Cycle Log: First Cycle, Big man-Small doses. Advice/Suggestions welcomed

[frofrank]

Hello Gentlemen! Been around here for a couple of months while in preparation for this moment and I have to say you guys are the best, can't believe how much I've learned and even made a friend or two along the way. Any advice, suggestions, yell at me whatever all is welcome I'm here to learn.

Background
I'm 27 y/o, I've played football and wrestled my whole life so i have 13+ years of training experience. However I was an offensive lineman so have been big and fat my whole life, as of February 2025 I made a change and went from 375 pounds down to current weight of 250 pounds. I started off the weight loss journey naturally through diet and exercise but introduced Reta around 320 pounds(July) and then HGH around thanksgiving just trying to preserve muscle loss through this massive cut.

My Goal
I'm not a competitor, just someone who enjoys the gym and enjoys being the biggest guy in the room. So you'll see throughout this log I do things moderately as to not compromise too much health for appearances.

Training
3 days PPL, rest day, PPL. Nothing fancy, just what I enjoy the most currently. My training all my life was sport and strength related doing mostly low rep Olympic lifts now I just do what i find fun and the best for hypertrophy. Fasted 30 minute stairmaster 5 days of the week in the morning, evening weightlifting followed by an addional 2 miles inclined walking.

Food
I know I'll get shit for this but I'm not someone who weighs out my meals and puts everything into myfitnesspal. What I do mostly is eat like a dog and eat the same meals over and over so I track once and eye ball from then on. I try to make the diet as simple as I can as consistentcy clean and outworkring the bad has shown me great results over tracking every little thing
Current Calorie goal of 2400, Protein 240g, filling the rest in with carbs where I can

Starting Cycle
8mg Reta (4mg biweekly)
4iu GH nightly
240mg Testosterone Enanthate weekly(45/30/30/30/45/30/30)
500IU HCG(250iu biweekly)
All Subcutaneus atm

Start date 1/9/2026- 6'3 Weight 250lbs, 17.3% BF(inbody)
The plan is to use these small doses to help speed along my cut so I can get to a lower BF where my body will likely aromatize less then increase dose and invite small dose orals towards the end of the cycle.

Supplementation
6g fish oil/2300mg tumeric/ 2 multis/5000IU D3k2/500mg Tudca/1200mg NAC/1200mg Citrus Bergamot/420mg Magnesium/3g Astagalus root

Pre Workout (not a fan of caffeine)
10mgCialis/3000mg L Carnitine/50mg Zinc before lift
20mg NAD+ injectable/25mg ephedrine before fasted cardio

Hair Protocol
Currently using 5mg oral Minoxidill and topical nightly, Dut on hand but dont think its needed yet.

I have my pre-cycle bloodwork done I can put in the replies if needed.

Looking forward to sharing and talking with you all as I get lean and mean.

 

[IndividualMan]

just pin the test EOD, daily injects give too much deadspace loss in the syringe (even if you got "lossless"
The ephedrine is a bit much. albuterol might be a suitable alternative regarding the fat burn. I would use that at 4mg (tabs, not inhaler) instead of ephedrine, unless you love the stim feeling.
Reta is a bit high, but if you dont get any irritation of your digestive tract thats great.

L-carn should also be great as an inject pre cardio, or pre lift, just not at 3000mg. thats around 5mls of injection volume. crazy work if you can actually handle that volume.

Depending on bloodwork I would think about adding Var or another injectable.
(mast P if you stick to daily injections, EQ if you get sick of them eventually)
again, this heavily depends on bloodwork and sides (hairloss mainly for the mast).
just remember any liver stress will slow fatloss.

overall great protocol, please post bloods, and dont feel pressured to take more drugs just because taking more is a possibility.

 

[frofrank]

just pin the test EOD, daily injects give too much deadspace loss in the syringe (even if you got "lossless"

I'll try out EOD once I see how my body feels on daily.

The ephedrine is a bit much. albuterol might be a suitable alternative regarding the fat burn. I would use that at 4mg (tabs, not inhaler) instead of ephedrine, unless you love the stim feeling.
Reta is a bit high, but if you dont get any irritation of your digestive tract thats great.

The ephedrine is something new I've been trying, not a necessity for sure just trying whatever I can to speed up fat loss but ill look into the tablet albuterol. I feel good at the 8mg reta, tried 12mg didn't like that 8mg seems to be a good spot.

Depending on bloodwork I would think about adding Var or another injectable.
(mast P if you stick to daily injections, EQ if you get sick of them eventually)
again, this heavily depends on bloodwork and sides (hairloss mainly for the mast).
just remember any liver stress will slow fatloss.

Sounds good! 6.25mg var was the next addition I have on mind. Just want to see how my body feels from the test/HCG first so I know when I add other fun stuff in I can pinpoint better. I have anavar, anadrol, dbol, winstrol and primo on hand for this or future cycles.

 

[frofrank]

Pre Cycle Bloodwork
Just on the 8mg reta and 4IU gh here.

 

[IndividualMan]

I'll try out EOD once I see how my body feels on daily.

The ephedrine is something new I've been trying, not a necessity for sure just trying whatever I can to speed up fat loss but ill look into the tablet albuterol. I feel good at the 8mg reta, tried 12mg didn't like that 8mg seems to be a good spot.

Sounds good! 6.25mg var was the next addition I have on mind. Just want to see how my body feels from the test/HCG first so I know when I add other fun stuff in I can pinpoint better. I have anavar, anadrol, dbol, winstrol and primo on hand for this or future cycles.

whole array of orals. I like it.
sadly, the Winstrol and Adrol only shine once you are rather lean, so those you will have to try a bit down the road to see them in their full glory.
Dbol hits like a truck, even at 5-10 mgs/day. doesnt really build much muscle tho.
Anavar imo shines around 50mg/day. 6.25 for longer periods of time also works, sure, but short bursts of high dosages are where you really get the most out of it. (I would rather do 10 sessions over 2 weeks @50 mg than splitting those 500 total mgs over 50 days (or closer to 70 days in your case)

The albuterol hits similar receptors (liek ephedrine) it is just more selective and hits the heart less. similar to clen but shorter half life and doesnt cause the same uh-oh moments when you accidentally overdose yourself.

Bloodwork seems good overall. good job. do the same panel again ~6 weeks into your cycle, and keep an eye on your blood pressure.

 

[frofrank]

whole array of orals. I like it.
Anavar imo shines around 50mg/day. 6.25 for longer periods of time also works, sure, but short bursts of high dosages are where you really get the most out of it. (I would rather do 10 sessions over 2 weeks @50 mg than splitting those 500 total mgs over 50 days (or closer to 70 days in your case)

Got all the orals except var for free from a promo, can't say no to that! Good to know, i was planning on titrating up to 25mg so ill piece together what that would look like. Friends wedding in Cancun at the end of May so that's when I want to be my shining point of everything.

Will do regarding bloods and getting a BP monitor tomorrow as well.