Too early to start gear?

[thinkingaboutgear]

I am 21 and have been training for a year, I am 135 pounds 5' 9" and it's safe to say that I am a hardgainer (6" wrists) I have to say that after reading alot of the posts on this board, I am very tempted by gear. Have a few niggling worries tho. Is it true that yoor head and jawline get bigger? And i am a bit dodgy about injecting. Can anyone put my mind at ease.

 

[The Terminator]

Its too early for you. Invest that money in steaks, potatoes, rice, chicken, anything you can shove down your throat...and you will grow. This takes time and you have not established any yet.

 

[MikeyG]

Eat more bro and food is the most anabolic supplement you can get for cheap

but my advice is to wait a little bit longer-- i should have.

 

[thinkingaboutgear]

thanks for the advice Terminator, I do eat loads of protein about 180 grmas a day. Carbs and clories are where the problem lie, I get 900 from a weight gainer and struggle to make the rest up to 2500. Suppose I'll get used to it though. Any tips on getting extra calories?

 

[SofaGeorge]

Any tips on getting extra calories?

You may have a problem using the calories you are getting. A lot of "hard gainers" simply don't utilize protein well. Try adding ginger and enzymes you your protein meals to help you digest and fully utilize the protein... it may make a huge difference.

 

[Zoomster]

No way, keep training and eating. Try some new routines. It's about three things:

Training intensity: push the muscle to grow
Calories: type and amount
Rest: recovery

 

[thinkingaboutgear]

I a starting a new training program after reading Beyond Brawn which consists of sticking mostly to heavy basics training twice a week to avoid overtraining. Hopefully I will start putting on size again. Gear is still really tempting tho...

 

[Golfer18--old]

You can put on the same size in the same amount of time without gear. I had a guy start working out with me maybe once or twice a week. In a few months he is up 20 pounds. If he upped his protein to where it needs to be he would be at atleast 25-30 pounds in six months.

 

[Mike P.T.]

I a starting a new training program after reading Beyond Brawn which consists of sticking mostly to heavy basics training twice a week to avoid overtraining. Hopefully I will start putting on size again. Gear is still really tempting tho...

Exactly what I was going to recommend. I train an extreme hardgainer at my gym actually. He is 6'2 and about 150 pounds. He is eating 7-8 times a day and trains 2 times a week with me now for one hour. Day 1 is Legs and Abs. Day 2 is upper body(without abs though). Monday and Friday he trains and he does 5 minutes cardio only to get his blood flowing.(I shouldn't even count that as cardio though.)

 

[thinkingaboutgear]

What kind of routine does he do? In particular how many reps + sets does he do per exercise? I usually do about 6 sets per exercise but thinking about reducing them to 2-3. what do you think?