firstly, i 100% agree with rodja here. if you don't know most of these things, you shouldn't be injecting. you've ran a cycle of epi before, so again, you should know most of this stuff (how your body recovers, etc). keep in mind that regardless of what anabolic you're on, without the caloric surplus to put on mass, you won't. think of an anabolic as a spectacular nutrient repartitioner with great muscle building potential.
When on something (Test E):
1) What should your workout look like as far as sets per muscle group:
seriously heavy weights. sets of 5 for strength, sets of 8-12 for mass. nothing should change versus your normal workouts, except the amount of weight lifted.
2) Is overtraining really a concern?
no. you still need 1-2 days off per week though.
3) Do you still have to keep in mind the basis of your genetics (hard gainer-ecto) and know that your body might take less to breakdown or do you throw all this out the window when on something?
thrown out the window. endo's have a naturally higher test level than say a mesomorph, and ectos have more GH levels than any other body type. when you overload the system with test (cycling), none of this really applies. if you're an ecto, consider yourself altered to an endo/ecto blend for your cycle.
4) What is the best split for growth?
DC training for mass, 5x5 for strength. also, GVT is great for cycling, as it usually (naturally) leads to overtraining. given you have faster recovery though, you can get away with using GVT for very good gains.
5) Is it bad to do to many compound lifts in a week...example: Squat and Deadlift in the same week
i hope this question isn't serious. i squat/dead/bench 3x per week, then do them with dumbells 2x per week naturally.
6) Is Smith Machine okay for all powerlifts such as Squat, Bench, Deadlift due to the fact that its safe and provides stability.
i guess. its used heavily by DC'ers, but you won't build up stabilizer muscles, which is going to make athletic things still as challenging as they are now, regardless of how much muscle you put on. picking up that linebacker and shoving him out of the way won't work without training the stabilizer muscles to work properly - you can only move that weight on a fixed plane...
dumbells are best for stabilizer muscles, barbells the second, and smith the third. each time you use less stabilizer muscles, the more weight you will lift - at the sacrifice of building those stabilizers. if you actually want to USE your newfound strength for anything applicable outside the gym, make sure you're using dumbells and barbells.
i think (and agree) with every poster in this thread. when looking at question 5, we're left with the impression that you don't know how to train naturally. IMO you should spend some time learning how to do that first, so when you do cycle, you can make the most of it.
the flaming on this thread is because we've seen so many people say "i'm a hardgainer, so i'm going to cycle compound &*^#$" which makes absolutely no sense. what then happens, is they take compound &*^#$ and loose 75-90% of their gains in PCT, because they don't know how to eat, or how to train. if you can't gain naturally, you won't gain unnaturally.
http://anabolicminds.com/forum/training-forum/99607-gaining-mass-nutshell.html
or other applicable threads i'm too lazy to search for.
