Bicep injection techniques

[B182]

These are a few of the things I've learned or find useful since I've started shooting my bi's a several weeks ago:

-Probe your bi (unflexed, of course) with your finger tips in the area you'd like to inject, and push a potential injection site with a single finger(it's your "testing needle") in the same angle you will insert the needle. The muscle should feel relatively soft. If it feels tough and wiry, and feels uncomfortable when you push, its a region that is more nerve dense and the injection will be very uncomfortable, you won't be able to shoot very much (because of the pain), and your bi's will be much more sore than if you inject a spot that feels soft. The injection should be relatively painless if you've done it right.


-Look at yourself in a bathroom mirror under the bright light, and if you have a lower bf% the veins should be clearly visible. Mark a potential injection site where there are no veins with a water soluble pen (washes off easily). If vascularity is a problem, "pump up" your bi to make things more visible. I've been doing this from the start and I haven't had a single visible bruise.


-This may not be for everyone, but I shoot while leaning over on a counter/table with my forearm on the table so that my arm is bent closer to a 90 degree angle. I find that I'm less likely to hit nerve dense spots when I do this since the muscle is much thicker in a contracted position, and it also seems help make the probing technique described above more effective.


I also find that the outer sides of my biceps tend to be the less nerve-dense areas. The closer I go to the inside, the more sensitive they are.

 

[B182]

Also, to avoid making your bi's look funny-flex before deciding which part you want to shoot, and pick an area on your flexed bi, otherwise you might shoot an odd spot and your bi's will have an abnormal-looking buldge for a few days.

 

[Hugh Gellatts]

Do you go in through the top or from the side? I mean you know that big-ass vein that runs down the front of the bicep... which side of that do you stick?

I've only done from the outside but am looking for some variation.

also what length pin?

 

[mike001]

i know what you mean by parts being more sensitive. that is exactly how i do it. i use a 1" pin 23G
i started off with a 1.5" 20G and i learned the hard way, hehe

 

[B182]

Hugh, I don't do it on the sides at all anymore, nor on the peak. If you drew a parallel line right down the middle of my bi (right across the peak), and another line on the outer side of my bi, my preferred injection sites would be about a third of the way from the middle line. Close to the center/peak of the bi, but more towards the outside. I also shoot at a diagonal angle, normally aiming for the center of mass of the bi. I use a 25g 5/8'' pin on my bi's to minimize the risk of hitting major nerves and scar tissue. The smaller pin also helps limit fluid flow, which is a good thing I think because the bi's are a relatively small muscle, and it allows time for the oil to dissapate through the muscle without forcing a large pocket in the muscle that promotes scar tissue buildup.

mike: Thats crazy man!! 20g 1.5''?!? I bet you have a few nicks in your bones from the needle lol

 

[bigmag]

have you noticed any significant growth in your bi's since you've started doing this as opposed to some where else....like your ass?
I was thinking about doing this because I heard with some A.S.'s you can expect more growth in your bi's doing it this way.

 

[B182]

bigmag: you notice it immediately after injection because the oil stays in the muscle for awhile. In glute shots the reason I don't think site injections do much is because the glutes are very large, very vascular muscles and the oil/susp. does not stay in that localized area long enough for growth to be emphasized and is dispersed more quickly throughout the body than when shooting in the bi's-they are much smaller muscles.

 

[BTLFED]

I usually shoot inside of the bi with a 22 gauge. 20 in the bi that is worse than an 18 in the ass.

 

[bigmag]

well... I know that....I meant have you noticed any significant muscluar growth in your arms since you've started shooting there as opposed to anywhere else.