Hey Mike, I read your write up on longer cycles where one month you would switch between Methylated and the next month would be Non-meth products. Would you recommend this to a bodybuilder or would you prefer 4-8 week cycles with time off between. Also could you lay out a cycle you would prefer? Thanks Mike!
Sorry about the slow reply--I looked in this thread a couple days ago, but must have missed it.
Anyway, the longer you stay on, the more you will gain...to a point. Some time off every now and then is good, but in general, you will gain more by staying on, say, 80% of the time vs. 50% of the time. So, alternating methyls with non-methyls would be ideal in terms of muscle gain. You don't have to deal with gains loss every other months, and you save on PCT drugs.
You can set this plan up however you want. Generally speaking, when it comes to methyls I recommend a 50:50 on/off ratio, so you could run methyls 4 weeks on/4 weeks off...or 2 weeks on/ 2 weeks off...or 6 weeks on/ 6 weeks off, etc. After you determine what pattern you want to follow, you need to select your methylated compound(s).
Super DMZ 3.0 is going to provide the best mass gains, so if that is your goal, it would be an ideal product for your methyl cycles. There is no need to constantly switch your methyls, either. After you find one you like, you can stick with it as long as you want. Your body isn't going to "adapt" to it when you are off 50% of the time. M-Sten would be the 2nd stongest compound. You can easily run 30-40 mg of this stuff per day, which is 3-4 caps. For less advanced guys, 2-3 caps will suffice. The Epitren is alos very good. You may like it as much as the M-sten or even more--you have to try it in order to know. It includes both a methyl (Epistane) a non-methyl (trenabol)...and because Epistane is more mild in terms of toxicity compared to most methyls, many people can use up to 5 caps daily (50 mg Epistane) without any issues, although technically, I cann't recommend that as an employee of IML. That will also provide a decent dose of trenabol, as well. Personally, I get better gains from M-sten than Epitren when compared on a cap per cap basis, but some people like Epitren better.
So, after you select your methyl, you need to select your non-methyls. The best IML non-methyls would be Decadrol and Ostarine. Decadrol is a pretty decent drug for being non-methylated and at higher doses can mimic milder methyl drugs. The recommended dose is 3 caps daily (75 mg), but you could easily use up to 6 caps daily (150 mg). Osta-RX at the recommended dose is fine (3 caps/day). Better gains would likely be achieved with a higher dose, but that can start to get expensive because Osta is one of the more expensive to produce products.
Some guys will tell you to use 4-AD with it as well, but it is not mandatory. It is primarily used for normalizing T levels, which will help keep side effects associated with testosterone deficiency at bay. However, it won't contribute much to your gains. So, use at your own discretion.
I do recommend Advanced Cycle Support, especially when using methyls. Other than that, everthing else is secondary and will only increase gains very slightly when you are already using the drugs mentioned here. For instance, IML makes another non-methyl called 1-AD, which will convert to 1-testosterone, but not at a very high rate, so it isn't going to make a substantial difference when you are already using a high dose of Decadrol and Ostarine. Decadrol is an active steroid with a very high oral absoprtion rate, so even though it is non-methylated, it still works well. If gaining muscle is the #1 goal, then I would advise using a higher dose of Decadrol, rather than use a lower dose of Decadrol with 1-AD, simply becuase Decadrol is stronger.
So, your cycle could potentially look something like this...
Days 1-30: Super DMZ 3.0 @ 2 caps/day (1 cap in AM/ 1 cap in PM)
Days 1-30: Advanced Cycle Support @ 2 caps/day (take both caps at once)
Days 31-60: Decadrol @ 6 caps/day (3 caps in AM/ 3 caps in PM)
Days 31-60: Osta-RX @ 3 caps/dat (take all 3 caps at once)