Summer cycle getting a late start - Test/EQ

[Snakum]

Until last November I was really killing it in the gym/mirror after ramping my training up a couple years ago and getting on HRT at 55 yo. And started cycling again for the first time since the 90s shortly after. Last November I was 6' 216 lbs with 14% BF, which was a huge improvement over the 190 lbs and 21% BF I was maintaining on a daily circuit routine and not watching my diet. I tend to be skinny and have a hard time putting on weight. But I began to have gall bladder issues and could barely train and eat at all and lost a lot of my gains over three months. Got back in the gym hard the second week of February and started another Tren/Test run but on March 3rd Tren bit me in the ass and I got hurt badly in a fight (Tren temper ... no excuse). Then my gym closed before I could get two weeks in after semi-healing from the fight and had to stop all AASs cold due to resulting issues at home. Just started (light) training again three weeks ago at 188 lbs and who knows what BF level, on HRT dose of 200 Test C per week. I'll post a pic this weekend of the BEFORE which was taken at week 2 back in, so I'll have a way to compare in 12 weeks.

I have been reading everything I can get my hands on to catch up on the huge amount of info now available. But I still have a lot to learn. We did stuff back then I wouldn't even think about now and at my age I can't afford to repeat those mistakes. So I thought I'd post my (very late due to supplier issues) Summer cycle here for critique. On progress. I'm still working on the semi-cut diet macros and will post. I'm just trying to get my muscular weight back up and my BF back down and get fully rehab'd. Current plan is ...

Week 1 - 800 EQ and 400 Test C split into two pins per week
Week 2 - 800 EQ and 400 Test C split into two pins per week
Weeks 3 thru week 10 - 400 EQ and 400 Test C split
Week 11 thru week 12 - 400 Test C split; HCG 500 IU x 2 weekly
PCT (sorta) - HCG and test taper over one month back to HRT dose a 200 per week.

I've found that with other Test-based cycles .5 Arimidex the day after each pin keeps my E2 in check, adjusting based on bloods and recognizing symptoms of low or high.

Also taking a multi twice daily, Krill Oil x 2 daily, Organ support x 2 daily, and creatine post workout.

 

[Snakum]

My current routine is a push-pull split that I have found works VERY well for me. I have a weird work schedule and usually have three days off in between shifts. So day one is PUSH, day two is PULL, day three is PUSH, then I have 24hrs off before starting again PULL - PUSH - PULL - Off and so on. Most body parts get one compound movement first up to an estimated 75% one-rep max. And then a second, more focused exercise that I start with a weight I can move for 12 then strip plates all the way down to smoked. And I change a lot of the exercises often. For example, on back day (PULL) I might do wide-grip pulldowns then bent barbell rows. Next PULL day I might do a Cybex lat machine pulldown followed by Cybex machine rows. On PUSH day I might follow squats with single-leg machine extensions and then the next it might be front squats instead. Like to keep 'em guessing.

PUSH
Squats then leg extensions or front squats to failure
Dumbell bench press or machine press then flyes or pec deck to failure
Skull-crushers then rope pushdowns to failure
Seated dumbell presses in a W shape to keep the stress on (light)
* Standing and seated calf raises in-between sets and at end of workout

PULL
Various lat pulldown movements to 75% then stripped to failure
Various rowing movements to 75% then stripped to failure
Leg curls prone or seated working up then stripped; alt single-leg
Stiff-leg deadlifts or regular deadlifts
Standing curls to 75% then preacher or concentration curls to failure
Rear delt raises/reverse flyes (lightly due to injury)
Donkey calf raises to failure
* Decline crunches or ab machine and flutter kicks in-between sets and at end of workout

I work my calves every workout cuz I got chicken legs. And I work delts lightly each workout due to bad shoulders. Still rehabbing those, as well as a sprained right brachialis tendon.

 

[Snakum]

Should have mentioned that I also take 81mg ASA x 2 daily and donate a pint of blood monthly cuz I have seen my Hemoglobin and Hematocrit get a little out of range on cycle. Too old to be risking a stroke.

And on the workout, I do 20 minutes on the heavy bag or 20 mins on the treadmill after every workout. Will be adding 'fast walks' daily as well. My feet are too messed up to run nowadays.

 

[RunTrenFckTens]

Boldenone Undecylenate? I would run it longer to see true benefits. Like 16-20 weeks. Many will tell you the same. Also how are you able to donate so often without causing your ferritin to drop? You will really need to watch your hematocrit on EQ, especially if you are donating frequently already.

 

[Snakum]

Most of my cycles since beginning to supplement again have been short eight-week blasts of test/Winny, test/tren, test/NPP. And at dosages many guys would laugh at. I have found that I respond very well to much smaller dosages than many would bother with. For me it's more about the diet and hard work than the chemical. Since the shortest time most folks would run EQ or DECA is 12 weeks, that's what I went with. Keeping to my lowest dose/shortest runtime thang.

I've seen cycles where masteron was added to this stack at six weeks, where low dose deca was added from the beginning for a sixteen-week run, where tren was added for the last six, etc. I just prefer to keep it short(ish) and sweet and simple.

On the blood thing, because I've learned that my HCT and HGB tend to rise a tiny bit above normal on almost anything, that EQ is really going to shoot it up there. Something we were aware of even back in the old days. So I will run out a pint at 30 days, get labs halfway thru, then another pint at 60 days if my labs show elevated levels. And another pint at the end if my labs show them still elevated. I keep a close eye on markers for anemia, as well so I'm not over doing it.

As mentioned I also hit the baby aspirin 2x daily.

Will get precycle labs next week to set a baseline.

Thanks for the feedback! Much appreciated.

 

[Snakum]

Been talking with a trainer and reviewing last cycle logs. Decided at my age it might be better to have a rest day in between every workout. Last cycle I could tell my overall energy was sucking, even before the Tren lethargy kicked in. I think my CNS was just stressed a little much, even with good diet and AAS.

PUSH Day
Quads and Hips - Back squats or leg press
Quads - Single leg extensions or front squats
Chest - Dumbell incline presses
Chest - Machine flyes
Triceps - Seated dumbell extesions or skull-crushers
Triceps - Rope pushdowns
Delts - Barbell or dumbell presses
Delts (rear) - Bent reverse flyes
Calves - standing calf raises (In between sets)
Calves - seated calf raises (In between sets)

PULL Day
Lats - pulldowns or chin machine
Lats and rhomboids - Machine rows or barbell bent bent rows
Hamstrings - Seated or prone leg curls
Hamstrings and lumbar - Romanian deadlifts or barbell deadlifts
Biceps - barbell curls
Biceps - concentration curls or preacher curls
Traps - Dumbell shrugs
Glutes - glute machine
Calves - Donkey calve raises
Abs - decline crunches (In between sets)
Abs - flutter kicks (In between sets)

Also currently thinking of adding Var or TBol the last few weeks. In addition my wife is getting back in the gym hard and she's thinking of trying low-dose Anavar or TBol to help with cutting.