How long should you workout naturally before using gear?

[MTrapper]

Just wondering how long most of you trained naturally before starting gear. I'm still in the intermediate stage and am making good gains but have considered gear in the future. Did most of you guys only get so far on your genetics that you decided you would do a cycle before you threw in the towel? Also I heard that the motivational factor to workout harder is there when one is on the sauce because of how much it costs and you can take your body to new heights.

 

[Rebelrocker]

i trained 3 years before juicing,im 17 now

 

[mlomker]

I think the real question is what your goals are. If you aspire to being competition size then you should be natural for as long as possible. If you desires are more modest then I doubt it matters as much.

 

[diamonddiceclay]

someone asked this a while back and there were many answers-search the archives