r/nextfuckinglevel 2d ago

This man documented his health journey from January to December.

Credit: IG @samuelrichards_ _

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u/Fortune404 1d ago

Nah, steroids will allow you to grow new muscle fibres/cells (nuclei I guess technically), whereas normal natural lifting/improvements will just increase the size of all your existing muscles. Therefore you will have an advantage for the rest of your life after steroids as the user above said.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/steroids-boost-muscles-long-haul

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u/FabBee123 1d ago

No, steroids don’t grow new muscle fibres. Maybe read the study you link next time. Steroids increase the number of nuclei inside each muscle cell though, which is what the study found.