Advice Needed

[TomDebois]

Hi,

To give some context I'm 24 years old, 6'4", 95kg, roughly 15% body fat. I've been lifting as a side hobby for about 6-8 years. Only really started taking it seriously along with my diet a year or two ago.

I have been looking into starting my first steroid cycle. After a lot of research I have came up with this cycle: Test-e 500mg/week 1-12, D-bol 25mg/day 1-6, arimidex 0.5mg/eod 1-12, nolvadex 40mg/day 15-18.

I have a lot of symptoms of water retention already(I think I naturally retain a lot of water as my diet is pretty good/low salt), and I am worried this is only going to get a lot worse on cycle. How can I prevent/reduce my symptoms? Will the arimidex do this sufficiently?

Any other advice before I start my cycle?

Trying to learn as much as I can before I start.

Hope you can help,

Tom

[Back In Black]

Welcome.

Cycle needs a little work. Drop the Dbol , reduce your ai, add Hcg and add to your nolva and change the nolva dosage.

Here you go

My First Cycle: Planning and Executing a Successful First Cycle

[TomDebois]

Thanks for your quick reply!

I'll do that.

Why drop the d-bol? Is in unnecessary ?

I'll read that post and go from there, thanks.

[Back In Black]

Why do you need it? You don't know how you will respond to test only. You don't know how to control test only. What if you get side effects, what compound will you treat?

Besides, it's all water weight anyway, most overhyped aas (other than EQ) imho. I'll never run it again.

[TomDebois]

Ahh okay mate sound fair I'll drop it, cheers!

[DocToxin8]

DBOL can be really great, and doesnt necessarily bring much water either.
Other than that i agree with BiB, why use it now?

But down the line....

First cycle (if not in special cases) should be test only IMHO.

[Euroholic]

Mate at your height you should be much heavier. How much you eating?

[ScotchGuard02]

Dbol TOTALLY holds water. I gained 25lbs of water weight in the first 4 weeks while I front loaded my Test E cycle with dbol. I lost it all after PCT. IMO, you don't need dbol front load. If your naturally holding water, you'll bloat like a balloon with dbol.

[ghettoboyd]

DBOL can be really great, and doesnt necessarily bring much water either.
Other than that i agree with BiB, why use it now?

But down the line....

First cycle (if not in special cases) should be test only IMHO.

i agree I don't get any water retention from d-bol just an over all sense of well being really so I like it...