26 year old first cycle

[laclark89]

I'm not sure why but I never looked 224lbs more like 190. My young mind just thought I had heavy bones or something.

Yea I'm kinda the same I dont look like I work out untill i take my shirt off or wear a shirt that was 2x too small. At 6'3 230 -40ish my dr always tells me it's crazy how I hold 240 pounds I look much lighter.

 

[JackHoffman]

Disappointing compared to what? Being natural?
500mg test is plenty for most people.
PLENTY.

I dunno I’ve been on 500 test E for about 6 weeks and I am not even really sure its doing anything tbh. I havent had any sensitive nipple or anything. I’m even taking HCG. I’m gonna get a blood test and see whats up and then either cruise or up the dose. Or quit altogether for that matter. I sorta got flu symptoms but dunno if its related at all since everyone is getting sick but it seems like after I inject I get stuffy nose and everything. Maybe need a break to see if I can even tell when I lower the dose or come off. Most of this is hard to tell because I have been eating clean and in a surplus so I’m breaking plateaus. I seem to be gaining less fat and more strength and muscle but it isn’t anything more than I would expect from what I’ve done with my diet and training.

 

[PaulHeyman]

@giggythebones looking great and shredded.

What did your diet look like prior to hopping on? And what changes, if any, have you made since starting?

 

[99people99]

@giggythebones looking great and shredded.

What did your diet look like prior to hopping on? And what changes, if any, have you made since starting?

5-7 meals a day every 2-3 hours, i been eating the same thing basically for about 6 years in different quantities to fit macros. Eggs / beef / chicken breast/ fish / sweet potatoes/ oats / white rice / fruit. I don’t eat out, (well I haven’t in years lol) and I don’t drink alcohol.

Fat (in grams) is usually 0.3 times my body weight in lbs. 1.5 times my body weight in protein, and I change carbs depending on if I’m cutting or bulking. Cutting I would eat around 100-150 grams a day, maintence is 300, bulking is 400.

I noticed I run through carbs quicker on cycle so I added another 100 grams to all phases on cycle except cutting I keep the same 150ish grams because I prefer to be in a steep deficit when I cut.

I believe tracking macros/calories with great quality food is 95% of the equation. Without tracking food, lifting (and especially taking gear) is pointless in my eyes. If you’re willing to lift and run gear how could you limit the most important aspect of your progress?

 

[marsupial]

Just wanted to give some input on OP’s “age aspect”.

Yes ideally everyone should wait as long as possible and have a good strength base and honestly look good natty (ie no more than legit 12% bf) in order to benefit the most from gear. However, for many people having all those things can take so long that they’re not gonna be able to make it happen in their 20s (look at the majority of natty gymgoers in their 20s lol. At the end of the day it’s big, lean, natty pick 2). If some dude wants to hop on gear for mostly vain purposes anyway (like 90%+ of us on this forum), they’re leaving a lot on the table by putting it off till their young years are simply gone and waiting till mid/late 30s. Doing gear is simply not the same when you’re younger and have fewer responsibilities than when you’re older and likely have a wife/kids and some demanding job and a mortgage

On the flipside, if a guy starts too young in their early 20s or so, they’ll likely have more lifetime exposure to high doses because 9/10 times they won’t have the maturity and foresight to use gear wisely, so actual acute health issues as well as other long term side effects could in fact manifest in their late 20s and early 30s, and this does indeed happen as we see irl. And the younger you are, even if you’re forced into cessation for some time, it’s highly likely you’ll use supranormal doses again later on. Either that or you’ll likely stop going to the gym entirely…or just go briefly for quick workouts just to maintain (the latter not a bad thing depending on stage of life)

Life’s full of choices…