dealing with the headfuck of losing BW.

JC said:
Until my season "off" I used to think that PEDs (and Tren in particular) had a HUGE effect on my temper....I think it was an easy avenue of blame for both me/my Mrs when I would lose my rag and do some stupid things
Now, I'm not at all sure thats the case. I think I'm just a bad tempered t**t, and thats the way I am. I think the PEDs might exasperate this personality trait a little, but my experiences have told me that you are what you are, and PEDs or no PEDs, behavior will be pretty much the same

Robbo said:Also, there is absolutely no way in hell, that the majority of guys who do 'use' all the way through comp season are comfortable doing so. I dont think either, that most can say they do not worry about what the possible side effects are on themselves. If they dont, good for them, but I think a lot are being dishonest with themselves if they say they dont.

Robbo said:
I too have a short fuse and am bad tempered. But, I seem to be a lot worse nowadays with the use of ped's on top. I am not to blame anything in particular and have never and will never, be one of those guys who points his finger at peds or use them as an excuse but when 'off' i dont snap as much, dont have the mood swings and generally dont bite back as much. I just feel calmer in myself. This is not just with home life, but also at work too. This has only been the problem since using them for a prolonged period of time.
The issues raised by Boar, Pagan and myself, about a long comp season, are a serious issue to me and having athletes 'on' for so long can only result in an increased risk to any already realted side efeects.

JC said:
Until my season "off" I used to think that PEDs (and Tren in particular) had a HUGE effect on my temper....I think it was an easy avenue of blame for both me/my Mrs when I would lose my rag and do some stupid things
Now, I'm not at all sure thats the case. I think I'm just a bad tempered t**t, and thats the way I am. I think the PEDs might exasperate this personality trait a little, but my experiences have told me that you are what you are, and PEDs or no PEDs, behavior will be pretty much the same

JC said:
I didnt mean to direct my post at you mate...was just my general thoughts on the matter
BSM is July (105)...the Northern qualifier was April
If you start 10 weeks before, you only need be on for 6 months of the year...which isn't horrendous IMO
Either way, I dont think the season can be any shorter TBH...we had 6-8 wks prep for ESM from the qualifier (ideal amount of time)...and then 6-7 weeks from ESM to BSM (again an ideal amount of time to get contest ready)

martinb said:
This is one of my main points about the consistently heavy comps, that only seem to test limit strength all the time, IMO they force people to make decisions they aren't(or shouldn't) be comfortable with about use

Robbo said:
Uks is end of august which is the final comp of the year and most strive for that one due to the possibility for international competition. Northerns was 14th Apr. thats nearly 7 months if you start 10 weeks before like you mention. If you were to do the CoC comp it would be even longer. A comp that i WOULD have done if it were not for the wedding.
Edit - the CoC comp was getting done by me until the wedding took hold too much, and i adjusted my cycle to accomodate that which f**ked up my 'off' time. So in reality, I was 'on' from the beginning of January and if i went to uks then that would be 8 months

MrSmall said:Bunch of crack addicts up in this forum!

JC said:
Honest question...do you come off for the full 4-5 months were you dont need to be "on" though? I'd be suprised if you (and most) do TBH...no-one I know did (including myself) certainly!
If the answer is no, then you cant really blam the length of the comp season IMO
*Just a side note, I wouldn't want the comp season to be any shorter...I love competing and I think March-October of lots of comps is f**king awesome

Robbo said:
Also, a 6-8 month cycle is still too long whichever way you look at it.