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Originally posted by CET
Nope, I got it and nothing in it disagree with anything I've asserted. On the contrary, it contradicts your assertion that gear inherently makes people stronger and faster. Becoming strong and faster is a function of stress, rest and nutrition. Leave out any one of these things and muscle cannot grow. Saying that gear inherently makes one stronger suggests that you can leave out stressing the body and still grow muscle. The only way to do that is to develope a myostatin inhibitor, which has not been done yet, but has been in the works for the last 30 years or so.
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Please research hormone replacement therapy (specifically TRT) in older men. It has been shown that an increase in the ease of daily activities as well as fat loss occur in testosterone deficient males on HRT. This is due to androgenic stimiulus and the bodies ability to deal with physical and psychological stress (as stated by Jenetic)
Steroids DO have a positive effect on strength because of their androgenic properties (physical and mental). Read the above once more.
Maybe you missed my other argument about EQ and Halotestin, a couple of steroids that increase the users red blood cell count, positively effecting their V02 max and aerobic capabilities?
As for your off topic remark about a couch potato building muscle. Steroids like Anavar are used to increase protein synthesis, (directly related to muscle building) in wasting patients like burn victims.... to help these patients heal faster. These patients are (effectively couch potatos) limited to lying down and watching TV.
Duh, nutrition plays a roll... that's obvious, yes steroids do play a part in protein synthesis for muscle building but they do more than just that.
Staying on topic, an ATHELETE will get strength and endurance gains while using steroids. Your "assymilation" argument states that steroids ONLY enhance nutritional intake and muscle repair is wrong.
Steroids won't grow muscle for someone that is frozen in a block of ice, no. But even a couch potatos daily activities involve the use of muscle resulting in a breakdown of those cells, in turn benefiting (not much) from the use of AAS.