[font=arial, sans-serif]Anybody want to recommend a first timer a cycle? Below is info about my history and what my goals are. I downloaded and read a couple eBooks off eg and one recomended a general beginner cycle of Decca and Dianabol stack to add mass. Mass isn't exactly my primary goal. So I thought if I included more info some experienced members may have another suggestion. [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Stats[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]I'm 33, male[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]6 ft[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]210 lbs[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]16% bf [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif](BF is a rough estimate; there's a pic attached. I'm nude in the shower; junk is all covered. This pic is from September when I tried to cut using a 30 carb a day diet. I did this for 12 weeks and did cut fat but not as much as I wanted. I'm little fluffier after the holidays but not much.)[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]History
Never done a cycle, no pro-hormones.
I am on TRT; 200 mg per week, no AI. Started TRT at 100 mg w/ an AI then adjusted after a few months b/c I don't convert to E well.
HCG, 2 injections per week (sorry but I don't know the dosage I just fill the needle up).
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[font=arial, sans-serif]I've only been training 22 months. Used to be a functioning alcoholic. Partied all weekend with booze, extra curriculars, cigarettes, no sleep. Lifting weights changed my life. I traded a bunch of unhealthy addictions for a healthy one. [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]In 2016 I only went out 3 times and two times I barely drank. I follow programming (currently just doing simple linear programming for power lifting. Was doing Layne Norton's PHAT before that, and started w/ ICF 5X5; so 3 programs in nearly 2 years).[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Goals[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Add strength, cut belly fat, not too concerned with adding mass but I am by no means opposed to it. I'd like to add mass at some point but my body fat is driving me nuts. I was a D1 athlete in college in sport where at 6 ft 175 lbs I was normal sized. Being 210 is nice but the added body fat is annoying as shit. So cutting is more of the immediate goal and size/mass can come with time. If I could do both at once while remaining conservative due to health/baby goals I'm not opposed. [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]I want to keep my gains; this is a priority. [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]I want to be conservative and stay healthy because I want to have kids one day. [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Honestly, maybe it's too early to jump on something, but I've wanted to for over a year and I'm already on TRT. At 33 I'm not getting any younger so why not make the most out of the years I have left to build muscle.[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Current Lifts: Squat 375, Bench 250, Deadlift 445 (I've only been deadlifting something like 20 weeks)[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Goal Lifts: Squat 500, Bench 315, Deadlift 600. I don't expect a 8-12 week cycle to get me to these goals, they probably wont happen even in 2017, just putting down some reasonably and attainable goals to shoot for in a roughly 18 month period. [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Other[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]I'm still making gains in strength, which leads to small size gains that I've earned; this feels great. I just can't shed this lower belly and hip fat while making those gains, which drives me crazy. [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]I work in sales. When 2016 ends I will have been on the road for 48 of 52 weeks. This means I eat many meals on the road. I don't eat fast food but since I'm often in a new city it takes a bunch of planning to figure out where to eat. Usually chipotle on lift days, other days a sit down restaurant where counting calories is difficult. [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]I lift 5-6 days a week and missed one training day this year. I don't use the shitty hotel gym's either, I go to an actual gym. I want to keep progressing with my strength gains but shed the belly fat. I know I could diet down but honestly I want the extra help. Being 33, constantly on the road, finishing graduate school, dedicated to lifting, I'm not sure I have the mental energy to diet down to where I'll have better abs. Not looking to get to sub 10%; but would like to be very close to 10% (I'm probably 3-4% above the attached pic now the holidays are done) where abs are more visible.[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Sorry if this got long; any help appreciated. [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Thanks,[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Bombsaway[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Stats[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]I'm 33, male[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]6 ft[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]210 lbs[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]16% bf [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif](BF is a rough estimate; there's a pic attached. I'm nude in the shower; junk is all covered. This pic is from September when I tried to cut using a 30 carb a day diet. I did this for 12 weeks and did cut fat but not as much as I wanted. I'm little fluffier after the holidays but not much.)[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]History
Never done a cycle, no pro-hormones.
I am on TRT; 200 mg per week, no AI. Started TRT at 100 mg w/ an AI then adjusted after a few months b/c I don't convert to E well.
HCG, 2 injections per week (sorry but I don't know the dosage I just fill the needle up).
[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]I've only been training 22 months. Used to be a functioning alcoholic. Partied all weekend with booze, extra curriculars, cigarettes, no sleep. Lifting weights changed my life. I traded a bunch of unhealthy addictions for a healthy one. [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]In 2016 I only went out 3 times and two times I barely drank. I follow programming (currently just doing simple linear programming for power lifting. Was doing Layne Norton's PHAT before that, and started w/ ICF 5X5; so 3 programs in nearly 2 years).[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Goals[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Add strength, cut belly fat, not too concerned with adding mass but I am by no means opposed to it. I'd like to add mass at some point but my body fat is driving me nuts. I was a D1 athlete in college in sport where at 6 ft 175 lbs I was normal sized. Being 210 is nice but the added body fat is annoying as shit. So cutting is more of the immediate goal and size/mass can come with time. If I could do both at once while remaining conservative due to health/baby goals I'm not opposed. [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]I want to keep my gains; this is a priority. [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]I want to be conservative and stay healthy because I want to have kids one day. [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Honestly, maybe it's too early to jump on something, but I've wanted to for over a year and I'm already on TRT. At 33 I'm not getting any younger so why not make the most out of the years I have left to build muscle.[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Current Lifts: Squat 375, Bench 250, Deadlift 445 (I've only been deadlifting something like 20 weeks)[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Goal Lifts: Squat 500, Bench 315, Deadlift 600. I don't expect a 8-12 week cycle to get me to these goals, they probably wont happen even in 2017, just putting down some reasonably and attainable goals to shoot for in a roughly 18 month period. [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Other[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]I'm still making gains in strength, which leads to small size gains that I've earned; this feels great. I just can't shed this lower belly and hip fat while making those gains, which drives me crazy. [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]I work in sales. When 2016 ends I will have been on the road for 48 of 52 weeks. This means I eat many meals on the road. I don't eat fast food but since I'm often in a new city it takes a bunch of planning to figure out where to eat. Usually chipotle on lift days, other days a sit down restaurant where counting calories is difficult. [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]I lift 5-6 days a week and missed one training day this year. I don't use the shitty hotel gym's either, I go to an actual gym. I want to keep progressing with my strength gains but shed the belly fat. I know I could diet down but honestly I want the extra help. Being 33, constantly on the road, finishing graduate school, dedicated to lifting, I'm not sure I have the mental energy to diet down to where I'll have better abs. Not looking to get to sub 10%; but would like to be very close to 10% (I'm probably 3-4% above the attached pic now the holidays are done) where abs are more visible.[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Sorry if this got long; any help appreciated. [/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Thanks,[/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif]Bombsaway[/font]