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I'd been eying running a simple test cycle for a while now, and finally bit the bullet. I'm at the end of a very simple 12-week cycle and the gains in both BW and lift numbers were pretty good (amazing for me since I had basically stalled out on both for over a year).
I'm nothing special when it comes to either BB or PL, but I love the exercise. Basically, I'm 32, 6', and had been more or less 180lbs at ~20% bf (according to the scale, probably actually lower) with a 1000lb total for over a year. In November I started a simple 250mg Test-E/200IU HCG E3D with EoD Aromasin as my AI. I've been sitting at 215lbs ~18% bf for the past 4 weeks, and my tested maxes this week put me at a 1205 total. I look and feel a whole lot better and would definitely put this on my "would do again" list. My diet admittedly wasn't perfect and I had some issues with sides for a bit (swollen ankles, no gyno thank God) but adjusting the Aromasin a little helped that out.
My question is about looking into a second cycle. I'm coming off this and my PCT is basically stopping the Test but continuing the HCG and tapering off the Aromasin for another week or two and then doing nothing. The first week in March, however, is a road cycling program that I do every spring. For any cyclists here, we're talking about 200 miles total during the week with about 10,000ft of climbing (most of that in one ride every Saturday). That's always been great at stripping the fat, but I really don't do much lifting from March-May because cycling takes a lot out of me. The program is 12 weeks, a cycle is 12 weeks, you know where I'm going with this.
Would running this same cycle again during the cycling program help me hold on to as much as I can while helping with body recomp, or if I'm not able to be in the gym 3-4x/week would running a cycle be a waste of time/money? I plan on getting in to the gym 1-2x/week during the program, but for just low-moderate intensity upper body work. Not planning on doing much squatting/DL for at least those three months.
I'd been eying running a simple test cycle for a while now, and finally bit the bullet. I'm at the end of a very simple 12-week cycle and the gains in both BW and lift numbers were pretty good (amazing for me since I had basically stalled out on both for over a year).
I'm nothing special when it comes to either BB or PL, but I love the exercise. Basically, I'm 32, 6', and had been more or less 180lbs at ~20% bf (according to the scale, probably actually lower) with a 1000lb total for over a year. In November I started a simple 250mg Test-E/200IU HCG E3D with EoD Aromasin as my AI. I've been sitting at 215lbs ~18% bf for the past 4 weeks, and my tested maxes this week put me at a 1205 total. I look and feel a whole lot better and would definitely put this on my "would do again" list. My diet admittedly wasn't perfect and I had some issues with sides for a bit (swollen ankles, no gyno thank God) but adjusting the Aromasin a little helped that out.
My question is about looking into a second cycle. I'm coming off this and my PCT is basically stopping the Test but continuing the HCG and tapering off the Aromasin for another week or two and then doing nothing. The first week in March, however, is a road cycling program that I do every spring. For any cyclists here, we're talking about 200 miles total during the week with about 10,000ft of climbing (most of that in one ride every Saturday). That's always been great at stripping the fat, but I really don't do much lifting from March-May because cycling takes a lot out of me. The program is 12 weeks, a cycle is 12 weeks, you know where I'm going with this.
Would running this same cycle again during the cycling program help me hold on to as much as I can while helping with body recomp, or if I'm not able to be in the gym 3-4x/week would running a cycle be a waste of time/money? I plan on getting in to the gym 1-2x/week during the program, but for just low-moderate intensity upper body work. Not planning on doing much squatting/DL for at least those three months.
