The key to ALL of this, and the beauty in it is truly SELF EXPERIMENTATION.......
Once you have a good solid source you can trust, the fun begins. As guys stated above though, BLOODS BLOODS BLOODS...... Very important. That is like building a 1000hp car and not worrying about the tune before hand. No, you want to know your starting point and your ending point correct? Bloods tell us EVERYTHING we need to know pretty much about what is going on inside of us. Pretty important correct?
There are always general guidelines and protocols to follow, but once you break out of those molds of the he said she said cycles, the fun begins. I've pushed test as high as 1500 to 1700 mg before weekly, ran dbol and anadrol together, ran low test and high tren, ran high test and low DHTs, ran masteron by itself, you name it, I have done it. It is all about finding that sweet spot. However...... Something to keep in mind as well in the grand scheme of things. Your body is constantly changing, your diet changes, your mood changes, these little things in life we experience daily can have a major affect on us.
Ill share a little tid bit before I run off and go finish up on emails. A personal friend of mine who is an IFBB pro bodybuilder, a couple of years ago had a loss in his family, roughly 8 weeks out of his pro show. He was 8 weeks out, sitting roughly 260 lbs and very lean, we were predicting him to be around 240-244 on stage. With the family loss came an overwhelming amount of STRESS...... His diet remained the same, his cardio was the same, his gear protocol, you guessed it, the same.... His body was literally withering away with the stress, and he stepped on stage @ 219 pounds. That was smaller than what he had obtained his pro card at, years before. His body was literally shutting down, not absorbing the foods and anabolics, was completely catabolic and his muscle literally disappeared. It can happen to all of us. Ironic because from time to time Ill get an email. It usually goes something like this...... " Hey man I was running your gear having amazing results, well I was halfway through and all of a sudden i lost weight, gains stopped coming, Im not sure, maybe several of the vials were bad" Instead of me getting offended, Im very patient and immediately get on the offensive, not defensive. Ill say, well tell me about your diet, your daily routine, your stress levels, how are you and the lady, etc??? They usually reply with " well now that you ask, Im working 80 hours per week now, my wife left me and I havent been eating much" Well, there you go..... I , as a supplier, am NO miracle worker. I simply formulate products to put you guys bodys in the PERFECT state to grow. You all have to put in the work in the gym and with the fork, and the results will follow, that is a guarantee.
Off to email now, hope everyone has a great evening.