AAS: Anabolic Androgenic Steroids, this is the medically accepted abbreviation for steroids.
A-bombs: This is a slang name for Oxymetholone, which was originally sold under the trade name Anadrol.
Aerobic: In the presents of oxygen
Anaerobic: In the absence of oxygen
Anabolic: Protein building
Anabolic steroid: One of several compounds derived from testosterone or prepared synthetically to promote general body growth, to oppose the effects of endogenous estrogen, or to promote masculinization effects.
Slang: Arnolds, Gym Candy, Pumpers, Stackers, Weight Trainers, Juice
Androgen: Any steroid hormone that promotes male characteristics
Aromatize: The on take of feminine or feminization
Atrophy: Refers to a state of deterioration usually within the muscle or bodily organ due to a lack of use or health.
Bitch Tits: slang for Gynecomastia
Blending: Using steroids with other drug(s)
Carbohydrates: Any group of chemical compounds, including sugars, starches, and cellulose, containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen only.
Catabolism: A complex metabolic process in which energy is liberated for use in work, energy storage, or heat production by destruction of complex substances. Basically muscle tissue is broken down when a person is in a catabolic state and the use of anabolic steroids will change this.
Central Nervous System (CNS): The spinal cord and the brain
Cholesterol: A fatty substance found in animals that perform many vital functions and is synthesized by the liver and the adrenal cortex.
Clen: Clenbuterol is not an anabolic steroid. It is a prescription asthma medication that if used in high enough doses increases the metabolic rate, thus reducing body fat.
Cycle: The time in which a certain steroid (s) is taken. If you take a steroid for 6 weeks it is a 6-week cycle. Usually the time on the cycle is followed by the same amount of time off of the cycle.
Dart, Poke, Ned: Slang terms for syringes
D-bol: This is a slang name for Methandrostenolone, which was originally sold under the trade name Dianabol.
Deca: This is a slang name for Nandrolone Decanoate, which was originally sold under the trade name Deca-Durablin.
Diuretic: A substance that increase the amount of urine which is released by the kidneys.
Doping: Steroid use specific to athletic competition
Energy system: One of the three metabolic systems involving a series of chemical reactions resulting in the formation of waste products and the manufacture of ATP.
EQ: This is a slang name for a veterinary drug called Boldenone Undeclynate, originally sold under the trade name Equipoise.
Estrogen: The female androgen.
Glucose: Simple sugars.
Glycogen: The form in which glucose (Sugar) is stored in the muscle and the liver.
Freaky: A bodybuilding term used to describe a person who is huge and obviously on steroids.
Fake or basement drugs: Refers to counterfeit or fake steroids.
Gear: Slang for steroids, syringes, anything associated with steroids.
Gynecomastia: An abnormal enlargement of one or both breasts in men. This condition is usually temporary due to a hormone imbalance brought on by the use of steroids, however, can occur naturally as well.
Hormone: A discrete chemical substance secreted into the body fluids by an endocrine gland that has a specific effect on the activities of other cells, tissue and organs.
Hypertrophy: An increase in the size of a cell or organ.
Immune system: The system in a person’s body that wards off infection and responds to illness.
Juice: Slang term for injectable steroids
Lactic Acid (Lactate): A fatiguing metabolite of the lactic acid system resulting in incomplete breakdown of glucose.
Lactic Acid System: An anaerobic energy system in which ATP is manufactured when glucose is broken down to lactic acid.
Maturation: Progress toward adulthood
Metabolism: The sum total of chemical changes or reactions occurring in the body.
Lean mass: The amount of muscle on a person’s body
Libido: A person’s sex drive
Pyramiding: When users slowly escalate steroid use (increasing the number of drugs used at one time and/or the dose and frequency of one or more steroids) reaching a peak amount at mid-cycle and gradually tapering the dose toward the end of the cycle
Roid Rages: Uncontrolled outbursts of anger, frustration, or combativeness that may result from using anabolic steroids.
Shotgunning: taking steroids on an inconsistent basis.
Stacking: using a combination of two or more anabolic steroids often in combination with other drugs
Test: Testosterone
Trade name: The name given to a particular substance by each company that manufactures it.
Tren: This is a slang name for any form of the drug “Trenbolone” which is available in several forms.
UG or UGL: Underground Labs, or clandestine laboratories that produce anabolic steroids.
Var: This is a slang name for Oxandrolone, which was originally sold under the trade name Anavar.
Virilization: The process in which a person takes on characteristics of a mature male
Winny/Winnie: This is a slang name for Stanozolol, which was originally sold under the trade name Winstrol.
