Posted by TRAINHARD on December 22, 1996 at 19:25:33:
In Reply to: Between cycles??????? posted by Brazil's number one on December 15, 1996 at 20:37:37:
: One of the biggest problems of the bodybuilders here in Brazil is that they lost 35% of muscle mass when they get off their cycles. Ex,: if they've gained 10 pounds of lean body mass they lost 4 pounds in the 6 weeks off juices period. One problem i believe that might be is the catabolic state that the body go after the cycle because the imune system is weak. Our nutrition is good ( we eat a lot of good carbs and protein and suplement it with a lot of good stuffs ). To deal with the catabolic state between cycles we are in doubt because there are a lot of good products on the market: OKG ( they say that's need 12 g per day ), HMB ( 3 g per day ) and Phosphagen. We use a complete formula of anti-oxidants in this period. My question is this: Wich product above work best to overcome this problem? Wich one is cost/value worth? There are any suggestion on this matter? It would be of great help if someone help us here. To your information we use HCG after the cycles ( 5000 UI one shot per week for two weeks to help our body get it's hormone to a normal level ). If you have any other suggestion will be welcome.
: By the way: HMB is very expensive here.
: Thanks, a brazilian bodybuilder
HCG at the end of a cycle only tricks your body to start producing test for a week or so. What you need to do is combine the HCG with Clomid which will get the test production started again permanently.
In between cycles, I have friends that are having good success using 10-15 units of insulin a day with creatine.
TRAINHARD