9 months. 4 months of bulking up with test and deca, then go straight into a cutter for 5 months. ran hgh the whole time. with the cutter i ran test enanthate/tren enanthate/hgh/t3/clen. i only ran the tren for the last 3 months, first 2 months i used anavar and winstrol. then took 3 months off and went back on. recovery was pretty good imo, i used hcg for 10 days @ 250ius after my last injection, then ran 50mg of clomid ED and 20mg of nolvadex ED for 6 weeks, also used letro @ 2.5mg every 3rd day and dostinex @ .5mg every 4th day for the whole 6 weeks as well. libido was good only because i ran dostinex, imo. i dont think i would of got an erection coming off a cycle. thats why i hate coming off sometimes, because no matter what, you will have libido problems for a few weeks to a few months depending on how well you recovered.
i think the best protocol is 3 months natural bulking, then a 3 month bulker, then 3 months of natural dieting/leaning up, then throw a 3 month cutting cycle in. i think thats the best way to go, imo. and i will be doing this in the future.
also my doses:
test enanthate: (both cutting and bulking) 250mg every 4th day
deca: 300mg every 4th day
tren enanthate: 250mg every 4th day
t3: 50mcg ed
clen: 100mcg ed
hgh: 4iu's ed
i personally dont see a change when upping the test dose past 500mg every week, but thats me and everyone is different.