Please answer Just 3 questions and I am set.

[skintype2.5]

Hi guys currently 20 5'9 150lbs 8% bodyfat and natty, I don't even use Protein shakes. Am going to get serious in the next few years and try and add as much natty mass as I can and then I want to do just one cycle of aas when it gets a bit to hard.

Been reading some of the info on this site and would really appreciate answers to these three questions.

1.) Only want 1 cycle to add 10 or more lbs of pure muscle and don't really want to run longer than 6 weeks...if that's possible. Can I maintain the gains after naturally?

2) I don't want any aas to affect my hair.. I have full head of hair but I heard it can trigger MPB, and if it do start losing hair to aas will I stop losing hair or has MPB set in and am I screwed?

3) lastly Gyno..What's the likely hood I develop Gyno in one short cycle of about 6 weeks?

Like I said just one cycle and to maintain afterwards.

Example get to 175 lean then do aas to get to 185 and maintain. But really don't want the 2 sides


Thank you everyone

[skintype2.5]

May I also add thatI am doing it just for looks and not competing or anything...Will probably get around to doing the cycle in my mid 20's

[auswest]

May I also add thatI am doing it just for looks and not competing or anything...Will probably get around to doing the cycle in my mid 20's

If that's the case don't worry about it, keep reading around and work on your diet and training by the time you're in your "mid 20s" you should be weighing your goal weight anyway, you have plenty of time and lots of room for natural growth by the sounds of it. Food is an amazing thing add in a great training program plenty of rest and your current hormone levels at your age it's win win

[auswest]

As far as your questions go, maintaining your gains is dependent on yourself, diet and training.
And no one can really tell what sides you may or may not get and to what degree it's something you need to monitor while on and try have as many products on hand at your disposal for prevention or reduction.

[marcus300]

Please read this link


http://forums.steroid.com/showthread...-a-first-cycle

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