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I've said before that I think a person can build a pretty decent amount of muscle from using 250 mgs of test a week and for former big guys it is even better for holding on to a good amount of size. I personally think that 100 mgs every 4 to 5 days is a good HRT dose. If I do more than that I get bloated. If I do the standard 250 mgs per week and lift just twice a month I can maintain a pretty good amount of size and hover around 275. Keep in mind that I have been pretty big before so this obviously counts for something.
Now, if I were to quit lifting altogether and go below a normal level of test that a male would produce and I have before then yes I shrink up, but again never to a huge degree. It's more of a deflated and soft look. Muscle memory accounts for some of this and the fact the years of lifting IMO permanently changes the shape of a muscle to an extent.
I never liked posting pics of myself not for any good reason, but I will use myself as an example. For about the last year and a half I have not been able to train more than about 2 times per month on average, some times more sometimes less. Anyway, about 3 months ago I decided to try and get in the gym again at least 3 to 4 times per week. Was gonna be more strict doing my HRT which I am very lazy about. I wanted to jump start things a tad till the HRT kicked in so I decided to alternate 25 mgs of one oral and 25 mgs of another every other day. The comeback fell short again because of personal reasons and I had to quit again after two weeks, this is me at the two week mark after doing arms. Nothing spectacular, but I looked a lot different two weeks before that. I never did get to start my HRT so the above alternating cycle is what I did and just for two weeks and this is what I looked like. My point is that just HRT alone can help a person stay pretty big over the long haul so when you hear guys say this is all I'm doing and they are pretty big then they may be telling the truth, but that doesn't mean that is how they got that way from the start.
Also, just because I agreed with Big A about what a lot of the pros are doing doesn't mean I condone it. I also believe that a lot of them could cut things in half and still look the same. I also don't think that there have ever been anyone who is natural and has stepped on stage ripped at 250 lbs unless like I said, they are 7 ft tall. There are a lot of variables to this game, genetics being a major one of them.
Now, if I were to quit lifting altogether and go below a normal level of test that a male would produce and I have before then yes I shrink up, but again never to a huge degree. It's more of a deflated and soft look. Muscle memory accounts for some of this and the fact the years of lifting IMO permanently changes the shape of a muscle to an extent.
I never liked posting pics of myself not for any good reason, but I will use myself as an example. For about the last year and a half I have not been able to train more than about 2 times per month on average, some times more sometimes less. Anyway, about 3 months ago I decided to try and get in the gym again at least 3 to 4 times per week. Was gonna be more strict doing my HRT which I am very lazy about. I wanted to jump start things a tad till the HRT kicked in so I decided to alternate 25 mgs of one oral and 25 mgs of another every other day. The comeback fell short again because of personal reasons and I had to quit again after two weeks, this is me at the two week mark after doing arms. Nothing spectacular, but I looked a lot different two weeks before that. I never did get to start my HRT so the above alternating cycle is what I did and just for two weeks and this is what I looked like. My point is that just HRT alone can help a person stay pretty big over the long haul so when you hear guys say this is all I'm doing and they are pretty big then they may be telling the truth, but that doesn't mean that is how they got that way from the start.
Also, just because I agreed with Big A about what a lot of the pros are doing doesn't mean I condone it. I also believe that a lot of them could cut things in half and still look the same. I also don't think that there have ever been anyone who is natural and has stepped on stage ripped at 250 lbs unless like I said, they are 7 ft tall. There are a lot of variables to this game, genetics being a major one of them.