[Cycle] Basic test cycle on someone with almost no lifting & dieting experience.
Prepare your pitchforks.
I'm basically the epitome of what this sub hates. A guy who has almost no lifting or dieting experience and jumps on AAS. Disregarding all the correct feedback telling me not to even think about AAS until a few years of natty lifting, I wanted the shortcut. I'll admit I have self image issues and just didn't want to be the scrawny guy anymore. I know there's a lot of other guys out there with the same mentality so this post is to educate them. For the record, I researched for months before starting. Despite me being a fool and starting AAS with minimal training experience I knew what I was doing in regards to running a test cycle.
So, the cycle was 15 weeks of 500mg test e. Lets get straight into the pictures
As you can see I had no foundation to start AAS. I blew up from 170lb to 195lb in 8 weeks (I'm 5'11). Keeping in mind a lot of this was water retention. I looked like a bloated guppy. But at the time I was impressed with my results none the less because I looked bigger.
That's 8 weeks. I mentioned earlier it was a 15 week cycle, where are the photos from the end of the cycle? Well I plateaued around week 10 and stopped eating enough. Yep, what a waste of 5 weeks.
Training & Diet
My diet was actually somewhat decent despite my lack of knowledge. I ate a 500 surplus but went over it quite often eating mostly clean foods and high carbs, I would have a cheat meal maybe twice a week. I wont bother listing the diet because I doubt anyone really cares.
Training was P.H.U.L and I wont lie to myself, I definitely could have pushed myself harder in the gym + I didn't have much lifting experience so my form was more than likely shit. All my lifts went up incredibly fast but I never attempted ORM. The most I was able to bench was 110lb x 5. (Flame me, I deserve it)
Anyway, here's the best part...
I pretty much looked the exact same as I did pre-cycle. I made crucial errors with diet and training during PCT and just a general lack of knowledge and experience put me back at square one.
Side effects
My E2 was very high when I got bloods at 6 weeks and I ended up having to run 25mg asin ED because my body composition was no where near where it should have been to be on AAS. (albeit I do believe I aromatize heavily either way) . This caused high blood pressure and made me a bloated potato. I was never able to dial in my AI, my body fat % was too high by week 8. My hairline receded and thinned and this caused stress about whether or not to start finasteride. All of this for what? Nothing. I gained nothing besides probably damaging my health because I let my insecurities get the better of me.
TL;DR If you're not serious about the gym lifestyle and want a "quick fix" to get some muscle, don't make the same mistake I did. I can honestly say I regret it but I'm not ashamed to share my story here. AAS is for gym veterans, don't learn that the hard way like I did. I'm not saying you can't put more effort into it than I did and maintain your gains and reach your goals but my point is if you're a beginner do not touch AAS.
Posted Aug 30, 2018, 12:51 AM UTC · edited