Who's gone that far?

[Ulter]

Who has used all there natural ability to get huge before they started roids? I notice many people on here and in real life that are hardly at my physique and have done cycles. I'm planning on getting to 200lbs natural 5'8'' before I even start my first cycle, what do you guys think about waiting until you have gone as far as natural will take you, opposed to starting while sooner?

Me. I started my first cycle when I was about 28 and had trained since 19.

 

[Apexx]

Not me. I definitely could have grown more natty, but got tired of being almost 6' tall and only 150lbs. Fuck, I can't believe I ever got laid back then. Must have been my natural charm that the ladies loved

 

[stuck]

Started cycling at 27, started lifting at 14. IMO the guys who cycle early are the same ones who rarely keep any of their gains. Hell I've been at it for 17 years now and am still learning how my body reacts to certain diets / traning.

Unless you're competing, I don't know why anyone would be doing roids at 20 years old. Any dude at that age can run a mile a day and hit the gym 3x a week and be ripped, and still have plenty of chances to go out and drink his ass off every weekend.

On the other hand, alot of people experiment with "other" drugs in college, so I guess if I could go back I'd probably take the needle over any of those "others".

 

[nybb10001]

Who has used all there natural ability to get huge before they started roids? I notice many people on here and in real life that are hardly at my physique and have done cycles. I'm planning on getting to 200lbs natural 5'8'' before I even start my first cycle, what do you guys think about waiting until you have gone as far as natural will take you, opposed to starting while sooner?

That's the right way to do it. Get used to managing your diet appropriately first. If you ever do take steroids, your diet becomes EVEN MORE important (many people assume the opposite).

 

[Ilovetolift]

Started cycling at 27, started lifting at 14. IMO the guys who cycle early are the same ones who rarely keep any of their gains. Hell I've been at it for 17 years now and am still learning how my body reacts to certain diets / traning.

Unless you're competing, I don't know why anyone would be doing roids at 20 years old. Any dude at that age can run a mile a day and hit the gym 3x a week and be ripped, and still have plenty of chances to go out and drink his ass off every weekend.

On the other hand, alot of people experiment with "other" drugs in college, so I guess if I could go back I'd probably take the needle over any of those "others".

That's presicely what I'm doing, I'm planning on competing when I'm 20 years old. I use to powerlift when I was 17, then 6 months later I started to bodybuild, which consisted of mostly bland food tons of cardio, I was RIPPED but still tiny, now I'm older and more mature, I know how much effort and time it really takes. I went from 130-165 and my bodyfat went up about 4% in 7 months.

 

[nicecannons]

imo opinion competing or not 20 is too young for gear.i was 33 trained from 14 and deffo was as big natty as could be.youve got plenty of growing natty yet

 

[Cauliflower Ear]

Im 22...im using gear more for the high RBC count than for bulking...I love eq...my dad is so impress with what I can eat...

 

[shoestring]

I waited till I was pretty maxed out naturally. At 5'10'' I made it to 205-210 at around 15% bf. I recently did my first cycle at age 38. I have been lifting on a regular basis for around 25 yrs.. I think it is wise to wait till you have a good foundation and several years of exp under your belt.

The picture in my profile is before aas.

 

[solidspine]

Did my first cycle at age 46, now pushing 56

 

[Ilovetolift]

You guys make very good points, put no matter what age I am, when I hit 200 10% or under at 5'8'', I truly believe that will be where I should start. Going from 130-200 lean, I don't think your body could do much more NATTY. Any comments on this?