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My opinion differs greatly from the majority of individuals on here, but here it goes anyway:
After doing my first cycle in 1997 at the age of 28... I learned a few things. For myself the majority of my gains came in the first 4-6 weeks of a cycle. After that, it just seemed to be a waste of gear. I dabbloed with a 16 week cycle and it was the worst time of my life... the recovery, depression and overall malaise sucked so bad. This lead me to the conclusion: My cycles do not need to exceed 5 weeks.
Following this protocol, I do about three 5 week cycles a year. I do not compete, nor do have any desire to do so, but many people ask me if I do or if I will. I currently weigh between 225 and 230 at about 8%. I used to be 245 at about 10% when I was contemplating competing, but I felt the cartoon character bodybuilding body was not for me. Also, my ass response is much better at 220-230 at 7-8% than 245-250 at 10-11%.
I later read BTPB by Author Rea and he basically confirmed what I found through trial and error. After about 28-35 days, the human body begins to try to reach a homeostasis and balance itself. This means it begins to produce more cortisol, estrogen etc... to counteract the positive hormones in your blood. It is best to end the process before this balancing becomes out of hand and a pile of ancillaries is needed to recover. The only compound I use for recovery is Nolvadex at 20mg a day for 15 days. Nothing else is needed.
The great thing about this is that rather than trying to make all your gains in one monster 16 week cycle... you can do 5 weeks, take 10 off and repeat... each time you move up. and the 10 weeks off you still feel great. I would not cycle any other way. It is too bad we see all these horror stories about recovery issues, shrunken nuts and depression. If people switched to this protocol, they would be much happier... I know I am. Not only that, my growth is constant... not small one month and fucking huge the next.
After doing my first cycle in 1997 at the age of 28... I learned a few things. For myself the majority of my gains came in the first 4-6 weeks of a cycle. After that, it just seemed to be a waste of gear. I dabbloed with a 16 week cycle and it was the worst time of my life... the recovery, depression and overall malaise sucked so bad. This lead me to the conclusion: My cycles do not need to exceed 5 weeks.
Following this protocol, I do about three 5 week cycles a year. I do not compete, nor do have any desire to do so, but many people ask me if I do or if I will. I currently weigh between 225 and 230 at about 8%. I used to be 245 at about 10% when I was contemplating competing, but I felt the cartoon character bodybuilding body was not for me. Also, my ass response is much better at 220-230 at 7-8% than 245-250 at 10-11%.
I later read BTPB by Author Rea and he basically confirmed what I found through trial and error. After about 28-35 days, the human body begins to try to reach a homeostasis and balance itself. This means it begins to produce more cortisol, estrogen etc... to counteract the positive hormones in your blood. It is best to end the process before this balancing becomes out of hand and a pile of ancillaries is needed to recover. The only compound I use for recovery is Nolvadex at 20mg a day for 15 days. Nothing else is needed.
The great thing about this is that rather than trying to make all your gains in one monster 16 week cycle... you can do 5 weeks, take 10 off and repeat... each time you move up. and the 10 weeks off you still feel great. I would not cycle any other way. It is too bad we see all these horror stories about recovery issues, shrunken nuts and depression. If people switched to this protocol, they would be much happier... I know I am. Not only that, my growth is constant... not small one month and fucking huge the next.
