General Questions about Steroids

[stefan-109]

I am 19 6ft3 or 6ft4 without shoes, at 225 with about 15%bf. Theriticall speaking if i wear to do a cycle of aas and put on muscle, would this in term would limit my natural growth in terms of putting on muscle after. Like my goal would be 210 with 10% for now, if i were to take a steriod and achieve that would i be able to grow passed that naturally? Or is there a point where you are big enough and lean enough that you cannot simply grow without cycling again in the future?

-Thanks for any answers you might have

[Gsxr84]

When you SHOULDN'T use AAS imho....

[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.



TRAINING
You need a few years of hard training under your belt before even considering taking any kind of anabolic support, people who jump on a cycle to soon without having some quality years under their belt usually results in injuries, it takes time to develop your connective tissue, tendons and nervous system to heavy overload training. Slowly getting your own system use to these kinds of extreme's will only help in muscle growth later on when you do decide to start taking AAS.

Build a solid foundation for muscle tissue to grow and maintaining and development will be far greater than without it. Many younger guys will start cycling before they have reached their genetic potential which is crazy when a good solid diet and training program will be far beneficial and productive to muscle building.

Workouts should be mainly focused on basic movements with a priority of over loading the muscle each and ever time you train, increasing your strength and ability to lift in proper form will help with building the foundation for future development


DIET
A lot of younger bodybuilders don't know how to eat. Researching and understanding how your own body responds will help you get to your natural limit, the right food at the right time and a full understanding of proteins,carbs, and fats will only help you succeed in achieving your natural goals. Keeping a diet diary will also help you understand the importance of macro, nutrients, calories and should help you see in which areas you could be going wrong in adding lean muscle tissue.

No matter how much anabolic support you have it will be worthless without proper nutrition, food will help build and maintain your valued muscle weather its natural, cycling or in PCT. Adjusting your food intake and consuming muscle building foods coupled with a solid training program will help you achieve your natural limit and foundation before you start AAS use.

This area is a huge problem with the younger guys and I can't express enough how important diet/food is when first starting out, post and pre training nutrition are very important and understanding how to load and feed the body will help push growth and create a very natural anabolic environment.

[scotty51312]

Teoretically speaking, i'm sure the advise you're going to get on here is if you did a cycle now at 19 years old you could do serious damage to your body. I'm sure the more expierienced guys will tell you, to work more on diet at the age your at. You don't wanna end up 25 years old with a limp dick and c cup breasts. Steroids aren't going to magically get you over a plateau to a goal and even if you got to that goal with the use of AAS you're gonna loose half of what you gained when you come off.

[GymHero]

Teoretically speaking, i'm sure the advise you're going to get on here is if you did a cycle now at 19 years old you could do serious damage to your body. I'm sure the more expierienced guys will tell you, to work more on diet at the age your at. You don't wanna end up 25 years old with a limp dick and c cup breasts. Steroids aren't going to magically get you over a plateau to a goal and even if you got to that goal with the use of AAS you're gonna loose half of what you gained when you come off.

How would he lose half when he came off??? That all depends on diet/pct.

[stefan-109]

I mean eveyone thinks about doing a cycle from time to time. in no way was i to do one without being 100% about sides and everyting and i would not do anything heavy, test would be the strongest thing i would use nor was i set on doing at 19. The only ones i was seroius of doing was clen and i will try for 1 year to get my diet dialed in. The only question other than the obvs negative affects would be can someone grow after a cycle of steriods if they used them before there natural peak

[stefan-109]

shameless bump

[Jfew44]

I mean eveyone thinks about doing a cycle from time to time. in no way was i to do one without being 100% about sides and everyting and i would not do anything heavy, test would be the strongest thing i would use nor was i set on doing at 19. The only ones i was seroius of doing was clen and i will try for 1 year to get my diet dialed in. The only question other than the obvs negative affects would be can someone grow after a cycle of steriods if they used them before there natural peak

Yes, but why would you start if you're planning on growing without?

[Times Roman]

If I had your free test floating around in my veins, I'd be doing wheelies! There are mates here that are pinning test just to get to what you got natural. You've got a gift and don't even realize it!

[stefan-109]

To bust through a plateau or to get my gains faster, but the more i realize why i want to do it the more i see im not ready for it yet

[TKO Performance]

Plateau? At 19? Dare to dream. A plateau is when all other methods have failed. That means diet, training routine, supplements, etc. There's no way you have exhausted those at 19. Want to gain size and strength, ask the right questions! At 19 the right questions aren't what kind of steroids do I use and how much? The right questions are how do I eat and train? I'm easily 100 lbs stronger on all my major exercises at 32 than I was at 19. I wasted close to a decade with bad knowledge and misinformation about diet and exercise. If I knew at 19 what I know now I'd be 200-300 lbs stronger on every exercise without a doubt, and without steroids.

Remember something that Winston Churchill said "Consistent effort more than intelligence or talent is the foundation of success."

Get your diet right, your routine right, and your effort consistent. You'll start making gains that will have people thinking you're on steroids, but without the risk. If you came here to learn how to do those things you're in the right place. If you came to have others condone a 19 year old taking steroids you came to the wrong place. Ask the right questions and we'll help. Truthfully I'd be more than happy to do so. I can't go back and achieve what I could have with my knowledge at your age, but I can get you to achieve it with my help. I'm sure everyone here feels the same.