Primobolan is the trade name for the anabolic steroid Methenolone (also written as Metenolone).
It is available in both an injectable oil-based format, as well as an oral form.
Injectable Primobolan is known as Methenolone Enanthate, and the oral format is known as Methenolone Acetate.
It is a very well-known and popular anabolic steroid due to its very mild nature as both an anabolic and an androgenic compound.

Primobolan is an oral anabolic steroid that is a little unique compared to many oral anabolic steroids.
Before we go any further, it’s important we distinguish the difference between Primobolan and Primobolan Depot.
Primobolan Depot is an injectable version of the hormone that is attached to the large/long Enanthate ester.
Primobolan is comprised of the same active steroidal hormone in Methenolone; however,
it is attached to the small/short Acetate ester and designed for oral administration.

Primobolan is considered one of the safest anabolic steroids on the market and it carries an excellent safety rating to back this claim.
In fact, this steroid has been used successfully to treat underweight children and premature infants without damage. It is also prescribed for osteoporosis and sarcopenia.
However, the primary purpose of Primobolan is treating muscle wasting diseases and prolonged exposure to corticoid hormones.
It has also proven to be extremely effective in treating malnutrition.

Playing an important role in therapeutic treatment plans, Primobolan is a very popular anabolic steroid among performance enhancing athletes.
However, the injectable Depot version is far more popular as the oral version packs a much weaker punch.
For bodybuilders, injectable Methenolone Acetate is the preferred form but a quality injectable Acetate version is very difficult to find.
Further, the Methenolone hormone itself, while limited in oral form is one of the more commonly counterfeited anabolic steroids out there.
It is also fairly expensive in many underground markets. This hormone is well-known for being one of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s favorites.
How much truth is in that only he can say, but the story is enough for many to make inaccurate assumptions about his feelings on the hormone and how he used it.
That we do know. It’s also been enough to keep the demand for this steroid fairly high, as well as plague the market with counterfeits.

An important note on demand; the demand for this steroid is also high due to its very female friendly nature.
This is one of the few anabolic steroids women can use with a high rate of success.
Steroids like Primobolan and Anavar carry very low virilization ratings making them perfect for female use.

Primobolan is used to treat muscle wasting diseases in some cases; however, typically only in mild cases or where an immune boost is a benefit.
This steroid is not going to pack on mass like Anadrol or Deca Durabolin and most men will not have much use for it in an off-season bulking cycle.
We can, however, make an exception for females. Women are far more sensitive to anabolic steroids and a little of a mild anabolic steroid can go a long way.
Just as important, most women are not looking to gain 30lbs of weight overnight. Small, moderate increases in weight can often be transforming on their own.
Keeping the mild nature in mind, most men who use this steroid for a true off-season cycle will be disappointed.

Where Primobolan will truly shine is as a cutting steroid. In order to lose body fat, we must burn more calories than we consume.
While absolutely necessary, this also puts our lean muscle mass at great risk.
In fact, even if planned perfectly a fat loss diet will result in some lean muscle tissue loss unless an anabolic protectant is applied.
Even with such protection a little tissue loss may occur, which should tell you how important an anabolic agent can be.
The key to successful dieting is not simply losing weight, but losing fat while protecting your muscle mass; if these ends are not being met, your diet has not been successful.
With a well-planned diet, Primobolan will help you achieve this goal.
It has also been shown to have some fairly nice conditioning effects.
Those who use Primo often appear harder and more defined.
However, most will find the Depot version to be more efficient in the cutting phase, and this includes women.

Primobolan is also well appreciated in athletic circles. A moderate boost in strength is very possible with this steroid.
Strength can refer to power and speed, both key elements to successful athleticism.
However, where this steroid will truly be useful is in the promotion of recovery.
Muscular endurance will also be enhanced and while such traits won’t be as strong as they are with many steroids, any bump is better than no bump at all.
Further, as it’s a mild steroid, the athlete will not have to worry with massive buildups in size.
In some cases, a lot of added size can be detrimental to performance depending the sport or position.
In other cases, it can bring a lot of unwanted attention to the individual with prying eyes.

During a bulking phase Proviron is not going to be a foundational steroid, and for most men it will not have a place in an off-season cycle.
There are exceptions and we’ll go over those here. Adding in Proviron could possibly help the individual breakthrough a sticking point during his cycle.
At some point and time in all cycles the progress begins to wane, and in some cases come to a complete halt.
By the way Proviron enhances the total free state of the other steroids being used in a stack, it could possibly help the individual breakthrough this sticking point.
During the off-season, this is where most will use the largest amount of testosterone. Many will use large amounts during cutting cycles too, especially competitive bodybuilders but lower testosterone plans are more common during the cutting phase.
However, there are those for numerous reasons who choose to run off-season cycles with limited testosterone doses. In such plans, including Proviron could give them a slight needed androgen boost.
While it may not always be necessary it could prove to be beneficial.

Without question the best time to use Proviron will be during the cutting phase.
This steroid has the ability to provide a bit of a hardening effect similar to Masteron, but more importantly the hardening effects of other steroids will be enhanced.
Then we consider its strong binding to the androgen receptor, which will in fact enable the individual to burn body fat at a far more efficient rate. From here we must consider the anti-estrogen effect of Proviron.
This will ensure the individual is less prone to water retention and as discussed, depending on the total cycle, it could negate the need for a traditional anti-estrogen.
Then we’re once again left with the enhancement of circulating free testosterone.
This can be a tremendous benefit when testosterone levels are often much lower during this phase of anabolic steroid use.
In fact, with a low dosed testosterone cycle that includes other anabolic steroids, we can confidently say the total results will be greater for the individual who includes Proviron compared to the one who does not.
In the end, the primary base benefit is the increased androgenicity of other steroids being used in order to promote a much harder and far more defined physique.
It should be noted while Proviron can most certainly provide these traits they will not be noticeable unless you are lean.

 
Primobolan Cycles

Primobolan cycles are commonly in the form of fat loss and/or cutting cycles. It is almost never used as a bulking or mass-gaining agent, and most of its use is in the form of a pre-contest drug in the final weeks leading up to a competition show or photo shoot.
It is typically cycled with other compounds that hold similar qualities, properties, and half-lives.
Many bodybuilders often stack Primobolan with Testosterone Propionate (or Testosterone Enanthate) and use it for the first 8 weeks of a cycle in order to assist in the retention of muscle mass during periods of low caloric intake.

Other bodybuilders will perform oral Primobolan cycles stacked with compounds such as Testosterone Propionate and Trenbolone Acetate, as all of the compounds involved work synergistically especially where half-lived are concerned.
Some may opt to use Primobolan (either the oral or injectable) with some form of Testosterone and Winstrol (Stanozolol), typically the injectable form if it is with the oral Primobolan.
It is important to remember not to utilized two different oral compounds within the same cycle.

Oral Primobolan (Methenolone Acetate) should normally be run for no longer than 8 weeks, and the injectable form (Methenolone Enanthate) can be run in cycle lengths of 10 – 12 weeks (or longer, depending on the individual’s goals and desires).