Surviving the message boards

Taken from the newbies guide eBook

As I explained in the beginning of this book the online bodybuilding message boards and communities are a very good resource of information. Some of them are really welcoming to new members and existing members seem to go out of their way to help newbies. Other boards tend to criticise newbies when they ask a question. What is the point in this everyone needs to start somewhere.

We have put this little section together to help you survive the message boards. There are hundreds of boards to choose from, if you type ‘bodybuilding forum’ into google it will come back with pages and pages of them, but remember, just because a message board is ranked high on google that it will be any good. When it comes for members go for quality and not quantity, spend a little time reading posts etc and decided whether you want to be part of that community. Sometimes the smaller boards are the better ones as you are more likely to have you questions answered.

Rule 1
Never openly ask for information of where to get anabolic steroids, no one will tell you and you are likely to get banned. Instead just kept reading posts and searching you are bound to find what you are looking for.

Rule 2
Search for an answer to you question first if you can, this will save time creating duplicate threads. The search function on most boards are easy to use.

Rule 3
Never give out any personal details as the forums are not secure places.

Rule 4
Beware of other members sending you invites to steroid sources etc.. most of the time this will be a scam. With most reliable sources you find them and not the other way around.

Rule 5
Don’t go by a members post count as an indicator of their level of experience. Most boards use a star system so members get stars under their name when they reach a certain post count, this is not a level of bodybuilding experience and merely relates to how many posts they have made.

Rule 6
Follow the forums specific rules, breaking these could result in getting banned from the board and upsetting some idiot so its best to play by the rules.

Abbreviations are used a lot in the forums just to save people time writing things out. Below is a list of the more popular ones which you may want to familiar yourself with.

ALA= Alpha Lipoic Acid
AAS or AS = Anabolic Steroids
AR = Androgen Receptor
BA = benzyl alcohol
CC = cubic centimeter (one thousandth of a liter)
CLEN = Clenbuterol
CYP = Testosterone Cypionate
DHT = Dihydrotestosterone
DNP = Dinitrophenol
IMO - in my opinion
ED - Every day
EOD - Every other day
PCT - Post cycle therapy
GEAR= steroids
GH = Growth Hormone
GHB = GAMMA HYDROXYBUTYRATE growth hormone
GYNO = Gynomastica (Bitch tits)
HGH = Human Growth Hormone
HPTA = Hypothalamic Pituitary Testicular Axis
IGF = Insulin Growth Factor
LH = Leutenizing Hormone
BTW = By the way
LOL = Laugh out loud LMAO = Laughing my ass off
WTF = What the fuck
This is not every abbreviation used but the more popular ones to look out for.