I realize that ideally, you should build up your musculature until it is at its natural peak, and then consider doing AS. Well call me young and foolish, but I'm 22... and I don't wanna wait. If you've been working out for 3-4 months, and you read the boards, and learn how to use properly... and your nutrition is good, and you work out intensely but do not overtrain... why shouldn't you do AS?
I want the gains faster than I'm getting them. I'm willing to put in the work. No, its not ideal, but I don't exactly see a huge difference between a relatively weak guy wanting to put on some weight and a big guy wanting to put on some weight. Most big guys did not maximize their potential before they started using (or am I wrong?).
So my question is...
if you start using AS early, does it affect you differently than if you use later? I mean I don't have a huge amount of upper body muscle mass, but my muscles are used to being worked. I wail on them till it hurts like hell, I go till failure, and I do it over and over again.
I keep hearing from some people that:
1) If you use AS before you reach your natural potential, you will not see good gains.
2) If you use AS before you reach your natural potential, your gains will disappear afterwards (Does this assume you don't continue training hard?)
3) If you use AS before you reach your natural potential, you will damage your body's ability to grow naturally.
Which are true? Why?
To get specific, we're talking about a cycle of test here. I think I can take it, gain alot of mass, get off it, keep working out, and continue to grow at a normal pace (assuming the right level of intensity for the new muscle...). Am I wrong?
Lots of this has been commented on before, but not in detail. Or rather, I can't find posts on this where people back up what they're saying.
I want the gains faster than I'm getting them. I'm willing to put in the work. No, its not ideal, but I don't exactly see a huge difference between a relatively weak guy wanting to put on some weight and a big guy wanting to put on some weight. Most big guys did not maximize their potential before they started using (or am I wrong?).
So my question is...
if you start using AS early, does it affect you differently than if you use later? I mean I don't have a huge amount of upper body muscle mass, but my muscles are used to being worked. I wail on them till it hurts like hell, I go till failure, and I do it over and over again.
I keep hearing from some people that:
1) If you use AS before you reach your natural potential, you will not see good gains.
2) If you use AS before you reach your natural potential, your gains will disappear afterwards (Does this assume you don't continue training hard?)
3) If you use AS before you reach your natural potential, you will damage your body's ability to grow naturally.
Which are true? Why?
To get specific, we're talking about a cycle of test here. I think I can take it, gain alot of mass, get off it, keep working out, and continue to grow at a normal pace (assuming the right level of intensity for the new muscle...). Am I wrong?
Lots of this has been commented on before, but not in detail. Or rather, I can't find posts on this where people back up what they're saying.