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Perpetually Anabolic
by Grendel
Taking Issue with the Idea of Androgen Receptor Down Regulation (Bryan Haycock) was an article that unfortunately slipped past a lot of people. The article was a moderately technical look at the reasons why androgen receptors do not down regulate and why receptors triggered by anabolic steroids do not shut down after lengthy steroid use. I will not rehash this article but I encourage everyone to take a moment to go back and look it over.
Steroids are inevitably linked with the notion of cycling. It has become part of the canon of bodybuilding that you go “on” for a certain amount of time followed by a rest period. But we all hear about the professionals who never go off their drug regime. Hmm. Well if you remember what you read in Bryan Haycock’s article you should start to see that maybe the pros are onto something.
I am now going to propose a yearlong cycle (actually it could be a lifetime cycle). This is not something that I think is appropriate for everyone and it’s certainly not a beginner’s notion. I don’t think you should decide you want to do steroids, run down and buy 100 bottles of T-200 and then never go off. In the beginning it’s fine to do little bursts, it gives you an idea of where you can go. But eventually it is time to consider being on steroids yearlong.
The Base
Certainly a yearlong cycle should be comprised of a base drug combination that is used steadily throughout. I believe that testosterone is ideal, used at between 500 and 1000 mg per week. Nandrolone (deca-durabolin) is also perfect for this sort of thing and I suggest dosages between 400-600 mg per week. If you have read my previous articles you probably have an idea of exactly what sort of starting dosages I would recommend. By the time you are considering a perpetual cycle you should be comfortable using higher dosages. I think a good base of drugs should not be more then 1000 mg combined. I think 500mg testosterone and 500mg Nandrolone would be perfect. This would be taken every week.
Since you are never taking time off the steroids it becomes important that part of your basic stack included items designed to protect you from the adverse side effects. The exact drugs needed depend on your experience (and by now you should know how you will respond).
Anti-estrogens should be used. I suggest clomiphene citrate (clomid) at 50 or 100 mg per day (at least 50 mg every other day). I think that the use of arimidex is ideal in this situation because it will protect you almost entirely from the estrogenic side effects of the steroids.
For those of you that want to keep your hair propecia (finasteride) is a good idea, but may not be the best combination with Nandrolone. If you are very worried about your hair the perfect drug base is a perpetual course of Nandrolone (500 mg per week). Remember that propecia stops the conversion of testosterone into DHT (which has a higher receptor affinity). However, propecia also stops the convesion of nadrolone to DHN, which isn't what we want during a cycle. If you're using deca alone, do not use propecia. If you're using testosterone and deca, definitely us it..
All right, so this is your basic drug regimen that should be taken every week for as long as you can. Your body will be in a very anabolic state. It will be very tempting for you to slack off on your diet and your training because progress will be that much easier. I advise you not to. The whole reason you stepped your program up this notch was to transcend your previous condition. Only through hard work will this happen.
Deviation from this baseline should be done in a gradual way. Obviously if this is more milligrams per week then you are using during your regular cycles you should not bump up drastically. This program is devised to be something to break through a jaded steroid-using plateau; it's not an introductory concept.
Modifications
First we need to divide up the year into periods of bulking, dieting, and maintaining. Traditionally bulking is done during the winter and cutting during the summer. However, this does not have to be the case. All right, lets put aside 6 months for bulking, 4 months for maintenance and another 2 months to get rid of extra body fat. You may be wondering why we are putting aside time for maintenance when the whole point of this article is to be constantly under the influence of anabolic agents. The answer is that the body cannot tolerate the constant strain of either dieting or bulking up. You need time off even with drugs. This is important physically but more so psychologically.
The periods of bulking should last around 3 months followed by 1 month of maintenance then another 3 months of bulking then 1 months of maintenance. Dieting is done at the end of these 10 months. Drugs can be added to this cycle in short bursts. Think of a base line level with additional drugs being thrown in as spikes or to achieve a specific goal.
The table below lists drugs that can be added to your base stack of drugs. Use Pattern refers to the phase you should use the drug in and also how long you can stay on the drug. Typical dosage gives you a recommended weekly (or daily in the case of orals) dosage level.
Drug
Use Pattern
Typical Dosage
Anadrol
Bulking; < 4 week
50 mg per day
Anavar
Cutting; < 6 weeks
Clenbuterol
Cutting; 2 weeks on/2 off
140 mcg per day
Cytomel
Cutting; <6 weeks
100 mcg
Dianabol
Bulking; <4 weeks
20-36 mg
Growth Hormone
all; for as long you can
Not less then 4 IUs per day.
