It’s legal to buy SARMs for research purposes. The Government of Canada doesn’t advise on using SARMs, but there’s no legal restriction against possession of SARMs.

Since the quality of the compounds is not regulated by law, bodybuilders should choose products from reliable vendors, such as verified NEO Sarms Partners. NEO Sarms always tests our products through third-party laboratories to ensure the compound is pure and safe for customer use.

SARMs, as all performance-enhancing drugs, aren’t legal in the military. Even though testing for SARMs isn’t included in regular screenings, if the Commander Officer has any doubts about the soldier, he can write to the laboratory and ask to run this specific test.

Some soldiers choose to take SARMs and try to stay discreet about it. After all, standard blood work won’t show any significant changes, only high testosterone levels.

After 10 days off the cycle, SARMs become undetectable in urine or blood, even with SARMs-sensitive tests. However, the risks can outweigh the benefits, and we recommend weighing all pros and cons before deciding on starting the cycle.

In most of the countries, SARMs are legal to travel with. Before packing compounds on a trip, it’s important to take a look at the airline's policy guide and SARMs regulations in the destination country. In Canada, it's OK as long as your SARMs are labeled properly (original package) and the pack is sealed.

Note that Australia is one of the worst options for traveling with SARMs, as the country's regulations against compounds are much more strict. As of 2025, Australia is the only country that keeps SARMs striaght-up illegal.

SARMs are officially banned by the WADA and NCAA for fitness use, specifically for competitive sports. The compounds can be detected in doping tests up to 10 days after the end of the SARMs cycle.

If the bodybuilder fails the doping test, they can be prohibited from competing in the upcoming event.

SARMs and anabolic steroids are often confused, as the results they provide are similar. However, SARMs are a separate class of performance-enhancing drugs that differ from steroids in their active compounds, their molecule structure and the mechanism of action.

While the steroids affect the androgen receptors in various tissues, SARMs were designed to target the receptors in muscle and bone tissues. Therefore, the use of SARMs has fewer negative side effects and lower testosterone suppression.

Even though the severity of a steroid’s side effects is higher, they are approved by the FDA and different organizations. Steroids are authorized for human consumption; SARMs are still researched.

SARMs do not cause testicular atrophy or gynecomastia since their profile is predominantly anabolic, whereas steroids have more androgenic side effects.

SARMs aren’t prohormones, since they are a different compound class. SARMs bind to the androgenic receptors directly, when prohormones need to convert into hormonal compounds before they start acting on androgenic receptors.

Both SARMs and prohormones can be used for increasing muscle gains, losing weight and recomposing the muscle-to-fat ratio. The main difference is that SARMs have fewer side effects, as they bind to the muscle tissue specifically.

Prohormones are metabolized through the liver, so they can cause elevated enzyme levels and liver damage. If the dosage and the cycle length are adequate, and the compound is pure, SARMs won’t affect liver enzyme levels or cause liver damage.

SARMs and peptides can be used for gaining lean muscle mass and recomposition cycles. Their effects are the only thing they have in common, as they belong to different compound classes.

The peptides are amino acid chains, sharing standard structure with proteins. SARMs have their own structure that has nothing in common with peptides and can vary from one compound to the other.

The peptides have no clear anabolic profile and are often used to increase growth hormone secretion. SARMs can be used for bulking, cutting or recomposition cycles as they have a strong anabolic profile and fat-burning effects.

You should choose SARMs, considering your target goals, experience and contraindications.

If you want to lose weight or gain lean muscle mass, it’s better to go on a cutting cycle and use ― S4, GW501516, MK-2866, SR9009 or ACP-105.

To increase muscle mass and significantly increase strength gains, bodybuilders go on a bulking cycle and use ― RAD-140, LGD-4033 or MK-677.

In body recomposition cycles designed to affect muscle-to-fat ratio, the most potent SARMs will be ― LGD-3033, YK-11, and GW-0742.

If it’s your first SARMs cycle, we recommend starting with one compound and on a minimal dosage. There are SARMs with lesser negative side effects and little to no testosterone production suppression, such as MK-677, MK-2866, SR9009 or ACP-105.

The most female-friendly SARMs are S4, LGD-4033 and MK-2866, as they don’t cause hormonal shifts in adequate dosages. Even though the options are limited, SARMs are generally safer than steroids for women, as they target only muscle and bone tissues.

Low androgenic profile allows avoiding masculinizing effects, for example, deepening of the voice. The only downside is SARMs usage is restricted for pregnant women.

We recommend starting with a minimal dosage and considering health contraindications before starting the cycle, as well as purchasing SARMs only through verified NEOSarms Partners to ensure compund’s purity.

Advanced SARMs users can try to stack SARMs with testosterone or other steroids, starting with the minimal dosage. However, it is not recommended, as the HPTA suppression will be severe and the risk of experiencing androgenic side effects will significantly increase.

There are better options in SARMs bulking stacks, offering lower testosterone production suppression and side effects: RAD-140, LGD-4033, YK-11.