I think If knew back then what I know now I would have probably done things a bit different. back then I was under the care of a well known doctor (Robert Kerr). I would have to go in office each week for the shot, Deca and If I remember correctly once a month for my refills which were the CIBA 5mg Dianabol and/or 2.5mg Anavar. I remember EVER taking more than what he prescribed simply because I was scared which led me later on in life to take as little as I could get away with for a show. I can't remember when I started adding in any type of test into the mix, Kerr never prescribed at least with me but I think it was probably in my mid-20's or so. Just a note that EVERYTHING back then was the real deal.
Kids today, because of the internet and social media aren't afraid and don't think of consequences. GH, insulin, test, tren, etc. They don't think and I don't hear many warnings given nor would they probably listen anyway.
I hear you. Kids get on anabolics after just looking at tiktoks. And kids are hard headed. At the same time, I'm amazed at how "smart" some kids are wrt PEDs if they listen to a lot of long youtubes and so on. They "know" more technicalities than most juicers who have been on for 40 years. I see this with my nephew and he's never juiced and doesn't wantt to currently, he's 21. But the personal experience isn't there obviously.
Regarding things like insulin and GH. Older lifters think these are more "advanced" than anabolics, but if you think about it, why are they more advanced that anabolics? AAS, except test, aren't "natural" to the body, insulin and GH are. For example, you have to, or should, eat maybe 4-5K calories to grow rapidly if starting from a low bodyfat. Adding just a little long acting Lantus, at say 10iu, could help utilize those carbs and calories, remove some stress form the pancreas, and increase IGF-1. Lantus iis released over 24 hours so calculate how "little" is released each hour. Zero risk wrt to hypoglycemia. You could also add the Type II diabetic med Metformin at night to increase insulin sensitivity, you know how important that is for both health and growth. The natural herb berberine would work almost identically to Metformin. And you know how easy it is to get too fat when "eating big." Those fat cells you form are never going away, they can only shrink temporarily. That's where the GH would come in, preventing that. It would also further potentiate the testosterone's anabolic effect, and GH is well tolerated as a youth because it's been very high a few years earlier especially. Also, with what we know, you'd also want to take measures to control your BP, high BP can make the heart grow as you know. Controlling that from the start should logically extend lifespan at the other end of your life. Older juicers always instinctively think taking a BP med as a teen or young adult is "crazy" to do, but isn't at all if you think about it, at least isn't to me. So I would get on a very small amount from the start, then maybe titrate up, IF necessary depending on BP.
Telmisartan has been shown to prevent bad remodeling of the heart and also protects the kidneys.
Do you at all see where I'm coming from? I have some hypertrophy of the left ventricle, like all athletes have, but especially PED users where it becomes pathological and dangerous. If I had know about, and implemented, some of these steps mayb I wouldn't have that right now. I had severe heart failure when I had covid and on a ventilator and the docs attributed that partly to the anabolics. Luckily it improved a lot afterwards, a year ago I was just under normal EF, I had I think 50 EF. Just took new scans so waiting on those
If I had done more aggressive anabolics, of less dangerous anabolics, and had incorporated GH, the outcome would most likely have been way better and I wouldn't have wasted time on suboptimal, half-assed cycles
