Steroids have no effect, why?
I have been training in the gym my whole adult life. Decided to do a cycle of T propionate 300 mg/week, and the gains were spectacular. The following two cycles did nothing to mass or strength, even though I upped the doses, and added equipoise and dbol, so I stopped doing cycles altogether. That was four years ago. Now diagnosed with low T, went on TRT two months ago, T enanthate 200 mg/week. No benefit to training what so ever. I eat plenty of food, sleep well, no alcohol or drugs, I take care of myself.
So what could be wrong? To me it looks like there is something in my body that isn't working properly. Checked thyroid values through blood work, looks good. What additional blood work should I do? What nutrients, medication or other remedies could I try?
Steroids have no effect, why?
6’4” @200lbs is pretty slim, that coupled with not tracking food intake (other than number of meals eaten in a day) my money is on not consuming enough food. Gear or no gear training or no training if you are not in a calorie surplus you will not gain. Lastly and mentioned previously I hope you are not avoiding carbs like rice and potatoes (fast easy digestible) if your looking to gain weight, salads and Ezekiel bread ain’t going to add mass.
I saw a mention of calories previously and it was likely just an example but 3k is barely (probably not unless u have super slow metabolism) maintenance for 200lbs if your exercising daily. You definitely need to start weighing and tracking your food intake (or just seriously focus on massively more (quality) food consumption. If you decide on the latter keep an eye in the mirror and if you feel things are getting soft dial back food a touch.
While everyone is different when I began trt (never cycled before, this can also be a difference maker as my body had never seen exogenous test) 8 weeks in I was up 10 lbs and not hugely but noticeably stronger.
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Steroids have no effect, why?
You mentioned giving trt more time? Are you not seeing other benefits outside of muscle building? What was the real reason you began trt? Also you haven’t mentioned your age (could possibly be a factor in metabolism). Metabolism wise also what kind of activity level during average day manual labor vs desk jockey can make huge difference in caloric needs.
Please don’t read this as I’m trying to be a smart ass but the huge majority of us are not special snow flakes. AAS are not magic it takes training and food. I can give you the benefit of the doubt on training because at the end of the day the food variable dictates weight gain or loss gear or no gear, lifting or no lifting.
I know I mentioned my short term weight gain when I first began trt to be clear it was not all muscle. Part of putting on size is adding muscle and fat (hopefully not as much fat, that’s where diet tracking and eating the correct types of foods comes in). I was likely leaner before starting trt/gear but 30 lbs smaller (18months ago give or take) but everyone is a little different not just biologically but in the day in and day out effort put forth to change. I actually put on 20 lbs lean in the 18 months prior to beginning trt (my total T was 320ng/dL).
I can assure you are not the first or last person with similar thoughts as you have here. I specifically remember another member quite recently with very similar ideas about what aas would do for them. Couldn’t seem to gain much during true cycle but couldn’t accept food intake was the underlying factor, it doesn’t matter how much you are eating if your not growing it’s not enough. If it were as easy as take gear sleep wake up jacked there would be WAY more monsters (big and lean) walking around.
Give it time track your food and keep consistent progress (through progressive overload) your goals will follow.
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