Athletes and bodybuilders in particular are really picky when it comes to selecting the anabolic-steroids that they choose to use. This is especially true if such athletes and bodybuilders are scheduled to compete in tournaments where periodic doping before, during and after the competition is more or less mandatory.

One thing that athletes and bodybuilders in particular look for when selecting a performance enhancing drug is the half-life of the steroid or steroids that they intend using.

So what is the Half-life of an Anabolic Steroid?

Anabolic-steroids are synthetic drugs that may be administered in a number of ways, such as; intravenously and orally. But regardless of how steroids are used, they all have a half-life.

The half-life of a steroid like Trenbolone is that period of time it takes for the composition of steroid to take action in the user. In other words, the half-life of anabolic steroids is the duration in which the amount or concentration of the steroids in the user's body is decreased to one-half of its original concentration. Why bodybuilders are interested in the half-life of steroids is because they would want to know if traces of the performance enhancement drug (including their metabolites) would be detected in a drug test.

By knowing the half-life of a steroid, the bodybuilder will know exactly when the drug would be effectively dispelled from the body. Competitive bodybuilders naturally would use steroids with a short half-life rather than a long half-life.

What is the Half-life of Trenbolone?

With a short half-life for steroids being desirable by competitive bodybuilders, the choice of performance enhancement drugs is therefore narrowed down to those that meet this criteria. Trenbolone Acetate is one of such anabolic steroids and the Trenbolone half-life is just three (3) days.

This short half-life means that for Trenbolone Acetate to be effective when used by bodybuilders, it would have to be administered (intravenously) over a lengthy duration of time. A duration of between 10 to 12 weeks is usually ideal when running a Tren cycle. This period of time is sufficient for bodybuilders to experience the beneficial effects of Tren.

With regards to drug testing, bodybuilders should know that Trenbolone has a detection time of between 16 and 20 weeks of use. The detection time is just as important as Trenbolone half-life, especially if you are a professional athlete or bodybuilder looking to compete in any drug-tested competition.