In this video, we break down a classic early-1980s Dianabol (Dbol) study and answer the question every gym bro argues about: Does Dbol build real contractile muscle tissue—or mostly water/“inflated” weight?

We look at why scale weight and “looking bigger” doesn’t automatically mean you added true muscle protein, and how researchers used total body nitrogen + potassium to estimate what the weight gain was actually made of. Then we connect the findings to real-world outcomes lifters talk about: rapid size gains, strength bumps, and why so much of it disappears after stopping.

✅ What you’ll learn:

• Why weight gain ≠ muscle gain (contractile tissue vs fluid/glycogen/minerals)

• How nitrogen retention and potassium changes can hint at what’s happening inside muscle

• Why Dbol can make you look full, round, and bigger fast—and why it often fades

• The big tradeoffs: blood pressure, water retention, acne, estrogenic effects, gyno risk

• When “quick gains” might be more illusion + leverage than long-term tissue growth

You can find the full study here: https://sci-hub.se/10.1042/cs0600457

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