Hard? There is nothing hard about keeping gains post cycle...
You should already be eating properly, training properly, and be living this lifestyle. You don't just shrivel up over night...oh wait unless you never actually made any real gains on cycle...just got to enjoy the temporary benefits that should have been utilized fueling workouts and eating more food. (so many guys fuck this up)
Now if you are a pro body builder that is way beyond their bodies genetic capabilities, then yes you will deflate after cycle. But this isn't an instant process and could take years to get down to what the body is genetically calling "homeostasis"
There are two types of steroid users, (or I should say two types of members of the fitness community in general). There are the disciplined that have learned to make a lifestyle of this and utilize steroids to push the envelope. They look great on, they look great off, it just makes getting to their goals so much easier. This is the type of person that stays in shape 365 days a year.
Then there is the other guy...mr or mrs quick fix. This is the person that has no idea what they are doing for diet or training, they are constantly on or off the wagon and being on is ussually accompanied by a "dirty bulk" and a 5x5 routine...the same one they've done since high school. This person justifies there lack of discipline by saying they are bulking and rests 5 minutes between sets of 5 reps and can't tell you what it feels like to push through a workout with actual volume to it. This is the same person that follows super restrictive diets when it does come to discipline and maintains nothing year round. The only true time they look somewhat like they workout is when they are on juice...they inflate, they deflate, and they are kidding no one. Eventually they will just stay on for the fear of losing their "gains" if the come off.
The sad thing is that the second person is in serious need of help. I've seen guys run some decent doses of AAS year round and call it "blasting and cruising".
This isn't a lecture for anyone..but losing gains really shouldn't be anyones concern unless it's your first cycle. You don't just lose muscle, that doesn't just happen. Not having testosterone in your body doesn't signal the body to say "FUCK" we've had low testosterone for 1 week now let's strip it all down. There are still so many other variables (growth factors) that come into play. Just keep providing your body with the right environment to grow and the right stimulus to signal growth and at the very least the body will maintain. It doesn't know that you are lifting weights to look great...it thinks that it has to adapt to your daily ritual to survive and keep getting the abundance of healthy nutrients that it is getting. Why the fuck would it tear that down?
You should already be eating properly, training properly, and be living this lifestyle. You don't just shrivel up over night...oh wait unless you never actually made any real gains on cycle...just got to enjoy the temporary benefits that should have been utilized fueling workouts and eating more food. (so many guys fuck this up)
Now if you are a pro body builder that is way beyond their bodies genetic capabilities, then yes you will deflate after cycle. But this isn't an instant process and could take years to get down to what the body is genetically calling "homeostasis"
There are two types of steroid users, (or I should say two types of members of the fitness community in general). There are the disciplined that have learned to make a lifestyle of this and utilize steroids to push the envelope. They look great on, they look great off, it just makes getting to their goals so much easier. This is the type of person that stays in shape 365 days a year.
Then there is the other guy...mr or mrs quick fix. This is the person that has no idea what they are doing for diet or training, they are constantly on or off the wagon and being on is ussually accompanied by a "dirty bulk" and a 5x5 routine...the same one they've done since high school. This person justifies there lack of discipline by saying they are bulking and rests 5 minutes between sets of 5 reps and can't tell you what it feels like to push through a workout with actual volume to it. This is the same person that follows super restrictive diets when it does come to discipline and maintains nothing year round. The only true time they look somewhat like they workout is when they are on juice...they inflate, they deflate, and they are kidding no one. Eventually they will just stay on for the fear of losing their "gains" if the come off.
The sad thing is that the second person is in serious need of help. I've seen guys run some decent doses of AAS year round and call it "blasting and cruising".
This isn't a lecture for anyone..but losing gains really shouldn't be anyones concern unless it's your first cycle. You don't just lose muscle, that doesn't just happen. Not having testosterone in your body doesn't signal the body to say "FUCK" we've had low testosterone for 1 week now let's strip it all down. There are still so many other variables (growth factors) that come into play. Just keep providing your body with the right environment to grow and the right stimulus to signal growth and at the very least the body will maintain. It doesn't know that you are lifting weights to look great...it thinks that it has to adapt to your daily ritual to survive and keep getting the abundance of healthy nutrients that it is getting. Why the fuck would it tear that down?