Do gains stay?

[InferiorDesign]

lets say on a two month cycle, i dunno, whatever works. and you gain 15-20 lbs of lean muscle, how much of this will stay. and how long will it stay. i see alot of guys at my gym who use to massive and theyve progressively gotten smaller and smaller and smaller

[the doc]

well i'm not sure but from what i've learned it would seem that if your using at submaximal natural potential then you might keep most of your gains (sparing the loss from increased age). However, if you go to freaky size - near or past your maximal natural potential then only constant gear use would sustain such large musculature

[Severed Ties]

Depends on your diet and training, if you look dam good before using AS then you know how to eat and train to get the most results out of your body, the guys who get to this level of the game before touching steroids usually retain over 90% of their gains. The guys who start to early are lucky if they keep 50% while the ones who have no business using AS to begin with are lucky if they keep any.

ST

[the doc]

What he just said ^