When to stop HCG?

[musclestack]

Current cycle:

Week 1-4: Test P @ 100mg/eod
Week 1-10: Test E @ 500mg/wk (divided into 250mg 2x per week)
Week 10-12: Test P @ 100mg/eod
Week 1-?: HCG @ 500iu/wk (divided into 250iu 2x per week)

My question is how long should I run the HCG before I start my PCT? Should I discontinue it before my last Test shot? Sooner than that? Would like to know 'why' as well.

Thanks!

[RigPig]

Stop 3 days prior to PCT if I remember correctly. It's in Austinites article.

[musclestack]

Thanks; will read through it.

[RigPig]

Thanks; will read through it.

I was mistaken, the info i was referring to was actually from Jimmyinkedup..
http://forums.steroid.com/anabolic-s...nce-guide.html
HCG:

HCG, or Human Chorionic Gonadotropin , is a Luteinizing Hormone Mimetic. HCG is dosed in iu’s and comes in various sizes most common being a 5000iu kit. Luteinizing Hormone (LH) is a hormone produced by the Pituitary that Stimulate the leydig cells causing the production of testosterone. HCG mimics this LH, stimulating the leydig cells causing the production of testosterone. This takes place in the testes.
HCG has been used in many different ways over the years by steroid users, many of them incorrect. The proper use of HCG in my opinion is using it while on cycle, to maintain testicular function, allowing for an easier recovery of testicular function post cycle. There are added benefits of HCG as well such as backfilling hormonal pathways. When shutdown, hormones such as dhea and pregnenolone are not produced. More and more it has been discovered these are not simply testosterone precursors but provide function and benefit on their own. HCG allows for the production and thus the benefits these hormones have to offer. As we know steroids shut down the HPTA (hypo pituitary testicular axis) thus testicular function ceases. We then use Post Cycle Therapy (PCT) to try to re-induce the function of the HPTA as quickly as possible. The use of HCG ON CYCLE maintains this testicular function allowing for a smoother, faster easier recovery of natural testicular function. It should not be taken only at the end of the cycle in large doses; it should not be taken on large doses at all as it may cause desensitization of the leydig cells. It also should not be taken during PCT as it is Suppressive of pituitary function of LH production. The proper method for HCG use is to use it on cycle, starting at the beginning of your cycle and running it up to 3 days before you start your PCT. Proper dosage should be 250iu’s inject 2x/week (ie: mon/thurs). HCG is often overlooked as an ancillary but thankfully is becoming more and more widely used and accepted as a standard part of a steroid cycle protocol. Rightfully so.

[Chlamydia]

run it halfway into your PCT dont stop before PCT
it wont hurt to run it past and into PCT because after all you still gonna have test E in your body even tho you switched to test prop in the last 2 weeks of your cycle but thats not enough

[clarky.]

run it halfway into your PCT dont stop before PCT
it wont hurt to run it past and into PCT because after all you still gonna have test E in your body even tho you switched to test prop in the last 2 weeks of your cycle but thats not enough

Don't do this ^^

[pitweiler]

Isn't it once you start pct is when you stop hcg?

[musclestack]

Ok, so according to Rig Pig's post, I would run it up to 3 days prior to starting PCT. Does anyone disagree with this?

[Buster Brown]

Ok, so according to Rig Pig's post, I would run it up to 3 days prior to starting PCT. Does anyone disagree with this?

That's correct....... Run your Hcg right up until 3 days prior to pct.

[musclestack]

Thanks, everyone!