First injection this morning - test e

[First6]

2 weeks left on this cycle. I just figured i'd revive my thread if anybody cares. If you read through the thread, you'll see that i'm pretty positive I had bunk dbol, but at that point hadn't been doing the test long enough to know whether or not it too was bunk.

Well, I think I can safely say now that it was/is real. So far, I am up 25lbs and my waist size hasn't changed. I'm sure I put on a few pounds of fat, but nothing significant. My best guess is 15lbs LBM, 5lbs bodyfat, 5lbs water retention. I can't complain. Also, strength has increased dramatically:

Bench Press has increased 40lbs, and my 1RM has increased 25lbs
Squat has increased 90lbs
Dumbell Shoulder Press has increased 30lbs per shoulder
Barbell Row has increased 25lbs
Dumbell Curls have increased 10lbs per arm

Just to name a few. I think this is great progress, especially considering my bench press was stuck at the same weight for almost a year! Now I just hope I can KEEP the gains and pushing these weights - I do not want to wind up doing all of my old weights in a month!

Your gains are very solid Bro! 40lbs on bench and 30 on each shoulder! wow. Great work. Do you have a before/after bf%. I'm curious since we have the same body type and history.

I'll look forward to your after pics in a couple weeks!

[gbrice75]

Your gains are very solid Bro! 40lbs on bench and 30 on each shoulder! wow. Great work. Do you have a before/after bf%. I'm curious since we have the same body type and history.

I'll look forward to your after pics in a couple weeks!

Thanks bro! I do not have BF% info; I only have an educated guess of where I was at. I believe I was around 14% when I started, i'm guessing i'm around 16% or so now.

Unfortunately I don't have any before pics; my computer crashed recently and like an idiot I hadn't backed anything up in over a year, so I lost ALL my pics. All I have are the 2 avy's I uploaded. I'll take after pics in 2 weeks, as soon as the cycle is finished.

[nilrac]

Good stuff.
As others have said, don't reuse the same pin to draw, use a fresh one each time bro.

I've pinned glutes and quads so far. I prefer quads as like you said the actual injection procedure takes a bit of practice! I insert the pin slowly and leave a couple mm of needle showing then I steady the pin by holding the top of the syringe before I aspirate. Then inject very slowly, taking a little break here and there.

I don't have any pain at the time or even the next day really, but slowly get a dull ache much like doms, as you said. Nothing really noticable though... except the first time I pinned my right quad. Was ok for a day or two then hurt like a bitch. It was probably my injection technique more than anything. I also massaged the area very well after this injection. I haven't massaged the injection spots as much since this time and have had no problems. I'm superstitious! Lol

Deltoids next...

[First6]

Thanks bro! I do not have BF% info; I only have an educated guess of where I was at. I believe I was around 14% when I started, i'm guessing i'm around 16% or so now.

Unfortunately I don't have any before pics; my computer crashed recently and like an idiot I hadn't backed anything up in over a year, so I lost ALL my pics. All I have are the 2 avy's I uploaded. I'll take after pics in 2 weeks, as soon as the cycle is finished.

Yeah no biggie. You'll have the most important pics. The AFTER's !!
We can kind of go off your avy even though you were low in it.
Anyway,,, I'd take 2%bf for your gains anyday! Great Job!

[gbrice75]

Yeah no biggie. You'll have the most important pics. The AFTER's !!
We can kind of go off your avy even though you were low in it.
Anyway,,, I'd take 2%bf for your gains anyday! Great Job!

Thanks bro! Bodyfat might be a bit higher, I really don't know. Today I feel like i'm at 30%, lol.

[ty357]

good luck on your cycle gbrice. On my last cycle when i pulled back on the pluger i almost never get bubbles coming back in, and i pull back with some force. If you was in a vein the slightes pull back on the plunger will start to fill with blood. Good luck

[gbrice75]

good luck on your cycle gbrice. On my last cycle when i pulled back on the pluger i almost never get bubbles coming back in, and i pull back with some force. If you was in a vein the slightes pull back on the plunger will start to fill with blood. Good luck

Thanks bro! Those were some earlier problems I was having. It's pretty 'second nature' by now, although I recently did nick a vein (not inject into one) and blood sprayed EVERYWHERE!

Anyway, looking forward to ending the cycle, cleaning up, doing my PCT and hopefully keeping my gains.

[digismash]

great read man!, how did you do after PCT?

[GEM_69]

Great read. Its makes me a little nervous about my first cycle. Hopefully I'll be one of the lucky ones and not experience too much pain lol. If so what eves

[Muscledweebe]

Excellent read bro!!! Its good to see these cycles work with the advice and knowledge these guys offer on this forum. Thanks for the updates, at what point in ur cycle did u start seeing dramatic gains?

[Deltaflaze]

Great read - let us know how you're PCT goes and any changes.