40 yr old male looking for advice to help get back in shape

[cb714]

age 40
height 6'1
weight 227
body fat Dont know - !high!
lifting experience - decent - been lifting on and off since high school, not a gym rat but at least 2-3 times per week of mostly dumbbells.

Yeah bro, first things first get blood work to make sure you don't have any underlying issues. When you say high body fat, how high is high? does the belly hang, do you have a "muffin top" lol.. sorry that term is funny. What's your waist size right now?

My suggestion would honestly be to lose the fat. The higher the fat content the higher the chance of side effects. Try to slim down to below 15%, some say that's even a little high. Check out the workout section and the diet section. You need to make sure you got your diet absolutely down before you start. Diet is the most important part of the whole thing. Once you got your bf down and your diet worked out then I would start.

But like Xelnaga said above see a doc about TRT. It's not gonna be a big enough dose for packing on muscle but at least you have a subscription on hand to back you up should any legal issues arise. Having a prescription gives you some peace of mind.

When you got all the above down, start with test enanthate @ 500mg per week, split into two doses of 250mg (mon/thu). Make sure you have PCT on hand before you start! You may wanna go with nolva and clomid for 4 weeks. Start it 2 weeks after your last shot. I would invest in some aromasin and hcg as well for during the cycle. Aromasin in case you start experiencing estrogen sides and HCG to keep your boys working. A lot of people have quick recovery when they use HCG on cycle.

Check out the stickies on this forum too. There's a bunch of useful information about 1st cycles, pct...etc This site comes in really handy man. Take advantage of it.

[Honkey_Kong]

Yeah bro, first things first get blood work to make sure you don't have any underlying issues. When you say high body fat, how high is high? does the belly hang, do you have a "muffin top" lol.. sorry that term is funny. What's your waist size right now?

My suggestion would honestly be to lose the fat. The higher the fat content the higher the chance of side effects. Try to slim down to below 15%, some say that's even a little high. Check out the workout section and the diet section. You need to make sure you got your diet absolutely down before you start. Diet is the most important part of the whole thing. Once you got your bf down and your diet worked out then I would start.

But like Xelnaga said above see a doc about TRT. It's not gonna be a big enough dose for packing on muscle but at least you have a subscription on hand to back you up should any legal issues arise. Having a prescription gives you some peace of mind.

When you got all the above down, start with test enanthate @ 500mg per week, split into two doses of 250mg (mon/thu). Make sure you have PCT on hand before you start! You may wanna go with nolva and clomid for 4 weeks. Start it 2 weeks after your last shot. I would invest in some aromasin and hcg as well for during the cycle. Aromasin in case you start experiencing estrogen sides and HCG to keep your boys working. A lot of people have quick recovery when they use HCG on cycle.

Check out the stickies on this forum too. There's a bunch of useful information about 1st cycles, pct...etc This site comes in really handy man. Take advantage of it.

Yeah, but if he sees the doctor and gets put on TRT, there wouldn't be a point in running a PCT. Besides which, the OP said he's been lifting on and off since high school. Which unless I misunderstood what he was saying means he needs to step it up and for a while before I think cycling would be a good option. Besides if he's low t and gets put on TRT, he'll get some gains.

[cb714]

Yeah, but if he sees the doctor and gets put on TRT, there wouldn't be a point in running a PCT. Besides which, the OP said he's been lifting on and off since high school. Which unless I misunderstood what he was saying means he needs to step it up and for a while before I think cycling would be a good option. Besides if he's low t and gets put on TRT, he'll get some gains.

For sure man... Yeah if youre on trt then pct is not necessary. I was saying to get a prescription more for legal reasons.