my first cycle log: dbol/test e.

[logan]

Hello, thought I keep a simple log of my first crossing to the darkside.

Wk 1-4 Dbol 20mg per day
Wk 1-10 Test E 500mg (250mg Mon A.M./Thurs P.M.)

Wk 4-12 HCG 500ius (250 2x week) maybe will start sooner.

I started Feb 27.
Starting weight 213lbs

DAY 1:
20mg of dbol for breakfast. Have to take it all at once because the pills I have are 20mg capsules.
I met with my firend who is very experienced in AAS to show me the ropes when it comes to injecting.

It was great to have someone show you how to draw and all the little things. Just was good to see how it's all done.
I decided to go with the outer thigh for my first shot. I got the loaded needle and wanted to do it myself(like a big boy )

Mentally I must say it was a challenge. I was incredibly nervous. After about 5 mins of sitting there I just went for it. No pain! sweet. I aspirated and got the little air bubble. Green light! I started to inject it super slowly. Although my nerves started to get the better of me. I just wanted to get that damn needle out! I got very anxious. My breathing had become rather rapid and I started to get cold sweat as I kept pushing down on the plunger. PHEW! finally it was all in. I waited a bit and drew out slowly.
I had done it...

I swear I came close to throwing up after I stood up and was very light headed. My neves were shot. After sitting down in my car for awhile I was alright and drove home. Put a heating pad on it and worked out my legs later that evening.

Day 2:

-I legs are sore from my workout, but no injection pain! yeah!
-Pretty intense pump in the tris today.

Day 4:

2nd injection: Took me a good 30min as I did everything and got my self mentally ready to do it fully on my own.
It went great!!! I was actually got kind of pumped up about it and happy! very little nerves this time around. It was... dare I say a breeze.

Day 5:

ohhhhhhh... so this is what injection soreness feels like! not too shabby feels like someone punched you in the leg. I've felt worse.

Worked out my back today. Pumps were pretty sweet. My whole back just felt so full especially the lats. Great energy so far. Strenght has jumped up a whole lot... yet

[logan]

Day 8: I have started to open the dbol caps and split the powder in half. SO I take 20mg in the morning and 10 mg later in the day. I put half the powder in the capsule the other half I just tossed it in a drink and drank it. I figured it wouldn't really matter.. or does it? bump on this anyone???

I weihgt around 220lbs. Not bad I say not bad at all....
I tiny bit bloated but not bad so far. No acne or other sides to note except..... PUMPS!!!! I thought my biceps were going to to explode through my skin today!! and I didn't even work out my forearms put they were very pumped from doing chest!!! hahaha

3rd injection was today. Not so smooth...
I was debating between a ventrogluteal injection or delt.
I went with the ventrogluteal injection. I found the spot alright. I put the needle in, once in my muscle flexed a bit and I felt the needle shift inside, so I relaxed and it was alright again. Near the end I did it again!! f@#k! not fun! I'm all done now. Have a heating pad on it because I have a bad feeling it will sore tomorrow for sure. I freaking shredded the **** out of that damn ventrogluteal!

No more ventrogluteal injections for me! how often can I do my outer thighs, I miss them...

[Rage (SoCal)]

Have any plans for something to help with the bloat?


Good log, keep up the good work.

[logan]

Have any plans for something to help with the bloat?


Good log, keep up the good work.

thank dude

So far the bloat has been minimal. Only things I have been doing is watching my sodium intake. Taking some extra potassium and drinking tons of water. I'll stick with this unless things get too out of hand.

[Rage (SoCal)]

Sounds like a good plan. Going to throw up some before and afters?

[logan]

DAY 9: A bit of pain in the ventrogluteal after last nights butchering. I think the heat pad and massage may have saved me.. phew... so I'm still on for my leg workout today! f%$k yeah!

Weight: around 224lbs this morning, muscles looking very full.

[logan]

DAY 11: Woke up today with a slight puffiness in my right nipple. It aslo looked and felt a bit different than its usual self. Left one is fine. So I started to take my nolva before it gets a chance to progress into anything. So it took 11 days without using Nolvadex for that particular side effect to start to manifest itself. Good to info to know for the future.

Blood pressure is still looking pretty good checked it yesterday morning and it was 129/73.

Modays pinning butchery turned out to be alright. Pretty sore Tues. and wed. but today it feels fine

Back day today going to go in a few hours, can't wait!

[logan]

DAY 15: I woke up and weighed 230lbs. 225lbs has been the heaviest I've ever been so it feels nice to see the scale start to move past that.
Recovery has been incredible!!! strength is starting to climb now. I'm also starting to notice this feeling of well being.

After a few days of nipple puffiness I started taking 20mg of Nolvadex and things are fine once again.

I was curious on how often one should rotate pinning sites sites? how many days before hitting the same spot again?

