I hate pinning

[Saucey]

If you do it right, you hardly feel it in your ass. But damn I really hate it. The pain really isn’t bad at all, just something bothers me about having to stab myself twice a week with a big needle and every other day with a little needle.

Mental thing, not physical.

Love the gains but dread pin days. Anybody else feel the same?

 

[MikeAlstott]

@Saucey a little bit. I just use half inch slin pins (29 gauge) and backfill them with a 21 gauge. Way better. My shots are only 1 ml, 3 times a week at the moment though.

 

[system]

@MikeAlstott
My 29g insulin syringes, don’t let the needles come out. Where did you purchase yours? Also, I once waited 4-5 minutes to pull 1mL and it took 5 minutes to inject lol. Does it not for you?

 

[AlexDavis43]

Yeah? I mean, eventually it just becomes part of the routine.
Or you could try androgel just kidding

 

[MikeAlstott]

@NSwole1 yea, same here. what I usually do is set my vials on my candle warmer for 5-10 minutes (not always necessary, but helps with the injection) and go do something else. I come back and I take my 3 ml 21 gauge and I draw my oils up with that. I’m not sure I’m doing this next part properly, but what I do is I take my 29 g insulin syringe and I pull the plunger all the way out and set it down in the wrapping of the 21 gauge syringe (or somewhere clean). I squirt the oil from the 3 ml 21 gauge into the insulin syringe. I take the pin cap off of the insulin syringe and I reinsert the plunger. You have to barely insert the plunger at first and then tilt it so that the pin is facing the ceiling and let the oil fall down. Otherwise, you will risk pushing oil out of the pin.

 

[system]

@MikeAlstott
Ohh… I got it. Thanks man. Will definitely try it

 

[Musclehead34]

3cc with a 5/8 27g quads, calfs. Use the same pin for everywhere but glute. Use 1" 25g

 

[cptthunderck]

Not gonna lie, I pin every day and I kinda enjoy it. What’s the little needle every other day, HCG? For me a 29G in the belly is worse than a 29G in the VG. I think it’s probably just because the HCG needle is dulled from the vial though. Pinning with a sharp needle makes a pretty huge difference. Maybe try a 29G in the VG every day instead of a big needle in the glute twice a week. With a sharp needle though. Either use separate drawing and injecting needles, or backload. If you backload you don’t need to fuck around with taking the plunger all the way out and worrying about contamination or spilling or trying to get it back in without pushing oil out. Just stick the filling needle through the seal.

 

[deathcore]

Easy Glide with luer lock (Amazon), draw with 20g, pin with 30g. Easiest method for me rather than trying to back fill.

 

[zyzzsickkvnt]

Saucey said:

If you do it right, you hardly feel it in your ass.

wish youd tell my girl that … i tried like 5 times last night.

anyway , yea just taking a pill is def easier than injecting but injects are safer and im getting great results, always get some kind of pip unless i go in one spot (ventroglute) but starting to get scar tissue there so can go there every time. also can only do right side cuz my flexiblility isnt as good to go on the left unless i get help.

 

[kayohcee]

Get over here bro…

In my 20s, been on for 9 years now. I was on TRT to start, and so afraid of needles that I had to go to the doctor for my injections. I still can’t even watch other people get IVs in movies and TV shows lol. It’s never been about the pain, so needle size doesn’t really matter to me (I use tiny needles regardless). I’ll tell you that it does get better over time, but for me it’s never gone away. I, like you, dread every injection, put it off, shake a bit, get sweaty, and overall just get anxious before, during and experience residual side effects of that anxiety after. It sucks big time, but I’m proud of myself for getting to the point where I am in all honesty, and for having done ED and EOD shots in the past (never again). I pray that it just goes away one day, because you know, I’ve done this literally thousands of times at this point, but something in my brain just won’t let it happen lmao. Exposure to my irrational fears has never seemed to have any success.

I did a subq hCG shot today and it took me like 3-4 attempts to break skin, little fuckin 31g 6mm slin pin and I always have to reposition it over and over again. Shit is sad.

 

[PrimeYash]

@cptthunderck has anyone else tried this? I’ve been backloading/plunging for half a decade. This seems genius.

 

[cptthunderck]

@PrimeYash I’ve never heard of it being done before, it just seemed like a good idea.

 

[JDLift]

I do all mine in one shot per week. Currently doing 500 test, 200 tren enth in one pin every tuesday. One needle, one site, still making the same progress as when I split my shots up. If you can do it just lump it all together in one pin a week, serious. No it doesn’t give weird sides, no it doesn’t diminish the effects, no I don’t care if so-and-so on some forum said “But you have to split it up because hAlF lIfE” etc etc in reality it works perfectly fine.

 

[chuckberry]

Maybe I’m stiff as a board but I’ve never been able to comfortably twist to pin my ass. I use insulin pins and rotate quads (subcutaneous) and delts (intramuscular). These are the easiest and most comfortable sites for me and can all be done sitting down relaxing with a show on or something.

 

[lil_swole]

Not gonna lie, I pin every day and I kinda enjoy it. What’s the little needle every other day, HCG? For me a 29G in the belly is worse than a 29G in the VG. I think it’s probably just because the HCG needle is dulled from the vial though. Pinning with a sharp needle makes a pretty huge difference. Maybe try a 29G in the VG every day instead of a big needle in the glute twice a week. With a sharp needle though. Either use separate drawing and injecting needles, or backload. If you backload you don’t need to fuck around with taking the plunger all the way out and worrying about contamination or spilling or trying to get it back in without pushing oil out. Just stick the filling needle through the seal.

Your mother fucking genius that just blow my mind

 

[Beastmode121]

5/8 25 g for everything besides the glutes

23g for glutes 1.5

Some of you need to man the hell up

 

[marshmallowviking]

Medical professional here.

I think a lot of issues surrounding pinning arise from using poor quality needles. I've tried many different brands.. and nothing beats BD PrecisionGlide. I've had Exel needles literally not able to break skin without excessive force and they hurt like a bitch. You can feel them drag as they go in. Whereas BD PrecisionGlides are so sharp you sometimes won't realize you've poked yourself.

Also, I'm glad to see some sterile practices being used here. The comment about putting the plunger from a slin pin back in the sterile packaging of a larger syringe is genius. I think it's wise that everyone in this game learn and understand sterile procedure and practices - a little goes a long way in keeping you safe from infection and accidents.

 

[b4445]

Sorry to bump this thread but even with best practices, repeated IM injections weekly or multiple times weekly will add up and cause damage to the muscle, scar tissue build up, damage to nerves, blood vessels. Long term implications of this are not really known but there are definitely negative consequences that will be uncovered over time in the lit. Even if your rate of infection or something seriously wrong happening is 1% or .01%, over 100+ injections this risk begins to look significant.

IM is not really a viable solution long term and will levy consequences. People should definitely make efforts to move away from it as much as possible and in the future TRT will not be done this way.

 

[DesertDeadlifts666]

Get some 25g 1” syringes and pin your ass. I have been doing it this way for years and years. Don’t even feel it most the time.

I used to pin quads. Way more tender and more likely to hit a vein or something.

Honestly I love pinning now.