You are on a cut, 500mg pw is more than enough to preserve your muscle. Upping the dose would literally be a complete waste unless you start bulking. You are not going to gain any muscle during a calorie deficit even with gear

the only exceptions to this is: if you have just started lifting weights for the first time, or if you used to train and took a really long break and lost it all and came back then muscle memory might add a little mass during a deficit, and lastly if you were in the hospital/sick and in bed for months then you might be able to add a little muscle during a deficit as well when you return to the gym. If someone is in any of those situations they shouldnt be using steroids at all, and they dont need them because the results will be great without them for months and months

Not trying to burst your bubble but you didn't gain any muscle on your "crazy" first cycle either even with multiple compounds and those doses....if you did gain you were not in a calorie deficit. Some of the size you thought you gained could be water retention or just the illusion a good cut gives that makes you appear bigger because the muscle is more visable and defined.

As long as you keep the protein high, calories low, and train hard your cut should be a success as long as you are losing weight.

If you haven't started to "feel" it yet then it should be kicking in very soon, your ester starts kicking in right around now (week 4). if you don't feel anything by week 6 its possible your gear is fake. I would get blood work done in 2 weeks (your 6 week mark) regardless just to see what your Testosterone levels are at and to see how well your gear is dosed, also see what your estro is at and if you need to up or lower your arimidex. Make sure when you get the estro test you get the "Sensitive estrodiol E2 test" thats the only accurate one for men...the other estro test is for women and isn't as accurate for men.

In my opinion you should switch to a lean bulk man, I feel like you are wasting these cycles on cuts when you could be getting so much more out of your gear. I know you made a post a few weeks ago saying you were worried about putting on too much size too fast but I wouldn't worry about that, and if you are worried about that why the hell even use gear? Save your money/health

Hope I didn't come across as a jerk. I am truly trying to give you the best advice I can and explain myself as well.

Good luck