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YES! Thank you hawkmoon!
I certainly understand being as healthy as you can and be in the bodybuilding lifestyle, I preach it too, but I'm tired of this board turning into the whiney muscle forum! Young guys coming up are now AFRAID to use anything more than TRT, trying to blame their shortcomings on AAS or bodybuilding. What a cop out!
If all you're interested in is TRT then go to the sub forum here or go to a TRT forum!! I'm not referring to the older members who at the TRT stage, I'm referring to the younger guys because this is a bodybuilding forum that's been hijacked by the underwear model gang and the poor me gang!
^^^GREAT POST!!!!!
"do ..or do not ..there is no
try" -Yoda
..some of these guys think they'r gonna "re-invent the wheel"
..then when they just end up making a "hormonal mess" of themselves ..there's no accountability ..& of course it's not their fault
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►started when i was 23 ..i'm closer to 50 than 45 now
NO REGRETS what-so-ever
quite honestly i don't think i would have had the gas/stamina/endurance to achieve some of what i have in my life ..career/business etc without the bolstering help/affects of AAS
hey look, no one here gets out alive ..1000 ways to die, choose one
^^^you can't get away from choosing "something" in life ..if you don't ..it simply chooses you ..eventually ◄this breeds "regret"
..so don't be oblivious .."put your hands on the wheel" ..& get what you want
..get away from blaming "others" for your lot in life
..& realize that regardless if you choose your course in life, or not ..it all has a "cost"
..what ever it is "Millennial" or "New AGE"?? ..it has some people thinking that you can get something for nothing
^^^this is one of the biggest ..& most crippling delusions, IMO
with regards to this thread; ..there is a price to pay for being being "better-than-average" ..or "great"
..a price in time ..a price in pain/discomfort ..a price in longevity ..etc etc etc
..the harder you step on the gas ..the higher the price you pay ◄there are very few legitimate exceptions to this ..& this rule seems to be universal in that it doesn't just apply to BB
▲▲▲what the wisest of us try to do now is ride the FINE LINE between "the COST" & "the BENEFIT"
..in a way that's acceptable to us ..bc where this "line" is can be different for everyone
..but we understand & don't try to deny that there is a "COST" ◄we'r "OK" with this bc we understand & REAP the benefits
..& we'd much rather be "strong to the finish" even if it costs us a few years
..then withering & falling apart ..feeble ..impotent ..needing assistance/having to rely on others
(..in other words; we happily accept these "consequences" bc the rewards/benefits are worth it ..& we realize that "longevity" is not guaranteed anyway)
SO "..is the reward worth the sacrifice?" ◄this is the "million-dollar" question you have to ask yourself ..& again, this does not just apply to BB
WARNING: ..don't get caught living somebody else's dream ..or ideal ◄the punishment for this can be very stiff
be true to yourself ..decide what you want ..make it noble ..garnish the discipline & means to achieve it
▲▲▲in the end, you will not "regret" this
otherwise you run the risk of driving yourself mad sooner or later in life ..having conversations with Mr. Could'v ..Would'v ..Should'v
^^^to this type of person the "grass was always greener" on the other side
..they never realize that had they been on that "other side" they would still be saying the same thing
..they never realized that there was a cost no matter which road they decided to take
SO, TO THE OP: i don't think that your mistake was deciding to use hormones
..but maybe that you decided to use them "casually"
..thinking that they did not have consequences
..every decision is life has "consequences" ..action/reaction
^^^i think this happened bc it really was never really what you wanted, but rather, it was more of a "fantasy" as your original post suggests ..JMO
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