I'm currently on my 4th week of a tbol cycle at 40mg Ed. This is my first cycle and I weighed around 170lbs before starting the cycle. I'm now weighing 185 but 10 of this 15lbs were gained in the first 2 weeks. I know I'll probably not gain much more out of this but I was thinking in going for 6 weeks. Strength is still rising... I started to see strength gains in week 2 but now at mid week 4 I have roughly 15% more strength in every exercise, in some big muscle exercises 20%... I never thought of seeing something so powerfull from a simple oral cycle of tbol at 40mg. I'm amazed how much more weight I can lift. Pumps are incredible especially in my arms and legs, it gets almost impossible to brush my hair in the end of training.
I know I have naturally high testosterone levels in my body and although tbol gives some hpta suppression I probably still have good levels of test to work with, and this being my first cycle, I believe hinders good results, but this is over my expectations.
Now onto the bad side of this... I currently experience no hard sides from the tbol except some really bad lower back pain. This has made impossible for me to do some of the cardio I enjoy like running and swimming... Stationary bike is still possible and rowing, although not very confortable, is still possible. But I hate this exercises and I'm skipping them for the most part. Consequence: Since I'm not on a cutting diet, in fact, quite the opposite I also think I'm not getting leaner... More muscle but also more fat.
This back pain makes it hard for me to simple walk for more than 10 minutes. I hate it. I know this happens while on Tbol but is there anything to counteract this? How soon after I end my cycle will I be able to do cardio? Because of this and because I already have put some decent weight I'm thinking of dropping the cycle by the end of this week.
The only thing that makes me wonder is... How much more strength can I obtain?! Am I topping it now or will it continue to rise till the 6 weeks?!
I would really appreciate some tbol users feedback.