Cycle Critique

[pmi1215]

Hi guys. Just looking for some thoughts/constructive criticism about an upcoming cycle I am planning.
Stats:
34yo
165lbs. at about 10%BF
Been training for 15yrs. (this will be my seventh cycle) I am not gyno. prone.
Diet is clean (consuming about 2500cal/day and ~250g protein)
Training 5 days/week, one body part a day
Cardio. 4-5days/week for 30-45min per session
Goals: Lose about 2-3% BF and add about 10lbs. lean mass, keep bloat to a minimum.

Cycle:
wk 1-14: test. prop @ 70mg/day
wk 1-13: tren ace. @ 50mg/day
wk 6-14: anavar @ 50mg/day
wk 1-13: Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) @ 250iu every fourth day
wk 1-14: aromasin @ 6.25mg eod

I know the doses are pretty low, but based on what I have done in the past, my body responds fairly well to low doses. I also know that diet/training/cardio are the keys to meeting my goals and not the "supplements," but my body just doesn't respond to natural training like it used to. I have used tren ace. before on it's own for 16wks (at a higher dosage), and had no problems with prog. induced gyno (or any gyno. for that matter with any steroid) so I am not using any caber. or bromo. with this cycle. I have the aromasin in there just to keep me dry and keep bloating to a minimum. My post cycle therapy (pct) will start 3 days after my last prop shot and will consist of 4 wks of nolva. starting at 60mg/day and taper down to 20mg/day for the last week. I am pretty sure nolva. would be ok to use since the compounds used during my cycle are all short acting. Anyway, I am a little uncertain of this post cycle therapy (pct) and just want to make sure I have all my bases covered before I start anything. Should I consider running the aromasin through the post cycle therapy (pct) (obviously at a higher dosage) with the nolva? Any suggestions would be much appreciated (particularly for my post cycle therapy (pct)). Thanks.

 

[brolickant]

lookes good, 490mg of test prop a week, quick strength gain due to the short ester. tren for the lean mass build up. anavar for a nice mid section. thats a good cycle for cutting and wieght loss with the right diet. still on my first cycle but from my reading online thats a perfect cycle especialy the tren at your low percent body fat

 

[lcgator]

Sorry man had to ask how you can do 7 cycles and be @ 165? did something happen? just curious

 

[Shaptown]

Here are the problems I see:

1. You didn't list your height, but I can almost guarantee you that you are not eating enough calories (even for lean mass gain). Yes your protein consumption looks good, but you simply arent consuming enough calories.

2. That is kind of long to run Tren Ace. It can be done, it's just that running it that long is not common as you will build up a high blood plasma concentration. It's good you are pinning ED, but most run tren ACE ideally in the 7-10 week range.

3. Your Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) regimen is incorrect. You need to be pinning it up until the esters clear your body. So, assuming you do indeed want to run 14 weeks of test prop, the prop will basically be out of you on week 15. What I would do, is start pinning the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) on the fourth day of the cycle like you said, however you need to pin it on the 3rd or 4th day after your last Test injection. Then, 3-4 days after that, the test has completely cleared your body and you are ready to begin post cycle therapy (pct).

3) For post cycle therapy (pct) I prefer to run both Nolva and Clomid like this:
100,40/100,40/50,20/50,20

4) I personally wouldn't run Aromasin through your post cycle therapy (pct). Following your test levels returning to baseline, you dont want to further prevent aromatization of the Test into estrogen as it is crucial for an effective post cycle therapy (pct). Nolva and Clomid should be enough to block the estrogen binding sites assuming you control the prolactin and estrogen related sides during the cycle.


Again my advice is
approximate. Milk, Stone, or one of the other board vets can give you their advice, however I feel what I have told you is fairly accurate in terms of how to schedule the cycle.

 

[pmi1215]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I know, 165lbs. after 7 cycles!? No problem. Most of my cycles were very low dose cycles and I was a wrestler (various weight classes under 150lbs.), so it was imperative that my weight was kept pretty low. I also forgot to mention in my stats (always forget something) that I am not a tall guy. I am 5'6" and put on mass pretty easily so at this height I can't really carry the freakishly large look, nor do I want that. That leads me into the responses and suggestions from Shaptown. Like I said, I am only 5'6" and I probably know that my caloric intake should be higher. I guess I was always so used to being on a pretty strict diet to maintain or drop weight that this just became the norm for me. Will definitely try to bump those cals. up though. As far as what you pointed out about running the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) and not running the aromasin through the post cycle therapy (pct), both very helpful and the appropriate changes to my cycle will be made. That is what I personally thought about the aromsain throughout the cycle and during the post cycle therapy (pct). It gets confusing with so much information and so many opinions out there though. Anyway, I don't plan on starting this until the end of the summer, being that I will be traveling a lot over the next few weeks, so I am sure things will be tweaked a bit more. Anyway, thanks for the input guys.