In my view as a natural bodybuilder about to turn in his natty card, it depends. If you're serious about competing and wanting to turn pro, you may as well turn your natty card and start juicing already. True natural bodybuilding is dying, and all these "natural" shows like Musclemania are guys already on juice or they just cut it out a couple months before to beat the drug test at another organization. (like the OPA, they just picked by random instead of winners at my show.. guy who won my class looked pretty suspicious because he outsized the juniors and mens heavyweight and earned first in both... yet he never got tested)

So other than the guys beating drug tests or competing in non tested "natural" shows... theres no good money being made in it. If you want to keep competing as a natural, but make money from natural shows, its still not as much as what IFBB pros make.. even if you were the Mr. O of the natty world, you're still gonna have to work at your 9-5 jobs if you're not making any money in the industry.

However, if you're not competing, then why go on gear? For what? Are you getting paid for it? Are you a serious competitor? If not, then it shouldnt be on your mind.. unless you really want to, thats your choice.

In the end, theres almost no point in competing as a natty when theres always going to be someone on juice, or used it.. and you will have to eventually if you're serious about it.