OK, change of subject.
Unreal, I think it would be interesting and worth your while to see what you normal test levels are. Maybe after PCT you could get some bloodwork done?? I know you mentioned this previously, but one theory is that your natural T levels are very high and this would make it hard to disinguish a big difference when running inj. test.
This may be a dumb theory but since we are throwing out ideas I figured I'd toss this one in. Although, I can't account for why you put on fat easy if your natural T levels are on the high end.
Simple, endomorphic bodytype with test levels above average. You are right I should get them tested, I really should be doing lots of bloodwork but price has always been a deterrent. I plan on doing it in the future, hopefully before I cycle again. I am planning on taking a lot of time off before I cycle again but obviously that's not set in stone, lol.
I all fairness i get some points he is trying to say( while not in the best way). Unreal you say that all you want from this cycle is to harden up and gain some strength, but i hear you bitching about the lack of gains....hhhmmmmm Just saying if you don't want gains then thats cool but if you do you do need to do something with the diet. You also have used quite a bit of steroid and ds in a short period of time. He has a point there. I am not saying I agree with anybody. Unreal you have a great physique that is unquestionable, but it seems like you like to say 2 separate things at times. Just my 2 cents and in no way am i bashing anybody just voicing my opinion
GAINS, let's examine that more closely, I have stated that I'm looking for muscle density and strength. Surely you have lifted weights long enough to know that you can be much stronger even at the same size if you have added density from lots of heavy weightlifting. I feel this is a big part of the reason why ectomorphs are usually so strong for their size, they keep lifting weights and the size doesn't come, but strength and density does. I am the opposite, I gain size far more easily than strength and density. So when I was 16 my arms were over 16.5" but I could only bench 245 pounds for a max. Now i know if i were to cut to the point of having arms that small, I'd still be able to bench more.
Even though I haven't grown a lot in the last year, I have added some density, and some vascularity. I now have calve veins that pop out whenever it gets warm, and my calves are still about the same measurement as over a year ago.. But they are WAY stronger.
So, that's what density is, and that's what I'm trying to achieve. And a good indication of that is strength gains. If i am maintaining bodyweight but I'm on 600mg a week of masteron and 1g a week of testosterone and lifting heavy, I should be able to add that kind of density at a slow rate.
I have tried to be very clear about that from the beginning but hopefully it is clear now. The idea was to hit 230 pounds while on Superdrol and recomp from there using large doses of test and mast (because I knew they would be "weak" on me) to add density and vascularity.
I have learned a lot while doing this, I no longer think more is the answer. 700mg of test didn't do much and while I had a few great workouts on 1+g where I said I felt more, in retrospect there's really no difference. It feels like lifting weights naturally but I can get a slightly better pump, and then there's the side effects (libido, acne, sensitive nips).
As soon as I added a methyl oral i was able to effect the strength increases while leaning out and that was what I expected to do on test and mast... Just they weren't strong enough.
TRAINING, before everybody bashes my diet and training, let me say that I don't make natural gains very fast... AT ALL... I can add muscle only if i add at least as much fat and I do not want that, and I can lose fat but it's hard to do without losing LBM. I am hanging on a delicate balance so in my cycles I really do DEPEND on the compounds to make the difference.
In my experience, the total use of AAS has little bearing on the extent to which it affects me. I've said this a bunch... I am not normal. I don't need big breaks off from the androgens... I run SD, i take 10 weeks off, I run it again, it affects me the same as previously, the same as the time before that, everytime, exactly the same. The stuff about your second use on the compound being less strong is bull****, the fact is you'll always make less gains as your physique approaches a more advanced point.
I lifted for 3 years without taking a week off. When i did, it actually hurt my training. I am really pushing myself to the limits of what I can naturally do here. Try and appreciate that. I can get further if i made my diet 100% perfect but if you know anything about diet you'd realize that it's actually impossible to make it 100% perfect. So i DO depend on the compounds, and I am putting a lot of work into this. I am lifting weights 6 days a week and doing cardio 4 days a week. I spend tons of my time just going to and from the gym and showering off after it.
Why do you think I dropped the masteron? It's not worth it for me to run. I'm starting to feel similarly about the test. It's just really not worth it for me to run. I'm actually thinking about ending it so I can give what's left to my friend because he responds REALLY well to everything he's tried... I'm constantly jealous of him and I tell him so...
Anyway I know it looks like i'm covering my ass by blaming the compounds when I'm not getting the results I want but I truly feel they are not effecting me the way they effect most people. I figured something might happen as I pushed the dose upward, that at some point I would feel something, that things would change. But that just hasn't happened