Quote Originally Posted by Kyle1337 View Post
I am making the plunge to TRT very soon after this cycle. I don't need to give my reasons, everyone has their battles and this is what I've chosen.

With that said. For the veterans and even newer TRT members, knowing what you know now... What would you of done from day 1 TRT?

Few things I've picked up, and correct me if I am wrong. But, with TRT, it's good to keep it minimal and run 800ish test (roughly 125mg a week) - person dependent and gear, of course. Blood work is only way to know. How often do you do blood on TRT?

I read it's good to run an AI. I always ran 1 with all my cycles, but does this amount of AI change with less test?

I have also read that Hcg should be used for the entire TRT life. 500IU a week.

I haven't read much else that one should be doing. I just want to have my sucks in a row for this as I want to be smart about it. I want to continue to be healthy and grow in the gym.

Please let me know your guys thoughts of what you'd do different or what you are doing and is working.
I have been on TRT for years and what I would have done differently is:
1) pellets from day one (see below, this has changed) as those twice weekly injections get old and do have the potential for building up scar tissue and forming calcifications making injections a hassle and especially when hitting a cycle if that is what one is doing
2) now I would do Aveed from onset. Minimal injections, "good" steady state levels
3) monitored my own labs and used adex because I was given letrozole and suffered for almost a year with crushed estrogen levels. Even though the doc I went to is "knowledgeable" as far as TRT docs go, she hadn't a clue about managing e2.
4) run HCG from day 1. Again, my doc didn't use it and even repeated attempts to get it prescribed yielded nothing.
5) I did this and would recommend it - wait at least a year (I waited several due to other health issues unrelated to AAS) to do any kind of cycle so you have your TRT dialed in.

Good luck

Kel has given excellent advice and knows more than most docs you will get treated from.