A little combo of knowledge learned on here and on the Ana board:

[Lumberg]

First of all check ot this thread:

http://boards.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=2291195#post2291195

It's all about 2 week cycles.

By now we all know that stuff like 1-AD is the real deal and shuts you down just as much as real stuff.

So why are people doing 6,8, and 12 week cycles of the stuff? By the time you get recovered you are prone to lose all your gains.

We also know that in many cases the gains stop in the 3rd week. So you are just wasting the rest of the cycle and shutting yourself down even harder.

Plus you can do way more work in a year by doing a whole bunch of 2 weekers rather than just one. 2, or 3 long cycles.

Just wanted to share this knowledge. PHs are at a stage where the knowledge of real gear users really carries over.

JC

 

[gsxr1000]

I deinately have to disagree with you on the 2 week cycle thing. Not everyone responds the same way to PH's, and for the most part it definately takes more than 2 weeks for them to kick in fully..................look at the post put up by 69muscle detailing his 1-AD/4-AD cycle. He hit his highest weight at the 4-5 week, he was still putting on weight after the 3rd week. BTW, most posts I've read on here seem to have people doing 4-6 week cycles of PH..............not 6-12 week ones.

And as for shutting down or crashing after you're done..............welllllll, that's why we have things like 6-oxo for. Many people on here have posted very positive results from using 6-oxo after a 5-6 week 1-AD cycle, and guess what, they retained nearly all of their gains. So go figure.

 

[shoichi]

I found my best gains with 1AD in 3 week cycles, and gear in 7-8 weeks.

I believe it largely depends on what type of supplement and AS you are using. Obviously, a 2 week cycle of creatine will be next to worthless, and a 2 week cycle of Sust to be worthless as well. I do not think that there is a benefit of doing 9 2 week cycles per year over doing 2 big cycles a year. Although your body isn't in an unnatural state for as long, it seems to me that fluctuating body hormones for an entire year without giving them a couple of months to stay solid would be more harmful than beneficial.

However, I find the theory of 2 week cycles to be interesting, and don't completely discount the theory, especially with my experiences of 1AD.