[logan]

DAY 16: Things are still going very well. Strength is really starting to climb. I added another 10lbs to my squat this week with great form and intensity. A few people mentioned I looked bigger, which is always nice.
I'll keep you guys posted

[davhern]

Sounds like it's goin well, bro! Nice work and keep us informed.

[somewhatgifted]

your a beast. good luck

[logan]

thanks for the relpies. I'm no beast ... yet...
being 6'3 you can carry 230lbs no problem. Takes lots to fill out this damn frame.

DAY 17: Blood Pressure: 129/74 this morning. So that is still looking great. I am taking celeray seed extract/hawthorne and a few more for blood pressure and lipid profile support.
I'm happy my BP has stayed in check so far since it was my main concern.

After my last set of squats last night I had the most intense leg and lower back pump ever!!!!! I honestly could barely walk my lower back was so pumped, it was insane. I manged to continue on with my workout, good thing it was leg press with my lower back supported, phew...

[meowmeow]

Great log logan. The only thing that helps those pumps for me is taurine 2 grams minimum up to 10 grams 45 minutes before workout.

On your earlier question concerning splitting d-bol caps the only problem would be the amount of filler used (ex. corn starch). So it could be that you are still getting more d-bol in one split dose and more filler in another. Mixing it with warm water might dissolve the filler, then stir up the liquid and drink half now half later. This is the method I use with 55mg caps.

Despite conventional wisdom about keeping constant blood level concentrations and such, it may not even make a difference whether you take the dose all at once or split. Bobo even commented on this "Like I said I've done it spreadout or all at once before workout and I saw no difference which only reinforces my belief that its a buildup of systemic levels over a longer peroid of time. Hormones tend to work that way." See:http://anabolicminds.com/forum/anabo...e-effects.html

[gsxrpeter]

What kind of anti estro are you going to take when you are all done? You sould probably wise to use a testosterone stimulating compound such as Gonadotropyl, Gonakor, Profasia, Nolvadex, Tribulis, or even HGH. It is important to bring your natural testosterone levels out of suppression

[Achilles13]

Just checked this thread out and I must say that this is a good log logan. Keep it up brotha. How's the strength coming along?

[ryano]

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[logan]

Great log logan. The only thing that helps those pumps for me is taurine 2 grams minimum up to 10 grams 45 minutes before workout.

On your earlier question concerning splitting d-bol caps the only problem would be the amount of filler used (ex. corn starch). So it could be that you are still getting more d-bol in one split dose and more filler in another. Mixing it with warm water might dissolve the filler, then stir up the liquid and drink half now half later. This is the method I use with 55mg caps.

Despite conventional wisdom about keeping constant blood level concentrations and such, it may not even make a difference whether you take the dose all at once or split. Bobo even commented on this "Like I said I've done it spreadout or all at once before workout and I saw no difference which only reinforces my belief that its a buildup of systemic levels over a longer peroid of time. Hormones tend to work that way." See:http://anabolicminds.com/forum/anabo...e-effects.html

thanks for the great link!!! very informative!

[logan]

as far as my dbol dosages are concerned. Rather then trying to keep splitting the 20mg capsule into 2 10mg dosages. Should I just finish the next 2-3 weeks doing 40mg per day?

The first week I only did 20mg a day, second week I did 30mg(if I split the dosage up right). I'm 2 days into week 3 right now and want to use dbol for 4-5 weeks until the test fully kicks in.

Let me know what you guys think, remember this is my first run with AAS.

[jonny21]

Are you experiencing any nasty back pumps? If so, don't increase. If not, the stuff has a very short half life so you could always back off a bit of any negative sides rear should appear.

On the otherhand, 17lbs in 15 days do you really think you will need to increase dose?

BTW, getting some Letrozole or A'dex would be rec'd for any bloating.

[meowmeow]

Are you experiencing any nasty back pumps? If so, don't increase. If not, the stuff has a very short half life so you could always back off a bit of any negative sides rear should appear.

On the otherhand, 17lbs in 15 days do you really think you will need to increase dose?

BTW, getting some Letrozole or A'dex would be rec'd for any bloating.

Johnny hits the spot! Very good advise all around jonny21. I always use a'dex for these cycles. First it reduces bloat so this helps me disguise my cycle from those in my everyday life, second keeps the dbol gains more lean and so that what I see I'll end up keeping. Also it reduces estrogen but not completely...cause I need some estrogen so this drug is perfect for reduction without elimination.

Like jonny21 said why up the dbol dosage if you are still gaining? Look at this way...you WILL end up running more cycles in the future. This first cycle is intended to not only give you great gains but teach you about how your body reacts to various steroids. You have already acquired some of that knowledge with the nipple puffiness and use of Nolva early on in the cycle. This knowledge will come in handy in your future cycles. Now you are learning just how your body reacts to medium safe level doses of dbol. Carry it through at that dosage level and make mental notes. For instance you are worried about high blood pressure but with your current sups and dosage level it hasn't been a problem make a mental note and deposit that in your knowledge bank.