Just Starting

[pkmaxx]

Hey guys, I know im only 18 so i know a lot of people are gonna tell me im an idiot. But anyways, im 5'11 160 very lean I gained 30 pounds this year naturally but I've just plateaued now. And maybe its cuz im really eager and I just wanna get jacked, but I was thinking about doing a cycle... I just wanted to know what the best cycle would be, hopefully without a lot of side affects or anything. I just wanna thicken out, I would like to put on another 20lbs give or take a couple pounds and then maybe like a shredding cycle or something because I wanna stay really cut and be thick.

So just let me know what you guys think. Thanks a lot

[gym_junki]

Ahh yOur going to love this

[lovbyts]

You have not plateaued, you just have not learned how to eat properly (Diet section) and you are still growing for the next 5 years unless you screw it up by dong a cycle now and fusing your growth plates or worse.

It's good to want to get jacked. Learn what to eat, when to eat it and change up your workout routines. Learn what to eat just before working out and just after to stop muscle waste.

If you run a cycle now you risk loosing that good wanting to get jacked feeling and end up getting depressed due to ED, excessive acne, water weight gains, gaining weight then loosing muscle due to cycle ending and still poor diet.

You are in the prime of your life as far as testosterone is concerned so use it and dont screw it up. Yeah we all know/see guys who have done it with no problems, none that we are aware of or see for 6 months, 1 year or later down the road. We here see them daily due to kids your age or a little older complaining, asking for advice or how to fix these problems.

Stick around and make good use of the forum learning about diet, working out and gaining knowledge so when the day comes you are ready to use you will be well equipped with the proper information.

[marcus300]

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread...-a-first-cycle

AGE
In humans your Endocrine system is not fully functional until an average age of 25yrs, although the main development is up to around 21yrs it still fluctuates a little bit up to its fully functional age. There is a risk of permanently damaging your HPTA if you take AAS to young and you could end up with symptoms of andropause and HRT for life. Symptoms could be Limp dick, low libido, depression, low energy, low endurance, erection problems and many more but.......are these the types of symptoms you want to have in your 20's?. Believe me its hard to cope with these in your 40's yet alone in your prime of your life.

Around this age your Testosterone levels are the highest they going to be in your life naturally, so use what you have and don't take the risk of damage, I am passionate about this because ive seen it many times with young kids wanting to looking like their heroes and they think the answer is in an injection/tablet.

Taking AAS to young can also cause problems with development, one other main problem is premature sealing of your epiphyeal bone and the consequences mean that you wont grow as big as your genetics could allow you to, there is a test which can be done to see if your growth plates have sealed yet but the average age is around 21yrs old.



TRAINING
You need a few years of hard training under your belt before even considering taking any kind of anabolic support, people who jump on a cycle to soon without having some quality years under their belt usually results in injuries, it takes time to develop your connective tissue, tendons and nervous system to heavy overload training. Slowly getting your own system use to these kinds of extreme's will only help in muscle growth later on when you do decide to start taking AAS.

Build a solid foundation for muscle tissue to grow and maintaining and development will be far greater than without it. Many younger guys will start cycling before they have reached their genetic potential which is crazy when a good solid diet and training program will be far beneficial and productive to muscle building.

Workouts should be mainly focused on basic movements with a priority of over loading the muscle each and ever time you train, increasing your strength and ability to lift in proper form will help with building the foundation for future development


DIET
A lot of younger bodybuilders don't know how to eat. Researching and understanding how your own body responds will help you get to your natural limit, the right food at the right time and a full understanding of proteins,carbs, and fats will only help you succeed in achieving your natural goals. Keeping a diet diary will also help you understand the importance of macro, nutrients, calories and should help you see in which areas you could be going wrong in adding lean muscle tissue.

No matter how much anabolic support you have it will be worthless without proper nutrition, food will help build and maintain your valued muscle weather its natural, cycling or in PCT. Adjusting your food intake and consuming muscle building foods coupled with a solid training program will help you achieve your natural limit and foundation before you start AAS use.

This area is a huge problem with the younger guys and I can't express enough how important diet/food is when first starting out, post and pre training nutrition are very important and understanding how to load and feed the body will help push growth and create a very natural anabolic environment

[pkmaxx]

Alright thats some good info, And yeah I do admit my diet/nutrition is not as good as I want it to be. I train really hard, I recently just started changing my workouts too so my body doesn't get used to it. But so if I wanna get bigger should I go on like a bulking phase where I just try and take in as many calories as I can? because lately what I started was just eating a lot of protein and staying away from a lot of carbs because I wanna stay cut, only eat complex carbs like oatmeal,brown rice and whoole wheat shit.

And also, now that i know not to do a roid cycle, I might try a creatine cycle.

Thanks a lot Guys

[lovbyts]

Alright thats some good info, And yeah I do admit my diet/nutrition is not as good as I want it to be. I train really hard, I recently just started changing my workouts too so my body doesn't get used to it. But so if I wanna get bigger should I go on like a bulking phase where I just try and take in as many calories as I can? because lately what I started was just eating a lot of protein and staying away from a lot of carbs because I wanna stay cut, only eat complex carbs like oatmeal,brown rice and whoole wheat shit.

And also, now that i know not to do a roid cycle, I might try a creatine cycle.

Thanks a lot Guys

I know it's a lot to read but this is what you need to learn how to do as Marcus said. understanding how to load and feed the body will help push growth and create a very natural anabolic environment.

There are sticky notes in the diet section that go over this and help teach you how to do it. This will give you great gains once you learn how/what to eat.

[songdog]

Smart move Bro.