Swedish study finds anabolic steroid use changes bodyfat distribution.

[Bouncer]

A research team at Luleå University of Technology and Umea University has, in a unique study involving ten Swedish elite lifters who are actively using anabolic steroids, studied the effect of Anabolic steroids on body fat. Swedish elite lifters who use anabolic steroids have more dangerous fat distribution in the body.

The research was done at the Department of Medical Sciences at Luleå University of Technology in collaboration with the Sports Medicine Unit at Umeå University and Winternet in Boden. The result is now published in The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research.

- We know that the elite lifters who take Anabolic androgenic steroids have a higher possibility to suffer from strokes and heart attacks. The results of this study of how body fat is distributed in elite lifters who use anabolic steroids may be a reason for the increased tendency to suffer from cardiovascular disease, says Anders Eriksson, a researcher at the Medical Science at LTU.

The researcher studied how two different groups of elite lifters store fat in the body. One group had used anabolic steroids and the other had not used steroids. The study showed that elite lifters who use anabolic steroids have significantly lower fat deposits below the waist, that is, lower levels of so-called gynoid fat, than elite lifters who do not take anabolic steroids.

The power lifters in the study have had their bodies scanned in a so called DEXA scanner that is normally used to study osteoporosis, but that can also measure total body composition and fat content in different parts of the body.

[Mr I]

believe it totally, my lower body fat is the biggest difference between being on or off

[decadecadeca]

They keep throwing around the terms "elite lifters" and "power lifters".

I would like to see more info on the groups in the study.

Most "power lifters" are fat fucks to begin with.

[crossconnect]

I was thinking I'd see that andogenic steroids caused a beneficial outcome of fat storage. Just to make sure I'm reading this correctly, their finding was that AAS cause lifters to carry less fat in the lower region of the body? So how does lower bodyfat correlate to higher rate of cardio vascular disease? Lol. There must be more to that study than just that one finding. Haha. Although, my legs are kinda skinny now that I think about it. All along I thought I needed to do more leg work, when really it's the fucking steroids that are causing it!! Haha

[Mr I]

I was thinking I'd see that andogenic steroids caused a beneficial outcome of fat storage. Just to make sure I'm reading this correctly, their finding was that AAS cause lifters to carry less fat in the lower region of the body? So how does lower bodyfat correlate to higher rate of cardio vascular disease? Lol. There must be more to that study than just that one finding. Haha. Although, my legs are kinda skinny now that I think about it. All along I thought I needed to do more leg work, when really it's the fucking steroids that are causing it!! Haha

Many other studies have shown that those who carry fat in thighs, ass and obliques fair better than those who don't or carry our as a pounche. They're not sure why, just fact. From my endocrinology background I would point out that the former group s fat deposit is more estrogenic in characteristic. This plays into the logic that estrogen is a positive influence on cholesterol profile.

[Bouncer]

Rado is one healthy fella then. He is an estrogen filt!

[GrowthMan]

Many other studies have shown that those who carry fat in thighs, ass and obliques fair better than those who don't or carry our as a pounche. They're not sure why, just fact. From my endocrinology background I would point out that the former group s fat deposit is more estrogenic in characteristic. This plays into the logic that estrogen is a positive influence on cholesterol profile.

Just confirming; if I accumulated most fat on my ass/thighs/love handles it was mostly from estrogen? Makes sense, that is where I have gained the most fat since being off. What do you mean "fair better"??