Hi everyone,
I’m considering my first anabolic steroid cycle and would like to get some opinions from more experienced users before making any decisions.
At the moment, I’m running a peptide protocol that includes:
- Retatrutide
- GHK-Cu
- MOTS-c
I am also planning to add:
For my first steroid cycle, I was thinking about using testosterone as the base, but I’m still researching and I’m not sure what would be appropriate for a beginner.
I’m also trying to decide between Anavar and Anadrol as an additional compound. My goals are improving body composition, strength, and lean muscle gain while keeping side effects manageable.
For those with experience:
- Which would you choose for a first cycle: Anavar or Anadrol, and why?
- What are the main pros and cons of each?
- What bloodwork and health markers would you recommend monitoring?
- Are there any other compounds, supplements, or precautions you would suggest for someone researching a first cycle?
Any advice or personal experiences would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Hello!
So testosterone always is the base when you run. (Yeah there are some stacks without test, but person who ran shit like the god complex cycle also said it really messed specially with their head)
So always have test as the base.
Bc you running first time AAS you should start l8w dosage like 100-125lg per week. That amount places you already above natural, but its low enough to not get over ran if your body reacts badly to the test.
Before you start taking the testosterone you should already do a blood test to know your baseline
Total testosterone, free testosterone,
LH, FSH, E2, Prolactin, SHGB, CBC, PSA, lipid panel, kidney function, HbA1c
After 4-6 weeks running like that you should do another blood test also with all that to see what changed in what direction. If your blood is overall fine and you feeling good you can consider to up the dose fe 250.
After the starting phase you should get a blood check every 8 to 12 weeks.
From a conservative pov i would not recommend to add another compund for your first run, specially orals. They add a lot of liver stress and are more meant for professionals to adjust specific phases in their stack. Orals like anadrol or superdrol are also one of the most toxic compunds available so deffo nothing for a first run, or amateurs at all.
Orals are either a look maximazer or a kick start but they never do smth for you long term.
If you need to have another compound for the first time you could consider primo.
When we are not talking about your first time anymore and if lean gain is what you seek a stack like test, eq, primo could be smth you want to run.
From here you also have to work out dosage composition over all your compounds you run at the same time
Also the ester for your compounds are relevant considering the injection plan. For test enanthate or cypionate is most chosen, split the weekly dosage in 2 injections over the week fe Monday and Thursday, or every 4 days.
I think that is well enough information to get you started at all.
It seems a lot and consuming and many would say you dont have to do all that, that they never did any of that and they're fine, but if you dont risk manage your compounds and dont measure whats going on in your body you never can be sure if you're really ok, or if you creating issues that maybe will appear in future when its already to late to react.
And before injecting the first dose ne clear that this is a decision that can't be undone. Regardless of the dosage, there is a risk that testosterone will permanently shut down your natural hormonal axis. That's smth you have to consider and be fine with along with the risk to permanently damage your cardiovascular system. Risks are not skyscraper high but there and will be more likely with every other run and amount you put in your body.
