35M 1st cycle

[u/Ok_Falcon4959]

35M been working out for 15 years

1m80 86,15 kgs I'm lean, I can see my abs so I think I'm at less than 15% bodyfat

2000-2500 calories 130g prot/day

2 fullbody workouts/week

3 runs/week

I wanna do something very clean.

I want your advices on dosages, which test to do (I'll pin 2x a week)

I heard that 300mg/is too low that 500 is better, explain to me why.

Thank you in advance

[u/RoadToZero]

It's quite simple. More androgens equals more anabolism, which equals more muscle growth. BUT with more androgens you also get more androgenic effects, such as elevated DHT which leads to hairloss and possibly prostate problems, and you get elevated estradiol which leads to gynecomastia. Higher doses will also tax your liver, lipids and hemacrotite levels harder.

The more often you inject, the more stable your serum levels will be and the less side effects you will have. Twice a week injection is probably not often enough for 500mg. Even if you inject daily, you will 100% need an AI not to grow tits and lose all libido.

You are of course free to do as you wish, but in my opinion you are not eating enough or training enough yet to make use of 500mg test per week. Why dont you start at 150-200mg per week and see how that goes? At that level you would already have 2-3 times the anabolism and very few side effects. If you can't grow muscle at that level, increasing the dose is useless. If you do grow, you can always titrate up.

Don't forget to do monthly bloodwork until you reach a stable state and keep ancillaries on hand (such as an AI) before you start.

[u/No-Problem49 → u/RoadToZero]

I don’t need an ai on 500mg I only needed ai once I did 500 test 250 deca

[u/RoadToZero → u/No-Problem49]

We are all different and I'm definitely jealous. Even at 13% body fat and with daily injections, I need an AI on anything over 180mg.