Titrate doses over cycle vs pick a dose and run it?

[lilchikin]

There a lot of back and forth on this, some argue that the ester attached to the PED removes the need to titrate, but I only understand that argument until saturation is reached.

Jewett and others play with this idea of titrating up, kinda like progressive overload for training. As you grow/ make gains, you need more PED's. Day 45 would need more PED's than day 1.

Ive always done the pick my dose and start it from day 1, but what have the rest of you noticed and liked from your cycles? Switching from a cruise to a blast on Monday

 

[lukiss96]

I never understood the point of titration. Titrate what? If I need say 600mg of T (enanthate/cypionate) I need like 4-5 weeks to reach that level anyway.

Here's how it works after injecting that said 600mg every week:

Week 1:
300mg

Week 2:
450mg

Week 3:
525mg

Week 4:
562.5mg

Week 5:
581.25mg

Week 6:
589mg


AND SO ON...

It titrates itself so why would I need to complicate the matter?

 

[lukiss96]

Now if you were talking about frontloading then I would only do it with Equipoise or Testosterone undecanoate (esters that are notably very long). But that I guess is another discussion altogether.

 

[laclark89]

I like titrating but if you not taking a high dose on ur blast its probably not necessary.

 

[lilchikin]

I never understood the point of titration. Titrate what? If I need say 600mg of T (enanthate/cypionate) I need like 4-5 weeks to reach that level anyway.

Here's how it works after injecting that said 600mg every week:

Week 1:
300mg

Week 2:
450mg

Week 3:
525mg

Week 4:
562.5mg

Week 5:
581.25mg

Week 6:
589mg


AND SO ON...

It titrates itself so why would I need to complicate the matter?

I hear this 100% but now from week 6 onwards youre at that same 600mg. Im curious if it would it be better to slow the build up and do 3 week blocks 300mg - 400mg - 500mg etc to your desired 600.

 

[Fattyone]

I feel like for most just sticking with a dose is fine. It seems to be a lot of the really advanced guys titrating.

Is it because they’ve found the secret? Or that’s what they need to continue growing because growth comes harder for them now?

 

[lukiss96]

I hear this 100% but now from week 6 onwards youre at that same 600mg. Im curious if it would it be better to slow the build up and do 3 week blocks 300mg - 400mg - 500mg etc to your desired 600.

I don't think I will win much, I'm not 100% sure, but I just don't like that idea. I think I will benefit more sticking to the same dose. Not to mention managing estrogen and other side effects is easier once the dose has stabilized. At least for me that is.

 

[fooba]

for beginner cycles? absolutely no. for casual users of gear? if youre a casual, why titrate doses when you can stick to doing the same thing every week?

for experienced users who compete, yeah they might need different doses for different phases of their program. like a powerlifter prepping for a meet isnt going to need 1g test or whatever for the entire duration of their prep.

 

[lilchikin]

for beginner cycles? absolutely no. for casual users of gear? if youre a casual, why titrate doses when you can stick to doing the same thing every week?

for experienced users who compete, yeah they might need different doses for different phases of their program. like a powerlifter prepping for a meet isnt going to need 1g test or whatever for the entire duration of their prep.

Good point

 

[Blange89]

for beginner cycles? absolutely no. for casual users of gear? if youre a casual, why titrate doses when you can stick to doing the same thing every week?

for experienced users who compete, yeah they might need different doses for different phases of their program. like a powerlifter prepping for a meet isnt going to need 1g test or whatever for the entire duration of their prep.

This right here

 

[ackmack78]

Alot of if the guys I see titrating cycles on the inteenet/YouTube are more advanced guys who are running extended cycles. Like a 6 month or even longer massing phase titrating up the whole time

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

I know some advanced users will titrate as a cycle progress.

Example are oral finishers.

 

[DECLAN]

There are so many ways to skin a cat, so they say. It will be tough to say who is right since we respond to gear differently.

For more experienced users, titrating makes sense though for they already know the feels and how to react to side effects at certain doses. For the newbies, it is easier to stick to a dose to not complicate things.

I for one build my doses, if i start at the maximum doses i planned then what do i do if I get stuck progress wise. It just makes sense to add as needed.

