Diary of my 1st cycle with Sustanon

[KimboHalfSlice]

Hey I'm Almond, I'm 22 years old.

I started Bodybuilding about 10 months ago. I started out at 52.5 kg (115.7 lb). I'm 160 cm tall. I've always been quite lean, and I've been doing boxing for the last 8 years. Since I was a teenager I've been doing stuff like press-up's, chin-up's, sit-up's, but it's only 10 months that I actually started lifting heavy.

I started taking Sustanon 250 about 5 and a half weeks ago. I bought 20 ampules for my cycle, each ampule containing 250 milligram.

Starting the cycle, I was 54.3 kg (119.7 lb). Five and a half weeks later I'm now 59.5 kg (131.2 lb), so I'm 5.6 kg (12.3 lb) heavier since the start of the cycle. Of course the added mass isn't all muscle, there's probably a fair bit of water in there.

When I started out my cycle, I was extremely motivated to train because I was very excited about the gains I would make. Recently, about a week ago, I ended up training every day for about 15 days straight, until I eventually decided to take a break when I got diarrhoea for a few days (the diarrhorea was caused by antibiotics I was taking). Now though I'm a bit more sensible, I'm forcing myself to take an entire day off after every 4 days of training.

My routine is comprised of 5 days:

1: Chest
2: Back and Forearms
3: Legs
4: Shoulders and Arms
5: Abs (This is my "easy day", all I do is ab exercises)

Here's how my cycle is planned out from the beginning:

* Take 1cc every 4th day into the glutes, do this for 5 weeks.
* Take 2cc every 5th day into the glutes, but only do this twice (i.e. only 2 double-shots).
* As before, take 1cc every 4th day into the glutes, until all the amps are gone.

Four days ago I took my first double-shot, and I'm due my next one tomorrow.

Here's the stuff I've noticed:
1) Excessive sweating. I never used to sweat much, but now my clothes are soaking after a workout.
2) I'm bigger, and everybody's saying it to me, but I think it's mostly water retention.
3) After about three weeks I got nipple sensitivity for about 3 days; I didn't take anything for it and it went away.
4) I think I've got a swollen lymph node near my groin (the one's you can feel through your skin, but that could be caused by anything).
5) I can train without feeling the need to take days off, i.e. I don't get exhausted, but I'm now forcing myself to take days off.
6) I'm eating about twice as much food as normally (I was never much of a food eater).
7) My strength is going up, not phenomenally, but I'm steadily getting stronger.
8) My ejaculation volume has been reduced to a few viscous drops, and I think my testicles are a little smaller, but my sex drive is unaffected.

The only supplements I take is Whey Protein shakes, I drink about 5 shakes a day, each containing about 25 grams.

Here's the diary I've been keeping:

(All of the following masses are in kilograms, recorded early morning after I take a shit. On the left is the date, and on the right is the mass, so if you look at the first one, I was 54.3 kg on the 30th of May)

2009-05-29 1st shot Sustanon 250 about 4pm right glute

2009-05-30 54.3
2009-05-31 55.3
2009-06-01 55.9
2009-06-02 56.15
2009-06-03 55.9
2009-06-04 56.3

2009-06-04 2nd shot of Sustanon 250 about 9pm left glute

2009-06-05 56.9
2009-06-06 56.7 (I ate twice as much as normal on this day)
2009-06-07 56.3
2009-06-08 57.2

2009-06-08 3rd shot of Sustanon 250 about 10:30 pm right glute

2009-06-09 56.5
2009-06-10 Didn't weigh
2009-06-11 57.3 (weighed mid-day after eating, not in the morning)
2009-06-12 57.7

2009-06-12 4th shot of Sustanon 250 about 9pm left glute

2009-06-13 57.4
2009-06-14 58.0
2009-06-15 58.0
2009-06-16 58.0

2009-06-16 5th shot of Sustanon 250 about 9pm left glute again

2009-06-17 58.0
2009-06-18 58.1
2009-06-19 58.5
2009-06-20 58.1

2009-06-20 6th shot of Sustanon 250 about 9pm right glute

2009-06-21 Didn't weigh
2009-06-22 Didn't weigh
2009-06-23 58.1
2009-06-24 58.8

2009-06-24 7th shot of Sustanon 250 about 9pm left glute

2009-06-25 58.6
2009-06-26 59.4
2009-06-27 58.45
2009-06-28 Didn't weigh

2009-06-28 8th shot of Sustanon 250

2009-06-29 59.25
2009-06-30 58.4 (bad diarrhoea)
2009-07-01 58.8
2009-07-02 Didn't weigh
2009-07-03 58.9

