
Originally Posted by
Atomini
You're going to have to remember that you started your cycle at 170 lbs. That's extremely low, and low enough that you shouldn't have cycled in the first place. You likely could have put on half of what you gained in this cycle without AAS.
I waited until I was 200 lbs. at about 10-12% bodyfat before I cycled. Obviously, someone who has stacked on more muscle mass prior to cycling will not be able to put on nearly as much muscle as someone who starts to cycle at a far lighter weight and who has far less muscle mass to begin with.
And with that being said, as you continue to do subsequent cycles over your life, you are never ever going to be able to gain the same amounts each time. You will gain less and less with each cycle, and this is because the more mass you pack on, the closer you reach your body's limits and it therefore becomes much harder to gain. This is when you need to fight (even with AAS) for that extra 5-15 lb. gain when bulking. Gone will be your days of 40 lb mass gains. Enjoy the one you just had, because you're not going to ever get those kind of gains again (unless you drop out of training and stop eating, or get into a car accident or something and lose all your muscle only to have to start from the bottom again - i've had that happen to me before). And so this is why your cycling protocols are going to have to change to favor shorter cycles rather than these super long ones, because they just won't work as well as they used to for this reason. Muscle gain as you become bigger and bigger will have to come in small leaps and slingshots - not in a steady state linear fashion.