For your first cycles, this is a lot of gear. I know how it feels to want to use more for competition and stay on longer, but with good planning, you can run an off season cycle, come off and recover. Then go back on for a contest prep cycle. It doesn't have to be complex to give good results. Remember that simple is always best. Off season, long acting test and EQ or Deca, maybe 4-6 wks of dbol. Then for your contest cycle, you can do awesome on some long acting test, switched to prop in the last 4-6 wks and adding in a hardener like Mast for the last 8 wks. Then a small amount of Winstrol for the last 4-6 wks. Along with an AI in both cycles of course, keep estrogen more controlled in the cutting plan. As for when to cut your shots out, I will go up to 2-3 days out, with most compounds. But watch your body. Watch how it responds to shots. If you get a lot of swelling, you might need more time, or you might want to use less oil in each site. Mostly, you just want to watch swelling. You don't want to obscure detail or end up with a lump. I once made the mistake of running out of tren 2 days early. I got 2cc from a friend. He happens to be a chemist and makes all of his own stuff for personal use. It was make with cottonseed oil, a standard amount of solvents and by all accounts, a traditonal batch of tren. The only problem was, I had never taken a shot of it before. I took a shot thursday, into my right glute, and wouldn't you know it, it swelled into what looked to be a gulf ball sized knot by Friday afternoon. Perfect, lol! Thankfully, it was high enough on my glute, that my trunks mostly covered it. Still, when I look at the pics from that show, I know it's there. Now days, I'm very careful and I would have much rather come off for a couple days, than take that risk. In the last wk, I often takemuch less oil, not to effect the way I look on stage, but to minimize risk of taking a bad shot, right before the show. Sunday, I may stop or reduce test. then Wed is usually my last day for injections of tren and or mast.