I'm sorry man, you must be doing something terribly wrong.

I did half the amount you're doing (250mg), and I gained 20 lbs in a FIVE week cycle while also cutting fat considerably. I actually planned to do a longer cycle but had such good gains in muscle and strength after 5 weeks I decided it was enough.
I also kept all my gains and no PCT drugs were used.

Makes me wonder about differences in genetics, receptors, training and diet.

I've always done 5-6 exercises per muscle, 4 sets / exercise (3 sets to failure), and looking at your workouts, you seem to be doing way less.

I trained intensely for 8 years before my first cycle and was considerably bigger than you are now before it.

Hi there, I assume you were doing testosterone enthante as well? Most people report it takes 4 weeks to "kick in" so 20 lbs in 5 weeks is very good.

I'm suprised you managed to keep the gains as there would have been water retention presumably if you weren't running an anti-aromatizer during the cycle, and you didn't run any PCT.

I would expect my gains to not be as high due to no water retention and I basically lost a week ill. Having said that, in the last 6 days I have gained 4.5 lbs so on the assumption the gains continue at that rate I should gain a fair bit by the end of the cycle.

I'm pretty happy with the diet side of things and workouts are generally 45 minutes long which is the recommended duration. Most exercises are to failure so I don't think thats an issue.

Having said that, you could be genetically gifted - I wouldn't say I was :-)

Thanks for your reply, and thanks for sharing this experience - I should have stated that in the first comment. It's really interesting and you're generous to share.

I was using Arimidex during the entire cycle so I didn't really notice any water, but tapered and quit right after I stopped the test. So I don't think I had any water to lose.

Too bad about the sick week. Good luck with the rest of your experiment!

Thanks mate. I'm keen to get honest info out there for people to "feed" on. There's a lot of bull out there to pick through. I've learnt a lot, and if I was to give advice to someone on what to do that I haven't would be:

# Try not to get ill and make sure any existing injuries are dealt with no matter how minor you think they may be (I had an ache in the back that I thought would be gone which hasn't - same goes for a pain in the wrist from kickboxing).
# Get more sleep!
# Eat more :-)

If I decide it's I'll be doing another cycle, I would also probably pre-load with dianabol or similar at the start (although I stick by just sticking with testosterone for the first cycle to see how you react to that alone).