Am i on the correct path? or just going in circles lol

Hey guys,
My first post here as I am new to the forum. I have been reading here for a while now. My stats are 5'7 I am 178 body fat was 14% last time checked. Ive been lifting since I was 14 (currently 21) for sports and now I lift for personal gains regularly for the last 2 and a half years. I recently took a long break being in school and coaching for anyone wondering why the body fat was a little high.

OK now for the goods lol

I figured for my first cycle i should run test e for ten weeks and from what i have read 500mg a week should be sufficient.

was gonna use clomid for pct and already have nova just in case something goes south

Thanks for any reply or suggestion to make this better

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.

Yes i agree diet is very important thats why i have already begun to fix that. I got lazy with all the stress of coaching and the 6 classes a semester including summer that i was running from one side of town to the other and then the other. Im on day 76 with not cheating and staying very strict to eating well already dropped some weight thanks to this. But this doesn't answer my question as I am still trying to do research for supplement use i probably wont use for another year. Just like to be a step ahead of myself with info.

Your to young to use steroids your yrs away it will cause you more harm than good, concentrate on researching training and diets. Head over to the diet section and post your diet lets see if we can help you out.

I am researching those also. I will never try this stuff till I fully grasp it, which wont be any time soon. I also have idiot friends who have already ordered the test and I would like to be able to advise them. They refuse to listen to me about their diet changes and I'd rather not watch them screw things up if i can find safe effective ways to use. Once again they aren't gonna listen to not using them so Plan B of making it safe as possible is better then not being friends with them. Because i know most people who read this will tell me to do just that.

Don't worry about anyone who wont listen, your wasting your time and effort. Your HPTA isnt fully developed at your age so by shutting it down you run the risk of low test for life, limp dick, gyno,mood swings etc to name a small few.

Your years away from using steroids and you have loads to learn on how to eat to build size and mass so head over to the diet section and post your diet.