Hi guys. I’ve been on TRT for a few months now and I feel like i’ve got it more or less dialled in. My protocol is 0.5ml Sustanon250 a week (split into 2 injections, Tuesday & Saturday) and 250iu HCG EOD. No AI. Latest blood results below.
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I’m thinking about doing a blast since I get twice as much sus prescribed than I actually need.
So a few of questions,
What sort of results would I likely see from doubling my dose (gym 3 times a week following a PPL routine)?
How long should I blast for?
Is the need for an AI predictable? Looking at my current e2 levels, if I double my dose of sus am I likely to need an AI?
Do I need to increase my HCG?
What should I do calories wise? I want any gains to be as lean as possible, would a 10% surplus (with adequate protein) be sufficient?
I know thats a few questions to be throwing out there but I’ve never done a blast or AAS cycle so I want to be sure I’m doing things right.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Prolactin is high, do you have a prolactinoma, impaired liver or kidnet function or hypothyroidism? If you don’t know see if you can get a pituitary MRI/ get checked for the other variables.
Your LDL (bad cholesterol) is high and your HDL (good cholesterol) is low, I would advise against cycling until you figure that shit out as any anabolic steroid (even test) will have an impact on your lipid profile, and given your lipids are shitty to start with you are looking at further strain.
Answers to questions
- normally I’d say doubling your dose (to 250mg/wk) wouldn’t give you much in the way of results but seeing how well you are responding to a mere 125mg/wk (seriously, I’m jealous, I wish I could achieve such concentrations at that low of a dose with regards to both free and total T), you should be able to see some decent results with regards to increased muscle mass and strength, obviously not as much as going to 4-500mg but you will still probably see some solid results.
- with sustanon an effective blast would be a minimum of around 10wks to make it worthwhile
- you may or may not need an AI, personally at 250mg/wk I wouldn’t use one, but I wouldn’t use one at 500mg/wk either, I believe AI’s are overused and most of the time aren’t necessary. If you’re worried about gyno use nolva
- no need to increase HCG, this will just give you higher E2.
Personally I think you should hold off blast wise until your health markers look better and I think you ought to do a lot more research. I don’t know why but it seems every second post on here now is some dude asking to be spoon fed advice on blasting/ first cycles, it’s very easy to look this stuff up, its not rocketscience. when you have the knowledge then you should come asking for a critique.
Thanks for the reply dude. My TRT is done through an online facilitator in the UK, I’ve asked about prolactin but apparently the Doc isn’t too concerned about it. Its been high on every blood test I’ve had except 1. I’ve paid for liver/kidney function tests and everything is good. I’m not sure about hypothyroidism, the UK is notoriously bad when it comes to thyroid stuff and getting it tested myself is really expensive. It is on my to do list, its just having the money to get it done.
I’ll do a bit of reading about cholesterol, make some changes to my diet and see if I can get it looking a bit better.
Out of curiousity were your bloods taken the day after injection or the day before next injection? I’m still reeling in jealousy over your reading on 125mg/week
Also your TSH is high, I’d suggest getting free and total T3 tested as well as reverse T3, T3 resin uptake, free thyroxine index etc. See if you can get private bloods
Prepare to hate me. I inject Tuesday and Saturday, blood tests are done Friday morning. So those are basically my trough numbers.
I’d had a look at getting those private bloods done, its just the expense thats stopping me at the minute. Like I said, its on my to do list.