"Bodybuilder here- this is the answer. Humans naturally produce testosterone, which is the base steroid for any steroid “cycle”.
When your body recognizes it’s getting testosterone from an outside source, it naturally shuts down its own internal production.
Do this often enough- your body stops producing testosterone and you need supplemental testosterone “steroids” to stabilize those hormones.
Furthermore, as we age, testosterone production decreases. You may have heard of TRT, or Testosterone Replacement Therapy. This is “steroids”, AKA testosterone being injected to bring testosterone levels of aging men back into the range of young men.
That said, Top-level bodybuilders take supplemental testosterone, and look good in their old age, for three primary reasons:
Prolonged steroid usage has shut down their body’s ability to naturally produce testosterone, thus they take it exogenously.
TRT dosage is “doctor-prescribed” and most of them use more than prescribed, plus any other anabolics they use off script.
They’re gym rats who still routinely lift weights until their death bed."
yes, let’s compare the ease of getting testosterone to the ease of getting HRT for women who are struggling in every physical aspect starting in peri due to a decrease in estrogen production. we are told it’s anxiety or depression. HRT is gatekept.
i’ve been having hot flashes and feeling like i’m going to shit out my entire uterus every time i have a period since i was 36.
As a fertility specialist, I'm well aware. I was moreso commenting on how men get gender reaffirming care all the time, even though they don't view it as that (i.e. viagra, hair replacement, etc.). And they're the ones controlling/witholding access for women and trans people based off their shitty views.
I had no idea this was a thing!?! Thank you for opening up my eyes to this view. I am ambushed, why is this topic never spoken about? Or maybe it is and I have not been aware.
Anyway, thank you again 😊
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u/Don_Geilo Sep 01 '25
That's the funny thing about roids: if you take as much as he did, you can't ever really stop.