Hey so I’ve decided to start my first cycle, I’ve been thinking of
500mg test E
50mg anavar (first 5 weeks of cycle)
Arimidex for estrogen (more of that later)
NAC for liver
HCG at the end
And Nolvadex as pct
First of all I wanted to ask if there’s anything that could be improved.
But the main thing I want to know is the bloodwork, what do I need to look at, what to watch out from and just general stuff.
Thanks
Test only, no Var
Ai only when needed
PCT is fine
what are your goals? why 500mg?
blood work:
CBC/CMP/lipids/TT/SHBG/e2/PRL/Thyroid basic for cycle
How will I know if AI is needed?
And also why no anavar? Wouldn’t that make me gain muscle faster at the start of the cycle.
Why 500mg? Not sure what’s the question
Goal is to bulk for those 3 months
Blood work
Nope, not while on high dose of Test. They both do the same thing. Save it
Why did you pick 500mg of Test
That’s not a goal. A goal is I want to put on 15 pounds of muscle during the cycle and keep 10 afterwards. That’s a goal. wanting to be bigger is just a dream.
How often do I do blood work?
For anavar that’s what I’ve been suggested: Testosterone enanthate takes about 4 weeks to fully saturate in your blood and 5-6 weeks before you really start seeing rapid changes to your body. Many people take an oral steroid to start their cycle for extra gains and so they don’t have to wait 4 weeks. Go with tbol or anavar for an oral as those two will not complicate estrogen management or affect your blood pressure too badly.
500mg there’s barely any difference in side effects between 250 and 500 but 500 will give me much better gains
For goals could say I can’t expect anything since it’s first time doing that I just want to see how that goes
And about keeping the gains, how do I go about it? I’ve been thinking of going on a cut after that, should I wait on that for a bit?
How do you know? You’ve never tried it. For some there’s a big difference in sides. I’m not saying that 500mg is wrong, 3–500mg is common but yes the E2 sides are gonna be far different managing.
True. So be patient. You’re already using PEDs to speed up muscle growth, what’s a couple extra weeks? If you’re dead set on an oral I would consider running it at the end for several reasons but the primary for you is to see how you manage the Test for the first 6 weeks.
You won’t keep a lot of it either way, but cutting after is the worst idea. Let’s your new tissue “marinate” for a couple months before cutting.
I don’t, it’s purely based on what I’ve read from others, and they said that on 250mg it’s harder to manage estrogen and easier to crash it.
Got it
I don’t know who ‘they’ are but ‘they’ are wrong. T → E2 via aromatization. The higher T you inject, the more E2. Some men can’t handle high E2 while others have no problem. So how would it make sense that less is harder to manage than more?
There could be a huge difference in sides. More does not equal more gains. Training, genetics and diet are what determine how you grow. Drugs just help.
Nobody can tell you this. It all depends on training, genetics and diet.
If you gain 15lbs on cycle you will drop at least half of that when you come off. How much you keep after that will be determined by your diet and training. You may keep it all, you may lose it all.
This is not true. On 250mg/wk you may not need estrogen control. If you start to have sides you just take less AI. The correct thing to do while your figuring out how the hormones are effecting you is get regular bloodwork to see how things are going. Once you have a cycle or two under your belt you will be able to dial things in based on feel.
Well I guess that is a goal in itself. You won’t have any answers that apply TO YOU until you start the cycle and find out. You can read what happened to other ppl all you want, but this is individual and it’s an experiment you run on yourself. Good luck