I wouldn't mess around with a suboptimal cycle at 40 years old especially if I was only going to do one cycle and go off indefinitely but for sure for an extended period. In fact, I would seriously consider adding GH. There's really no good argument for not adding GH especially at 40. One of the reasons young people (teens) respond better to steroids is they have higher GH. An completely rational argument could be made for using some insulin as well.
Van - a former Getbigger who said you were a board treasure also told me to add GH.
Gosh, now you have me contemplating it. I mean, I DO NOT want to run another wussy cycle, and get minimal results like that story of your friend on test for five months.
Here's some more info for you, if this helps, Van:
I honestly did NOT think I responded well to 500mg of testosterone weekly. When comparing the results to oral-only cycles, I didn't notice much difference.
This is why I later on just did wimpy 20mg Dianabol daily cycles for one month, every 3-4-5 years. In fact, in 2008, I did 15mg of Dianabol daily from a lab called "Axio Labs", and the results were tremendous.
But the first two cycles I did, once [2004] with 500mg Sustanon weekly, and once [2005] with 500mg testosterone enanthate front-loaded with Dbols did NOT seem considerably more effective to me than just the Dbols alone.
These were 12-week cycles. It's also one reason I sort of never much used gear - for all the stigma of being a juicer, I didn't feel the gains were all that great. HOWEVER...I was awfully conservative with my dosages and timeframes running things.
That being said - I DID think my 500mg testosterone enanthate weekly + Dbols + ADDED EQUIPOSE [250mg weekly - though may have been 200mg...not sure what the standard mg/mL is - but one mL/CC per week, basically] WAS an incredible cycle.
THAT was what I hoped to get out of a cycle, and it wasn't TOO much.
So it's that line I'm trying to walk - I want to use ENOUGH that I get a CLEAR and obvious boost on top of my normal program, but really no MORE than needed. Basically - JUST enough to get visible/clear results, but not beyond that.
IMO, that 500mg test E + 250mg EQ weekly, front-loaded with 25mg Dianabol daily was PERFECT.
And in fact - it leads me to believe that I don't start seeing the magic until the 750mg to 1,000mg weekly mark.
INSULIN:
This is easy enough for me to get in Canada...but this seems remarkably easy to fuck up. I remember reading a horror story where a guy on BB.com used insulin, and almost died until he acquired a 2L pop from the 7-11, after drinking it all and immediately puking it out [presumably after his body absorbed all the sugar out of it].
I would NOT use insulin unless I'm injecting it PRE-WORKOUT AND WITH MY TRAINING PARTNER PRESENT.
Period. No fucking around with insulin. My pancreas is in very good health, based on all the tests I've done, and I don't like the idea of messing with it.
That being said, Van:
I can get cheap and freely available insulin literally tomorrow. GH...gosh, isn't there a lot of fake GH around?
I could ask in my circles - it should be available. But I'm somewhat concerned about fake GH or whatever.
In the Milos thread, he was only using insulin, wasn't he [no GH]?
Would just adding insulin help? Or is insulin one of those things you need to run with GH for it to work?
The Anadrol I have is the same company/source as 2016. I am respond VERY very well to that Anadrol.
I can't speak much for the Sustanon. I don't think I responded super well to 500mg Sustanon in 2004. It was ok...
I'm not trying to go overboard here, but I DO want to run enough where I very clearly see a difference.
IMO, 750mg to 1,000mg weekly total anabolics should achieve what I'm looking for.
Also, if I had to pick between using too much or not enough - I'd want TOO MUCH...but not THAT much too much.
...you know what I mean?
