Thanks showstoppa.
FYI, would you be so kind as to post a typical off-season cycle and contest prep cycle for say, an amateur NPC competitor?
hey bro, i just might happen to know i guy i can ask
like i said, mike keeps it pretty real. the dosages he states are pretty much ball park. but in all ya, hes being pretty honest.
its kind tough saying 'all guys do this', or 'all guys do that'. i know w a guy whos going to get his pro card who is off half the year, only just started gh last year, and only for the length of his prep, and only cycles when he starts prepping 20 weeks out. he grows into his shows. he'll go from 210-215 or so at 8% to a dry and very well conditioned 224 on game day. he has prolly the best response i have ever seen. now, this is the exception to the rule- and he will go far once he starts to mega dose. why? cause all these guys running 4g stacks wont be able to push the throttle much further once they get their cards. they've tapped out. look at how many pros fall off the radar once they get their cards. everyone says they burn out. bullshit. they maxxed out to early. they didnt have the genetic threshold to put on muscle at minimal dosages, hit their ceiling early and now have nowhere to grow. thats why ronnie was able to be so fucking dominant. he didnt start pushing the throttle until he got his card. he got tired of getting pushed around like a mop and the rest is history.
the doses are hard to say, cause everyone lies about their use. i dunno why but its true. but i will tell you the compounds we use and why. if i mention a dose, take it to the bank its being used. also, not everyone uses the same things, and it always seems its not individual, but regional.
most guys i know run test all year round. there are no breaks. if there is a break, its for no longer than 2 months, as after 6 weeks you really start to notice being off. so, just a test base year round, typically 1g to start at the low end. enanthate is the ester of choice. some like sustanon. if real sustaonon cant be found i know guys who'll run prop and a long ester together. i have one friend (pro) who loves this and he is absolutely massive in the offseason. prolly the largest human i have ever seen. i know his prop usage is at 1g, i cant recall off hand his long ester use- possibly 2g. take it for what its worth.
most guys i know prefer eq over deca. there is no science behind their choice. its what they feel suits them best. 900-1200mg a week is pretty standard fare. do some guys use more? im sure they do. do some use less? most likely not. if your nats level and have any kind of appreciable muscle your easily needing 900+ a week. 600mg is for kids who want to look good for summer.
orals. most guys i know avoid them in the offseason. the only oral i know some guys will use is arimidex once in a while to control their water. but for the most part orals are stayed away from, as opposed to guys who dont compete, a lot of them will use var for a good part of the year. also orals combined with a higher sodium/ carb diet will cause you to hold a very non-functional amount of water. a little water is great. too much makes it difficult to breath, and train and lethargy becomes an issue.
gh use. again this must be regional, cause i dont know many guys trying to get their cards can afford to pay $300+ for a 30iu box of nupes. BULLSHIT the generic stuff doesnt work. maybe in mikes experience cause he has a shit source. i like the guy and respect his opinion but hes way off base here. i know someone who has had generic gh (hyge) seized by Customs, tested by Customs and sent the lab assay ton explain why their package will not be arriving as it contained somatropin- and nothing else. this isnt a lab assay generated by a chinese source or remailer to show the authenticity of their product. so, that being said the guys i know use strictly Hygetropin, which is hugely faked. not kigs. not anything else. HYGE HYGE HYGE. period. how much? i over heard a top pro (former olympia) tell a friend of mine 'cycle your anabolics, but use as much gh as you can afford.' nuff said. most guys i know use between 4iu and 10 iu a day. i dont know anyone personally who uses more than this. if you've ever tried to use more you'll know why.
this is pretty typical of the compounds most guys i know use in their offseason, altho these days its more of a hybrid season. a combination of compounds used off and pre contest.
preseason. this is where the fun starts. when multi compounding it does not take long to get up into nosebleed type numbers so the numbers you hear are very much being used. think about it. you think we're using 300mg of tren ace a week? fuck no. 3x that. plus 5 other compounds. now add that up. see what im saying? makes sense now does it not?
now thats all i can really say about pre contest. why? because if varies SO WIDELY from guy to guy the amounts of each compounds used. for an example. i like a 1:1 ratio of test : tren pre contest. some guys drop their test down and run higher dosages of everything else. nothing stays static pre contest. as you get leaner things either are added, taken out, or increased. unlike the offseason where you run x amount of each for the whole length of your offseason. it is very much an individualistic approach to the compounds used, as everyone responds differently to the amounts they use. its that simple. esters changes, dosages change, compounds are added or taken out. nothing is static. but the amounts you hear being used ARE BEING USED.
hope this sheds some light on things.. what ive written i know to be fact. its not what ive read, what ive heard, its what i know. so take it all for whats its worth