Oops…

So I owe you all an apology.

Three years ago I said I was going to test Anavar, Winstrol, and Halotestin I believe, and report back. I did indeed test those compounds as well as others. I made lots of notes – and even more mistakes, mostly in the form of putting on a LOT of “collateral” lean mass – and I also pushed my grade from V5 to around V8. (Although I think that’s pretty good for a 52-year-old, can you imagine what I’d be climbing if I weren’t carrying 10kg of unnecessary muscle?).

Well, to state the obvious, you might have noticed I never reported back.

I’ve often thought about uploading a little snippet; a pondering perhaps based on some small finding or realisation and every time what’s stopped me was the guilt of not having done the thing I said I was going to do and having to explain.

So, by way of explanation, here we go…

Around the time I was doing my initial Anavar/Winstrol experiments, a few people were managing to get hold of me after reading this blog. I hadn’t put my contact details anywhere but some people still found me via YouTube, Reddit, and Twitter (which I’m definitely no longer using). I ended up in two or three informal coaching relationships; they’d pay for an hour’s consultation now and then, and I’d guide them through the process of adding PEDs into their training programmes.

At first I put off posting here simply because I didn’t have the time. What with navigating a full time job, starting a new relationship, and doing the odd consultation, I didn’t have the headspace. But then, as time went on and some of the coaching relationships became a little more involved, it began to dawn on me that it wouldn’t be fair on my clients to share the knowledge they were paying me for. That sounds awfully capitalist, which isn’t my style, which made me feel double guilty for fuck’s sake. One year turned into two, turned into three, and before I knew it I had a small but lovely group of clients and an albatross around my neck in the form of this blog. The longer it was since I last posted, the guiltier I felt, and the harder it was to sit down and write something

So what changed?

Well firstly my coaching style has become a little more sophisticated as time has gone on. I’m able to offer more nuanced advice so my original concerns about giving away hard-won trade secrets aren’t particularly relevant any more; for instance I’ll tell you outright that Winstrol beats Anavar hands down, but I still use Anavar with clients all the time.

The more significant change is that I have a lot more free time now. I’ve quit full time employment because I’m pretty sure I can make a meagre living through coaching and freelance instructing. Oh, I should probably mention I’ve qualified as a climbing instructor since we last spoke, and I’ve been working in the field for the best part of three years now.

So here we are. I’m in my van, doors open, and butterflies are fluttering around in the sun. After sitting with the quiet and the birdsong, waiting for it to cool off a bit before heading off to crimp the excellent granitic gneiss scattered around the hillsides here, I suddenly thought “now’s the time”.

So I’m going to make an effort to share more knowledge now. And if any of you want a to say hello, I have a new email address to make it easier to get in touch. Whether you’re interested in a chat, or you’re intending to poke me because I just promised I’d start posting again and I haven’t (please do this), mike@dopingforclimbers.com is where you can find me.

In the next post I’m going to discuss why steroids don’t work for climbing performance, and how to achieve excellent results with them anyway.

TTFN – Mike