One of my powerlifter buddies made a strange remark today that stuck with me. He will compete in 20 weeks and has just started his cycle. He says his dose is like 750 mg but for the first 6 weeks he will be on 1.25 grams. Then for the remaining 14 weeks he will go down to the 750 he normally runs. I was like "what's the point?" and he goes:
"I want to increase my poundages ASAP and get over the initial hump as soon as I can. Then over the remaining 14 weeks, I will perfect the details; the technique, the adjustment of bodyweight and nurse any injuries that may flare up. If I can go from where I am now to 90% of my weights slowly in like 12 weeks instead of 6, I wıll burn out more. I wanna hit it hard from the get-go and be done with the major power gain right away. That's how I always done it"
He claims this does not result in receptor downregulation or de-sensitization of any kind that he can feel.
Now I cannot comment on the validity of this for powerlifting because I know so little about that sport. But how about the idea that you will not be de-sensitized? Do you guys think that having run the 1.25 grams for 6 weeks will make you less reponsive to 750 grams later on -compared to if you ran 750 all along?
"I want to increase my poundages ASAP and get over the initial hump as soon as I can. Then over the remaining 14 weeks, I will perfect the details; the technique, the adjustment of bodyweight and nurse any injuries that may flare up. If I can go from where I am now to 90% of my weights slowly in like 12 weeks instead of 6, I wıll burn out more. I wanna hit it hard from the get-go and be done with the major power gain right away. That's how I always done it"
He claims this does not result in receptor downregulation or de-sensitization of any kind that he can feel.
Now I cannot comment on the validity of this for powerlifting because I know so little about that sport. But how about the idea that you will not be de-sensitized? Do you guys think that having run the 1.25 grams for 6 weeks will make you less reponsive to 750 grams later on -compared to if you ran 750 all along?