
Originally Posted by
LowT Mike
HAHA. I know its sort of a funny subject measuring girth of testes. Its really just a rough estimate. But a great tool. In med school when your learning how to properly do s physical and asses genitourinary system (testes). Using your middle an index finger is just shy of 3 cm. So with the support of your thumb you can do this with ease. The fingers are really there just for a reference point. But you will be able to tell if your boys are atrophying or not. TRT alone with no HCG you generally can have a 20-50% atrophy. AND NO I WILL NOT MAKE A CRISLER VIDEO DEMONSTRATING THIS TECHNIQUE. LOL
My philosophy on day of the week to inject HCG only depends on the protocol im using on patient and protocol only depends on lifestyle and what the patient is going to be compliant with.
Protocol 1) If a patient is doing 1x per week injection of T, a good tip is to inject 250IU on day 4 and on day 5. This will give him a natural endogenous bump in serum T. Remember T cyp and E both peak serum T in 36-48 hours and then levels start going back to baseline. So a little bump in Serum T on day 4 and day 5 goes a long way to keep your level homeostatic and in the high 1/3 of top range throughout the week.
Protocol 2) Patient is administering T 2x per week. Mon/Thurs. With this protocol serum level T will stay in the top 1/3 of range throughout the whole week so using the above method of HCG on day 4 and 5 is irrelevant. I dont pay to much attention to timing of HCG with this protocol. HCG use following this method of TRT your just going for spermatogenesis and HPTA axis production. Generally an injection of HCG every 3 days is sufficient using this . I wouldnt slice it and dice your timing to much. Even doing 1 time per week injection of T its perfectly fine to admin HCG every 3 days. Just depends on your symptoms and if you feel the rollarcoaster of serum T going up (feeling great the first 3 days) then serum T falling and a crash at day 5-7. My 2 cents. Hope this all makes sense.