Originally Posted by
Crankin'steiN
Short cycles and long cycles both have their advantages.....
Short cycles mean that you will reap the best part of your gains from the cycle (because they happen in the first 6-8 weeks) and you will also be able to take less time off between cycles (we know it's really hard to stay off....). However, it will be harder to keep the gains you have made when coming off, because your body is not used to that much muscle. Your recovery will also be much easier then if you stayed on for extended periods of time.
Long cycles mean that you will be able to let your body get used to the new gains from the cycle and hopefully be able to keep them all or almost all after you come off. You will need to take a longer time off between cycles, it will be harder to recover from, and you risk permanently affecting your HPTA.
With that said, I have recently switched to doing blast and cruise cycles.... It is kind of a happy medium between the two ways of cycling above. You run a short cycle (say 6-8 weeks) then cruise (run a low dose of test, while taking your PCT drugs) to try and recover to some extent (and to keep all gains from previous cycle) then run another short cycle again (called blasting). Doing things in this manor allow you to take 2 steps forward, hold, then take 2 steps forward again. As oppose to taking two steps forward and then one back like regular cycling usually causes..... This method of cycling is from DC's (Doggcrapp's) readings. If your interested in learning more about it, you should search some sites for his stuff, there is tons out there.