If you would like to get the best of both worlds, I would do the following:
500-600 sustanon
300-400 deca
20 dbol
Dbol 1 pill upon waking up, for 4-6 weeks while you give time for the test/deca to kick in. It gives a good kickstarter and it isn’t too high of a dose where you will experience unmanageable side effects.
I personally don’t like to use deca over 400/week as the prolactin sides become too noticeable for me and don’t want to be adding more drugs like caber to be managing a side effect that could be prevented by using a more manageable and conservative dosage. As long as you manage your estrogen on cycle, you won’t need to worry about your prolactin especially at 400/w.
Sustanon has recently become my go to as the shorter lived ester kicks in quicker and gives a nice early libido/mood boost.
I used to be a firm believer of low test and high anabolics. But over a decade, I have realized that a cycle without a solid amount of test will reap very little benefits compared to having a solid test dosage. Goes as far as providing better mental well-being, better libido, lubricated joints (with deca combo) helps you push more weight without joint aches, and the extra estrogen is necessary to facilitate muscle gain.
The only time I would do higher anabolics is when I have a solid foundation to work with and just seeking that extra pump throughout my workouts, and even then, I would not execute the plan because that’s how much I value this compound.
How I see it, is you could always cut out deca and keep going with test only, but not vice versa. So stapling your test dosage is a very important rule for me when trying to build.
I get joint aches at 26, I can’t imagine being twice the age and running low test and high anabolics. Take it from someone who ran 150 prop with 700 tren ace for 18 months straight. Was never able to look full. Now with deca it’s a bit different, rather than turning your body into a fat burning machine, it’s very effective at shuttling nutrients and water into the muscles making you look full. So with the addition of test, you’re set. + a tiny dosage of dbol to get something in the system working while the other compounds spool up.
Hope this helps