Originally Posted by
The Deadlifting Dog
400-500mg of test per week is a beginner cycle. It is not an intense cycle.
It may seem scary or intense to you but it is fairly mild.
I will try to make this short:
You could go on 200mg a week for 12 weeks and put on 3lbs of muscle.
You could go on 500mg a week for 12 weeks and put on 7lbs of muscle.
But what happened when you come off (and probably run a PCT)?
You will lose some of your gains because you will go thru a phase where your body produces a low amount of test.
So let's say you lose 2lbs of muscle during this low test period.
Well the net affect is either a 3-2=1lb gain or a 7-2=5lb gain.
And you always run the risk that you have damaged your HPTA.
Well is a 1lb gain worth the risk of a cycle?
And is a 5lb gain worth the risk of a cycle?
For me... I wouldn't run the risk of damaging my HPTA for a 1lb gain.
This is all over simplified but just trying to get you to understand why people say:
They wouldn't recommend shutting down your HPTA for less than 400-500mg of test.