(Next injection was a day late)

2009-07-03 9th and 10th injection was a double into the left glute (500mg altogether)

2009-07-04 58.4
2009-07-05 58.4
2009-07-06 59.5
2009-07-07 59.4

I try to eat as much as I can throughout the day, a typical day might be:
Two eggs, two slices of toast, two slices of bacon
Beef steak with chips
Three large pieces of breaded chicken breast
A large plate of mashed potatoes

I know it's not a massive amount of food, but it's the most I can eat right now.

If anyone has comments or advice I'm all ears. If you think I'm doing something wrong or that I could be doing something better than go ahead voice your opinion.

I live in Asia, so I can get steroids over the counter, however I've only seen four useful things at the pharmacy so far: Sustanon 250, Deca-Durabolin, Testivirion, Clomid. An ampule of Sustanon or Deca is $6.50 over here.

I'm gonna use Clomid for Post-Cycle Therapy. I'd consider getting Nolvadex or HCT but they're not available where I am.

[cubnlynx]

They say sust is supposed to be injected every other day.

[KimboHalfSlice]

Injecting every other day would interfere with my workouts, because when my ass is sore I can't do legs. I regularly have to move my leg workout a day forward so that I can inject after doing legs.

Anyway, injecting EOD would mean taking 1 gram per week, which sounds a little high. Would I have problems if I took a gram per week for 10 weeks?

[seriousmass]

[QUOTE=Almond;4740305]Anyway, injecting EOD would mean taking 1 gram per week, which sounds a little high. Would I have problems if I took a gram per week for 10 weeks?[/QUOTE]

YES, you'd have problems.

[KimboHalfSlice]

[QUOTE=seriousmass;4740310]

Anyway, injecting EOD would mean taking 1 gram per week, which sounds a little high. Would I have problems if I took a gram per week for 10 weeks?[/QUOTE]

YES, you'd have problems.

Can you clarify on that please? What kind of problems would I have? Are we talking blood pressure or what?

At the moment I'm only doing 500mg a week, however in the middle of the cycle I'm taking 1 gram per week for two weeks. (I've already taken one of these double-shots and I'm taking the second one tomorrow).

[seriousmass]

[QUOTE=Almond;4740314]

Can you clarify on that please? What kind of problems would I have? Are we talking blood pressure or what?

At the moment I'm only doing 500mg a week, however in the middle of the cycle I'm taking 1 gram per week for two weeks. (I've already taken one of these double-shots and I'm taking the second one tomorrow).

Wait... What? You're taking 1 gram in the middle of the cycle? Why would you ever do that?? Your blood-levels are going to be f*cked up. (but then again, they already are going to be pretty terrible, seeing as you aren't even injecting EOD).

Basically, you do not need 1g of test to grow. That's ridiculous.

Sides from that increased dosage = possibility of massive acne breakout, high blood-pressure, higher cholesterol.

Basically, what I'm telling you, is do not inject another gram!!! That's a stupid idea, and terrible protocol to be following.

[cubnlynx]

I wasn't telling you to do that but I have seen in other post to take advantage of the test prop some people shoot eod. You should have just went with test c or test e for your cycle

[CJP]

Sust should be taken EOD but you dont need to up the does, just spread it out throughout the week.

[KimboHalfSlice]

So let's say I take it EOD, that would be

Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun

That's 4 injections of 250 mg per week, meaning 1 gram per week.

Is 1 gram per week too much? Should I stay with 500 mg per week?

[Ironmanron]

[QUOTE=Almond;4740017]Hey I'm Almond, I'm 22 years old.

(the diarrhorea was caused by antibiotics I was taking).

Great, now AAS is to blame for giving you the shits. It might as well be blamed for that since it gets blamed for every thing else negitive. You probably got the runs from not washing your hands after handling gym equipement so much. There's some nasty people in gyms.

