25mg proviron a day, 100-200mg mast e a week, 50-100mg deca a week, never come off gh 2-6iu cruise usually doing 8iu year round right now, 16 floz badger milk on waking and pre workout. Except proviron I have found the trt+ high cruise or whatever you want to call it does seem effect the next blast so I require more mgs per week for the same results.

Solid questions, brother … this is exactly the kind of mindset you need before transitioning from a blast. I’ve been blasting and cruising for years, and I’ll tell you from both experience and everything I’ve seen in this game: there’s no “one-size-fits-all” answer. It’s trial, error, bloodwork, and personal biofeedback .. every time.

First off, don’t confuse cruising with TRT. TRT is for restoring a hypogonadal man to normal function (usually ~100–150mg/wk), not for preserving a physique you built using supraphysiological doses. If you blast at 600–1000mg and then cruise at TRT levels (e.g. 125mg), yes … you’re going to lose tissue. That dose is no longer enough to support what you’ve built. So for you to maintain muscle, you’ll need to find your personal “sweet spot” … might be 175mg, 200mg, 250mg, or more depending on your body size, androgen sensitivity, and how well your bloods respond, like @anvil said.

Me personally…After a hard blast, I usually cruise at 250–500mg/wk. It gives me stable energy, solid gym performance, and my blood markers can normalize while still holding onto a decent amount of what I built.

Before deciding how hard to cruise, pull bloods 2–3 weeks after your last blast pin. If your lipids, hematocrit, RBC, ALT/AST, e2, etc. are jacked … you don’t cruise hard. You bridge. A true cruise at that point is about health, not holding size.

If bloods look good?!?! You can stay closer to performance cruise range, which many IFBB guys and coaches actually recommend. Like you said … even pros taper between phases, not out of theory, but from decades of real-world results.

Personally, I don’t run AI during cruise. I rarely even use it during blasts … I keep it minimal and only when necessary based on symptoms or bloodwork. Everyone’s different, but keeping AI use low helps avoid the negatives long-term (lipids, joints, etc).

Now, answering your question like…”will i keep my gains?”

Short answer: not all of them. Nobody does. Like @press1 said … you can’t compare the nitrogen retention and protein synthesis of a cruise vs a blast. You’ll lose a little fullness, maybe some strength, but if your training, food, and rest are dialed, you can retain most of it, especially if the cruise isn’t a freefall.

My 2 cents ? Stay locked in like you’re still on cycle. Same intensity. No excuses. Because this ain’t no 12-week “get abs, get ass, disappear till next summer” porn-cycle special. This is a lifestyle, not a casting call for Brazzers.

We’re not here to flex for a few poolside selfies and ghost.
Blast. Cruise. Rebuild. Refine.
Think long-term commitment … not a weekend hookup.

PCT? That’s for guys who build a penthouse just to burn it down every year and start over with a leaky basement.
Blast & cruise is grown-man business … we remodel, we upgrade the plumbing, maybe throw in a sex swing, who knows. But we don’t start from zero.

You’re doing it right by asking now. Respect your health, get your labs, and keep learning from those who’ve walked the path…there are so many experts users here.
You’re already winning by asking the right questions now.
Respect your bloods, listen to your body, and don’t take advice from dudes whose protocol came from a Reddit meme.

Brother man, this is all just my humble opinion … take it or trash it, I respect all paths. Nothing works the same for everyone. But if this helps you, or someone else scrolling through one day, then it was worth sharing. That’s all

first thing you need to know, as press1 said, you wont keep all of your gains and strength, thats a fact... but if you keep on your diet and try to keep your training on point, you definately keep your physique in good shape. try to keep your blood work on an eye before and during the cruise.

I am not going to bother Bullshitting you and tell you that you will keep most of the muscle and strength you gained on your cycle - because you won't. Its scientifically not possible, Nada.

The benefit of dropping down to a cruise dose level of testosterone as opposed to doing a full PCT is that you effectively won't be in a period of time where you will be bottomed out on testosterone levels, waiting for your Bollocks to start producing testosterone again - and also waiting for them to get up to full steam again. Its also likely that after cycling steroids your natural testoserone levels will of dropped to a lower natural level somewhat. Dropping onto 200mg of Test is much easier to do than a PCT course - however it still cannot match the protein sysnthesis/nitrogen blood retention levels of what you were likely running before in the full blown AAS cycle, therefore it is physically IMPOSSIBLE to support the level of muscle you gained on it. However, it is possible to keep more of that muscle over say 3 months before you go back on cycle again than you would do doing PCT. People will say the only thing you tend to lose is Strength coming down onto a cruise - well thats lost muscle I'm afraid not just CNS activitation.

I personally just immediately drop down to my TRT dosing regimen. All that supraphysiological AAS will slowly drop down on you, but having that TRT (or cruise dose) will not let you drop below that level. Of course you'll see some strength gains drop, because you're no longer jacking up your nervous system with AAS, and some size will decrease because you won't be holding as much water/glycogen as before. Everything that's left, is lean tissue you earned :-)