Test E 1st Cycle

[Platesonplates]

Ok, so I took the plunge and started my first test cycle. I'm about 10 days in. 250mg e3d, adex 1mg EOD.

I noticed within the first week. I put on 4 lbs, and this week, I added another 3. I know this isn't muscle gain and has to be water. I have aromaisin coming in, but it hasn't arrived yet. I'm wondering if I should up my adex to Ed in order to help with this water retention.

Diet is clean, low sodium, whole foods, with my macros dialed in. I was planning on keeping my calories on a cut until about wk 3-4 of the cycle then push them up to about 200 above maintenance in order to clean bulk.

So yeah. The question is, do I up adex dosage or is this just part of the trip and I gotta embrace it?

 

[stevesmi]

yes it is obviously water retention and even using an AI you can expect water retention into the muscles.

especially on a first cycle

i'm not sure what your stats are but lets say you were really skinny and hopped on test, you would blow up a lot of weight vs. someone who had a very big base already. that is the nature of the game. the problem with that though is now you open yourself up to injuries and major heart strain cause the body doesn't like fast gains like that

the adex you are using might be bunk or you aren't using enough

 

[Platesonplates]

I'm 6'3", currently 215 at 15%bf. 31 years old, training for about 3 years now. Keeping an eye on my blood pressure, and getting bloods again this next week. I'm being extremely diligent with my vitals and BP.

Thanks for the advice. Would you recommend any interventions to help reduce the strain?

 

[Mobster]

I'm 6'3", currently 215 at 15%bf. 31 years old, training for about 3 years now. Keeping an eye on my blood pressure, and getting bloods again this next week. I'm being extremely diligent with my vitals and BP.

Thanks for the advice. Would you recommend any interventions to help reduce the strain?

The fats a little higher that we'd like

 

[muskate]

I am pretty sure your arimidex is fake. You are using a pretty high dosage of arimidex for how much testosterone you are running.

See if you have a gym buddy you can borrow a couple AI tablets from until the aromasin you ordered arrives

 

[Platesonplates]

I am pretty sure your arimidex is fake. You are using a pretty high dosage of arimidex for how much testosterone you are running.

See if you have a gym buddy you can borrow a couple AI tablets from until the aromasin you ordered arrives

Aromaisin showed up today. Started 10mg EOD right away. I agree that the adex was either bunk or underdosed.

Thanks man.

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The fats a little higher that we'd like

I agree. I'm also not 100% on the accuracy of my scale. But 14-15 is my rough estimate based on the scale and mirror.

Would you recommend I about the cycle and cut another couple percent or just running the cycle as a cut instead?

 

[Masonic Bodybuilder]

If the aromasin is legit you should notice it pretty quickly.

 

[Platesonplates]

If the aromasin is legit you should notice it pretty quickly.

Yeah. Dropped the bloat and lost about 4 lhs of water. Thank God for that aromaisin.