Starting Second Cycle. Opinions?

[RegionalReaper]

Im 36 and have been lifting for 15 years. I did my first cycle last year. Before I started it my testosterone was over 900. I took Test E 300mg a week for 12 weeks, PCT was Nolva for 4 weeks. Made some decent gains and had absolutely zero side effects. 7 months later (now) I go to get my bloodwork done to see where I’m starting at and I’m fully expecting my testosterone to be lower than what it was a year ago. My testosterone came back at 1002. I was surprised. So… for the next cycle I planned on doing Test E 400mg for 14 weeks and adding 25mg Anavar weeks 4-9 with the same PCT. Should I bump the test to 500 a week since my testosterone is already 1000? Opinions?

 

[Gainscity]

For gains I find 500mg test to be the sweet spot with minimal sides. I’d do this

Test E 500mg/wk 1-14
Anavar 25-50mg/day 8-14

Wouldn’t hurt to have an ai on hand if u need it.

 

[randomstring]

Im 36 and have been lifting for 15 years. I did my first cycle last year. Before I started it my testosterone was over 900. I took Test E 300mg a week for 12 weeks, PCT was Nolva for 4 weeks. Made some decent gains and had absolutely zero side effects. 7 months later (now) I go to get my bloodwork done to see where I’m starting at and I’m fully expecting my testosterone to be lower than what it was a year ago. My testosterone came back at 1002. I was surprised. So… for the next cycle I planned on doing Test E 400mg for 14 weeks and adding 25mg Anavar weeks 4-9 with the same PCT. Should I bump the test to 500 a week since my testosterone is already 1000? Opinions?

Your situation sounds similar to mine. I'm 34 and been lifting for years but just started testing the waters with peds myself. My body tends to hyper responds to testosterone meaning I only take 100mg test E every 3.5 days and my lab work shows a 1700 test level pretty consistently. I find I don't need anymore test than that as I've already gained 20 lbs over the past 3 months . Went from 155 to 175 and I look great. I would say less is better. Adjust your test dose to what you feel you need and what gives you the best gains. I'm getting gains at a fairly low dose so my logic is, "why do I need more" ... For me, less is more. Less sides, less tax on the body, but with more results than natty. I too am about to run an anavar cycle with the test at 100 to 150mg every 3.5days for 16 weeks and 50mg anavar per day for 8 weeks. I already did a 4 week dbol cycle at 50mg a week with my previous test cycle. My bloods look great so I'm going to take a couple weeks off from the orals just to give my body a rest and then I'm starting the 50mg anavar for 8 weeks.

 

[Morningcupofjuice]

For gains I find 500mg test to be the sweet spot with minimal sides. I’d do this

Test E 500mg/wk 1-14
Anavar 25-50mg/day 8-14

Wouldn’t hurt to have an ai on hand if u need it.

I would agree with gains as far as putting the anavar on the backdrop of the cycle. I personally (if you are going to take var for 5 weeks like indicated in your post) would take anavar for the first 2.5 weeks and last 2.5 weeks of the cycle. This will allow for a strong a nice kickstart to the cycle while your waiting for the test to kick in and a nice finishing touch at the end. Another positive is that your giving your liver a break in-between (even though anavar isn't super toxic on the liver it still does some damage). As far as the dosage on the test its totally up to you. Id say just split the odds and go right in the middle at 450mg/ week.