What made you try steriods?

[DaveTSI]

my friend did a couple cycles and made crazy gains, so i wanted to try. i was really anti-aas before i saw first hand how they really work. thats why i started, i still do them because i compete now (PLing not BB)

 

[halfcenturian]

Reached my natural peak, could not break the 300lb. barrier on squat, bench, or deads. Now I can

 

[DaveTSI]

^that too, i was pretty maxed out on my lifts and i have trouble gaining size(very fast metabolism). I was 170lbs when i started my first cycle and benching 325, squat 450, deadlifting 500. Its taken me 4 years to add about 100lbs on bench, 150lbs on squat, and 150lbs on deadlift, along with 40lbs of muscle.

 

[nova50]

Wanted to be like those guys in the fitness magazines since I was in my teens (who doesn't). After years of lifting and not so great genetics got frustrated. So, started researching AAS. It's all history from there......like most, I believed most of what I read in Muscle & Fitness (to bad they didn't tell the whole story). Took years before I realized I wasn't getting the full story. Live & learn.

 

[wheyman090]

beast of the gym]

 

[boymarble]

I've been training for 14 years, pretty religiously and nefver really thought about trying any gear to get bigger. I'm one of those earnest chappies who works hard, is focused at the gym (so I guess not the most sociable), buys the magazines, does the supplements, the protein shakes and bars, and sets the alarm clock to go off at 3am for another shake. Yet, I'd hit a ceiling and nothing was getting me over that. Trying to get my body weight over 80Kgs whilst eating cleanly just wasn't going to happen. SO... I'm in the middle of my first cycle, wish I had done this years ago, and weight is now 81Kgs and gaining. Bodyfat has dropped to around 12% and for the first time my physique brings a sense of presence that makes people notice.

 

[dura]

I was 26 when I first tried a cycle. That was 3 years after I started bb. I admit that my first years had no good diet. But after researching for aas, putting diet and training in line and saw a friend's results I wanted to try. Main reason was to stop looking as a child and gain some respect for the way I look. They definetely helped me achieving what I wanted. No miracles anyway. Good diet, sleep and training are the key, they just push you a little further then your natural limit.

 

[Piper25]

mostly to see how I could morph my body, not to mention I was 19 and would try anything once.

pretty sweet when you have paper thin skin, shredded shoulders and side veins coming out everywhere.
some girls look, some pretend they dont but deep down they see.

Biggest thing I always had to keep in mind is that you are doing it for yourself and everything else that comes along with it like pussy and looks is just icing on the cake and dont put yourself on a high horse above everyone else, so many guys do it....

 

[kawikaratekid]

Had been wanting to try them since I was about 16. I had some friends who did but I was chicken shit then. Most of them had really positive results and seemed to enjoy them. I didn't see the so called roid rage that comes along with them in my friends which is what I was worried about...I'm glad I waited to put on a bunch of my own muscle before I started. Now that I have done them I don't think that I'll ever go back. I have no idea why steroids aren't legal. If the playing field was level for everyone what would the problem be??

 

[crxdog]

I just wanted to satisfy my curiosity with ASS. I love gym and i wanted to see what all you guys were on about!