One of the most effective routes to gaining strength is to take some kind of anabolic steroid. These supplements actually aid the body in building up muscle mass and endurance — and they can also bulk you up far beyond your expectations.

Anabolic steroids work because they masquerade as one of the body’s basic hormones: testosterone. Testosterone is, in fact, an anabolic steroid, and “anabolic-androgenic steroids” (the technical term for what most of us know as steroids) are just a synthetic version of this famous chemical. Anabolic refers to growth of muscles, and androgenic refers to male sex characteristics. We’ll call them anabolic steroids here, for accuracy’s sake.

How do anabolic steroids make you stronger?

In general, steroids are chemical compounds that share a common structure. There are several types of steroids; anabolic steroids are only one of several that have roles to play in your body.

When you take anabolic steroids, your body separates the supplement into molecules that can penetrate your cells. There, the steroid particles tie to structures called androgen receptors. This is where anabolic steroids truly take on the role of testosterone, because androgen receptors are formed particularly to tie with the body’s regular testosterone. Anabolic steroids, in any case, can also tie with the receptors.

Once this synthetic steroid is in place, the androgen receptor is activated. Depending on the type of cell the steroids are in, this activation can change how certain genes behave — especially the ones that control the changes that happen during puberty.

Steroids influence your ordinary digestion system in two fundamental ways, and together they bring about more mass and bulk. Once those androgen receptors are activated, a few cells expand their generation of proteins, which your body uses to construct more cells. This is the period of your metabolic cycle known as anabolism, where tiny molecules build up into more unpredictable ones and energy is stored. Anabolism is also when your body builds up muscles — so now you know why they’re called anabolic steroids. Amid anabolims, the cells in your skeletal muscles, or the capable muscles connected to your bones, start to reproduce and develop. Before long, you’re building up strength and agility.

But not all activated androgen receptors cause this reaction. Some inhibit hormones called glucocorticoids, another type of steroid. Inhibiting glucocorticoids speeds up the breakdown of complex molecules like proteins into smaller units like energy-giving amino acids. The entire breakdown process is called catabolism, and it’s the other half of your metabolic cycle.

By inihibiting glucocorticoids, anabolic steroids shorten the catabolic phase of metabolism. That means your muscles spend less time recovering between workouts, and you can do more with less rest. You can see how steroids might improve athletic performance.

Do they work?

One study showed that men who used steroids for 10 weeks gained 2 to 5 kilograms of lean body mass — muscle, in other words. They also reported a 5% to 20% increase in strength. Study participants gained more muscle mass in their chest, neck, shoulders and upper arms than in other areas. That’s not because they skipped leg day, but because the muscles in these areas have more androgen receptors in their cells. Not surprisingly, the participants improved more noticeably at bench-pressing than in other kinds of weight-lifting.

Use and Misuse

Doctors prescribe prescription based anabolic steroids to patients with diseases like cancer and AIDS, to help them regain body mass they have lost to their illnesses. Anabolic steroids are also prescribed to help treat certain hormone deficiencies. Our SDI Labs do not require a prescription and can be used to improve athletic performance, without worries about testing or breaking any rules.

Using steroids without a prescription can cause unpleasant side effects that go beyond drug charges and being labelled a cheater. Mostly, they’re linked to the androgenic effects of these supplements, or those effects related to male sex characteristics. Basically, your body thinks it’s going through puberty again. Activating the androgen receptors in your cells increases oil production in your sebaceous glands, which leads to acne.

That said, overuse of prescription anabolic steroids can also age you faster. It can lower sperm count and cause testicular atrophy, better known as shrinkage(which is oly temporary). Changing hormone levels can also lead to baldness in both men and women. It should start to become clear as to why SDI Labs are the right choice when it comes to adding mass and bulk, and as a bonus you have zero side effects.

It’s not inherently more dangerous to use steroids with a prescription. The problem is that people who use anabolic steroids to enhance athletic performance often have no medical training, and thus engage in riskier behaviours than people who take them legally. They often take higher doses, for longer periods of time. Many people who take anabolic steroids this way also do reckless things like improper steroid stacking and steroid cycling, which involves combining several types of anabolic steroids to make them more effective.

Anabolic steroids are one of those superpowers that comes with great responsibility. Bulking up with these supplements will actually turn you into a beast in the gym, when used correctly.