Among anabolic drugs, steroids are the most commonly used by athletes. Although many people have a vague understanding of steroids, it is actually not complicated. The origin of steroids can be traced back to testosterone, which is the “mother” of all steroids. At present, the steroids commonly used by domestic bodybuilders can be roughly divided into three factions: testosterone direct series, dihydrotestosterone derivatives and progesterone derivatives.
Testosterone direct series (Testosterone)
All testosterone preparations belong to this series, including Boldenone, Dianabol, Turinabol and Fluoxymesterone.
Dihydrotestosterone derivatives (DHT)
This series includes drostanolone, stanozolol, primobolan, mesterolone, anadrol, oxandrolone and M1T.
Progesterone derivatives (19-nortestosterone)
This series includes nandrolone series (Deca, nandrolone phenylpropionate, etc.), trenbolone series and tretolide, etc.
Why do we classify these steroids?
Because almost all anabolic steroids are derived from testosterone, and by slightly modifying and modifying the structure of testosterone, a variety of anabolic steroid products have been created. For example, a car has three major parts: engine, chassis and gearbox. If testosterone is compared to an engine, then by modifying or adding the three major parts of testosterone, a variety of models can be created. Some engines run faster after modification, some chassis have stronger off-road performance after tuning, some gearboxes are modified to shift gears more comfortably and accelerate faster, and some are balanced. Of course, this is just an example. The real steroid “modification” has four major parts, and then the parts are modified on the basis of the four major parts.
Classification of muscle-building ability
Among the many anabolic steroids, the ability of these derivatives to help muscle building can also be divided into two factions: stronger and weaker.
Strong muscle-building ability: testosterone, Boldenone, Dianabol, M1T, Anadrol, Nandrolone, Trenbolone and Tritorone, etc.
Weak muscle-building ability: drostanolone, stanozolol, primobolan, mesterolone, oxandrolone and teribol (teribol is good in improving athletic performance, but it is between stanozolol and dianabol in terms of muscle building).
Regarding the classification of muscle-building ability, I classified it according to the effect of the use of individual drugs. During use, athletes mostly use them in combination according to their different characteristics.