What do they consider 'off?' cruising?
For the most part.
I'm beginning to admire a lot of what gh15 said.. homeostasis will set in and our bodies will recover. The HPTA can be thought of like a pendulum. Yes, hormones are going to fuck up our swing but give it some time and things will settle where they need to without intervention. Intervention in the form of "Post Cycle Therapy" can bring us to homeostasis a lot quicker. That's a fact.
Somewhere along the line, retards started regurgitating bullshit and now we have "PCT" as it is today. People don't understand jack shit. People who plan on using hormones should learn about them first, then use and abuse them. If you understand what's happening in your body, things will go much smoother. PCT will not make you retain all your gains. Hell no. But it'll help you recover quicker than you could on your own.
I'm also starting to become less hung up over PCT. I understand that I'm fucking my body up, but when it recovers I do what I can to aid the natural healing process. It still takes time. All the HCG and fertility drugs in the world won't cure you over night. Just be satisfied with the gains you made on cycle. When you cease use, make sure that you're satisfied with the size you put on, make sure that you're as conditioned as possible and that you've held that size and conditioning for a respectable amount of time. When you come off, feel free to bridge on non-steroidal hormones and anabolics like slin, GH and thyroid medication. They are non-steroidal in nature and will help you to bridge the gap between juiced up freak and whatever "natural" state is left.
Understand that you will lose a good deal of intramuscular water and glycogen retention. Understand that your strength will likely dwindle, albeit only slightly if you train correctly. You may become more emotionally unstable as your hormones fluctuate, but it's normal. Just think positive, train hard and become even more determined and straight forward thinking now that you have this new challenge to deal with. Training while coming off may feel shitty, but it will only feel as shitty as you let it. Sometimes it's a relief to not have to pin every fucking day, spending time swabbing your shit down, wasting hours drawing up oils, switching pins and hitting God damn scar tissues. You won't be sweating like a bastard from heavy anabolics like tren either. Sometimes it feels nice to wrap up a cycle and just call it quits. The most successful PCT I ever had is when I just didn't give a fuck about getting smaller and less conditioned, kept training hard, spent more time in the kitchen and I came away with great gains.
I'm a smaller guy, but I've used responsible doses, went to the doctor for blood work and kept mental and physical notes for contrast and comparison. I've had my fair share of fuck-ups but in the grand scheme of things, I look at most juicers and just shake my head at how retarded they are. I'm sure I'm slightly retarded as well, but at least I'm trying. The take away message is that you'll shrink and won't be as lean once you come off. That's just a fact of life. You can't expect to have a supraphysiological physique without a supraphysiological level of hormones. And unless you're an absolute freak with some of the most favorable genetics, you will have to introduce exogenous hormones to attain that. It is not permanent, but you will be freakier than any natural even with shitty training. When you come off, just don't be a fucking pussy. If you have a fine piece of ass, don't soft dick her with your limp penis like a loser. Get hard, be a man and rail the shit out of her. Don't be a sobbing vagina and stop training for 5 months because you've got no motivation to train off cycle. It's better than nothing. You can alternatively cruise on a low dose of AAS instead of completely coming off as well, giving your body a chance to breathe without losing any hard earned progress.
Cliffs:
- You will lose size while coming off. Get over it.
- "PCT" fertility drugs, anti estrogens and other ancillaries aid in recovery only marginally. Don't expect a miracle.
- Don't be a sobbing vagina. Fuck your woman like it's your job, don't stop training because you're not sauced up and stay positive
- Actually research about steroids and don't rely solely on forums, snippets of steroid articles in MD Magazine and locker room bro science
- If you're extremely concerned or you're a "hard gainer" like myself, just cruise between heavy doses of androgens and use non-steroidal anabolics when you do come off completely
/meltdown lol
