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As JP is saying in the first cycle videos you can adjust your dosage to a lower dose and try to get the max. out of least. In the last video on this topic he suggests going with as low as 300mg/week. Like @Rocco said he ran 250mg and gained a lot you may lower your dose just a bit and after you see gains stalling you could always just bump the dose a bit to start gaining. As for AI dosage goes it’s very person dependant. You may not need an AI atol or you will need it even with a small dose of test over your natural production. If you’ve had puberty gyno then you are most likely senstive. You can take aromasin 2x per week but I think more frequent dosing is better even if the mechanics of this drug work differently and the half-life isn’t that important.
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Some people just want to preach something that may worked to them and mostly they attribute their succes or let’s say growth to some anabolic or combination they tried and got good results out of that. IMO it’s way more important how you eat and train and not so much what compounds you are running. Sure they must be dosed at the dose you get benefits from but some people just sound “i couldn’t grow on test but i could on deca” but I don’t belive that. Possibly their nutrition was better and their training was better. But it’s true some people feel better on some compounds than on others and that’s what I think this is the most important when it comes to drugs – being able to tolerate them and feel ok what you’re running. If you feel great and you don’t have lots of sides you will be able to traing better and eat as well. But I’m very sure that if you can’t grow on x/y/z then you won’t be able to grow on a/b/c either which is dictated mostly by diet and training. Too much thinking, just run what you feel good on at the dosage that makes you feel ok and progress, because there is no magic combination or formula for the ultimate gains without side effects like some want to preach.
Just my 2c, maybe I’m wrong but I’d also like others opinions on this.
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Check out the JPs videos about first cycle. He gives a great advice on this same exact topic and basicly gives you a direct answer. I don’t think you need another compound, especialy orals. I highly suggest you watching the videos.
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Yesterday was a rest day but I was very active all day and also was driving for 6hrs. All meals were in and today I woke up at 96.7kg which is a good number. I’ve been getting fuller and leaner (by the pinch of skin) till now. I’ll be getting my cheat meal today in the evening possibly after my workout which will be my usual; 1 large pizza and 500g of candy (bc I love candy :P).
Now here are 2 pics I took today just after I ate my breakfast, the other quarterturn pics are down in the attached files.
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Change of plans! Today was not a rest day but Push 2. I’ll be traveling tomorow and I found out about that today so had to get a session. Anyways session was great and the numbers were higher than I was predicting! May also be that CNS is fresh because of bad 2 weeks but will see what the future brings. Also I’ll be getting some tren ace tomorow so I’ll be starting that from the next monday on at 25mg/day (175mg/week) and lower my test dosage to around 450mg/week. Pinning will be done ED with insulin pin in my upper-pecs (have experience with this and I want to give my glutes a bit of rest).
weight today: 97.2kg (basicly not dropping but again looking better and fuller)
This is how today’s session was going:
– Incline DB press: 52.5kg x10, 52.5kg x8
– Shoulder press (barbell seated): 95kg x6, 70kg x10
– Dips: BW x12, BW x8
– 1h Machine chest press (seated): 70kg x11, 72.5kg x9
– Lateral raises: 2 sets (2nd set DS – 2 drops)
– Rear delt flyes: 2 sets
– Close-grip bench press: 95kg x6
– Rope tricep extensions: 2 setsFS-Team Coach/Bodybuilding & Classic Physique IFBB Amateur competitor
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There is no minimum time usualy you run it as long as you are progressing or bloodwork lets you (if dosages are v high). For me it would be minimaly 10 weeks because I like to run longer blasts but it’s not the case for everybody. You also have to keep in mind that if you gain some muscle/stregth and you don’t maintain for a decent amount of time it’s more likely to be lost faster or maintained a lot harder (this heavily depends on dosages and if you are going completly off or B&C). You want to aim at progressing decently before deciding to discontinue use otherwise it’s just a waste of health and money. Maybe you could tell us what you were planning or thinking? That would make it a lot easier to give some more decent feedback.
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Test by itself can be good but if you can get other anabolics then using 2 compounds would be superior to using just one. Test can do the job and you can grow well on it, but you chould try Test + nandrolone (npp or deca) if you’d like. EQ as you mentioned before is also a good option. Just make sure you are training 100% and eating 100% and using drugs that make you feel ok, not shitty and you will progress.
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Weight: 97,2kg
A rly good pull session today, felt really strong and the pump was great also. Started losing some more subq water and seeing visual changes in the mirror. I’ll post pics next week exactly 1 week from the last pic post.
