could be different uses for example to compensate for times when testosterone would be low for example aggressively cutting weight or due to temporary medication side effects
most people recover just fine even without PCT, it's mostly for not losing any gains during the transitory period of going off when your balls aren't producing shit, most of the leading scientists on the subject don't think it makes that much of a difference, one of my friends is currently in one of those steroid trials where they test this shit but it's been done several times before by the same researchers.
but taking something like 1500mg testosterone enanthate every week would surely be worse than TRT dosages, does the dosage of test play a role
it's the duration that they're shut down rather than the dose I believe.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
because they use toxic shit like clomid on their PCTs that only does harm. Many people lose gains not due to suppressed testosterone but because of the negative effects clomid has.it's the duration that they're shut down rather than the dose I believe.
Baseline characteristics of the HAARLEM study: 100 male amateur athletes using anabolic androgenic steroids - PubMed
The HAARLEM study cohort shows that strength athletes use AAS in a wide variety of cycles and often also use illicit drugs and other potentially harmful PIEDs. The quality of the AAS used is strikingly low. Follow-up of the cohort will provide novel data regarding health risks of AAS use.
this is also the guy that's running the trial that one of my friends is in.
>Measurement 3 reflects an average of three months since the end of the cycle. By this point, the PCT has been completed. The no-PCT group appears to have a better testosterone and sperm count during this measurement (16.3 vs. 14.4 nmol/L, and a reduction of 6.6 million moving sperm with no-PCT vs. reduction of 39.2 million moving sperm with PCT).
>Measurement 4 took place on average eight months after the end of the cycle. The difference in testosterone levels between the groups has almost disappeared. The sperm count is relatively better in the no-PCT group (a reduction of 5.3 million moving sperm with no-PCT vs. reduction of 17.6 million moving sperm with PCT).
but also.
1) It is clear that in both groups the testosterone level remains below the baseline. The difference of –1 nmol/L is not statistically significant. Therefore, it could be a coincidence, although it may also mean that the study group was too small to prove the difference.
