading online, I'm seeing the reasons people choose one compound out of the ones available are:
- You need some amount of Testosterone no matter what, because your natural production will be shut down, and it does important things that other compounds don't do.
- You want a compound that has the least side effects (or what you have the most tolerance for), versus how "anabolic" it is, which varies between individuals.
- It's mostly about finding the goldilox compound that minimizes all side effects including liver, kidney, cholesterol, androgenic effects, and estradiol/gyno, plus additional side effects from aromasin/arimidex if needed, and of course, your wallet.
- There's also compound half-life, which seem more like a lifestyle thing (how often to pin and timing to be on or off blast).
- More over my head: Some compounds do something additional that is not building muscle/bulk. Some give a "Vascular look?" Some things that can cause more radical changes for bodybuilding competitions?
Is there anything I'm missing? If money isn't an issue and you aren't a career bodybuilder, does it make sense to run mostly primobolan and test?
From my reading online, I'm seeing the reasons people choose one compound out of the ones available are:
- You need some amount of Testosterone no matter what, because your natural production will be shut down, and it does important things that other compounds don't do.
- You want a compound that has the least side effects (or what you have the most tolerance for), versus how "anabolic" it is, which varies between individuals.
- It's mostly about finding the goldilox compound that minimizes all side effects including liver, kidney, cholesterol, androgenic effects, and estradiol/gyno, plus additional side effects from aromasin/arimidex if needed, and of course, your wallet.
- There's also compound half-life, which seem more like a lifestyle thing (how often to pin and timing to be on or off blast).
- More over my head: Some compounds do something additional that is not building muscle/bulk. Some give a "Vascular look?" Some things that can cause more radical changes for bodybuilding competitions?
Is there anything I'm missing? If money isn't an issue and you aren't a career bodybuilder, does it make sense to run mostly primobolan and test?
Hi Cornsyrup,
These are great questions, I’ll answer them to the best of my ability.
1. Yes, correct. I’d always recommend a test base. There are some outlier situations, but for the sake of this conversation, use testosterone. You can’t go wrong with that.
2. Generally yes, you opt to choose compounds that give you least amount of side effects. You’re correct, the effects differ from user to user. Why? Everyone’s genetic make up is a bit different. I’ll give you an example: You’ll see people from time to time say, “Don’t use nandrolone, it’ll make your dick limp and you’ll be a watery mess!” I cannot relate to that on any level. It makes my already sky-high sex drive even higher. So much so that I’d consider that a side effect for me in itself. Nandrolone just works for me, and really well. Conversely, anadrol is a no-go for me. I’ve tried several times, even at small doses. It’s just not a good drug for me. Plenty of people swear by it. It makes me feel awful. No big deal, you drop it and move on to the next thing. The only real way to know is simply try it for yourself.
3. Yeah, that would be one way to put it. We’ve really covered this in point #2, but yes, the less sides obviously the better. I’d consider maybe rethinking how you think about some of these drugs, you might be disappointed to find the perfect drug doesn’t exist. Are there some that are low impact to your health relative to others? Absolutely, no doubt about it. You’ll just have to experiment and find out. You sound like you’re very conscious of your health, and I applaud that.
4. Yes, you might hear it referred to as the “ester”. Propionate, cypionate, enanthate, and so on are all forms of esters. Lifestyle might be a reason, sure. Maybe a competitor chooses a short ester leading into a show so they could drop the compound quickly to lose some more water weight and dry out a bit more. Someone new to nandrolone might choose NPP (short ester) vs Deca (long-estered form) to see how they react. If they react poorly, they could quickly have it out of their system (as far as being actively present, metabolites would still be present, but that’s a whole other conversation). So there’s many different reasons why someone may choose one ester of the other. Also, even if one chose a enanthate ester (medium time range) on a given drug for example, there’s no reason why they couldn’t pin every day (and could be beneficial to do so in some examples). This too is another conversation.
5. Yes, there are compounds known to bring out vascularity and dryness. Some of them may include masteron, winstrol, halotestin, trenbolone, anavar and others. Yes, competitors use these but make no mistake, regular gym bros use them too. They may not work as well as you might think unless you’re lean enough.
As far as your last paragraph, sure it could make sense to run test and primobolan. Assuming reasonable dosages, one could expect to have a relatively low impact to their health markers for what you’re getting out of it in return.
If you have any other questions, let me know. I’m always here to help. Good luck.
