I was beating people when I was clean. One guy comes up to me and asks me what I wass taking. I asked what did he mean. He said steroids. What was I taking. I told nothing. He couldn't believe I could beat guys clean. he said I needed to get on them and no one would beat me if I was that strong without them. So I asked and he said I had to take test cyp 200mg. So I did. It took me a few days to get the balls to shoot myself. I always from when I was a kid hated needles. I would ice my hip and then slap the shit out of it and then try to poke myself and always just barely go in. By the time I finally did it I had about 20 smalls holes bleeding on my hip. So I ended up taking one shot a day for 6 months straight. Nothing else. No orals. I did try a couple Anadrol 50's one time but almost overnight I saw a small pimple on my shoulder and I stopped. I have perfect smooth skin and all of a sudden I saw this and I quit. The day after my last competition I quit cold turkey and have never ever done anything since. So i have been clean since 1986. I kept most of my strength and size cause I continued to lift heavy just not everyday. In 1985 or so I inclined benched the most I have done and that was 505. The guys I trained with at that time are the strongest guys in hawaii. all of them competed. The bench and incline though are the only things I trained with them on. And I wouldn't start till they got to 315 which I used to do my first set with. And even to this day I still get my strength back very fast. Just now I have a huge gut and ass.
Thanks for sharing man. I was obsessed with using steroids when I found out that Arnold did in fact use them, lol. I did one cycle and gained around 30 pounds, and found that I could train 3x a day, lol. It was just too easy and I felt like I was cheating, imagine that.
Yeah, that is what I have been saying, a guy with your base/muscle memory would be back into shape in no time. I have lost 38 pounds so far since February, and I am getting back that motivation to get better than before yet I was no where near what you used to be.