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LiberalArkie

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28. I am 64 and take my steroids every 2 weeks. I wondered all my life why I could not gain

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Tue Nov 20, 2012, 11:43 AM

Nov 2012

muscles no matter how much exercising I did. I did not find out until I was 60 that my testosterone level was 90. It should have been at my age more than 400. My doc figured it was always too low. Some of the guys at work were real skinny and worked out and never gained muscles, I told them to have their T level checked and low and behold they were real low also.

It is hard to develop muscles and have a healthy heart without testosterone.

I was reading where it is a real trend for guys to have a real low level these days. Something in the food ? who knows.

Some guys can't gain weight or muscles without the proper T level some can not keep the weight off without the correct level.

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Boys after unattainable body image [View all] Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 OP

Does the survey indicate that it's to look a certain way, or is it for performance in athletics? Brickbat Nov 2012 #1

Fitness isn't a bad thing. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2012 #2

My son began working out at age 12 Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #4

Working out 6 days a week is also a problem. tridim Nov 2012 #5

Whey powder is dirt cheap. Drahthaardogs Nov 2012 #8

I'm drinking 1/2 gallon a day. Zero problems. tridim Nov 2012 #11

old routine Drahthaardogs Nov 2012 #13

I buy only organic milk now argiel1234 Nov 2012 #23

Steroid abuse is more prevalent then Bulimia Eyes of the World Nov 2012 #3

and then years later, these boys will experience all the bad effects of too much steroids quinnox Nov 2012 #6

There are few, if any, lingering effects of steroids. Drahthaardogs Nov 2012 #9

Steroid overuse? Hell yeah there are.... Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #18

There is such a thing as responsible AAS use by *adults* War Horse Nov 2012 #20

I was not replying to the OP, I was replying to the poster who Drahthaardogs Nov 2012 #24

my 17 yr old read this and then said... well, duh. that is an obvious. seabeyond Nov 2012 #7

"Shallow" is trendy. Igel Nov 2012 #10

rather deal with a problem with kids going overboard with exercise snooper2 Nov 2012 #12

Well the DU consensus seems to be that it's OK if boys have unrealistic body image problems Fumesucker Nov 2012 #14

13 responses (before yours) and that's a "consensus" of DUers? riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #17

The one right above mine set me off Fumesucker Nov 2012 #19

Hear, hear! smirkymonkey Nov 2012 #30

to be clear, two boys with very different bodies, an awareness how we are fuckin up our kids seabeyond Nov 2012 #26

Charles Atlas is hardly an "unattainable body image" War Horse Nov 2012 #15

This is not new; Charles Atlas ads were in '50s comic books; he died in '72 FarCenter Nov 2012 #25

That's the main stupidity of the article bhikkhu Nov 2012 #29

I don't think boys should have to go through those types of bad self image problems either. Jamastiene Nov 2012 #16

excercise and fitness is great! ibegurpard Nov 2012 #21

That is scary and makes me feel sad. MadrasT Nov 2012 #22

Once again, parents need to be involved in their kids' lives. Not Me Nov 2012 #27

I am 64 and take my steroids every 2 weeks. I wondered all my life why I could not gain LiberalArkie Nov 2012 #28