How to Inject Testosterone (and Other Injectable Steroids)

If you’re planning to use anabolic steroids, you need to learn how to self-administer injectable steroids. Unless you’re having someone who can help and perform the shot for you. But if you want to start using testosterone (and other injectable steroids), it’s time for you to learn how to inject testosterone by yourself.

It’s important to understand that testosterone and other anabolic steroids must be administered intramuscularly. This means that the injectable medication should go directly into a muscle. The methods we’re going to share here would help you perform whatever intramuscular medication shot, be it testosterone, injectable anabolic steroids, or whatever other medication that goes directly into a muscle.

Where to Inject Testosterone?

Of course, you need to know where exactly to self-inject testosterone if you want the best results. There are 3 common places to perform an intramuscular shot:

Thighs muscles
Deltoids muscles
Glutes muscles

These are fairly reachable places (except for glutes that might be harder to access) with large muscles (except for deltoids that are slightly smaller than others).

If you go for deltoid muscles – imagine the center of your shoulder about 2 inches above the armpit. If you go for glutes or thighs – imagine them being separated in 4 equal blocks. You’re going to need to inject in the top outer portion of your butt cheeks and thighs. These are places with fewer blood vessels and nerves that you might hit while performing an injection.

These are by far the most common and popular places for injecting testosterone or whatever other intramuscular compound. Although there are other places to inject, I wouldn’t recommend any other unless you know exactly what you’re doing. But considering you have 2 thighs, 2 deltoids, and 2 glutes – 6 different places for injection is enough.

What Do You Need to Inject Testosterone?

Make sure you have everything ready. For a single shot, you’re going to need the following:

Your testosterone bottle
One drawing needle (thick bore needle) of 18 to 21 gauge for drawing solution out of the bottle
One injection needle (thinner) of 22 or most commonly 23 gauge for injecting the solution. 1 inch if you’re less than 130 lbs (60 kg) up to 180 lbs (80 kg). The 1.5 inch needle works fine for those who are 150 lbs (70 kg) up to 260 lbs (120 kg).
One syringe of 1-2 mL depending on how much you plan to inject. But it doesn’t really matter.
A few alcohol pads
Have cotton balls and/or band-aids handy too

It goes without saying that you need to use only sterile accessories. Exactly as with all injections, the alcohol pads, syringes and needles should be sterile and never used before. The only item that you can reuse is your multi-dose testosterone bottle.

What Do You Need to Know?

There are various things you need to know before actually performing an injection of testosterone.

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For example, check your testosterone ester.

It’s very important to determine the frequency of administration. For example, you need to perform Testosterone Propionate shots on a daily or at least every other day basis. Whereas you can get along performing Testosterone Cypionate shots only 2 times a week, or at least once weekly. Different esters of your testosterone – different injection frequency.

Another thing to consider is testosterone dosage.

The dosages of testosterone vary a lot. You need to know how much testosterone you need per week, understand how frequently you need to use it, and determine the dosage per shot. Weekly doses vary a lot. Some people only use 100 mg per week but others use 1,000 mg per week or even more. It depends on goals, weight, age, and many other factors.

You also need to know testosterone concentration.

Testosterones come with different esters and different concentrations too. While some offer only 100 mg per each mL, there are others that offer much more – up to about 500 mg per each mL. It means that injecting 1 mL of one form of testosterone can be completely different in terms of dosage compared to administering another form of testosterone (same 1 mL).

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How to Prepare a Testosterone Syringe?

First and foremost – wash and clean everything before preparing the syringe and injecting.

Sanitizing is extremely important to avoid contamination and infection. Clean the surfaces you’re about to use and then wash your hands for at least 20-30 seconds with enough water and antibacterial soap. Try to reduce the risks of infections as much as possible. It means that if you touch anything (surfaces, objects, etc.) that you haven’t sanitized after washing your hands – go wash them again.

Drawing Testosterone in the syringe.

Then, unseal the syringe and attach the drawing (thick bore 18-21 gauge) needle unless it comes pre-attached. Draw air inside the syringe to equal the volume of the dosage. Remember the dosage and the concentration. If, for example, you need 100 mg per shot, but your testosterone comes as 200 mg/mL, you’ll need to draw the solution to the 0.5 mL mark. Therefore, pull the plunger to draw air exactly to the 0.5 mL mark.

With an alcohol pad, wipe the top of the medication bottle. Let the cap dry before continuing. Insert the needle through the lid into the solution. Push down the plunger to get the air from the syringe into the bottle. By pushing air inside the bottle, you’re increasing the air pressure in the bottle. This, combined with the fact you’re having a thicker needle, makes it much easier to draw the medication into your syringe. That’s important because testosterone is a thick solution that’s often hard to draw in the syringe. Turn the bottle upside down and draw the exact dosage of testosterone. Remove the needle from the bottle.

