Quote Originally Posted by Family_guy View Post
I’m a few weeks into my first cycle. I don’t think 500mgs/ week is necessary even though that’s the “forum bro science standard” I’m not doing 400 and gaining quickly.

I wouldn’t add the dbol either. I would front load your cycle though so your not waiting so long to “feel it” I doubled my dose to 800mgs Test e the first week and gained 10lbs within 10 days.

I went with 3 ml 1” 25 gauge syringes. I found out that I really don’t need that big of a needle. I changed from 2x week injections to everyday injections using a 31 gauge .5ml 1/2” needle I’m doing .25ml every day. It has reduced my sides in terms of oily skin and acne.

Don’t go with the ai. Have it on hand but it’s really not necessary even though we’ve been brainwashed to believe it is. It will actually hinder you gains. Gear headed has a great post on it called “estrogen the other anabolic hormone”. I don’t even have an ai on hand. I don’t think I will need it so I see no reason to have it on hand yet.

Anyways that’s my 2cents. Good luck bro
Hey just wanted a touch on some of this.

I'm not sure front loading works like that, the ester takes as long as it takes to reach stable blood levels which is why some guys front load with prop or Dbol or other compounds with short half lives. Could be wrong here though. I got close to the same result with the jump in weight, it's almost surely 90 percent increased water retention.

Also advising against an ai at least in hand ready I don't think is great either. You may not be sensitive to estrogen and gear headed is a smart dude but there is still a reason people have advised to use it for years. Like I said best advice I would say is see how you feel without it and find out for yourself but forgoing having it in hand completely I think would be irresponsible for a first cycle.

Injecting test enanthate daily I've never heard of, not that it doesn't mean it doesn't work I suppose although in that case why not just get test prop so that blood levels do elevate sooner and when ready for pct dissipate sooner? People usually only get enanthate to reduce the amount of injections. The 1/2" length sounds pretty short I'm not sure I'd advise that either for glutes or larger areas. If you are very learn and because of your smaller volumes it may work but if you don't make it to the muscle and inject into the subq layer it will hurt like a bitch and I believe could leak elsewhere in the body, sit and swell or worse. Not a great move for a first timer.

Morale of the story is I think he should stick to the basics and then if you want to figure out your own ways you can after.