First cycle questions

[Ta406]

I picked up a few vials of 400mg/ml test E a couple of years ago. All from the same company. Right before I was going to start my first cycle I tore up my knee and had to have surgery. 2 years have past, my knee is as good as its gonna get so I figured its time to run a basic 500mg (250mg 2x week) week test cycle with a dbol kick start. Im 43 and have been on TRT for a few years now so I'm not worried about a PCT. At the 6 week mark I got my blood drawn and my TT was 2500 (labcorp) the day of my injection. FT was 49. I don't recall my SHBG levels but I thought these levels were a little low. At 120mg of pharma test with HCG my TT is 1200 and FT is 20. So I upped my dose to 600mg week. Then I noticed that I had two different lot numbers and two different expiration dates on the vials. 2 vials had an exp of 10/19 and 4 have an exp date of 9/17. I grabbed a vial of the other lot number and when I drew out the test, I noticed that it was a darker, almost light amber color. This is a vial with the 9/17 exp date. Not a huge color difference but noticeable. Has anyone ran into this? I have never seen test this color. I'm aware that different UGL's can use different oils but I'm wondering if I should run this stuff? I used the search but didn't find much. Sorry for the long post.

If it matters, I'm 5'9, 215 and about 12-14% BF. Trying to get in 4300 calories a day. Natty lifter until 7 weeks ago.

 

[LevButlerov]

For one reason or another the oil might have changed the color, but I would not be overly concerned about that if you stored the gear properly. Usually, even after expiry dates the gear is fine to use as long as you stored it right. In the worst of the cases, it will be less potent, but it will not go bad.

 

[stevesmi]

Lev is a pro when it comes to this issue, i would take his advice

 

[Ta406]

Thanks guys. Any suggestions on my test levels at 500mg a week? I think they're kind of low based on what I've seen others post. I know everyone is different and your blood levels vs dosage levels aren't linear either. I'm kinda thinking my gear is under dosed based on my blood levels on TRT.

 

[Masonic Bodybuilder]

2500 is a good number. I would expect with good gear you to be at 2500-3000 on 500mg per week

 

[sssxc]

I wouldn't say they are great numbers at all.
Read the below attachment which verifies my claim.
My personal results with blood results are:
4.5mls of test e @ 401.8nmol which equates to 11, 579ng/dl... Which is pretty much spot on with the amount I was taking.

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[muskate]

I agree with @sssxc on this one.

Your test levels should be well above 2500 at 500mg/week. However, a lot of blood work tests cap out the test level at 2500. I suspect that your test levels are close to 10,000 but the blood work had a cap on testosterone at 2500.

Call the lab company as ask if they have a cap on their total testosterone levels. If they don't - your gear is certainly under dosed.

 

[Ta406]

Damn. That's what I was afraid of. My actual level was 2486. Just rounded it up to 2500 for simplicity's sake. I specifically got the labcorp test for levels over 1500 so looks like my gear is weak. I was going to run this cycle 5 more weeks. Looks like I'll be upping the dose a bit. Thanks for everyone's input. It's much appreciated.