A couple quickies - 1) Since Grow is unavailable, what other MRPs do you recommend? 2) I searched for this answer but came up with conflicting results. When using Tribex, is it best to do a 3 week on/one week off cycle; a five day on/two day of cycle; or is there another cycle that has proven to be more effective. Thanks.
You can make a perfect MRP by adding oatmeal or maybe some fruit to something like Advanced Protein. I prefer oatmeal (cook it a little and toss it in the blender with ice and AP. Good stuff.) Some online retailers still have Grow! available, BTW. Just look around on the net.
As for Tribex, I don’t think it makes much of a difference how you take it. Try it both ways and see what works for you. Personally, I think it’s fine to stay on Tribex longer than the bottle says. I always do at least four straight weeks of Tribex between Androsol or Nandrosol cycles. So my Tribex cycles are usually 4 weeks on, 2 weeks off.
Chris, is there any advantage or disadvantage to taking Tribex while on an Androsol cycle? I don’t remember seeing this addressed before.
Bob, both are options. I like to take Tribex between Androsol cycles because I like to be “on” all the time. You can stack the two together however and I think Tim has suggested that before in some of the cycles he’s laid out in “Behind the Scenes”.
Also, you could take both for two weeks, then after cessation of the Androsol, keep taking the Tribex for two more weeks, perhaps stacking it with Methoxy-7 if you’d like. There are dozens of options really but I don’t think we can say that there’s one option that really stands out above the rest. All of them work, so it’s just a matter of preference and cost efficiency.
Is there any benefit in taking the same total dosage of Tribex but spread out more? For instance taking 2 pills with every meal, etc. I guess this question is also dependant on how Tribex affects the body - does it spike t levels right after taking it or does it gradually elevate them - this also goes back to the study posted a while back where T levels were somewhat lowered after eating all meals save for those containing animal fat (oversimplified). If T levels are in fact supressed after meals, and T levels are spiked after taking tribex, wouldn’t it be a good thing to take tribex with meals to prevent any supression? If I’m way off here I apologize.
Ive been working on a book chapter on protein and in my readings and research Ive come to the conclusion that the best MRP isnt a MRP at all. MRP’s use the best milk protien isolate blends (usually some whey isolate, casein, and milk isolate) as well as some egg or something. However they usually have a bunch of other crappy carbs and oil like coconut oil or dextrose and maltodextrin. In the past I drank MRPs because they had the good protein blends (despite what some mags tell you, protien blends are much better than whey only) and had to put up with the other crap. Now there are protein products like Advanced Protein, MetRx Protein Plus, and Dorian Yates’ Pro Peptide that have the mrp-type protein blend without the other crap. So you can make your own mrp by using one of these proteins and blending in oatmeal or fruit (as chris suggested). This is a great protein plus low GI carb meal. Then if you want to add fat, you can add natural peanut butter or flax oil. This makes a great protein plus health fat meal. And it’s all good ingredients. In addition, this makes it easy to follow my massive eating guidelines…if you are so inclined.
Thanks for such a rapid response. It is great being able to have a couple of experts to turn to for these types of questions. We each have our own areas of competency - unfortunately, this isn’t one of mine, but with the help of t-mag and this forum, I’m getting there. Thanks again.