Being natty.... IMO, being natty sucks.. There comes a point in your late 30s early 40s where your body doesn't respond much to training anymore. Then by your mid 40s you begin to lose ground. No matter how much you workout you slowly, gradually get slower, weaker, fatter. And you ask yourself 'why am I doing this?'
Hey if you truly love to workout (fortunately I do) and the lifting is the whole point that's great. Continue to do what you love doing and it will respond in kind. You'll be in great shape most likely. People will be able to notice that you're fit, for your age anyway. But most likely, relatively speaking, you'll look like shit.
With drugs there's a fine line between use and abuse. Take a guy who starts juicing in his twenties and continues throughout his 30s and 40s. Eventually he will experience the same bell curve that the natty goes through (he'll probably look better than the natty but by his own standards he'll eventually get older slower fatter too) and so where does the perennial 'gym rat' go at 45 when you're already maxxed out on gear? More gear, higher doses, different compounds? At that age it's a gamble.
The life long natty can at least start TRT in his late 40's and have a pretty good jump stsrt. Start to look better, feel better, get stronger etc...and can do that safely for the next 10 or 15 years.
Overall natty's come across as having a 'holier than thou' air to them. While (ab)users seem to delude themselves hinking t's them and not the drugs they are using.(I'll never be less than 270 lbs)
It's a cliche but worth repeating: moderation is key. I don't begrudge anyone who uses drugs. It's people who abuse them and let it consume and destroy their lives and the lives of the people around them that concerns me.
