This...
"I did some really shitty lifting for a few months while eating almost nothing. What steroids would help?"
...comes from the same line of reasoning as...
"Do you take proteins?"
Your body is not going to construct tissue out of thin air. In other news: you need concrete and bricks to build a house.
Your body will increase its amount of muscle mass when a) it needs to and b) it can. It only needs to add muscle when your body is told it is inadequate by training until you can't continue out of fatigue. It is only capable of adding muscle when it has sufficient nutrients. For protein synthesis you need amino acids, which are conveniently found in the proteins in your diet. For energy in general, you need huge amounts of carbohydrates and fats, so select the right ones and eat.
Steroid hormones will enhance the rate of muscle repair after a training so you can train again quicker than without added hormones. Steroids by themselves are not going to a) tell your body it needs to grow or b) enable your body to grow.
Eating and training like a beast will result in you growing. Eating 2000 kcal is eating like a child.
P.S.: I have nothing against taking steroids. I have something against both people being against them and people wanting to do them without understanding the physiological mechanisms at play.
"I did some really shitty lifting for a few months while eating almost nothing. What steroids would help?"
...comes from the same line of reasoning as...
"Do you take proteins?"
Your body is not going to construct tissue out of thin air. In other news: you need concrete and bricks to build a house.
Your body will increase its amount of muscle mass when a) it needs to and b) it can. It only needs to add muscle when your body is told it is inadequate by training until you can't continue out of fatigue. It is only capable of adding muscle when it has sufficient nutrients. For protein synthesis you need amino acids, which are conveniently found in the proteins in your diet. For energy in general, you need huge amounts of carbohydrates and fats, so select the right ones and eat.
Steroid hormones will enhance the rate of muscle repair after a training so you can train again quicker than without added hormones. Steroids by themselves are not going to a) tell your body it needs to grow or b) enable your body to grow.
Eating and training like a beast will result in you growing. Eating 2000 kcal is eating like a child.
P.S.: I have nothing against taking steroids. I have something against both people being against them and people wanting to do them without understanding the physiological mechanisms at play.
