So I have been on gear now for 3 years. First year was getting my test dose dialed in with my Urologist. I actually needed medical test…well maybe not “need” because I was getting through life without it but I certainly qualified for it medically and figured what the hell. I’ve achieved what I wanted to achieve naturally, had my family, and have a very stable life. Might as well see just how high the ceiling can be doing things as safely as possible.
Year 2 was playing with higher levels of test up to 400mg/wk solo for a short stint. Then played with DHB, var, and tbol when trying to recover from an ACL surgery in my 30s. Maybe not the smartest thing but I can honestly say I was battling some depression because I had a 40+ inch vert and was extremely athletic still in my 30s prior to tearing it and I felt like I just ruined everything. Well the DHB got me back to 38”, so worth it in my eyes.
Now year 3 I decided to run a real bulk while on gear. Decided on test/NPP/primo. Dosage at 425/200/200. I don’t aromatize much and figured the primo could add a little anabolism while giving me the AI properties people tout. The NPP same thing with the anabolism but also making my knee feel a little better. Bulk was planned for 20 weeks and I started using DC Pharma gear. The 425 test E got me to 1300 total test when I went for bloods at week 8. So I threw all that shit away and switched over to Gorillakingz quick bulk and primo. Dosage changed to 280/280/200 test/NPP/primo simply due to oil amounts I can fit in my 1ml barrels. I like to inject daily and keep volume to under 1ml per shot. This put my test at 1440.

Three pics. First is the start at 195 lbs and bf I normally walk around at on my 140mg/wk trt dose. I’d say pretty lean.
Pic 2 is peak bulk at 228.4 lbs (calipers said ~14% bf but I felt like I was higher)
Pic 3 is 222.2 lbs after dropping back to trt dose to let some water/glycogen fall off to see how much lean vs fat I gained. (Calipers saying ~12-13% also seems too low)
I’m a solid 6’ without shoes on. All pics taken fasted in the morning before my daily cardio.

The bulk changed drastically after switching to GK gear. I was blowing my progressive overload metrics that I had developed during the first 8 weeks out of the water. Was needing to add additional weight and reps each week to reach the same effort level as the previous week. No telling what I could have accomplished running GK the entire time. Did have to buy new clothes though which sucked. I got pretty thick and my jeans turned to skinny jeans…All the clothes cost more than the damn gear and still had to get some shit tailored to fit.

Best lift during this bulk was 180kg x10 squat at the end of a leg session. Always do my squats pre-fatigued so I can use less weight for the same stimulus to cut back on axial fatigue. High bar only as I was an oly lifter in my younger days. Vert dropped to 34” because I turned into a fridge but could still dunk pretty easily. Gonna cut now and get that back up to ~38”+ while being ~210 lbs.

Hopefully this puts some context to advice I’ve been offering around here lately about how important diet and training is vs drug usage. Total test levels in the 1300-1500 range the entire bulk and these were the results. You don’t need 3000+ total test to make real gains.