Too young to cycle?

[Dilloon]

I'm 19, male, 6' 185 lbs. I have only been training for a little over one year but have made great progress. When I first started training my height was the same but my weight was 180 lbs. and i was at 20% body fat benching 115 lbs. for a one rep max (pathetic I know). I am now 185 lbs. at 14% (was at 11% in jan. 2011) with my max bench now at 210 lbs. Within a couple of months after I first started training I already knew a good amount about training and nutrition (spent a lot of time on bodybuilding.com daily and the people that own the gym I go to are bodybuilders and I have sat down and talked with them about nutrition and training a countless number if times) so my beginning year was not wasted due to lack of knowledge like many people. Anyways recently I have been considering doing a low dose cycle test/deca. I have talked to a few guys at the gym who have done it/do it and they all claim they have no regrets. Some also started when they were my age and younger. I was set on starting my cycle until I found this site tonight and saw guys my age getting their threads flamed due to the fact they are cycling at my age....... what are your opinions on my situation? I have had many people tell me that I am old enough and will be fine, yet many posts on this forum argue with that. I know this is a long post but i appreciate those who actually read and respond to this. thanks a lot.

[stevey_6t9]

stay away from all aas at your age, wait til your older... i've got low test levels from doing it early so learn from experience.

[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.

[SlimmerMe]

Welcome. Try to hold off for a few more years. A natural foundation is the secret.

[Dilloon]

thanks for all who responded I appreciate it. I was supposed to get my supply today but I decided to wait now. Guess I have to be patient..............unfortunately

[BUTTERYGOODNESS]

thanks for all who responded I appreciate it. I was supposed to get my supply today but I decided to wait now. Guess I have to be patient..............unfortunately

dude its not bad, if you get your shit straight you make some amazing strides im 18 and when i first started i benched 125 and 18-20 months later i bench 365 all natural, dont ever doubt the human bodies capabilities. At our age we have all the "roids" we need already in us and still cranking them out! so dont be bummed, your on shit right now, you just have to use it correctly supplementing it with diet and exercise CORRECTLY.

[songdog]

Yes to young.Plus lifting 1 year dont mean nothing when your health is at risk.Marcus's post should have cleared any thoughts of cycling at your age.Plus we dont give cycle advice to people under age.Dont want to be the blame if anything go's wrong.

[big_ron]

stay away from all aas at your age, wait til your older... I've got low test levels from doing it early so learn from experience.

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[Tigershark]

I hope you do decide to waait. Marcus gave you some great info there.