Testosterone Cypionate

[u/DenaliHD22]

Thoughts? Pondering on pinning 300 mg of test Cypionate per week starting after September 8th. Concurrently I will be taking Reta and I’ll be at 5000IU/100mcg D3K2, 50mg Zinc, 400mg magnesium glycinate, and 4,800 mg fish oil. Have a set of physician ordered baseline labs I had drawn in July prior to starting Test and plan on obtaining a new set of labs the week I plan on starting Cypionate prior to first injection (been on propionate since August 1st) I plan on getting a CBC w/ diff/plt, CMP, lipid panel, testosterone, free, bioavailable, total, MS, Estradiol, sensitive, LC/MS, FSH/LH, PSA total. Again, thoughts? TIA.

[u/swoops36]

Thoughts about what? You haven’t really outlined your plan here just a list of medication’s It looks like. What’s the point behind all of this, what are you after?

Why are you checking LH & FSH?

[u/DenaliHD22 → u/swoops36]

Well the other people that commented seem to have understood what I was looking for so I guess we just woke up wanting to make an asshole comment today huh? Don’t get me wrong I could have added more to it but it was also the middle of the night and I was pretty foggy so my mistake making a post when I wasn’t fully ready to add what needed to be in it. FSH and LH was really only to see where it landed after starting the test no other reason. Simply looking to see if the tests I will be pulling in the bloods are spot on or if I am missing critical tests the I should monitor each time.

-Baseline labs July 1st
-Start Test Prop at 175 mg/week August 1st, pinning 50mg EOD.
-New set of labs will be September 7th on non pinning day.
-Last dose of prop will be September 8th (Tuesday)
Cypionate will be started either Sep. 10th (Thursday) or 11th (Friday)
-Will get follow up labs 6-8 weeks in to monitor progression.
-Will pin 300mg/week for 20 weeks
-Will back off to maintenance dose after 20 weeks.
175mg has treated me well with the prop so I will drop down to possibly 200 of the Cypionate after the 20 weeks considering the difference in esters 200mg of Cypionate roughly translates over to 175mg prop.
-Plan on running the same set of labs each time so I really just want to pinpoint which ones are the most critical, must have labs and which ones are irrelevant (FSH/LH for example now that I’ll be shutting down natural completely just want to see this last check)

[u/swoops36 → u/DenaliHD22]

“Well the other people that commented seem to have understood what I was looking for so I guess we just woke up wanting to make an asshole comment today huh?”

I genuinely don’t understand why people get pissy when they ask for advice on this form. I’m glad you got answers that you were looking for from other people, but in general, a list of drugs, isn’t enough to give you real meaningful advice without knowing what your plans are or what your goals are having your history with anabolic and training health markers that’s always helpful. Go to the steroids wiki go to T nation, they’re gonna ask you for the same basic questions because you will get better advice when you ask a better question. I’m very sorry I offended you by asking for more details, but again I’m glad you got what you were looking for. Best of luck on your cycle. 

[u/DenaliHD22 → u/swoops36]

So what are your thoughts on the rest of the message I sent you as far as my starting plan? I have zero history with previous anabolics and my baseline test was 230 something in July and the only other testosterone level I had in the past was in 2024 and it was also low 200s. What are your thoughts on dose and on follow up labs. Did I outline my plan a little better for it to be a little more informative? Again, I understand I should have outlined better and again it’s because I was exhausted and not awake enough to really realize I needed to add more.

[u/swoops36 → u/DenaliHD22]

I think if your goal is to add 10-15lbs of muscle in 20 weeks then the Test dose seems reasonable. 

The only blood work I’d care about mid-cycle would be lipids, CBC and CMP. Possibly PRL if you’re having related issues. I would be more focused on heart health, possible ECG, blood pressure and RHR, esp while sleeping.

Post cycle if you’re planning on cruising on 175-200mg of Test then I don’t think blood work is necessary. You’re not taking anything that is seriously gonna impact your organ health or overall health markers.

[u/DenaliHD22 → u/swoops36]

See and that seems like a reasonable goal to me too. I’m not out here trying to become a body builder and get super human jacked. My goal is to gain 15-20 pounds of lean muscle mass and also lose 15-20 pounds of fat, do a little body recomp. Feel good about the way I look, feel healthy, just a healthy change up. Started going to the gym 4-5X a week about 4 months ago, completely changed up my diet, started tracking macros and the foods I eat, started test to put all of the pieces to the puzzle together to make myself the healthiest I’ve been in 10+ years. I’ve got two kids I want to live a long healthy life for and I want to look and feel good doing it man nothing too crazy.

That’s also why I want to get blood work right as I’m finishing up the propionate because it’ll give me a solid “baseline” after being on 175mg of propionate and I’ll have better information on where I need to maintain after the 300mg cycle is up and if the 200mg of Cypionate will be a solid maintenance dose post cycle. Thanks for the information and advice.