Originally Posted by
DocToxin8
Ok, congrats Jangles but I just have to chime in for anyone else reading this thread;
It is NOT advisable to start AAS with such a starting point.
It’s not just a matter of fact that these gains could have been made natty,
but it’s also a concern about tendon and ligaments.
You should generally have 3 years at least if training, but let’s dial that down to 1 year of SERIOUS, dedicated training at the very least, before you start AAS.
This will make it less likely that you damage tendons and joints during the cycle. This might seem like just; ahh, fuck, tendons right?!
But it actually is important,
if you damage an elbow or a shoulder enough you’ll have to stop training for growth completely in worst case and just do physio for 6mo to a year.
And that is gonna cost you from half a year to one year just spending time on an injury, which if you don’t do correct can cause you even more time.
Not to mention risks to your HPTA and such, but just let’s ignore all that for now and say that you’re willing to juice for the rest of your life;
Then you want to optimize for that to be possible.
And tendons is a big thing here.
It’s also a matter of just getting used to the bodybuilding life style. This is harder than many think, and doesn’t happen automatically when you start juicing.
My point is that this practice is very risky and i know several who have attempted it, only to drop out of training completely due to injuries.
So no flak to you Jangles, I hope you’re satisfied and wish you the best.
I just don’t want this to be an example for someone else without informing of the danger.
And I can say that I don’t overestimate if I say that 50% of the guys I know who start juicing with a bad base, end up hurting themselves to the point where they quit lifting.
And when they quit lifting the usually won’t start again, since they now know that juice fucked them up, and that’s not a carrot to entice them anymore.
So please, anyone seeing this, think it through.
And again, I hope you’re bigger and better now Jangles and are one of the exceptions that can handle this and get lucky.