In your journey through steroid lore, you’re going to run into a lot of steroids. You’ll read about compounds long gone, and some just begging to make a comeback. You’ll read about tried-and-true favorites, and some drugs whose existence is baffling. And then you’ll read about Steranabol, a drug that is related to your standard Nandrolone, with a few notable exceptions. Mainly, there is no aromatization. Steranabol is much less anabolic than testosterone, which means the gains aren’t going to be all that notable either. However, there are uses for it which may make sense to some bodybuilders.
The ideal use of Steranabol is probably as a cutting drug, in the final six weeks before a bodybuilding show. You’re not going to grow on it, but you are going to keep your existing muscle. This makes it a good drug with a slot for use one to two times per year. The muscle gaining effects of Steranabol are going to be noticeable, of course. What would be the point of running a cycle if you didn’t expect to see gains? Expect some immediately hardening of your entire body within about three weeks of your first shot. After that, each preceding week will lead to further growth and leaning, while you grow stronger on all of your lifts.
Side effects aren’t ideal with Steranabol. You may suffer from the dreaded “Deca dick” in which your ability to maintain an erection may suffer. In fact, your desire for sex may plummet to zero. Be prepared for this side effect, and avoid Steranabol altogether if you think this may be a problem. Stacking it with testosterone may prevent this problem, but this doesn’t work for all men. Additionally, since you may be taking Steranabol as a way to avoid a stronger drug like testosterone, stacking the two may defeat the purpose!
Shots with Steranabol are no walk in the park. It’s dosed very low – at only 25 mg per ml. This means you’re either going to be taking a lot of shots each week (two to three!) or you’re going to be making some very large injections which will be very painful. Or, you’re going to bite the bullet and move on to a more concentrated steroid. In time, we may see a Steranabol drug that comes in a greater concentration. At the moment, it serves its purpose, and part of its attraction to its key audience may be the point that it isn’t all that strong. For advanced bodybuilders, this will be a problem of course. If you’re used to running a gram per week of testosterone, you’re not going to be happy with such a weak agent.
Following a cycle including Steranabol, you actually probably will not need to run PCT (post-cycle therapy). This may seem foreign to some bodybuilders who are continually trained to use HCG or Nolvadex following each and every cycle, as a rule. However, the incidence of Gynecomastia and/or decimated hormone levels (including testosterone or estrogen) usually isn’t present with Steranabol. So, the user will be able to ramp down the AAS use and just return to a brief period of slumped behavior, followed with a return to existing levels.
