Mixes Special

Using a steroid mix has been claimed to help improve training outcomes, whether the goals are fat loss and contest preparation or weight, muscle and strength gain.

However, many members of the bodybuilding and the scientific community still debate which are the best steroid mixes or “stacks” to use in their training cycles for the best results.

While studies have shown that using a combination of steroids may be beneficial to gaining strength and lean muscle, a lack of research comparing different mixes makes it difficult to state any one “best” mix.

Many praise Trenbolone, Testosterone, Dianabol and Nandrolone for their use in bulking cycles, while many also claim drugs like Masteron, Anavar and Winstrol make good additions to Testosterone injections during a cutting cycle.

The high degree of individual differences and preferences also means that many will argue over one stack delivering better results than another, though.

It is important to note that steroid injection mixes differ slightly to drug stacks, though their effects are more or less the same.

The mixes combine the drugs in a single vial and injection, meaning it offers an easier means of taking multiple different substances in a single injection.

This could help prevent issues like sores and infections of injection sites, that can be caused by overuse or incorrect use of needles.

So, if using multiple drugs in a cycle stack, it may be more beneficial to use a formula rather than taking different oral and injectable substances throughout the day.

What Is It?

The Valkyrie hormone mix is a combined formula of varied types of anabolic substances. This mixture holds a combination of different substances at a 100-mg dose of each.

The chemicals included, and their structural breakdown of the individual substances are:

• Testosterone enanthate is a basic testosterone molecule, the same as that produced in the body, with a slow-releasing enanthate ester.
• Trenbolone enanthate is modified form of testosterone with a carbon atom removed at the carbon 19 position and an extra bond added at the carbon 9 and 11 positions.
• Nandrolone decanoate, commonly known by its commercial name of Deca-Durabolin, is also an offshoot of testosterone with a carbon atom removed at the 19th carbon position in the chemical’s structure. The decanoate addition also acts as a very long-lasting ester.

However, due to the diverse nature of the drugs included, when they are mixed together they can provide a different set of effects, both positive and negative, than each drug alone.

So this mixture, as you would expect, delivers a combination of different effects through each individual drug included and also has a different rate of release and metabolization by the body, due to the different esters, which act as chemical release agents in the body.

This means that this formula has an ideal inclusion into some cycles and for some athletes, while it may also be a poor choice for other athletes and their training cycle.

Below, we look at the different uses of the Valkyrie mix as well as how it is used by the body and any potential adverse effects it may cause.

Steroid Mixes for Bulking and Cutting Cycles

As mentioned, there are many steroid mixes that are used in training cycles, with each having benefits and drawbacks.

While there is no clear, science-backed “best mix”, popular opinion in the bodybuilding community does favour some mixes for different cycles over others.

Mixes for Bulking

When trying to gain mass, it’s important to consider that there are two different types of bulking cycles; lean bulking and regular bulking, sometimes called dirty bulking.

In lean bulking, the emphasis is on gaining weight through lean muscle alone, while minimizing fat gain and water retention.

For this type of cycle, stacks of testosterone, usually with longer esters like in cypionate and enanthate versions, along with a low-estrogenic, but relatively anabolic, mix of supplements like Trenbolone, Anavar, Masteron or perhaps Turinabol, are highly preferred.

These drugs may also be used in far lower doses and in lower amounts and simpler mixes for female athletes and bodybuilders, with the exception of trenbolone.

In dirty bulking, where the objective is to gain as much strength as possible, the most popular steroid mixes are long-lasting Testosterone along with more estrogenic and anabolic compounds like Nandrolone, Dianabol, or Trenbolone also.

It is in this type of training cycle that the Valkyrie hormone mix would be best suited, though it could be used in a lean bulking cycle if used carefully. This mix of testosterone injections with different esters will make each drug in the formula release at different rates.

This can help in keeping the environment in the body more anabolic and, in the case of the slow-releasing agents included in the Valkyrie mix, reduce the injections required.

Cutting Cycles

In cutting cycles, where the objective is to maintain or promote muscle mass when trying to lose weight through dropping fat, drugs that have no estrogenic effects, such as water or fat retention, are essential.

This makes substances like Anavar, Masteron and Trenbolone to be very useful, while more fast-acting forms of Testosterone, like the Propionate form, are sometimes preferred to keep drug levels peaked in the blood.

These mixes are useful in promoting a “dry” and lean appearance that would be necessary before a bodybuilding competition but should still be considered carefully before use, as side effects of mixed formulas may differ to the individual substances.