Is 1" needle too small for glute injection?

[Willysnipes92]

So I have been on my first cycle for 7 weeks now... For the first 5 I took d bol 40mg ED and have been injecting 250mg 2x weekly Test E.

I have put on about 14 lbs so far in the 7 weeks... no bloat, mostly muscle.

My question is, is 1" too small for glute injection? I have a pretty low BF (8-10% maybe a bit higher) but a big butt. I don't really feel completely different on Test E but it could be mental. I have made gains in all aspects of my lifting.

Today I also went out and bought 1.5 in needles and I could definitely feel it go deeper, but I felt the same feeling of hitting muscle with the 1" needle... any thoughts on this?

Also, what's a good way to get the test levels checked, an at home test preferably.

22 yrs old 5'9" 182 lbs

Started 166-68 lbs.

 

[J-Radical]

Youre probably fine with that BF% and a 1 inch. That's what most people I hear use these days. You kind of know when you hit the muscle or miss.

1 inch works awesome with ventrogluteal injections. They are by far the easiest.

 

[snowpatrol123]

If you're american use privatemdlabs

I've done 1" glute injections without a problem, around the same BF but if you don't have someone else to do them for you I find VG is better like jrad said.

Can go left ventro glute, right ventro glute, left delt, right delt and won't be pinning the same site until 14 days later...or if you omit delts you still have 7 days between pins per site which is fine.

 

[Pacific Rim]

I like ventro glute as well.
Just make sure you put the needle all the way in and it will be deep enough.

 

[traps09]

Yeah, you're fine. I use 1" for all injections. Quads are easiest for me though.

 

[Megatron28]

See below for blood work.