20 years old, natural

[Setekh]

Hi guys! I've been reading these forums for quite some time now and starting to think about cycling. Here's a picture of my back, all natural. Will post more... sometime

[vishus]

not bad.

post stats.

stop thinking about cycling, no need to at your age. stick with diet and training

[FireGuy]

Solid start.

[big_ron]

What are your full stats man??

Height weight etc.

Good base to work on

[Standby]

solid, lets hear some stats

[Setekh]

Forgot to post stats . Aight, here we go.

187cm (6 foot 2'ish)
98kg (216lbs)
BF%, around 12-13%

I never lift heavy so I really can't post any real info about that. Benched 385lbs in the summer.

[LatissimusaurousRex]

You're pretty beastly! No need to cycle, if it ain't broke don't fix it. What are your training goals? What's your diet like?

[Setekh]

I just want to be big, looking like the great Arnold is the ultimate goal. As far as my diet goes, I've never had a one that's really that planned (as for counting the meals and eating at certain time of the day). I just make sure my calories are high/low enough and I take enough protein.

[LatissimusaurousRex]

That's good! That means you can give your diet a little more attention to detail and def see some gains. Head over to the diet section and learn how to make a good bulking diet. Post one up and let the board members finely tune it for you. Also do you have a regular training regimen? Post up what kind of workouts you do and let the guys critique that for you as well. This is all to better help you reach your goals. Once you have these variables out in numbers you can see how your body reacts to it all and adjust it with a little more precision to meet your goals.

[Dont wanna be old]

Good stats . Things are at there peak naturally . Take advantage of the best natural experience . You can gain plenty !

[Setekh]

I have a 5 split program that have given me rome great gains. All my sets are usually 6x12, the first two are lighter warmups. I usually do six (or more) different exercises. It goes like this

1. Chest + triceps (just a few sets for triceps as they are already pumped)
2. Back + biceps (just a few sets for biceps as they are already pumped)
3. Rest
4. Shoulders + abs
5. Legs + abs
6. Biceps + triceps + abs
7. Rest

I never do hundreds of crunches or anything like that, just couple sets of dragon flies and windshield wipers.

[Setekh]

Forgot to add, I had thyroid cancer and thus have no thyroid gland. Currently taking thyroid hormone 300mcg/day.

[LatissimusaurousRex]

That's too many sets! It's good your body is so responsive to the resistance training though! Usually around 16 sets for larger muscles groups and 12 for smaller muscle groups is a good general rule of thumb; if you keep your intensity high on every set you should be pretty smoked! For mass you'd like to keep your rep range in 8-12 reps, this is the maximal hypertrophy range. These are all real basic things, but it's best to build on the basics see how your body responds and take it from there. If you wanna hit your arms twice a week that's up to you, but if you ever get some forearm, wrist, or elbow pain starting to occur you might wanna cut that down, your tendons/ligaments can't heal as quickly as your muscles.

[Setekh]

Thanks for your input. I will fix my diet as of tomorrow and make slight changes on the way to make it fit me perfectly. As for my training routine, I won't make any changes to it. Like you said; if it ain't broke, why fix it?

[LatissimusaurousRex]

Right on dude if your gains aren't stopping keep on doing what you're doing

[l2elapse]

front pics? legs? nice back tho

[t-gunz]

personally dont think you need to cycle. you look thick man

post some other pics up too if you can