Waaaay before pics

[Padawan]

I found these when I was cleaning up the garage. I was 18, trained for 6 months naturally, and entered a local contest. Got my ass handed to me in the teen division, taking 4th place in the contest out of 7 guys. I then made the mistake of joining the military and spending the next 11 years traveling 200 days a year, living in hotels and training once a week if I was lucky and the hotel had a gym. I've been out for 6 months now, and I am trying to get back into shape...damn to be 18 again.







Kinda bums me out to think what I might look like now if I had not joined the military, and instead went to college and continued to train hard. Anyway, for you young guys that are thinking about AAS, wait. I got to this level in 6 short months, and I knew nothing about training. I just ate and trained using my handy Arnold's Bodybuilding Encyclopedia. Maybe I can get that 27" waist back some day

[Padawan]

Damn, the pics aren't showing. Looks like AR has been banned from theforumisdown.com image hosting. Anyone know any other good image hosts?

[thickmass]

The pics come up for me.

You look damn good for 18 and 6 months training. I guess the 1st 3 place getters either had trained longer or juiced.

I think I had a 27in waist at 18... would be lucky to get it below 32in nowadays...

[Padawan]

They actually juiced. I used to see them sticking themselves in the locker room each night at the gym. I was going to, but I knew I was going to go into the military, and I wasn't sure if they would bust me for it or not.