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      Whatup fam-o

      Im coming off a 16weeker of test/mast, briefly ran Deca for 4 weeks and found out the sides kill me. Ive gone down to an hrt dose that ill use for a few weeks then come off totally. My girl and I are fairly new(2 month relationship so far) and we're getting wild all the time and she hates when I have issues. No worries though ive got my source for cialis, but my main concern is how do you guys keep your motivation during pct and when you start to see your pump diminish and your strength going in the toilet?

      Im still on growth so that somewhat keeps my hopes up for progressing. Earlier this year I decided to train with the "whatever it takes" motto and feel ive been somewhat reckless with my length of cycle. Before my last run I only took off six weeks so i know ive been shut down for a long time.

      I'll be getting blood work in a week or two. My new insurance sucks ass

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      Default Re: Long Cycle Recovery Blues..

      i hate to be the bearer of bad news man but if you are over 28 then most likely you running a pct is pretty much just peeing into the wind. you can try it and have bloods done but even with no aas use most men's levels begin to decline after 26-28ish. so by you choosing to hit the supplements up, most likely you wont bounce back. dont hold me to that without proper blood work and a good pct but i am being realist with you here. now with that said, if you do run that proper pct and have bloods and dont bounce back, then during your off time only run the amount of test needed to keep you in optimal range not more. that way you are actually giving your body the break that it needs.

      how do you cope with coming off? that's a different battle for everyone. biggest things i have done in the past are: keep diet in check 100% with no deviation whatsoever, train as hard as your body will allow and still recover (that could mean only being able to go 3-4 days per wk for some) and dont chase the damn numbers. dont compare what you are currently doing with what you were doing while on. your not a power lifter so numbers dont matter. chase that pump and the feel and dont worry about everything else. i will harp one more time on optimal hormone levels again. keep the estro in check for the duration of your pct and off period. that will help you out big time
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      Default Re: Long Cycle Recovery Blues..

      Hey guns,

      Yea great post! I ran juice when i was 30 (im 33 now) and i recovered fully, It took about six months for me to get my nads back but i was good to go. I honestly dont see why i wouldnt recover i have no health issues at all. Ill run this pct as best as i can but being on HRT for life does scare me a little. When i had my levels checked post cycle at age 31 i was low 300's.

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      Default Re: Long Cycle Recovery Blues..

      Quote Originally Posted by hicktown View Post
      Hey guns,

      Yea great post! I ran juice when i was 30 (im 33 now) and i recovered fully, It took about six months for me to get my nads back but i was good to go. I honestly dont see why i wouldnt recover i have no health issues at all. Ill run this pct as best as i can but being on HRT for life does scare me a little. When i had my levels checked post cycle at age 31 i was low 300's.
      you may be able to do it man. like i said everyone is different, some can run multiples and always bounce back and some can run one at 500mg a wk of test only and never recover again. it would be awesome if you could get your levels back up to normal though and if you had success in the past you shouldnt have an issue doing it again. keep that estro in check when you do come off and you should bounce back much faster than 6 months though.
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      Default Re: Long Cycle Recovery Blues..

      Guns said it best. I tried the on and off with pct for a bit and it sucked. I finally decided that I'm never coming off. Blast and cruise (TRT levels). Once the body goes past the genetic potential, you cant keep your gains when you come off. It makes no sense to me to pay 500.00 for a cycle only to watch it disappear in a few months. Keep in mind I'm 36 so it's getting hard to even do this on cycle. Staying semi on I keep a lot (not all of course) of my gains until I am ready to blast again. As far as feeling good in PCT..... going from superman to clark kent will always suck.
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      LOL good analogy Tom,

      Nah i havent tried hcg because you need to use it on cycle and not off so i waited too long to use it, going forward ill use it for sure.

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      Default Re: Long Cycle Recovery Blues..

      What does your pct usually look like?
      The guys are right we are all different. Some of us bounce back easier and faster then others.

      My buddy competed for 8 yrs and blasted and cruised mostly blasted lol. He quit cold turkey no pct and has had a kid since and said his libido is stellar. Go figure!

      Back to your questions. I feel with a hardcore long pct u should bounce back fine.

