stretch marks and steroids

[howardalex]

what are your experiences?
is there a way to stop them? does moisturising work?

just wondering about this topic because that'd be my major concern if I were to do a cycle...

[RRAdam]

Steroids dont cause stretch marks persay. Growing causes stretch marks. Vitamin K lotion helps a bit, but theres no real way to actually get rid of them. Besides, stretch marks are cool.

[howardalex]

Originally Posted by RRAdam

Steroids dont cause stretch marks persay. Growing causes stretch marks. Vitamin K lotion helps a bit, but theres no real way to actually get rid of them. Besides, stretch marks are cool.

ah okay...I was a bit worried about gaining such a large amount of mass in such a small amount of time

I dunno about them being cool though, I've already got some but I'm not keen on getting more...especially not on the sexy parts

cheers man

[rckpytn]

a picture is worth a thousand words....

[Traps]

Man those are some battle scars!! I'm glad I dont get stretch marks like that. Some people get em bad and some dont. I knew this kid at gnc, pretty small, with stretch marks worse than rckpytn. So howard, if you got stretch marks now, you'll probably get em real bad if you start hitt'n gear.

[Will100]

Originally Posted by Traps

Man those are some battle scars!! I'm glad I dont get stretch marks like that. Some people get em bad and some dont. I knew this kid at gnc, pretty small, with stretch marks worse than rckpytn. So howard, if you got stretch marks now, you'll probably get em real bad if you start hitt'n gear.

for a natural lifter i get em bad...my biceps keep getting worse lol...if i did roids id have em horrible

its up to man, if u dont mind em then get huge and just be like "check these bad boys out" and by that i mean the stretch marks haha...if u dont want em, then i suggest u change ur goals and not get so big

[howardalex]

woah dude, those're some serious scars!

yeah I think I may stay natty for a fair while tbh, I hate the damn things so once I start seeing some growth it's gonna be 3x a day moisturising

cheers for the responses guys

[POWERJIM]

Originally Posted by howardalex

woah dude, those're some serious scars!

yeah I think I may stay natty for a fair while tbh, I hate the damn things so once I start seeing some growth it's gonna be 3x a day moisturising

cheers for the responses guys

Height - 5'8
Weight - 170lb

Yeah how about staying natty for a good 10 years mate! Seriously.

[rckpytn]

hahaha i scared him away! j/k

[ryanbodybuilder]

haha rckpytn's stretch marks aint no joke...he was massive at 5-9 growing from 140 to 240 in what 2 years? he trains like a beast, eats like a beast and yea he did use gear....but even if he didnt he still would have gotten up to 210 easy...his genetics are great.....and he is young...but he has his head screwed on really good and pursuing a top notch career right now....good job buddy!

[rckpytn]

Originally Posted by ryanbodybuilder

haha rckpytn's stretch marks aint no joke...he was massive at 5-9 growing from 140 to 240 in what 2 years? he trains like a beast, eats like a beast and yea he did use gear....but even if he didnt he still would have gotten up to 210 easy...his genetics are great.....and he is young...but he has his head screwed on really good and pursuing a top notch career right now....good job buddy!

thanks man, i have taken a break from lifting after what happened, but i do miss it, i am just doing some cardio and gettin in better shape as of now, i do plan on lifting again, i want to see how big i can get again without any gear, or maybe a little, hahahaha

[Traps]

My opinion...... If you gonna do gear, then do it and stick with it. Otherwise????? whats the point. You'll shrink right back up, and in the long run will be no bigger then if you never did it in the first place. The only reason I could fathom the occasional cycle would be for ego, and the possability of hyperplasia.

I dont think you've ever given a serious effort without gear(I might be wrong, and sincere apologies if I am), but try it. You'll be amazed, especially if you already have good genetics.

Dont hate. Just trying to give you good advice, if I'm out of line, well....... I'm out of line for a good cause.

[rckpytn]

Originally Posted by Traps

My opinion...... If you gonna do gear, then do it and stick with it. Otherwise????? whats the point. You'll shrink right back up, and in the long run will be no bigger then if you never did it in the first place. The only reason I could fathom the occasional cycle would be for ego, and the possability of hyperplasia.

I dont think you've ever given a serious effort without gear(I might be wrong, and sincere apologies if I am), but try it. You'll be amazed, especially if you already have good genetics.

Dont hate. Just trying to give you good advice, if I'm out of line, well....... I'm out of line for a good cause.

i did fine without juicin, i had a log on here where i just took protein powder and creatine and gained 35 lbs in 13 weeks, i dont know if the log was deleted but it was form a long time ago.

[Traps]

Originally Posted by rckpytn

i did fine without juicin, i had a log on here where i just took protein powder and creatine and gained 35 lbs in 13 weeks, i dont know if the log was deleted but it was form a long time ago.

Well, there ya go my friend. Dont really need to juice if your not gonna compete.

[rckpytn]

dide i just found this pic, this is when i was like 16-17 and maybe lifted for an entire week (never before seen pic!), weighing a massive 140-145 lbs, lol. i didnt have a scanner so i took a pic with my cell phone camera so it looks pretty bad ( that white box in my back is from the camera flash). next pic is 17 years old and 175 lbs. this was done in 13 weeks and naturally

[Traps]

Yeah, I remember those pics. Back in the days of KrossInc(lol) and BulkMuscle(I think that was his name, whatever happened to that beast), and of course MightyMouse at his prime. This was right around when I first joined.

Your gains were only newbie gains, but your delts are sick as hell in that first pic especially for never working out before.

If I'm correct after that 2nd picture, you then went to gear. Thats why I say you've never really given "natural" a chance. If I can age you correctly, your now what? 22 or 23 years old? Workout natural for a while. You got years upon years ahead of you.

Believe me, I know exactly how you feel when it comes to gear. Once you've been bitten by the bug, its always playing in the back of your mind.

[rckpytn]

lol i remember krossince, bulkmuslce, and dave! i dont know about krossinc, but bulkmuscle has or had his own site with a foum, he got a little bigger then stopped training like i did.

yeah sometime after that second pic i did first cycle, delts have always been a strong point, i never directly train them

well i just turned 21 a couple months ago, so i am still in partying mood getting wasted all the time, i havent gotten over it yet hahahaha

[tribal]

Bulkmuscle was the biggest tool to ever grace this forum.

Kross was... eh... kinda weird.

[NiteHawk]

Those names bring back some memories. It has been awhile.

[rckpytn]

what you got against bulkmuscle, he was a cool guy, same with dave, although they made some dumb posts here and there, they were at least serious witht the lifting and both of them made some good progress. oh well.