Gains affected by needle size

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03-03-2004, 10:39 AM
DieselPlayer

Gains affected by needle size

Hey Guys:

A friend of mine is doing a cycle of 400mg of enanthate and 300mg of deca for 10 weeks. Five weeks into his cycle, he realized that he was injecting with the wrong needle size; he was using a half inch needle for both quads and glutes instead of the standard 1 inch and 1.5 inches. He developed, I believe, abscesses at the site of injection, but they went away a day or so afterwards...He's in week 8 of his cycle and is not gaining nearly as much as he probably should have.

Could his gains have been compromised due to using the wrong needle? Could this have affected the absorption of the gear? Should I recommend that he lengthen his cycle by about 4 weeks??

Let me know, guys..
03-03-2004, 10:58 AM
speedtraining

Yes a half inch needle won't get deep enough into the muscle tissue especially when it comes to the glutes...usually good amount of fat down there. He should use a 1.5 22-23 guage needle

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Originally Posted by DieselPlayer

Hey Guys:

A friend of mine is doing a cycle of 400mg of enanthate and 300mg of deca for 10 weeks. Five weeks into his cycle, he realized that he was injecting with the wrong needle size; he was using a half inch needle for both quads and glutes instead of the standard 1 inch and 1.5 inches. He developed, I believe, abscesses at the site of injection, but they went away a day or so afterwards...He's in week 8 of his cycle and is not gaining nearly as much as he probably should have.

Could his gains have been compromised due to using the wrong needle? Could this have affected the absorption of the gear? Should I recommend that he lengthen his cycle by about 4 weeks??

Let me know, guys..
03-03-2004, 10:59 AM
scottninpo

you can use 25g pin, it just makes you inject slower which is a good thing
03-03-2004, 11:02 AM
einstein1905

Quote:

Originally Posted by DieselPlayer

Hey Guys:

A friend of mine is doing a cycle of 400mg of enanthate and 300mg of deca for 10 weeks. Five weeks into his cycle, he realized that he was injecting with the wrong needle size; he was using a half inch needle for both quads and glutes instead of the standard 1 inch and 1.5 inches. He developed, I believe, abscesses at the site of injection, but they went away a day or so afterwards...He's in week 8 of his cycle and is not gaining nearly as much as he probably should have.

Could his gains have been compromised due to using the wrong needle? Could this have affected the absorption of the gear? Should I recommend that he lengthen his cycle by about 4 weeks??

Let me know, guys..

He's still making use of his gear...it's just being dispersed/de-esterified more slowly. If he's switched needles now, he should be fine.
03-03-2004, 11:06 AM
Superhuman

I use a 1.5 inch needle for every spot injection in my body - bis, tris, pecs, delts, quads, glutes... I love injecting into my tris
03-03-2004, 11:13 AM
BUYLONGTERM

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Originally Posted by Superhuman

I use a 1.5 inch needle for every spot injection in my body - bis, tris, pecs, delts, quads, glutes... I love injecting into my tris

1.5" for tri's? OUCH!! I use 1" for Quads, and 1.5" for Glutes.....
03-03-2004, 12:14 PM
DieselPlayer

No offense, but only 1 person seemed to have thoroughly read the question...thanks, einstein1905!!!