1.5" in the glutes - not hitting muscle?

[sundevil04]

I've been pinning 22g 1.5" test E in the glutes and not a bit of pain. Is it possible I'm not hitting muscle, I'm 5'9" 187lbs 15% bf.

 

[RADAR]

trust me you're hitting muscle

 

[Foamy27]

As long as your pinning in the upper outer quadrant of the glute, then you are hitting muscle. And damn 22g 1.5 is pretty big lol

 

[Jaxtwo1]

The glute is the least painful injection site. I have actually thought I hit the same spot, but sometimes it hurts, sometimes it does not. I use a little deca in every poke for this.

 

[sundevil04]

As long as your pinning in the upper outer quadrant of the glute, then you are hitting muscle. And damn 22g 1.5 is pretty big lol

I'm making sure to go upper outter quadrant. The 22g 1.5 is no joke

 

[C.K.]

test e shouldn't be painful

 

[ALIN]

I've been pinning 22g 1.5" test E in the glutes and not a bit of pain. Is it possible I'm not hitting muscle, I'm 5'9" 187lbs 15% bf.

If your using 1.5" and pushing it in all the way...you are going DEEP IM. No worries.

 

[sundevil04]

ok, I just figured I'd feel something as I puncured muscle, guess not...kind of a relief.

 

[Nelson Montana]

OUCH. I use a 25 gauge 1" in glutes.

 

[kx250rider]

I agree with the rest... At 15% bf, you are in muscle. There are very few nerves in the glutes (and actually in any muscle), so the only time it hurts like a mofo is if you hit a nerve branch going through the muscle, or if you are too slow with the stab, and it cuts slowly through the skin and epidermis. A quick stab in the deep muscle should not hurt 90% of the time. I know of some doctors who now use 3" needles for penicillin and other injectibles, due to the obesity problem in the country. You'd have to be severely obese to need longer than a 1.5" needle. For most here, the opinion is that a 1" is enough, but I use a 1.5 to be extra-safe not to waste any gear by having it leak out into the sub-Q tissue.

Charles