Yes and no.
First of all, the "increased muscle fiber" is arguable. Viewpoints differ on this and many believe muscle cells, like fat cells, are predetermined and can only enlarge or decrease in size.
Okay, on to the original statement.
Muscle gained from steroids is still muscle and can definitely be maintained. Of course if you stop training and eat like crap you'll also lose it. You can't keep muscle gained naturally if you don't train correctly, so it isn't a matter of how you grew the muscle, it's knowing what to do to keep it.
HOWEVER...
We all have a set point. (Both natural and enhanced) If you were to gain 60 pounds beyond your natural point using drugs you will not be able to sustain the extra size, drug-free for very long, for no other reason other than you won't have the endogenous testosterone to maitain that much muscle. Few people do.
Now I've always been a terminal ectomorph but through proper training and diet, at the age of 37, I put on another 25 pounds of muscle. (Pretty damn good, if I do say so myself). But that was my limit. Adding more weight would only mean adding more fat as well. (Unacceptable) With several low dose, short duration cycles I put on an ADDITIONAL 25 pounds and kept every bit of it. But, if I were to do more/higher dosed cycles, I'd gain more mass, but not maintain it. In other words, my "enhanced" genetic limit that I can keep naturally has also been met.
What's also interesting is that at a certain point, (and this occurs with most everyone, though few will admit it) steroid enduced gains aren't of the same qualty. One tends to increase in overall size, but the level of muscularity seems to level off. Your muscles are no more dense or seperated from additional cycles -- only bigger.
First of all, the "increased muscle fiber" is arguable. Viewpoints differ on this and many believe muscle cells, like fat cells, are predetermined and can only enlarge or decrease in size.
Okay, on to the original statement.
Muscle gained from steroids is still muscle and can definitely be maintained. Of course if you stop training and eat like crap you'll also lose it. You can't keep muscle gained naturally if you don't train correctly, so it isn't a matter of how you grew the muscle, it's knowing what to do to keep it.
HOWEVER...
We all have a set point. (Both natural and enhanced) If you were to gain 60 pounds beyond your natural point using drugs you will not be able to sustain the extra size, drug-free for very long, for no other reason other than you won't have the endogenous testosterone to maitain that much muscle. Few people do.
Now I've always been a terminal ectomorph but through proper training and diet, at the age of 37, I put on another 25 pounds of muscle. (Pretty damn good, if I do say so myself). But that was my limit. Adding more weight would only mean adding more fat as well. (Unacceptable) With several low dose, short duration cycles I put on an ADDITIONAL 25 pounds and kept every bit of it. But, if I were to do more/higher dosed cycles, I'd gain more mass, but not maintain it. In other words, my "enhanced" genetic limit that I can keep naturally has also been met.
What's also interesting is that at a certain point, (and this occurs with most everyone, though few will admit it) steroid enduced gains aren't of the same qualty. One tends to increase in overall size, but the level of muscularity seems to level off. Your muscles are no more dense or seperated from additional cycles -- only bigger.