Off-season PRO Cycle

By Dr. George Touliatos

This particular cycle is made for advanced, hardcore competitive bodybuilders, not ordinary athletes. It is important to understand the way substances are changing, in each phase as the cycle proceeds.

DISCLAIMER: This cycle is not made to treat, or cure any kind of disease!

PED use in medical science is not approved for any athletic or cosmetic purposes. With this in mind, I do not recommend attempting this cycle.

The way bodybuilding has evolved makes it a complicated sport, where medical science must be involved. Not only as medical prevention rules, but also in order to understand the pharmacokinetics of the substance used.

PEDs have side effects when they are abused in terms of dosage, or by lower dosages for a prolonged time period.

Thank you for your consideration and be extra cautious with whatever chemical you put inside your system.

WEEKS 1-4:

1) 1000mg Sustanon blend (twice per week)
2) 600mg nandrolone phenylpropionate (three times per week)
3) 50mg oxymetholone with breakfast and 50mg pre-workout (sublingually)
4) hGH 4iu AM (fasted) & 4iu PM (post-workout)

5) 5iu fast-acting insulin with breakfast and 5iu fast-acting insulin post-workout (30′ after hGH use and after dinner)

In case IGF-1 is available, then we use 50μg post-workout (instead of insulin)

6) thyroxine 25μg with breakfast ED
7) 25mg mesterolone with breakfast and 25mg pre-workout ED
8) 1mg anastrozole EOD
9) 0.5mg cabergoline twice per week

The reason that I start with the testosterone blend is due to the propionate ester that enters rapidly into the system. This provides acute action from the first days of administration. The same is valid for nandrolone phenylpropionate. It has pharmacokinetics similar to the propionate ester. It would be more appropriate to use this type of nandrolone, rather than the undecanoate slow-release ester.

Oxymetholone and all 17 alkylated orals shall be used sublingually, in order to avoid the liver strain at first place. Moreover, it is preferable to use them one hour prior to the workout, for maximum potency at the gym.

Insulin is a hormone that could become lethal if it’s not used correctly. A safe protocol for a 100kg/220lbs male bodybuilder would be 1iu/10kg of bodyweight. This has to be followed by 1gr/10kg of carbohydrates, in order to avoid hypoglycemia. Fast-acting insulin could be controlled easier, in the case the user having the appropriate amount of macronutrients. IGF-1 (somatomedin C) is an alternative peptide instead of using insulin. It also has a hypoglycemic effect.

The use of thyroid hormones along with hGH provides stability to the thyroid gland. TSH usually rises, meaning that the metabolism of the gland goes downhill. This happens because GH favors the conversion of T4=>T3, thus it lowers T4 levels, the basic thyroid hormone. The use of thyroxine (T4) is less potent, however, thyroxine is more important as a hormone, since it’s also converted to triiodothyronine (T3). In the case where we do not supply thyroxine, but just triiodothyronine (T3 monotherapy), then eventually our thyroid gland would run out of thyroxine.

Mesterolone is a synthetic DHT form, providing slight anti-estrogenic activity, along with androgenic. Therefore, it strengthens the overall AAS cycle and improves sex drive.

Anastrozole is an aromatase inhibitor, less potent than the other two available. Considering that estrogens play a significant role in muscle growth during bulking off-season timing, the use of EOD would be fair enough.

Finally, cabergoline is a dopamine agonist in case prolactinoma occurs.

As known, nandrolone is a 19nortestosterone derivative with progestational activity.

Cabergoline would protect libido and anorgasmia, if not an aesthetic gynecomastia issue.

WEEKS 5-8:

1) 1000mg testosterone cypionate  (twice per week)
2) 600mg Equipoise(boldenone undecyclate - twice per week)
3) 60mg methandienone (20mg with breakfast, 20mg pre-workout, 10mg dinner - every eight hours)

4) hGH 4iu AM (fasted) and 4iu PM (post-workout)

5) 5iu fast-acting insulin with breakfast and 5iu fast-acting insulin post-workout (30′ after hGH use and after dinner).

In case IGF-1 is available, then we use 100μg post-workout (instead of insulin)

6) thyroxine 25μg wth breakfast ED
7) 25mg mesterolone with breakfast and 25mg pre-workout ED
8) 1mg anastrozole EOD

Testosterone cypionate is a slower ester compared to the testosterone blend. At this point, all the esters provided by the testosterone blend are already spread within the system. Therefore, there would be no problem for the subject until the time the enanthate ester will be ready for action.

Equipose is an anabolic steroid with similar anabolic index and androgenic activity as nandrolone. It aromatizes less and has the ability to stimulate appetite.

Methandrostenolone as with oxymetholone have to be supplied sublingually, with one dose preferably prior to the workout session. Doses have to be split accordingly to half-life of eight hours, for stable serum levels and to avoid extra liver strain (if all the daily dosage is used at once).

WEEKS 9-12:

1) 1000mg testosterone enanthate  (twice per week)

2) 600mg trenbolone enanthate (twice per week)

3) 30mg fluoxymesterone (10mg with breakfast and 10mg pre-workout sublingually)
4) hGH 4iu AM (fasting) and 4iu PM (post-workout)

5) 5iu fast-acting insulin with breakfast and 5iu fast-acting insulin post-workout (30′ after hGH use and after dinner).

In case IGF-1 is available, then we use 100μg post-workout (instead of insulin)

6) 25mcg T4 with breakfast ED
7) 25mg mesterolone with breakfast and 25mg pre-workout ED

8) 1mg anastrozole EOD
9) 0.5mg cabergoline twice per week

Testosterone enanthate is a slow ester, resembling cypionate.The addition of trenbolone enanthate will provide the strongest AAS available. Enanthate ester means that less mg of trenbolone will be released, while injections shall be administrated twice per week (as with testosterone enanthate and cypionate).

Fluoxymesterone (brand name Halotestin) is perhaps the strongest andgrogen available per os. It does not aromatize, therefore the subject does not observe any massive gains. What Halotestin is so famous for is the tremendous strength it provides to the user, along with muscle density that comes out of it. Again sublingual use is a must, considering that fluoxymesterone is the strongest 17 alkylated oral available. Three separated doses every eight hours, according to its half-life, will ensure the substance is always within the system.

Regarding hGH, its use requires a hypoglycemic environment. First thing in the morning and post-workout are the best times of day for hGH to be used, when low serum glucose exists (low insulin levels). This will ensure there is less chance of developing insulin reistance and the fat-burning effect will me more effective. Dosage is better split, providing a stabilized serum somatropin level.

George Touliatos, MD is an author, lecturer, champion competitive bodybuilder and expert in medical prevention regarding PED use in sports. Dr. Touliatos specializes in medical biopathology and is the medical associate of Orthobiotiki.gr and Medihall.gr, Age Management and Preventive Clinics in Athens, Greece. Heis the author of four Greek books on bodybuilding, has extensively developed articles for www.anabolic.org and is the medical associate for the book Anabolics, 11th Edition (2017). Dr. Touliatos has been a columnist for the Greek editions of MuscleMag and Muscular Development magazines, and has participated in several seminars across Greece and Cyprus, making numerous TV and radio appearances, doing interviews in print and online. His personal website is https://gtoul.com/

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