Older guys...if you could go back...what would you change?

[Jozifp103]

This is aimed toward the older guys here. In regards to cycling and the bodybuilding lifestyle in general....if you could travel back in time and start from scratch, what would you do differently?

-Would you wait longer to start using AAS?
-Would you have used more AAS? Less?
-Would you have taken better care of your health?
-Would you have trained differently?
-Would you have been more serious about your diet?
-Would you have put more time in?
-Would you have taken it less seriously and enjoyed your life more?

Just some examples. Please share your thoughts. Being a young guy in this game, I like to learn from the veterans who have done it all. Hopefully some other young guys can use some of the advice as well

[Dzone]

Re: Older guys...if you could go back...what would you change?

Hmmm good question. I have no regrets regarding aas use. Started 21 years ago. I will think about this and will post more thoughts later

[LittleTom]

Re: Older guys...if you could go back...what would you change?

I wish I would have cut down to a very low body fat before I started bulking. A few years ago when I started bulking I had to much fat to begin with. Everyone told me get lean and slow bulk. I did not listen and for a long time I would yo-yo and not make any progress. It was not until I scraped everything and dropped a lot of weight was I able to rebuild into something I liked looking at in the mirror.

[guns01]

Re: Older guys...if you could go back...what would you change?

i will bounce off of what lt said because in the past i have been notorious for losing my freaking mind post show and blowing up like a balloon. when i got a little older i figured out not to do that anymore cause for one it could freaking kill me. and post show rebound is great if you ease into it.
here is a breakdown on what i would have done:

surrounded myself with better my like minded people

been more consistent with my eating way earlier on

no stupid ego lifting and doing power lifting meets for shits and giggles just because i was strong. no carry over and not important at all for what my goals were

jumped in with a good coach that would have been there to bounce ideas off of and as a reality check on plans training and everything else.

i have this stuff lined up now really well and i have learned a ton from trial and error as well as working with clients and other coaches but i would def be much further along if i would have done some different things earlier on

[cybrsage]

Re: Older guys...if you could go back...what would you change?

I wish I would have not let my pride get in the way in high school. I was very good at benching and the head gym teacher begged me to join the weightlifting team. I was a hood and there was no way I was going to hang around a bunch of jocks. Yeah, so scrawny little computer geek, drug using me out benched most of their team...

Pride got in my way, and stupid hatreds. I wish I could undo that.

[Skeletor]

Re: Older guys...if you could go back...what would you change?

If I could go back I would still cycle. I've always kept it to one or two compounds and never got out of hand with my use. I've always just did a basic cycle...no bulking...no cutting...just maintain my body year round.

[MOUNTAIN-MAN]

Re: Older guys...if you could go back...what would you change?

Can't think of any thing I would change

[Dzone]

Re: Older guys...if you could go back...what would you change?

I had my priorities screwed up in the mid 90s. I neglected my job and career to pursue my bodybuilding dreams. I even took a year off from work in 1996 to do nothing but train twice a day and get ready for a state contest. For a freakin trophy and a title I gave up everything for a year. I lost the competition and all I had to show for all the toil , sweat and sacrifice was a 2nd place heavyweight statue. lol It was fun though so what the hell

[chemicallyengineered]

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For me the biggest thing I would change is my focus on nutrition and food prep. I never really got into food prep until after I had ten years in and had done my first show. Before that I was buying 2-3 meals out per day. I was also only eating 3 meals on the regular and maybe sneaking in a fourth or a midnight snack. About six years ago I started focusing on bringing more food with me and getting 5-6 meals in per day. While the scale may not be a ton higher I look much better at the same weight that had me a lot chunkier before.

[Yohimbe]

Re: Older guys...if you could go back...what would you change?

I would have educated myself a lot more before starting to use aas. I did a lot of trial and error you could say. I gained a wealth of knowledge as I went over the years, but the knowledge I didn't have in the very beginning caused a setback later on down the road. I'd have also focused more on my nutrition from the beginning. I neglected my nutrition big time for a few years.

[BABY1]

Re: Older guys...if you could go back...what would you change?

Great thread!

[jipped genes]

Re: Older guys...if you could go back...what would you change?

-Would you wait longer to start using AAS? I would have never started, i would have no need for TRT now
-Would you have used more AAS? Less?[B]none[B]
-Would you have taken better care of your health? for sure. less chicken fried steak, more cardio and nicer to my jacked up joints
-Would you have trained differently? Yes, i powerlifted and did BB. I would have trained combat sports and just stayed in great shape
-Would you have been more serious about your diet? for sure, was one cholesterol and high BP meds for years before i lost 30+ # of mass
-Would you have put more time in? Training to fight yes. less in the gym lifting, just did not know i loved boxing and such at the time
-Would you have taken it less seriously and enjoyed your life more? for sure, for years I forced protein into myself every 3-4 hours. now i eat what I want, train when i want and I am enjoying more of my family, eating out, i do not mind skipping a training session

All in all i do not regret what i did but how i did it

[6p6]

Re: Older guys...if you could go back...what would you change?

No regrets on when I started. I researched and researched more then started in early 20s when I was plateaud naturally.

Like guns said the ego lifting and putting too much weight on id have my younger self skip!

For the most part no regrets.


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[FUZO]

Re: Older guys...if you could go back...what would you change?

If I can Go back I would say NO

Wouldn't be a follower and cave in my friends saying try this. I was clean until 34 Im 48 now. Everyone in my 20's thought I was on and it was good ole creatine,Take a spoonful and put it in water and drink, ultimate orange the original bad ass shit. I tool a lot of over the counter stuff. Zma,arginine,ornithine all the supps that were natural I took.And it worked for me.People wouldn't believe me and say 'CMON YOUR ON and I would be like DICK HEAD I'm not fuk off,lol I did try 1 AD by ergo pharm now that prohormone worked great but it made my dick not work so great after you came off.So I stopped that. But I have educated myself on it and I train hard I ask questions,I don't eat so good now because I had a goal I wanted to get and needed to put on weight and did it but I still haven't dieted down yet. So my suggestion to any young man in there 20's don't use it unless your goal is to be a pro bodybuilder or powerlifter and serious at it.Wait until your mid 30's like I did. So I wish I would of never started it but now that I am on it I love it,its my way of life I feel good lifting 500lbs bench.My body has taken a toll and Ill need more surgeries when I get older but DONT BE A FOLLOWER .I see young men in the gym with horrible acne they don't know what there doing.Educate your self if your going to do it.Go see a Doc

[FUZO]

Re: Older guys...if you could go back...what would you change?

Joz excellent post