Heya to everyone from the great white north! I do have questions, and I'm sure you've heard them all before, but everytime I do a search, it veers off in a million directions! So basically I'm gonna give you my life story and hopefully you'll all go easy on me lol
First off, I'll be hitting the big 50 this May, and for some reason it's annoying me more than any other milestone birthday. Until about 5 years ago I was in not horrible shape, a little bit overweight but nothing to get all worried about. Then I took a job getting off the tools. I'm a millwright by trade, and at this point my hands are kinda fucked so it seemed like a good idea. In that time though, I put on about 70 lbs. This put me at morbidly obese, I'm only 5'2" so 70 is ALOT. I had no gas in the tank, and walking from the couch to the fridge what a chore. I was exhausted all the time. I went to the doc, and aside from the big problem of my weight, it turns out my test levels were non-existent. I'm not talking a little low I'm talking tanked.
So I started out on TRT, and quickly went from a cream that did nothing to injections. First test cyp, and then with a new doc ethanate. After a year of tweaking, I'm currently on 130mg of test ethanate weekly, and thats putting me slightly above the upper limit of "normal" range.
While I was doing this, I decided I was going to make an honest attempt at losing all this extra and getting myself into better shape. The first while I was on and off, but I really started to get serious about it towards the end of last summer. I have been pretty damn determined with food tracking and consistent in the gym. Perfect? No, but pretty damn close. I track pretty much everything that goes into my mouth. I wanted to really try to make the most of the muscle I had, so I've been eating around 2300cal a day and that puts me around 1lb a week lost. I'm down 40lbs and feeling much better.
Which brings me to my first cycle. I've been considering it for the past couple months, reading and absorbing what I can, and have decided to go for it. I'll be straight up with everyone. I have read a lot, the general consensus being to have a few years of solid training under your belt. I've also read that you should squeeze as much as you can out of your genetic potential before considering AAS. When you're 50, you don't give a shit about all that. If I wait until I've hit my maximum genetic potential, it will probably never happen. What I can say is I am consistent with my training, I don't skip out and I consider everything I eat.
Now the questions......
I was set on bumping up my test from the current 130/week into around the 300/week mark and adding in 20mg anavar daily. I like what I hear about Anavar when it comes to holding on to the muscle you have while in a cut. I do realize it is not a fat burner, but it does work well for people who are trying to hold on to what they have. My question is I keep reading that your first cycle should be test only and nothing else, with the train of thought being if things go south, you know what caused it to go south. Should I be thinking like this considering I've already been on test for over a year?
Next, exactly how significant is the liver toxicity with anavar? I mean, it's generally accepted it's not ideal, but how bad is it in comparison to someone who has a few drinks every night after work, or someone who get all shittered on the weekends. I ask because I don't drink. At all. I mean I have had one glass of wine since Christmas, but I don't even have alcohol in the house. So I'm assuming thats a bonus for me?
Third, the test. I have an 8 week window, so I was figuring 6-8 weeks for the anavar, and 8 weeks for the test. Reason being, in 12 weeks I have my bloodwork for my regular TRT, and if my numbers are ridiculously high, there's a good chance she'll pull my script. I was told instead of running more Ethanate, to "top up" with test prop because my numbers will drop back down quicker. Is this accurate?
Silly question, but if I do test ethanate and test prop twice a week, can I mix the injections? Like draw my ethanate into the syringe, then draw my prop into the same syringe and just pin once?
Finally, estrogen control. What is everyones take on it? As it stands now, my Estradiol is high, but it doesn't seem to be affecting me at all, and my doctor seems like her stance is anti-AI. Should I keep it handy?
Ok, one more. I'm considering 5mg Cialis daily as my johnson performance isn't ideal. In fact that's one of the reasons I started down the whole TRT route to begin with. It's greatly improved and isn't really an issue, but I'm hoping a bit of Cialis will improve the "quality" of my erections if you get me. Plus there seems to be many reasons why daily Cialis is a good idea.
