Cycle Log

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Starting Stats & Overview​

• Age: 19
• Height: 174cm
• Weight Before: 71.0 kg
• Current Weight: 79.2 kg (Week 7)
• Training Experience: 4 years natural foundation
• Goal of the Cycle: Recomp and lean bulk transition into a structured deficit. I wanted to pack on some quality density, pull out that upper-body roundness across the shoulders and arms, and see how my body handles the enhanced recovery while managing a brutal exam phase at uni.

2. PEDs Protocol​

• Total Duration: 16 weeks active cycle + 4 weeks PCT
• Compounds: Weeks 1–16: Testosterone Enanthate – 250 mg / week (split into E3.5D injections)
• Ancillaries/AI: None on hand or used right now. Keeping it to zero interventions since the bloodwork looks great.
• Post Cycle Therapy (PCT): Starting exactly 2 weeks after the last injection (Week 18) to allow serum testosterone levels to clear down to a baseline where HPTA restart is possible.
  • Weeks 18–19: Tamoxifen (Nolvadex) – 20 mg / day
  • Weeks 20–21: Tamoxifen (Nolvadex) – 10 mg / day

3. Training & Nutrition​

• Nutrition: Down at 2,300 calories right now. Relying on high-volume, filling stuff like huge bowls of protein oats, cream of rice, and Magerquark mixes to keep the hunger at bay while maintaining high protein targets (~185g).
• Training Split: High-volume Push / Pull rotation, focusing heavily on heavy compounds but adding a lot of extra volume for the side delts and arms.

Here is exactly how the main rotation looks right now with my current working weights and reps:

Push A (Focus: Upper Chest, 3D Shoulders & Abs)

• Close-Grip Incline Smith Bench Press: 40kg x 9 / 40kg x 6 / 30kg x 6
• Pec Deck Butterfly: 70kg x 9 / 65kg x 8 / 55kg x 11 (Focusing on super clean execution here)
• Machine Shoulder Press (wide grip, slow negatives): 45kg x 8 / 40kg x 10 / 35kg x 13
• Machine Lateral Raises: 50kg x 10 / 45kg x 12 / 35kg x 16
• Cable Tricep Pushdowns: 20kg x 10 / 15kg x 14 / 15kg x 12
• Weighted Crunches: 70kg x 11 / 70kg x 8 / 55kg to failure

Push B (Focus: Shoulders & Arms Progression)

• Machine Shoulder Press: 55kg x 8 / 50kg x 8 / 40kg x 12
• Cable Tricep Pushdowns: 25kg x 6 / 20kg x 11 / 20kg x 9
• Machine Lateral Raises: 55kg x 8 / 50kg x 14 / 40kg x 15
• Weighted Crunches: 70kg x 12
• Incline Smith Bench Press: 30kg x 8 / 30kg x 9 / 35kg to failure
• Pec Deck Butterfly: 65kg x 9 / 60kg x 9

Pull (Focus: V-Taper, Rear Delts & Bicep Mass)

• Unilateral Machine Lat Pulldowns: 115kg x 9 / 110kg x 9 (Absolute failure here) / 100kg x 10
• Neutral Grip T-Bar Rows: 60kg x 9 / 55kg x 9 / 50kg x 10
• Dumbbell Hammer Curls (elbow supported): 14kg x 10 / 12kg x 10
• Heavy Rear Delt Machine: 50kg x 10 / 45kg x 11 / 40kg x 11
• Incline Dumbbell Curls: 18kg x 7 / 14kg x 9

4. Progress, Notes & Mid-Cycle Log​

I'm currently cruising through Week 7 of my first-ever cycle running 250mg of Testosterone Enanthate, and honestly, the momentum carrying into the midpoint of this run has been incredible. Having built a solid foundation over four years of natural training, I thought I knew what to expect from my body, but the enhanced responsiveness right now is completely different as expected.

Beginning body weight was at 71 kg, and current body weight is sitting stable at 79.2 kg after 7 weeks in. Even though I’m keeping my nutrition locked down in a pretty aggressive deficit at 2,300 calories, my focus in the gym is through the roof. As you can see from the workout logs above, my high-volume push and pull sessions are yielding some decent results—strength is consistently progressing, and I’m noticing a massive difference in the overall roundness and capping of my shoulders and arms. Getting those 115kg pulldowns to absolute failure or pushing 55kg on overhead press feels completely different now. What’s even wilder is how fast I'm bouncing back. Despite the low calories and the heavy mental strain from balancing my dual-studies and intense university exam prep, my physical recovery is completely unbothered.

On the health side, my overall well-being and daily energy levels are incredibly high, and side effects have been minimal to non-existent. I’ve had a very mild breakout of pimples across my chest and upper back, but it's barely worth mentioning and completely manageable with standard hygiene. My Week 4 bloodwork actually confirmed that my body is handling the compound perfectly. Total testosterone completely maxed out the lab scale at >3,460 ng/dL, and my Estradiol came back at 70 pg/mL. Given how high my androgen levels are, that E2 ratio is good. I’m naturally managing the aromatization, meaning I get all the tissue-protective and mood benefits of estrogen without having to touch an aromatase inhibitor. Plus, my hematocrit is sitting at a 44%, so blood viscosity isn't an issue at all. The physique is looking dense, tight, and highly responsive, as you can see on my attached photo. (Im pretty happy so far)

Moving into the second half of this cycle, I’m expecting things to shift into a really fun phase. Now that the hormone is fully saturated, that typical dry look should become even more pronounced as the deficit burns off more fat while the test keeps my muscles full and pumped. Since this is my first time experiencing sustained saturation, I'll need to keep an eye on a few lagging indicators. Even though my blood thickness was perfect at week 4, red blood cell production can creep up over time, so staying completely on top of hydration during long study sessions is going to be a priority. I also need to make sure I don't let the enhanced recovery trick me into overtraining; my muscles feel invincible right now, but my tendons and joints still need time to adapt to the rapid strength jumps.

I’ve also mapped out my full exit strategy to keep as much of these gains as possible. I'll drop the last injection at Week 16, wait a clean 14 days for the Enanthate ester to clear out, and then launch a straightforward 4-week PCT using Tamoxifen (Nolvadex). Running 20mg a day for the first two weeks followed by 10mg a day for the final two weeks should be plenty to get my natural production firing again without overloading on SERM side effects. Ultimately, the plan is to hold the line on the 2,300-calorie diet, maximize this recomp effect, and ride this momentum right through the end of the run before getting pre-PCT bloods done.