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AAS does not weaken tendons. What happens is tendon injuries are more common as a result of AAS use because the muscle strength grows at a pace that the tendons are often unable to keep up with. Another words your biceps could have grown strong enough to allow you to curl 200lbs for reps but the tendon was not built to support that much weight so it gives out. More commonly tendon ruptures are a result of overuse syndrom. I tore my left triceps tendon a couple of years ago. It actually happened during a fight in which my full bodyweight (260lbs at the time) landed on the concrete using my left elbow as a break. However, long before this it had been bothering me from years of very heavy skullcrushers. So the fall was just the final blow. Regardless I underwent two different surgeries. The first one was a failure (incompetent surgeon). Then I went to the top guy for the NFL. He was able to repair the tendon using some new technology. He actually told me that while he does not advocate the use of AAS it would help me with the healing process. After taking a mandatory three month break from anykind of lifting I went back to light training. Now only a year later I am back 100% in size and strength on everything but isolated triceps movements. Anotherwords, I can do heavy benches and dips but on one arm tricep extensions my left is still a little weaker than my right. Good news is that slowly but surely it is continuing to get stronger and according to my surgeon there is almost no way I will ever tear that one again.
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