Beginners question that I hope you guys are willing to help me with.
I am a 48-yo Male, 178 cm length, 85kg, generally healthy and fit.
I have been doing Crossfit for about 5 years, 3-4 times per week.
Want I am aiming for is increased endurance and strength, and shortened recovery times.
I am not a competitive body builder or anything like that. My aim is thus not to gain a lot of mass. I am already pretty lean and do not have to lose any fat/weight.
I am using Sustenon prescribed by my physician 250mg / week (1 injection every 7 days).
Since about 2 weeks I am taking 50 mg/day oral Primobolan.
Started using Anavar before but that gave me a bad headache.
I feel great with above cycle/dosage and am seeing concrete gains.
Libido is also good.
Now I would like to know how to continue.
I am primarily looking for a cycle/dosage that is safe to use longterm (multiple years as I age).
I am not concerned about fertiltiy already having three kids.
Questions:
Do I need to interrupt this cycle or is this a cycle/dosage that I can continously use?
Do I need to do PCT? I am reading different things about its necessity / effectiveness.
Do I need to worry about impact on liver with these relatively low doses?
Any other general advice is much appreciated.
Cheers. Thomas
No it is not safe to run this long term. You said it was physician prescribed? What does the physician think? TRT is the only safe way to continue if in fact you need it. Those doses are way less than 250mg/wk and of course no oral. Oral steroids are not safe period and should be minimized in length of use.
If you plan to come off then yes you would.
Absolutely and that’s mostly due to the oral. Sus would have very little impact if at all, but the oral will stress your liver and shouldn’t be used for long period of time.
Just to clarify: only the Sustenon is physician prescribed (250mg/week), not the Primobolan. He says I can use the Sustenon indefenitely without problems.
What kind of Primobolan cycle would you recommend? And what kind of PCT?
I am currenlty taking the 25mg Primobolan tabs manufactured by Hilma Biocare. They come in 50 tab product packs, and I am taking 2 a day. I was thinking to do 25 days on / 25 days off (while continuously taking the Sustenon), with PCT on the “off days”.
Like I said, I am looking for a relatively mild steroid cycle. And I am not all that worried about the impact on fertility; I already have three kids and I do not intend to have more.
At your dose it could present to be problematic down the line. If he plans on running follow up labs and you’re in range on all important metrics then he may be correct. Most long term testosterone plans are between 100-200mg/wk with very few needing the top end of that range.
Regarding the primo, I don’t advise on cycles more just try to inform people. If it were me I wouldn’t run that longer than 6-8 weeks then stop.
You could stop the primo after a couple months and continue with the Sus assuming your labs are good and,physician is approving. You don’t need a PCT until you are done with the Sus/Test protocol. Remember there is a difference between running a cycle and TRT. TRT is for life.