you are maintaning it with TRT and peptides I assume? how much do you think you could hold with completely being natural right now? also what is your current estimate BF%?
also, of course your body is gonna be stressed while holding 250 pounds. There is no way the additional 40-50 pounds will ease the stress, it is gonna increase it no matter what.
I said I don't
"feel" stressed. In other words, I am comfortable and without any of the issues that typically plague guys once they hit that weight, but that is because I am tall. 250 lbs is nothing on a guy who is 6'1 at 15% BF.
I got up to 230+ lbs drug-free in my first year of serious training...benched 405...overhead pressed 300, etc, etc. By the time I started using AAS, my motivation for wanting to be a BB'r had already waned significantly. By the time I hit my mid-20's, I knew I was not going to pursue BB'ing on serious level anymore.
I am reasonably certain I could have hit 250-260 lbs drug-free if I had wanted to, but I had no desire to continue putting in that kind of effort, so I stared using AAS, but I did so more out of curiosity and to be able to maintain an OK level of size without having to put in much effort, which I have been doing for about 15 years now. I got up to 280 lbs pretty quick, but then lost the last of my desire to get any bigger. I just didn't feel like eating like a BB'r anymore...and even training was beginning to become a chore.
I stopped training my legs completely in 2004 after a knee injury and never went back to training them after that, so I hit 280 lbs with basically no leg training--just upper-body. This was with me eating only twice daily and training only sporadically--maybe 1-2X a week, which is what I still do now.
Most of us have the potential to get pretty damn big if we do what it takes, but the problem is most guys either can't or don't want to do what it takes...or they lack the finances to do what it takes. For me, obtaining drugs have never been the issues, as I haven't paid for a single drug in many years, but I barely use anything--most of it just sits there and expires. Had I started using AAS in my early 20's with this kind of access, I would have taken full advantage of them, but by the time I got to them I was already on my way out of the sport, in terms of personal improvement.
Taking into consideration my height, frame, and other genetic factors, if I had used all the tools available, I am very confident I could have hit at least 320 lbs at around 10% BF. That may sound big to you, but it's really not that much for a guy with my height and frame, especially when eating, training, and using drugs like a pro BB'r. Before high school, which was before people started lifting, I was naturally the strongest and fastest guy in both my elementary and middle schools. I beat my 6th grade teacher in armwrestling, as well as the boss of the day-care center I stayed at when I was just 12 years old. I was not very big, but very lean, muscular, fast, and strong...and when I did start training I gained muscle very easily. I gained 64 lbs in my first year of serious training, 100% drug-free.
When I realized what would need to be done to have any kind of success in this sport, it really took the wind out of my sails...and besides, there is never a guarantee, so I lost the passion. Many years spent in addiction, and a heart attack along the way (rec. drug induced) didn't help matters, either. I had a lot of reasons for deciding not to pursue BB'ing on a personal level anymore. At this point, maintaining 250 lbs is very easy. I barely have to do anything--just eat a couple times a day and train each bodypart at least once every 2 weeks with a couple sets total and that's it. Like I said 250 is not big when you're 6'1 and 15% BF. I look decent at 280 lb and 15%, but even then, it's still not that big--nothing compared to a guy like Kai Greene, who is about 300 lbs and around 6% BF at like 5'8. I love BB'ing tremedously, but in a different way at this point in my life.