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During a discussion with someone on PCT I thought of some things that may affect when you start your PCT. Traditionally it happens one the cycle ends. I started thinking about the actual state of body chemistry at this point.
Depending on what you took during the cycle, the amount of time that needs to pass before your testosterone level drops after a cycle will vary. What made me stop and think is that there is a delay in the flip-over from not producing any testosterone to when the body begins to rectify the situation. Most people start the PCt in the hope that the inevitable crash in l and size does not take place. The reality is that the crash will take pace because even if your bodies own test production has not shut down, you are still going from an artificially high test level back to a normal level so the associated strength and size will crash.
So thats a given, you are going to go through an downward adjustment no matter what you do. Due to muscle memory as a result of muscle cell wall stretching, you will be able to train your way back to almost the size you had, but not the same strength and hardness. One of the side effects of low testosterone is self confidence so that, coupled with the loss in strength and size is probably the biggest hurdle you have to overcome post cycle.
When is the best time to start the PCT? That’s the question I asked myself. Essentially the PCT will cause a rise in testosterone in the body, but if this takes place before the body has registered a low level of testosterone and starts kicking it’s own system back into gear, the you run a very real risk that the produced test will convert to estrogen because the body is still in that mode.
If you have done a cycle without PCT you’ll no doubt be aware of the fact that it takes quite a long time for the body to make this transition. Conversely, you can observe this delay when you start your steroid cycle. It takes a number of weeks before your body actually starts reacting to the artificially high test level. So it stands to reason that holding off on the PCT will give you better results by supporting the natural transition and not aggravating the conversion to estrogen state that may exist for a number of weeks post cycle.
But let me play devils advocate. By getting the body to produce it’s own testosterone post cycle, the low level of testosterone will cause the body not to convert the test into estrogen during this phase. That’s the traditional thinking anyway. But there is another factor that affects this and that is how much test does the PCT cause to be produces and for how long.
Compared to the level of test you are coming from while on cycle, the PCT does not produce much in comparison and the only for a relatively short period of time. Even if the PCT stretches over a three week period. The problem of course is that the pregnyl or HCG component of the PCT can cause a permanent negative feedback in the body and so one cannot use that receptively of in cycle closer than 3-6 months apart. This leaves the clomid component of the PCT that may present a longer term usage option.
Depending on what you took during the cycle, the amount of time that needs to pass before your testosterone level drops after a cycle will vary. What made me stop and think is that there is a delay in the flip-over from not producing any testosterone to when the body begins to rectify the situation. Most people start the PCt in the hope that the inevitable crash in l and size does not take place. The reality is that the crash will take pace because even if your bodies own test production has not shut down, you are still going from an artificially high test level back to a normal level so the associated strength and size will crash.
So thats a given, you are going to go through an downward adjustment no matter what you do. Due to muscle memory as a result of muscle cell wall stretching, you will be able to train your way back to almost the size you had, but not the same strength and hardness. One of the side effects of low testosterone is self confidence so that, coupled with the loss in strength and size is probably the biggest hurdle you have to overcome post cycle.
When is the best time to start the PCT? That’s the question I asked myself. Essentially the PCT will cause a rise in testosterone in the body, but if this takes place before the body has registered a low level of testosterone and starts kicking it’s own system back into gear, the you run a very real risk that the produced test will convert to estrogen because the body is still in that mode.
If you have done a cycle without PCT you’ll no doubt be aware of the fact that it takes quite a long time for the body to make this transition. Conversely, you can observe this delay when you start your steroid cycle. It takes a number of weeks before your body actually starts reacting to the artificially high test level. So it stands to reason that holding off on the PCT will give you better results by supporting the natural transition and not aggravating the conversion to estrogen state that may exist for a number of weeks post cycle.
But let me play devils advocate. By getting the body to produce it’s own testosterone post cycle, the low level of testosterone will cause the body not to convert the test into estrogen during this phase. That’s the traditional thinking anyway. But there is another factor that affects this and that is how much test does the PCT cause to be produces and for how long.
Compared to the level of test you are coming from while on cycle, the PCT does not produce much in comparison and the only for a relatively short period of time. Even if the PCT stretches over a three week period. The problem of course is that the pregnyl or HCG component of the PCT can cause a permanent negative feedback in the body and so one cannot use that receptively of in cycle closer than 3-6 months apart. This leaves the clomid component of the PCT that may present a longer term usage option.
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