Bodybuilding is a great endeavor. You can do it for 50 years or more and look and feel better than 99.9% of your peers. The benefits of consistent training and dieting should be well-known to those on this board. Whether you chose to enhance your training with hormones is up to you but the benefits are great and should be considered in the same way as you would taking any supplement or medication. There are benefits and drawbacks. And for literally millions of people, in all walks of life, the benefits of hormone therapy far outweigh the drawbacks. If you want to learn more there are plenty of legitimate medical doctors on YouTube and elsewhere that can start you out on the path of knowledge in this regard. Setting aside all of the celebrity examples in movies and sports I personally know tons of very successful people who have been using hormones for decades with no ill-effects
The OP, and his ilk, remind me of the hysterical anti-marijuana crowd from back in the day. They use ancedotal evidence to support their position and condemn anyone who dares suggest that marijuana may be no worse than alcohol, which they usually consume freely, and may actually be a much better mind-altering alternative than booze (I consume neither but don’t have any feelings towards anyone who does so responsibly). The choice isn’t just between recklessly consuming “the roids” in a dirty gym locker room or doing nothing at all, there is also a choice to use hormones responsibly, similar in some ways to how one would use marijuana for medicinal purposes. Young teenage girls are put on hormones for birth control purposes. Are there possible adverse effects? Perhaps; but millions chose to use them anyway because society has essentially decided that the good outweighs the bad. The stories of hormone abuse that you hear about are just like the stories we heard about for years about how marijuana use would destroy your life. Of course, these stories would be interrupted by commercials for cigarettes and alcohol, which was just fine and even considered good for you, in the case of cigarettes, at one point.
So definitely bodybuild. You’ll feel great. And if you want to look and feel even better add some hormones if you so chose. Exercise your free will while you still have some. The look and feel you want is not unattainable at virtually any age. Get good doctors to monitor you, just like you would if you were taking any medication, follow a good diet, and avoid extreme behaviors; you’ll be happy you did.
