First Cycle

[amaoFitness]

Planning to start my first cycle on gear and looking for advice.

I started a cut on Reta and Tesa and that went even better than I expected. Came off Reta to bulk, and based on my weight gain I should hit my goal weight in the next two to three weeks.

Once I hit my goal weight, I’m going to start another cut. Currently, I’m considering:
250mg Test Cyp 1x weekly
20mg Anavar daily

Also considering maybe HGH or another GHRH.

I’m new to gear, but have been doing a lot of research over the last few months. From my understanding Anavar is good for cuts and building lean mass while still losing body fat. There seems to be a lot of debate over proper dose though. Some guys claim you need to dose super high, others say lower doses work just fine. Given that this is my first cycle with gear, I’m not wanting absurd results, more so want to monitor how my body responds and gather some data for a potential 2nd cycle.

Is Anavar a good choice for a cut? Is there a better option? Is the dosing I’m considering appropriate?

 

[Smont]

I'm going to say run testosterone a little higher, like 300-375, I'm also going to say you might want to inject a little more frequently in smaller amounts, it should help manage estrogen. Start with test only and learn how to manage your estrogen. By week 5 your testosterone hits steady concentrations and by this point you should know weather or not you need a AI. (Have it on hand before the cycle starts. If your dead set on using 2 compounds, add the var on the back half of the cycle. That way if something's giving you a side effect you can figure out what it is. If you start everything right up front you may not know what's going on.

A lot of people are going to tell you not to use GH on your first cycle, honestly if you can afford it I don't see any reason why not to other than the fact it's just more injections and more things to manage. You might just want to keep things a little more simple on your first run. And a lot of guys first cycles end up running right into their second cycle because they get too excited about the game stopping so around the time your cycle ends you may be looking for things to add anyways lol

 

[amaoFitness]

Thanks for the solid advice, I’m thinking of sticking with a GHRH for the time being instead of straight growth. I’ve tolerated the Tesa really well, and the results have been pretty good.

I’ll definitely start on just a test base before I add in var or anything else. Same thing I did with the peptides, ran my Reta by itself for around 4 weeks before starting tesa to make sure I would know which side effects were coming from which drug.

I was just reading about spreading out the test doses to keep more steady levels, and that definitely seems like a better option.

If my estradiol gets high, is there a general consensus on which AI’s are the better choice?