Size
One thing I noticed about size is this: You could do 400lbs bench presses and still have smaller muscles than someone only able to lift 300lbs!
This is certainly the case when I saw the different guys in the '400lbs club' no they don't weigh this, they can bench press this!
So peoples muscle density must be different. Like Bruce Lee - he was small but incredibly strong and because of his size, really fast as well.
About 18 months ago I weighed not much more than 9 st. This is ridiculous! I did sit ups and could only do 5 or maybe 10 if I was feeling really strong.
In the beginning you opt for steroids because you think you're getting no bigger but it takes time and yes I am an impatient person, if I want something its always 'right now' unfortunately. I wouldn't say taking steroids is the easy way out because some people really do need to in order to make it into the team, feel confident etc.
I did a cycle about 6 months ago and it was the best stuff too - Dianabol, the pentagonal pink ones. These are only 5mg per pill so I started off on one a day for the 1st week, 2 a day for the second, 3 a day for the third week, 2 a day for the 4th week and 1 a day again for the 5th week.
I must admit I felt a lot stronger whilst using these but after the 5 weeks was up - I did not weight any more or look any different and yes I was eating like a pig, around 3500 cals a day.
At the peak of the cycle I was having only 2 tabs a day, this is 15mg, but I heard that using excessive amounts does not have any more effect and is a lot more dangerous because of the liver filtering this substance.
In my opinion I wouldn't recommend steroids, they are a 'quick fix' that did not even work in my case anyway.
I look a lot more muscly now than I did 18 months ago I know that for certain and I am now around 10 st 10. Some days after eating all day I can be 11st. Now to put on around 20 lbs in 18 months is probably what id expect.
Some protein tubs say 2 lbs a week, and all muscle but this is not possible! It just isn't. i am sure even on steroids this is still not possible. 20lbs in 18 months is just not enough for some people but I know if I can put another 2 stone on in the next 2 years, I will still only be 29 years old and about 13 stone. Like I said I do look a lot more muscly now than I did but I am still way too skinny! Its just that before, when I was 9st, I really was skin and bone. i can do 50 sit ups now, except I don't do sit ups I do crunches now.
Last thing is: I have never in the last 18 months done any kind of leg workout, so this 20 lbs I have put on is probably 15 lbs muscle and 5 lbs fat, all on my upper body! When I put my head back I can feel it round the back of my neck from doing press ups, when I sit up its so much easier than it used to ne and lifting things up is easier from the curls and shoulder raises I have been doing.
I can even see my hands are more muscular than they used to be too. The reason I have not done my legs is, I used to cycle to work and this developed my legs quite a lot because I did this for years.
I am just sort of matching my upper body to my legs then I will start to work out everything then, in a year or 2.
Being 27 I think if I don't keep working out and eating as much as possible (I am one of the lucky people that seems to not put weight on despite eating too much) then I will never do it. I should have started when I was 18 not 26.
As far as steroids go, unless you are a professional sportsperson (and even then you run the risk of getting banned) I wouldn't recommend steroids at all. They are for impatient people!
You DO lose weight when you first start, this is what annoyed me so much and made me have steroids in the first place but it was ages ago, probably a year ago now and I am not having them again (except I am but half a tab a day then 1, then 2, then 1, then half for the last week just to use up the remainder I have. It wont do much but like I said its not the amount really just the fact that its there your body will use it and you will gain muscle.
Oddly, people taking steroids and not working out at all put on muscle as if they were working out and not on steroids! This could be the 'lazy mans' reason for taking steroids I guess!