[aellonfol]

Just curious how much this panel cost you on privatemdlabs?

[aellonfol]

You are on the right track re dosing. For most 200-250mg/ week is a highly supraphysiological and suitable dose to start. The best thing you can do is get bloodwork to learn your baseline values and natural free and total testosterone. That would be your next step

[aellonfol]

I think he means more on leg work for example. With stuff like pressing mechanical failure is evident but sometimes the “pain” of leg training tells us mentally to end the set before we can physically. Think of Tom platz always saying “5 more” on squats for example

[aellonfol]

Every set to failure. Set up looks good though you may eventually need a 3rd rotation to continue progressing. Volume looks generally good, find the most you can recover from. Dr. Mike Israetel (Renaissance Periodization) has good general guidelines on volume that are similar to what you have here

[aellonfol]

Need more details like weekly volume, nutrition etc

[aellonfol]

I’ve since been blocked as well. He got devoured in the comments on his OWN IG post. Think about that. This brand and community is alive and well in the states I can tell you that. His drug videos are indeed painful to watch Dean lol. He started using at 14…

[aellonfol]

Nick is one of the primary marketers for Trained byJP Nutrition ????

[aellonfol]

I don’t literally mean waste but not optimal. And that seems to be the paradigm of some (starting before a good natural base is established) but the reason it’s the best is you’ve never had supraphysiological testosterone levels before, and in the region of several times beyond what you naturally produce. The foundation of pharmacokinetics is minimum effective dosing.

[aellonfol]

What exercise selection and volume are you using for your heavy pressing? That and cable/crucifix laterals should be your meat and potatoes

[aellonfol]

Agree with Sas. Also try unilateral work if you aren’t. No need to marry yourself to exercises like barbell curls for example, find what movements allow you to connect best. I like cables and machines, 1 arm preacher curls, etc. Could be feeling forearm too much if gripping too hard. Assess your execution-look at training vids on here for biceps

[aellonfol]

This has been posted several times the last few days. In short, generally not necessary to implement HCG unless trying to conceive.

[aellonfol]

Did you do a mock peak a few weeks out? In future that can be v helpful and answer some of your questions. Esp if you wanted to try a diuretic

[aellonfol]

SST was great before it got shut down on reddit. The new site I don’t like so much

[aellonfol]

Assuming you’re enhanced…
Curcumin
Resveratrol
Astragalus
Liposomal Glutathione (450mg once a week)
Super K
Bloodwork will dictate if you should implement any of these or potentially more. There’s a few to consider. As always, your first considerations before supplements should be the root causes. Address your lifestyle and then add supplementation.

[aellonfol]

What were the prep cycle compounds used and dosages? Use the least you can to progress as Stephen said. It sounds like you’ve already used far more than necessary given 250mg for a first time “cruise”, for many that’s a great first cycle. If so, readjust to using the least you can. Personally, I like 250mg then subsequent cycles would be 350, 450, 600. Some studies show strong diminishing returns beyond 600 test per week. At that point, depending on how you feel/like high test, either stay at 600 and add say something like 150-200 NPP or if you don’t like high test like Jordan for example, drop to 300 and add something like NPP. That’s what works for me. It took me several cycles to necessitate adding something beyond test