How much water weight do you typically gain when on cycle? I’m talking about a standard cycle, like 500 mg test / week and maybe a couple of other compounds.
Also, if you know, how much do you gain if you run Arimidex ED on the same type of cycle?
Everyone is different of course, and again everyone responds differently to different compounds.
Personally I get a lot of WR from Dbol and Anadrol and I think these are the worst culprits for most people, Adex does help combat this, but ED might be overkill especially on a relatively small dose of 500mg test per week.
You have to try and see what is good for you, it is not nothing to worry about as it will recede post cycle, but if you are concerned I would avoid dbol and anabol.
I’m just trying to understand how my body composition is changing. Last cycle I was holding 10 lbs of extra water, which I of course lost quickly after stopping. This cycle I’m running .5 mg Arimidex ED, and I’ve gained about 10 lbs so far. I’m just wondering how much of my gains so far are muscle vs water.
.5mg of adex Ed is far too much, unless of course you are on about 3G of test a week.
[quote]Electric_E wrote:
Everyone is different of course, and again everyone responds differently to different compounds.
Personally I get a lot of WR from Dbol and Anadrol and I think these are the worst culprits for most people, Adex does help combat this, but ED might be overkill especially on a relatively small dose of 500mg test per week.
You have to try and see what is good for you, it is not nothing to worry about as it will recede post cycle, but if you are concerned I would avoid dbol and anabol.
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I agree. Anadrol will do it for me. A couple lbs of water weight EVEN when low-carb, low-calorie, low-sodium.
The best way to combat water retention from drugs such as test and a-drol or d-bol is a clean diet and arimidex and drink a lot of water(1 gallon a day).
[quote]Electric_E wrote:
.5mg of adex Ed is far too much, unless of course you are on about 3G of test a week.
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What’s the disadvantage of using this much adex? The stuff is cheap, and I’m not experiencing any side effects. From what I read, unless you’re using letro, there’s not much risk of lowering estrogen too much. And the less estrogen, the more receptors available for test to bind to. Or at least that was my thinking. Please let me know if I’m missing something.
Thank you.
[quote]postal88 wrote:
Electric_E wrote:
.5mg of adex Ed is far too much, unless of course you are on about 3G of test a week.
What’s the disadvantage of using this much adex? The stuff is cheap, and I’m not experiencing any side effects. From what I read, unless you’re using letro, there’s not much risk of lowering estrogen too much. And the less estrogen, the more receptors available for test to bind to. Or at least that was my thinking. Please let me know if I’m missing something.
Thank you.[/quote]
I think it is just a matter of wasting the product thus wasting $. You would probably get the same effect from less. Although, I doubt you will have any ill affects from .5mgs. I have taken 1mg/day of arimidex for over 2 months consecutivly and had no problem.
[quote]postal88 wrote:
Electric_E wrote:
.5mg of adex Ed is far too much, unless of course you are on about 3G of test a week.
What’s the disadvantage of using this much adex? The stuff is cheap, and I’m not experiencing any side effects. From what I read, unless you’re using letro, there’s not much risk of lowering estrogen too much. And the less estrogen, the more receptors available for test to bind to. Or at least that was my thinking. Please let me know if I’m missing something.
Thank you.[/quote]
You still need some estrogen to grow, if you use too much adex you do not have enough estrogen to build.
I know guys who use up to 4mgs a day pre-contest. However, they are also on 1500 mgs of test a week.
Both too much and too little estrogen is a bad thing. You will experience side effects either way.
With adex its best to use as little as possible to achieve the desired results.
For me, bloat can be almost completely controlled through diet, even on high doses of test.
If I keep my carbs in check, avoid all fast food and processed foods, and include some cardio in my routine I stay bloat free.
I’ve also found that pinning with the appropriate frequency is crucial as well.
[quote]joeblow wrote:
You still need some estrogen to grow, if you use too much adex you do not have enough estrogen to build.
I know guys who use up to 4mgs a day pre-contest. However, they are also on 1500 mgs of test a week.
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Pre contest is the key here, these guys are not trying to bulk pre contest they are looking to get as shredded as possible and lose as much water retention as possible
[quote]Electric_E wrote:
joeblow wrote:
You still need some estrogen to grow, if you use too much adex you do not have enough estrogen to build.
I know guys who use up to 4mgs a day pre-contest. However, they are also on 1500 mgs of test a week.
Pre contest is the key here, these guys are not trying to bulk pre contest they are looking to get as shredded as possible and lose as much water retention as possible[/quote]
Yeah, you need some estrogen both to grow and to remain healthy. It’s only pre-contest for short periods that you should ever take steps to keep it really low.