I see, some interesting discussion has developed here. I don't understand your reasoning though Strawberry. You say that life is all about trying new things and so on, but you have never used steroids yourself, did you? So what have using steroids do with experiencing new things? Doing steroids is mostly stupid and not many people using them actually knows what they do. I know a few women using them and they basically didn't do any progress so far. Why? Because they have no clue about it. They thought they can replace good diet with using steroids and that roids will do everything for them.
It doesn't work this way. For women I would recommend to think about steroids only after 5 years of solid work out, not earlier and prior to that they should answer very simple question: What is that you want to achieve with steroids?
Because for most women it doesn't make any sense at all to do them. Our bodies don't grow as much and if you just want to have a good shape, then you definitely don't need them.
I partially agree and disagree with you Panemoniac. Steroids may lead to feeling better, getting your body stronger, leaner and more agile without any extraordinary risks. Of course, all of this can be achieved without them as well and I would only recommend them for people that know what they are doing, but I wouldn't rule out their use for casual lifters as well. You don't have to be a pro to take them, the only difference is the dose - pros are just using really a lot of them, while an average "girl" from gym will be happy with lower doses to slightly improve her performance. Thing is that not many people think this way.
They are all mostly 100% or nothing and this attitude is very misleading. We can compare it to alcohol. Nothing bad will really happen for an adult woman that will drink two beers at a party, right? But what if this person drinks 8 beers? She will most likely vomit, feel nauseous and so on. Same thing with steroids, using a dose that will increase your testosterone level by 200% won't do much harm to you and you will have a little of your desired effect. Increasing its level by 800% can give some nasty side effects, but also much stronger short-term effect. I'm just asking to look from a wider perspective at things like this, please. Not everything is black or white.
Okay, I believe everything have been said in this matter. I would like to point out that this is not steroids forum, so there is no point in further discussing it. DeVone, if you will want to ask specifically about steroids use in the future, you should find more suited for this community. As for help with your stagnation, I will be more than happy to help you if you make another thread in the right section.
If anyone else is hesitating, then just look at success stories section and you will find plenty of great transformation that anyone can achieve without the use of steroids or any other substances. I may have a bit of an old school mentality, but I still believe in hard-work and motivation above all other things.