After completing the course of steroids, the results begin to drop. This article will show you how to build a training process to minimize losses. After the completion of the steroid cycle, there is a rollback of both muscle mass and strength results. However, you can minimize losses by making adjustments to the training program. In this article, athletes will find answers to the questions: why does this happen and how to train after a course of steroids.
Changes after a course of steroids
Many articles have been written about the correct way out of the steroid cycle to minimize wastage. However, it is extremely rare to describe proper training while taking a break from anabolic drugs. It is worth noting that this is just as important as completing the course correctly.
It is generally recommended to exercise less frequently and less intensely. One can agree with this, but for each the concept of "less often and less intense" is different. Today you will learn how to properly compose your training program during this period. All recommendations are the generalized experience of a large number of professional athletes.
It should be said right away that a rollback after a steroid course cannot be completely avoided and this should be taken for granted. It is also important to note that the more experienced the athlete is in terms of routine training and chemically, the stronger the rollback will be. The beginner is always delighted with the results of the first steroid cycles and makes grandiose plans. However, after each new rate, the pullback will be stronger and stronger. This article will be primarily useful for those who adhere to the classic scheme of conducting anabolic cycles, conducting two or three courses during the year, lasting a couple of months. Before moving on to the question of how to train after a course of steroids, you should find out what is the reason for the sharp rollbacks after you stop taking the drugs. The main fault for this lies with cortisol, a glucocorticoid hormone, the level of which after the course is quite high.
This hormone is the main catabolic in the body. At the same time, he also became the main rival of anabolic hormones, testosterone, insulin and GH. When a person is under stress, cortisol is actively produced in the adrenal glands, flowing from them into the blood. It breaks down glycogen, fat stores, and protein compounds, which then travel to the liver. There they break down into glucose, which the body uses for fuel.
This is the main task of cortisol - to provide the body with energy. The stronger the stress, the more cortisol is synthesized. In this process, for athletes, the most unpleasant facts are two points:
- Catabolic processes in muscle tissues are enhanced, as a result of which amino acid compounds are converted into glucose.
- Resistance training for the body is the stress that triggers the synthesis of cortisol.
Consequently, classes in the gym can not only ensure the growth of muscle tissue mass, but also cause their destruction. For this reason, high intensity training after the termination of the steroid cycle leads to a strong rollback. It should also be remembered that when working with maximum weights and with an emphasis on the negative phase, microdamage to the muscle tissue fibers occurs. They must recover just at the moment when a high catabolic background is created in the body.
Undoubtedly, with each such training, the athlete will lose mass more and more. Thus, it is better not to exercise for a month after completing the course. The main reason for the high levels of cortisol in the body is the ability of anabolic steroids to bind to cortisol receptors. Thus, it blocks the development of catabolic processes. During the course, catabolic processes are not so intense for this reason.
However, the body strives for balance in everything. Having discovered that the synthesized cortisol cannot lead to the desired result (to enhance the reactions of gluconeogenesis due to the catabolism of fats and protein compounds), it begins to produce the hormone in even larger quantities. The level of the hormone increases significantly and catabolism does not proceed intensively only thanks to steroids. When the cycle is completed, the androgens become less and less and cortisol begins to actively interact with its receptors. This situation lasts for at least one month. Testosterone esters interact best with cortisol receptors. When using them, a minimum level of catabolic reactions in the body is achieved. This is associated with strong rollbacks after the completion of the course. Of course, other steroids such as trenbolone, turinabol or stanozol can be used. But their use requires elaborate training programs and diet.
It is important to remember that when using low androgenic steroids, each methodological or dietary miscalculation will subsequently be taken into account by the body.
Building a training process after a steroid course
Based on the results of numerous studies, it is safe to say that when exercising at an intensity above average for a duration of more than 30 minutes, the level of cortisol rises. Moreover, this increase can reach 500% of the normal. Also, the content of adrenaline and norepinephrine, which have catabolic properties, increases in the blood. At the same time, the content of insulin and testosterone decreases.
During recovery, testosterone synthesis first rises to a level above pre-workout levels, after which it drops to normal. But at this time, the level of cortisol is already high and will rise during training. During the course of steroids, no one pays attention to this, since an artificial favorable environment for training has been created, but after the completion of the course it disappears.
So we come to the question: how to train after a course of steroids? The training must be structured so that physical activity does not contribute to an increase in the level of cortisol, which is already in the blood after the end of the cycle. This is where the recommendation "less often and less intensively" follows. It is also worth noting that the synthesis of cortisol begins, not immediately after the start of the lesson, but after a certain time. First, the body tries to conserve resources.
What can mean "less" in the recommendations. In practice, this means very little. When an athlete normally makes 10 approaches in an exercise, then after the course this number should be reduced to five, but at the same time the number of repetitions should also be halved. It is necessary to work without straining. There is also a second option, when one approach is performed, but with the maximum possible number of repetitions. The exercise will be more voluminous, but the synthesis of cortisol will not accelerate.
You should also increase the pauses between approaches. This setup is very similar to the first stage of the power cycle used in powerlifting. This happens after the end of the competition or training cycle, when the athletes reduce the working weights in the main exercises by half and do 5 to 8 reps with it. It is during this period that many athletes complete steroid courses and repeat them before the start of the competition or before the peak of their strength cycle.
Thus, it is necessary to give up the maximum loads after the end of the course. After all, before, with light training and the use of drugs, it is impossible to achieve the set goals. But with small and not very long loads, athletes will not notice a drop in strength and performance.
Many athletes combine both training schemes after completing the courses. Such loads are quite enough to maintain their shape. In conclusion, it is worth recognizing that high cortisol levels after completing the course are not the only reason for the rollback. The athlete should understand, when deciding how to train after a course of steroids, that the anabolic background during the cycle is significantly higher than it can be achieved thanks to natural hormones. It is simply not possible to completely preserve everything gained with the natural synthesis of testosterone in the amount of 40 milligrams during the week. Indeed, during the course, this figure was about 1500 milligrams.
Thus, by refusing to take steroids, serious adjustments should be made to the training that was used while taking the drugs. At the same time, one should not hope that using gonadotropin or clenbuterol, the athlete will be able to continue training with the same intensity and volume.
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