Cycle Results: The Dark Side

Pharma / TRT
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Well, it’s been a fun, fun ride, but all good things must come to an end (if only for a few months). Here are my final stats, pictures and reflections upon my first cycle.

Starting weight 198lbs.

Left arm----16"
Right arm—15 3/4"
quads-------21 1/2"
calves------15 1/2"
neck--------17 1/2"
forearms----13"
waist@navel–37"

Bench press max–around 275lbs.
Squat max--------around 300lbs.
Dead max----------------420lbs.

Finishing weight 225lbs.

Left arm----17 1/2"
Right arm—17"
quads-------23 1/2"
calves------16 1/2"
neck--------19"
forearms----14"
waist@navel-38"

Bench press max–330lbs.
Squat max--------352lbs.
Dead max--------unknown because of prior lower back issues.

Before and after pictures will follow. I would have had all of this up sooner but kept forgetting my camera at the office. I’m running out of time before work so I’ll post more later.

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Before 2

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Before 1

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Before 3

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Before 4

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Before 5

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After 1 sorry order is a bit random as I’m having trouble loading some of them.

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After 2

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After 3

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After 4

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After 5

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Wow. Great results. Anything you would have changed regarding the cycle?

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Great transformation, buddy! Just like people have said already… Not did you pack on very little body fat (if any), but you also pack on some great quality lean mass. Now, all you need now is a tan (which will help show a lot more of your muscle definition), and you’re good to go!

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Here are some of my reflections on this cycle. I will add more in the future as they occur to me.

Sides: I bloated up really badly for a little while. This came from not employing an AI, which I will always do in the future. On top of that, my nipples were red and puffy and painful and eventually a small filament of tissue appeared under my left nipple, prompting me to use Nolva. I am very happy to report that this took care of both the bloat and gyno problems, and I have run it up to the end of the cycle (about the last month) and that little string of tissue under the nipple has also disappeared. I’m happy as a pig in shit about that.

I had some zits come up on my chest, enough that it was annoying and I was glad it was winter. These have pretty much gone away and this seems to have coincided with my cleaning up my diet. In fact, I just feel so much better with the diet clean. In the future, I intend not to get as sloppy as I did with diet this cycle. It’s fun but not worth the bloat, the shitty feeling in the morning, the zits and the extra fat. I think I could have been quite a bit leaner at the end if I had been more militant about this.

Highest weight gain achieved was 30lbs. My body was not very friendly to all of the extra weight, and I was pretty happy to level off and then lose a few lbs after this. If I had gone any higher (and based upon the rate of my gains, I’m pretty sure I could have), I would have outgrown all of my business clothes, and I’m just not ready for that right now. Having a 19 inch neck and trying to wear a tie is like putting a string of dental floss around Rosie O’Donnell’s belly. Luckily I own my own business so it’s not an edict and I can go tieless.

Sleep has been the most annoying. I wake up at all hours, snore like a fat alcoholic, and piss off my wife with the noise. My arms and fingers fall asleep at the slightest pressure, and I am a grouch in the mornings.

Damn, I’m making it sound like all this was terrible! It certainly wasn’t. Watching yourself grow over a period of weeks is very, very satisfying. Being stronger than you have ever been makes you feel like a badass where ever the hell you are. Having a strange, superhero feeling of confidence where ever you are is better than a recreational drug. The heightened sense of awareness, too, makes you feel like a superhero, that you know something that no one else knows and you are ready for the ninjas when they come.

I am very, very looking forward to my next cycle this summer. I’m still thinking of what compounds to use, but I’m guessing it will be Test, Tren and either Mast or Eq.

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About the tan, I know. I live in what is basically rural Japan, and people here view the sun and it’s evil UV rays in about the same light as the Aztecs used to view it, like some sort of vengeful god. There are tanning beds in some of the bigger cities, but it cost about $15 for 30 minutes!!! So I’m usually stuck with the Pilsbury Dough Boy’s complexion until summer rolls around.

About the melanotan, is that good stuff? Any strange side effects or contraindications? I would love to be more tan year round.

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Also thanks for all the positive replies, everybody!

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How tall are you, by the way? Also, did you measure your chest circumference?

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Is this Cortes or Conquistador?

Well, to both of you, great job. Yours is one of the best first cycle threads I’ve read, along with Jelly Roll’s, that I followed from start to finish.

It’s interesting the similarities in cycle results, including the weight “problems” and diet issues.

Thanks for taking the time and effort to be so detailed in your descriptions - you are very entertaining, and a good read.

Your results look impressive. Did you decide what type of post cycle training you want?

Congrats, and I look forward to the next one!

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