it should definitely harden you up ans contribute to some strength too. I really could write a book but only 25 people would read it. I started lifting serious young, but I would go to a doctors office with a guy from the gym. Heres this guy , 29-30yo hanging with this 16 yo kid, granted I was 220, he was 230, lean and there’s 25 of the same looking dudes in the waiting room. We all wore T. micheal padavich clothing(was a good gym buddy) and crazy wear pants(actually T was about **88). We all walk out of this doctors office with actual brown paper bags of sauce! Legally! The funny thing about mexico is I wanted to move there and there was no gym, so either way I would have to go across and sometimes you might get a “fine” for anything and end up who knows where. Lots of big guys went there for other pharmaceuticals, of course, and would get everyone in trouble. So the great idea would be to “front load” or go every 2 weeks and “spot shoot” every body part until you got your 1500mg of test or depot. then get a bit over for everyday like an oral or durabolin. i would have the test flu for 3 days after. I liken it to the same age guys gettin beer or whatever and going out to the woods. We looked at it as a necessary evil, but looking back of course I thought I knew it all, we were lucky and actually the border guards didnt harrass us like i imagine would happen today or the later 90s.