Dianabol – (generic name - Methandrostenolone)

One of the most popular bodybuilding anabolic steroids!

In a manner of speaking Dianabol or Methandrostenolone (D-bol) can be considered the grandfather of all anabolic steroids, and most bodybuilders who have used steroids got their first start with D-bol. The drug was originally formulated by Dr John Ziegler and released by the Ciba Corporation in the late 1950’s. Dr Ziegler developed the steroid after talking to some Russian weightlifting coaches after the Russian weightlifters suddenly started dominating the sport in the early 1950’s.

 Methandrostenolone was all the rage in bodybuilding gyms during the 1970’s. In fact numerous stories are still told of the little blue tablets being sold at the main counters of the bigger bodybuilding gyms. D-bol is probably the most popular steroid ever created and most pro bodybuilders, who are willing to talk, have admitted to using it in their cycles.

 The popularity of Dianabol was ironically the key to its downfall. During the 1980’s, Ciba discontinued the original D-bol when the FDA decided that its therapeutic uses were minimal compared to the rampant use by bodybuilders and the dosages that some bodybuilders were taking. But generic methandrostenolone has never been out of production. It’s reported that the Russians became quite fond of D-bol and Russian D-bol is now one of the popular versions of the drug on the bodybuilding black-market. 

Why so popular?

 Methandrostenolone is without a doubt one of the most effective anabolic steroids for bodybuilders and other athletes trying to pack on the most amount of muscle mass in the shortest time possible. Users routinely report muscular body weight gains of 2 to 4 pounds a week. Among the drugs much desired effects are

•  promotes drastic increase in protein synthesis
•  enhances glycogenolysis (restores glycogen stores after exercise)  
•  stimulates strength gains in a very direct and fast-acting way.

The drug is not recommended for those in aerobic events, as there is some evidence to suggest that it may diminish cell respiration. Dianabol is often used at the beginning of anabolic steroids cycles that also contain injectables since the effects produced by injectables usually take 10-15 days to first be observed. But the bodybuilding effects of methandrostenolone are virtually immediate.