I like what your doing.......Low dose drol........ Curious to see where the strength gains go.
When Designer Supplements first released SD I got some and used it at 20mg daily - it was too much for me.
Anyway, regarding strength gains, here is an example:
I usually alternate between T-Bar row and close grip row. My comfort zone with the close grip row was 165x8, and my typical routine would be something like 100x10, 120x10, 135x10, 150x10, 150x8, 165x8. Then I would go do wide grip pull ups, wide grip rows, etc. The low weigh sets are warmups, so if CG Row were later in my workout I would start with 150x8 and work my way up to 165x8, usually with some assistance (and yelling haha).
Today my close grip row routine was this: 105x10, 120x10, 150x10, 180x8, 180x8, 180x8, 195x8, 210x6 + 150x8 + 120x8 (my last set was a drop set). I could have done more but I know better - my tendons and joints are not muscles, they take longer to adjust and I'm not willing to risk injury just to pretend to feel good haha. I have never been able to go up past 180 lbs and maintain proper form even if CG Rows were my first routine in the workout.
This other gain in particular made me very happy! I've taken baby steps to squat properly and spent a lot of time working on form with an unloaded bar on the squat rack - looking stupid but I don't care. After getting flat shoes my squat went up almost 40 lbs - amazing how such a simple adjustment can positively affect your lifts. Anyway, my second wave of strength gain on the barbell squat came from Xtreme Tren as follows: Sx20, 45x10, 45x10, 95x10, 135x10, 155x10, 175x10, 185x8, 205x4, 205x6, 205x5, 205x5. I know a 200 lb barbell squat is probably peanuts to most, but this is a huge improvement for me - these are squats as described in "Starting Strength 2nd Edition" which are supposed to be "proper" squats. I do legs on Sunday morning on an empty stomach and drink my BCAA during & post-WO - what a rush! I should be able to gauge strength gains on squat from SD this Sunday or next Sunday.
I don't like to boast; the only person I purposefully try to outlift is my workout partner and he does the same - we use it as motivation. I'm happy with my results so far