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[h=1]What to Do When an Injury Occurs During an Anabolic Steroid Cycle[/h] by BR
Q: “I’m 5 weeks into my 14-week steroid cycle but am running into some injury issues. I think I can make the entire cycle without necessarily hurting myself a lot further. But the knees are definitely holding back my leg work and I have significant pain around one of my scapulae. I don’t want to throw
in the towel, though I’m not preparing for any contest. What do you suggest to maximize my cycle, given the injury issues?”
A: By far the most productive thing would be to put your gains so far in the bank, end the cycle now, and start your next cycle anew when healed.
I know it’s frustrating to do, and having a “quit” attitude goes along with not accomplishing much, while having a “push through” attitude goes along with being an achiever.
However, being smart – picking the right times to tough it out and the right times to act strategically – also goes along with achievement.
This should be considered: The wait time until your next cycle should be proportional to the length of your last period of use. For simplicity, here we’ll allow the same number of weeks “off” as “on.” This is moderately aggressive steroid cycling. You might choose a different proportion; if so, you can plug in your own proportion. The principle applies no matter the proportion.
With an equal number of weeks “off” as “on,” if you complete the 14 week cycle, then you’d wait another 14 weeks after that before starting your next steroid cycle. That would then be 23 weeks from now, as you’d have another 9 weeks left in this cycle. And those 9 weeks will be of at best impaired effectiveness.
So that’s 23 weeks before being able to really forge ahead.
In contrast, if you strategically end this cycle now, in only 5 weeks from now you can be doing a fully effective cycle.
You’d have that cycle finished well before you’d otherwise have been able to start a second cycle. You’ll be way ahead.
anamolic steroids in and of themselves don’t cause great muscle gain. They enable getting much more out of your training and nutrition. I’m not telling you anything you don’t know: training is the principal real cause of results.
Anabolic steroids allow more and harder training and allow getting more results from training. Where training is compromised by injury, anabolic steroids are limited in what they can do for you.
If cycling steroids – using them in some weeks of the year but not others – by far the most efficient practice is to use them in weeks when able to train properly.
This doesn’t mean abandoning a cycle because of minor problems, but when training really will be comprised, usually it’s best to cut a cycle short. This gives better long term results because it enables getting to the next cycle more quickly, and gets the most out of each week of use.
Q: “I’m 5 weeks into my 14-week steroid cycle but am running into some injury issues. I think I can make the entire cycle without necessarily hurting myself a lot further. But the knees are definitely holding back my leg work and I have significant pain around one of my scapulae. I don’t want to throw
in the towel, though I’m not preparing for any contest. What do you suggest to maximize my cycle, given the injury issues?”A: By far the most productive thing would be to put your gains so far in the bank
, end the cycle now, and start your next cycle anew when healed.I know it’s frustrating to do, and having a “quit” attitude goes along with not accomplishing much, while
having a “push through” attitude goes along with being an achiever.However, being smart – picking the right times to tough it out and the right times to act strategically – also goes along with achievement.
This should be considered: The wait time until your next cycle should be proportional to the length of your last period of use. For simplicity, here we’ll allow the same number of weeks “off” as “on.” This is moderately aggressive steroid cycling. You might choose a different proportion; if so, you can plug in your own proportion. The principle applies
no matter the proportion.With an equal number of weeks “off” as “on,” if you complete
the 14 week cycle, then you’d wait another 14 weeks after that before starting your next steroid cycle. That would then be 23 weeks from now, as you’d have another 9 weeks left in this cycle. And those 9 weeks will be of at best impaired effectiveness.So that’s 23 weeks before being able to really forge ahead.
In contrast, if you strategically end this cycle now, in only 5 weeks from now you can be doing a fully effective cycle.
You’d have that cycle finished well before you’d otherwise have been able to start a second
cycle. You’ll be way ahead.anamolic steroids in and of themselves don’t cause great muscle gain. They enable getting much more out of your training and nutrition. I’m not telling you anything you don’t know: training is the principal real cause of results
.Anabolic steroids allow more and harder training and allow getting more results
from training. Where training is compromised by injury, anabolic steroids are limited in what they can do for you.If cycling steroids – using them in some weeks of the year but not others – by far the most efficient practice is to use them in weeks when able to train properly.
This doesn’t mean abandoning a cycle because of minor problems
, but when training really will be comprised, usually it’s best to cut a cycle short. This gives better long term results because it enables getting to the next cycle more quickly, and gets the most out of each week of use.
