What do you know now that you wish you knew when you started?

[anabolictonic]

With all the knowledge youve gained since you started in the game what would you do differently if you had to start from scratch again?

Mine would be -

- Keep workouts to 50-60mins tops
- Focus less on chest and bi's and more on back and legs!

[*RAGE*]

Post cycle therapy

[Exilus]

under-age damage

[ranging1]

that steroids dont turn u into ronnie coleman

[KimboHalfSlice]

I'd have taken hCG
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[D7M]

Wish I knew more about nutrition/diet,

also to train less frequently but with higher intensity

[Someguy123]

PCT for sure. never spent much time researching that. and it would have been a huge help to me when i was younger.

[Aizen Sosuke]

Nutrition for sure. I spent my first year working out eating like a regular Joe.

[PistolStarta]

that steroids dont turn u into ronnie coleman

lol this
and rest is most important

[warchild]

diet, pct, training, everything basically. i did it all wrong at 20yo

[squatalot]

"nolva on hand" ain't gonna hack it and you will end out with bitch tits and $4000 less than you previously posessed.

[dec11]

diet and awareness of propa cycle design and wat ranging said lol

[Dont wanna be old]

First couple cycles in the 90's w/o pct . What a mess !

[Critical Mass]

The diet part and the pct part.

[BJJ]

Since I started at 37 with many years of experience (diet and workout), I believe I received all the necessary information needed to run a proper aas cycle, right here, right in this forum, in the last months.
A big thanks to those who answered my questions.

[2gethuge]

Wish I knew that dbol only cycles are a waste

[Schmidty]

to not run letro through cycles. it killed almost all gains i should of had from my first few cycles

[sweezy]

PCT for Sure........

[AlphaMaleDawg]

as for starting AAS? I just did 1 cycle so far and have done it exactly how I was supposed to, thanks to this forum.

as for when i started working out in general 5 1/2 years ago? everything because i started out training every single bodypart 7 days per week and didnt realize food had anything to do with results. oops

[Kibble]

When I first started lifting almost 3 years ago my split was:

Chest/Tris/Shoulders
Back/Bis
Legs
Off
REPEAT

I started taking creatine, and I did gain a lot of strength... for about 6 months. Then I stalled for a LONG time. I was also doing 5 sets of each exercise.

Then I figured all about overtraining. I wish I would have known when I started.

Also, I NEVER took protein. For some reason, I did not think that it was important. I ate only 3 times a day. Sometimes only twice.


Now for AAS. I just started my first cycle. What I wish I knew before I started? I wish I knew that I would need more 1" needles lol.

[CaliPhotog]

Well, I just started my first cycle so we will see how it goes. Should be really good considering all the great info I received through my research on here. Great site with LOTS of great info and great people. Special thanks to Marcus and T-Mos (r.I.p.)

[NMacFar]

that steroids dont turn u into ronnie coleman

HAHAHAHAHA

[AgainstTheMachine]

PCT, more isn't better, don't go nuts in the gym or you are going tear something.

[terraj]

I wish this site was around 20 years ago.

Oh yeah...and don't squat arse to the ground.

[lotsoftime]

Wish I knew more about nutrition/diet,

also to train less frequently but with higher intensity

Dead on.

[pwnflow]

I am yet to experience roids but easily the most important thing I learned was measuring everything you eat and concentrating on intensity in gym rather than volume.

[pwnflow]

I wish this site was around 20 years ago.

Oh yeah...and don't squat arse to the ground.

Why not?

[Gaspari1255]

1.) Food. I thought I was eating too much when I first started working out, turns out I was eating less than 1/10 of what I eat now.
2.) Skipping out on legs for a whole year.
3.) How powerful/dangerous PHs are, learned the hard way- TRT @ 21 years old.
4.) Incline bench. Very critical in developing a well rounded chest. Skipped out on that for a year also.
5.) Something I cannot think of atm.

[Twist]

that people who tell you that steroids aren't bad are full of shit. That just because other people do it and recover doesn't mean that you can. How bad prohormones are. DIET. Overtraining.

I never had test to begin with so my experimentation with steroids literally saved my life. However in the beginning years I told so many people to take them and I sold them and said "yea phtren is great" and all this other shit. My life is so much better, but what about them?

There is a lot of evidence saying steroids are not as harmful as they should be, and there is some, but less saying the opposite. But anyone who has been around them for long enough knows how bad they really are. We do a bad job of making that clear to people on this board - I know its a steroid board. everyone should know though. But I love them and testosterone made me the person I am today.

[Gaspari1255]

that people who tell you that steroids aren't bad are full of shit. That just because other people do it and recover doesn't mean that you can. How bad prohormones are. DIET. Overtraining.

I never had test to begin with so my experimentation with steroids literally saved my life. However in the beginning years I told so many people to take them and I sold them and said "yea phtren is great" and all this other shit. My life is so much better, but what about them?

There is a lot of evidence saying steroids are not as harmful as they should be, and there is some, but less saying the opposite. But anyone who has been around them for long enough knows how bad they really are. We do a bad job of making that clear to people on this board - I know its a steroid board. everyone should know though. But I love them and testosterone made me the person I am today.

Intersted in starting a club? lol

[BBronco]

There is a lot of evidence saying steroids are not as harmful as they should be, and there is some, but less saying the opposite. But anyone who has been around them for long enough knows how bad they really are. We do a bad job of making that clear to people on this board - I know its a steroid board. everyone should know though. But I love them and testosterone made me the person I am today.

How bad are they? Really? apart from possible ED, hair loss, gyno or testicular atrophy.

[stevey_6t9]

ventricular enlargement, decreased coronary function, hormonal damages

[Mooseman33]

easy, PCT..
never ran one till i joined here...man, i regret fvking with juice so young..

[baseline_9]

that i could get free bloodwork done at my local needle exchange.

[KimboHalfSlice]

Oh yeah...and don't squat arse to the ground.

I'm curious, is there something wrong with squatting ass to the ground? That's how I squat, I go right down to the ground, then I wait a second or two before pushing up.

[dec11]

I wish this site was around 20 years ago.

Oh yeah...and don't squat arse to the ground.

nothing wrong wit tht if youve been doin it from day one

[dangerous dan]

I was always told that diet wasnt needed until you hit plateau...when i turned up here i realised half of this game works on what you put in your mouth

[KimboHalfSlice]

I never had test to begin with so my experimentation with steroids literally saved my life.

I'm not sure I understand you here. Sounds like you're saying that your body has never been able to produce Testosterone. Is that right? If so, then what was the cause, did your testicles never develop properly?

[Twist]

I'm not sure I understand you here. Sounds like you're saying that your body has never been able to produce Testosterone. Is that right? If so, then what was the cause, did your testicles never develop properly?

Working on finding out that answer. Ill let you know when I do. New insurance in january

[redz]

A clean diet is the most important part of cycling, my first cycle I gained tons of water weight and bloated up to a huge 267lbs.