Holy SHIT! what a thread................
I will say this, in my huble opinion, I do beleive ester build-up over time can cause more water retention.
On the other hand, I beleive the large majority of guys hold more water on long esters because they tend to take more than they would with a short ester.
For example most guys dont go over 200mg EOD with prop but they will go up to 2 grams a week with enanthate.
So.............I think you will be doing the opposite of what you want to do by dosing high on a short cycle. IMO it would be more beneficial, due to your goals, to run a stack of short esters so you can keep your prop at 150mg EOD. I do not see a need to dose prop higher than that.
You can say that by upping your T dose when gains slow that you will get more gains. This is not the case, you simply add more water retention and thus get a little stronger.
Dont get me wrong 300mg vs 500 or even 750 mg will all give you different gains. Its once you go beyond that you really dont get anything more than water retention, hence stacking. If i could simply take more and more test, there would be no reason to stack.
Its just like hitting your natty limit, once you get to a certain point, it doesnt matter what you do.
So...............with all that being said, manipulating doses during a cycle is worthless. Pick a dose and stick with it.
I say 150mg EOD for however long you want to run it plus another compound or 2.
Tren would be great for such a short cycle cause the gains come really fast. Shitty thing about tren is you lose that hardness as soon as you stop shooting it, regardless of how spectactular your PCT is.
Now the short cycle debate, IMO, if you know how to PROPERLY do a PCT then there is no need to do a short cycle. Guys make the argument "on short cycles I will be shut down for less time" yes that is correct but you will also be running natural for a much shorter time period as well. so 6...............1/2 dozen or the other it really doesnt make a difference.
If all your using is "standard Nolva and Clomid dosing" for post cycle therapy (pct), that is why your losing your gains, not because of cycle length.
what about HCG? Igf-1? growth? GHRP-6? all these things and many others, if timed correctly, will help expediate recovery and minimize losses.
shewwwwwwwwwwww glad i got that off my chest