I prefer not to give AAS advice without seeing who I giving it to, and seeing if they might have the genetic potential to make taking AAS’s worth the risk.
Is 17 stone equivalent to 238lbs? How tall are you?
What lifts can you do that would indicate how strong you are? I get the impression you cannot do squats or deadlifts. Tell us some poundages.
IMO, you should definitely get a blood test done FIRST to determine what kind of testosterone your body is producing on its own. If you are fairly high in Total Testosterone and Free Testosterone, you might best leave your natural production alone.
I do make faster progress blasting, but not what I expected. Most people would say I am well developed though. It could be that I had a good amount of muscle before going on TRT and eventually blasting and cruising. My best lifts (bench and deadlift) have gone up 50 lbs each with the addition of blasting. They went up some just from TRT though, and I wonder if I could have gained 25 lbs each had I just stayed on TRT dosages. If I was willing to go full boar on drugs, I don’t doubt my blasting would have better results, but I am not willing to do that.
This is largely only true if you already have low T. If you do not have low T, it won’t really help much because your fat will just cause you to aromatize even harder.
I’m not saying don’t use steroids, I am saying don’t use steroids, expecting to lose weight without making any other changes to your training, diet, AND SLEEPING habits.
This is a hard comparison for you because I am almost 57 and I have been lifting for a VERY long time.
However, right now I’m running about 12% bodyfat and weigh 195 at 5’6". But on the combo I mention, it allows me to keep my BF where it is while having more flexibility with my diet.
I was probably close to 20% when I did my first cycle (skinny-fat), I did test for 12 weeks and didn’t even know what estrogen was. Worked out just fine. I’m not saying you should do that, you’ve given zero background or history, but you worry about e2 issues is likely unfounded. Do some more research, lift some more weight, and check back
This is only true if the obese middle aged man are not on a weight training regimen. Weight training changes the dynamics completely. Weight training while dieting is there to preserve muscle.
At your age you can look into TRT. There’s a TRT section in the forum. You probably don’t even need to cycle for your goals.
Keto diets are good if you are reasonably insulin insensitive. (Pre type two diabetes or full blown) if you are insulin sensitive there is better ways or shall I say, more comfortable ways of doing it.
Regular diets including carbs or if one wants to use low insulin even intermittent fasting would be more comfortable. Keto diets are in my opinion not the best way to diet. They work, no question about it.
Several points to this. First, that should be the rare exception. Second, bloating is not fat. Third, reducing carbs should be enough for almost all people. 200 g carbs per day would amount to 3 meals with 66 g which should not bloat almost anyone. Fourth, reducing body fat from 20 to 10 % is very different than from 10 to 5.
OP sits at 20% meaning the least sucking approach should be chosen. Reducing carbs to zero heightens cortisol release and will make about 80% of people feel shifty.
hiya forgot to ask with the dosages you gave i take it thats once a week,how much bf did you lose,and regarding mast isnt that a estro blocker? was wondering why you use that in your combo,many thanx for taking the time to answer me.p.s have you tried anavar ive read thats good for cutting and reducing bf,kind regards phil
Hey @phil0007 I couldn’t help but notice that you’re focusing on the AAS and haven’t mentioned your diet or training, despite being asked a couple times.
You’re a grown man capable of making your own decisions, but as we see all too often on this site - the wrong decisions are being made in the name of perceived progress, and at the cost of health. Make sure you can get your diet under control, logging macros, daily weigh-ins, consistent training, etc. If you’re doing all of these, then ignore my next comment.
As the saying goes… If you can’t lose weight off AAS, you certainly aren’t ready to lose weight on AAS.
