Tattoos and cycling

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TheAndytron

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I am working my way towards my first cycle and I'm wondering if someone can give me some info relating to cycling and tattoos.

I have approx 80% of my upper body covered by tattoos (includes complete back, ribs, chest and arms) I am concerned that if I grow to quickly I will ruin years of work and over £5000 ($9000 approx) of tattoos.
I've read many posts here of people saying there first cycle has left them with stretch marks, I really don't want this I just want to get past the sticking point I have been at for the last few years.
I'm naturally quite small at only 70kg (this is the size I'm stuck at) I am 29 and until the age of 26 when I started working out I was only 57kg I've had trouble putting on weight my whole life and this has a detrimental effect on my self esteem which is why I am interested in AAS.
Some feedback from anyone who has large tattoos would be great, has it warped the pictures, left stretch marks through them etc?
My skin is quite stretchy (my girlfriend always says I'm a skinny guy in a fat guys skin, I'm not talking flappy skin I can just stretch it alot if I pull it away from my body) so would this make things better?
This is possibly me worrying about nothing but any input would be greatly appreciated.
 
You're 154 pounds, you're not stuck there you're lazy. I can guess your weight after your Cycle/Pct is done with: 150 pounds. Guarantee you'll be even smaller. Do you know how to eat or train to gain muscle? Smh...
 
brother i wouldnt worry about your tattoo's,i would be concerned about my DIET first,cause i promise you,you wont stretch you tattoo's;)
 
Legitimate question here. I say grow slow. Do only mild cycles so YOU can monitor your tats. But the others make a great point about your diet.
 
Ok so I've not mentioned anything about my diet here so I guess I cant blame you for jumping to the conclusion that I'm not eating right, but there is nothing wrong with my diet. I have 3000-3500kcal (well over my maintence kcal and I have experimented with higher kcal but this just leads to loss of definition) a day depending if I'm training or not, the only thing that could be considered bad on my diet is I don't eat meat except fish, not thats its unhealthy just hard to get the extra fats and protein, but I do make sure I get them. I watch all my macros very closely and my diet is well balanced. As for being lazy I do a four day split and some cardio I never miss a session and always put in everything I've got even if I don't feel up to it and continually try and lift heavier weights that last session. If I stop training or eating properly for two weeks I loose 5kg, which I've done a few times over the last few years due to injury. I've had a personal trainer to teach me how to lift properly so no problems there either. I'm 10% bf and I have a very high metabolism (my dad was the same until he hit his 50's) which is why I'm small.

Thanks to the people who actually answered my question and didn't just have a dig because I'm considering doing ASS and I'm small.
 
Oh and I do know your just trying to help with the diet comments but your assuming I'm new to training just because I'm new to talking about ASS. 3 years ago I didn't know anything about diet and after doing things properly that's how I managed to get to where I am now, before that I was training and eating badly.
 
One final thing I haven't actually decided if I'm going to cycle yet, that's why I'm here, to make an informed and sensible decision. I'm trying to gather all the info I can to decide if ASS are for me. Being told that I would likely end up smaller after a cycle is actually very helpful, but it seems on here if you don't agree with something someone is thinking you have to flame them, maybe it's just roid rage but it seems to me people would be more inclined to take your advice if you did lay into them for asking questions.
 
anyone can say they eat 3500 calories post your diet and lets see otherwise get with 3j hes a diet god and will help make sure you save your tats while putting on solid lbm
 
Your right anyone can claim the have a 3500kcal diet, also anyone can find a diet plan on the net and post that. So what is the point in my posting my diet? It could easily be nothing like what I'm eating, this is the Internet and people lie. I have no reason to do this and nothing to prove, I was given my diet plan by a personal trainer and it is designed around my body type and blood tests, and I'm completely happy with it but if I decide I need a change I will contact 3js and ask for some advice (I may do this anyway as its always good to get a second and third opinion). This is all irrelevant though as my question isn't about diet it's about how people using ASS have found it affects their tattoos.
 
