The Classic Anabolic Stack - What the Guys from the 70's Used

[dudebro73]

The first is an off-season cycle intended to aid in building muscle mass, while the second is a cutting cycle used in the pre-competition time frame. For further information and descriptions of these cycles, readers may find William Llewellyn’s Anabolics reference guide a valuable resource.

As you read the following, which is not advice, nor does it suggest any element of safety or moral acceptance, consider how moderate the doses of AAS were used to acquire what many feel was the pinnacle of physique development. Recall also, that the drugs only worked in the conditions of intense training and disciplined dieting, and that many of the bodybuilders of this era did experience adverse side effects. To those who claim that the pros used way more in those days, what they admit to and actually used may be two different lists. Also, the less talented were much more dependent on drug use for their gains, and likely more willing to take greater risk (as they do today).

Bulking Cycle – 10 Weeks
Sustanon 250. 1 cc, week 1; 2 cc, weeks 2-10

Dianabol, 5 mg tablet. 1 tablet daily, week 1-2; 3 tablets daily, weeks 3-8; 2 tablets daily, week 9; 1 tablet daily, week 10.

Anadrol 50. 1/2 tablet daily, week 2; 1 tablet daily, weeks 3-9.

Note: the cycle above will result in rapid weight, muscle mass and strength gains. Mood may become affected with irritability. Gynecomastia may develop or become more pronounced. Post-cycle treatment typically delayed for two to three weeks to allow longer-acting ester component of Sustanon 250 to dissipate sufficiently, to allow for hypothalamic-pituitary suppression to diminish. Changes in liver function are common with Anadrol 50 and Dianabol, and should be monitored. Skin changes (e.g., acne) will be common.

Cutting Cycle – 12 Weeks
Nandrolone phenylpropionate, 100 mg. 1 cc, week 1; 2 cc, twice weekly, weeks 2-11; 1 cc, twice weekly, week 12.

Primobolan, 100 mg. 1 cc, twice weekly, week 1; 2 cc, twice weekly, weeks 2-12.

Winstrol, 5 mg tablets. 2 tablets daily, week 1; 3 tablets, twice daily, weeks 2-12.

Note: the cycle above may cause joint soreness. Post-cycle treatment may begin within two weeks, as the phenylpropionate ester of nandrolone is much shorter acting than the decanoate ester. Liver toxicity may be experienced due to Winstrol.

Source: https://www.musculardevelopment.com...c-stack-what-the-guys-from-the-70-s-used.html

References: https://www.musculardevelopment.com...what-the-guys-from-the-70-s-used.html?start=1

 

[DEX]

Anything that causes joint pain has gotta kill motivation

Test
Deca

Dbol added later for short cycles.

I have no idea how anyone can lift hard and heavy with drying compounds like Winstrol. Hell the amount of volume some of these 70’s lifters used would force me to use Deca all the time just so I could move. The 70’s guys had the best look of any era imo.

We need another article on what the guys use today to know what to avoid.

 

[dudebro73]

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Anything that causes joint pain has gotta kill motivation

Test
Deca

Dbol added later for short cycles.

I have no idea how anyone can lift hard and heavy with drying compounds like Winstrol. Hell the amount of volume some of these 70’s lifters used would force me to use Deca all the time just so I could move. The 70’s guys had the best look of any era imo.

We need another article on what the guys use today to know what to avoid.

Interesting but that cutting cycle lists Winstrol being used with nandrolone which is purported to be beneficial to joints, have you tried it like that? Also the amount of Winny there is very low.

I am not a fan of ‘hard and heavy’ max poundages while in a caloric deficit. Doing that while cutting is just asking for your shit to get snapped imo, lighter weight and higher volume with more isolation work is probably the safer route…

 

[bottletop]

Those references are sketchy as shit lol. I’ve seen some articles where old time bodybuilders took less but just blasted all year long.

 

[sourcebrah]

Yeah fuck that

 

[DHT]

Lol those old school BB’ers were saints and never used high dosages. Completely different humans I’m sure. They’d do whatever it takes and live the BB lifestyle professionally but WOULD NEVER EVEN THINK to take two tabs.

“The gear was real” “they didn’t rely on drugs they just trained hard”

Also “William Llewellyn’s Anabolics reference guide”
Sounds all fancy and official because he has a professional sounding name, but he wasn’t a doctor and this info was only good because it was the only info before the internet. It’s like reading a book to learn about computers.

 

[system]

I honestly don’t doubt that a ton of these whack ass protocols were a thing given how retarded most steroid users approach to drugs still is nowadays, and even if you look back 10, 20 years, things have evolved as we’ve began to learn more. New carrier oils, realizing that smaller needles are actually a fucking thing and they do work with aas, subq shots becoming a thing for some, aspirating being found to be no longer ‘needed’, all that type of stuff we were oblivious to. Now think back even further when we didn’t have the internet to discuss things or to learn from, and all of our ‘knowledge’ came from the limited medical literature where the drugs were being used for an entirely different purpose, it’s not crazy to think people were doing the dumbest shit like changing drugs every other day, taking excessive orals, taking ‘weekends off’ orals, tapering up the dose weekly, switching out drugs weekly, all that whack stuff…nowadays we look at it like common sense, but I really don’t think that was the case in the 70s and such. It was purely experimental and even now we tend to value the word of those who get the results, so when say the most jacked dude in the room was using a 5 days on 2 days off oral cycle where he changed the drug every 2 weeks, people would follow that blindly because they truly had no way to know better or to even fact check him. He was jacked and that was what he did, so clearly it worked right? Better than just making shit up on your own or following what somebody smaller than him says (in theory).