How Testerone Affects Building Muscles

[Carl Fredrik Ahl]

Hi,

According my understanding, testosterone can make more protein from amino acids that could be made without them. I know that the muscles can't utilize all the protein that you eat. What I wonder is why steroids and testosterone helps building much bigger muscles and why it can do it so much faster when the muscles can't utilize all the protein you eat.

[Silvestru]

I see this is a very important topic, seeing how you posted it 3 times.

[Carl Fredrik Ahl]

5 minutes ago, Silvestru said:

I see this is a very important topic, seeing how you posted it 3 times.

Oh, I wasn't  aware of that, I got some problem posting it xD

[Silvestru]

22 minutes ago, Carl Fredrik Ahl said:

Oh, I wasn't  aware of that, I got some problem posting it xD

Haha no worries, jokes aside I am interested in your thread and hope member with insight will contribute.

[dimreepr]

55 minutes ago, Carl Fredrik Ahl said:

Hi,

According my understanding, testosterone can make more protein from amino acids that could be made without them. I know that the muscles can't utilize all the protein that you eat. What I wonder is why steroids and testosterone helps building much bigger muscles and why it can do it so much faster when the muscles can't utilize all the protein you eat.

My understanding is, exercise builds muscles and protein enables the growth, steroids et al enables the exercise, not the growth. 

[StringJunky]

48 minutes ago, dimreepr said:

My understanding is, exercise builds muscles and protein enables the growth, steroids et al enables the exercise, not the growth. 

I think it aids water retention in the muscles as well, which plumps them up. Once they stop taking them they go all flabby.

Edited June 13, 2018 by StringJunky

[Carl Fredrik Ahl]

16 hours ago, dimreepr said:

My understanding is, exercise builds muscles and protein enables the growth, steroids et al enables the exercise, not the growth. 

Ok, thx for the answer, but can you plz answer my questoin more?

15 hours ago, StringJunky said:

I think it aids water retention in the muscles as well, which plumps them up. Once they stop taking them they go all flabby.

Ok cool, thx for the answer, interesting to know, can you plz answer my question more?

 

[nevim]

https://www.livescience.com/3349-steroids-work.html

This was just the first link I clicked on in a search for ‘how do steroids work’.

With regards to your other questions - there’s loads of detailed information you can find yourself with a little bit of searching.