Just read that back and it sounds really mardy, sorry it's not meant to be, I was just hoping this thread would allow me to read about some real life experience with ASS use and tattoos and it's just turned into a thread about diet plans.
 
Lol its AAS not ASS :p

Just try to post to 3j 1st, if you want to lie about your diet and get an answer that will not help you thats your choice. If you give him the brutally honest truth he can help you.

I would not worry about your tats on the 1st cycle. Your not just gonna become the hulk and get a pro card. Juice helps but just not that much. The absolutely enormous monster freaks you see have been dieting and lifting for years, usually a decade at least, AAS just helps them get above their natural limit.

You can do a lot with diet alone. My suggestions are:

1) contact 3J in the diet section, you may want top become a client, but at least get advice

2) If you do 4 days cardio try to drop it to 2-3 and see what happens.

3) When you eat higher calories and lose definition as you said above don't worry about it. You are going to be either bulking or cutting. There really is no such thing as a cutting bulk right. Throw some weight on and cut it up like 3 months later.

GL man, your tats will be fine.
 
ErectusMaximus said:
Lol its AAS not ASS :p

Just try to post to 3j 1st, if you want to lie about your diet and get an answer that will not help you thats your choice. If you give him the brutally honest truth he can help you.

I would not worry about your tats on the 1st cycle. Your not just gonna become the hulk and get a pro card. Juice helps but just not that much. The absolutely enormous monster freaks you see have been dieting and lifting for years, usually a decade at least, AAS just helps them get above their natural limit.

You can do a lot with diet alone. My suggestions are:

1) contact 3J in the diet section, you may want top become a client, but at least get advice

2) If you do 4 days cardio try to drop it to 2-3 and see what happens.

3) When you eat higher calories and lose definition as you said above don't worry about it. You are going to be either bulking or cutting. There really is no such thing as a cutting bulk right. Throw some weight on and cut it up like 3 months later.

GL man, your tats will be fine.
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LOL ASS, major typo d'oh.

The thing that got me thinking about this is the post regarding stretch marks on first cycles that I have read. It seems that it's not really something to be concerned about though as there have been no posts warning directly against it, and don't worry seems to be the general advice.
I'm seriously not worried about my diet, although I may think about upping my calories again I just hate cutting. I already only do two cardio sessions but I do lead a very active lifestyle so maybe I should cardio altogether and see how that goes I can always start back if I feel unfit.
Thanks for the constructive comments it's much better than getting flamed by people who know nothing about me.
 
Your tattoos will not look any different if you grow, you may lose a little color in some areas..If you do get stretch marks though your ink may blow out in the area surrounding the stretch mark...
 
jmt2125 said:
Your tattoos will not look any different if you grow, you may lose a little color in some areas..If you do get stretch marks though your ink may blow out in the area surrounding the stretch mark...
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Thank you this is the best reply yet. It is also reassuring as all my work is black and grey so no worry about colour. And if all I can expect is fading and possible minor blow outs then it's really nothing to worry about as just getting older will have the same effect, and they could easily be reworked in that case.
 
The reason why diet is mentioned so much is because that is the defining factor that enables growth AAS or not. The 'ASS' had me chuckling!! A personal trainer is not a nutritionist. They know enough to tell you a healthy diet but not specialist knowledge. A level 3 PT (which is what he most likely is) probably studied the diet portion in one afternoon for his certificate, I'm a certified PT and know the course doesn't give that much detail. You really have to know a lot about food and really study. Which I did. It really is worth posting your diet for people to see, it will really help. The diet would need to be decent on AAS and would need to increase as your weight does. If you don't take heed of this you'll lose everything.
 
