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Here's an interesting tidbit. I was reading into testosterone replacement because I myself am showing almost all the symptoms of low T, despite being young. So I am reading up while waiting for the results of my blood work.
Here's something I ran across on Sculpted by Iron's forum (thanks to clomidclown for linking it on the HRT board here). The gentleman goes by the handle "Swale" but is one of the leading anti-aging doctors:
"There simply is no way to predict how a particular patient will respond [to exogenous testosterone]—not Medical History (i.e. number or severity of symptoms), body weight, baseline hormone levels, even anabolic steroid history. I have had very slight gentlemen barely elevate on 100mg of test cyp per week, and massively muscled former steroid athletes who went to nearly two times the top of “normal” range on the same dosage (they had similar baselines). Likewise, one man may see only a modest increase in DHT on 5gms of Androgel, another may become quite supraphysiological on same."
They're talking about hormones on the order of 100 mg of test per week, obviously doses which pale in comparison to those used on cycle. However what becomes clear is that there really is a broad spectrum of responses to anabolic steroids.
With that in mind, a person's first 1, 2, even 3 cycles should be TEST cycles, designed with moderate doses to gauge responsiveness to the drugs. It's much better to err on the side of too little AAS, as going overboard can cause more serious health issues and prolonged recovery.
Here's something I ran across on Sculpted by Iron's forum (thanks to clomidclown for linking it on the HRT board here). The gentleman goes by the handle "Swale" but is one of the leading anti-aging doctors:
"There simply is no way to predict how a particular patient will respond [to exogenous testosterone]—not Medical History (i.e. number or severity of symptoms), body weight, baseline hormone levels, even anabolic steroid history. I have had very slight gentlemen barely elevate on 100mg of test cyp per week, and massively muscled former steroid athletes who went to nearly two times the top of “normal” range on the same dosage (they had similar baselines). Likewise, one man may see only a modest increase in DHT on 5gms of Androgel, another may become quite supraphysiological on same."
They're talking about hormones on the order of 100 mg of test per week, obviously doses which pale in comparison to those used on cycle. However what becomes clear is that there really is a broad spectrum of responses to anabolic steroids.
With that in mind, a person's first 1, 2, even 3 cycles should be TEST cycles, designed with moderate doses to gauge responsiveness to the drugs. It's much better to err on the side of too little AAS, as going overboard can cause more serious health issues and prolonged recovery.
