First Cycle - Test Cyp 400mg/wk for 10wks

[brad1986]

Btw, if your libido has not increased by now your gear might be fake. Since week 3 I've been tearing my wife up...sometimes 3 times a day. She actually doesn't want sex anymore LOL.

I know i love that part of cycleing.... but when the cycle is over my wife starts bugging me as to why im not "all over her anymore" haha good thing shes cool with my gear use and understands how it works

[brad1986]

22g 1 1/4 inch is what Im using for my glutes. Im in week 7 running 500mgs test e, and kick start with 40mgs dbol the first four weeks. Haven't lost any weight or strength since I dropped the dbol. I've gained 5lbs since then, and my strength is still climbing.

I think your being paranoid about the pin shot not reaching the muscle.

Hey im def seeing a difference in your body btw! Your avi pic lookds alot leaner then the last pic i saw of you

[auslifta]

josef rakich is a kiwi btw :P one thing they hate is being called australian...

WTF you talking about???? Its an honor for them. You watch too many tarantino movies

[auslifta]

I'll be keeping an eye on this one. Goodluck!

[PurpleOnes]

In my opinnion you could achieve better base as natural ,before starting cycle, but I guess it your choise.

Anyways I will be following this thread , to see how you will change

[smashingbox]

I know my gear isn't fake, and I have some testicular atrophy... Like they are half normal size. How much are you on? I am thinking that maybe the gear is under dosed. My libido isnaturally quite high but if anything it has dropped off, although I have been a little depressed lately so maybe this is related? I honestly don't know I just want to see/feel some results!

[Bigd89]

250 twice a week-500mgs a week.

Your source local? Or online?

[auslifta]

I think maybe your estro levels are getting high, do you have aromasin ?

[smashingbox]

Bro I am in Australian, trying to get anything online through our customs is near impossible... so my source is local.

Why do you say my estro levels are high? Wouldn't I still be noticing increased strength and/or other test related improvements? If my estro levels are too high wouldn't I be carrying extra water, etc?

I have some arimidex on hand, was thinking about taking a small amount?

I am switching this week to Test-E 500mg/wk and see how that goes.

[lovbyts]

No not necessarily. Lower libido is a good sign that your E2 is high. You may still see good or OK gains for a while. I was reading something that sounds interesting and in your case you should try since you cant easily get an AI right now. Keep your dose the same, dont go higher or your E2 will get worse. Split your injections up into EOD or even daily. Yeah it can be a pain but you can use the 25g, 27g or even 29g slin pins 1/2 and it's supposed to keep your levels from spiking and keep the estrogen down.

[auslifta]

No not necessarily. Lower libido is a good sign that your E2 is high. You may still see good or OK gains for a while. I was reading something that sounds interesting and in your case you should try since you cant easily get an AI right now. Keep your dose the same, dont go higher or your E2 will get worse. Split your injections up into EOD or even daily. Yeah it can be a pain but you can use the 25g, 27g or even 29g slin pins 1/2 and it's supposed to keep your levels from spiking and keep the estrogen down.

This is why I think your estro levels are high. Maybe start this and see how you go if it gets worse. Aromasin might be better if you can get it.

[smashingbox]

Well I might have spoken too soon, last Thursday seemed like the flicking of a switch... overall mood has improved, confidence increased, etc. In the gym I have noticed increased sweating, a strange sensation of my head getting hot randomly, slightly increased vascularity. Still not seeing any crazy strength gains, but this will hopefully follow soon.

My weight is up slightly to 80.5kg. I will post a progress pic soon, not much change.

I am still considering taking some arimidex at .25mg EOD or E3D just to try and keep bloat away... but not sure if this is wise. How can you distinguish between water retention and body fat?

[smashingbox]

Oh and libido is back and hard ons are so fkn hard they hurt sometimes.

[auslifta]

Good news, glad your feeling it. Generally with bloating you will get a puffy face and even spread, where as fat would gather lower back, stomach first. Keep an eye on your ankles and wrists, they will tell you weather is is water or not. ankles dont usually gain much fat unless you put on alot.

[smashingbox]

Ok well today marks first shot of week 7. I have switched now to Test-E 250mg/ml @ 500mg/week. I made the decision to switch a week or so ago when I wasn't feeling anything however things have changed. I did my first delt shot and it made aspirating impossible! Overall though it was painless and easy so might continue to hit delts.

I am now up to 81kg, and definitely feeling better all around, just an overall feeling of wellbeing. I was worried about 'roid rage ' however it seems like so far the opposite has occured, I am more 'happy-go-lucky' and as previously stated generally just feeling good. Today's gym session was really good, hit some PBs and maintained a really good intensity.

The HCG at 250ui doesn't seem to be enough to keep my balls from atrohpying, they tend to balloon a little up and down, up a little after HCG shot and then down again before the next one... if I had some more HCG I would increase to 250ui 3 times per week or even 500ui twice a week... but dont want to run out before PCT.

Libido is not sky high as I would expect, it is kinda down if anything, but I have no other signs of high estro so really not sure what I should do here... whether it is worth trying arimidex @ 0.25mg EOD or even E3D and risk losing potential gains? Or whether to just keep going as is? Any thoughts?

[auslifta]

I think continue until you notice any signs to start.

[FlyingNun]

any updates?

[pointblank]

updates bro?

[smashingbox]

Well I have plenty of updating to do, unfortunately cycle was cut short slightly by some unrelated medical issue. I have been offline for a while because my computer shat itself. Computer is fixed so I will upload final pics and give full update soon. I reached 83kg with no appreciable increase in body fat, that is a total gain of 8kg or about 17.5lbs. I have so far maintained it (2 weeks since last shot) and will look to lean out a little with clen during PCT.

RIP to Aussie Zyzz, although he had his critics the man was always fairly pleasent and accomplished a lot with his physique. He died too young and in unfortunate circumstances.

[smashingbox]

So just to update, cycle went well overall with a couple of small interuptions, at one point I became concerned about possible high estro, my nipples were getting itchy and being paranoid about gyno I took 0.25mg of arimidex ... holy shit it ****ed me for almost a weak, sore joints, low energy, poor mood, etc.

I cut my cycle short 2 weeks ago because I had been getting intense headaches when working out, twice I had to leave the gym after 1 working set and then had a headache for the remainder of the night and into the next day. I saw a doctor and told him about everything, he said as much as he wanted to tell me to stop taking steroids he didn't think it was linked at all. As a precaution I stopped taking gear anyway, got an MRI scan to ensure I didn't have any bleeding in my brain etc. MRI came back all good so still looking for an answer on what is causing them, in the mean time I have been working out at about 80% capacity and avoiding certain exercises which seem to make the headaches worse.

As I mentioned above I am sitting on around 83kg, or 183lbs, an overall gain of 8kg or 17.5lbs. Not a bad effort but I had hoped for a bit more.

I had planned to run HCG throughout my cycle but abadoned this because I didnt like the idea of peppering my balls with small signals to turn on and countered by the natural signals to shut down, so I just skipped this altogether and instead will run 500ui/day for the next 5 days before starting PCT. I will also start clen during PCT, and also DAA and creatine to try and retain gains.

Here are some final pics, nothing insane, nothing overwhelming, but some solid gains.

[canadianbrah]

Looking good op, shame about having to cut the cycle early....wonder why u were getting those bad headaches.

[cam89]

Not a smart idea on skipping the HCG . You will lose more of the gains because you skipped it.