My Test Cycle Journal

[The Prototype]

Checked yesterday's diet on fitday and came just over 4k calories. My diet is pretty consistent everyday so I'm pretty sure i'm staying at a minimum, over 3,500 but prob over 4k easily. Diet seems to be okay. Not really site why else gains have stalled except that they just do around this time of the cycle so I think the increase in Test is warranted to keep gains going. Training is good as well. Working out five days a week with two days rest. Workout each body part once a week except arms which I try to do twice a week but sometimes I only end up doing once. My arms recover surrpringly fast so twice a week is fine for me.

I ordered accutane from researchstop. Unbelievably fast delivery. Ordered it Wednesday and got it last night. Now that's fast! They have all kinds of ancillaries. You guys should check them out.

 

[SloppyJ]

Glad to hear they came through for you. Your sten's order should take a week or so. But who knows with Christmas.

 

[Hell]

Hey Ripped......How did your cycle turn out, weight and strength wise?

 

[SloppyJ]

I'd like to know more about what happened also if you want to share with us. And how you plan to prevent it if you cycle again.

 

[The Prototype]

Sorry I haven't been keeping up with this. I ended my cycle early, 10 weeks instead of 12. I had some bloodwork done and my cholesterol was very high and my blood pressure was Stage 2 hypertension. The doc advised I immediately discontinue use, as I told her about my gear use b/c I got freaked out by my results and wanted a true diagnosis and not one she couldn't help with. My prior blood tests were all fine so she was confused as to the sudden change but I think she suspected something as I've put on about 15 lbs of muscle. So long story short, my cycle has ended and I started pct Monday.

So far, I've dropped 3-5 lbs and strength is already down some. If I can maintain where I'm at I'd be happy. But this week I haven't eaten nearly as much as I have been as I had a crowned replaced in my mouth so that put a damper on my diet.

Overall, I was quite happy with the results I had. This was my first cycle in five years and I experienced a lot of sides this time around, where my previous two cycles I didn't hve any at all. Sides range from acne, high Bp and cholestrol, some hair loss, etc. But I made significant improvements in the gym and strength went up substantially. All of my clothes fit a lot tighter and I was given big compliments from nearly all my friends. I gained about 13-15 lbs altogether.

I had my bp checked yesterday and it was 131/81 which is a huge improvement so I'm convinced the Test was giving me high bp. I think going forward, I'll incorporate my cardio in my training, as I've ceased most cardio during cycle in order to gain as much weight as possible. I also took nearly every supplement from Hawthorne, coq-10, celery seed, and a cycle support with a variety of organ protectants. But apparently it wasn't enough.

I will most definitely cycle again. I think your motivation and mindset change once you lift from all natural for many many years and gaining nearly the same amount in just a few short months. I'm just in the third day of pct but fortunately, haven't felt much of a change. I started taking creatine again hoping it'll help me keep my gains. Well that's all. Thanks for reading.

 

[Life]

Could have been diet man.

 

[The Prototype]

Nah, my diet has changed much. Just added a few more calories while on. I'm certain it was from the Test bc my bp has slowly declined as the esters have been clearing. I'm going to check it again Friday. I also have my bp checked regularly and only when the Test started kicking in did my bp go thru the roof. It actually got a little better during cycle but when I upped my dose to 750 mg, my bp just went crazy.

 

[SloppyJ]

Maybe you should have ramped it up slower? That's a 33% jump. Probably not too good for the ol blood levels.

 

[cutright]

I've just ramped mine up to 750mg in week 6..I'm rolling pretty good...that's strange though ripped I've been following your cycle and it seems you had every side possible..correct me if I'm wrong..hair thinning, acne, sore nips, high bp, high cholesterol, testicular atrophy..man..do you think you will cycle again? And if so how do you plan on minimizing sides?

 

[The Prototype]

Not sure at this point what I'll do to minimize sides. I took a cycle of Sust at 500 mg per week and had zero sides. That was about 9-10 years ago. I then did a Winny only cycle at 50 mg ed and had zero sides. That was five years ago. Maybe it's just the Test I'm using. It's human grade stuff so maybe it's overdosed or just dosed a lot stronger than some UGLs. I'd imagine the Sust didn't give me any sides as I pinned twice a week so I was probably only using the long esters effectively, which amounts to 320 mg per week. I had decent gains with the Sust but this cycle blew that one away. I plan to hit the cardio pretty hard the next few months, lean out some, and cycle again when I'm around 10% bf or lower. I started this cycle around 13-15% bf so that may have played a role in the bp issues, cholesterol, gyno symptoms, etc. I also will take some cycle support from the BEGINNING, not when sides start to get out of hand. Cycle support as in supplements for liver, heart, etc. I still have over 30 amps of Test E and a ton of clomid, aromasin and adex so I definitely plan to cycle again. Just chill for a while and let my body recover.

 

[BigBoiH]

Man......those sides suck bro. For me the most I got was back acne on my last. Try going back to sustanon since you had no sides. You will probably have a pretty productive cycle with sustanon now that you understand the mechanics of the esthers. Maybe even better than your most recent. Just a thought.

 

[The Prototype]

Not a bad idea bigboi. But I hated pinning sust. Hurts like a bitch. Plus I have 30 amps of Norma test. Gotta do something with it. I might try to lower the dose to 375 mg per week and adding some primo and see what happens.

 

[skizzbomb]

Hey dude i just finished up a norma test cycle 2 months ago and loved it. I was also doing 500 a week and my strength was threw the roof. If you decide to do something differnt next cycle hit me up as i would love to take those norma's off your hands.

 

[The Prototype]

Hey dude i just finished up a norma test cycle 2 months ago and loved it. I was also doing 500 a week and my strength was threw the roof. If you decide to do something differnt next cycle hit me up as i would love to take those norma's off your hands.

I think I'll hold on to them. Norma makes one hell of a product IMO.

PCT Update: I'm 6 days into PCT and recovery is going better than expected. Haven't had any depression, my boys are coming back to normal size, my weight is stable at the moment and strength is down a little but I still feel strong in the gym. I was expecting a tough recovery b/c I felt like I was shut down hard but all is going better than expected (knock on wood). With my luck, once I talk about how good pct is going, I'm sure I'll shrink and get depressed lol.

 

[The Prototype]

Btw, I forgot to mention this but does anyone else get acne from orals? I got acne when I was on the tbol and even more on the dmz but when I stopped either one and was just on Test, I didn't get any acne. I'm starting to think maybe the orals are causing acne.

 

[Life]

Oh I meant to say earlier. Its probably all those orals you took that got your bp fucked up and a lot of what lead to the sides.

Does DMZ convert to DHT? If the orals are putting more DHT in your system then you're going to get more acne, thats pretty cut and dry.

 

[The Prototype]

Oh I meant to say earlier. Its probably all those orals you took that got your bp fucked up and a lot of what lead to the sides.

Does DMZ convert to DHT? If the orals are putting more DHT in your system then you're going to get more acne, thats pretty cut and dry.

I took the tbol from the beginning and bp was fine. My bp increased at about Week 4 when tests was kicking in hard and I was off the tbol by that time. I took the dmz for about two weeks and well after the dmz cleared, my bp was still thru the roof. I just checkedtot today and it was 133/87 so it's getting better each time I check it. I'm not sure about the dht and acne. I suppose that can be the cause but acne started popping up quite a bit one week into dmz.

 

[tomy2]

GOTTA SAY LOOKING AWESOME BRO ..

to be honest I never expected ur body like that man due to ur shoulder issues ..

keep it up my friend ..