Playing basketball while on H-drol cycle okay?

kyled427

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Alright so I am planning on starting a H-drol cycle currently at 184 pounds trying to get at or very close to the 200 mark. Now for my question:

Can I play basketball while I am on cycle? I usually play basketball 3-4 times per week as my form of cardio essentially and because I just love playing basketball. Sometimes I play for 2-3 hours when I go, will that completely negate any effects I will get from my H-drol cycle?

Here is the cycle I am planning to run:

CEL H-drol 50-75-75-75-75-75
CEL Cycle Assist (pre loaded 7 days before cycle and continued through cycle)

PCT:
Inhibit E 2-2-1-1
CEL pct assist
Reduce XT

Eating around 3500 calories per day, 200+ g protein, ~90g fat.


So will playing basketball be very detrimental to my gains? Also is my PCT good?

Thanks for any help.
 
If you're playing hoops 4x a week in addition to your gym sessions (hopefully just as many), I would not expect to gain and keep 15 lbs off a 6 weeker of H-drol. Consider this: basketball is basically a form of HIIT from a cardio standpoint, because you're going from very intense fast break situations to active rest with shorter movements on offense, etc. You're doing that for up to 12 hours a week.
Also, the diet you posted, is that pretty typical maintenance for you? If you're looking to gain weight, you may find you need to up the calories. If your training is as intense as it looks like it would be, it wouldn't surprise me in the least.

To answer your question simply, I would not anticipate gaining 15 lbs off just H-drol doing that much cardio. If you want to gain more weight, you can do a couple things... Either cut back on the hoops, increase calories, or do a little bit of both. If you leave everything as is however, you may find that you end up with a nice little recomp cycle, adding some quality lean muscle and burning some fat, without a significant jump in weight.

As for PCT... I personally believe that H-drol really should be PCT'd with a SERM, but if you decide you MUST go OTC, the pct you laid out would be okay, though I'd add in some DAA. What I would do is this:

Torem 120/90/60/30
PCT Assist x/x/x/x
DAA 3g/3/3/3/3/3
Reduce XT 0/0/x/x/x/x
Inhibit-E 2/2/1/1 or 1/2/3/4/taper/taper

That said, I'm one of those people who is very sensitive to ATD... Works awesome as an AI for me, but if I mess up the dosing it's not nice to the good ol' libido. It does have its benefits in PCT though, particularly its ability to increase testicular volume. But I personally would choose another AI (if I used one at all). For H-drol, I would save the inhibit-e unless you decide not to use a SERM, as I feel reduce XT would do everything you need as far as keeping you lean afterward.
 
Damn wonderfully in depth answers. Much appreciate the help. So if I DO play that much basketball but up my calories a pretty significant number to maybe about 4000-4200 then would that cover me and I could still see some pretty good gains? I'm asking because I am at ~12% bf so I am looking to gain muscle more than do a recomp.
 
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