BobTheOldLifter

FWIW, I know someone (in the US) who is prescribed 300mg/wk. He's been on it for a few years - yep, a beast...

Agreed, I'm sure you're not in any 'danger' zone, especially that you're keeping an eye on your blood. Personally, because I'm in this for the long haul, I want to really try to keep to the lowest effective dose. I don't have an addictive personality generally, but DAMN, the benefits are such that sometimes it's a struggle not fill up my butt cheeks with as much test as I can jam in there!! But seriously, I'm a little concerned that it will always be easier to increase the dosage than cut back (for me at least) so I want to settle in on the lowest dosage that feels good, and go from there...

Oh, and you might recall I added Cialis into my bag of goodies. On top of the test, I'm like a friggin' tripod for the weekend! Feel very fortunate that my wife is right into it! Multiple times per day - that hasn't happened in, like, decades!!

Hey, congrats to you too! And I hope this stays the same for both of us. Any particular reason you cranked it up so soon? I'm gonna run as long as possible with 100mg or so (and see if my Doc will up my dose a little) and throw in a few 'boosters' here and there. Have just done two boosts of 125mg on top of my script, so 225mg/wk and BOOM, couple days later woohoo! I'm sure you've heard of 'beer goggles', well the "test goggles' are a real thing, I can tell you that! Yesterday, I put on a short-sleeved collared shirt I've had for years and hardly could squeeze my arms into it!! Haha!! Also though, I'm doing a low-dose Rad 140 too (20 mg/day) - (almost done) and that might be contributing to the muscle/strength gain for sure, but not mood/libido. That was all jacked up b/f I added the Rad 140.

100mg Test Cyp/wk, 25mg DHEA/day Edit: And by 'normal', do you mean the elevations became the 'new normal' or they subsided to where they were previously?

I'm curious... I'm about 8 weeks or so into my TRT, and my experience so far is just fantastic. Nice physical changes - waist shrinking and getting leaner while strength is increasing - this is MUCH different and WAY better than previous cutting cycles. But maybe the biggest surprise is the mood improvement. I can't really say my mood was particularly low before, or at least I didn't realize it, but it's SO much better now I can hardly believe it! The nice libido boost is a nice contributor to the overall mood boost, but it's much more than that. I'm sure you know exactly what I mean if you've experienced it. Right-across-the-board improvements. My question is how long does this last? Does mood stay elevated like this ongoing? If it changes/diminishes, then how, by how much? Or do you just permanently become a superhero ?

Haha! Yeah - great show! Pitter-patter...

Seinfeld

Great info, much appreciated.

Update: Pinned my first of the deus Test E. No probs, zero PIP. Basically took just a little more than my trt dose, so while still relatively low dose, and only a gut feeling, I do feel a definite kick now, and had another PR last night on bench. So far, 5 stars on everything.

Congrats! You beat me to it! Been popping my Cialis like jelly beans, but won't inject until mid week. Edit: meant as reply to @Francis "Frank" Castle

Also interesting from the study was: "The participants were asked not to undertake strength training or moderate-to-heavy endurance exercise during the study." Wondering if good training would amplify or reduce the differences - any speculations?

Can report a solid "two schwings up" for the deus Cialis.

Yep, even as a noob, I can totally see this. Even though I'm an older guy now, busting a plateau feels as good at 50+ as it does at 25. That being said I don't think I'll become obsessed with performance (I hope). A couple decades ago, yeah probably. That's why I feel fortunate for having my TRT set up, it's a bigger mental boost than I expected, and that's addictive on it's own. But I'm on a 'cruise' now indefinitely, and hopefully the urge to 'blast' all the time isn't too strong. However, is it a warning sign that I just have to look at my vials and I get a little 'urban renewal' goin' on down below?

Yeah, IIRC Arnold was a proponent of 'smart' cheating. Meaning, if you tire yourself in a set with relatively decent form, it's not a bad thing to cheat a little bit to grind out a couple extra reps. I tend to agree with this. What I don't agree with is the knuckleheads that load up the bench press and do 3-inch partial reps. Hey, if you have some shoulder issues and shorten the range, cool, but otherwise c'mon... I also think that the whole 'volume' debate often misses the point of 'effective reps'. My best gains (hypertrophy-wise) were with DoggCrapp and similar tactics. The deadly DoggCrapp single set, and even a strip set, in my opinion is the same or better than 3 or 4 'normal' sets. You end up with a similar # of reps near failure in about 1/4 of the time. But it's painful and you have to go heavy. I competed as a Natural beginning at a comp weight of 178 the first time, and ending about 5 yrs later when I won a heavyweight and overall title at 206 (with striated glutes). I was 100% natural during this time. My goal was reached of competing and winning >200 as a natural. They grilled me and tested me, as as far as I know still didn't believe I was clean, but that was actually a great compliment for a natural - getting accused. I believe in the 'PowerBuilder' philosophy, at least for naturals - train to get strong as hell, and the size will follow. But we're all individuals and YMMV.

Yep, for sure!

Great, will do! Appreciate it!

I would like to report that I have become a new deus customer. Service was nothing short of perfect. Very timely response to questions, and good advice received. If the product is as good as the service, I'll be a very happy customer. I'll definitely report further if I have anything to report, but so far - excellent. Reflecting on the photo below, I wonder who this is really for, myself or my wife

Yeah, I'm on TRT (with the occasional 'enhancement' here and there hopefully) and I have a slightly elevated natural hematocrit (before any substances at all). Trying to understand: 1) Blood giving frequency to keep hematocrit pushed down a little all the time for health purposes. 2) Ideal timing wrt lowering hematocrit before bloodwork. And thanks for your input...

I don't quite understand... If I give blood once, hematocrit will recover in two or three days, but if I give 3 times a year, it's lowered all year? Is that right?

Question: Do you happen to know what the rough timeframe is after giving blood that your hematocrit recovers to its baseline?

Yep! I love Sam!

In case you didn't see - I messaged you.

Just wondering...did you go to this consult?

Lol... If I tried this, I can see now what would happen. I'd walk in to the gym, say hello to the hot little receptionist, sprout wood, then keel over and die!!