OK,nobody will believe me but here goes!
I used to train with a black guy I grew up with.........he started training at 14 years old,by the time he was 18-19,he could do cheat curls with 225 for a couple good sets of 5 reps,squat 405 deep for 8 reps or so,do flyes in good form with the 80 pounders,cheat side raises with the 75`s,bench 315 foe a solid 6 reps.
No drugs and was about 5'8" tall,18 inch guns,30 inch thighs,31 inch waist,huge forearms and calves,shitty deltoids and was around 10-12 % bodyfat.
He would carry a dozen hard boiled eggs with him,quarts of milk and OJ,eat tons of food around the clock.
Later he joined the Marines.....came back lighter and weak..............I told him dude never come back looking like that again,fuck boot camp....I had no clue how much they made him run and he did no lifting of course.
Six months or so later,came back just as big and hit 365 on the bench for a triple.
Trained by himself on base in a power rack.
The most dedicated person I ever met......great genetics and a work ethic like I haven`t seen to this day.
He was up at 4 AM jogging,then went to his early AM part time job,then to school,then we`d meet up and train,then he went to his night part time job.
I did find out years later that after a certain period he was taking D-Bol............squatted 525 for a deep 5 reps.
I honestly thought he could be another Sergio or Shawn Ray but he stopped training............won his teen class one year at the New Englands,but Jeff McBride won the overall teen.