Advice please....

[crfpilot14]

posted this in the PCT thread also...can you comment on the cycle? thanks.

I have been around here since 99 but i cannot post with my other screenname for some reason. had to re-register. anyway, i am an EM Physician and did a few cycles as a US Army Ranger back in the early 90s. i got back into working out 2 years ago and will be doing a cycle in january. i have a pretty sound knowledge of endocrinology but it is always good to hear from ones with experience, not just book knowledge. here is my cycle and consider it a first since i havent used since 93.

Test Enth 500mg/wk x 10wks
Deca 400mg/wk x 10wks
HCG 250-500IU q4-5day x 10wks
Arimidex 0.50mg qday x 10wks

PCT: Nolva 40mg qday wk 11, 30mg qday wk 12, 20mg qday wk 13-14
Clomid 50mg qday wks 11-14

also considered just starting the HCG 1000IU 3x/wk x 3wks starting wk 11 with the nolva 20mg/clomid 50mg x 5wks starting wk 11.

thanks for the advice. i will get baseline values and check them during and after to monitor the therapy.

another question is if i maintain testicular volume throughout the cycle i shouldnt need HCG post-cycle, correct? thanks again.

 

[Ajax45]

I prolly would run just the test at 500mg/wk since it's been that long. If you're determined to run it with the deca, I'd up that to a min. of 400mg/wk. I'd also run it a min. of 10wks. 12 with deca would be preferable. You're gonna have 20ml of each anyway. Test E & deca take quite a while to kick in so it's better to run them a little longer.

I doubt seriously you'd need the HCG. I've run some 12 weekers, & noticed only moderate shrinkage. Some people do tend to shrink pretty quick on deca though. I think on smaller cycles HCG is a matter of preference & cash availability. One more note about deca. I seem to run into a lot of people lately who don't realize that deca can be detected in your system for up to 16 months. Just be aware of that in case it might be a problem.

 

[help4john]

Well thought out cycle. The only criticism I have is the HCG....only because of personal preference. My body recovers better and testes bounce back to normal if I use HCG mid cycle only for 2 weeks (1000IU's MWF) and then again once Clomid/Nolvadex starts for PCT. Also, when taking Arimidex pills, I usually take .5mg EOD but with USP I take .5mg/day.

Good luck!

 

[Lowest]

I would also run it 10 weeks or so. If you use the HCG to maintain testicular volume during the cycle, then no, you shouldn't need it post-cycle as well, clomid should be sufficient. Some people have a hard time recovering from deca though, so it wouldn't hurt to have extra on hand just in case. And damn, it's been a long time since I saw someone write out "qday" for a cycle, lol, ever since I worked as an ER tech and one of my friends was working in the hospital pharmacy cleaning out the expired testosterone. Good times

 

[crfpilot14]

thanks for the quick responses. i can go for 10wks and i am not set on using deca. i have used it before and it makes my knees feel great....some osteoarthritis from all the running and t-10 jumps i made in the army...i will edit the post above to 10wks with deca to 400mg...shouldnt i end deca early so i wont have much of it around when i start PCT? thanks again...

 

[crfpilot14]

I would also run it 10 weeks or so. If you use the HCG to maintain testicular volume during the cycle, then no, you shouldn't need it post-cycle as well, clomid should be sufficient. Some people have a hard time recovering from deca though, so it wouldn't hurt to have extra on hand just in case. And damn, it's been a long time since I saw someone write out "qday" for a cycle, lol, ever since I worked as an ER tech and one of my friends was working in the hospital pharmacy cleaning out the expired testosterone. Good times

cant help the "qday" thing cause i use it every day! and thanks for the advice.

 

[crfpilot14]

i guess i should add that i am 6'1 195lbs ~15%BF. no worries about piss tests as if i do have one we only get checked for the UDS stuff...

 

[Ajax45]

Yeah, you may want to keep the deca if it's for the knees. I keeping telling myself I'm gonna try it "the next cycle" because of my knees too. I just end up with a different cycle for some reason.

So I assume you were there for the 1st Desert Storm? I spent 178 lovely days & a wake up in that beautiful piece of shit country I still have wonderful memories of eating my sand covered MREs, those wonderful pills that always gave me the shits & the beautiful weather going from the low 50s to 130 in just a matter of hours. Actually it wasn't THAT bad. I did get to make apple liquor in a homemade still. It tasted like ass, but it got the job done

 

[crfpilot14]

veteran of Just (Be)Cause, Desert Storm and TF Ranger... Iraq was a cake-walk compared to Mogadishu.