question from rookie

[peter964]

Hi Guys,

I have a question where I am sure many of you have ways to help me.

I'm 50 years old , 6ft2, 190 pounds.

I train since I'm 20, normally 2-3 times per week. I think I am reasonably fit.

After 30 years, believe or not, I kind of feel I'd like to gain 10-20 pounds of muscle, and loose maybe 10 of fat.

The other day, I was complaining with my inability to gain muscle with a guy at the gym. he then suggested me to use some steroids for a period of time.

I confess that I'm kind of scared of screwing up my health and/or loosing immediately any gains once I stop. so I'm kind of ready to give it a try for 2-3 months but rather not get hooked into a too long period. This guy told me to try anavar only.

reading through the forum I cannot really make up my mind of what would suit me best. Money for me is not an issue and I do not need massive gains but I am kind of lost , also considering that I am not the regular type of guy who starts with Steroids.

Well, thanks to any of you who can give me some advise. In any case I will document myself more which ever way but I thought that in this forum I probably get a summary advise.

Thanks!!!

 

[muskate]

OK first, no steroid is going to make you gain 20 pounds of muscle and loose 10 pounds of body fat. Especially at your age and with your training experience. If you gain and keep 10 pounds of muscle from a first steroid cycle with no increase in body fat, that is considered an extremely effective first cycle.

You seem a little uneasy about steroid usage so my suggestion to you would be to do a couple cycles of SARMS before venturing into steroids. SARMS are a great entry way into PEDS. They are not the same strength of steroids but they are very minimal in the way of side effects. They are only extremely minimally suppressive of natural testosterone production, do not aromatize so side effects like gyno are impossible and do not effect your liver, blood pressure, cholesterol or hair line.

They also don't require injections and are legal for purchase which is nice.

The SARMS triple stack would be a great first SARMS cycle to run:http://www.evolutionary.org/the-SARMS-triple-stack-protocol

After the triple stack, run a mini PCT. 4 weeks of the following:
clomid at 25mg/day
nolvadex at 20mg/day
HCGenerate ES at 5 capsules/day
n2guard at 3 capsules/day

SARMS are minimally suppressive, there is no risk of aromatization (therefore no estrogen related side effects) and legal to use. You can get everything you need off sarms1.com, n2bm.com and ag-guys.com

 

[stevesmi]

i agree SARM's is a perfect choice for you. no reason for you to use steroids if you aren't totally obsessed with this lifestyle and are worried.

 

[LevButlerov]

It is definitely a better idea to start off with SARMS, since they are so much safer than steroids in terms of side effects. Yes, you might not gain as much with them, but there will be gains, and you will lose fat. For instance, in one study elderly people were given 5 mgs of Ostarine per day, and after 16 weeks they gained on average 9 lbs of lean mass, and lost 4 of fat. Keep in mind that these were elderly people who did not workout, nor did they follow a diet, and they used quite a low dosage. So imagine what you can achieve with 25 mgs of Ostarine, training, and dieting. Besides, if you stack Ostarine with Cardarine GW and Andarine, you will get even greater results. So SARMS would surely be a much better beginning - you might end up liking them so much, that you will not even consider using steroids.

Finally, it might be a good idea with your age to do blood work, and see if you got low T. In such case you might consider going on TRT, which would also contribute big time to your goals.

 

[Jay Scott]

Also anavar only will not do too much for you. So either hop on a proper cycle with injections, or look up sarms

 

[Tonydanza]

I don't know why people recommend oral only. low test and var with adex...

 

[Masonic Bodybuilder]

I would run test only if I were you. I think at 50 years old you would be able to get on TRT easily as well. I would run test at 500mg per week and make sure to use aromasin at 10mg EOD as your AI. If you can get on trt you wont need PCT but if you need one go with the Perfect PCT - http://www.evolutionary.org/the-perfect-post-cycle-therapy-pct/

 

[aggirl]

^^^^ that's immediately what came to my mind.