[caption id="attachment_299" align="alignnone" width="200"] Never see me with Gyno, even in this off season selfie. Why? Estrogen control year round.[/caption]

By Todd Lee M.D.

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This is an informal discussion about the phenomenon know as bitch tits, moobies or gyno. Gynecomastia is a medical condition where a man grows boobs. Many bodybuilders think it's a side effect of steroid use, but that is an inaccurate oversimplification.

[caption id="attachment_682" align="alignnone" width="252"] Minor Gyno on this guy, clearly not from being to fat, THUS his cycle sucks[/caption]

Gynecomastia

Breast tissue responds to multiple hormonal signals. Breasts are composed of mostly glands and fat. There are estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, and prolactin receptors in the breast. Estrogen binding to its receptors in the breast causes the tissue to grow. Prolactin binding to the glandular tissues causes milk to be released. Aside from a prolactin secreting tumor, the only way you see prolactin issues is with Tren.

Gyno occurs in 3 normal populations:

*In newborns, gyno develops from the estrogen in the mother's milk. This estrogen binds to the breast tissue and causes fatty and glandular tissue to develop.

*In adolescence teenage boys develop gyno for about 18 months when their estrogen to testosterone balance is off in favor of estrogen.

*In the older adult, testosterone decreases as you age.  This decrease in testosterone shifts the balance towards estrogen causing more fat to accumulate. The fat converts some of the remaining testosterone into estrogen and the downward spiral continues as the person gets more obese.  They make more estrogen from testosterone and the estrogen stops LH production causing even less testosterone to be produced.

In all three of these main examples of the development of gyno, the core concept is that estrogen is too high for the amount of testosterone present and feminization occurs. I created Thor's Hammer to mitigate this effect from steroid use and prevent it from occurring in anyone, regardless of why there is this test:est imbalance.

As any one gains fat they will shift their balance away from testosterone and to estrogen. This causes one to get soft and wet over time as they replace muscle with fat and water. Breast tissue is fat and water.

Steroids

Any steroid or prohormone that can convert to estrogen, bind to the estrogen receptor, or similarly with progesterone and prolactin can cause gyno.

Testosterone

Just regular plain old testosterone is one of the main culprits for gyno. It's not the fault of the testosterone per se, but its metabolite estrogen. 20% of free testosterone is converted into estrogen by Aromatase. This is a CYP enzyme. One way that physicians fix gyno is by prescribing an AI or Aromatase inhibitor like anastrozole. This can reduce the conversion rate down to 10% which is effectively doubling the Test : Est ratio. Remember, it's the ratio, not the absolute values of the hormones, which matter. Thor's Hammer corrects this ratio to be as masculine as your body can naturally be, thus drastically reducing existing gyno and or preventing it from occurring.

One way that Doctors cause gyno is the prescription of a 5 alpha reductase inhibitor like finasteride. The enzyme converts testosterone to DiHydroTestosterone (DHT). DHT functions differently than testosterone but still binds to the androgen receptor. It's role is to counter balance the estrogen made from testosterone. It typically does the opposite of whatever estrogen does. By inhibiting its production, you stop DHT from decreasing aromatase activity and thus increase testosterone's conversion to estrogen. This decreases the test: est ratio and gyno could develop.

Why block the 5AR enzyme? DHT’s only real side effect is hair loss. Those genetically predisposed to hair loss will lose their hair slower if they reduce their DHT levels. So, to save their hair, some men are using medication (Propecia) which gives them breasts.

I could talk for days on the subject and all the synergistic ways a subtle shift can have a momentous impact. All you need to know is as DHT, or testosterone decreases, estrogen increases. And as estrogen increases, DHT and testosterone decreases. However, the opposite is true so to correct gyno simply increase DHT, or increase testosterone without increasing estrogen. Or you can decrease estrogen which will indirectly increase testosterone. Capice'?

It makes no difference if your testosterone comes from a needle or from your scrotum, gyno is not caused by steroids, it's caused by an imbalance in test:est due to the steroid user not being educated in steroid use. Ingredients in Thor's Hammer Combo Pack increases testosterone and decreases estrogen according to clinical studies, thus correcting this ratio.

The guys who drive for Nascar are better drivers than your grandmother. They are safe on the road with a dangerous car, your grandma isn’t. Likewise, with an intelligent, knowledgeable physician’s cycle (Me, and sadly only me), you stand a good chance of having side effect free results. If you listen to the bald guy at the gym who is covered in acne with a huge gut and boobs about how you should run a cycle, then you deserve what you get. That's just stupid. Darwin award!  If you make decisions that dumb you probably shouldn't be reproducing anyway.

Don't be that guy, use Thor's Hammer!

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[caption id="attachment_684" align="alignnone" width="500"] Left: Wet off season, fat accumulation and subsequent fat on chest Right: The guy lost fat cutting and subsequently the fat on his chest from off season estrogen is gone. No glandular tissue = no gyno[/caption]

Trenbolone

[caption id="attachment_683" align="alignleft" width="250"] This guy HAS to have used tren this cycle, virtually no other way to be this cut and still have Gyno... You cant be this lean on wet gear, it has to be the prolactin from the tren[/caption]

The T-Rex of steroids, Tren, despite being dry and not converting to estrogen causes gyno. Tren causes prolactin to be released and it is a partial agonist for the progesterone receptor. In other words, it doesn't convert into the main female hormone but it causes the effect of the other two. Prolactin shuts down natural test and causes impotence, so Tren is a double-edged sword for some. Use the Acetate not the Enanthate version. It has a way way shorter half life, so if you get impotence or gyno, the symptoms will resolve days after you stop instead of months like Enanthate.   If your on Tren and you get symptoms, you're better off decreasing your dose and filling in the gap with a  DHT oral like Anavar. This will dry you out like the DHT function of tren without the wet effects of the prolactin secretion or the progesterone receptor binding.

 

Deca

Nandrolone is the good twin to tren. It is notorious for shutting down natural test production but it also converts to estrogen and does not convert to DHT. Think of it as in-between tren and test with a 5AR built-in. Normally, deca lasts in your system for up to a year.  If you do get gyno or impotence then you have an uphill battle reducing them as the deca is still in your body and you have to take a ton of rescue drugs to competitively inhibit the deca.  Most people do not get side effects unless they overdose.

[caption id="attachment_685" align="alignnone" width="487"] The Rock has gyno in tons of his off season pics, but not in his dialed in pics. This indicates he just has a naturally high estrogen as many Samoans and African Americans do. when he cuts the fat off, the breast tissue comes off as well. It's possible he has a wet cycle on the left and a dry one on the right but it doesn't really matter, point is there is no permanent breast tissue formed in the hypothetical wet off season bulk, just chest fat so who cares?[/caption]

 

 

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