What is the proper age?

[anabolic24/7]

I read on these forums that it would be favorable for a person to wait until they are 25 or so before they try steroids....however, i question this when i look around and see that all the big time people like arnold and all younger bodybuilders and athletes, especially college athletes, started when they were only 18, 19, or even younger.

not trying to start an argument, just want a discussion on how this works out and how they got such good results from using roids early on when it is recommended to wait until you're older

what you guys think?

[jbm]

IMO! 25 is the right age.

[Ernst]

From Marcus300:

AGE
In humans your Endocrine system is not fully functional until an average age of 25yrs, although the main development is up to around 21yrs it still fluctuates a little bit up to its fully functional age. There is a risk of permanently damaging your HPTA if you take AAS to young and you could end up with symptoms of andropause and HRT for life. Symptoms could be Limp dick, low libido, depression, low energy, low endurance, erection problems and many more but.......are these the types of symptoms you want to have in your 20's?. Believe me its hard to cope with these in your 40's yet alone in your prime of your life.

Around this age your Testosterone levels are the highest they going to be in your life naturally, so use what you have and don't take the risk of damage, I am passionate about this because ive seen it many times with young kids wanting to looking like their heroes and they think the answer is in an injection/tablet.

Taking AAS to young can also cause problems with development, one other main problem is premature sealing of your epiphyeal bone and the consequences mean that you wont grow as big as your genetics could allow you to, there is a test which can be done to see if your growth plates have sealed yet but the average age is around 21yrs old.

[anabolic24/7]

i appreciate the responses