1. Will I be bloated from the cycle I posted because of the Test-E?
You shouldn't notice much if any bloat on just 500mgs pr wk. I notice bloat at a gram or more of Test E.
2. Will the mast be enough to combat the bloat from Test-E and actually give me the hard dry look? I want ZERO bloat and to look very hard and dry.
Mast will not lean you out as much as you may think. It will be an effective AI and helps in other regards, but if you used just test I doubt you'd notice much difference in being lean. I love Mast, but know its limitations.
Yes, this is much better because you are eliminating much of the esters:
1-8 Masteron Prop - 350mg/week - 100mg/EOD
1-10 Test Prop -437.5 or 525mg/week - 125mg or 150mg/EOD
Although I hesitate to recommend this, if you really want to get shredded, T3 will do the job for you like nothing else, but with it comes risks.
Agreed.
im a fan of the shorter esters too.
ya 2 weeks after MOST of the enanthate is out of your system but theres still some in it.
quick in = quick out = fast recovery IME.
Definately agreed !
I think GLHF can better answer this, but here's my two cents. With T3, the guidelines are not to exceed 100mgs per day and not to exceed 6 weeks. To me, that's pushing it. I'm currently on 50 per day and will only stay on it for a few weeks. I hate messing directly with the natural production of insulin or T3/T4, produced by the thyroid. That's why I won't exceed 4iu of HGH. Many guys have done 75-100 T3/Clomid for 6 weeks and felt great. Others I know have had very irregular heart rhythm, very high BP and other sides, with just 25 per day. You have to ease into it, ramping up then down. The risk is shutting down your natural production of T3/T4 and having to take thyroid medication the rest of your life. I may horribly abuse the use of AAS, but when it comes to insulin and the thyroid, I get scared real easily.
- To a great extent i agree with the side effects and general info of DetroitHammer but 6 weeks isn't the max someone can go with T3 by any means. Shutting down the thyroid is highly highly unlikely - people with hypothyroidism use it for years and models use it year-round, even studies exist for long term use of T3 that shown not any significant issues. It can be used "safely" if someones knows how to.
- IMHO Taper up/down is the only way T3 should be used - always the same way it goes up it should go down. Plus if someone wants extra safety when coming of, he can do a PCT type of protocol with 1-3 weeks supplementation with Iodine and/or Guggulsterone Extract.
Thanks for the advice everyone. Just to clarify though, this will a lean bulk,not a cut. Sorry if it was not clear. I am going to cut to around 8-9% bodyfat and then start this cycle. Since I will already be pretty cut, I want the mast to give me the really hard dry look while the test and mast together give me some clean LBM. I want to gain mass while keeping bodyfat roughly the same. Again, this is not a cut but rather a very clean bulk.
It seems like the Test Prop + Mast Prop is what will be better in terms of bloat and the appearance I'm looking for. And yes I know that prop and enanthate do not match up due to the weight of the ester.
- Masteron will do nothing when it comes to lean/dry gains - if you go to 8-9% and keep it there with clean diet/proper caloric intake & cardio simply there's no point of using Masteron unless you want a more vascular/hard look which i believe you stated earlier that you don't.
- Big fan of short esters for many reasons.
- I would suggest you to keep to use 1-2 compounds with Testosterone as your base - maybe 1 oral and 1 injectable.
If you really want to go with Masteron i would suggest something out of the following:
Example 1:
Weeks 1-10/12 --> Test. E 400-600mg/
week
Weeks 1-10/12 --> Masteron E. 400-600mg/
week
Weeks 1-10/12 --> Arimidex 0,50-1mg
EOD OR Aromasin 12,5-25mg
ED
Example 2:
Weeks 1-8/10 --> Test. Prop. 100-125g
EOD
Weeks 1-8/10 --> Masteron Prop. 100-200mg
EOD
Weeks 1-8/10 --> Arimidex 0,50-1mg
EOD OR Aromasin 12,5-25mg
ED
- Whatever you choose synchronize both compounds to end together - no point of earlier stoppage of Masteron if both compounds have the same esters attached.
PS I would gladly design you more cycles if you want but choose a couple of compounds first.