I posted this in the Fighter forum, but I thought I might get better results on the AS questions here, correct me if I'm wrong:

New to the board, just wanted to say hey.

I'm a personal trainer with about 6-7 years of AS experience. It's been on and off. I typically do 2-3 cycles a year, and spend the rest of the time trying to maintain.

At the end of my last cycle I was around 220 with about 6% bodyfat, and felt great.

I'm around 200 lbs at 7% bodyfat.

I've fought in one MMA event and plan to fight in another at the end of this year. I've been working my relatively weak ground game extensively since my last event.

Has anyone here trained in Arizona? I'm thinking of moving there in 2007 with some buddies, and we all want to find a local school to fight for. Any suggestions?

Also, I did a search for MMA cycles, and found few posts on this matter. Especially for the apparent amount of fighters that are on this board. There's even a guy who posted recently with almost no replies. I was clean at my last event for about a year, but I have been cycling AS on and off since 1999 always for size. Just from knowledge obtained over the years and through experience I would assume Anavar is at the top of the list. I'm worried about joint problems with Winny, I don't want to be injured while sparring and screw myself out of an event. Deca of course helps with the joints, but I'm probably leaning away from it just because I won't want that kind of weight on me.

I'm interested to see what most guys take about 2-3 months out, all the way up until the night of the fight.

I want to fight light heavyweight if at all possible. The bump to heavyweight would be a big change in my game. This is a real pain in the ass because I want to walk around at about 225, and I'm not into making weight the night before a fight. I'd rather stay a consistent weight year round.

Thanks for the help, and I look forward to posting on the board.

-JU