Loss in Bench press after cycle

[adpeterson33]

Any ideas/suggestions of how to keep your bench press up after doen with a cycle? Used to be able to rep out 315 for reps and now I can put up 300 once and Im in the last week of PCT

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Simple:

Deload and ramp back up.

 

[adpeterson33]

Simple:

Deload and ramp back up.

What does that mean? (Start low and build up)

 

[Muscle Overkill]

Thats why I have been off for 5 years cuz steroids are not long term gains.

 

[adpeterson33]

Thats why I have been off for 5 years cuz steroids are not long term gains.

Anavar and winstrol yeild gains that are easily kept!!

 

[SgtSlaughter]

What does that mean? (Start low and build up)

this week i'm currently deloading and this is what i'm doing:

take a week and do half of what you've been doing.

You top out at 300 on bench, so make your top set 200ish (240lbs is 80% of 300 that'd be too much for a deload from what i understand)

Literally in and out of the gym, probably 30 minutes or less... do cardio after if you want.

Then the week after do ~ 80% of what you did before and slowly add back up, and then start hitting new PR's.

 

[mikefear]

yeah, like sarge said.. incorporate a deload week every 5 or so weeks.. we all push VERY hard in the gym and the body needs time to recover, and active recovery is better than passive rocovery.. so instead of taking a week OFF from the gym, go in, drop your weights down to about half and cut out the supplemental exercises; get in and out, with relatively light weight.. do that for a week, then go back to lifting heavy.. you'll be surprised at what you find.

 

[mm107]

yeah, like sarge said.. incorporate a deload week every 5 or so weeks.. we all push VERY hard in the gym and the body needs time to recover, and active recovery is better than passive rocovery.. so instead of taking a week OFF from the gym, go in, drop your weights down to about half and cut out the supplemental exercises; get in and out, with relatively light weight.. do that for a week, then go back to lifting heavy.. you'll be surprised at what you find.

They are both right...

i planned it so this is my deload week.....

i hit 420 on the bench while on....and nailed it....

been off since Jan 26. So that is 4 weeks off. Still on PCT...using Dermacrine every morning.

So then i hit 420 again this weekend. And this is 4 weeks after coming off. So i got 2 more weeks to make it through any dreaded 'losses'

 

[SgtSlaughter]

MF, why do you say every 5 weeks?

MM, you planned to deload even if your CNS wasn't completely taxed?


goddamn i feel like shit. lol. my CNS better thank me by mid-week deload.

 

[bobbie]

It happens 2 everyone thats y a lot of people go back on 2 soon.Loss of strength & size. U just have 2 deal with that fact ur never as good off than u r on