The Dangers of Using SARMS to Build Muscle

An unregulated steroids alternative — is building muscle and shaping your body quickly worth the potential for long-term side effects?

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Partly fuelled by social media, a growing obsession with our looks and bodies led to exploding popularity of an alternative to steroids called SARMS.

In particular, many of the younger generations of gym-goers craving a shortcut to their desired physique are using SARMS.

Often marketed as legal steroids, supplement companies hype SARMS as having the benefits of steroids, such as increased lean muscle mass and improved fat-burning, without the adverse side effects.

Thus, many people in the fitness scene consider SARM a safer alternative to steroids.

But is this fact or fiction? What are the risks of using SARMS to build your physique?

Are SARMS safe for our teenagers to be using?

What are SARMS?

If you like to keep fit, you have probably heard about Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators by now.

Originally developed as an alternative to steroids, SARMS were discovered in the late 1990s by mistake. The scientist decided to focus on this…