Anyways, for those of you who actually had the patience to read my first novel, thank you! And feel free to chip in!
First off, I'll be hitting the big 50 this May, and for some reason it's annoying me more than any other milestone birthday. Until about 5 years ago I was in not horrible shape, a little bit overweight but nothing to get all worried about. Then I took a job getting off the tools. I'm a millwright by trade, and at this point my hands are kinda fucked so it seemed like a good idea. In that time though, I put on about 70 lbs. This put me at morbidly obese, I'm only 5'2" so 70 is ALOT. I had no gas in the tank, and walking from the couch to the fridge what a chore. I was exhausted all the time. I went to the doc, and aside from the big problem of my weight, it turns out my test levels were non-existent. I'm not talking a little low I'm talking tanked.
So I started out on TRT, and quickly went from a cream that did nothing to injections. First test cyp, and then with a new doc ethanate. After a year of tweaking, I'm currently on 130mg of test ethanate weekly, and thats putting me slightly above the upper limit of "normal" range.
While I was doing this, I decided I was going to make an honest attempt at losing all this extra and getting myself into better shape. The first while I was on and off, but I really started to get serious about it towards the end of last summer. I have been pretty damn determined with food tracking and consistent in the gym. Perfect? No, but pretty damn close. I track pretty much everything that goes into my mouth. I wanted to really try to make the most of the muscle I had, so I've been eating around 2300cal a day and that puts me around 1lb a week lost. I'm down 40lbs and feeling much better.
Which brings me to my first cycle. I've been considering it for the past couple months, reading and absorbing what I can, and have decided to go for it. I'll be straight up with everyone. I have read a lot, the general consensus being to have a few years of solid training under your belt. I've also read that you should squeeze as much as you can out of your genetic potential before considering AAS. When you're 50, you don't give a shit about all that. If I wait until I've hit my maximum genetic potential, it will probably never happen. What I can say is I am consistent with my training, I don't skip out and I consider everything I eat.
Now the questions......
I was set on bumping up my test from the current 130/week into around the 300/week mark and adding in 20mg anavar daily. I like what I hear about Anavar when it comes to holding on to the muscle you have while in a cut. I do realize it is not a fat burner, but it does work well for people who are trying to hold on to what they have. My question is I keep reading that your first cycle should be test only and nothing else, with the train of thought being if things go south, you know what caused it to go south. Should I be thinking like this considering I've already been on test for over a year?
Next, exactly how significant is the liver toxicity with anavar? I mean, it's generally accepted it's not ideal, but how bad is it in comparison to someone who has a few drinks every night after work, or someone who get all shittered on the weekends. I ask because I don't drink. At all. I mean I have had one glass of wine since Christmas, but I don't even have alcohol in the house. So I'm assuming thats a bonus for me?
Third, the test. I have an 8 week window, so I was figuring 6-8 weeks for the anavar, and 8 weeks for the test. Reason being, in 12 weeks I have my bloodwork for my regular TRT, and if my numbers are ridiculously high, there's a good chance she'll pull my script. I was told instead of running more Ethanate, to "top up" with test prop because my numbers will drop back down quicker. Is this accurate?
Silly question, but if I do test ethanate and test prop twice a week, can I mix the injections? Like draw my ethanate into the syringe, then draw my prop into the same syringe and just pin once?
Finally, estrogen control. What is everyones take on it? As it stands now, my Estradiol is high, but it doesn't seem to be affecting me at all, and my doctor seems like her stance is anti-AI. Should I keep it handy?
Ok, one more. I'm considering 5mg Cialis daily as my johnson performance isn't ideal. In fact that's one of the reasons I started down the whole TRT route to begin with. It's greatly improved and isn't really an issue, but I'm hoping a bit of Cialis will improve the "quality" of my erections if you get me. Plus there seems to be many reasons why daily Cialis is a good idea.
Anyways, for those of you who actually had the patience to read my first novel, thank you! And feel free to chip in!
