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08/13/09
The word “testosterone” sets off alarm bells for bodybuilders. It is, by far, the most desired compound in the world for people in the gym. We eat, train, sleep, and even inject steroids in an effort to raise our own testosterone levels just a little bit. After all, with a natural weekly production level of only 50 mg or less, any little boost can make a huge difference. Why is testosterone so important? The more you have, the bigger and stronger you will be. It doesn’t take a genius to realize that bodybuilders will do anything to raise their levels. Here are some of the more common testosterone myths out there. Don’t fall for them!
Testosterone isn’t a steroid
Sorry, Charlie. They are one in the same. It was isolated 80 years ago and has been delivered in the vial form to athletes ever since. Not all steroids are testosterone, but all testosterone is a steroid.
Testosterone is bad for your body
Your body produces testosterone. Without it, we’d all be weak, limp-wristed softies incapable of reproduction. It is a compound that is imperative for the survival of our species. What can be dangerous is testosterone at very high levels. Altering your body’s natural levels can lead to cancers when the change is to a very high level for a very long period of time.
Testosterone supplementation makes you impotent
When you run a cycle of testosterone, you do temporarily disable your own natural T production. However, the quick use of a post-cycle drug such as Arimidex or Nolvadex can help you to restart your own production almost immediately. Within weeks, your sperm will return, your testes will return to their previous size, and you’ll possess the same reproductive abilities you possessed before.
Oral testosterone products are just as good
The market is full of oral products designed to bump up testosterone levels and help users to gain a great deal of muscle without having to face the very scary prospect of needle injections. If they worked, bodybuilders would use them, as would elderly people needing a bump. Unfortunately, they don’t work. Bodybuilders use injected forms of testosterone, and doctors prescribe patches or gels with much lower concentrations. The supplement industry is full of these little shortcuts, but they don’t work.
Testosterone use will make you a monster
Living the competitive bodybuilding lifestyle – including eating large volumes of food, training like a mad man, running a testosterone cycle, and sleeping every chance you have – will turn you into a muscle-bound monster. Simply running a testosterone cycle and skipping the gym while eating 1800 calories today will leave you a little leaner and harder, but looking like an average Joe.
Testosterone use will make you go bald
The only thing in this world that is going to make you go bald are the genetics bestowed upon you by your mother. Look at her brothers (your uncles) and you’ll get an idea as to what your hairline is going to look like when it begins betraying you. What the use of artificial testosterone will do, however, is accelerate this process. If you were destined to go bald at 35, you might see it at 25, if you are injecting higher volumes of testosterone. It’s all up to genetics!