Aspirate your syringe.

It’s extremely important to avoid injecting air bubbles into your body. It’s because it could lead to a blocked artery due to the air bubbles. This condition is called embolism and it’s an extremely serious and dangerous health condition. So, you’ve got to make sure there are no air bubbles inside the syringe when you’re injecting the testosterone.

Here’s how you can do it:

Switch the needles. Remove the thicker drawing needle and change it with the thinner injecting needle. Hold the syringe with the injection needle uncapped pointing up.
Tap the barrel of your syringe with your finger to make sure all the bubbles rise to the top. Tap it until there are no air bubbles in the medication.
When you make sure there are no bubbles left, depress the plunger slowly to force the air out of the syringe.
Do it slowly and continue pressing until you notice a tiny drop of the solution coming out at the tip of the needle. When you notice it, it means there’s no air left so your solution is good for injection. Don’t press it too hard so you wouldn’t squirt too much solution out.

Choose and prepare the injection site.

As I earlier mentioned, testosterone injections are usually intramuscular – you need to inject it directly into a muscle. I already shared the 3 most popular intramuscular injection sites. Which one – doesn’t really matter. In fact, you’re going to need to use all of them considering that I highly recommend constantly rotating the injection sites.

So, after you choose the site you want to inject, wipe the area around it with an alcohol pad. Once again, it’s a very easy but important thing for killing bacteria. This way you’ll avoid infection and contamination. Let the area dry before injecting.

I do not recommend injecting into muscles that are already sore. Either from activity or from previous injections or whatever. If the muscles are sore – you are more likely to experience pain after the shot. Try to keep muscles as relaxed as possible when injecting. That’s why I would recommend performing the shot after a hot shower (so muscles could relax) and massaging the area before (and after) injection too.

How to Perform the Intramuscular Shot?

With enough knowledge (information) I already provided here and with your syringe and injection spot being ready – you can start performing the injection. Remove the cap from the needle.

With your dominant hand, hold the syringe above the injection site as if you would hold a dart. Do not keep your fingers on the plunger. Not yet. Keep the syringe at a 90-degree angle above the injection site. Make sure the needles stand straight.
With your other hand, spread the skin on the injection site with your fingers and thumb. Stretch the skin flat. It helps injection go easier and painless.
Jab the needle all the way into the skin with a single quick move. Don’t be too aggressive, yet do it quickly and firmly to make sure the needle fully gets into the skin and reaches the muscles.
Keep the syringe in place with one hand and pull back the plunger with the other hand. You need to make sure you’re not drawing blood. If you do draw blood, it means that you hit a blood vessel. You shouldn’t inject – pull the needle out of the skin. Insert the needle into a different spot.
You’re ready to inject only when there’s going to be no blood in the syringe when you pull the plunger. If there is none – slowly, at a controlled pace – push the plunger all the way down. Make sure you fully inject the medication. Push it slowly. About 15 seconds for 0.5 mL and 30 seconds for 1 mL.
Apply a little bit of pressure around the area with an alcohol pad or cotton ball with one hand.
With the other hand, take the needle out at the exact same angle you inserted it.

Post Injection

It’s important to press around the area to avoid the needle pulling the skin while emerging. It causes more unnecessary pain. After you wipe it, you can place the cotton ball at the needle entry point. If you’re bleeding, might apply a band-aid or keep the cotton ball yourself until the bleeding stops. Might massage the area and/or apply ice or creams meant to numb the area.

It’s very important to dispose of the needle safely. There are special sharps containers for doing that. Throw away everything you used. Do not attempt using the same syringe or needle more than once.

Also, do not let children or animals get around to any accessories or medications. Do not share them with other people. Moreover, don’t use it if the medication expires. And keep the medication in the proper storage conditions (temperature, light, etc.).

So, that’s it – you’re ready for your first testosterone injection.

Tips to Reduce Post Injection Pains (PIPs)

Warm up the solution
Relax muscles
Rotate injection sites
Inject slowly
Massage both before and after injection
Wipe the injection site before and after to avoid infections
Wipe the bottle lid
Wait for the alcohol to dry whenever you wipe areas
Apply ice or special creams after injection
Switch to longer esters (shorter esters are more painful)
Switch to less concentration (higher concentrations are more painful)
Inject less (never more than 2 mL per shot – but the less you inject, the less likely you are to experience pains).

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