Watchmaker
New Member
Dear All,
I would like to ask for your feedback/advice on my idea for a first cycle. I am currently in the budgeting and planning phase with no firm commitments, so any advice would be welcome.
Background:
32y.o male, around 210lbs bodyweight at 5'10", 5-6 years of recreational powerlifting/strength training experience. Current 1-rep maxes are approximately:
- 450lbs squat
- 365lbs bench
- 505lbs deadlift
Objective:
I would like to use this cycle to test my tolerance for relatively mild doses of testosterone, and to more importantly see whether I would be willing and able to commit to longer-term usage. There is also a 'bucket list' element to this, as I am curious about experiencing using PEDs in any case.
I would be using the proposed cycle while on a maintenance diet and structured powerlifting program aimed at peaking for a mock meet over 16 weeks which would culminate in re-testing my max lifts at the end of the cycle.
I do not have a desire to intentionally gain or lose much bodyweight, so will keep eating a diet set at maintenance macros (200 protein, 50-80 fats, and 240-290 carbs depending on whether I train or not that day).
Cycle Components:
- Testing/bloodwork: Bloodwork done before commencing the cycle then, if my baseline is fine, doing a subsequent test every four weeks thereafter until end of PCT.
- Testosterone enanthate: 16 week cycle, starting at 200mg/wk administered in two dosages per week and gradually increasing by 50mg/wk increments every four weeks depending on side effects and bloodwork.
- Raloxifene: run at 30mg per day throughout the cycle as a precaution against gyno.
- Anavar: potentially adding in 25mg/day for the final four weeks (weeks 13-16) of the cycle but only if bloodwork is adequate and results from testosterone begin to level off.
- HCG: 250iu administered twice per week starting from week 4. Increase in dosage to 1,000iu twice per week for four weeks after conclusion of the cycle (weeks 17-20) as a bridge before starting SERMS.
- SERMS/PCT: Nolva/Clomid at 20/10mg per day for weeks 21-22, then tapering down to half this dosage for weeks 23-24.
- Ancillaries: Aromasin on hand just in case, although I would prefer to avoid using this.
-Supplements: Vitamin D3+K2, zinc, magnesium, fish oil, creatine. I would add in TUDCA in the event I decide to implement anavar.
Questions:
- I was thinking about whether there would be a cost-effective way of trying a 'dry-run' where I use a benign/non-hormonal compound like bacteriostatic water or injectable L-carnitine for a week or two just to learn injection technique and get used to the process. Are there any downsides to doing this, or any recommendations you might have instead?
- Is the cycle length of 16 weeks too aggressive, and therefore would it be better to do a shorter cycle length considering no prior experience with PEDs?
Thank you in advance for your help.
I would like to ask for your feedback/advice on my idea for a first cycle. I am currently in the budgeting and planning phase with no firm commitments, so any advice would be welcome.
Background:
32y.o male, around 210lbs bodyweight at 5'10", 5-6 years of recreational powerlifting/strength training experience. Current 1-rep maxes are approximately:
- 450lbs squat
- 365lbs bench
- 505lbs deadlift
Objective:
I would like to use this cycle to test my tolerance for relatively mild doses of testosterone, and to more importantly see whether I would be willing and able to commit to longer-term usage. There is also a 'bucket list' element to this, as I am curious about experiencing using PEDs in any case.
I would be using the proposed cycle while on a maintenance diet and structured powerlifting program aimed at peaking for a mock meet over 16 weeks which would culminate in re-testing my max lifts at the end of the cycle.
I do not have a desire to intentionally gain or lose much bodyweight, so will keep eating a diet set at maintenance macros (200 protein, 50-80 fats, and 240-290 carbs depending on whether I train or not that day).
Cycle Components:
- Testing/bloodwork: Bloodwork done before commencing the cycle then, if my baseline is fine, doing a subsequent test every four weeks thereafter until end of PCT.
- Testosterone enanthate: 16 week cycle, starting at 200mg/wk administered in two dosages per week and gradually increasing by 50mg/wk increments every four weeks depending on side effects and bloodwork.
- Raloxifene: run at 30mg per day throughout the cycle as a precaution against gyno.
- Anavar: potentially adding in 25mg/day for the final four weeks (weeks 13-16) of the cycle but only if bloodwork is adequate and results from testosterone begin to level off.
- HCG: 250iu administered twice per week starting from week 4. Increase in dosage to 1,000iu twice per week for four weeks after conclusion of the cycle (weeks 17-20) as a bridge before starting SERMS.
- SERMS/PCT: Nolva/Clomid at 20/10mg per day for weeks 21-22, then tapering down to half this dosage for weeks 23-24.
- Ancillaries: Aromasin on hand just in case, although I would prefer to avoid using this.
-Supplements: Vitamin D3+K2, zinc, magnesium, fish oil, creatine. I would add in TUDCA in the event I decide to implement anavar.
Questions:
- I was thinking about whether there would be a cost-effective way of trying a 'dry-run' where I use a benign/non-hormonal compound like bacteriostatic water or injectable L-carnitine for a week or two just to learn injection technique and get used to the process. Are there any downsides to doing this, or any recommendations you might have instead?
- Is the cycle length of 16 weeks too aggressive, and therefore would it be better to do a shorter cycle length considering no prior experience with PEDs?
Thank you in advance for your help.
