Prohormones

Prohormones started getting their first notice in the bodybuilding world around 1996. Prohormones were then know as the “legal steroids or pro steroids” by those who were taking these supplements to build a bigger and better physique. It was around 1998 that prohormones came into public notice with the rumors that major league baseball players were using prohormones to increase strength and athletic performance. From then on prohormone supplements have been a thing of controversy in the supplement industry. Prohormone supplements have been shown to be highly effective to add lean muscle mass while minimizing fat gains over very short periods of time.

Prohormones do become the anabolic compounds that are found in anabolic steroids once converted in the body via a natural enzymatic process. Prohormones then work by increasing the hormone testosterone and stimulating the androgen receptors to build lean muscle mass, accrue strength gains and add size on to the body. Prohormone supplements also tell the body to use more nutrients in the body to help burn off excess calories and body fat at the same time.

Types of prohormones

· Androstenedione
· 4-AD (androstenediol)
· 19-norandrostenedione
· 19-norandrostenediol
· 1-AD (1-androstenediol)
· 1,4 AD (1,4-androstadienedione)
· M1-T (methyl 1-testosterone)

Prohormones do have the potential for certain types of side effects such as acne and hair loss, but it can be reduced with proper post cycle therapy measures. Cycling prohormones to get as much of the benefits as possible is also important we have all heard that too much of a good thing can be bad that is very relevant here. Your body needs time to recuperate naturally and post cycle therapy supplements are a must not only to help keep the gains you have worked so hard to get, but also to let your natural level of testosterone build back up.

Even a supplement as a prohormone will only work as good as you want it to. A healthy diet and a rigorous training routine is a must to achieve the maximum desired results that can be created with taking any prohormone.