34 Year old Male.
I had surgery early last year so I’ve been taking some time to recover - focusing on yoga, swimming & flexibility and get back into the gym before jumping on another cycle.
I’ve done a 3 test only cycles in my 20s - they were incredibly successful for me.
Current cycle plan -
Week 1-10 Test E 500mg per week. I was planning on Test 300 but read the following that changed my plan - see below.
Week 1-10 Arimadex - I usually keep it on hand as I experience sensitivity in my nipples but reading the pinned sub am I right to assume I can use Nolva?
Week 11-12: HCG 500 IU EOD
Week 13-16 Nolvadex 40:40:20:20
HCG -
Should I run the HCG on the final 2 weeks of my cycle or wait for the cycle to end on week 10 & run it then or run it during the entire cycle 250IU EOD”
TEST -
I usually run my cycles at Test 300 but again after reading the pinned sub I’ve changed my plan to use test 500 to maximise the benefits.
“500 mg is a low dose. Gains are log-linear up to 600 mg and well beyond. If you’re going with 300mg, you’re still shutting yourself down—and you’re leaving a lot of free gains on the table for nothing.
There’s little to no difference in sides between 300 and 500. There’s no difference in shutdown between 300 and 500
500mg is a low dose in that you can take well over ten times that amount without any Ill effects. 500mg is a low dose in that bodybuilders have long started from there and worked up. 500 is low. 750 is intermediate. 1000+ is a little bit more advanced.
At 300mg, you’re putting yourself in the no-man’s land just between TRT and a full-on blast where it’s difficult to dial in your aromatase inhibitor (AI). Managing your estrogen with an AI is one of the most important things you can learn from your first cycle. This dosage is recently picked up popularity by YouTube and fitness influencers who have stakes in TRT/HRT clinics that cannot legally prescribe more than 300mg.”