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Androstenedione supplementation is unlikely to provide male athletes with any anabolic benefit.
Athletes should be cautious about using androstenedione for performance enhancement as it may not yield expected anabolic effects.
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Androstenedione supplementation, thus, is unlikely to provide male athletes with any anabolic benefit.
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Based on study design from abstract.
Source
The Acute Effects of Androstenedione Supplementation in Healthy Young Males
Craig S. Ballantyne et al. · Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology · 2000
DOI 10.1139/h00-005
other · n=10Cited 66×
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