I, like a lot of aas users, especially new and novices started cycles, ran several things, played with way high test levels and dosages, but i was dumb and uneducated, there was one thing i always lacked-HCG...When dealing with such a marvelous functioning wonder that is your body and delicate hormonal/endocrine system you have to know basic things. Simple, if you use endogenous doses of testosterone in lieu of your own production you will result in shutdown. This is common knowledge to all the vets and big homies and i'm in my thirties now and still so far from getting it right. I like to educate myself through trial and error rational thinking and others like fellow eroiders advice and experiences. That being said, i want to share how important HCG is, it's as important as any anti aromatose inhibitor and even as important as the gear itself, because in order to gain, you have to take breaks, your body will get used to compounds and receptors just won't respond anymore, no matter what the dosage is! I never did this early on, i never came off and the whole blast and cruise thing is stupid to me, outside of returning to a low TRT test dosage on your cruise i think it's dangerous and dumb. I even shutdown when i was young running pro hormones and as some of us older dudes know ten years ago there were some bomb ass ones that were as potent as any steroid, that's what they were. So when you come off your cycle, i feel HCG is the most crucial component in not only restarting your own production, along with nolva, clomid etc, but in restoring testicular function, not just size. Most of us don't care about ball size, but one thing that can be dangerous and problematic is the testicular shutdown and atrophy that gear causes, and in order to take that break and level out cholesterol bp and hematocrit levels triglycerides etc you have to help your body restore it's own production, you don't wanna feel like shit and fall into the red zone of way low test and high estrogen, you will hate life. The first time i dosed and applied HCG, there was a huge libido spike and just sense of well being!! it was better than when i first started test lol so noticeable and quick. Why didn't i use this every cycle and maybe i wouldn't of been so shutdown and on the road to a lifetime of TRT therapy, I was stupid, and i want to help some of these young guys new to juice, be safe and smart and if your gonna buy a ton of gear we can't stop you lol but please do your research and as much as you spend in compounds spend on pct items!!This post is getting lengthy so i won't detail HCG protocols, they are easy to find online, but if you want to help KEEP YOUR GAINS while off cycle take full advantage of this miracle compound and keep your body healthy and avoid dangerous things like atrophy, prostate enlargement(this an article of it's own lol) and permanent shutdown. Thanks my brothers for anyone who took the time to read this post and please help me and inform me on any info in your experiences or anything you'd like to add or debate, like iron sharpens iron, let's help each other get to that next level and achieve our goals.!!