I used 'really' a lot in my post! But serious, you're not unique with a fast metabolism. Anyone can bust a plateu. And the main thing is diet, not just type of food but quantity. Some people force feed themselves to grow... Just sayin'
 
TheAndytron said:
Your right anyone can claim the have a 3500kcal diet, also anyone can find a diet plan on the net and post that. So what is the point in my posting my diet? It could easily be nothing like what I'm eating, this is the Internet and people lie. I have no reason to do this and nothing to prove, I was given my diet plan by a personal trainer and it is designed around my body type and blood tests, and I'm completely happy with it but if I decide I need a change I will contact 3js and ask for some advice (I may do this anyway as its always good to get a second and third opinion). This is all irrelevant though as my question isn't about diet it's about how people using ASS have found it affects their tattoos.
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Don't take any of this personally, these guys are really just trying to help.
The reason you would post this stuff up, is to gain invaluable info from vets that will take you farther than any cycle will long term. Of course you could lie, but you'd only be hurting yourself.
Thing about this game is you can learn the chemical side very quickly, and it will change almost none as you progress...
Same cannot be said for diet. You will constantly be tweaking it, and I promise this will make or break your progress.

Now for your original question, I can't speak to much from personal experience on tats...
But what I can tell you is stretch marks will come in very specific areas on the body. Mainly in the armpits (front and back portion) is what you're gonna have to worry about. Anywhere else like biceps, quads is usually from both quick muscle growth along with quite a bit of fat accumulation at the same time...
Maybe take this info and run it by someone with more ink knowledge?
Best I can do for you:)
Stone
 
Hi thanks for the advice.

I'm just going to clear this up now, I have taken on board what all of you are saying and I am going to make some changes to my diet.
The people I have seen were nutritionalists but they are fitness freaks not bodybuilders so the help i was given will keep me healthy not help me put on weight (in sure they would see putting on weight as unhealthy even though it's lean mass) I have previously had my metabolic typing don't at great expense and had blood work done so I know I'm eating the right types of food for me, I will see how I can get more food into my diet, I'm not sure how yet as I already spend most of the day feeling bloated and full as it is but I will work it out.
I will visit another nutritionalist and see what they can advise I'm sure my local free weight gym will be able to recommend someone, I would do this with 3js but think it would be more productive to do this face to face with someone that can really see what I'm doing etc.
I have decided that I will not be running any cycles in the near future but I'm going to be sticking around here to get as much info as I can so if in a few years time I still want to give it a go I can make an informed decision knowing all the up to date info etc.
I will be eating for the size I want to be not the size I am.
So that's the diet stuff done, anymore post on tattoo experience would still be great even though I'm pretty sure there is now nothing to worry about in the distant future I still find it very interesting.

Ps The ASS thing is quiet laughable especially as I know its AAS, my first post on this thread was right and then they all turned to ASS, must have butts on the brain!
 
Stone said:
Don't take any of this personally, these guys are really just trying to help.
The reason you would post this stuff up, is to gain invaluable info from vets that will take you farther than any cycle will long term. Of course you could lie, but you'd only be hurting yourself.
Thing about this game is you can learn the chemical side very quickly, and it will change almost none as you progress...
Same cannot be said for diet. You will constantly be tweaking it, and I promise this will make or break your progress.

Now for your original question, I can't speak to much from personal experience on tats...
But what I can tell you is stretch marks will come in very specific areas on the body. Mainly in the armpits (front and back portion) is what you're gonna have to worry about. Anywhere else like biceps, quads is usually from both quick muscle growth along with quite a bit of fat accumulation at the same time...
Maybe take this info and run it by someone with more ink knowledge?
Best I can do for you:)
Stone
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Hi thanks for the info on stretch marks this is the kind of reply I was after.

The only thing I have taken personally on here is being called lazy, it's quite possibly the first time in my whole life anyone has ever said that to me. Anyone who knows me knows I put 110% into everything I do and would find this comment laughable. I can't stand it when people jump to conclusions and the post was just rude where as everyone else has been constructive with their posts.
As you can see from my last post I've taken all the diet comments onboard and will be trying to make some changes.
 
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