Finaplex (Trenbolone)
Cutting; <6 weeks
75 mg every other day
Insulin
Bulking; <4 weeks
15-30 IUs per day
Primobolan
all; no time limit
400 mg per week (can be used in place of Nandrolone)
Winstrol
Cutting; <6 weeks
50 mg per day
If you have read my previous articles you might be wondering why I break drugs down into cutting cycles and bulking cycles. The bulking cycle drugs promote water-retention that helps a great deal with strength. During cutting, it’s nice to keep water retention to a minimum because you want to see your improvements. As with most of my articles you must use common sense and judgment.
A sample year round cycle might look like this one below. Months in bold are bulking months, months in italics are cutting and maintenance months are marked with asterisks.
Month
Drug
January Testosterone, Nandrolone, Anadrol
February
Testosterone, Nandrolone, insulin
March*
Testosterone, Nandrolone, growth hormone
April*
Testosterone, Nandrolone, growth hormone
May Testosterone, Nandrolone, Trenbolone Acetate, Cytomel, Clenbuterol
June Testosterone, Nandrolone, Trenbolone Acetate, Cytomel, Clenbuterol
July*
Testosterone, Nandrolone, growth hormone
August Testosterone, Nandrolone, insulin
September
Testosterone, Nandrolone, Anadrol
October
Testosterone, Nandrolone, insulin
November*
Testosterone, Nandrolone
December Testosterone, Nandrolone, primobolan
While I made a point to put maintenance months spaced fairly regularly throughout the year this does not have to be done. If you like, you can do 6 straight months of bulking followed by either a maintenance or cutting phase (or vice versa). I personally think that spacing the maintenance months out is a better ideal; it gives you more of rest. Besides who wants to be fat for 6 straight months? It might be nice to let some of the water retention slip away for a month or two between bulk phases.
Another observation is that this type of cycle is going to be expensive, but that’s one of the drawbacks of being perpetually anabolic. The best reason to cycle is simply to keep down the costs of the bodybuilding life-style.
This article is yet another installment in my anabolic series. All of these articles are works in progress. My goal is to codify a system of steroid use that is scientific and systematic but can be tailored to even a professional bodybuilder. This has not yet been done and in many ways it would be the holy grail of anabolic pharmacology. A crucial part of this series is leaving enough leeway for people to adapt. I need critical feedback on this series of articles (Scientifically Anabolic and Perpetually Anabolic). I can be reached at [email protected]. Until next time.
Perpetually Anabolic
by Grendel
Taking Issue with the Idea of Androgen Receptor Down Regulation (Bryan Haycock) was an article that unfortunately slipped past a lot of people. The article was a moderately technical look at the reasons why androgen receptors do not down regulate and why receptors triggered by anabolic steroids do not shut down after lengthy steroid use. I will not rehash this article but I encourage everyone to take a moment to go back and look it over.
Steroids are inevitably linked with the notion of cycling. It has become part of the canon of bodybuilding that you go “on” for a certain amount of time followed by a rest period. But we all hear about the professionals who never go off their drug regime. Hmm. Well if you remember what you read in Bryan Haycock’s article you should start to see that maybe the pros are onto something.
I am now going to propose a yearlong cycle (actually it could be a lifetime cycle). This is not something that I think is appropriate for everyone and it’s certainly not a beginner’s notion. I don’t think you should decide you want to do steroids, run down and buy 100 bottles of T-200 and then never go off. In the beginning it’s fine to do little bursts, it gives you an idea of where you can go. But eventually it is time to consider being on steroids yearlong.
The Base
Certainly a yearlong cycle should be comprised of a base drug combination that is used steadily throughout. I believe that testosterone is ideal, used at between 500 and 1000 mg per week. Nandrolone (deca-durabolin) is also perfect for this sort of thing and I suggest dosages between 400-600 mg per week. If you have read my previous articles you probably have an idea of exactly what sort of starting dosages I would recommend. By the time you are considering a perpetual cycle you should be comfortable using higher dosages. I think a good base of drugs should not be more then 1000 mg combined. I think 500mg testosterone and 500mg Nandrolone would be perfect. This would be taken every week.
Since you are never taking time off the steroids it becomes important that part of your basic stack included items designed to protect you from the adverse side effects. The exact drugs needed depend on your experience (and by now you should know how you will respond).
Anti-estrogens should be used. I suggest clomiphene citrate (clomid) at 50 or 100 mg per day (at least 50 mg every other day). I think that the use of arimidex is ideal in this situation because it will protect you almost entirely from the estrogenic side effects of the steroids.