Today I did my “Pull 1” session:
– Rack pulls: 220kg x9, 220kg x7
– DB Rows: 62,5kg x12, 62,5kg x10
– Pulldowns: 2 sets (pump sets with good contraction)
– Cable rows (close grip): 120kg x11
– Concentration curls: 20kg x10, 20kg x8
– 1h DB curls (holding only 1 db): 2 DS (1 drop on 1/2 weight)Today I added 30g of carbs to my post workout meal and I’ll be eating more carbs on rest days too. Protein and fat stays the same while carbs will be 280g on training days and 230g on rest days for now. I go by what I feel atm until I get up with my food to the point I can get my bodyfat down fast (which is usually at 350g carbs in the beginning). I know this is a kind of “contra logic” but I’ve done this in the past and I know my metabolic rate is just F*ed up still because of the sickness and not being able to eat in that time period. It will take off as you can see my weight has increased but I’m getting leaner. I’m getting hungryer every day which is a good sign also, usually when my metabolic rate goes down I tend to lose my hunger more and more if I don’t refeed. With regular refeeds even at higher BF levels I feel that my metabolic rate doesn’t drop as near as badly as it does if I don’t refeed at all.
Tomorow is a rest day so I won’t be posting about it because it’s unnecessary. Will go for a short walk ~20mins.
That’s it for today!FS-Team Coach/Bodybuilding & Classic Physique IFBB Amateur competitor
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Why would 5iu of insulin do nothing? It did a lot for me. It’s all up to how insulin sensitive you are and honestly we all produce very different amounts of insulin on a daily bases. I know somebody said this bold statement in some post and it’s far from reality, you can’t generalize insulin to that extent.
A person that has high bodyfat, eating sugary/fatty food all day long will probably produce way more insulin than a person who is very lean and is very sensitive to carbs. Thats why 5iu for that “fat” person won’t do anything and could do it on empty stomach without any worries while the lean person could get into serious hypo doing that. I started with 3iu preworkout when I was very lean <6% BF and my pumps went from OK to crazy. That’s why you have to try and get experienced because with insulin there are tons of way of going about it and you simply can’t generalize any of these things like you can with anabolics where you say fist cycle 400mg test. ALso having high insulin levels when you actualy don’t need it for me isn’t logical. it’s a good tool to speed up the recovery proces (glicogen stores) right after or even while working out so taking it with meals through the whole day I think it just doesn’t make sence because it would make you insulin resistant very fast. JP talks in his vids that using it only pre/post workout is a great way of doing it and also this goes with the diet because he suggests eating carbs mostly at the workout perimeter (ifp ossible, if you havetoo much food obv. you can’t do it) and eating mostly pro/fat meals far away from your workout.FS-Team Coach/Bodybuilding & Classic Physique IFBB Amateur competitor
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Glad you found the vids… people (mostly new users) don’t realise how many vids there are that explain a lot just need to watch them all and you will basicly get 90% if not more answers to your questions. First reverse dieting or rebound vid he suggested slow increases in the other one (newer one) he revisited his standpoint and said that increases up to 1000kcal right after the show (also heavily depends on the person, size and gender) can prevent these crazy cravings for food and binges so yeah, maybe you went up too slow but it’s ok, performance should be your dictator anyways – trying to progress and honestly getting a bit of bodyfat isn’t that bad. Living on low single digits around contest shape can do more harm than good for some people (not for all). Getting some bodyfat fast (not 10% but maybe 2-3%) can get you in a much better place to progress.
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Depends on how your body tolerates a caloric deficit. You could go in a bigger deficit but performance shouldn’t suffer too much. You will over time lose some strength (you are natural) but it shouldn’t be a big dip. There is no right way of going about it, you can increase activity and do a smaller deficit or you can do a bigger deficit – the time you want to cut is also important. If it’s short a bigger deficit could be really good to get some fat off quickly. In these cases knowing your body, your metabolic rate and how your performance goes with food is number 1.
Also looking thick AF, you have grown nicely!FS-Team Coach/Bodybuilding & Classic Physique IFBB Amateur competitor
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Were you still progressing on that dose before you stopped the cycle? You can try the same dose for a few weeks and see how well you are growing – nutrition and training must be 100%! And when you see no progress in strength and weight/size you can maybe add a little bit.
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Had a great leg session today and was managed to get some decent numbers on my loading sets. Apetite and hunger is slowly increasing and I feel that my losing some subq water.
– Back squat: 160kg x8, 140 x10 (doing full ROM from top to bottom – almost sitting down on my calves)
– High stance leg press: 240kg x15
– Leg Press (regular): 280kg x15 + x6 + x3 – CS (all 3 parts of the set were to complete failure)
– Smith Squats (close stance): 75kg x12, 75kg x8 (focusing only on leg activation)
– Leg Curls: 2 sets (pump and contraction sets)
– Standing calf raise machine: 100kg x14, 100kg x12, 80kg x12, 80kg x10Thats it for today… already feeling sore in quads because I was a bit detrained due to sickness.
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It depends. Just personal preference, depends also if you are progressing after that 10 week mark and depends heavily on bloodwork in my opinion. In my case short cycles are not good, I don’t get almost anything solid till like 6-7 weeks in and strength really starts to come after 10+ weeks. Some people like blow up after going on cycle unlike me – I maybe get 1kg in first 2 weeks or even drop some weight. We are all different. Just go with what you feel is the best for you, try it out and experiment abit.
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Hmm then it may be the case you actually need that much calories. If you are getting stronger keep doing what you’re doing. Also are you natural or enhanced? That may play a role also. I hope somebody else chimes in that has more experience…
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