Garreth,I think they ask to see a pic of me because I have stated numerious times that I retired from bodybuilding in July 2005 after the Mr USA, and that I have been off al gear for a year.So I guess they wanted to see how much my body changed being off of al gear for over year.
GT When I came off of all gear last year I` was going to use `some HCG or clomid, but I couldnt get my hands on any .So I just used natural Testosterone boosters for 3 months .Like Longfolia, Tribulus, Velvet VDA, Muira Puama, Maca, as well as a`few other all natural testosterone boosters to help my body bounce back.I was holding like 272lbs up until about 5 months ago, without drugs until I cut back my calories.The trick to not losing alot of size when coming off all anabolics is to have a solid foundation already.I trained for 15 years totally drug free, and my off season weight would be around 250-255lbs , so I built a solid foundation.The only reason I started using anabolics is I was stuck at 250 lbs for 3 years naturallyh, plus I qualified for the USA being natural.You know as well as I know only a fool would enter the USA` drug free.The problem with most guys thae use anabolics never build a solid foundation so when they come off of them they shrink up.Or another scenerio is when they are off of a cycle they get lazy, dont eat as much, and dont train hard, its like they lose there confidence.Wether I was on or off a cycle I ate and trained just as hard, but when I wasnt on anabolics I would just cut back on my sets, and make my workouts shorter.Because you know anabolics make your body recover twice as fast.Plus I always supplemented heavy I would take in 600 grams of protein and 50-60 grams of L-Glutamine and BCAAS per day, to help my body get the aminos it needed to repair its tisue
.This year, I have been working out 20 years and 15 orf them were drug free, 3 1/2 were on anabolics, and this last year, I have been off al gear as well.So the best advice I can give anybody is build a solid foundation, and dontr just realy on drugs to give you the body you want.This`way you wil hold more muscle when your off of a cycle, so you wont just have a` drug body