strength gains increasing while off?

[Steve The Bluesman]

We, I have been off for almost two months - I have maintained my weight through that time (yesteday I was at 184lbs), but I have noticed strength has continued to increase.

I am not a big one-rep max guy, but on the weekends I work out at a state of the art college gym with a buddy, and decided to put on extra iron to see how many I could squeeze out.

I did 3 reps of 285 lbs on the bench, clean. I don't recall ever repping that much weight. (I am usually a HST or 5x5 guy anyway)

Has any one else noticed that the strength gains linger or even increase months after a cycle ends?


Bluesman

 

[ortiz34]

My first cycle was Anavar only and my strength decreased big time. Talk about depressing.

 

[njmuscleguy]

Steve,

Same thing happened to me after my last cycle of test e & deca... I was still pumping as hard if not harder in the few months after I finished.... then it inevitably went back to "normal"

 

[silverbackn]

It will level back off unfortunately.

 

[monster2929]

what u do when off will make or break you u have to reduce volume but not intensity and follow pct and you will maintain some gains i always stay strong in my 1-3 rep range but lose my reps in the 6-10 range i just peter out but i can usually handle my max pondages for 1-3 reps

 

[Steve The Bluesman]

I figured I am just experiencing lingering effects - but my next cycle starts in about 5 weeks - I told my buddy I will be repping 315 by the middle of January (he doesn't know I use gear - no one does, except you wonderful people )

Thanks,


Bluesman

 

[silverbackn]

I figured I am just experiencing lingering effects - but my next cycle starts in about 5 weeks - I told my buddy I will be repping 315 by the middle of January (he doesn't know I use gear - no one does, except you wonderful people )

Thanks,


Bluesman

Go do it to it big man! Handle it!