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Empirical and anecdotal evidence clearly show that
steroids are most effective and safest when they are
used in a logical sequence referred to as a cycle. The
term cycle is commonly used by athletes to refer to
the time they are on steroids. An average on cycle is
usually from 6 to 12 weeks. An average off cycle,
which is the time off of the steroids, should be at
least 10 to 12 weeks. This pattern is needed to
minimize side effects associated with long term
steroid use. It is felt that doing just 2 cycles a
year is best to keep side effects to a minimum. In the
off cycle period, the user is allowing the body to
restore its natural hormonal patterns and to recover
from any stress that occurred during the cycle.
Cycling steroids is also important to insure their
effectiveness. If a person stays on a steroid for too
long, receptor sites will fail to recognize it. This
attenuation is not experienced if cycles are done
properly. Some evidence supports keeping cycles fairly
short; about two months in length or less. Recent
evidence has shown that receptor down regulation,
which is a decrease in the amount of a steroid being
picked up by a cell, occurs in as little as 3 weeks.
Also shown was that the positive nitrogen balance, a
primary anabolic indicator of a steroid, will not
exist if the dosage is not continually increased. This
is also due to the fairly rapid and progressive loss
of sensitivity of receptors to exogenous steroids.
With cycles of excessive duration, the receptor site
gets so over stimulated by exogenous steroids, that it
can even fail to respond to endogenous androgens. A
person in this state could use huge dosages and still
not get any results. This explains a great deal of
logic behind some of the cycle patterns commonly used
today. The wiser athletes put every bit of knowledge
they have into designing their cycles. One of the
cycles gaining in popularity is the 3 week blitz. In
this cycle, the athlete uses each drug for three weeks
at a time. The idea here is the steroid will not
suppress the androgen receptors in just 3 weeks,
resulting in only slight impairment of receptor
functions versus the degree of attenuation that is
experienced if one drug were taken for a long period
of time. Another cycle pattern which goes on the same
premise as the 3 week blitz, is the double mini-cycle.
In this cycle, 2-3 steroids are taken in a certain
combination for 6 weeks, then a 2 week off cycle is
taken before coming back to another 6 week cycle of
the same, or more favorably, 2 different steroids.
After this second cycle, an off period of at least 2
months is taken. A familiar cycle pattern is the
diamond. This one starts with a minimal dosage of one
or more steroids, increases for several weeks and then
decreases for several weeks in an attempt to bring the
body's own testosterone production back up before
going off the steroids. The inverted pyramid is
another cycle pattern. This cycle starts with a
maximum dosage and works down from there. This cycle
is very popular in situations where the athlete is
going to be drug tested. Steroid cycles take on an
infinite number of patterns and involve the use of
just one or up to a dozen different drugs.
steroids are most effective and safest when they are
used in a logical sequence referred to as a cycle. The
term cycle is commonly used by athletes to refer to
the time they are on steroids. An average on cycle is
usually from 6 to 12 weeks. An average off cycle,
which is the time off of the steroids, should be at
least 10 to 12 weeks. This pattern is needed to
minimize side effects associated with long term
steroid use. It is felt that doing just 2 cycles a
year is best to keep side effects to a minimum. In the
off cycle period, the user is allowing the body to
restore its natural hormonal patterns and to recover
from any stress that occurred during the cycle.
Cycling steroids is also important to insure their
effectiveness. If a person stays on a steroid for too
long, receptor sites will fail to recognize it. This
attenuation is not experienced if cycles are done
properly. Some evidence supports keeping cycles fairly
short; about two months in length or less. Recent
evidence has shown that receptor down regulation,
which is a decrease in the amount of a steroid being
picked up by a cell, occurs in as little as 3 weeks.
Also shown was that the positive nitrogen balance, a
primary anabolic indicator of a steroid, will not
exist if the dosage is not continually increased. This
is also due to the fairly rapid and progressive loss
of sensitivity of receptors to exogenous steroids.
With cycles of excessive duration, the receptor site
gets so over stimulated by exogenous steroids, that it
can even fail to respond to endogenous androgens. A
person in this state could use huge dosages and still
not get any results. This explains a great deal of
logic behind some of the cycle patterns commonly used
today. The wiser athletes put every bit of knowledge
they have into designing their cycles. One of the
cycles gaining in popularity is the 3 week blitz. In
this cycle, the athlete uses each drug for three weeks
at a time. The idea here is the steroid will not
suppress the androgen receptors in just 3 weeks,
resulting in only slight impairment of receptor
functions versus the degree of attenuation that is
experienced if one drug were taken for a long period
of time. Another cycle pattern which goes on the same
premise as the 3 week blitz, is the double mini-cycle.
In this cycle, 2-3 steroids are taken in a certain
combination for 6 weeks, then a 2 week off cycle is
taken before coming back to another 6 week cycle of
the same, or more favorably, 2 different steroids.
After this second cycle, an off period of at least 2
months is taken. A familiar cycle pattern is the
diamond. This one starts with a minimal dosage of one
or more steroids, increases for several weeks and then
decreases for several weeks in an attempt to bring the
body's own testosterone production back up before
going off the steroids. The inverted pyramid is
another cycle pattern. This cycle starts with a
maximum dosage and works down from there. This cycle
is very popular in situations where the athlete is
going to be drug tested. Steroid cycles take on an
infinite number of patterns and involve the use of
just one or up to a dozen different drugs.
