Test-E (First Cycle)
Age: 27
Weight 174lbs
BF %: 12%
Been working out for 9.5 years solidly. Focus used to be on strength-endurance, but am wanting to add some more muscle on to continue on my path. I am a Certified Specialist in Performance Nutrition, so diet is squared away.
Week 1-10: Test-E (250mg on Monday & 250mg on Thursday)
Week 1-5: Arimidex (.5mg ED)
Week 6-10: Arimidex (0.25mg ED)
PCT:
Week 1-2: Nolvadex 40mg ED
Week 3-4: Nolvadex 20mg ED, DHEA 150mg ED
Week 4-6: DHEA 150mg ED
I've been struggling between two ideas. First idea is only doing 375mg of Test-E a week, instead of 500mg. My reasoning is to limit the impact on my system, since I'm just wanting the testosterone to assist in my progress and not to dominate it. The second idea is adding in HCG into my cycle starting around week 4 and discontinuing its use by week 10. If I do HCG it'll be a small dose such as 250mg E4D.
I love some feedback on my planned cycle. I won't be starting it for a little while, as I want to have as much research in place as possible prior to starting.
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(tread-m) thats some good advice that! Applause you...
tread-mTwilight, as a nutritionist you know gaining is eating. The gear is an aid in metabolic function but at the end of the day more red meat/chicken is where muscle comes from. Those should increase as a means of gaining and should increase to the degree needed as it pertains to your goal. Lifting heavier during the time you are increasing caloric intake (in terms of meat) is what tells the brain you need more muscle to achieve the schedule you have tasked your body with and you have the tools to do it. Control your gains/cutting/shredding etc with the meat. More meat and heavy lifting=bulk, leaner meat and heavy lifting higher quality bulk, fish as meat source and heavy lifting to bulk in extreme quality and major cutting. Food controls the gains and losses though and to look to the gear to achieve any of those goals is a sure way to be disappointed. If the gear causes the quick gains then the gear has to be present to keep the gains. If the gear is an aid to big diet and big work then all you need to keep the gains is big diet and big work between cycles (following pct etc). My point is, achieve the goals with food either direction and only use gear as a little helper. That's good long term advice and will keep you achieving from now on rather than headed up 3 months and down 3 months. As a nutritionist you know the roller coaster is unhealthy and does not work for any goal unless you just like roller coasters. Long, very slow climb to the top and the body accepts it. Its easier to keep, life long success and you always enjoy the constant achievement rather than happy/disappointed back and forth.
I wish I could thumbs up. Very poignant and accurate advice.
seems basic enough and squared away, highly doubtful you'll need arimidex on a test cycle.. Save it! unless you really notice signs of gyno (which i doubt you will) you'll be wasting a lot of money if you run it with every cycle not knowing if you actually need it. And as for dosage you should be fine with a dosage smaller than 500mg a week, being 174 and have doing your first cycle.. You can run 500mg the first week to boost off your cycle than drop it down to 350.
Anonactually, the test e should start working in about a week... and it's good to err on the side of caution when using any gear, but IMO i doubt you'll have to worry about sides or gyno using just 300mg a week. even up to 500mg/week i believe the majority of people wouldn't have any sides or gyno. but, better safe than sorry! i would just save the money of buying more arimidex (or other PCT) and wait until you see definite signs of an issue. best to save the stuff for heavier cycles.
The feedback is most welcome! Its good to hear from someone doing the same thing as myself for perspective.
Anonif you're just wanting the test to "aid" and not "dominate" (to keep a low impact on your system) then you might want to look into "short cycles". this is where you would do a cycle for maybe 2 or 3 weeks on and then go 2 or 3 weeks off. then repeat. this keeps your gains steady (and it wont be a dead giveaway to the other gym rats that you're on gear) and it allows you to go pretty much non-stop as long as you want. people also claim to make better gains in a year doing this (you don't lose as much weight/mass because you don't spend 12 weeks on and then 12 off) and i've read reports that claim they didn't have to PCT as much (or at all) because they weren't hitting their system hard for 12 weeks straight. but, don't take my word for it (as i'm just going off of what i remember off the top of my head), google it! oh, i would also stack the test with nandrolone. 250 mg /week is enough for a first stack with 500 mg test e.
I appreciate the advice and input. I'll look into that recommendation for my next cycle!