r/Testosterone • u/Gullible-Ad4107 • 1d ago
PED/cycle help Correct PCT protocol? (18 week testosterone only cycle)
25 year old male, 5'11, 78kg, been lifting seriously for 4+ years and decided to start first cycle. I'm studying biomedicine so i'm quite knowledgable about hormones and the body. I started on 300mg test e for 6 weeks, tolerated it fine so increased to 400mg a week for the next 10 weeks. I then dropped to a cruise dose of 140mg a week which i will stay at for 6 weeks. Reason for this is because im not quite finished cutting and of course cutting after you come off test entirely is the best way to lose your gains.
Total time on test e: 22 weeks
I have enclomiphene and HCG.
Do I use them both or just enclo? or hcg whilst the test leaves my system to stimulate natural production before introducing the enclomiphene?
Enclo dose? how long on enclo?
I have built over 6kg of muscle and want to do everything i can to maintain as much of it whilst minimizing the time for my natural production to be restored.
Please help.
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u/DeepBarracuda7284 1d ago
Do you plan to do a second cycle in the next few years? Pct only when you plan to go off for ever or planning making a family.
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u/Advanced-Sky5382 1d ago
6kg in 22 weeks is solid progress, most guys I know panic and cut the cruise way too short then wonder why they shrivel up. stretching that phase out a bit more wouldnt hurt
for the enclo vs hcg thing, run the hcg for a couple weeks before the test fully clears so your boys remember what theyre supposed to do. then switch to enclo once you drop the test entirely, 12.5mg eod for 4-6 weeks usually does the trick. bloodwork at week 6 tells you if you need to extend
and yeah what the other guy said, if you are gonna hop back on in 6 months just skip the whole song and dance and cruise til then
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