How to Nail Your Cruise Phase Between Steroid Cycles (Health, Recovery & Muscle Retention)

Skip Hill, Andrew Berry, and Scott McNally break down how to run a cruise phase the right way so you keep gains and protect your health between cycles. Listener questions hit HCG, bloodwork vs feel, EQ ratios, aging and growth, having kids on gear, supplements, and the mental side of PED use.

0:00 Blood Sweat & Gear Podcast Introduction
0:45 How to Nail Your Cruise Phase Between Steroid Cycles
2:20 Training Adjustments During a Cruise Phase
8:25 Why Recoverability Drops While Cruising
19:15 PED Use During a Cruise Phase Explained
25:00 Using HCG During a Cruise: Pros and Cons
28:45 Nutrition Strategy During a Cruise Phase
37:45 Older Lifters: Are You Still Able to Grow Muscle?
41:00 Equipoise to Testosterone Ratio for Estrogen Control
44:40 Bloodwork vs Going by Feel While Cruising
50:30 DHB vs Other Anabolic Steroids: Is It Really Different?
56:20 Ghost Syndrome and Mental Effects of Gear Use
1:00:25 Patreon Physique Critique Segment
1:09:20 Skip Hill’s Word of the Day
1:17:00 Vitamins and Supplements to Recover From Illness
1:19:15 Words and Phrases That Need to Go
1:20:00 When Is the Right Time for Bodybuilders to Have Kids?
1:25:06 What Skip Hill Learned From Bodybuilding in 2025
1:36:00 Behind the Scenes With Skip, Scott & Andrew

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