Question about maintaining gains (Blasting vs Cruising) and more

Alright so I was arguing with a friend, neither of us take steroids, about maintaining.

He said that once you stop a cycle, after a while you will lose all the gains. I argued, that as long as you are at, or below your natural limit, it does not matter how u made your gains (ie naturally or with AAS), you will be able to maintain if you are careful.

He said u can only maintain if u blast and cruise.

However for someone who is non-competitive like me, wouldn't cycling be better?

I am not taking steroids, but I am thinking about it once I am 22-23 years old.


I thought about it this way, in terms of gains. Taking steroids to reach your natural limit I mean:

Year 1- 7kg Muscle
Year 2- 4kg Muscle
Year 3- 2kg Muscle
Year 4- 1kg Muscle
Year 5- 1kg Muscle
Year 6- 700g Muscle
Year 7- 500g Muscle
Year 8- 400g Muscle
Year 9- 300g Muscle
Year 10 to 15 - 200g Muscle (NATURAL LIMIT)

Instead you do this:
Year 1- 7kg muscle
Year 2- 4kg Muscle
Year 3- 2kg Muscle
Year 4- 1kg Muscle
Year 5- (Roids) 4kg muscle (NATURAL LIMIT)

So instead of training for 15 years to reach natural limit, you train 4 years natty, do 1-2 cycles and reach your natural limit and then maintain.

Am I wrong and why?

Very possible to keep the majority of your gains post cycle. I think you'll find this article from marcus300 interesting:

http://forums.steroid.com/anabolic-s...rate-user.html