Ok, I’ve read quite a few arguments for & against pyramiding your cycle. In most cases not much is discussed, it’s just a yes you should or no you shouldn’t do it type of thing. I want to try and start a debate about the theories behind the idea.

Reasons for Pyramid:

Every argument I’ve read for pyramiding seems to state that the reasoning behind it is that your body will “Get used to” a certain level of anabolics. Thus on the way UP your pyamid you are increasing the dosage so as your body is constantly seeing a higher level than the one before (That it supposedly is used too). Then the idea for going down slow is that the Estrogen level in your body is very high once you are at your max dose, and simply stopping the anabolics will put you in a state opposite off what you want, basically you’d have an abnormally high estrogen level instead of test. So by gradually reducing the Anabolics your Estrogen level also gradually comes down.

My Main question is: Where does the high Estrogen level come from? Can your body actually produce enough Estrogen to compete with steroids? Or are the high Estrogen levels simply the steroids aromatizing?

The argument against Pyramiding seems to be simply that at the beginning and end of the pyramid you aren’t getting enough anabolics in your body to get any results. Some even go the route of Starting their cycle at max dose and then tappering near the end. Again the reason for the taper at the end I’m assuming is because there is the belief that your body is attempting to match the artificially high Test levels with estrogen (Again, I’m not sure if this is really the case, or if it’s just aromatazation?)

If anyone here really understands the chemistry behind this I would love to hear some different ideas.

L8r