| If you're single aim right now in the gym is to go build | | | | the CNS, as they will constantly be casing wear and |
| muscle and gain weight, there's a good chance that | | | | tear on your body. Couple this along with intensive |
| you're either using bodybuilding supplements, or you've | | | | training and you might find you are not recovering as |
| thought about it. | | | | quickly between workouts. |
| For many of the weight gain supplements that are | | | | To you, this translates into decreased weight gain and |
| currently sold in retail stores, cycling them proves to be | | | | results, which is something you want to avoid at all |
| advantageous. Some of these bodybuilding | | | | costs. A few weeks off these stimulant type of |
| supplements will state right on the package that they | | | | products will help give your CNS a break and allow it |
| should be cycled, while others don't, so it's up to you to | | | | to recovery fully. |
| decide what's going to be right for you. | | | | Decreased Chance of the Placebo Effect |
| Here are the three big advantages for cycling your | | | | Finally, the last reason why you should cycle your |
| supplements. | | | | supplements is simply so you can be sure they are |
| Decreased Chance of Adaptation | | | | doing their job. For some people, when they first go on |
| Potentially one of the biggest reasons you should cycle | | | | a supplement, it's not actually that the supplement is |
| supplements, particularly caffeine and ephedra, is | | | | making a huge difference, but rather they think it is, and |
| because of adaptation. As the body continually is | | | | this belief actually causes them to fully believe it is. |
| exposed to particular supplements, it's going to take | | | | By coming off of it, you can assess your performance |
| you using a higher and higher dosage to get the same | | | | and get a firmer grasp over just how much it was |
| effects. Since this is both going to increase your | | | | impacting (and hopefully improving) your progress. If |
| bodybuilding supplement bill and cause a very | | | | you find the opposite case is true - that you don't |
| heavy-duty supplement routine, it's generally not that | | | | notice any difference or worse, that it was affecting |
| good of a thing. | | | | you in a negative way, then you've just found out a |
| To prevent this, cycle them with 2 weeks to a few | | | | critical piece of information for the future. |
| months on (depending on what the supplement calls | | | | So, regardless of whether its creatine, Ephedra, |
| for and its purpose) with a few weeks to a month off. | | | | Yohimbe, HMB, or whatever else you might be on - be |
| Your body and your wallet will thank you. | | | | sure to cycle it over time. |
| Decreased Chance of CNS Fatigue | | | | The benefits are great; just as you should always take |
| The next reason it's a good idea to cycle your | | | | a week off your workouts after every 5-6 months, |
| supplements is because of CNS fatigue. This is going | | | | the same goes for supplements. |
| to be particularly relevant in supplements that stimulate | | | | |