Thoughts on myostatin inhibitors and AAS

I have been researching myostatin inhibitors for some time now. The thought occurred to me that if say for an example, follistatin (which has been shown to inhibit myostatin) became mainstream and people were using it, assuming that one gains a lot of muscle from using it--one wouldn't even need to use AAS to get big. (I'm sure there'd still be people who use, but it wouldn't necessarily be needed--that's not the scope of this post anyway.) Follistatin does not have any side effects (that we know of) so if people were becoming more muscular from it, I'm curious how that would affect people's perceptions of AAS. What do you think?

I think follistatin would be classified in the same as AAS and only legal for medical usage. However, just like AAS, and GH, there would be a way to get it I'm sure. Peoples opinion on AAS will not change anytime soon, and if it does, it will be a gradual slow change. However, with the age of plastic surgery and cosmetic perfection that all seem to seek, we could have a bright future ahead of us as far as legalizing AAS. I'm sure it would still be controlled by the medical community though, and illegal to administer yourself. Instead of having botox or silicone parties, we could have AAS parties!!

I'd still wanna use AAS and the other goodies along with the Myostatin, to see some freaky gains.

I would think that if they tried to classify follistatin or other myostatin inhibitors the same way AAS are classified, they'd have some trouble. These substances clearly do not function the way AAS do so I'd think they would be hard pressed to find any reason to classify them like that. Remember, their reasoning for classifiying AAS on schedule III was partly because they claimed AAS caused one to be dependent on them (physical or psychological, they didn't care). The inhibitors would have no such side effects. Coming off them would not cause you to lose the muscle so once you stopped a 'cycle,' your muscle would remain. With AAS, the muscle doesn't always stay that easily, generally speaking.

I agree, Chaps, I would probably do the same, and I'm sure a lot of others would too. It would probably redefine bodybuilding as we know it.

Ya we'd be seeing alot more Trevor Smith's walking the earth, hell i'd be one of them! lmao

tonykemp said:

I would think that if they tried to classify follistatin or other myostatin inhibitors the same way AAS are classified, they'd have some trouble. These substances clearly do not function the way AAS do so I'd think they would be hard pressed to find any reason to classify them like that.

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Tony you are correct AAS and Myo inhibiters do function differently. Hence there would still be a need or use for both. Some AAS increase red blood cell counts in the body which greatly aids in recooperation of a worked muscle (transporting more O2 to the cells and shuttling away waste products faster) where an inhibiter would not do this. So the real question is..."What if you were to use BOTH together?" Imagine the future........... :dizzy:

It would be an interesting combination that can yield great results, and attain a great physique,....Just a matter of time and experiments....

That's true, but back to the original topic...How the public's view change concerning AAS and if their view on these inhibitors would be different. I think it could possibly get sucked into the realm of plastic surgery, i.e. botox, for example. Anyone can go inject a toxin in their face to "look younger." The myostatin inhibitors may be viewed similarly. People will go to their doctors to get injections of an inhibitor to gain a little more muscle to look better--why not, when they don't have lift a finger and there are no side effects like AAS have? The public's view of the myostatin inhibitors could be completely different from steroids.

from what i hear the myostatin inhibitors dont work in the "real-world" I will try to find the post that gave some research on it.

They would need to come out with a drug to increase the skins elasticity, otherwise u'd be one giant stretch mark, and i've got some NASTY ones as it is, lol.