
Originally Posted by
slfmade
Here's the deal. Everything everybody has said is spot on but I want to come at it from another angle. Thousands if not millions of people get interested in fitness in thier early 20's, but then life gets in the way. You go to college, you get a job, your goals change, your dreams change, you get a girlfriend, a wife, a family. It's statistically unlikely that you're special, I'm sorry, but it's true. You likely won't make a career out of bodybuilding. Somewhere along the way you'll get a new hobby, new interests, and a focus on something other than being on gear and working out. At 20, you just don't have your shit together. Nobody does. Look around on this forum and see how difficult it is for guys in thier 20s to get on TRT. Most doctor's won't do it unless you're at clinically low levels. You can feel like shit and be absolutely miserable...physically, emotionally, and sexually and no doctor will touch you unless you're below normal. And newsflash...do you think having a test level of 351 on a 350-800 scale feels any different than 249? What if your total test is fine at 23 but your free T is shot? Good luck finding a doc to treat that in your 20's. And even if you do...is it going to be worth being on trt for the rest of your life when you have no interest in lifting anymore? And what about your physical health? Sure, Trt is much healthier than living with low T, but it introduces health risks that a person not on trt but with normal test levels don't have to deal with. It's something you really need to think about.
In my opinion you need to wait until you have your life together and have a better idea for what the future holds, otherwise, you're gonna do like so many others and screw up your body for what.. one or two cycles before you get bored with this and move on to something else? We've seen it thousands of times on this forum. IMO, making the decision to cycle at 20 is proof you don't have the mental maturity to make life decisions... otherwise you wouldn't be making this decision. That is all.