Im about 4 weeks into a blast. Cut to 183, pretty lean for me, but not shredded. I did a two week prop kick start and total mgs at 600mg a week (all pharma) of Test. Im slowly increasing cals about 150 a week from my low of 2000, so im about 2300 a day now.
Overall not impressed, maybe i just dont have the genetics for this shit. I thought i would blow up lean. All im doing is gaining water weight and some intracellular water retention.
Anyone here ever just give up gear use cuz you didnt notice much? Im almost to that point
I was never a good responder. During the days when it was legal (1980s) I went to the same doc and got the same gear as a friend of mine. It was Organon Deca and Ciba dbol. He just blew up. Me not so much. It was my first cycle so I did get some gains but nothing dramatic. It didn't get much better as time and dosage went up.
That's why I don't believe when a lot of people say that anyone can get to pro size if you are just willing to take enough hormones. Some people can only utilize so much. There are natural "muscle brakes" in you body that inhibits muscle growth. You body simply does not like to carry great muscle mass. And for good reason.
Even the genetically gifted has limits no matter what they do. Some are just more limited than others.
I'm in my fifties now and though I've been lifting weights consistently since I was twelve and never plan to give it up, I gave
up on "bodybuilding" by the time I was 26 years old or so. I just accepted that I was an ecto and concentrated more on health and fitness -- and not being a fatso.
Right now I'm on a TRT type program of 200mg/wk of Test and 300mg/wk of Deca. Test is for replacement and it helps the most with quality of life (energy, libido, feeling of well being) and the Deca helps with the joints. I also feel that it just keeps your body in a more anabolic state so you don't quickly lose strength and aids recovery. I don't feel "strong" being on but definitely feel it in a bad way when I'm off.
If you are determined to put on muscle then it might be worth experimenting with dosage. Trevor Smith outlined an intermediate cycle of: 1000mg/wk of Test, 600mg/wk Deca or Eq, dbol 50mg/day OR Drol 100mg/day. But everyone I know that is trying to compete is at 3gms/wk getting to 4-5gms as a show approaches. And this is not even NPC level.
Part of being genetically gifted as a bber is not just response to training but response to gear.