+ 1 First Cycle Advice - post reta cut, 500mg test, 16 week
Hey everyone, hope y'all are having a wonderful evening.
A little about me, I am 25, about 155lbs now - been lifting consitently for 4 years now - fairly active outside of lifting too.
I recently (2 weeks ago) finished my cut on reta (about 2mg a week for 4 months), went from 200lbs -> 155lbs. It was great.
So I am planning on running a 500mg test cyp cycle (3 pins a week, sub Q) for 16 weeks with a lean bulk. I have everything dialed for ancillaries, got my Tamoxifen, Anastrozole, Telmisartan, Enclo, and trentinon (hope I do not need this as I have perfect skin thank God, after struggling with acne in high school). The plan is to also run hCG, 500iu (split into two) weekly to keep the boys churning and my fertility running, for context we have a 9 month old now but fertility is still important to me but not for the next 3-4 years until we plan on the second. Other than that, training, sleep and nutrition is dialed in already but I will for sure 10x the dialing in for the cycle to get the most results I can. Diet wise is good meal spacing and carbs - (aiming for 250g protein, 300g carbs, 70g fat). I also won't get into a cycle log now but I can later.
I will also attach photos of my current physique, (2 with a nice pump and lighting, and one with zero pump and terrible lighting to be realistic) - also will attach some recent blood work
Anyways, would love to hear everyone's thoughts/answers on these few questions I have:
1. For my current physique, what should I realistically expect? Is my starting point okay (obv its not great, pretty small for lifter of 4 years)? Should I expect significantly more mass and aesthetics?
2. What is everyone's take on Rythm blood tests? I usually do the normal ultalabs + Quest to get my blood work, but Rythm sounds promising for the ease of access, that it could all be done at home and then shipped. Mornings are hectic for me, so testing gets annoying.
3. for PCT ill be doing Enclo (and maybe Anastrozole if gyno risk is there or E2 is too high) - but my biggest worry about post cycle is motivation, how do you lock in your training and food with such a low test & motivation?
4. Should I keep running reta, maybe a 1mg a week to help with not going over the lean bulk and doing it dirty?
5. Any tips or advice from experience, and if anything I said is off?
Thanks for everyone's help and advice, really appreciate it 
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LiftLaughLoveHell of a cut. Just wondering, what made you settle on 500mg for a first run?
Thanks
Honestly just the normal gym bro advice haha, but now with the feedback I got here and other places I think Ill run 250mg for 4-6 weeks then titrate up based on blood tests
Go on GoodLabs and grab the Men's Hormone Panel to take a look at your SHBG (low SHBG will give you very high total T and Free T with a low dose, for example mine is 12 so I am forced to run 4 injections a week for a total of 180mg on a EOD schedule, I do shallow intramuscular delt injections with a 29 Gauge 1/2 inch insulin needle. My total T is 1971 and Free T is 705). Also add Complete Blood Count (CBC) with Differential/Platelet, Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP), and Lipid Panel. Use my promo code: ZJSDUX and it will cost you exactly $75.20. This panel setup will give you a FULL SCOPE before you start, if you wanna be extra, add in Prolactin and DHT.
My advice is I wouldn't start my first cycle at 300, I would run clinical dose of 200mg or lower to start, evaluate how you feel and titrate up 50mg every week or two, pull bloodwork again in 6-8 weeks to check test and keep E2 in range. Do this so you can avoid an AI at all cost, and if your lipids are in check you won't need any script medications that you mentioned. If you have any other questions, just shoot me a message fam!
Interesting thanks! I’m now leaning into 250mg as a starting dose for the first 4-6 weeks and then see how blood looks like including E2
Thanks i’ll check out GoodLabs then, and thanks for the code!
QQ I’m leaning into daily injections now, any good sources you would recommend for diluting my test c in MCT? Can’t seem to find any other than on google a site named med lab supply i think? and not sure if it comes sterile in a vial (seems to)
I would say there are three options for good sources. I love MCT oil, it's my favorite.
I wouldn't dilute the test, just buy the bottle that is made with MCT carrier oil. I'm pretty sure sources on here sell a lot of MCT carrier products, my top 3 are ParaPharma, Geneza Pharmaceuticals, and Beligas. Just be careful with running into bad batches with beligas, they recently ran into some trouble lately and are dealing with controversy. I've personally ran 3 bottles of Beligas Test Cyp, sent all three to Janoshik, and all I came back properly dosed, there price is really good as well on specific websites.
For daily injections, sticking with subcutaneous is perfectly fine, it's actually where I started as well. Just grab a 28G or 29G, 5/16 inch insulin pin (you can always do 30 or 31 but getting oil throw that needle is annoying). Goodluck brotha!