Only a few people here are left from 1999-2000 when almost ALL the people here were using 1-3gr of total AS in a cycle and some even more.
It doesn't make sense to use less than a gram in ANY cycle simply because, as was stated, for an 8-10 week period the sides are very manageable and the gains are so much better than 500mg. If they weren't there would be media reports of all the injured from AS use on the news every night with politicians making speeches about how we need to abolish all AS. But they aren't and thousands of men are using a gram first time out.
There used to be hundreds of guys on this board doing this and still are. Except for Zeacky, who now has to post under the name E23 because he lost his name, (where have I heard that before?), I don't remember if anyone else is here posting, from the days when Zeacky, BIZ, and E2, and others I am forgetting, would post cycles of 3 grams all the time. Hell people used to pay George Spellwin for cycle consultations and they would be told how to use 2 grams in the first cycle.
At some point the board started changing. I think mostly because of a changing of the guard in moderators.
The people that come to Elite are, for the most part, a little nervous about the whole AS thing. They are nervous about posting in the beginning. After all, they don't want to appear unintelligent. And they are still looking over the side of the boat wondering if it's ok to jump in the water. OMG I can't believe I am thinking about sticking a needle in myself!! Maybe I'll just do an oral only cycle.
Do you know how I know this? Because this is how EVERYONE feels in the beginning.
Then the "voices of reason" as they call themselves show up. 2Thick was already here, Quadsweep, and others I don't remember right now, Nelson Montana showed up much later. He's actually still a newbie here, though not to the game by any means.
Well hells bells it sure sounds a lot better to a newbie if he has a "voice of reason" to tell him it's ok, don't worry, you just do a little bit of AS, not what the other vets tell you, they don't know what they're talking about, they are reckless, just do a little and you'll be fine.
I can't even count how many times I have posted this on one of these threads.
The risks of an infection are the same whether you shoot 500 or 1000.
The risks of purchasing and receiving illegal drugs is the same with 500 or 1000.
The side effects, for 99% of men, are the same with 500 as 1000.
The gains however are much different. What the thread starter, slobberknocker, said is what most people say after a couple cycles. "I wish I would have done a gram my first time". It is a very individual choice and I wish all those well who go either direction, but I once again thought I should tell the other side.