Help me, please!

[KingKimura]

This will be sort of long, but I'm hoping someone out there is willing to read it and help me out, here goes...

I'm 25 and relatively healthy. I'm a pretty athletic person, I played basketball through college, but have never really been in great shape. I've always been a little "soft" i.e. a little chubby. Unfortunately I have sort of let myself go since then. I got up to as much as 350 pounds(my playing weight was between 220-240.) I'm 6'5" btw. About 5 months ago I decided enough was enough and started dieting and exercising. I managed to get down to 305 pounds and then about 2 weeks ago I tore my ACL playing basketball. It's going to require a knee reconstruction so I'll be out of action for awhile, which, needless to say puts a huge damper on my efforts of getting into shape. (my ultimate goal btw is to be an in shape 250 lbs, and yes I know how much work this will require)

Now that's the back story, here's where you guys come in:

The reason for me wanting to get in shape in the first place is 1. overall health and 2. I'm a huge MMA fan and have done some training and seem to have a bit of an affinity for it, so I would like to possibly pursue that and see where I could get. With that being said, the amount of training that it's going to take along with the whole knee thing and I'm turning 26 this summer, I feel like times running out on me so to speak. When I get back from surgery I want to hit the ground running and feel like I can really use that extra push.
I know that some athletes are known to take steroids to help speed up the healing process form injury. That along with all this MLB steroid stuff I realize that more pro athletes must use than I think and that steroids, obviously, must really work(duh.) So what I'm hoping you guys can do is help me by letting me know what I can do/use that will get me where I want to be. Any info in detail would be greatly appreciated as I know absolutely nothing about this stuff. Thanks for the time, and hopefully the responses.

[Breggin]

I think one of the biggest mistake that former athletes make when they decide to get back in shape is trying to jump back into workout at their former ability levels. Especially when you have gained a lot of fat weight and want to shed those unwanted pounds to get back to your "old shape" as quickly as possible. You have to take it slow... I am 40 years old 6'7" and got as high as 375 (super obese). When I decided to get back in shape I tried to jump back into training full bore and experienced many joint problems. Then I slowed it down... I dropped to about 290 with a good diet and workout routine in place. THEN I researched as much as I could about AAS before I started. CLICHE: " You didn't get in that bad of shape over night, and you won't get back in shape over night." Take your time and focus on your diet (research the diet section on this site). And finally start slow training like WALKING and EASY weight lifting. Get that knee taken care of and good luck bro...

[inky-e]

This will be sort of long, but I'm hoping someone out there is willing to read it and help me out, here goes...

I'm 25 and relatively healthy. I'm a pretty athletic person, I played basketball through college, but have never really been in great shape. I've always been a little "soft" i.e. a little chubby. Unfortunately I have sort of let myself go since then. I got up to as much as 350 pounds(my playing weight was between 220-240.) I'm 6'5" btw. About 5 months ago I decided enough was enough and started dieting and exercising. I managed to get down to 305 pounds and then about 2 weeks ago I tore my ACL playing basketball. It's going to require a knee reconstruction so I'll be out of action for awhile, which, needless to say puts a huge damper on my efforts of getting into shape. (my ultimate goal btw is to be an in shape 250 lbs, and yes I know how much work this will require)

Now that's the back story, here's where you guys come in:

The reason for me wanting to get in shape in the first place is 1. overall health and 2. I'm a huge MMA fan and have done some training and seem to have a bit of an affinity for it, so I would like to possibly pursue that and see where I could get. With that being said, the amount of training that it's going to take along with the whole knee thing and I'm turning 26 this summer, I feel like times running out on me so to speak. When I get back from surgery I want to hit the ground running and feel like I can really use that extra push.
I know that some athletes are known to take steroids to help speed up the healing process form injury. That along with all this MLB steroid stuff I realize that more pro athletes must use than I think and that steroids, obviously, must really work(duh.) So what I'm hoping you guys can do is help me by letting me know what I can do/use that will get me where I want to be. Any info in detail would be greatly appreciated as I know absolutely nothing about this stuff. Thanks for the time, and hopefully the responses.

I think you're mistaken...AAS ...imo would enable the user to further injure themselves....lifting/training more than they are supposed to in the re-hab period....for you ...I'd strongly suggest sticking to natural training and perfecting a diet and following it......you spoke of time running out....you are 26 my friend......you are just starting out in life......take the time to do it right the first time around.....living a life of regret is a terrible thing...if you hurt yourself by juicing...thats exactly what will happen.

[(1*)]

not what you wanna hear but don't even think about the juice until your bf% is in check.

[T-MOS]

I think one of the biggest mistake that former athletes make when they decide to get back in shape is trying to jump back into workout at their former ability levels. Especially when you have gained a lot of fat weight and want to shed those unwanted pounds to get back to your "old shape" as quickly as possible. You have to take it slow... I am 40 years old 6'7" and got as high as 375 (super obese). When I decided to get back in shape I tried to jump back into training full bore and experienced many joint problems. Then I slowed it down... I dropped to about 290 with a good diet and workout routine in place. THEN I researched as much as I could about AAS before I started. CLICHE: " You didn't get in that bad of shape over night, and you won't get back in shape over night." Take your time and focus on your diet (research the diet section on this site). And finally start slow training like WALKING and EASY weight lifting. Get that knee taken care of and good luck bro...

^^^^ well said ,and good advice.

get your bodyfat in check and under 15% before considering steroids

[KingKimura]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the good and honest advice, which is why I posted here before I decided to do anything...looks like it turned out to be a great idea