Advice whether I should take steroids or not

[$uperher0]

Hi Everyone

I hope someone can give me some advice. I'm 29 now turning 30 in December. I've been training for about 7 years. The first 5 and a half years I just buggered around and didn't do a proper diet or anything, I still looked decend, never fat or skinny. The last 2.5 years I've really been taking it super serious. I've been training with a very well known trainer and cycling on and off BSN NO Xplode, Cellmass and Nitrix and using Optimum Nutrition Whey Protein. I'm 1.73m tall. I weighed 62kg two and a half years ago and with my trainer's help and my absolute dedication to my diet managed to get up to 74kg now. My body fat has remained under 10% throughout this gaining phase for the past 2.5 years.

To cut a long story short, for the last 8 months I've really been stagnating on the 74kgs. No matter how much I eat, even if I'm naughty and I eat pizza, it stays at 74kg. I'm training with my heaviest weights possible. I always try and go up a little when I'm in the gym but I just injure myself. I think this is about as heavy as I can go naturally. My trainer suggested I take a low dosage of test injected. He talked about 200mg or something - he said that's very low but it will give me a boost. I'm soooooo scared. I feel super healthy and I've never had to go to the doc in the last 4 years. I've had flu like twice in the last 4 years. People are always commenting on my body and that I'm looking good. I just don't always have that nice pumped up look that jocks have - geez this sounds gay! My muscles sometimes appear flat and flabby to me. I'm not looking to become the biggest guy out there, I just want to gain about 5 more kilos of muscle and try and keep my bf below 10%. He suggested I go on 200mg of some test, not sure what, for 12 weeks, injected once a week. I'm 29, turning 30 in December.

I have a feeling that my testosterone levels are naturally low because I don't have the world's best sex drive as of late. I work extremely hard, I'm a software developer, and I can't afford to be suuuuuuuuper moody as I work with clients every day and need to appear in control! I would however appreciate a bit of agression from the roids, and maybe slighly more confidence, just to make clients understand that they can't just walk all over me, hehe. If you know what I'm saying.

My trainer has been cycling on and off test for years now, he looks really good, not big muscled, but very athletic. He used to be very skinny, I've seen photos. So I know he won't just BS me into taking something that will not work. I'm just so scared and need someone to tell me it's gonna be ok and it's the best thing to do right now!

He said he can start injecting me tomorrow and then next week Monday etc. I'm tempted! I'm scared!

My diet is as follows - please advise if I should stick to this diet while on the roids:
08:00 - ON Whey Protein, Organic Oats and Apple
10:00 - Can of tuna and pineapple
12:00 - Chicken breast, brocolli and 1 potato
14:00 - Chicken breast, brown rice and carrot salad
16:00 - ON whey protein
17:00 - Waxy maize starch with NO Xplode pre-workout
Then I train for 1h30.
18:30 - BSN Cellmass and Whey Protein Shake
19:00 - Chicken breast with spagetti or Chicken breast with sweet potato or pumpkin
21:00 - ON Whey Protein with 1.5 tablespoons organic peanut butter
23:30 - ON Whey protein shake and 6 cubes of watermelon
24:00 Sleep

This diet costs me a furtune, but that's a whole nother story, for now I can afford it and eat this daily - have been doing it now for 1.5 years. I have cheat days but they normally consists of other food that most "normal" people would consider "super healthy" and not really cheat food!

For some reason I can’t get pics of myself off my phone right now so I'll have to figure out what's wrong and post them later.

[gymnerd]

Honestly bro, I would do a bunch of research on the subject expected side effects and how to counter them etc. Read some of the cycle logs on here get as informed as you can and then make an educated decision yourself. I wouldnt trust anybody online you dont even know to make a decision like that for you JMHO.

If you do decide to do it post up the cycle you have in mind and the pros here will help you out with it best of luck.

[hankdiesel]

5 protein shakes a day and chicken breast, no wonder you won't grow. Where is the red meat and whole egss? A lot of other things are missing too. Cut back on your shakes man and go get some blood work done and see if your test levels really are low.

[Nooomoto]

I'm by no means a diet guru, but I know how to gain weight...and that doesn't look like the diet of someone trying to gain weight. It's a good diet, just not for gaining. If I was really trying to get I'd dump the ON (not because ON is a bad product, it's excellent, I use it...but it's very low in calories) for a mass/weight gainer. Also, as mentioned above you can cut back on so many shakes a day and eat some MEAT. Tons of good stuff in red meat...don't be afraid of it.

Get some blood work done and see what your levels are, and then should start considering AAS.

Also, how long have you been training and what are your goals? I don't necessarily agree with the premise for the use of AAS by most users, who do it strictly for aesthetic reasons.

And be wary of your trainer. I've spent a lot of years in a lot of gyms and have known a lot of trainers. I've only met 2 that were worth the shoes on their feet. Understand he has something to gain by you taking his advice, I'm not saying that he's a scumbag, just watch out. I'd be wary of a trainer that recommends AAS to a client because he wants to get a little bigger.

[Jfew44]

First off, the diet needs some work. Post it in the diet section and it will be critiqued. Secondly, just because a trainer is really fit and looks good doesn't mean he knows anything about AAS. You need to take it in your own hands and do some research before putting any foreign hormones in your body because it's pretty serious. Stick around and wait before cycling. You'll be glad you did some research and got your diet fixed first.

[$uperher0]

Wow I really didn't give my diet a second thought you guys - I thought it was perfect! But you're right, I'm so scared of getting fat that I try to keep my intake low, but I guess bulking and cardio can go hand in hand with weight training.

Think I'm not gonna do the roids tomorrow and rather pay more attention to my diet. Gaining another 5kg natural can't be that hard and that way I get to stay healthy.

Thanks for the honest advice!