      Proviron is the only true bridge heavyiron posted some pubmed studies a while back that showed its not suppressive under 100mg. While that's pushing it IMHO I've done 25-50 mg daily and took labs 1 month after I finished with pct. my test nl/dl was 540 not my original 640 but I was still recovering and I was happy with the 540 result!

      There is going to be some adjustment bro. It's not going to be seemless. Watch the estro. I would front load with hcg then do the typical clomid/nolva for minimum 6 weeks

      The cialis helps but the last pct I did with the nolva/clomid/proviron was hands down best easiest pct I ever did.

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      Oh yea this isnt my first pct so i know what to expect im just dreading it, but if you say proviron then heck im gonna try it, i cant use clomid because it just makes me feel weird and it gave me some vision issues sometime ago.

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      Default Re: Long Cycle Recovery Blues..

      Quote Originally Posted by hicktown View Post
      Oh yea this isnt my first pct so i know what to expect im just dreading it, but if you say proviron then heck im gonna try it, i cant use clomid because it just makes me feel weird and it gave me some vision issues sometime ago.
      proviron will also surpress you man. it is also a dht derived aas and i know you have already posted that you are sensitive. best way to look at it is you are either on or you are off. i have seen people bridge with prov, primo and a number of other compounds. if you are trying to bounce back and recover then hcg proviron or anything else for that matter that surpresses you is not going to help the process out any
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      Quote Originally Posted by guns01 View Post
      proviron will also surpress you man. it is also a dht derived aas and i know you have already posted that you are sensitive. best way to look at it is you are either on or you are off. i have seen people bridge with prov, primo and a number of other compounds. if you are trying to bounce back and recover then hcg proviron or anything else for that matter that surpresses you is not going to help the process out any
      Not sure if this link will work if you aren't on that forum. There is a few posts by xyz and heavyiron from pubmed.gov showing proviron is not supressive to hpta according the the info shown. The time I tried it my labs showed my pct went well. It really helped mood and libido stay strong whole pct.

      https://ironmagazineforums.com/thread...iron-Off-Cycle

      Interesting read !

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      Quote Originally Posted by Oldschooliron69 View Post
      Not sure if this link will work if you aren't on that forum. There is a few posts by xyz and heavyiron from pubmed.gov showing proviron is not supressive to hpta according the the info shown. The time I tried it my labs showed my pct went well. It really helped mood and libido stay strong whole pct.

      https://ironmagazineforums.com/thread...iron-Off-Cycle

      Interesting read !
      good read and info. i dont whole completely agree with it because proviron even at a low dose is still anabolic and you are still taking something. that being said, my whole point behind what i am saying is, if you are coming off to bounce back and clean out, then come off, dont take any aas whatsoever and allow your body to recoup and recover. but again on the other hand i may take 25mg and may not experience the same results as you do. good info though for real but i am still going to lean toward coming off completely if that is the path you are venturing onto. i dont do that myself but to each their own
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      Yea well i dont want to push the hair issue. I feel pretty good that things will go well, ive never really had a bad experience during pct its always more a visual thing where you dont look as good as before. Thanks for the advice yalls!

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      Quote Originally Posted by hicktown View Post
      Yea well i dont want to push the hair issue. I feel pretty good that things will go well, ive never really had a bad experience during pct its always more a visual thing where you dont look as good as before. Thanks for the advice yalls!
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      Thanks oldschool, Ill atleast read the articles, but you gotta think every form of AAs out there whether its oil or tablet is going to shut you down no matter what. Im interested in what guns says.

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      Default Re: Long Cycle Recovery Blues..

      Quote Originally Posted by hicktown View Post
      Thanks oldschool, Ill atleast read the articles, but you gotta think every form of AAs out there whether its oil or tablet is going to shut you down no matter what. Im interested in what guns says.
      With primo and var I agree and studies show its supressive. To take enough of them to "help" at all is enough to shut down hpta so counter productive.

      I get your train of though I do. Just passing on my experience with it.

      I don't pct anymore. Had all the kids I want.

      Clomid works amazing for me. Doesn't make me cry lol.

      Best of luck to you!

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