ok so most of you guys know that I'm NOT a fan of test only cycles at all. especially lower dosages (under 800mg) and combing it with an AI. I think they are a waste of time and your not getting anywhere near the gains you could get by running an actual AAS cycle (note: I don't consider testosterone an anabolic steroid, and neither do medical dictionaries). and once you add a hefty dose of an AI to your measly test only cycle, you've really made it a bad cycle and hindered your gains (the AI is defeating the purpose of test to begin with).
now sure I understand running 500-600mg of test to get your feet wet with essentially a high dose TRT. nothing wrong with that. but thats not really an AAS cycle imo (even though thats the general consensus in most places as to what a first cycle should be).
you can spend 3 years running a dozen or more of this little 'test only' cycles with your AI, and your not going to get much for gains out of that. compared to what you could be getting running actual AAS cycles during that time.
however having said all that, there is a right way to do Test only cycles if your wanting to put on some size.
so heres a protocol to make the most of your 'test only' cycle.
for starters - NO AI. I can go into more detail as to why for the 100th time. but keeping test from aromatizing into estrogen is a big hindrance to the gains that come from test only cycles. the whole purpose of test is to get the estrogen. if you don't want the estrogen then don't frickn run test in the first place . pick from 20 other compounds that don't aromatize. Estrogen is a huge factor in what makes Test anabolic in the first place. without the estrogen your simply left with mainly an androgen and DHT (which is not anabolic in muscle tissue).
IF your gyno prone or super estrogen sensitive. then don't mess with test only cycles. if your fine with high E levels but just want to limit some gyno potential, then run Nolva at 10-20mg per day with your test only cycle (that will at least let your blood serum levels of estrogen remain high)
ok so heres the protocol
test - 1500mg per week (no thats not that high .. again your only running test. 1.5 grams of gear per week is not a heavy cycle).. its at the 1000+mg per week dosage that test really becomes anabolic. the lower dose of test the anabolic load is very low (and again, its a test only cycle, you have no other AAS to help with anabolic load)
you need to stack your Test only cycle with these ancillary growth factors to get the most out of it
HGH 4iu per day
Mk677 25mg per day
T4 75mcg per day
Insulin 20iu per day
Clen 20mcg per day
the above growth factors stacked with your 1500mg test per week is whats going to make your test only cycle really work to add size.. lower dosages of test by itself just wont cut it. also a reason you don't want an AI is because high blood serum levels of estrogen with the high amount of androgen load plus these growth factors is going to provide a ton of synergy (like a very high hepatic output of IGF1)
anyhow, thats long enough first post . more details to come .. but just something for you 'test only' guys to think about and consider if your wanting to stick with test, but add some real size