I would say that the board consensus is that pro-hormones, while not as effective as AAS, (and not necessarily less expensive) are effective when combined with proper diet, administration method and exercise. And for those not wishing to break the law, they are legal.
Err... I don't know whether I'm agreeing with you or disagreeing with you, but I believe that the term pro-hormone is a legal/marketing thing and has little to do with biology and pharmacology. If that were the case we could only call testosterone and nandrolone "hormones" and we's have to call things like Boldenone a "post-hormone" because its a derivative of testosterone. 4AD is a hormone in its own right. It converts to test, yes, and may be regarded as a test precursor. However, we do not call Boldenone a pro-hormone just because it can convert to 1-Testosterone through 5-alpha-reduction. So is boldenone a pre-hormone, a hormone, a post-hormone or a pro-hormone?
Way to give a guy
analysis paralysis!
The moral of the story is that they are all hormones, they are all steroids and should be treated with respect.
Incidentally bring anyone who says that "pro-hormones" (using the legal definition) are ineffective and aren't real steroids down to my neck of the woods, and I will happily
lend him all the 1-Test/4AD HPBCD hydroject he needs to change that perception... provided he doesn't mind me cutting that extra muscle out at the end of the cycle to augment my protein intake.
But wait... y'all don't tknow where I live. Oh well, more 1-Test/4AD hydroject for me. Hehehe!