what i mean by this is how do you know when to up your calories and intensity/volume for your cycle? i always do both too early and end up gaining some fat initially and usually overtrain before it kicks in as well.

i just did my first frontloaded cycle with 400mg test e/wk and 240mg deca/wk, so figured by week 3, i should be good to go. my sex drive is way up, i'm getting insane pumps during my workouts, and my nips got a little sensitive (yes, i went on anti-e's), so i figured at this point the stuff should definitely be working. upped my cals and upped my volume and intensity in the gym. well, between the two of those, i gained some fat and overtrained now.

frustrating as hell cause i'm at the end of my 3rd week and it seems like frontloading didn't do me much good as even without frontloading, my cycles would usually kick in by week 4.

now, i've obviously learned from this and past cycles now that the increase in sex drive and increased pump from workouts doesn't mean jack sh*t. just wondering how you guys gauge when it's time to start increasing your calories and volume in the gym when cycling? do you wait till you start getting the weight gain THEN increase your volume and calories? just needed to hear some feedback as i obviously always jump the gun and need to obviously hold off a bit longer from now on. thanks in advance guys.