Equipoise and half-life

[blut wump]

I've not yet run Eq so haven't yet any experience of its suppressiveness nor of the ease of recovery from it.

However, I see many cycles along the lines of:
Test E 1-16
Eq 1-16

Since Eq is boldenone undecylenate, its half life is going to be comparable with, if not even longer than, that of Deca, which is why it's run for such a relatively long cycle. Waiting the 'standard' three weeks for it to clear surely isn't enough.

I don't have a great deal of faith in the half-life values of the PCT calculator at bulkmuscle but they're generally in the right ball-park. Their PCT calculator would have one waiting approx. 6 weeks prior to there being sufficient clearance to begin PCT from a 16-week 600mg EW Equipoise cycle.

After a mere three weeks from last injection, the Test is on it's way out but the user should still be fully suppressed from the Eq and if running a three-week PCT should still be suppressed by the end of PCT.

Can anyone comment on this?

 

[mikefear]

Well, to put it simply, you probably have thought this out more than most people and have come to a better idea/conclusion about running PCT for an EQ cycle.. maybe someone with a better technical background (lanky) can look into this and let us know if you're on the right path to a newfound approach to PCT as pertained to an equipoise-included cycle.

 

[mikefear]

From what I can gather, the half-life is probably close to 16 days.. 6 weeks sounds about right to start PCT... eq suppression is similar to the suppression of test, though it seems that it may be exacerbated due to the frequently used longer cycle and higher doses.

 

[Ulter]

It should be 11 days. But they are all ball park when you get that long anyways.
I was never in favor of longer cycles though, even though I have been on mine almost 7 years. I don't think you'll gain into the 16th week. In fact, I don't think you'll gain after 12. If I were you I would just wait until you get to 12 and see if you want to keep going.

 

[medical]

My gains stalled at 12 weeks on Test/EQ, then my appetite went crazy at 16 weeks and the gains have been coming better now than at the beginning.....so I turned it into a 20 weeker.

 

[blut wump]

I was mostly considering how people have coped from a long Test/Eq cycle when they stopped injections of each at the same time. How have they scheduled PCT and whether it's been successful or as easy as with a simple, shorter Test cycle. I know that most people give little real thought to half-life and clearance times but I'm equally sure that I over-obsess about it.

I think if I were to run Eq, I'd likely run it as a simple addition to a Test cycle for the first two-thirds of it, just for the extra wind and appetite. I'd also likely make the effort to get some Boldenone Cyp rather than Eq just for shorter clearance times.

 

[Ulter]

Just run prop three weeks past the Eq.