Unique Test/Primo/E2 Base Cycle + EO Experiment

Raiders789

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Hey everyone,

So as I have mentioned in other threads - a few weeks ago I started my blast, and I'd like to use this thread to document my dosages, bloodwork, gains, etc. I'm doing something a bit unorthodox and going to be using an estrogen base throughout the cycle so I'll document my experiences with that because there doesn't seem to be a lot of information/experience out about that. Also I'll be running half the cycle using primo without EO and the other half using primo with EO so I'll document my inflammatory markers and pinning experiences on both.

This cycle design is gonna consist of a base of 250mg test cyp/week, along with varying amounts of primo(initially at 500mg/week), an estrogen base(1mg of Estradiol Valerate/week), periodic use of anavar with the goal of bringing up lagging muscles, and lastly 4-6iu of GH.

A bit of background: I'm fairly new to AAS use - I've been on hormone replacement for nearly a year now, and have run 3 small cycles + cruises throughout that time. I have experience using both primobolan and anavar - my 2nd cycle I ran test/primo at a 1:1 ratio which I'd say is the best cycle I've ran, but I crashed my E2 pretty much instantly to 0 (which in hindsight I should have seen coming given how low of an aromatizer I am:oops:). Instead of raising the test, I opted to add in an estrogen base (in the form of injectable Estradiol Valerate) and use that cycle as an opportunity to experiment and dial in the exact dosage of EV I'd need to keep my E2 where I want it. So after confirming my E2 crashed to low single digits on just test/primo with a LCMS E2 blood test, I started off by adding 0.5mg EV/week which put my E2 at 18pg/ml, and then bumped up to 1mg EV/week to get my E2 to 37pg/ml (both confirmed by LCMS E2). Once I got that dialed in, the cycle was fantastic and I made the best + most consistent progress I think I ever have. I also felt the best I ever have on cycle too, I've found I feel the best on primo - always in a good mood, no anger/excess CNS stimulation, better focus and motivation.

I plan to break this cycle into two phases - first a lean bulk phase and second a fat loss phase. I won't set any hard deadlines, but my best guess is I'll run the lean bulk from Dec - March(aiming for a 250-500cal surplus), and then transition to fat loss from April - May however It'll all be dependent on how much fat I gain during the bulk. I'd like to end the fat loss phase at ~8% bodyfat and don't want to have to diet over a 750cal deficit so I'll make adjustments to the program as I go to make sure I reach my goal. This cycle I'm gonna keep my test at 250mg/week and let primo be the main driver of hypertrophy. My plan is to start at 500mg/week, and maybe increase it down the road if progress stagnates during the bulk or if I start to lose strength during the diet. I've been making great progress these first few weeks on 500mg so hopefully that doesn't change, but I'm very fortunate to have a ton of primo so I have no problem adding a bit more. Hopefully this log can serve as a good measure of how effective primo on its own is at building muscle, given most primo cycle logs feature high doses of test as well.

As far as sourcing/EO - I have plenty of both 100mg/ml and 200mg/ml primo(only BA/BB, no EO) from primal, 200mg/ml primo(with EO) from primal(resold from China), and 200mg/ml primo(with EO) from WWB. And test cyp 250mg/ml from primal(no EO). I'm currently using the 100mg/ml no EO from primal. My plan is to alternate between sources every 4 weeks, and get lab work/inflammatory markers checked at each switch. I'm lucky enough to have a good amount of spare cash lying around and buying labs is no problem, so if there's any other inflammatory test other than hsCRP/CBC/Fibriogen, or other tests in general you guys would like to see lmk!

Also if any of the more experienced guys have any critiques/recommendations to adjusting dosages, ancillaries, or anything in general I'm all ears! Like I said, although I feel I'm well educated in AAS, I'm still fairly new to the game and would like to do whatever I can to optimize my health and gains.
 
Current stack + ancillaries as of 11/28(date of writing is 12/12):

Stack:
250mg test cyp/week
500mg primo(100mg/ml - no EO)
1mg Estradiol Valerate/week
20mg anavar preworkout
6IU GH (taken once at night)

Ancillaries:
320IU HCG EOD
21mg Reta (9mg E3D)
10mcg T3/25mcg T4
5 rosuvastatin/10 ezetimibe
100mg modafinil
20mg accutane
130mg carbonyl iron + 500mg Vitamin C (EOD in the morning)
10mg lemborexant
4g Fish Oil, 5g creatine, 200mg coq10, 1500mg NAC + 1000mg TUDCA, Melatonin + Magnesium Glycinate

I'll add a pre cycle baseline of my weight/bf/lbm from my pre cycle dexa scan which was taken while on TRT only. Since then, I've added about 10lbs of water + glycogen and am 200lbs fasted in the morning. Over these first two weeks, I've had no meaningful change in morning blood pressure (~105/60), rhr (~75bpm), and hrv (~55ms). Fasting blood sugar has stayed at 4.5nmol(81mg/dl).

My strength has gone up pretty considerably since starting the cycle and my endurance/recovery has gone up a ton as well. I've been able to run my PPL split without needing a rest day and every lift I have a ton of energy in the gym, and lift for 2+ hrs taking most sets to failure. As far as the physique, I went from looking ~8-9%bf on trt to now visually ~12% especially in my stomach due to the water retention from the GH, but I look a lot more full and vascular. Definitley seeing the "primo effect" kick in with how dry+full I look with a pump, just wish I wasn't holding so much water from the gh o_O.

I initially planned to only use 20mg anavar before my push days to bring up my chest but the pumps have been so great I have been using it before every lift. I'm going to get some baseline bloodwork done in a few days, and I'll see how my lipids + liver + kidney function looks - if everything looks good I'll keep the var in every day, but if things even look a bit questionable (especially liver/kidneys) I'll pull it.
 

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How are you dosing the EV?
ED EOD?

I'm surprised u got to 37 with 1mg.
1mg of EC barely gives me 20mg.

Are you pulling labs at peak or trough?

For kidneys pull cycstatin c. Other than that I see you got hsCRP covered.
 
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How are you dosing the EV?
ED EOD?

I'm surprised u got to 37 with 1mg.
1mg of EC barely gives me 20mg.

Are you pulling labs at peak or trough?
I've been doing it IM every 3.5days - I premix my test/primo/EV in a big 30ml vial so each injection is 125mg cyp, 250mg primo and 0.5mg EV.

Back when I got the 18 and 37, I was pinning subq ED to keep levels as stable as possible while I dialed the dose in. But when I get my labs done in a few days I'm gonna pull at the trough (3 days post injection) so I'd imagine I'll see something a bit lower than 37. But I feel great so far with this protocol so I'm interested to see how it turns out.

Also as far as my sourcing for the EV - I got it from PPL a while ago, and(regrettably) got the 50mg/ml concentration, so I diluted it to 2mg/ml with a bunch of MCT oil. I bet theres a pretty good chance that my "2mg/ml" vial might be inaccurately dosed, but thats what I used to dial my doses in previously and I have like 30ml of it so to keep things consistent I'll just stick with the same vial. Also I believe the valerate ester is lighter than cypionate, so per total mg compound I get a little more active Estradiol.
 
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