What's wrong with a newbie using a gram of test? Will he grow on 500mg/week? Of course...
But I'm willing to bet that at least 70% of the guys on this board will grow on 500mg/week-- maybe slow growth, but growth nonetheless.
There's no problem with a newbie doing that amount... It's not like a rec drug or something where you should start small and work your way up b/c of tolerance.. There's not tolerance to aas. Of course once you get bigger, you will need more AAS..
But a newbie doing 1000mg test/week will only get him bigger, faster.
Andy