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About 6-7 weeks ago I started my first, or at least what I thought was my first, oral AAS cycle. As a result I upped the volume in my workout. Normally I do a 5x3, followed by a final single for bench, deads, rows, and leg press, followed by a few sets calves, abs, and curls, but I increased it to 8x3 with 3 singles, 3 times a week. I was taking Methyl Masterdrol v3, which is apparently not at all anabolic, so I think I overtrained.
For about the first 4 weeks things were going great. Increase my bench by 20lbs to 280 and my deadlift by 40lbs to 410, and according to BodPod tests, I lost 6lbs of fat and gained 2lbs of muscle at the end of those 4 weeks. What went wrong is that during the 4th week I started getting some minor pain in my left elbow while lifting. It wasn't much at all, and I get random pains all the time, so I just took 1 extra day in between sessions, then went to lift again. I did my normal sets, but when I got to my 230x3 set I just couldn't complete it because there was so much pain all of a sudden.
I took 5 days off, did 1 set of 185 and had some minor pain and just went home. I just finished taking another 10 days off, went to the gym, did all the way up to 230x3 with no pain, but when I woke up in the morning it started hurting again. I guess I just need to bite the bullet and take 3-4 weeks off to make sure this thing heals.
Anyway, my question is whether I screwed myself by doing so much volume without a real AAS, and how long I should wait before taking a real AAS. Should I take it now to help heal my injury? Should I wait until my injury is healed and then take it? Should I wait until my injury is healed and I get my strength back up to match my personal records? I got a blood test, and my test is above 800 (I'm 25, 5'9", 175 lbs) and my liver values look great, so I'm good to go on that aspect, just not sure how handle things with respect to my injury. Epistane is what I plan on taking next.
For about the first 4 weeks things were going great. Increase my bench by 20lbs to 280 and my deadlift by 40lbs to 410, and according to BodPod tests, I lost 6lbs of fat and gained 2lbs of muscle at the end of those 4 weeks. What went wrong is that during the 4th week I started getting some minor pain in my left elbow while lifting. It wasn't much at all, and I get random pains all the time, so I just took 1 extra day in between sessions, then went to lift again. I did my normal sets, but when I got to my 230x3 set I just couldn't complete it because there was so much pain all of a sudden.
I took 5 days off, did 1 set of 185 and had some minor pain and just went home. I just finished taking another 10 days off, went to the gym, did all the way up to 230x3 with no pain, but when I woke up in the morning it started hurting again. I guess I just need to bite the bullet and take 3-4 weeks off to make sure this thing heals.
Anyway, my question is whether I screwed myself by doing so much volume without a real AAS, and how long I should wait before taking a real AAS. Should I take it now to help heal my injury? Should I wait until my injury is healed and then take it? Should I wait until my injury is healed and I get my strength back up to match my personal records? I got a blood test, and my test is above 800 (I'm 25, 5'9", 175 lbs) and my liver values look great, so I'm good to go on that aspect, just not sure how handle things with respect to my injury. Epistane is what I plan on taking next.