Thoughts on my first cycle design?

[hcgfiend123456]

Thanks Dude! Thats seriously impressive, and kudos on getting your shit together in your 20s. Took me until my 30s to start, better late than never I guess. Got here naturally 90%, started to slide back and regained about 25 lbs. Started Tirzepatide and got to where I am now, aiming to lose another 10-15lbs of fat before I start my first cycle, in the new year.
How's the focus now? And whats the new goal?

Hey man. Still a big achievement. Not trying to discredit it at all by asking about the drug usage. I was just curious.

I am back on a cutting phase right now. Literally just a lot of cardio and a bit of strength training but I am in such caloric deficit and tired all the time it's been hard to do intense workouts at all. I tend to shed weight pretty quickly in a deficit and doing cardio.

I have never been 100% consistent with working out and diet. I have a cycle of back sliding and than freaking out a bit and than getting back on track. Once I hit about 220lbs and I am not working out I freak out a bit. My BP starts spiking a little at times and I sleep like crap and ya.

Started on tirz about 5 weeks ago. I am down about 12lbs. The first 4 weeks was great but over the last week I have been having some weird hypoglycemic reactions that get very uncomfortable at times. I might have to drop the tirz and go on semaglutide or just drop the GLP1s all together.

Keep on keepin on brother!

 

[Anabolic Chemist]

So I joined recently, and honestly, there's just so much information out there that it is overwhelming! Its a lot to take in. As I mentioned in my introduction post, I'm intending to in a sense "catch up" after finally getting fit over the last few years. I'll post my initial transformation photos along with this post. But as I wasted my 20s being fat and failing and failing to lose the weight. And then not exercising when I was in a surplus, (I only ever exercised when in a deficit) My muscle mass and body is not where I want it to be. I want to be strong and look strong and you guys on here have amazing results from years of hard work that I just don't have anymore. I've trained solidly hard for 18 months, once again, fat loss was my goal, and it was in a deficit, so not huge muscle building opportunity there.
So I am looking for input and advice on A LOT of topics hahaha

Height: 160cm (5'3")
Starting weight: 93kgs (204lbs)
Current weight: 60kgs (132lbs)
Goal weight: 58kgs (128lbs)

Pics are from January 2024 and Present day

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Proposed first cycle:
Week 1 - 4: Anavar 20 - 50 mg/day (140-350mg/week)
Week 1 - 16: Testosterone Enanthate 200mg/biweekly (400mg/week)
Week 3 - 18: Arimidex .25mg/biweekly ( .5mg/week), HCG 500IU/biweekly (1000IU/week)
Week 19-20: Nolvadex 20mg/day, Clomid 25mg/day

I am inexperienced but from my limited knowledge this is what I can gather is a pretty decent, basic first cycle? Let me know what you think of the dosages. My reasoning for adding the anavar is that I read that it takes about a month for Test to kick in. My reasoning for HCG is that it keeps your testes working. Arimidex for its AI effects. and Nolvadex and Clomid for PCT.

I haven't gotten my bloods done yet but I will before I start, I've seen the thread about bloodwork. I will be doing it pre cycle, 6-8 weeks in, and post.


My current training program is: Legs, Shoulders and Arms, Chest, Rest, Repeat.
Lately, I've had to add in an extra rest day when not recovered, more often than not.

So... my questions
1. Having only ever eaten in a surplus or a deficit my entire life, should I try and find a maintenance intake first and stay on that for a while?
2. From my photos, am I lean enough to start a bulk? Its the leanest I've ever been, but its hard to tell for me as I have some loose skin and cant tell if its fat or skin. Goal is close anyway (2kgs/5lbs more to lose)
3. Will my small stature mean the dosages proposed are too high to start?
4. Should I blast and cruise instead of coming off at the end of the cycle?
5. I've heard you want to gain about .25kgs (.5lbs/week) when bulking in order to not gain too much fat. Does this number still hold true when on gear? Or should I increase that?
6. The ideal result for me in 5 months would be 6 kgs (13lbs) of muscle added and retained, is this feasible?
7. Am I missing any other ancillaries? Should I buy extra compounds just in case? Which ones?

Ideally, a lean bulk would be for me over a long period, as the fat person inside of me can't handle the idea of gaining back 10kgs - even if it is just water and muscle.

I’d probably start with Testosterone only- not that Var is bad it’s just often faked, it’s harder to test (you know if your Test is real from your bloods) and Test is the most predictable.

Also wouldn’t jump to run an AI without knowing how you aromatize.

I’d probably start with just 300mg of Testosterone and check your E2, see if you even need an AI. If you respond to that well maybe cap the end of the cycle of with Anavar.

You could front load or use Prop to achieve the same effect of not having to wait 4 weeks.

Also agree with others id consider this a long term choice not just a one and done thing probably better to get a TRT prescription first, go up to 300 for your first cycle then drop to 100mg or so to recover, and then reassess from there. If your not concerned about fertility and are trying to stick with this just doing very conservative TRT is probably a better idea then trying to jump start your endocrine system over and over just to clean up your bloods for a month and repeat and you’ll feel better and retain more than being hypogonadal.