Thanks again for all the additional comments! She went Bikini as there wasn’t anyone in trained at the PCA First Timers St Albans. She won it and won the overall and got an invite to the Universe. She is competing again in the PCA South this weekend and we are comtemplating keeping the momentum going and hitting the Universe 3 weeks…

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I have just emailed hello@tb-jp.com with some more detail, if someone is able to review that? thanks!

I tried in Diet and Training asking about my peak week plan. I’m trying to figure out if there is some sort of trigger word in there or something but i can’t see anything obvious.

How do I contact someone technical to fix my account? I cant update my profile pic, cant attach photos, and now it wont let me make a post. I get the error:

A potentially unsafe operation has been detected in your request to this site

Your access to this service has been limited. (HTTP response code 403)

If you think you have been blocked in…

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Brilliant, thanks for all the help everyone! Definitely sounds like trained bikini, with a pure legs focus next off season to balance out.

It would be great to get a few more opinions on this if anyone has a moment 🙂 thanks!

Thanks @allisontestuhotmail-fr

PCA makes you choose only 1 category, bikini or trained. She is doing 2 shows though 2 weeks apart. So could do different classes for each show.

Yes it was very interesting, we did a full body 3x a weeks split where she always started with lower body. But her upper body just grew so fast! This build phase she will…

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Hi there,

My girlfriend is prepping for her first show (PCA First Timers St Albans on 27th Apr).

We are unsure if she should go into bikini or trained bikini?

We would really appreciate the opinion of you seasoned competitors and coaches!

Thanks 🙂

Photos can be viewed here if they don’t…

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Considering the reference range is typically 10-40 (or 50) pg/mL. You are 3x over the reference range (assuming you are male).

Are you sure its pg/mL? UK often uses pmol/L in which case the range is more like 40-160 pmol/L. In which case you are in range.

Thank you everyone. I ended up getting another pair from Iron Eagle that literally arrived the next day. Total contrast to my order with Iron Monkey!

The Iron Monkey trunks finally showed up yesterday. No response to my emails or IG or calls. I’m in 2 minds whether to return them or keep a spare pair just incase.

@Clare @AMS-Muscle @BigNath @Hilly Thanks for the replies. I’ve removed it now and feel a bit relieved almost hah. It was making estrogen management (and subsequently BP management) so hard and I could barely run any test dose at all. Plus its just an extra thing to pay for and jab. I’ll be interested to see how much higher I can run test now in…

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Has anyone used Iron Monkey recently? I ordered some trunks from them 5 weeks ago. It says 10 days delivery. No response on multiple emails and insta messages, their phone number goes straight to voicemail. Have they gone under or are having issues?

Ok thanks I’ll pull it. Maybe I’ll just use it twice a year when back at TRT levels between phases.

Definitely feels like estrogen in a bottle for me hah! Cycles would be a lot cheaper without it and being able to run higher test!

I was prescribed it when first put on TRT and this is the first year and prep going above that so I’ve just kept it in. Was thinking of dropping it a few weeks out. Could just pull it now. It was originally in for maintaining some testicular function and possibly fertility but I guess there’s question marks around that vs just doing a…

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I’ve heard that tren can detect as oestradiol on the normal sensitivity blood tests we get in the UK. As far as i know we can’t get ultra sensitive E2 over here? Or its mega money?

Anyway, e2 is HIGH.

312pmol/L (41.4-159pmol/L ref range).

Currently running:

200mg Test E

150mg Primo

150mg Mast E

100mg Tren E

Split into EOD dosing.

500IU HCG M/W/F

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Of T4 to T3 I mean*

@Hilly @primitivegymnasium

Thanks, I was wondering if to increase to 37.5/150, or if to just increase T4. I have seen it before with no thyroid meds on my bloods and 4IU gh, that my conversion rate of T3 to T4 increases. So in this scenario if I’ve essentially just run out of T4 to convert to T3, then just extra T4 could raise both?

