It’s my 3rd week in my first cycle of Test E. I just want to make sure that I’m doing everything right.
First off, I’m using Test E 350mg/ml. My dosage is .6ml twice a week. Basically, it’s 210mg every Thursday and Sunday. I’ve read it somewhere that for first timers, the first cycle should be between 350-500mg/ml per week and split in to 2 pins with 2 days in between. Needle that I’m using is 23g, 1", I inject it in the leg, upper middle left part on the left leg on thursday, upper middle right part on the right leg on Sundays. Always in the afternoon. I lift every Tuesday morning, Friday morning and either Sat/Sun afternoon. I’m 26 years old, 5’8", 69kg. Been lifting for almost 3 months
I can feel a little pain 24 hours after injecting. It feels like there’s a bruise on the injection area. It’s tolerable though, it disappears after 2 days from the day of injecting test e. Just want to know if it’s normal.
Another thing, I’m a bit concerned on the PCT. The friend who recommended taking Test E didn’t inform me about PCT. I just happen to came across it in the internet. So here’s what I found, please correct me if what i’ve read is wrong.
To be clear, you spent about 8 weeks training - less than 30 entire workouts - before you decided steroids were a good idea?
They also didn’t inform you about why beginners shouldn’t use steroids. It’s in your best interest to stop listening to that person for any kind of training-related info.
The rest of the guys here can clarify what to do now that you’re in.
Sorry, forgot to mention that a year ago I was lifting but just for 6 mos (dunno if that would make any difference). I lost the will to continue because I wasn’t making any progress.
Now, i’ve gained around 10lbs in a month, which is kind of a big deal for me. I’ve never been this motivated, most specially because most of my friends are seeing results. But yeah, I’m afraid that there might be or will be something wrong on the inside in the near future that’s why I created this topic.
I didn’t know that beginners shouldn’t use steroids. The only reason that I listened to him is because he’s in a great shape. I would communicate with him regarding this but he’s on tour for a year, and he’s not always online.
It was a really bad idea to pick up steroids. I’m gonna tell you why.
Your 26 you have tons natural test and you have never really weight trained before. This means that your first year in the gym naturally you will. Make crazy big gainz bro. You will blow up due to the fact your just starting lifting seriously and your young. Now you have started fucking with your hormones and shut your natural test down. You probably won’t make all that much more progress using test then you would have made not using it. And this is all based on assuming your diet and training are on point
Try a glute injection. use the upper right quadrant of your glute works great little to no pain
And I second blshaw nomva 40/40/20/20
And I second Chris stop listening to this friend. Your hormones are gonna greatly dictate your quality of life. Especially in the years to come. Plz make decisions on your own.
Now that I started using it, I wonder what should I do next? Should I still stick to the routine that I’ve posted above? And just change the PCT to Nolva?
Probably. Your already 3 weeks in so your naturally shut down. Idk how much of a benefit starting pct now would give you over waiting til the end of the cycle maybe someone with scientific evidence can chime in a if there is a benefit.
This is actually your biggest problem going forward. If you think you’re motivated now because of the progress you’re seeing what do you imagine will happen when you finish your cycle and start pct? How much “will” do you think you’ll have when you’re constantly tired, moody, and your gains are slowly disappearing? You should be prepared for a rough landing and find a healthy headspace where you can keep motivating yourself after the drugs are out of your system. Because once you’re off cycle it’s all back to baseline, and if your baseline is giving up when it gets hard then you’re kind of screwed.
