I am not currently taking any wet compounds I have no aromatization. I am not bulking. Also not cutting not taking any stimulants or metabolism optimizers and never do. Just eating normal meals and training hard. I look my best when I do that. I have enough size I can take it slow I don't need to get sloppy.
The talk about "wet" and "dry" compounds is a bit of a misunderstanding of what steroids do/can do. First of all estrogen is not the main reason for retaining water. Basically ALL anabolic steroids cause water retention, it's part of what they do, none of them are outright diuretics, correct me if I'm wrong. There is a word that may be useful when debating steroids and their effect on wetness or dryness and the word is MINERALCORTICOID.
I've know many people who were dry, "hardest in show," and they used NO type types of antiestrogens. And they used plenty of aromatizing gear. In fact for decades this was done successfully.
Did you know there are understood mechanisms of how something like tren or Halotestin can/will cause water retention/edema (mineralcorticoid related mechanism)? Halo has edema listed as a side effect as do most steroids.
Yea yes, I know usually tren will make you look harder generally but it's also the case, that in higher doses it can cause edema in the ankles for example. Personal experience, actually have it right now. I still remember Bob Chicherillo saying only an idiot would take any steroids the last 2 weeks before the show, as they ALL cause water retention. I think he's right and wrong. Wrong in that you actually maybe WANT water retention because that's a large part of how steroids cause "size" increases. Stop all roids and GH and insulin and and do diuretics and it can simply look like a deflated version of yourself, not even necessarily "harder."
To complicate matters even more, something like Nolvadex or Arimidex are known to cause edema sometimes all by themselves.
If someone knows this to be all wrong, I'd love to be corrected.
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