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Join Date: May 2005
Location: England
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HCG experiences?
Just a few weeks from first HCG use. While everyone seems to agree you need around 500IU per day for 10 days or so and then half this for next ten days, there seem to be two schools of thought on how many shots:
1) Last thread I saw on this board, consensus semed to be advising 1000IU EOD or 500IU ED. 2) BigCat, whose advice most people seem to respect most of the time, clearly advises 4 shots altogether, first two at 3000IU, second two at 1500IU, every 5-6 days. I understand the theory about having lower sides if you spread the dose - makes sense to me and that's the way I'm probably going to go. But I'd be really keen to hear from anyone who ACTUALLY TRIED both ways. Did you see any real difference? Thanks in advance. |
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Dieting I swear!
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BigCat is smart but he has never used steroids in his life and has been called out as incorrect plenty of times. He is arrogant and wont take feedback without being an asshole about it, that includes from HRT doctors.
I respect his intelligence, but I dont respect his inablity to accept anyone elses opinion or even posted fact that goes against his opinion. I wont ask him for advice on steroids when I feel that those who know better have been there and done that. Not some guy who pretends his training clients are lab rats. Lots of scenarios will produce results even when it is not the best protocol, but I'd still rather find the optimal way. I prefer 500iu twice a week through my cycles as needed. The largest single administration I've ever done was 1000iu. Fix it before its broken, dont wait until its broken and you have to shoot the shit every day. Find a side you agree with and go for it. Obviously in circles where he travels a few people are going to latch onto his teet and suckle, telling you exactly what he tells them. Different people in different places will do things differently. Him and Fonz both are not people I prefer to hop onto the bandwagon of, but that is the side I chose to take and again everyone is different. |
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Motivation Bench form MaxCalc Charles Poliquin When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Lao-Tzu I don't know any sources so don't ask - thanks |
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: England
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Excellent, guys...
Mudge, TOM,
Can't thank you enough. There are a couple of stickies which point to Bigcat's stuff on Nolva so I thought he was generally highly regarded; I'll treat with caution. I'm the guy who is running what Foremanrules caled a shit cycle (please let's not go there now as i'm over half way through); I trained and competed 20 years ago, did nothing for 15 years, and after getting back to my original form am on my first cycle in all that time. 300-400 EQ per week for 12 weeks(yes, TOM, I know it should have been Test but I have my reasons). Would you guys do HCG now (week 8) or leave it until end of cycle? Just a 500IU shot or more than that? At end of cycle, given that this is long ester stuff, when would you start HCG? And finally, would you taper or just run 500IU every few days for 3 weeks? I have my Nolva on hand and know what to do with that (thanks to Foremanrules as well as others) but it's the HCG which seems to divide opinion. I'm not sure what give you guys the patience to keep coming back tot he board but there's a hell of a lot of people out there who appreciate it. Thanks again, Flash |
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Dieting I swear!
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He is highly regarded, but I think his intelligence blinds him - and again he has zero personal use experience, so he says. Even when speaking with HRT doctors on the board he will say his way is better and will not even take their method into consideration, even when studies show his way to be incorrect.
I have nothing personally against him, like Fonz they are both very intelligent people. I would however not take thier statements or beliefs as gospel. HCG is not a post cycle drug unless you are desperate. It should be used to avoid atropy in the first place. |
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Kinesiology Vote @ Top 25 Deads Comp Bench
Motivation Bench form MaxCalc Charles Poliquin When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Lao-Tzu I don't know any sources so don't ask - thanks |
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: England
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So if you were where I am now...?
Mudge,
Some atrophy but my understanding is that on this drug and at these dosages I'm not going to go into big-time closedown as if I was on 500mg/wk of test. Correct me if I'm wrong please! And before anyone asks, I'm not going to post pictures of my balls pre-cycle and now.... So starting from where I am today (described above), would you suggest I do something now? And if so, what? Thanks. |
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i'm currently on test 250mg/wk and var 50mg/ed
however for the first 3 weeks of my cycle i ran dbol 30mg/ed, test 500mg/wk and EQ 400mg/wk... i'm now in week 5, and have been on the lower doses for the past 2 weeks i'm not really shut down, my balls are still a good size, but to my knowledge HCG shot at low doses such as 500iu 2x a week will not cause any desensitisation, i also think i may generally suffer from low libdo, maybe i just didn't recover well from my previous PH cycles... but my testes are at there biggest they have been in quite a while, so it seems to be helping next week is my last shot on monday, then 14 days afterwards i'll start pct, i'm planning 3 more 500iu shots over those final 2 weeks, so the last one is roughly 5 days before pct, that should ensure a swift recovery, i've heard people recovering better from heavy cycles and hcg use, than mild cycles with no hcg use! so i would always run hcg regardless of how heavy or mild the cycle is |
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Dieting I swear!
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The thing is, when you are replacing a natural function of the body you are still suppressing yourself. So you are essentially adding time to your cycle.
If you must do it after your cycle because you didn't have it previously and you now need it, then certainly do it. I'm just saying its preferable to avoid the problem in the first place and use it during the cycle. |
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Kinesiology Vote @ Top 25 Deads Comp Bench
Motivation Bench form MaxCalc Charles Poliquin When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Lao-Tzu I don't know any sources so don't ask - thanks |
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Four weeks of cycle left - start HCG now?
Thanks, guys.
Mudge, as I said in my first post I'm in week 8 of a 12-week cycle. If I understand you correctly, this would imply that I run HCG weeks 9-12 or 10-12, and finish the HCG at the same time as my last EQ shot. PCT (Nolva) to follow. Is that what you'd suggest? Thanks again in advance, Flash |
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Dieting I swear!
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I dont know how much you posses, but if you are already at week 8 and experiencing troubles I would start soon or right away.
You could run another week after cycle and really not count it, it will take longer for the gear to clear the system to begin PCT than the HCG will. Look at how much you have and figure out a plan that way. |
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Kinesiology Vote @ Top 25 Deads Comp Bench
Motivation Bench form MaxCalc Charles Poliquin When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. Lao-Tzu I don't know any sources so don't ask - thanks |
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
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Mudge: I can tell my balls are smaller than usual but I'm not noticing any other effects. Anything I should be looking out for? I hear that EQ doesn't close you down big time like test, especially at what for most people is a girlie dose of 300-400mg/wk and with no other drug in combo.
Pirate: See post titled "Excellent, guys" for cycle. I've gained around a pound a week of LBM on a straight EQ cycle mainly at 300gm/wk for 7 weeks; I'm raising that to 400mg/wk for last five weeks (4 to go) just because it's there in the bottle, not because of any building/tapering theory! No orals. Slow, safe, solid. I have plenty of HCG on hand but everything I read says you can de-sensitise your receptors if you over use it. Most folk seem to say 3-4 weeks; if I start now that would be 6 weeks. Keep it comin guys, this is really helping me to sort out the confusion of recommendations out there. Flash |
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It isn't how long you take HCG, but how large your doses are that cause desensitization. Read this:
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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I did it like that my last cycle and it worked great. Except for the fact that I didn't get slin pins and gouged myself in the stomach with 23g needles each time. Got slins this time. Much nicer
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