Yo buddy, glad to hear you have been working hard and keeping the diet tight. What I am not totally sure of is what your current goal is. It sounds like you are done dieting down and want to switch focuses to growing more muscle so you can be competitive on stage. As you always see me say here, the diet is the key, so your food intake will have to go up in order to grow. Im sure you and your trainer are aware of that. I just wanted to make sure that was clear first. You mentioned tren. Yea, that one can cause issues. Its so strong and sides can be some of the hardest to deal with. Its tough especially for a guy newer to gear. You want to focus on feeling your best to keep reaching your goals at an optimal rate. So remember that moving forward. If your body is happy, it will more likely follow your lead. I’m a big fan of EQ. Its good on a cut but it’s also good on mass phase without adding as much water as some other compounds. 12 to 16 wks of test 500, EQ 400. EQ does take longer to build up so you could use a faster acting compound like Anavar or Tbol at 50mg for the first 6 wks for drier gains or 30mg Dbol if you don't mind adding some water to the muscle. That said, you really only need one of these orals. Then after 6 wks in, the test and eq will be doing a lot! As for liver protection, the best protection is to use moderate doses of orals and not run them for long periods. Long acting injectable steroids don't carry the same level of liver stress. I like to use 1200-1500mg NAC year round. If I am going to run an oral, I like TUDCA at 500mg started a couple weeks before the oral and continuing through a couple weeks after you stop the oral. Then bang out those weight bro. Train hard and don't get injured. Do this long enough and you can take your physique as far as it can go. Then guys who stay in this game the longest are the ones with the best physiques