Posted by APF on February 24, 1997 at 17:30:45:
In Reply to: Short cycle - check this out! posted by Al on February 24, 1997 at 01:33:25:
: > The body doesn't instantly react to changes. The more life threatening
: > something is the quicker the body reacts. Turns out that the body's
: > feedback mechanism to steroids is between 10 to 14 days. After 10 days
: > the body notices that there is a huge increase in anabolic hormones. It
: > then tries to bring back the status quo. It does this several ways.
: > One is to convert the steroid to estrogen, DHT, shut down your own
: > production (which is why your testes shrink) & other ways. Notice that
: > these are the nasty side efects from steroid use.
: >
: > The theory then is to use a max dose of steroids for 10 days and then to
: > do a quick taper. This yields the max benefits with the min side
: > effects.
I too heard something similar to this a few months ago. My first reaction was, " -APF