IM needle sizes and common practices

[cousinmuscles]

But but site enhancement!!1 jk but so many guys believe in this that it's a meme.

I too wonder how site enhancement works, they do say it makes them weaker for a while. I believe there are some recent podcasts where this was brought up, one of them here:
View: https://youtu.be/vcJSCo8xHBQ


Ah wait, you mean injecting your gear in the muscle you are going to train for site enhancement... That can't be more than just temporary. Every time I have done it, I just manage to squeeze the oil and get a subcutaneous spill, hurts too lol.

 

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This one looks interesting, may have to get one to mess with and see how it works.

 

[adrenalytic]

Ah wait, you mean injecting your gear in the muscle you are going to train for site enhancement...

Ya, this. I've heard guys swear by it. The theory being that the hormone is closer to the receptor of the muscle you're trying to grow but I can't see how this would work with anything other than an ester-less compound. Otherwise you just have inactive drug in the muscle for that day. Makes no sense to me but maybe I'm missing something.

 

[Photon]

I’ve been using 25 ga 1 inch Amazon generics rotating between vg and glute with every day dosing (right vg, right glute, left glute, left vg). Was not concerned about scar tissue before but now after reading this thread I think I may be fucking up.

I am not bothered at all by the injection itself so my only real concern here is long term viability.

Is 27 ga rotating between 6 sites (probably adding delts) enough for every day or do I need to consider more sites in rotation or maybe 30 ga?

Also does the brand / quality really make that big a difference in scar tissue? I have no problem spending the money if it’s going to put me on the right side of caution.

I wouldn't say brand is the differentiating factor.
But between no name generic needles and syringes vs FDA approved ones? Yes, there's a difference.

 

[Survivalism]

I wouldn't say brand is the differentiating factor.
But between no name generic needles and syringes vs FDA approved ones? Yes, there's a difference.

Seems obvious in retrospect, not something I had considered since the injection was so trivial to me. I have some Nipro 27 and 30 on the way already.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on safe rotation and gauge for every day schedule if you have a few minutes.