12 or 16 week cycle?? 1st ever!

**GTtheGUY** · 10-29-2018, 08:20 PM

OK so I'm 3 weeks into my first ever cycle. I'm doing Test C250 only. I'm 45 and I'm pretty sure my test levels were low before starting but didnt get then checked. This stuff has me literally feeling like the hulk already. I feel like I'm 18 years old again times 10!! So I have a 12 week cycle planned out but thinking about extending that to 16 weeks then on to a PCT. Is there any reason I shouldn't go 16 weeks? Is 12 the max for a person in my situation? I really like how I feel with my energy levels, libido and my workouts are insane compared to before. Thanks.

**Charlie67** · 10-29-2018, 09:11 PM

Originally Posted by GTtheGUY

OK so I'm 3 weeks into my first ever cycle. I'm doing Test C250 only. I'm 45 and I'm pretty sure my test levels were low before starting but didnt get then checked. This stuff has me literally feeling like the hulk already. I feel like I'm 18 years old again times 10!! So I have a 12 week cycle planned out but thinking about extending that to 16 weeks then on to a PCT. Is there any reason I shouldn't go 16 weeks? Is 12 the max for a person in my situation? I really like how I feel with my energy levels, libido and my workouts are insane compared to before. Thanks.

Haha, lol. From a fellow mid-40's, Enjoy!
Some of that feeling of greatness may be placebo after only 3 weeks, but who cares, you seem to be happy so carry on! Are you taking just 250 weekly? Or how many injections/wk? Just curious what your total weekly amount is.

I know you didn't get pre-cycle bloodwork, but you should get mid-cycle to check your estrogen level and total Testosteron. If you're "only" taking 250 week, it would, for me at least, barely get you out of the normal ranges, but if you meant 500/wk (250 twice/wk) you might see an elevated estrogen level. Are you taking any AI? Like arimidex or aromasin ?

Best of luck my friend,
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**GTtheGUY** · 10-29-2018, 11:45 PM

Man I noticed my libido go up the day after my first shot . And from There I noticed so much drive in the gym. I noticed it all within the first week!. I'm taking 500mg a week. Two 1CC shots a week. My first two weeks I took only 250mg but starting week 3 I went to 500. I'm a slender in shape guy to start with. I'm 510 173lbs to start. Not much muscle but stay fairly ripped up naturally. I went from 173lbs to 188lbs in just the 23 days I've been on cycle! So yes I notice and feel a world of diff. I'm starting to wonder if I had any test in me before starting this haha JK. And no I'm not taking any AL. and I dont really know how to go to the dr and have him check my levels, estrogen or otherwise without him knowing what I'm up to. Not to sure I have the right kind of dr for that. I do plan on after a PCT goi g to see him about my test levels cuz im.pretty sure they have tanked in the last four years. So what do you think, 12 vs 16 weeks? Is there a diff?? Thanks

**AR's King Silabolin** · 10-30-2018, 03:35 AM

One concern when going more weeks, is hct.
If more than 12 weeks, u need to do something to be safe. Donating, get hct/rbc testet. Start hctlowering methods. Hct WILL increase each week from 250 mg testosteron.

Other is that recovery will be more hard. Most agree on that heavy use short term gives easier recovery than low dose long term.

The effects will degrade cause body adapts to the extra hormones.

U need a longer offtime in order to not degrade your next run.

But hey...16 weeks will not kill u. Just watch hct.

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**Eduke93** · 10-30-2018, 10:25 AM

12 weeks is certainly sufficient.

If you do go further, keep an eye on blood work, eat well and train hard!

**Charlie67** · 10-30-2018, 10:29 AM

Sil's right, 16 weeks isn't necessarily a problem, but being able to check your hematocrit and estrogen levels is more important the longer your running... and I'm sure there's a million other things to consider

As for your Dr. concerns, not sure what state you live in, but I use a private lab for bloodwork, not my primary doc. I pay about $80 for a basic hormone panel that tells me what I need. I run an AI to keep my estrogen in check, and I donate blood to keep my hct in check. But don't interpret that to mean you should go donate "just because", while I believe its safe for most people to regularly donate blood... there's many around here who get twitchy at the suggestion. Generally you should listen to everyone else before me

I think this link would really help you understand what's happening. Give it a read through:
https://forums.steroid.com/anabolic-...rst-cycle.html

**GTtheGUY** · 10-30-2018, 09:31 PM

Good stuff folks. Thanks!!

**Arcânn** · 10-31-2018, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by GTtheGUY

Man I noticed my libido go up the day after my first shot . And from There I noticed so much drive in the gym. I noticed it all within the first week!. I'm taking 500mg a week. Two 1CC shots a week. My first two weeks I took only 250mg but starting week 3 I went to 500. I'm a slender in shape guy to start with. I'm 510 173lbs to start. Not much muscle but stay fairly ripped up naturally. I went from 173lbs to 188lbs in just the 23 days I've been on cycle! So yes I notice and feel a world of diff. I'm starting to wonder if I had any test in me before starting this haha JK. And no I'm not taking any AL. and I dont really know how to go to the dr and have him check my levels, estrogen or otherwise without him knowing what I'm up to. Not to sure I have the right kind of dr for that. I do plan on after a PCT goi g to see him about my test levels cuz im.pretty sure they have tanked in the last four years. So what do you think, 12 vs 16 weeks? Is there a diff?? Thanks

For your bloodwork, try privatemdlabs if they are available in your state. Or wherever you are. If outside the U.S., I have no clue how to go about that, but here, there are private labs you can go through that don't require seeing a doctor or anything of the sort