In his Channel 5 interview with Andrew Callaghan, popular looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular, discussed his early experiences with PEDs and the role they played in his looks maxing journey.
When asked what first drew him into pharmacology, Clavicular traced it back to his teenage years: “When I first started lifting and then I got really into pharmacology and st**oid usage, I was like, this is like literally a video game ch eat code is what it almost feels like. And it seemed so ridiculous to try to play the game fair when I had access to all these things.”
Callaghan asked what the first PED he tried was. Clavicular answered simply, “Test.” When pressed on how he obtained it, he replied: “No comment.”
Callaghan followed up, “But it’s technically illegal in the US, right? But other countries have more lax regulation.”
Clavicular stated, “No, it’s prescription only.”
On the immediate effects of testosterone combined with lifting, Clavicular was candid: “I started to blow up quite quickly in terms of the amount of muscle mass I had, but I descended because I was lifting in a huge caloric surplus. So I turned into kind of like a blobsack. I definitely looksminned from taking test and just bulking, but it wasn’t the test. It was just like prioritizing physique and mass over leanness and angularity.”
He also acknowledged documenting his early cycles online before his mainstream rise: “I started kind of documenting a lot of what I was doing on forums and actually have a few YouTube videos going over my experience that people dug up from years prior about various different cycles I had done.”
Moving into more advanced pharmacology, Clavicular described using aromatase inhibitors and HGH for height optimization during puberty.
As the conversation shifted toward more advanced pharmacology, Clavicular discussed the use of aromatase inhibitors and human growth hormone (HGH), particularly in the context of height optimization during puberty.
According to him, the timing of intervention plays a critical role. “You have the most control over your body while those growth pathways are still open,” he said. “Your growth plates remain unfused, so you can do a lot with something like an aromatase inhibitor.”
He explained that estrogen plays a central role in ending the growth phase, and that suppressing it could theoretically extend the period of height development.
“Estrogen is what causes you to stop growing,” he said. “We’re blocking testosterone from converting into estradiol, and that allows for a longer growth period. You could combine that with other mechanisms, like taking HGH, and you’ll get a lot taller than you otherwise would.”
Despite describing the potential benefits, Clavicular also acknowledged the medical risks associated with improper use of these subst ances.
“Oh, yeah, certainly,” he said when asked about adverse effects. “If you go about HGH improperly, you could deal with potentially becoming diabetic.”
He pointed to poor dietary habits as a major risk factor, especially when combined with hormone use.
“If you’re pinning GH and then spamming a ton of carbs, that’s horrible for your blood glucose levels,” he explained.
He also warned about the dangers of excessive aromatase inhibitor use, noting that hormonal suppression can carry neurological and sexual health consequences.
“Taking huge amounts of aromatase inhibitors could lead to ED, mood swings, and potentially neurotoxic effects,” he said. “You really need to be extremely well-researched when doing this stuff.”
Clavicular also emphasized that partial knowledge can be more dangerous than no knowledge at all, particularly when it comes to powerful pharmaceutical interventions.
“If someone asks how to get taller and you just tell them to take HGH and an aromatase inhibitor, they might go out and do that without understanding the full picture,” he said. “They might not know about the risks to their blood sugar, their estrogen levels, their mood, or their libido.”