For those of you that want to keep your hair propecia (finasteride) is a good idea, but may not be the best combination with Nandrolone. If you are very worried about your hair the perfect drug base is a perpetual course of Nandrolone (500 mg per week). Remember that propecia stops the conversion of testosterone into DHT (which has a higher receptor affinity). However, propecia also stops the convesion of nadrolone to DHN, which isn't what we want during a cycle. If you're using deca alone, do not use propecia. If you're using testosterone and deca, definitely us it..
All right, so this is your basic drug regimen that should be taken every week for as long as you can. Your body will be in a very anabolic state. It will be very tempting for you to slack off on your diet and your training because progress will be that much easier. I advise you not to. The whole reason you stepped your program up this notch was to transcend your previous condition. Only through hard work will this happen.
Deviation from this baseline should be done in a gradual way. Obviously if this is more milligrams per week then you are using during your regular cycles you should not bump up drastically. This program is devised to be something to break through a jaded steroid-using plateau; it's not an introductory concept.
Modifications
First we need to divide up the year into periods of bulking, dieting, and maintaining. Traditionally bulking is done during the winter and cutting during the summer. However, this does not have to be the case. All right, lets put aside 6 months for bulking, 4 months for maintenance and another 2 months to get rid of extra body fat. You may be wondering why we are putting aside time for maintenance when the whole point of this article is to be constantly under the influence of anabolic agents. The answer is that the body cannot tolerate the constant strain of either dieting or bulking up. You need time off even with drugs. This is important physically but more so psychologically.
The periods of bulking should last around 3 months followed by 1 month of maintenance then another 3 months of bulking then 1 months of maintenance. Dieting is done at the end of these 10 months. Drugs can be added to this cycle in short bursts. Think of a base line level with additional drugs being thrown in as spikes or to achieve a specific goal.
The table below lists drugs that can be added to your base stack of drugs. Use Pattern refers to the phase you should use the drug in and also how long you can stay on the drug. Typical dosage gives you a recommended weekly (or daily in the case of orals) dosage level.
Drug
Use Pattern
Typical Dosage
Anadrol
Bulking; < 4 week
50 mg per day
Anavar
Cutting; < 6 weeks
Clenbuterol
Cutting; 2 weeks on/2 off
140 mcg per day
Cytomel
Cutting; <6 weeks
100 mcg
Dianabol
Bulking; <4 weeks
20-36 mg
Growth Hormone
all; for as long you can
Not less then 4 IUs per day.
Finaplex (Trenbolone)
Cutting; <6 weeks
75 mg every other day
Insulin
Bulking; <4 weeks
15-30 IUs per day
Primobolan
all; no time limit
400 mg per week (can be used in place of Nandrolone)
Winstrol
Cutting; <6 weeks
50 mg per day
If you have read my previous articles you might be wondering why I break drugs down into cutting cycles and bulking cycles. The bulking cycle drugs promote water-retention that helps a great deal with strength. During cutting, it’s nice to keep water retention to a minimum because you want to see your improvements. As with most of my articles you must use common sense and judgment.
A sample year round cycle might look like this one below. Months in bold are bulking months, months in italics are cutting and maintenance months are marked with asterisks.
Month
Drug
January Testosterone, Nandrolone, Anadrol
February
Testosterone, Nandrolone, insulin
March*
Testosterone, Nandrolone, growth hormone
April*
Testosterone, Nandrolone, growth hormone
May Testosterone, Nandrolone, Trenbolone Acetate, Cytomel, Clenbuterol
June Testosterone, Nandrolone, Trenbolone Acetate, Cytomel, Clenbuterol
July*
Testosterone, Nandrolone, growth hormone
August Testosterone, Nandrolone, insulin
September
Testosterone, Nandrolone, Anadrol
October
Testosterone, Nandrolone, insulin
November*
Testosterone, Nandrolone
December Testosterone, Nandrolone, primobolan
While I made a point to put maintenance months spaced fairly regularly throughout the year this does not have to be done. If you like, you can do 6 straight months of bulking followed by either a maintenance or cutting phase (or vice versa). I personally think that spacing the maintenance months out is a better ideal; it gives you more of rest. Besides who wants to be fat for 6 straight months? It might be nice to let some of the water retention slip away for a month or two between bulk phases.
Another observation is that this type of cycle is going to be expensive, but that’s one of the drawbacks of being perpetually anabolic. The best reason to cycle is simply to keep down the costs of the bodybuilding life-style.
This article is yet another installment in my anabolic series. All of these articles are works in progress. My goal is to codify a system of steroid use that is scientific and systematic but can be tailored to even a professional bodybuilder. This has not yet been done and in many ways it would be the holy grail of anabolic pharmacology. A crucial part of this series is leaving enough leeway for people to adapt. I need critical feedback on this series of articles (Scientifically Anabolic and Perpetually Anabolic). I can be reached at [email protected]. Until next time.
