Testosterone Cypionate Dosage
Testosterone cypionate doses also include testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) doses.
This refers to a testosterone cypionate dose equal to the weekly dose of testosterone produced endogenously in the human body (approximately 50 to 70 mg per week).
This is necessary in a cycle where an anabolic steroid is taken in addition to testosterone cypionate, where the anabolic steroid provides the muscle growth effects and testosterone cypionate plays a supporting role in maintaining normal physiological levels of testosterone.
A weekly dose of 100 mg of testosterone cypionate is considered a sufficient TRT dose.
Doses higher than this begin to increase the risk of increased aromatization due to taking testosterone cypionate above physiological levels.
Testosterone must be used in conjunction with all other anabolic steroids.
Very few anabolic steroid analogs can be used alone and must be used in conjunction with testosterone to maintain the normal physiologic functions provided by endogenous testosterone.
When using anabolic steroids, the body's endogenous natural testosterone production is suppressed or stopped, and in the absence of endogenous testosterone production (suppressed by anabolic steroid use), some form of exogenous testosterone (e.g., testosterone cypionate) must be used to provide the body with at least adequate physiologic levels of testosterone.
Therefore, testosterone must be used in TRT doses for a specific cycle.
Medical Testosterone Cypionate Dosage
In the medical field, the prescribing guidelines for testosterone cypionate to treat adult male androgen deficiency (hypogonadism and male menopause) are determined to be 50-400 mg every 2-4 weeks.
The specific dosage will always depend on the individual in question, and will depend on how much testosterone cypionate is needed to sufficiently raise testosterone levels into the normal range. This is usually determined through blood tests and a doctor's recommendation.
Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Testosterone Cypionate Dosages
To improve physique and athletic performance, the dosage of testosterone cypionate tends to vary according to the three stages (beginner, intermediate, and advanced).
Additionally, testosterone cypionate should be administered at least weekly, and it is best to administer it twice weekly with each injection evenly spaced.
While this is obviously different from medical prescribing guidelines, it is necessary to operate a different dosing schedule in order to improve physique and athletic performance.
Beginner testosterone cypionate doses range from 300 - 500mg per week, and even the lowest doses in this range will produce impressive results for first time users.
Intermediate testosterone cypionate doses range from 500 - 700mg per week, but intermediate users generally do not need to take more than 500mg per week.
It should always be remembered that increasing the dosage will always increase the incidence of more pronounced side effects.
This leads us to the next main point before describing advanced testosterone cypionate doses, which is to clarify that high and excessively high doses are not the definition of any type of advanced anabolic steroid user.
Once again, increased dosage is correlated with an increased incidence of side effects.
Therefore, it is not necessary to increase your advanced testosterone cypionate dosage above the mid-range, although some advanced users do take doses above 700 to 1,000 mg per week.
Taking excessively high doses is mostly unnecessary (this can be applied to all anabolic steroids, not just Testosterone Cypionate).
However, many bodybuilders have been known to use very high testosterone cypionate doses.
However, this was a very common occurrence in the early 1990s when Testosterone Cypionate was known to be very cheap and readily available on the market.
It was much easier to take this attitude 20 years ago when the average price of a 10ml vial of testosterone cypionate was 80% cheaper than it is now.
In general, it is very inefficient to take Testosterone Cypionate or any other anabolic steroid in large quantities.
Testosterone Cypionate Dosage for Women
The use of testosterone cypionate among female anabolic steroid users is very rare, as it is a strong androgenic compound, and clitoral enlargement symptoms tend to be high in incidence and appear very quickly.
As such, testosterone cypionate is not recommended for women, and very little data exists on how to use this compound.
Appropriate dosage and timing of testosterone cypionate
Testosterone cypionate has a half-life of approximately 12 days.
Therefore, testosterone cypionate doses should only be administered twice a week, and each injection should be evenly spaced.
For example, if an individual wishes to use 500 mg per week, the dosing protocol would require an injection of 250 mg on Monday followed by 250 mg on Thursday.
Weekly injections also tend to work, but they are much less efficient and produce unstable plasma levels, with rapidly rising and falling plasma levels.
As a result, treatment is less effective and side effects are often present.
Expected effects and results from taking testosterone cypionate
Testosterone cypionate is simply an esterified variant of testosterone, so what you can expect in terms of effects, gains, and side effects is generally the same as what you would expect from any testosterone product.
Testosterone is an aromatizing anabolic steroid that produces moderate estrogenic activity, so everyone can expect weight gain due to water retention caused by elevated estrogen levels.
Unfortunately, this is undesirable during the fat loss and muscle mass gain phases, and you don't want to look bloated and soft due to water retention.
Using an aromatase inhibitor can largely solve this problem, but we'll discuss this in more detail in the side effects section of this profile.
Aside from the obvious weight gain due to water retention, Testosterone Cypionate is a very potent mass building and strength enhancing compound when taken in bodybuilding doses.
Depending on the individual, dramatic strength and size gains can be expected, but it should be understood that much of this weight gain will be due to water retention, unless an aromatase inhibitor is stacked with it.
