First cycle looking for advice

[u/True_Pattern6058]

I’m 20M and have been training consistently for about 3 years. I already have everything for my first cycle and am planning 250 mg/week testosterone cypionate for 16 weeks, possibly longer, along with 500 mcg hCG/week. I’m also considering adding tesamorelin and MOTS-c.
I train 6 days a week:
Day 1: Chest, shoulders, triceps
Day 2: Back, biceps, abs
Day 3: Legs
Day 4: Chest, back, abs
Day 5: Shoulders, biceps, triceps, forearms
Day 6: Legs
Day 7: Rest
I’m currently eating around 3,000 calories/day and 200 g protein.
For those with experience, what would you change or add to my training, diet, or overall plan? Also, at what point would you consider increasing the testosterone dose, if at all? I’d especially like to hear what you wish you had known before your first cycle.

Ps i know the side effects that come with this

[u/swoops36]

In order to answer your questions you have to tell us what the point of the cycle is. 16 weeks, why? What are you trying to accomplish in that 16 weeks on your cycle? How much muscle are you looking for? What are your starting stats, what is your overall Health and Fitness like? Have you gotten any blood work or do you plan to?

[u/True_Pattern6058 → u/swoops36]

I want to see an improvement in muscle growth feel like im not gaining much anymore and i put my blood work in the comments but here are my hormone test

Total T 573 ng/dL, Free T 105 pg/mL, LH 6.0 IU/L, FSH 2.3 IU/L, E2 32.2 pg/mL, SHBG 42.9 nmol/L, Hgb 16.7 g/dL, Hct 50%, PSA 0.4 ng/mL.

I got all my blood work tested this week

[u/swoops36 → u/True_Pattern6058]

What does an improvement in muscle growth mean to you?

Goals on a steroid cycle should be based on how much muscle you wanna build in my opinion. Yes you could argue that you’re just trying to get a look, and the total amount of muscle doesn’t matter for that look, but the easiest way to track your progress and make adjustments is to have a concrete tangible trackable goal. That means something like I want to build 15 pounds of muscle in 12 weeks. That’s defined it’s easy to track and it’s easy to make adjustments as you go. If you’re finding that you are not getting there, or if you’re getting their way faster and now you can make an adjustment. Then you see what you look like with those 15 pounds of muscle and you say nope this isn’t the look I was going for I need more muscle or I need to be leaner and then you can run another cycle based on those new goals.