Cycling is defined as the alternate periods of anabolic steroids. Bodybuilders usually follow different cycle trends than athletes. They consume anabolic steroids for two reasons. First is to increase the muscle and bone mass and second is to reduce the fat content of the body. Supplementary factors like endurance, stamina, and strength are less important. Generally these body builders buy steroids and consume lot of it.
So cycling of anabolic steroids has become necessary because of following reasons: -
1.) The main reason is to reduce the side effects of the steroids. Mostly the side affects increases with the duration of time the person is consuming the drugs. So a short time of 6 to 8 cycles does not generate any serious harm.
2.) Another reason is to escape from drug test. To prevent themselves from getting banned from the game they adopt the cycling technique.
3.) Also by the cycling of anabolic steroids their effectiveness can also be increased. First cycle of steroids is most effective as the body is still not used to the drugs.
Problems with cycling of anabolic steroids: -
1.) Some athletes are very sensitive to the effects of these steroids. Even by cycling there is still not immune and develop medical problems because it is still not known how a steroid affects a humans body.
2.) Now the escaping from the drug test is not an easy task as testing procedures are becoming more and more complex and even steroids which had been taken 18-20 months back can be traced.
3.) Also the steroids law 1991 has made anabolic steroids illegal substances.
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