What is Post Cycle Therapy? and On cycle therapy? What do they mean?

Question

On body building forums, i always see people talking about PCT and OCT (Post cycle and On cycle therapy).

Can somebody please expalin what this means? Does this only apply to steriod use? or even supplements?

Answer 1

when anabolic or androgenic steroids are used the body stops making it's own testosterone. when these substances are used they cause a negative feedback response from the hypothalamus-pituitary-testicular axis or HPTA. post cycle therapy or PCT is used at the end of the steroid cycle to jump start the bodies natural test production again so that the gains from the steroid cycle are not lost.

this only applies to anabolic/androgenic steroids and pro-hormones, etc.

Answer 2

They are your therapist. You can say what you want, when you want, as many times as you want. Therapists are more like a mirror. They are reflecting what you know back at you so you can see it clearly. They have no real input or bias. They simply talk you through things with suggestions until you find peace.