Turinabol (Tbol)

As an oral anabolic steroid that was created purely for performance enhancement, Turinabol (Tbol) rarely gets its due.

Most people kick start their steroid cycle with Dianabol. A few with Anadrol. We’re yet to come across someone who uses Turinabol as regularly as they use the other two.

That’s quite surprising considering that Turinabol allowed the East German Doping Machine to win tons of Olympic medals, and it was at one point of time considered to be safe enough for use with children.

Those are two very important traits that would make us seriously consider using a compound.

Nevertheless, if you were a tad skeptical about using TBol or didn’t know whether it was worth the time, then here’s a brief lowdown on how it works.

#1 – Turinabol will produce dry lean muscle gains

One of the possible reasons why Turinabol doesn’t enjoy the popularity of some of its oral AAS counterparts is because it does not produce a truckload of muscle mass.

People who use kick starter compounds like Dianabol are so used to gaining 10-12 lbs. of mass within the first few days that they find everything else to be pale in comparison. Most of that would just be water and glycogen that they’ll lose anyway.

Turinabol will fill you up as well. But you will not be a watery, ballooned mess.

If you are looking to stay under the radar and gain a fair bit of lean, dry, muscle mass, Turinabol is the perfect kick starter for you.

With a good diet, strong lifts and a Test base, you should be able to gain at least 10-15 lbs. of lean, dry muscle by the time you are done with a Turinabol cycle.

#2 – Your rate of recovery amplifies, your strength skyrockets and so does your performance

Turinabol was the chosen anabolic by the German doping machine for two reasons.

It does not produce a lot of muscle mass.

Athletes who are very lean and muscular to begin with were able to gain 8-10 lbs. of lean muscle at best since they would run it solo and not with Testosterone to avoid detection. That’s a reasonable amount of muscle for an international athlete to gain during peak training season.

It amplifies every other aspect of performance.

• Your strength shoots up dramatically in the first few weeks. If you are a fitness buff who’s hit a plateau and discover that the weights aren’t moving the way they used to, throw in some TBol and watch the magic happen. Ditto with people on TRT who lift. If you find that you are lacking motivation to move some serious weight, TBol is your ticket.
• Your rate of recovery shoots up. You’ll notice that you are able to train continually without getting tired or injured. You’ll take fewer rest days, which when combined with other injectable compounds should allow you to make sizeable gains. For an athlete, this is one of the primary motivators for using TBol. If you are a non-competitive athlete or involved in any kind of sport, this will give you the edge that you always wanted.

#3 – Get ready for crazy pumps

If you love the ‘Swole’ look in the gym, TBol is one of the best compounds for it.

The pumps will be just insane, as the water and glycogen levels spike in the first few days of using the steroid.

But since it does not aromatize like Dianabol or even Anadrol, the pumps will be accompanied with crazy vascularity.

That’s one of the most distinctive features of Turinabol.

While it does make you pumped with a fair amount of water, it never makes you look bloated.

Instead, you’ll notice a network of veins all over the body. Wanted that movie star veined-bicep?

You’ve just found the perfect compound for it.

Tip: A lot of users don’t run Turinabol on lower body workout days since they feel that it can cause debilitating calf cramps. We’ve never experienced it personally. But if you do, you might want to run your TBol dose in the AM on days when you hit legs in the evening, or the other way round.

#4 – It will tax your liver

We hate how people mislead others into believing shit without ever trying out compounds themselves.

There are tons of messaging board posts that say that Turinabol is a weak oral or a mild one¹.

Weak = Bunk Product.

Mild = Not by a long shot.

It will tax your liver and the first sign will be the lethargy that usually hits around week 3-4 of your cycle.

Do yourself a favor and run TUDCA right from the start of the cycle. This will help counter the hepatotoxic effects of Turinabol, which are pretty mild to be honest.

But without TUDCA, it can make you so sluggish that you’ll have to drag yourself to the gym.

#5 – It will enhance the effects of other Anabolics

TBol has all the properties that one associates with anabolic steroids, like increasing nitrogen retention and protein synthesis. But it really shines by suppressing the levels of SHBG.

This allows more free-testosterone to float around in your system to make muscle with.

That’s why, you must always run it with an injectable steroid base.

#6 – Do not run it for more than 6-weeks

That’s about the time when the results start to plateau and the risk of taxing your liver gets real. So, do not run Turinabol for more than 6-weeks.

You can split your dose into two times a day as it has a very short half-life.

#7 – Watch your BP during the cycle

Some people refrain from using Turinabol because it can cause their blood pressure to spike to extreme levels. There are people who get severe nosebleeds² and palpitations even with reasonable doses.

If this is the first time you are using an oral steroid, we recommend that you monitor your BP constantly during your Turinabol cycle.

#8 – It will not cause Gyno

Turinabol does not aromatize. Nor does it have a progestin nature, which means that it cannot cause Gynecomastia on its own. But you will be running it with Testosterone (Ideally), which means that the risk for Gyno does exist.

Do your research and run an AI to keep E2 levels in check.

1. Why Turinabol is not very popular? Evolutionary.org forums [↩]
2. Why nosebleeds start and how to stop them, medicalnewstoday.com [↩]