I've been looking around at various cutting cycles, asking people what they've gotten their best results from, and keeping track of what compounds and dosages have been used. My main concern was what type of cycle has been producing the best results for people, and what similarities do the most prouctive cutting cycles share. Well...I've been reading tons of old threads on most of the major boards, and mostly concentrating on experienced people's cutting cycles. I've been finding more and more trends within cutting cycles among experienced users, some of which will no doubt be surprising to you, and some of which will be pretty obvious. My intent for this article is to give you an idea of how to design your next cutting cycle to be the most productive it can be.

One of the most obvious trends I've noted has been the use of shorter esters in cutting cycles and longer esters in bulking cycles. Anecdotally, shorter estered drugs seem to be less likely to cause bloating. This means Testosterone Propionate would be preferable to Testosterone Enanthenate or Cypionate and Nandrolone PhenylPropionate would be preferable to the standard Deca (Nandrolone Decanoate).

This should come as no surprise to most people.

What I have to say next is probably going to be a major surprise to alot of people:

The most productive cutting cycles I've read about on the 'net ALL followed a simple structure. Every single one. And I'm talking about cycles I've read from Vets/Mods/Admins everywhere...not just on one board or two...but almost universally, and on mostly every major, creditable board.

Here's the pattern, or structure:

Every single one contained Testosterone. Some also contained another testosterone based compound as well. Eq is a popular addition here. Methyltestosterone and Halo are popular on boards more geared towards athletes and strength/speed. All of these compounds are good choices.

Every single one contained a 19-nor-testosterone Based compound as well. The nandrolone branch of the 19- nor family is well known for being very anabolic and not incredibly androgenic...while the Trenbolone branch is very androgenic...also, it has the strongest androgen binding affinity of any commonly used injetable. I feel that a proper cutting cycle will contain some compounds which bind very strongly to the Androgen Receptor, and perhaps some others which have several non-receptor mediated mechanisms of action.

And finally, every really good cutting cycle I looked at contained a DHT based compound as well. Generally Winstrol and/or Masteron were used.

So what we have here is all 3 major families of Anabolic/Androgenic Steroids are represented (Testosterone, 19-nor-Testosterone, and DiHydroTestosterone) in 99% of all HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE cutting cycles. Remember, A/A steroids will all fall into one of the 3 categories I have mentioned.

Ok, so lets look at our most likely choices when deciding what our next cutting cycle should contain:

Testosterone Based Compounds:

Testosterone Propionate (a must in a cutting Cycle)
Equipoise
MethylTestosterone
Halotestin
Andriol

19-Nor-Testosterone Based Comounds:

(All Nandrolones)
Deca
(We'll generally prefer Nandrolone PhenylPropionate though what's true for deca will generally be true for all Nandrolones)


(All Trenbolones)
Trenbolone
We'll generally prefer Trenbolone Acetate though for cutting cycles.
(Also, be careful with the trenbolone family because their use can make cardio very unpleasant, due to shortness of breath)

Nilevar (if you can find it)
MethylTrienolone (again, if you can find it)
(MT is Very toxic, and hard to find...but it's out there.)

DHT Based Compounds:

Winstrol
Primobolan
Masteron
Anavar

So given those choices, I'll tell you that dosages will vary greately from individual to individual.

But I can tell you that I'd almost always include Trenbolone with Winstrol. Tren binds very strongly to the Anabolic receptor, and Winnie binds rather poorly...by combining them, we may have some additional synergy.
NPP also has a reasonable bind to the AR, so it may be substituted for Tren, but probably not used alongside it with any appreciable synergy. And of course, using either of those without Testosterone would kill your sex life.

I'm also noticing that most of the magic is produced with dosages under 2grams (total), with regards to cutting cycles. I know that personally, if I were to do a cutting cycle, I'd run around 500mgs or so each of a DHT,19-nor, and Test based compound. Price would factor into things, I'm sure, as would availability.

I'm sure many readers are going to be yelling about including GH or Clen (or Letrozole) into this discussion, but it's simply beyond the scope of what I'm doing. I think that those are good compounds, and certainly worth inclusion, if you have the access to them and (in the case of GH), the funds....but they simply aren't necessary (unless you need the Letrozole to combat gyno, or simply like to use clen, which is now fairly cheap). Perhaps with higher doses, they become more necessary, but I feel that their inclusion is really on a case by case basis.

There it is...how I would design a cutting cycle for optimal results, using optimal compounds and dosages. As a last word, I'd like to remind everyone that diet and training will be part of your cutting-cycle-puzzle, and that the dugs mentioned above will make things easier...but they certainly will not make you ripped on thier own.