Hey guys just joined up on this board looking to expand my support system, my old board died off pretty good. Heres the rundown:

30yrs old
5'7" 178lbs 12-15% BF
12yrs lifting, 6months back after a 3year slowdown raising kids

Cycle
1-16wk 500mg Test E/week
18-22wk Nolva 40/40/20/20 & Clomid 50/50/25/25
HCG- TBD

Tomorrow will be last pin of my fourth week. Threw on roughly 5lbs in the few months dialing in my workouts and bulking diet leading up to the cycle and coming up on 10lbs this month since starting. I Irritated dome preexisting soft tissue damage in my shoulders a week and a half a ago so I had to take it easy on arms/shoulers/chest for a bit which actually I think helped as I changed my routine to upper body / lower body split with heavy emphasis on compound lifts like deads/squats/rows/chins getting these big weight lifts in at least twice a week and everything else I've left out has grown enough as supporting muscles. I dont bother with "Arms Day" ect anymore and I love it!

I've hit PRs on my squats and deads and have a great swell. Feeling more filled out if you will than I ever have. Very satisfied so far with my results after struggling forever to break 165lbs. I did struggle pretty bad with PIP for the first few pins. My first shot in my shoulder crippled my arm for a couple days, 2nd shot I tried my quad which literally made me unable to walk with a swollen lump in my leg for almost 4 days, it was terrible. It feels like my body or muscles were rejecting the test for awhile. Anyway tried my glutes and they seem to be my spot with only slight discomfort for a day or two, with my shoulders only a little more dfficult now that the muscle is less virgin. Still have some to learn about injecting smoother I think, and need to find my ventralglute from what I hear.

I have some conflicting thoughts on my HCG protocol. I was going to run the entire cycle but it was delayed and I got too antsy waiting and pulled the trigger. Second issue is I am going to mexico for a friends wedding week 17, the day after my last pin.(hence running 16wks so I am not on nolva/clomid in mexico) So I'm looking for feedback on how to include it.

1) Start running it now, purchase another bottle and run week 5-16 (cant bring it to Mexico).
2)Or fire my last pin, goto mexico, come back 7 days later and do 500iu/day for 10days then start PCT 3 days late. There seems to be a lot of different opinions on how to incoporate HCG properly and I did just plan to run it throughout so I'm unprepared for any other method.

Anyway, I'll keep an update or two a week on progress. I'm not much of a picture in the mirror kind of guy but might end up posting some up.