Hi All,

I am 6 weeks out from competing and added in T3/T4 (Bitiron) at 25/100mcg daily from 10 weeks out, split into 12.5/50mcg AM+PM. I did a blood test yesterday and the results came back very low accross the board.

TSH: 0.18mIU/L (0.27-4.2mIU ref range)

Free T3: 3.1pmol/L (3.1-6.8pmol/L ref range)

Free Thyroxine (T4): 9.2pmol/L (12-22pmol/L…

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@haider_no1@hotmail.com @Michaela Thanks! I’m on it and working on my posing too. I will update nearer to the show!

@Heckrules @rheagayle @BigNath Thanks for the encouragement! I booked the shows today and am locked in for it! Definitely feels like the right decision now I’ve done it (maybe not for my wallet hah)

@Hilly Thanks. I’m gonna go for it!

@AMS-Muscle @MarcHector Thank you both, thats very reassuring. Yes I will aim to be done with fat loss at least a week out so I can peak slow and steady. Thank for the advice, I will rep the posing for sure as I’m not happy with how it looked either hah! Any specific advice on it (for classic)?

I wanted to do 2 shows this year for the experience, I’m supposed to be 9 and 10 weeks out. The 9 week out got cancelled (Nabba West). The only other one I can do is a week earlier (PCA North). But, is it too much of a stretch to be in condition with only 7 more weeks dieting? Should I just accept I can only manage 1 show this year in 10 weeks?…

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Ok well thats mildly terrifying hah. Do you think your previous yohimbine use had any long term affects on stubborn fat areas? like new blood vessels or something that meant they were never quite as stubborn again?

Ok great, thank you. I’ll still try yohimbine and synephrine / eca as I have no personal experience, but will start low and bin them off if I feel anxious or naff.

I have some clen, yohimbine, synephrine and ECA (not tried yet so dont know if its legit).

I rewatched JPs vids from 2016. Im just wondering if thats still the preferred approach for contest prep?

Clen doesn’t need to be cycled, just go low and slow from about 6 weeks out? Yohimbine similar?

The alternative option was do 2 on 2 off…

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Have any of you put Testoviron or Rimobolan into a multi dose vial? I really want to do this, but when I did it with Organon Sust it went cloudy / stringy and got bacterial growth very quickly, about a week. I guess the amps don’t have antimicrobial stuff in them? I swabbed the vial top and was quick transferring it in from the amps so I dont…

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@Jordan Peters @haider_no1@hotmail.com are you doing similarly high doses with TB-500 also? Thanks

Have you only got 5mg total? that will only last you 6 ish days

Im interested in this too. Im running BPC and TB500 at the moment for a shoulder issue also. Sounds right from what I researched and is what im doing currently. But it would be great to see others weigh in.

So you’d be doing 0.75mg / 750mcg a day. Split into 2x 0.375mg / 375mcg.

From what I could tell, people were doing 500-1000mcg/day in multiple doses.

Overwhelming advice on splitting, so I’m now splitting them up. Thanks. The most annoying bit is how quickly I fill up sharps bins!

For what its worth, I was mixing HCG and HGH, my testicular volume was maintained as was all the water retention in feet / wrists from GH. If I have lowered or removed either compound previously, those would have been affected.

Damn ok. Thanks everyone!

Happy New Year everyone!

I want to try and minimize the number of jabs I have to do. Currently using HCG, HGH, BPC-157, TB-500. So im most interested in these, but all peptides in general.

If they are all water based peptides can they be drawn up into a single syringe and done in 1 jab? As long as they dont go cloudy its fine? Thanks!

@phoebegoodwin thanks Phoebe, yeah it would be great if my partner could compete in first timers, and myself as a novice at the same show.

@Kamaragraham-virginmedia.com ok yeah I will start prepping assuming the show will be mid may, and go from there.

Do either of you have any opinion on the class that would be best suited to my partner based…

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@BigNath @haider_no1@hotmail.com @Hilly @info@joeballingerfitness.com

Looks like PCA and 2Bros it is. Thank you!