 

[Millard]

So since "titrating" AAS cycles has become a thing now, I have a question for those who advocate this approach. Once you titrate and find the "right dose", do you just do regular cycles in the future? Or do you continue "titrating" every time? Are you titrating for the sake of titrating?

If the latter, it seems like it's just a rehash of the pyramid type cycles that were popularized in the early 1990s by Bill Phillips' Anabolic Review which subsequently fell out of favor for an extended period. Have we gone retro?

 

[DECLAN]

So since "titrating" AAS cycles has become a thing now, I have a question for those who advocate this approach. Once you titrate and find the "right dose", do you just do regular cycles in the future? Or do you continue "titrating" every time? Are you titrating for the sake of titrating?

If the latter, it seems like it's just a rehash of the pyramid type cycles that were popularized in the early 1990s by Bill Phillips' Anabolic Review which subsequently fell out of favor for an extended period. Have we gone retro?

I start at about half of my planned max dosage, then when progress stalls, I add 25% and so on. I milk whatever progress I can before I increase PEDs by upping food intake first.

 

[Blange89]

So since "titrating" AAS cycles has become a thing now, I have a question for those who advocate this approach. Once you titrate and find the "right dose", do you just do regular cycles in the future? Or do you continue "titrating" every time? Are you titrating for the sake of titrating?

If the latter, it seems like it's just a rehash of the pyramid type cycles that were popularized in the early 1990s by Bill Phillips' Anabolic Review which subsequently fell out of favor for an extended period. Have we gone retro?

I titrate as I progress through my powerlifting blocks moving to higher intensity loads.

 

[lukiss96]

So since "titrating" AAS cycles has become a thing now, I have a question for those who advocate this approach. Once you titrate and find the "right dose", do you just do regular cycles in the future? Or do you continue "titrating" every time? Are you titrating for the sake of titrating?

If the latter, it seems like it's just a rehash of the pyramid type cycles that were popularized in the early 1990s by Bill Phillips' Anabolic Review which subsequently fell out of favor for an extended period. Have we gone retro?

I think it's just a cooler sounding term to say I'm titrating my dose vs I'm upping my dose.

Because basically that's what guys are doing. They up the mg's after certain week passes.

Myself being non English speaker to me titrating word/term is similar to that classic game Tetris where you build blocks, but you have to do it right or else there's holes in there.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

I think it's just a cooler sounding term to say I'm titrating my dose vs I'm upping my dose.

Because basically that's what guys are doing. They up the mg's after certain week passes.

Myself being non English speaker to me titrating word/term is similar to that classic game Tetris where you build blocks, but you have to do it right or else there's holes in there.

I definitely am used to say titrating.

Either way I would say first run I have definitely titrated to tolerance. First one was test, I know what dose I can handle with no AI.(I don't know when I would need an AI but I would keep it below 600/wk

For nandrolone, I know that I prefer to not be at 400mg/wk

I think the other use of "titration" would be titrate to necessity as a cycle progresses. Longer the cycle goes, the higher the dose that I would have.

Let's say
1-4 weeks, 500mg AAS
4-8 750
9-12 1gram
13-18 1 gram+(oral finisher or fast acting like NPP)

 

[lukiss96]

I definitely am used to say titrating.

Either way I would say first run I have definitely titrated to tolerance. First one was test, I know what dose I can handle with no AI.(I don't know when I would need an AI but I would keep it below 600/wk

For nandrolone, I know that I prefer to not be at 400mg/wk

I think the other use of "titration" would be titrate to necessity as a cycle progresses. Longer the cycle goes, the higher the dose that I would have.

Let's say
1-4 weeks, 500mg AAS
4-8 750
9-12 1gram
13-18 1 gram+(oral finisher or fast acting like NPP)

I think I did similar thing, I just added prop on top of my dose when I wanted to do a finisher. But in the end let's agree there is no right or wrong approach, to each his own.

 

[Avarice911]

I’d say titrate with just about anything and if you’re inexperienced with it and are trying to assess your tolerable dose. Otherwise for example, if it’s your 4th time running test and deca and you know 600mg test and 300mg deca works great for you, no need to ramp up to that. Just go in. I’m this scenario, I’d then slowly titrate doses as progress called for it. I wouldn’t “plan” an increase at that level