What are your stats brian? How old are you? That depends on a lot of factors. Mainly how your diet and training has been and how long you have been doing this. If your diet sucks or you havn't been training for long then theres no use cycling. You could make the same gains with a proper diet. If you've been training for several years (and are old enough), and have a good diet then a test cycle could help bring you to the next level.
I am 22 and been lifting for 2 years. For the first year and a half I i just ate 500 calories over maintence and just 1g of protein per lbm. Never took whey protein after a workout, never ate anything before bed that was slow digesting. I have researched and learned a lot about how to keep muscles from being catabolic. Got slow but ok results. I never joined any forums to learn this stuff form the beginning and wish I did.
For the last 4 months, I have changed everything basically.
5 months ago I started a bulk, changed my bulking diet to 2x protein per lbm, take a multi vitamin everyday, and drink a whey shake every day when I wake up (for fast protein for muscles as muscles become catabolic during sleep) and after every workout.I started noticing quicker results this way for sure. The leftover calories are evenly split between fats and carbs
Just 2 weeks ago, I started Keto. It has worked amazing and is just shredding BF in just 2 weeks. Figure I will do it for 2-3 more months and start another bulk.
Thats why I am wondering for that bulk if I should take some TEST E for my first cycle. I just want to know (just from an aesthetics standpoint) would a test e cycle make me looks better and ripped much faster than doing it natural? If so, how much faster does Test give results than natural?
Thanks for any help you guys, I appreciate it.