Training while cycling testosterone

[BallSak]

If you want to put on muscle you need to up the reps to 12-15 with moderate weight and keep your workout intense, unless you're cycling for strength. Save the strength training for off cycle, you don't want to train intensely off cycle because you'll put to much stress on your body and it cannot handle the damage to the tissue because of low T you won't be able to build muscle, your body will be catabolic. So you'll want to strength train to keep your body stable and hopefully keep your gains, which will depend on your off cycle recovery and your diet.

Not sure I would agree with this at all. To me, this is totally backwards. But to each his own. If you want size, 6-8 reps is ideal.

If you want to keep your gains, then keep your nutrition high enough to sustain your gains. Training wise, what built the muscle will also keep it on you. Just pull back the intensity from time to time, when your body tells you to.

[IronClydes]

Not sure I would agree with this at all. To me, this is totally backwards. But to each his own. If you want size, 6-8 reps is ideal. If you want to keep your gains, then keep your nutrition high enough to sustain your gains. Training wise, what built the muscle will also keep it on you. Just pull back the intensity from time to time, when your body tells you to.

Lol thanks BallSak. This is actually what I was thinking but started having my doubts. Why would you do high reps to put on muscle? Thought it must have something to do with being on cycle.

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[Docd187123]

Not sure I would agree with this at all. To me, this is totally backwards. But to each his own. If you want size, 6-8 reps is ideal.

If you want to keep your gains, then keep your nutrition high enough to sustain your gains. Training wise, what built the muscle will also keep it on you. Just pull back the intensity from time to time, when your body tells you to.

What built the muscle in a caloric surplus will not always keep the muscle during a caloric deficit. What you said said is completely untrue. Intensity is much better at preserving muscle mass than volume is so if anything you would raise intensity and cut volume.

[IronClydes]

What built the muscle in a caloric surplus will not always keep the muscle during a caloric deficit. What you said said is completely untrue. Intensity is much better at preserving muscle mass than volume is so if anything you would raise intensity and cut volume.

Docd,

Then, what is you take on my situation? What would you recommend?

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[Docd187123]

Docd,

Then, what is you take on my situation? What would you recommend?

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As a general statement, I think when cutting you're best served by increasing intensity and lowering volume. For the compound lifts think a few heavy sets of lowish reps. Your isolation lifts can be higher reps and more volume if desired.

[IronClydes]

As a general statement, I think when cutting you're best served by increasing intensity and lowering volume. For the compound lifts think a few heavy sets of lowish reps. Your isolation lifts can be higher reps and more volume if desired.

Thanks Doc,

More specifically. While off cycle for first time and a recovering elbow?

225, 6', 16% bf, bench 320, squat 405, dead 465.

[BallSak]

What built the muscle in a caloric surplus will not always keep the muscle during a caloric deficit. What you said said is completely untrue. Intensity is much better at preserving muscle mass than volume is so if anything you would raise intensity and cut volume.

Never said anything about a caloric deficit nor anything concerning volume.. So what are you talking about doc?