Hi,
I am 5’10”, 23, 180lbs and lean. I have been weight lifting now for 5 years, and have a very good diet, and train 4 times a week. I have been addicted to the gym since I got into it, and love it as a sport. For two years now, I feel like I have largely plateaued, and now is the right time for me to try my first cycle, I have tweaked my diet and training so much now, I feel like steroids are the natural (ironically so!) progression for me.
I’ve spent the past 4 weeks reading up about steroids, and have built myself a cycle plan based on what I have cumulatively read.
First of all, I already have obtained : 25 x 25 gauge 1 inch needles, 25 x 2.5ml syringes, and alcohol swabs. I have tried pinning myself in the glute (which was one of my apprehensions about AAS, given my fear of needles!!) and didn’t really feel a thing, so feel happy to go ahead, and feel like my convictions to do this easily outweigh my apprehensions about needles.
My only worry about injecting, is how I know when the needle has gone into my muscle? I barely felt it going in, so worry that I may not feel it when it hits my muscle. I have read up about how the check if you have hit a vein etc, but still don’t like the sound of injecting Test-E into anything other than muscle tissue!
The cycle I have laid out in my plan is :
1-12 weeks (84 days) – Test-E (500mg per week) and 0.5mg Arimidex Every other day
12-14 weeks (14 days) : 0.5mg arimidex EOD
14-16 weeks (14 days): Clomid 100mg Novla 40mg
16-18 weeks (14 days): Clomid 50mg Novla 20mg
I plan to take Milk Thistle and other Liver Support throughout my PCT as well
How does that sound?
Obviously I am quite worried about Gyno, so have read up a lot about it’s symptoms, and how to avoid them, which is what prompted me to include Arimidex in the cycle from day 1. Yet from what I have read some people feel Arimidex should only be used if you start to see symptoms like tender nipples (could someone clarify?)
One thing I have read up about a lot is the PCT, and it seems there is a lot of controversy in the Novla/clomid debate. I understand you are going to feel “down” and bad during this stage, but some people swear by clomid only and others by novla only, is taking both right, or wrong?
I also wonder whether the length and extent of PCT is ample, or too much (?) Given my young age (23), from what I have read my natural testosterone production should return to normal more quickly, especially considering this comparably light cycle, so was considering this as a lesser PCT :
14-15 (7 days) Novla 40mg Clomid 100mg
15-16 (7 days) Novla 20mg Clomid 50mg
16-17 (7 days) Novla 10mg
17-18 (7 days) Novla 10mg
Thanks in advance for your advice.