First blast, blood work advice?

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Hey guys, I’m about to kickoff my first blast and I’m just curious what labs and what frequency I should be ordering them.

For background, I’ve been on TRT (200mg/week) for a while and I’m looking to do something a lot more enhanced. This week I started taking 500mg of test cyp, 250mg Mondays at 5am and another 250mg Thursdays at 5pm. I run 1mg of arimidex on Tuesdays and another 1mg on Fridays, my e2 levels were 65 on TRT so my clinic got me arimidex to keep them low. Starting weeks 5-12, the last 8 weeks of this 12 week cycle, I’m planning on adding in 300mg of Deca a week, 150mg at a time at the same frequency of my Test pins.

What labs would you guys order, and at what frequency?

My clinic is a waste of money, they charge $225/mo and I can get the same shit they’re giving me from a reputable source for $40 a month so I want to drop them, but I am into this journey mostly for health so I don’t want to miss anything. All they do is hormone blood work at the 6 month mark, so not really deep diving into anything beneficial. Here’s a link to the lab I was planning on using, what panels would you guys order? There’s so many and it adds up quick.

Thanks in advance, appreciate all the advice I can get.

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At bare min you should do pre and post. If you have an issues with estrogen currently adding in a mid at least your first blast isn’t a bad idea.
You could either use quest or marek health has some great lab options and offer consultations to explain your results should you need it.

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Why only 8 weeks?

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I guess I could do it for 12 weeks and keep my test at 500 for 16 total but it’s my first cycle so I’m trying to stay small and get a good baseline of my tolerances so I can better plan for cycles 2 and 3.

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If that were the case you would blast Test only. Nandrolone D has a long half life. It’s not ideal to only run it 8 weeks. If you want to add a second compound for only 8 weeks consider NPP over Nandrolone D.

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would depend on what you want to know and when you want to know it.

if I thought my gear was fake/underdosed: TT/SHBG/e2/LH/FSH/PRL/Thyroid within the first 4-6 weeks.

if I wanted to know if I have having any kind of inflammation or organ issue:

CMP

if I wanted to know if RBC was getting too high:

CBC

If I wanted to know overall health/cholesterol:

lipids/lp(a)/APOE(b)

I think that would cover it. the health stuff probably get mid-cycle.