I just finished up a five week superone+ cycle about a week ago. The increased frequency and intensity of my workouts while on has left me with a number of nagging little injuries, and I'm curious as to what would be the best way of dealing with these. I'm in the midst of post-cycle therapy right now, and everything I've read on the subject states to keep the weights up during post-cycle to aid in retaining your gains.
The problem with this scenario is that it seems as long as I keep the weights at on-cycle levels, these various tweaked bodyparts aren't going to have much of a chance to heal. I suspect I have a minor strain of one of my ribcage muscles due to sloppy form during a stiff legged deadlift, and over the course of a couple of weeks it doesn't seem to be getting any better. The odd thing with this is that it doesn't impede my training in any fashion, but tends to give me grief more often during day to day activities. I have a bit of a forearm splint in my right forearm (this one seems to be getting better), and a bit of an inflamed tendon I suspect in my left elbow, which is also seeming to heal up with reduced workout frequency off cycle.
I'd like to take a week or so off of training at some point to let my body recuperate, but right at the moment am concerned with maintaining my gains that I made from the cycle. If I am to give myself a week off of training, how far removed from my last cycle would likely be a safe time to take this time off?
The problem with this scenario is that it seems as long as I keep the weights at on-cycle levels, these various tweaked bodyparts aren't going to have much of a chance to heal. I suspect I have a minor strain of one of my ribcage muscles due to sloppy form during a stiff legged deadlift, and over the course of a couple of weeks it doesn't seem to be getting any better. The odd thing with this is that it doesn't impede my training in any fashion, but tends to give me grief more often during day to day activities. I have a bit of a forearm splint in my right forearm (this one seems to be getting better), and a bit of an inflamed tendon I suspect in my left elbow, which is also seeming to heal up with reduced workout frequency off cycle.
I'd like to take a week or so off of training at some point to let my body recuperate, but right at the moment am concerned with maintaining my gains that I made from the cycle. If I am to give myself a week off of training, how far removed from my last cycle would likely be a safe time to take this time off?