Wow. Very cool.
Thanks flip
Congratulations on the competition. Sounds like alot of fun.
I was hoping youād post an update. Way to go on a strong finish! Congrats Man.
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@physioLojik I know you have talked about it before but most posts seemed short. Can you please go into more detail about why Nolva is so much better compared to an AI. I would like to convince my doctor to prescribe it to me but she has no knowledge on nolva. As long as I come to her with a well thought out reason, she will prescribe it.
Currently taking 210mg T per week and 1mg Adex. Total test is in the 400ās, estrogen is in the 50ās. Also is nolva good for preventing gyno?
Physio I am about to get some test e 250mg 10ml and am weighing options. If I run 250mg a week will that do me good? This is my first time as well. Would aromasin (AI) be good to run along side the test? And is nolvadex good for the pct? 40mg ed 2wk 20mg ed 2wk?
@physioLojik I just ended a Test E/Masteron E cycle early after 6 weeks because I was getting ED issues from being unable to control E2.
Iām on my 4th week of PCT now of Nolva at 20mg/day. I also started with 25mg/day of Aromasin as well, but I felt like I was crashing my E2 and stopped taking it altogether on day 19. I have been tapering off the Nolva this week, but I still feel like Iām shutdown i.e., ED and little to no libido. What would you recommend at this point for getting things up and running again?
fantabulous, if you won two events doesnāt that mean for those two particular events you are currently (as recorded) the strongest man in the world for your weight class in those two events, out of SEVEN BILLION and something PEOPLE, was the comp broadcasted on TV? Iād watch it, what channel?
Other factors that account are genetics, the dose of drugs being taken (I donāt know how much others were taking, considering itās the best of the best they couldāve easily been taking higher doses than you were) and whatnot, however you appear to be a genetic anomaly, 700G of carbs/day would probably destroy my toilet within a few hours of ingestion. Are you going to compete again at this level?
Agh, I canāt stand warm temperatures, which is strange considering how tan I am, spicy food is where itās at! How was your BP during your water cut? Did it raise over 180/120?
congrats on the comp performance, very impressive, esp the log press being so close to the world record.
@ChickenLittle Iām not an expert however it appears youāve tested negative for abnormal presence of antibodies in your blood, doesnāt mean youāre normal though, I believe, although very uncommon, antibody negative graves disease does exist.
Okay thank you. I just wasnāt sure since the TPO was in range but the other was high. I didnāt know if high meant yes or no.
Whoops I didnāt see that, high TRAB indicates the presence of abnormal antibodies, derp, shouldāve looked closer, elevated Thyrotropin Receptor Antibody is common in those with graves disease, sorry, didnāt see that. @ChickenLittle, elevated Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies is common in those with hashimotos. However I could be wrong Iām not an expert, physiolojik is the expert
Well itās kinda wonky on there. Thank you for your help. I just wasnāt sure what high meant. i read some complicated artcles that I couldnāt make heads or tails fromā¦lol
The way I read it was that is wasnāt Hashi but Graves. But I donāt know shit about this stuff. And since my doc was thinking Hashimotoās with all the symptoms I described not sure he knows knows shit about it eitherā¦lol He seems very nice, but this may be out of his league.
Thank you again! I appreciate you listening!
I hope you donāt have graves disease, itās starting to look like you do, however graves disease, and hashimotos, and most endocrine disorders as interesting as they are suuuuuuuuuuuuuuucccccccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkk for the individual who has them, treatment helps but lifelong HRT/medication isnāt something anyone wants (not a treatment for graves unless the thyroid gland is removed via surgery or radiotherapy is given which may damage the thyroid, and radioactive iodine therapy (IODINE -131) appears to be the first line treatment), other treatments for graveās disease are (beta blockers and anti-thyroid agents), however it isnāt a cure, just blunts the symptoms.
I am kinda relived that maybe I finally have an answer, if that makes sense?
Itās hard to fix something when you donāt know whatās broke.
I am not willing to kill it just yet. The way I see it isā¦My thyroid is the innocent by stander here. It is my immune system that needs to calm down. Or at least that is my understanding of it.
Whatās so bad about Tren?
I am certainly not one to ask about this butā¦ Iām pretty sure itās bad if you are an idiot!
everything. I canāt handle it.
@unreal24278
well, one of those events was sandbag toss over bar. it was 4 bags weighing up to 40 lbs, over a 14 foot bar. best time won. I was definitely the best thrower there, and I think itās legitimately possible Iām the best lightweight thrower in strongman in the world right now. nobody got the height that I did. The guys that cleared the last bag barely did, and I cleared it by a couple feet.
As for the log press, my other event win, you could probably say that right now, Iām at the top in a group of around 5 or 6 guys. There are a couple guys who didnāt attend the comp who, on any given day, could press more. And the guy that has the record at 5 lbs above me has a collar bone injury. He was there, and even with the injury, still pressed just 10 lbs less than I did. When heās healthy, heās pretty unbeatable. Also, the guy who took 2nd in the event to me chose to attempt 295 rather than 285. He probably would have been good for 285, but he wanted the record.
it did not. heart rate was high, but bp didnāt go up.
absolutely. Iām actually competing in Texas Strongest next weekend to qualify me for the 2019 Nationals, where I think a top 10 finish will again be in the cards. The events look good for me.
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You absolutely crashed your e2. Why would you take any AI during PCT, let alone such a massive dose? Thatās just asking for trouble.
How long can one cruise at 200mg/wk for? Say someone named Unreal24279 (see itās not me, thereās a 9 in place of the 8), wanted to run 200mg/wk forever because he likes the way such a dose makes him feel, he would be donating blood as often as possible when he could. This individual would also run the occasional cycle (typically just test), no more than a total of 250-300mgs/wk though. Are there any significant health risks from running such a dose long term, I know there isnāt a definative answer here as everyone is different, however Iāve seen a study in which test E was tried as a hormonal contraceptive, 200mg/wk for 18 months, aside from a massive hematocrit increase didnāt seem to have any seriously concerning side effects.
Unreal estimates 200mg/wk would put his test levels at a peak of (day after injection) around 1300ish and a nadir of 600-700, however his free T would probably be quite high.
175mg / wk is also an option.
one canāt answer this question, because itās highly dependend on the individual. some people might run 200mg/wk forever and never get hermatocrit issues with that dosage, others get problems after a few months with 100mg/wk. Iāve been on TRT for 2 years with 2 cycles with 400 mg/test wk, so far never problems with elevated hermatocrit, never gave blood either.
Also in my opinion you highly overestimate the effect small dosage changes have on your results in the gym. I did that as well, I thought Iām gonna explode with 400mgs/week, in fact it made almost zero difference to my standard dosage of 150/week, pump was way better but gains were disappointing. Positive is, when going back to 150, I lost nothing (since I gained almost nothing)ā¦ Now Iām thinking about trying it one more time with 600/week, or stacking d-bol or mk677 with 300-400 test-e, since a moderate test-dose seems to be uneffective for me (having been on 150 for a year prior). if this also doesnāt result in significant gains, Iāll stay at a trt dosage for life, because I do feel worse at 400 (more sweating, worse sleep).
Also I might add Iāve been working out for 10 years before I started TRT and was about 180lbs at 6 (84kg/180cm) with about 10% bodyfat, so quiet close to my natural limit and already at a decent level, so this is why it might take more to see a differenceā¦ or my responsiveness to test in terms of hypertrophy just sucksā¦