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09/04/09
Women’s bodybuilding is a beast unlike any other. People even love it or hate it – and the majority of people aren’t fans. However, there is a very small, almost cult-like following who love everything about female bodybuilding. It is for them – and themselves – that some women do make the irreversible choice to enter the field of steroid use to change their bodies.
If you are a female bodybuilder, the rules of the game when it comes to steroid use are something completely different from anything you have faced before. You can’t just run the standard 400 to 800 mg per week of a testosterone ester that your male comrades are using. This will result in a very quick and painful exit from femininity into a very permanent masculine world. There are, however, drugs that you can use to help boost muscle mass, increase strength levels, and decrease body fat. Among these is a drug called Nolvadex.
You’ve probably seen Nolvadex mentioned before as an option for male bodybuilders following a cycle to restart their sexual function and keep their estrogen levels in check. Females can actually benefit from the use of Nolvadex through the pre-contest phase as a way to maintain their estrogen levels. It is during the final six weeks before a show that hormone levels begin to fluctuate wildly, and the use of a control agent like Nolvadex would be very beneficial. Additionally, Nolvadex will help lower body fat levels, drop water from the body, and pause the menstrual cycle until the show has passed.
In addition to Nolvadex, many female bodybuilders have found growth hormone to be a very useful drug for helping them to harden up their muscle mass while shedding body fat – and doing so in a manner which allows them to maintain some semblance of femininity. Many of the effects of virilization just aren’t felt. It’s quite the opposite, actually. Skin and hair quality, as well as many other muscle and health features improve through the use of growth hormone.
When used in conjunction with Nolvadex, growth hormone will lose some of its benefits upon the body. This will not be of major concern, as you don’t really need to build new muscle in those closing 6 weeks before a show. And your existing muscle isn’t exactly going anywhere. The fat-burning effects of growth hormone will still be very much present at this time. In the last month and a half before a bodybuilding show, focus all efforts upon peaking properly for the show with the most possible muscle present, but never at a cost to your long-term femininity. It may be tempting to switch to a testosterone product in the final weeks before a show if the hardness requisite for a top 3 placing just isn’t yet there. However, doing so may deliver a short term win the form of a trophy, coupled with a long term loss (in the form of permanent feature changes, and not for the better). Keep the bigger picture in mind. Use GH if possible and Nolvadex in those final weeks, and only in those final weeks.
