By Todd Lee M.D.
Many bodybuilders use dry steroids and prohormones to try to avoid getting water bloat, mood swings and gynecomastia associated with estrogen. Some even take breast cancer meds to prevent aromatizing (wet) steroids from converting into estrogen at all! But they may be shortchanging themselves on gains. Since the 1960s Deca and D-bol were used to gain mass, It is said “ If you can’t grow on Deca and D-bol you can't grow.” Up until now this broscience has been sort of disregarded by sciency types, but the data exists to show why wet steroids and prohormones actually make you grow more muscle. A study in rats found that There are 2 estrogen receptors, type alpha and beta (ERA and ERB respectively). Turns out that when estrogen binds to ERA satellite cells migrate to muscle cells and donate a nucleus, and when estrogen binds to ERB, IGF-1 is expressed and we all know what that means….MUSCLE GROWTH! Thats right, estrogen directly stimulates muscle growth! This is supported in the evidence that women after menopause lose muscle if not given hormone replacement therapy.
In addition, Estrogen helps the muscle stave off the effects of post exercise inflammation, returning it to a ready-to-workout-again state.
So the next time you're going to dry yourself out to gain “lean mass” don’t, just bulk and be wet, you'll gain more muscle and you can handle more weight when your wet anyway!
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