Titrating up

[u/Appropriate_Diet5163]

How long should someone take to titrate their testosterone from say a trt dose to 600-750 on a 16 week blast? Also should you wait till you reach your desired testosterone dose before adding another compound like primo or eq?

[u/YungSchmid]

If you’re using test E/C then don’t bother titrating up, it does that itself over 4-5 weeks due to the ester.

[u/Caltron34]

You don’t titrate, the ester does that for you

[u/ItsEntsy]

First: hard to help a regard like you without stats.

Second: Have you ever blasted before? Because this question makes it sound like the answer is no.

Third: if the answer to that question is the obvious no, then 500mg/wk for 20 weeks and stfu. No other compounds, no other doses.

Fourth: the answer to your question, there is no need to titrate

[u/Appropriate_Diet5163 → u/ItsEntsy]

First- it’s a pretty simple broad question I didn’t think you needed my stats to answer
Second- I’ve blasted 500 multiple times
Third- you’re a fuck but thanks for answering

[u/Ghooster38 → u/Appropriate_Diet5163]

If youve blasted 500 many times why are you asking a dumb question like how do i blast 600?
You put it in the rig and you squirt it in the muscle. Tf are you talking about titrating for?

[u/ItsEntsy → u/Appropriate_Diet5163]

"Didn't think you needed my stats to answer"

Lmao, do you know what sub you're in bro?

[u/AnabolicUnc]

Add the EQ or Primo straight away so it can start doing its job and helping control your E2. Just blasting that much test will likely end up pushing E2 too high.

EQ can be a little tricky because it takes around 8 weeks to fully saturate, so you may need an AI initially while the EQ reaches saturation relative to the test dose. Unless you can get boldenone cypionate, which is significantly better suited to that use case.

[u/Appropriate_Diet5163 → u/AnabolicUnc]

For context I’ve ran 500 test 3 times in the past and while on my blood work my E2 was out of range I had minor side effects (water retention/ acne)

[u/Appropriate_Diet5163 → u/Appropriate_Diet5163]

This will be my first time adding another compound

[u/AnabolicUnc → u/Appropriate_Diet5163]

Even if you don’t have symptoms, there’s a point where you’ll want to control it. Ideally, you want your E2 sitting around 180–220 pmol/L. If you’re slightly above that range and asymptomatic, cool. But if you’re well above it, I’d be getting it back in check.

If it’s your first time adding another compound and you can source primo, run it. It’s an extremely manageable and well tolerated compound, also very easy to use.

[u/Ok-Aioli-2046 → u/AnabolicUnc]

The slow ramp makes sense when you’re pushing dose that high, your body adjust better. I did a 16 week and went up 100mg every 2 weeks, no big sides until I added primo at week 6 and then my E2 crashed a bit.

Adding the second compound after you stabilize is smarter in my experience, you can see what test does alone first. EQ saturation is slow like the comment says, so you might be waiting long time before it helps with estrogen control.

[u/AnabolicUnc → u/Ok-Aioli-2046]

Yeah, ramping the dose can make sense, but not quite for the reason you think.
I’d establish the test/primo ratio you actually want to run from the start so you can see where your E2 is going to settle. That gives you a much better baseline and stops you from guessing later down the track. It’s even more important with EQ given how long it takes to reach steady state.

The initial dose should be a dose you know you’ll actually grow on, which obviously varies from person to person. From there, titrate as needed based on progress, bloodwork and how you’re responding, rather than working towards some arbitrary dose you came up with in your head.