How long on gear to make up for natural

[NickHollywood]

I am having pretty bad forearm pain when it comes to specefic movements such as bicep curl(cant even curl a 25 db) and side delt raises and bent over rows. I am guessing its tendonitus and have decided to take the rest of 2017 off. Been off for 4 days now and the pain isnt bad but I still cant do any bicep shit. Anyway...I was gonna start my first aas cycle around the 20th but now am going to have to wait a bit longer it seems to heal. My question is how long should it take being on gear to compensate for say a month of natty gains?. How long should i expect to train to be where I was at my strongest??. I know this is largly cycle and person specific but in general how long should It take to get to where i was and surpass it

 

[Demondosage]

Can you do exercises like deadlifts, squats, leg presses??

Why not take this time to improve on those lifts and just hold off on anything else that aggravated the forearms??

It's impossible to answer this question, and personally I think you're looking at it all wrong. I would focus on what I could do for now and not look at it like you'd be taking gear to make up for lost gains or anything. Even if you took the rest of 2017 totally off you wouldn't lose anything.

You can hold the mass (if not gain new mass) with deads and squats, then when returning to upper body you'll get stronger even faster. Do this, then begin the cycle, but use the cycle to get BEYOND, not make up for what you're thinking you're gonna lose

 

[NickHollywood]

I never do deadlifts but yes i squat and leg press and will continue with those. Most movements that require upper body tho aggrivate the injury in some way so i will just rest it and maybe do super lite training with stretching to get the blood flow in

 

[Eman]

Impossible question to answer.

 

[TheH0517]

do super lite training with stretching to get the blood flow in

I would take a full week off, maybe get some good cardio in for a few days, then do this until your cycle begins.

Or do this now and rest the full week before your cycle so you can be fresh.

Either way, don’t add too much stress to your body and then have to deal with injury during your cycle. IME tendons will be in some pain if you push yourself through a cycle. Let your body recover so you don’t short change your cycle.

 

[Rockclimber]

I tore a tendon in my left wrist (tendinosis) doing clean and jerk a few months ago but continued to workout around the injury. I simply tape up my left wrist with athletic tape and do exercises that don't aggravate the tendon. It is feeling better but I'm going to avoid clean and jerk/upright rows/etc for another few months. As was said above focus more on your legs. Is fine to take a week or two off however I would hold off on the cycle until you're fully healed. High doses of testosterone are not good for tendons.

 

[Rockclimber]

Also make sure you understand the difference between tendinitis and tendinosis as they are quite different.