HCG to mask testing for AAS ?

[the art of war]

I've been hearing this more and more - that athletes are using HCG to "mask" the use of steroids ?

Is this media talk for coming off cycle lol? I'm a little confused - i don't see how HCG could mask the use of another steroid.

[jack tors]

I believe i decreases the entry of steroids into the urine. HCG is a banned substance in sports.

[Mr I]

Its old school bullshit and shows how little the media know. The test they used to do was to test free bound testosterone Vs the total testosterone and by the ratio they could tell if you were cheating. Then someone vcame up with the idea of carefully increasing natty test with hcg so that the ratios stayed in line. Then it got figured out and so they just test for hcg, hcg is in pregnant womens piss so if its in a guy there is something wrong

[the art of war]

Its old school bullshit and shows how little the media know. The test they used to do was to test free bound testosterone Vs the total testosterone and by the ratio they could tell if you were cheating. Then someone vcame up with the idea of carefully increasing natty test with hcg so that the ratios stayed in line. Then it got figured out and so they just test for hcg, hcg is in pregnant womens piss so if its in a guy there is something wrong

I gotcha - I never knew I was pinning myself with urine , nice :(.

[Mr I]

I gotcha - I never knew I was pinning myself with urine , nice :(.

ha no, Human Chrionic Gonodatropin is a hormone found in pregnant womens piss. HCG can actually stimulate your testes to produce more test than LH hormone.

The problem with HCG is once its stopped there's a further delay for your bodies own FSH/LH to get back up to speed and get your own test levels up.