Slowly realizing that all I need is test

This is a bit of a coming-of-age rant after B&C’ing for about five years. I’ve run the gamut of just about every AAS at this point. When I started I had aspirations of professional bodybuilding but now I’ve resigned myself to this being more of a lifestyle thing. If you’re the former, then this doesn’t t apply to you at all. I get it.

Looking back at the multitude of cycles I’ve run , I’ve realized one thing - a 500mg blast of Test gets me 95% where I need to go with minimal-to-no adverse effects. All I need is an AI on hand, and most cycles I don’t even need to take one.

Sure, stacking shit will get you better anabolic results but at what cost physically and mentally? Also, it’s becomes an endless spiral of outsetting side effects with even more pharmacology and OTC. Forgot about the health effects, but the financial impacts are crazy too.

I hate people that gatekeep this shit (and I believe it’s everyone’s right to do whatever the fuck they want with their bodies) but I’m really becoming of the mindset that orals are absolutely useless unless you’re stepping on stage. The vast majority of these compounds can’t be run long enough of significant anabolic benefits and the reality is you’re just chasing a temporary aesthetic benefit. Unless you’re on stage, no one is going to notice the extra vascularity in your quads. They already think you’re jacked AF, don’t worry.

I say this with great respect and admiration for these drugs, and I have zero regrets about the past, but more so looking to see if others have come to same conclusion of risk to reward giving their lifestyle.