Let's talk BRIDGES! Everyone's ideas welcome!

Hypnotix

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What's up everyone? Just ending my first cycle, and Thursday will mark my PCT start. I got curious about bridging and started reading around several forums for different opinions.

After reading around, I see MOST people seem to think bridging is done by adding Anavar, or another "mild" AAS in between their cycles, with a couple muscle supportive supplements. On here, in our own sticky, Cycle for Different Goals (Revised).. we see Oxandrolone + Creatine + Glutamine, or alternatively; an insulin based bridge..

My first thought of course is WHY would someone looking to recover natural test levels be interested in adding any sort of AAS into their bridge? I'm not talking about the ignorant individuals.. the ones that simply have no idea what the HPTA is, or even know what bloodwork is.. But, rather the individuals that do understand how everything works but are caught in a pickle of misinformation.. Please correct me if I'm wrong but, as far as I know Anavar will shut you down! How could this possibly benefit in terms of hormonal recovery unless the user had absolutely no WANT to recover?

So the real point of this post was to get more than just myself thinking about bridging and kind of think tanking with all our members idea's about what a bridge is, what can be used during the time between cycles, and especially what should be thrown out of the mix completely when recovery is on the mind!

I'd especially like to hear about the use of peptides, sarms, supplements, training routines changes, diet changes... anything that can be considered "muscle sparing" I think would fit into this thread. That is from my understanding the main goal of a bridge, to savor the muscle gained until your next cycle, right?

Let's hear it guys.
 
After my current cycle I will be running just above maintenance doses of test and around 400-500 mg of primobolan for a few months as I "bridge" into my next cycle.... With proper diet I should be able to keep the gains going into the next cycle.

But I don't care about recovery being on trt,, so that's a bit different then what your asking
 
After my current cycle I will be running just above maintenance doses of test and around 400-500 mg of primobolan for a few months as I "bridge" into my next cycle.... With proper diet I should be able to keep the gains going into the next cycle.

But I don't care about recovery being on trt,, so that's a bit different then what your asking

Yeah, I'd be cool personally just going to TRT right now.. but who knows in a year if I'd feel the same and be capable of recovering... Anyways, Yeah I was mainly asking people's opinions on the matter who are not doing some sort of replacement therapy. That's cheating lol :D
 
Peptides have worked well for me during pct and in between cycles. They are effective after a longer period so I start the last month of my cycle then run it through pct up to when I start the next cycle. Ghrp 2 with cjc has worked for me. Of course it's not like being able to cruise on trt but it's better then nothing.
 
I don't think you can really bridge between cycles unless your on trt.

I see where you're coming from. But a bridge in my opinion can be anything to spare the results gotten from one cycle until the next. Almost like a lead into the next cycle.. even if like bigboss mentioned starting the bridge during cycle to allow time for the peptides to do a little something..

There will surely be mixed opinions on the subject. That's what this thread was made to do.. theory craft any ideas about sparing muscle from one cycle to the next through the use of any substance or method.
 
Why call it bridging if AAS is involved. If you run test in between it is blast and cruise. Peptides, slin, HGH, OTC supps is bridging. Or am I off?
 
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Also who do you guys think blast and cruise is right for? Pro bb's, aspiring pros, gym rats, PL's, aspiring physique guys, etc?

I feel recovering natty test is best, but let's be honest, not an option for all.
 
Why call it bridging if AAS is involved. If you run test in between it is blast and cruise. Peptides, skin, HGH, OTC supps is bridging. Or am I off?

This is what I'm getting after. I dont think any AAS should be considered part of a bridge. Anything that'll shut you down will essentially just be like "cruising" till the next cycle.. whether it's test or something else..

I want more in depth methods of using these supplements, peptides, Sarms, hgh, slin..

Again, I would even consider a change in training, or a specific diet arrangement for in between cycles
to suffice as a "bridge" of sorts..

Totally in agreeance with your post.
 
Also who do you guys think blast and cruise is right for? Pro bb's, aspiring pros, gym rats, PL's, aspiring physique guys, etc?

I feel recovering natty test is best, but let's be honest, not an option for all.

I'll put my opinion into this post also.

Health wise, TRT should be reserved only for those in actual need of it. Personally though, I feel the numbers that doctors use to determine what low test actually should be is garbage..

One person may feel fine at 400ng/dl.. another might feel like garbage. What's the big deal with people being interested in a little thing called optimization. I think doctors should be more accepting to the idea of taking patients beyond "normal" if they can help it. (Which they have the power to do). It's like.. why does a TRT patients get to cruise at 800-900 or higher while I or any other normal person has to be content with 400?
 
I think HGH is good. I don't know shit about peptides...slin seems good, but if you are using slin then you are probably advanced and not coming off anyways. Any gym rat using slin is out of control lol
 
I'll put my opinion into this post also.

Health wise, TRT should be reserved only for those in actual need of it. Personally though, I feel the numbers that doctors use to determine what low test actually should be is garbage..

One person may feel fine at 400ng/dl.. another might feel like garbage. What's the big deal with people being interested in a little thing called optimization. I think doctors should be more accepting to the idea of taking patients beyond "normal" if they can help it. (Which they have the power to do). It's like.. why does a TRT patients get to cruise at 800-900 or higher while I or any other normal person has to be content with 400?

Not talking health wise, but for achieving goals. I doubt that Ronnie Coleman or Eric spoto make career choices like running forever based on health. Health wise it would be better for no one to use AAS if you have good test levels.
 
49er has it right--- he's just accepted what others haven't ..
This is pure speculation , but the AAS user who has experienced positive results from a cycle, both physical and mental, is now to a certain degree wanting those "feelings" all the time... He knows he shouldn't be on all the time but he really wants to be.. Maybe with "bridging" he gets to feel like he is still "on" to a certain degree and is laser focused on the next cycle so he can be on again.... Even if he is running insulin or sarms,, he is injecting and taking compounds,,,, the taking of compounds gives him a feeling of still being "on"--
This is what he is after,, always wanting to be on something. It's a mental "addiction" for the sake of "physical" performance

Nothing wrong with this IMO-- blast cruise bridge whatever,, we have that choice as free men
 
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