u/walk_aboot_72

And no the Busch apples in the back are not in fact my pre workout 🤣

Just to be transparent. About a year of this is on TRT or a true cycle

Not a competitive bodybuilder so getting stage shredded is not really a concern. Plus loose skin is always hard to judge if I’m lean enough. More just insulin sensitivity and not gaining too much fat. Currently sitting at \~197lbs. Might push to 190 but I’m ready to grow again and start a nice controlled bulk. What the consensus? 5’7” for reference.

Not a competitive bodybuilder so getting stage shredded is not really a concern. Plus loose skin is always hard to judge if I’m lean enough. More just insulin sensitivity and not gaining too much fat. Currently sitting at \~197lbs. Down from 214lbs at the end of my last bulk in April. Might push to 190 but I’m ready to grow again and start a nice controlled bulk. What the consensus? 5’7” for reference. Loose skin always messes with my mind.

November 2025 to current.

A year on gear. It escalated quickly. Age 36.

September 1st 2025, I started self prescribed TRT. 180mg per week. I ran that with Reta for 2.5 months to cut from 195lbs to 167lbs (not pictured). I then started a bulk I 500mg test only for the first 12 weeks to so then upped it to a gram and 4-6ii daily GH for the remainder of the 22 week blast. Added in 100mg anadrol Daily last 2 weeks. For all the way up to 214lbs. Currently sitting 195lbs on 250 test and 50 var per day trying to get peeled for the next growth phase. 5’7” for reference.

Labs after the blast had HDL at 28 as the worst result. Bit ldl was 61 and apob was 56. HCT was sitting at 50. I do daily zone 2 cardio so I really think that helps. I also took 6.25mg daily aromasin for e2 control. It Kelly my e2 in the 40s. Average BP throughout was 115/65. Had to drop Telmi as it pushed my BP too low.

I have used tren in my cut this summer hoping it would
Help in a deficit but it’s overrated for me and dropped it after just 3 weeks at 250-300mg.

Current stack to finish this cut is 36mg test cyp per day and 50mg anavar per day.

Remember guys. Steroids don’t build tissue. Food, proper stimuli and recovery do. Anabolics simply provide the perfect environment to build more rapidly and recover. And to the inevitable Redditor that posts about the study where people didn’t work out and gained muscle mass on gear. Mass is measured as a volume. If gear does anything it pushes water and glycogen into the muscle therefore increasing muscle mass. New tissue is expensive. Proper diet and stimulus is what forces the body to adapt and grow. Any retard can retain a shit ton of water on test.

Been cutting all summer but have fell off the wagon so many times and turned into maintenance. I’ve lost 120lbs naturally in the past but getting this last 10-15 off after a good bulk has been rough. Nobodies fault but my own. Will power has been lacking. Training is great and diet is like 70% on point. 5’7” around 195lbs. Aiming for sub 10% or close too before bulking again. Sitting at maybe 15%+ right now. Having someone hold me accountable should make this a bit easier.

Current stack
250 test cyp
4iu daily HGh
40mcg clen

M-F macros
225p
310c
40f
2500 cals

Saturday macros (rest)
240p
175c
50f
2110 cals

Sunday macros(high day)
200p
570c
<25f
~3000 cals

I’m not perfect but I feel my consistency has paid off over the last 18 months or so. 220lbs to 195lbs. Here’s to the next!! 🍻