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Dianabol

Dianabol, was the second Anabolic Steroid ever produced. Russian athletes in the Olympic games then used testosterone with amazing success. John Zeigler, who was a doctor working with the US Weightlifting Team, began a cooperative project with Ciba to develop an equalizer for US atheletes. Forward to 1956 and enter Dianabol - the original trade name for Ciba’s Methandrostenolone called “Dbol” by athletes. The original package insert said that 10mgs/day was enough to provide full androgen replacement for a man and Dr.Zeigler recommended that athletes take 5-10mgs/day. This is also the dose that Bodybuilders were reputed to take from then until roughly the 1970’s. This was allegedly Arnold Swartzenegger's dose, Zane’s dose, simply stacked with some testosterone. For any trivia buffs out there, Dan Duchaine’s mail order steroid business operated under the name “The John Zeigler Fan Club”.

Ok, lets get into what this stuff is and what it does. First, it’s usually found in pill form, though it can be found as an injectable also (Under the name: Reforvit-B, which is 25mgs of Dianabol mixed with B-vitamins). It is a 17aa steroid, which means it has been altered at the 17th Carbon position, to survive its’ first pass through your liver, and make it into your blood stream. It’ll raise your blood pressure and is also hepatoxic (Liver-Toxic) therefore if one is on for more then 6 weeks or at higher dosage levels, Milk Thistle should be taken to assist the Liver. Although bodybuilders have been known to take up to 100mgs/day and not suffer any ill-effects. One study looked at that exact dose and the people involved didn’t suffer any intolerable side effects .

In a scientific study, done in the early 1980’s a very high dose of Dianaboll (20-5mg tabs for 6 weeks) decreased plasma testosterone to about 40% of it’s normal value, plasma GH went up about a third, LH dropped to about 80% of it’s original value, and FSH went down about a third also. Although bodyfat did not go up significantly and Fat Free Mass went up anywhere between 2-7kgs (3.3kgs average gain). The researchers concluded that Dbol increases Fat Free Mass as well as increasing strength and performance. It also only has a modest aromatase activity .

How strong is Dbol? On a mg for mg basis, most people agree that it's stronger than Anadrol 50, but the reason most people don't get the same gains off of Dbol is that almost nobody takes the same doses.

So how can we incorporate this stuff into steroid cycles? The inclusion of Dbol at any point in a cycle would contribute to gains , however, most would speculate that Dbol is most regularly used for 2 reasons:

1. At the beginning of a cycle to “Kick Start” gains
2. As a bridge between cycles, to maintain gains

Lets look at these two uses.

In order to kick start a cycle, usually what you do is incorporate a fast acting oral like dianabol and combine it with long acting injectables (such as DecaDurabolin or Boldenone with some Testosterone). The reasoning here is that the oral (Dbol in this case) will give almost immediate results, while the injectable takes time to produce results. The end result is that you start seeing results within the first week of your cycle and continue up until the end with the injectables. This entails taking anywhere from 25-50mgs of dbol (although as little as 20mgs or as much as 100mgs have been reported) for 3-6 weeks at the start of a cycle (average time for a “Kick Start” is 4 weeks, though), and then ceasing their use as the injectables start to produce results.

In order to successfully bridge between cycles (and this means using a low dose of AAS in this case dbol), you need to recover your natural hormonal levels to pre-cycle levels or to within acceptable parameters, and then you start your next cycle. The idea here is that you won’t lose any gains, but rather a low dose of an AAS will help you maintain them. Typically, you’d use around 10mgs/day of dbol and combine it with an aggressive Post-Cycle Therapy (PCT) course of Nolvadex (and/or Clomid) and HCG. This would give you full androgen replacement from the Dbol and a shot at recovering your natural hormonal levels via the other stuff you are taking. The 100mg/day dose of dbol in the study we looked at earlier did not suppress Test, LH, or FSH to a degree that would make recovery impossible and certainly not with 1/10th that dose in conjunction with an aggressive PCT.

This is a very good steroid and a potent tool for quick gains or retaining gains when used properly and safely.

Buy Dianabol in today Steroid marketplace - 1000 tab countpackage lies around $400 - $800 in today's steroid market.