I've gotta put my .02 in

[Tman2002]

With out goin on a rant I'll sum it up to this. Train your self to eat large amounts of food all the time. You will grow. This should be done before ever stepping into a gym let alone taking anything GH, insulin, steroids none will work with out food. A lot of guys claim to know it all and its easy to learn with the internet. Still under 200 pounds and been doing this for a couple of years? then you havnt been eating enough plain and simple. No chemical or training will make you gain like a calories and protein.

Recently I've dropped the protein powders for real food and bang I started gaining muscle agian. I eat crazy amount of calories and every big guy I know/knew did the same.

 

[joeshow5]

I had been training for several years naturally. I made great gains until recently. When I decided to up my calories all I added was fat. I decided to give aas a try. I am now gaining again and feel great. I will continue to bulk until feb, then I will begin to diet for a june comp (my first).
But I agree, people dont realize that food and rest is equally important to training. Your body wont just magically grow. You have to feed it.