Are Gains from Steroids only Temporary?

[El Hefe]

I used to hear the saying; "You don't own it til you've kept it for a year". That's not precise but I think it might hold a little truth.

I used to be 5' 10" at 150 lbs. I ate like a man possessed for years and eventually got to 230lbs. After keeping 230 lbs for 2-3 years, I've found that I really don't have to eat that much. I literally eat half the calories I did gaining.

Of course I've also gotten older and my metabolism has slowed down.

 

[-SD-]

Roid gains are temporary if you do not alter your diet after the cycle. If you gain 10 pounds you have to keep eating to keep that 10 pounds.

 

[tony1354142]

Say man I believe u are correct. Keep it for a year and u own it...hmm never heard that but I feel that holds a little true myself

 

[perryscoon]

No matter what you do you can't look exactly like you did on your cycle, but you can keep a lot of the mass. As far as looking chizzled, vieny, and cut off cycle? Not gonna happen, I don't care how lean you eat or how much cardio you do. That shit goes away.

 

[-SD-]

No matter what you do you can't look exactly like you did on your cycle, but you can keep a lot of the mass. As far as looking chizzled, vieny, and cut off cycle? Not gonna happen, I don't care how lean you eat or how much cardio you do. That shit goes away.

Yea its much harder to get ripped than to pack on mass for me, natty or not, at least for me

 

[TheRippedReverend]

This is/can be a hard thing to do. It just takes dicipline which I believe is the hardest to do. Where most fail is food. You think your eatting enough but your not and how do you know if you food isnt weighed out? You dont! You miss a meal bc you meals wernt packed or you were hanging with the buddies and had a drink then went out. If you missed a meal one time a week at 600 cals by week 6 youd loose 1.5lbs plus water plus plus plus....

One thing is for sure you will never look like you do on cyc you rbc is just screaming!!! Your full, strong......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nTbqv1NFqw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[bogenjager]

This is/can be a hard thing to do. It just takes dicipline which I believe is the hardest to do. Where most fail is food. You think your eatting enough but your not and how do you know if you food isnt weighed out? You dont! You miss a meal bc you meals wernt packed or you were hanging with the buddies and had a drink then went out. If you missed a meal one time a week at 600 cals by week 6 youd loose 1.5lbs plus water plus plus plus....

I do imagine that would definitely help. I am a person that is prone to fat gain very easily (and yes I eat clean). I know somatotypes are a generalization, but I am definitely not an ectomorph, more of and endo-meso just to give you an idea. I often do a cutting phase after my PCT is done because I tend to gain some fat on cycle even though I am strictly controlling calories. I know other guys at the gym that eat what ever they want and eat a lot of it while on cycle will no ill effects. I eat clean and control my calories to limit fat gain.

Perhaps it is this cutting phase I do after a cycle that really contributes to returning to my original state...and the fact that I wait 1-3 years between cycles.

I know not all muscle gained on cycle is real muscle, but water, plasma, etc, etc. My goal is to keep say 25% of what I have gained.

 

[TheRippedReverend]

I do imagine that would definitely help. I am a person that is prone to fat gain very easily (and yes I eat clean). I know somatotypes are a generalization, but I am definitely not an ectomorph, more of and endo-meso just to give you an idea. I often do a cutting phase after my PCT is done because I tend to gain some fat on cycle even though I am strictly controlling calories. I know other guys at the gym that eat what ever they want and eat a lot of it while on cycle will no ill effects. I eat clean and control my calories to limit fat gain.

Perhaps it is this cutting phase I do after a cycle that really contributes to returning to my original state...and the fact that I wait 1-3 years between cycles.

I know not all muscle gained on cycle is real muscle, but water, plasma, etc, etc. My goal is to keep say 25% of what I have gained.

Yea, bro kno what you mean! Am very prone to fat also and its like it only goes to my stomach.

Digestive breakdown plays a big role. You could look into cla, ala, forskollin, gear and carb complex I make my own but you can buy online. Alot of ppl say no white rice this is a mistake imo bc if you start with brown you have no where to go from there. Plus really no f n difference just one is lower on the glycemex index. So this is why we'd use brown rice last portion of cutt phase for prep plus you body reacts to it bc you made a change. Shock theory.

If you eat the same thing over and over again your body is smart and will start fighting you. You need fat. Good fats are estential to burning fat. One might do better on higher fats or carbs however carbs are usually the enemy bc carbs that are not burned turn into sugar and sugar = fat storage if not used.

In short turn trick the body change work outs. However, 1-3 year between cycle is just to far. Problem when you come off AAS is.... See everyone thinks shit my hpta will be down so I need pct well you need pct but not only for hpta. AAS lowers igf levels efecting gh, cortizol is a big huge one this is why some gain fat off cycle they've done nothin for their cortizol so that can shut down too.

Imo need t3 pct with every cyc or sime type of cortizol pct shit loads of vit c will help ah little. Ppl do bridges for a reason if you gain 2-5lbs from a cyc as a gain after pct that is great!!! Really good even 3lbs if you do 3 cycles a year that would be 9lbs of muscle HUGE gain.

I had a test of 299 then 366 for one year and am soooo prone to fat gain however, I stayed at 11-14% so its possible its just playing with things and hard hard work. Problem for me know is that bc of low test am stuck with muscle gain which will with hold fat loss bc the more muscle you have the more likely u r to burn fat.