Another said day in bodybuilding .A competitor named Anthony Darrezo, died at Masters Nationals from a heart attack, of course from steroids.May he rest in peace, and my prayers go out to his friends and family .I know alot of you guys enquired about steroid use, and thats normal, all natural bodybuilders get curious.I know I did.Now I am not against people who use anabolics, and I am not supporting natural bodybuilding eitther, I beleive in freedom of choice.What I will say is if I had to do it all over again I would have never taken anabolics ,heck I was 250 lbs drug free at 5'11" ,which isnt huge, but it isnt small either.I have talked to alot of guys who have used steroids in the past, and I would say 8 of 10 guys I talked to regret ever using steroids.Yes steroids give you great muscle gains, but they have alot of nasty side effects.For example high cholesterol, high blood pressure , staff infections, heart arithmia, heart attack , stroke, liver failure ,and emoitional problems.Now if you use steroids, I am not attacking you I am just warning people about the side effects from steroids, since I have been on both sides of the fence.If you use steroids and are happy what they do for you, then keep using them, its your choice and your body.Iknow what steroids users have to go through, trust me its no picnic.First you have to find a good source, for gear, and hope this time its as good as the last stuff you got.
You never know if the stuff your getting is real or not because I would 75% of the stuff out there is garbage.I know alot of people and most of the time I got good stuff, but we all get shafted now and then.If you order stuff from Europe they make you prepay, and you have to hope customs doesnt seize your package on the way back to the USA.You have to also worry about the law because when your meeting someone you know in a parking lot or where ever, picking up your gear, and you hope you not being set up.Plus good stuff is expensive , so doing a 10-12 week cycle isnt cheap.To make matters worse pharmacies wont sell syringes( spikes ) to bodybuilders because they know what your doing with them.So you have to have a hook up like I did at a pharmacy.Another problem that can arise is my right glute had scar tissue so now and then I would get an absess which is very painful.Imagine having a softball sized lump that is infected on your ass.If you dont Drain it your self ,then you have to go to the hospitol and they have to cut you open.I would have a nurse friend come to my house, and drain my absess for me, thank god she knew how to drain them.To drain an absses you have to drain it with a syringe.So you have this infected bump on your ass that hurts like hell, and you have a person putting a taking a needle and poking you in an infected area.They have to put the syringe directly into the absess and slowly draw the puss, anabolics, and blood out of that area.They usually have to do this 10 times, so you have to be stabbed in an infection and its not just quick stabs, the needle stays in you for 2 minutes until its full.Then you take a new needle and draw more puss ,blood and anabolics until all of the infection it gone.The pain on a scale of 1to 10 is an 11, because an absess hurts so bad on your ass you cant sit down.Then you have someone putting a 22 gauge needle in an already infected and sensitive area.If you dont drain absess'es it can turn into a staff infection.One of the reasons I stopped using anabolics is I had 2 abbesses in a row, getting ready fot the USA'S last year.Both on the same glute 1 week apart.I had so much scar tissue in that area it would no longer break down the anabolics.I didnt like site injections so I just shot my glutes.I know what your thinking he didnt use a new syringe each time.Yes I did use a new syringe everytime, heck I wouldnt even use the same needle I used to draw the anabolic out of the bottle.Plus my nurse friend she would clean the area with alcohol, and did everything totaly sanitary.I was very clean and very careful, but even when your really careful things happen.If you considering using steroids, please think twice, because it isnt easy as people think it is.It has really bad side effects, and like I said before 75 % of the shit out there is either fake or junk.Plus you dont know who you can trust, my firiend knew a guy 2 years, and the guy set him up for a bust.Guys like GH15 has great connections , trust me 99% of steroid users arent so lucky.Most of the time if you want to do a cycle you have to start buying and looking for your gear 2-4 months in advance.This way you can make sure you have everything .Nothing is worse then starting a cycle or a precontest diet and not having enough to finish your cylce or make it to the show.
I was compelled to be totaly open and honest with you guys who enquired about my steroid use, after finding out Anthony Darreszo died at masters nationals.Some of the stuff, like having absesses are embarrasing, but I would hope you learned from my experience.If you use annabolics , thie post is not by any means attacking you, its just to make you think twice.Like I said before if bodybuilding is you life and you like what steroids do for you, kepp using them.Please be careful, thats all I ask.Lastly I would like to send my prayers, and my heart goes out to Anthony's family and friends in this difficult time.I met Anthony ,he was a great guy and an awesome athlete.
