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Title: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: nextgen on September 26, 2013, 10:00:11 AM
Question for you guys, say a bber was to blast a real heavy bulking cycle for a good few months, a lot of sustanon, deca, dbol, insulin, growth etc and built a lot of muscle doing so, taking him way over his 'natural limit', how hard would it then be to maintain all that added size or even slowly make gains using way lower doses

basically blasting a ton of gear until you are a size you are happy with, then significantly lowering the dose to maintain/slowly build muscle, how plausible is this
Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: dustin on September 26, 2013, 10:10:01 AM
If you need steroids to gain muscle, you'll need them to retain it. Anything you retain afterwards likely could have been put on naturally, but I won't split hairs.

Steroid muscle is leased muscle in a nutshell. Once you stop injecting it will go away. I've come to learn this the hard way. So max out natural, juiced, whatever, and keep the best care of your body that you can. Always stay super conditioned and that also helps with composition. But those juice gains will go away once your natural production takes over again.
Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: Ronnie Rep on September 26, 2013, 10:10:32 AM
How about trying to gain as much size naturally first build a base! Then go on a low to medium dosage! No substitute for hard work! Train you're as off and eat!
Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: OTHstrong on September 26, 2013, 10:31:16 AM
guys, what im saying is, for example going from a decent starting point (220lbs 8%bf) > blasting your way up to 280lbs offseason weight, then once you've built that size, maintaining/slowly gaining on 500mg test with some dbol thrown in, real easy beginner cycles.. how possible is that
ya we know what you are saying, here is your answer.

The amount of juice to sustain size would be around one third the juice, however this number will very on many different variables.

I will use myself as an example, last year I had an injury so I dropped everything then started again, dosed high for about 8 months now I think, first half one gram second half 2 grams plus.

now I am 220 at 5 foot 9 under 8% body fat, too maintain these numbers I can get away with taking 750mg per week and to go into new territory I need 2000 mg or more, almost not worth it but the deeper you go, the further past your limit you get and the crazier the numbers become.
Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: Pet shop boys on September 26, 2013, 11:11:27 AM
If you need steroids to gain muscle, you'll need them to retain it. Anything you retain afterwards likely could have been put on naturally, but I won't split hairs.

Steroid muscle is leased muscle in a nutshell. Once you stop injecting it will go away. I've come to learn this the hard way. So max out natural, juiced, whatever, and keep the best care of your body that you can. Always stay super conditioned and that also helps with composition. But those juice gains will go away once your natural production takes over again.


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Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: Coach is Back! on September 26, 2013, 11:25:11 AM
Question for you guys, say a bber was to blast a real heavy bulking cycle for a good few months, a lot of sustanon, deca, dbol, insulin, growth etc and built a lot of muscle doing so, taking him way over his 'natural limit', how hard would it then be to maintain all that added size or even slowly make gains using way lower doses

basically blasting a ton of gear until you are a size you are happy with, then significantly lowering the dose to maintain/slowly build muscle, how plausible is this

Short answer....it's takes YEARS AND YEARS to build muscle. To build quality muscle that lasts, small doses for longer cycles. Even most pro bodybuilders don't have quality muscle, they look good for the moment. Once they come off of a heavy cycle that muscle all but disappears. Bodybuilders that come to mind as a reference, Tom Prince and Mohammed (forgot his last name, the dude Milos fucked up. What was his last name? Huge legs).
Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: bigmc on September 26, 2013, 11:28:26 AM
If you need steroids to gain muscle, you'll need them to retain it. Anything you retain afterwards likely could have been put on naturally, but I won't split hairs.

Steroid muscle is leased muscle in a nutshell. Once you stop injecting it will go away. I've come to learn this the hard way. So max out natural, juiced, whatever, and keep the best care of your body that you can. Always stay super conditioned and that also helps with composition. But those juice gains will go away once your natural production takes over again.

great post dustin
Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: The Ugly on September 26, 2013, 11:28:37 AM
Short answer....it's takes YEARS AND YEARS to build muscle. To build quality muscle that lasts, small doses for longer cycles. Even most pro bodybuilders don't have quality muscle, they look good for the moment. Once they come off of a heavy cycle that muscle all but disappears. Bodybuilders that come to mind as a reference, Tom Prince and Mohammed (forgot his last name, the dude Milos fucked up. What was his last name? Huge legs).

Mustafa Muhammad
Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: Coach is Back! on September 26, 2013, 11:30:54 AM
Mustafa Muhammad

Yes..that dude!!
Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: JOHN MATRIX on September 26, 2013, 12:04:15 PM
This thread makes me want to juice.
My 'natural base' sucks.
Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: funk51 on September 26, 2013, 12:31:52 PM
Question for you guys, say a bber was to blast a real heavy bulking cycle for a good few months, a lot of sustanon, deca, dbol, insulin, growth etc and built a lot of muscle doing so, taking him way over his 'natural limit', how hard would it then be to maintain all that added size or even slowly make gains using way lower doses

basically blasting a ton of gear until you are a size you are happy with, then significantly lowering the dose to maintain/slowly build muscle, how plausible is this
drink lots of milk. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: Croatch on September 26, 2013, 12:34:37 PM
I suggest you toughen up and train natural.  If that doesn't go well, join a bowling league.
That's the best advice you'll get on here.
Croatch on...
Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: arce1988 on September 26, 2013, 12:36:18 PM
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Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: arce1988 on September 26, 2013, 12:39:04 PM
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OwjlM7QTyok/S-_3Ofj2f3I/AAAAAAAAYeU/OzzeC8x56VQ/s1600/Tom+Prince_00-793565.jpg)
Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: BB on September 26, 2013, 12:52:40 PM
drink lots of milk. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

Just hide your stretched out belly button when you cut, and then go on tv  ;) -

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(back story for those that wonder, Bruce Randall was a old time pro that would bulk to the #350 - 400 range, then cut to a bit over #200).
Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: arce1988 on September 26, 2013, 01:02:20 PM
starvation
Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: dj181 on September 26, 2013, 01:09:45 PM
lakers
Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: thebrink on September 26, 2013, 01:25:29 PM
If you need steroids to gain muscle, you'll need them to retain it. Anything you retain afterwards likely could have been put on naturally, but I won't split hairs.

Steroid muscle is leased muscle in a nutshell. Once you stop injecting it will go away. I've come to learn this the hard way. So max out natural, juiced, whatever, and keep the best care of your body that you can. Always stay super conditioned and that also helps with composition. But those juice gains will go away once your natural production takes over again.

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Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: funk51 on September 26, 2013, 01:35:49 PM
Just hide your stretched out belly button when you cut, and then go on tv  ;) -

.

(back story for those that wonder, Bruce Randall was a old time pro that would bulk to the #350 - 400 range, then cut to a bit over #200).
:)one who knows 8) 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Keeping the muscle once you've built it
Post by: dustin on September 26, 2013, 02:14:34 PM
:)one who knows 8) 8) 8) 8)

Brutal swelfie. ;D