Post-cycle body composition changes

[chaos mage]

Ok, your bulking cycle just ended and clomid therapy begins. Your cortisol levels are sky-high, melting away that hard earned muscle. I want to plan the most effective post-cycle therapy for favorable body composition. Assume training continues high-intensity/low volume. Should I:

a) sacrifice the muscle and use the cortisol to my advantage to melt fat away as well, with cardio. Any estimates on what the ratio of fat:muscle lost would be? 1:1 or better?

b) overfeed yourself to maybe save a few pounds of muscle, but fat gains will be disproportionately high I think (depending on how long cortisol levels are high... anybody know?)

c) nothing special, just eat normal with normal levels of activity.

d) something else I overlooked

If maximizing muscle gains is not the main concern (reminding that body composition IS), which option would yield the best results?

[Alpine]

bump

[adj3b]

^bump^

[rado]

IMO I would do "C", but then again I couldn't tell you worth a shit when it comes to any kind of anti-estrogens, I don't use any. When I come off, I take about 4g's of trib a day and drink plenty of green tea. It's worked for me kid. I would NEVER sacrifice hard earned muscle, you can always loose the fat musch faster than you earn the muscle.

[Barbell]

Any certain brand of green tea and trib?

[edvedr]

when i come off bulking i always start eating alot and real clean. high protein and start cutting up. if i try to lose weight (fat) then it helps with post cycle depression for me! and for the cortisol, i don't think thats using it to your advantage, you just busted your ass to gain muscle, do what you can to maintain it. if you lose muscle and fat your body composition is not changing its staying the same and your just getting smaller. load up on VIT C to lower cortisol, especially 1000mgs post workout!