This post does come from some personal experience and from what I have seen around my gym and the people I have competed with.

I have seen so many guys, many being in there young 20's and late teens going crazy with there gear use in powerlifting.

A few examples stem from two specific guys at my gym who compete in powerlifting. These two go NUTS with use and it does not reflect. One runs a whole slew of drugs in high doses and still can't bench 400 or pull 600, despite being 275. He is riddled with sides, but has a super shitty attitude about his use as he does not respect the drugs or his own health. I wish he would change before something bad happens to him and if he wasn't such a prick I would approach him on the topic, but it would be a waste of time. The other guy that bangs a good bit of gear is in the same boat, but at least he let's me give my opinion and he FINALLY started putting his health first after I informed him of my experience and that he doesn't need to go hog wild for great results.

When I was younger and made the decision to use PEDs for competing I was convinced that I would become a monster off of my first cycle and put on strength like the guys I see online. I was wrong in some ways and right in some ways. I started by using 500mg of test cypionate a week and started blowing up right out of the gate. I was benching nearly 400 with commands, squatting 650, and deadlifting 705 within 10 weeks of use. The greedy bastard in me thought that I could keep gaining strength if I upped my dose for an upcoming meet and added in a few compounds. I upped my test to 1g per week, started running dbol from 50mg to 100mg per day, taking tren ace at 75mg per day with no AI or Prolactin blockers. I was a train wreck needless to say and the real sad part is that I was still progressing at the SAME PACE as I was on JUST 500mg of test. My meet went well and I won my meet, but my physique reflected my destructive diet of McDonald's and twizzlers, sitting near 245 I looked like the stay puft marshmallow man! I knew something had to change. I went on a TRT dose of test and took it easy through my cut and lost nearly 55lbs in 12 weeks, much was bloat, but I was loving my progress and the way my body was looking. I began bulking slowly a few weeks ago and I am using far less drugs and making solid progress and looking and feeling great due to a solid healthy diet and cardio everyday. The lesson to be learned and taken from this is that you don't need to go crazy and train wreck yourself like I did and hate your body for no reason. Health is and should be the number one concern for everyone that works out, not putting up the biggest numbers at ANY cost. This is a wonderful sport and I would love to do it until I can't anymore and I would encourage people to do research on everything they are about to embark on so they know what to expect and how to handle whatever the drugs may throw at them.

I will be competing this summer at some point and I intend to blow my last total away at a lower body weight, while looking and feeling healthy both mentally and physically.

I'm sure many of you have seen or experienced this first hand, so sorry if this is old news boys!