Newbie questions, I've read the stickies
Greetings all, I'm late 30s and plan to begin a deca and test prop cycle in the next month. I've read through many of the posts and stickies and reference material on deca and test prop and didn't find answers for my situation, so hopefully I won't be wasting your time with these questions.
My source has said since this will be my first cycle aas ever, I should begin with a light 3 weeks of deca and then test prop for 6 or so weeks after. HOWEVER, after reading through all this material here, I see that a general plan of attack for deca is no less than 10-12 weeks. Also, the material here says because it will lower natural test production in the body so sharply, one should be taking test at the same time and even about until 2 weeks after deca use stops in order to jumpstart test production.
Do you guys concur, deca 10-12 weeks test prop through the whole cycle and a couple weeks further? also, with this basic cycle of lower doses (since it's my first cycle) would there be much pct needed, and if so, what would it call for?
My only other question for now is regarding loss of your muscle gains afterwards. I know that say if you gain 30 lbs on a cycle or two, you will most likely lose 10-15 lbs of it when the cycle ends. I have studied exercise physiology and food science a bit and want to know: IF you eat enough calories in the right macronutrient amounts to maintain the new 30 lbs of muscle, why must I lose a large part of it? What causes that physiologically? I did learn from columns here that you DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT TO START A CUT immediately after a bulk/aas cycle because you will certainly lose most of the muscle you gained.
Thanks for everyone's thoughts.