Hello everyone, I am new here and this is my first post! With that said, I apologize in advance for causing any frustration or rule breaking in advance! Also, I should note that I have read a lot of threads on this forum pertaining to information that I may speak on. I would like to give a little information on myself and where I am at in my first cycle, and follow your advice from there.
I'm 28 years old and would be considered to have a hardgainer/ectomorph body type. I was some where in between 160-165 lbs when I started my test cypionate cycle in the beginning of August (250mg 2x a week). I am reaching the end of my eighth week and I weigh in at 180lbs. After doing some research, I read that gains can still be made on 250mg a week, so I decided to drop to that dose for the remainder of my cycle (which should be two or three weeks based on what is left in the bottle).
I found this article to be very informing, and was curious to hear your thoughts on this as well. As far as my PCT is concerned, I was planning on taking clomid as mentioned in the article. I've read that many people do not like the way clomid makes them feel, and prefer nolva. Some people even take both! So I am trying to decide which path I should take.
I have been taking arimidex eod, to suppress any gyno and I have yet to experience any of those types of side effects. I feel like I have experienced some shrinkage but nothing drastic. With my cycle coming to a close soon, I was thinking of skipping Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) all together and just trying to revert using clomid/nolva. I've read that you are not supposed to take Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) as a part of your PCT as well.
I'm looking for all the experience based information I can gain, so please do tell!
Some questions I have are:
Which PCT route would you recommend?
With two weeks left in my cycle, should I even consider HCG?
In regards to keeping gains, I've read IGF-1 and creatine work great. Your thoughts?
Why am I not getting sore anymore? Do I need to train harder/longer?
I would appreciate any feedback you guys -- I'm certain you have to deal with newbs quite often so thank you so much.
I'm 28 years old and would be considered to have a hardgainer/ectomorph body type. I was some where in between 160-165 lbs when I started my test cypionate cycle in the beginning of August (250mg 2x a week). I am reaching the end of my eighth week and I weigh in at 180lbs. After doing some research, I read that gains can still be made on 250mg a week, so I decided to drop to that dose for the remainder of my cycle (which should be two or three weeks based on what is left in the bottle).
I found this article to be very informing, and was curious to hear your thoughts on this as well. As far as my PCT is concerned, I was planning on taking clomid as mentioned in the article. I've read that many people do not like the way clomid makes them feel, and prefer nolva. Some people even take both! So I am trying to decide which path I should take.
I have been taking arimidex eod, to suppress any gyno and I have yet to experience any of those types of side effects. I feel like I have experienced some shrinkage but nothing drastic. With my cycle coming to a close soon, I was thinking of skipping Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) all together and just trying to revert using clomid/nolva. I've read that you are not supposed to take Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) as a part of your PCT as well.
I'm looking for all the experience based information I can gain, so please do tell!
Some questions I have are:
Which PCT route would you recommend?
With two weeks left in my cycle, should I even consider HCG?
In regards to keeping gains, I've read IGF-1 and creatine work great. Your thoughts?
Why am I not getting sore anymore? Do I need to train harder/longer?
I would appreciate any feedback you guys -- I'm certain you have to deal with newbs quite often so thank you so much.
