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Thread: Women and Testosterone
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04-12-2009, 10:57 AM #1
Women and Testosterone
How do you feel about the use of testosterone in women's bodybuilding?
Anyone willing to share personal experiences/observations?
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04-12-2009, 11:17 AM #2
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as i say...theres use and abuse. little can go a long way.
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04-12-2009, 11:20 AM #3
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Can I ask a question? This might be more appropriate for the womens steriod thread but I'll ask anyway.
Are all aas male hormones? Meaning testosterone? So what's the difference between testosterone and say anavar or deca or any other that's not called test. Isn't it all testosterone?You guys with the huge sponsor ads in your signatures make reading the forums annoying.
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04-12-2009, 11:37 AM #4
What most people think of as anabolic steroids are derivatives of one of three forms of androgens, testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and androstendione.
The various steroids just have an additional 'tail' or R group, generally to prevent it from being metabolised as quickly, or missing the first pass through the liver (the C17-alkylated oral steroids).
However, oestrogen is also anabolic. It is scientific fact that cattle put on far more muscle when given tren and oestrogen implants than just oestrogen alone.
Most male BBers also know that if they use too many oestrogen inhibitors, they minimise their gains.
The conversion of the sex steroids, testosterone and oestrogen is also a reversible reaction, meaning that one can become the other.
It is quite amazing when you see how they (the sex hormones and precursors) are all very structurally similar.
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04-12-2009, 11:45 AM #5
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Tatyana, sweetie, I know you think you just answered my question but I have no clue what you just said. Can you simplify more?
Are all aas some form of testosterone? And if so what makes the ones not labeled test different from the ones that are test?You guys with the huge sponsor ads in your signatures make reading the forums annoying.
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04-12-2009, 11:49 AM #7
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So if a woman is using anavar or primo or winny she's NOT putting male hormones into her body?
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04-12-2009, 11:52 AM #8
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04-12-2009, 12:03 PM #9
Yes, they are all forms of testosterone.
Testosterone is one of the 'male' androgens. The three major androgens are testosterone, dihydrotestosterone (DHT), and androstendione.
All synthesised anabolic steroids are based off one of the three androgens, it is sort of like having a basic design for a car and then adding extras to make them go faster or go further, not break down as quickly as the original car (testosterone).
They give new names to the synthesised steroids if they have a different chemical structure, sort of like calling it a corvette or a corvette 211, or a corvette 211 GT.
Is that better?Last edited by Tatyana; 04-12-2009 at 12:04 PM.
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04-12-2009, 12:05 PM #10
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04-12-2009, 12:06 PM #11
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So what makes it a big deal to go from anavar, primo or winny to test? I guess I'm not understanding the difference between anavar/primo/etc, (which is test) and the stuff labeled test.
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04-12-2009, 12:18 PM #12
The issue with testosterone is that it will aromatise to dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
DHT is something like 20-40 (sorry going from my memory) times as potent as testosterone.
Anavar does not aromatise, which makes it less androgenic.
Primo does not aromatise either.
Winny is a derivative of DHT, but not as potent.
If you took test suspension, it has a really short half life, so I don't think it would apply, however all the other testosterones, cyp, enanthate etc, have a long or short tail attached to them to avoid being broken down in the liver so they have a longer half life than test.
I don't really know the differences between the different types of test off the top of my head.
I did make a boo boo with the three androgens though, androstendione is not the third anabolic derivative, it is nandrolone.Last edited by Tatyana; 04-12-2009 at 12:22 PM.
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04-12-2009, 12:20 PM #13
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Bingo! Lightbulb is on! I get it now. Thanks, Tats!!
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04-12-2009, 12:34 PM #14
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Your answer was too technical and my answer was obviously too brief.
I was just quoting John Romano from his recent interview on HMR where he points oot that most people think all AASs are derived from testosterone whereas some are derived from androstendione or nandrolone or some other thing.Last edited by Skeptic; 04-12-2009 at 12:36 PM.
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04-12-2009, 12:57 PM #15
For this thread, women and testosterone, for the most part, women are putting a derivative of testosterone in their bodies when they take an anabolic steroid.
It is a more elaborate discussion if they are taking test cyp, test enanthate, test prop, or test suspension specifically.
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