First Cycle Questions

Hello, I’m planning on starting my first cycle in January at the start of my spring semester.
I’m only going to be cycling testosterone e at 500mg once a week(8-12 week cycle), probably a Sunday. Then during cycle take 250iu hcg twice a week, likely Monday’s and Thursday’s. I’ll have adex for PCT, I don’t plan on taking adex during cycle unless for some reason I get gyno but I don’t think I’m prone to gyno, only MPB(good olreceding hairline).
Current stats: 156 pounds at 5 ft 9 roughly 10% bodyfat, age 21.
Bench: 185 (not max, haven’t tried 1rm in forever, see no reason to)
Squat: 225
Deadlift: 285
I’m ready for any side effects to come my way, does this look like a safe/moderate first cycle? Are there any specifics I should change/add to minimize sides / maximize gains?
Edit: for clarification all those lifts are my current lifts since I’m at my weakest, keeping workouts higher volume and cutting. At 17 I was same weight but far stronger with deadlift max of 385 and squat around the same. I’m not looking for strength gains, I typically train in higher volume and have heavy days but never really aim for PRs(irrelevant to me how much weight I’m pushing). I lost a lot of gains from 18-20 but last year I was 210 pounds almost no gains and am now 155 pounds and still cutting.
I also have some quick natural testosterone stats because I hit puberty when I was 8 and get biyearly blood work because of a pit gland cyst. My natural test is 679 ng/dL as of July.

First… really? Don’t even list your lifts when that weak. You’re only going to get flamed… apparently starting with me. Not old enough. Not trained/strong enough.

If you’re going to continue down a this path the recheck your PCT. get Nolvadex not Arimadex.

Those are my current lifts when depleting myself
Of almost all carbs. My past PRs are much higher and I typically train with a higher volume. Not really looking for strength tbh, just size. I’ve tried finding nolva and such but can only find adex. These lifts are pretty shit but I’d like to think rebounding back to these in under a year of getting back into the gym is pretty decent. It was only August 2017 when I was over 60 pounds heavier and could barely flat bench 95.

You shouldnt even be considering gear yet. This sounds like a joke or troll thread.

No, not joking or trolling lol. Feel free to be more constructive in your criticism if you feel as if my plan/current state is not sufficient for a cycle.
I wanna learn all I can

What the hell you lost 54 pounds in a year and at 155lbs your still cutting? cutting what exactly? your 5"9 that’s 175 cm for us metric folk at 70kg you cant have much to cut away or show? Not even going to talk about strength.
Your too young and your body hasn’t found its natural base weight yet, you want to do a cycle gain 20 lbs? so in two years go down 54lbs then up 20lb(if lucky) then back down 10lbs(if lucky). Find a base weight and stay there first, 155 is way to small.
This is kinda ridiculous and sounds like bait.

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I’m at work rn but I will add before and after pics and some pics from age 17 before depression hit and I stopped training for a while. I’m 155 without visible abs, close to them though.

What is your diet like? Are you eating 3-4k calories per day? What is breakdown of Cal- Protein/Carbs/Fat? Supplements? Water intake? Alcohol ? Other recreational drugs?

You havent began to scratch natural potential and you want to short cut your way.

Yeah you should get a lot stronger first. Do a Thib program off this site as below or look up Mountain dog training by Meadows -can make rapid progress at your age no gear needed…

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January of 2021. Not to be mean but you have made yourself skinny fat through your cutting. You cut any muscle you had, that’s why your lifts are poor. And frankly theres a dyel look.

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I’d rather people be blunt and honest than troll/lie. Thanks for your input. Also, I didn’t cut any muscle, I gained muscle. Like I said I was thicc af with no gains and was gaining muscle / strength back all last year and this year while losing fat.

Yep, you have room for plenty of improvement