Quote (Boilermakers @ Jun 7 2016 06:46pm)
Was speaking in general terms of what people think of PED's as steroids. Mostly any anabolic steroid that increases testosterone also causes rise in blood pressure and can be stressful on your cardio vascular system.
Not talking about EPO, HGH, or the various other PED's.
Steroids aren't bad for your cardiovascular system. No anabolic steroid increases testosterone. You can inject extra testosterone, however you can't make more. You can make less by ruining your endocrine system with steroid usage. Testosterone isn't bad for you either. Using a shitload of it however isn't very good for you. That is the same with any other anabolic hormone. And yes there are some that are just a disaster waiting to happen. One in specific fluoxymesterone. Not only is a filthy bastard on your liver and kidneys but it extremely androgenic. If you know much about Anabolic steroids they are also androgenic. They all have a a rating testosterone being the basis for this which is 100:100. The higher the second number goes and the more the abuse more you'll get androgenic side effects. Such as an enlarged prostate.
There is a lot more factors in play than the guy used steroids. Unfortunately his choices in life led a good person to an early grave. He's going to be missed by a lot of people myself included. I always tuned in.