Rate my first cycle / looking for advice · BIOHACKING

Rate my first cycle / looking for advice

I’ve been natural and training consistently for about 9 years, and I’m 25 years old, 5’6”, 150 lbs, around 13% BF. I’m considering dipping my toes into becoming enhanced before eventually doing a more traditional cycle down the road (test/primo, etc.).

For my first run, I’m considering 8 weeks of:

Enclomiphene — 12.5 mg EOD (Test base)
MK-677 — 12.5 mg M–F (Growth hormone base)
MK-2866 (Ostarine) — 15 mg/day 1 hr pre workout with grapefruit juice
Cardarine — 10 mg/day AM
ATX-304 — 50 mg/day AM

I already have baseline bloodwork. Total testosterone is around 824 ng/dL, free T is 168, SHBG is ~38–39, and my cholesterol/lipids are currently in the optimal range. I’m also planning to monitor my glucose closely, including using a CGM, especially because of the MK-677.

For those who have more experience with this:

1. How would you rate this as a first cycle? Anything you would remove, change, or consider unnecessary?

2. What would you monitor during and after the cycle? I’m planning follow-up bloodwork to see how suppressed I actually get rather than assuming enclomiphene will prevent suppression.

3. Post-cycle: I’m planning to use enclomiphene/Nolva for PCT depending on my post-cycle labs. My main question is about MK-677 and AC-262. If AC-262 really is minimally suppressive and my glucose/insulin markers remain healthy, is there any reason not to continue either one during the post-cycle period, or would you consider that counterproductive to recovery?

4. Longer-term MK/Cardarine use: I’ve seen people claim they run MK-677 for 6+ months, take a couple months off, and repeat, while others seem to use Cardarine year-round. How much of that is actually supported by evidence versus bro-science?

I’m not looking for a “send it” answer. I’d appreciate honest criticism from people who have actually run these compounds and can point out where my thinking is wrong.

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Rate my first cycle / looking for advice