Does Anyone Still Pyramid Doses?

[Millineum Man]

I know this is "old school", but does anyone still pyramid their doses to take into account when they hit a stale point in gains? I've heard of guys running a constant dose, then bumping it up when stop growing.

 

[sbc5966]

Controlled gradual increases of drugs to keep steady gains? No, never.

 

[cardealer]

I use estrogen blockers and armidex so I don't have to.

 

[Knight9]

A lot of people increase dosing as the cycle goes along to keep seeing progress but I don't see them truly pyramiding back down. I'm not sure anyone really thinks its necessary as you can just come off or drop to a cruise.

 

[CaliKid]

Personally I like pyramiding up and then down, until eventually I reach real HRT doses(~150mg). I have a much much easier time keeping the vast majority of the size I put on while blasting the high doses. I feel as if my body has time to truly adjust to the added size and shift my natural weight point higher.

Basically it just lets my body better adjust to the new weight.

But this is just ME, I know for a fact that this isn't the best way to do things for everyone. Try it out and if you like it then your good to go

 

[Ehren]

Sure, but after changing diet and adding de-load training week. If I come back stronger/bigger after the slightly added cals and rest, no need to up the dose.

 

[ReardenSteel]

When I plateau I will either increase the dose or change compounds. Sometimes I will go ahead and increase the dose to avoid a platuea before I get to one. Especially if I'm using long esters.

 

[chinaboy]

I think I want to try pyramiding up and down with my next cycle. To me it makes more sense to slowly ramp down and adjust to a lower dose before pct. I think it would help the body find a need to keep gains with continued hard training and diet while the body adjusts to less AAS. Therefore creating a smoother transition coming off compared to high doses then stopping and expecting the gains to stay.

 

[Johnny Smiles]

always work up in dose. upping when hitting plateaus.
why start at 5 grams? that's stupid imo. up things and add things as you go til show time.
-JS

 

[relentless4287]

Never understood why people would just jump to a huge dose i just up from my cruise in stages.

 

[Johnny Smiles]

Never understood why people would just jump to a huge dose i just up from my cruise in stages.

yes. and for the first few years doing this I realized I could obtain previous size on smaller doses.
-JS