2. Strength will make you bigger than you were but once size is accomplished, lighter weight can be used to maintain...I could bench over 550 in my prime...but I get a better workout with 315-365 range and I like to be able to use my shoulders and elbows the next day. What rep ranges are you working with now? and what ranges would you say the majority of your 20yrs was spent doing?
3. Those aches and pains will come and go your whole life...I always wondered why the old guys that once competed at the gym had small legs after 30-40 years...after 20 years of heavy squats/deadlifts, I totally understand now...Are you saying that your joints/knees hurt so much you cant do heavy squats/deads anymore? What are you doing now for your aches and pains that you wished you had done?
8. Watch your health...all these people that are using 2000mg of test a week or more have no idea what they are doing to there bodies long term...my excess use caused me to be diagnosed with congestive heart failure at the ripe age of 35...WHY? No person in my family has died or diagnosed with heart disease...doctors all said that it was caused from high testosterone for years until my heart was 15% larger than it should have been...now I laugh because my HRT vial lasts me 20 weeks...1 week at my prime dose... CHF at 35 isn't a joke. What was the highest dose you ran? and for how long?