Yes, at 22 taking 4 250 shots each week is way too much IMHO. Since you have little to no experience with aas, take 1 on Monday and one one Thursday for the cycle and watch monitor what happens. After PCT, then up your next cycle (after time off) or stack something with it. Besides, by then you will be more educated on what to do next.

[xavier_888888]

Yes 500mg a wk . Shot EOD. A Gram is way too much.

[c-Z]

Dude shoulders and arms all in one day? But a single day for abs? Do abs a few sets every day and split shoulders and arms.... 3 body parts? Shoulders bis and tris? THATS toooo much.... IMO

[KimboHalfSlice]

Yes 500mg a wk . Shot EOD. A Gram is way too much.

Each shot is 250 mg, so shooting EOD would be 1 gram per week.

So which is it?

[dezza6969]

dude they mean break up 500mg a week into EOD injections. they don't mean use an ampoule EOD. Its up to you to get a calculator, work out how much you need to inject EOD for a weekly total of 500mg. this means you won't be using a seperate ampoule per shot, you will only be using about half an amp per shot or there abouts

[orcgod]

you got to have nolvadex, or you'll regret it. take precautions. Susta really hurts, try doing combo, mix it with deca, it wont hurt that much.

[KimboHalfSlice]

Is it safe to only use half an ampule and then leave it lying around to use again? I was thinking there would be a much greater risk of infection when taking the second shot out of the already-opened ampule, I mean the ampule will have been open and exposed to the elements for 2 whole days, I don't want bacteria getting in.

By the way, does it seem like my cycle is going well so far? Am I gaining a decent amount of weight? So far I've gained about 12.5 pounds after 5 and a half weeks (but of course that's gonna be water weight as well).

The guy who's guiding me through my cycle has been on steroids for 30 years, and says the longest he's ever been off steroids is about 2 months. He's pretty crazy, he'll shoot anything to get bigger. I'm not as extreme as he is, I'm gonna do my 10-week cycle, do PCT, and then wait maybe 6 months before doing another cycle.

Anyway his latest idea for me is to take a double-shot every 5 days, which works out at 700mg per week. This would be equivalent to taking one ampule every 2.5 days, but I reckon taking the double-shot gives me more of a "shock" because it raises my testosterone level quickly. I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

Since this is my first cycle I don't know which method is better, so I'm open to advice. By the way, I can also get Deca over the counter here, should I take it with Sustanon? I'm naturally very lean, I've had a 6-pack since I was about 13 year old, so I'm not worried about putting on fat or water weight, I just wanna put on as much meat as possible in this cycle and then worry about getting lean afterwards.

[chuckt12345]

dude just stick with 2x a wk injections,, honestly its not gonna make much diffrence here on out, your long esters have already kicked in.

[KimboHalfSlice]

I've been reading through different threads on the forum, and I've just recently learned about Trenbolone. From what I've read about it, it produces phenomenal results. Do you reckon I'd be wise to get some and take a little along with my Sustanon.

I've been reading that Trenbolone has a pronounced effect on behaviour... but of course people talk nonsense about steroids all the time. Should I stay away from the stuff, or should I try a low dose?

[Ironmanron]

Dude, I mean no disrespect here but you're not listening to what people are telling you. You seem hell bent on adding something. Listen to what people are telling you and wait until your next cycle.

[Ehudd]

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[baddgsx]

I've been reading through different threads on the forum, and I've just recently learned about Trenbolone. From what I've read about it, it produces phenomenal results. Do you reckon I'd be wise to get some and take a little along with my Sustanon.

I've been reading that Trenbolone has a pronounced effect on behaviour... but of course people talk nonsense about steroids all the time. Should I stay away from the stuff, or should I try a low dose?

Tren is not for you man. Its very harsh , i just ended my 6th week on it and im glad its over staying on test till week 14. Im never gonna take tren again.

But listen , if your going to do anything do dianabol with some test. keep your calories high 3000-3500. and youll get some serious gains.

When i was 22 i was 140lbs , now im 29 195lbs 5'9" 7 percent bodyfat

[ghettoboyd]

im still triping on the fact that he started this cycle weighing 113 lbs. wtf dosent anybody even try to gain a little mass and maybee even a bit of knowledge about diet,exercise and of course the componds that thay are taking. you kids and your instant gradification........i weep for the future....