Wow speedy.. there is so much wrong with your post. First of all I'd just like to say that I am no authority but all my research and my limited knowledge of molecular biology screams that you have no clue what you're talking about. I'll address each sentence.
Dude, run 500mg Test the whole way through week 1-12, don't do that pyramid shit. IGF-1 doesn't cause hypertrophy, rather hyperplasia so it will form new muscle cells. Hypertrophy is the splitting/enlargement of existing cells. I'm not much of an expert when it comes to peptides, but if there was one I would use it would be GHRP-6 for it's appetite stimulation... then again I find smoking a cone much more cheaper and effective IME.
First of all I know the "pyramid" thing is looked down upon on many of the major boards, but in my reading I've seen some benefits to it. It was an idea, something that I will further research and expand upon before I actually do it. Sorry, I'm not going to make a decision based on someone telling me "its shit." I want to do a 12 week cycle, but at 500mg/w that would leave me with a left over vile of oil, which I'd rather avoid. So its drop to 10 weeks, drop the dose - Ive seen many people advocating even lower for a first time with evidence to back up why, or try some sort of pyramid scheme.
IGF-1 Doesn't cause hypertrophy? Really? First of all do you know that there is a difference between endocrine and autocrine/paracrine IGF1? Do you know that there are different isoforms of IGF1 that have different actions? Hypertrophy is the enlargement of cells through increased protein synthesis as well as myoblasts fusing to the muscle fibres which also increases their size. When those myoblasts decide to create new fibres, you get hyperplasia. The mechanisms behind stimulating hyperplasia are somewhat known, and its known that through hypertrophic training that hyperplasia does occur as well. The only studies shown to have a marked increase in hyperplasia were due to stretching.
Anyway, as I said, it's been shown that endocrine or exogenous IGF1 has absolutely no effect on muscle hypertrophy - hyperplasia falls into that category as well. Hyperplasia is rarely spoken about because on the whole it accounts for a very small percentage of what goes on.
Now, after exercise in the presence of GH in the system, your muscle cells begin expression of the isoforms of IGF1, IGF1Ea, IGF1Eb and IGF1Ec, aka MGF. At first the expression of MGF is skyrocketed and it plays the major role. It tells muscle satellite cells to begin proliferation, that is, they split and form new satellite cells which are esentially stem cells. These satellite cells either take a step back to keep the satellite cell pool alive, or they become myoblasts. MGF levels are elevated for 24+ hours while this process occurs, then eventually there is a shift towards the other forms of IGF1, which begin the differentiation process. In this process the newly created myoblasts either fuse to existing muscle cells/fibres (hypertrophy) or they form their own (hyperplasia) with fusion making up the bulk. Satellite cells are also responsible for cellular repair etc. Endocrine, aka systemic IGF1 has shown ZERO effect on these mechanisms occuring, all of this occurs from within muscle cells. Now when you inject IGF1LR3 (a modified form of 1Ea/b) post workout, what are you doing? well one, you're wasting your money because a large majority of that ends up in your blood stream and doesnt get
into the muscle cells. Using microdosing you may get IGF into the muscle cells, but why would you want to do that? Its been proven that it stops satellite cell proliferation and induces differentiation. So whats wrong with that? Well, one, you stop more new satellite cells from being made, reducing your pool, and two you start the differentiation process of the myoblasts before they reached their peak amount. Injecting IGF1 is lose lose all around.
Are you really saying you'd use GHRP-6 simply for its appetite stimulation? Are you serious? I'm sorry but does the GH spike not appeal to you at all? The combination of modGRF (a GHRH) and GHRP causes a considerable spike, which done 3 times a day you can easily see is roughly equivalent to or greater than 7.5iu of HG - and in fact the pulsatile manner spread out over the day may in fact be even better. There are also better sleeping benefits, there are TONS of benefits to having higher GH levels in the body. I don't know about you but smoking weed multiple times a day every day costs a lot more than 2mg of GHRP a week, not to mention the overall negative benefits there are of being in a fucking cloud all the time.
Seriously, take your broscience bullshit elsewhere