@allisontestuhotmail-fr thank you for the detailed reply. Photos of my partner (not wife yet 😉 ) and me: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1skhAWF1uBvcs66t51vekq1miEfIOMUDv?usp=sharing

I had to put a link to google drive as I have lots of account issues on here. I cannot upload any photos or change my profile photo, i just get the…

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Im trying to pick a show (or 2) to do in 2025, not natural. Nabba has its dates up but UKBFF and 2BP dont. All the older shows are removed too so I can’t guess dates based on this year.

I’ll likely want to compete in May and I think most federations have shows then? I’m based in the south of england but work remotely so can be anywhere if…

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Now I no longer do both low and high incline in a session. my 4 rotations are:

1. Low Incline DB Press, Lateral Raise.

2. High Incline Smith Press, EZ Skull Crusher (lowering behind head)

3. Shoulder Press DB, Narrow Tricep Press

4. Reverse Grip Smith Press. Cable Lateral Raise, Tricep Extension.

This was how I first started my build phase with FB.…

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For what its worth, I just stalled out on pressing doing FB too. I’d been stuck on low incline pressing the 40’s for 9 for 3-4 weeks. I have similar session set up, low and high incline in 1 session. Mid incline and laterals another session. Smith pressing variations too. I felt like it was maybe a recovery issue. Ended up having 4 days out of…

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@Hilly Thats very good to know, thanks. Im prescribed TRT, so I’ll be on for life. It was the fertility aspect I was thinking about. I’m 32, so im thinking about my short to mid term (3-8 years) fertility. My partner is 35. I started TRT at 30 so figured HCG made sense for fertility over that timeframe. But it was just a guess with the…

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Am I likely wasting my time keeping it in to try an maintain some fertility and keep options open? Or is it best to just do a proper fertility blast of stuff and cross your fingers if/when the time arises?

Oh and I’m running the 100 test 400 deca now and BP seems to be coming down and being more manageable at about 125/65, so thanks for the…

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Thanks! I will definitely start figuring all that out with Mast and Primo after this build phase. For now the HCG is staying in to maintain some testicular function / fertility to hopefully keep options open. So it sounds like E2 management will remain pretty crucial for now.

Thats very useful to know, thank you. Ok, I’ll grab a bottle of nandrolone so I can dilute down the test in the blend I have and not waste it.

Yes, the HCG is always in. Around 250-300IU EOD. About 1000IU a week.

Am I drawing the right conclusions here or am I missing anything? I would really appreciate the opinions of those with more experienced than me.

I think I’m quite a high aromatiser, and this has a knock on effect on my blood pressure. Here’s the data:

On TRT (120-140mg Cyp, 1000IU HCG), I have to jab EOD otherwise my oestradiol goes too high…

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I was hoping for some advice, I’m going to compete and I wanted to do a really basic peak week, minimising variables and getting a good start point to build from. I dont want to try and juggle 15 different things, not really knowing whats going on, and not know what worked or didn’t.

What would you recommend as something basic? or any other tips.…

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Hi Phoebe, I have tried it on my shoulders / upper back, didnt have much luck annoyingly. I had a block of 6 or 8 sessions, maybe that wasnt enough. This was about 5 years ago though, im sure the kit has improved now too. Could be worth revisiting, thanks!

Im looking for some advice please. I have fairly dry, sensitive skin. When im shaving it actually stings, almost like a pinch on each hair folicle. This is both wet shaving in the shower with ultra sensitive shaving mouse and a 3 blade razer, or dry shaving with a philips oneblade trimmer. It leaves my skin feeling sore and raw,…

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Hi everyone,

I think this post fits best here. I’m 30, currently 85kg. Just on a 2 week diet break. Down from 89kg in about 14 weeks. Was down at 2000kcal, 10k steps, 5x week pull/push split (hammys on pull, quads and calves on push).

Now at 2600kcal seeing if that is my new maintenance.

Mentally needed the break and it coincided with a Germany…

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