How in the hell is it "past" peak levels? Peak is the peak. My point about your natural test levels is still valid. 100mg isn't going to shut you down in a week. So when people test at the end of week 1 it is going to give mixed results...some of your own and some of what you are pinning. If you test on more than a trt guy would be taking, like say 750mg of test...at week 5 or 6 it will be at 8-10x that if you are taking pharma grade gear. Is you are outside of this it is crap gear or you are outside the norm for another reason.
The ugl's would love for us to believe 5x is "normal" The only thing that is normal is their craptastic powders and lack of quality control and testing. It is all guesswork and faith for them, even if they care...which most do not. If they can sell canola oil and make a buck they will and many have.
The last 3 posts i have read by trt guys are just muddying the waters by posting bullshit. Most are testing on the wrong days such as a trough, taking it once a week, taking hcg and who the hell knows what else and doing nothing to add to the cumulative data. The 8-10x rule is for guys not taking 15 ancillaries, trying to maintain blood levels at peak without huge dips or spikes, and is an effort to try and gather data to give us an idea of what the numbers should look like given the testing protocol. When people don't follow the protocol and just throw random data out there for shits and grins it does not help.