[mark ferrara]

Realistically plaque doesn’t even start to show up on a Cac till usually late 30s and for most people early 40s. Some extreme cases I’m sure could show some plaque in 20s but I’d say for most wait until aboht 35 for the data to be accurate and useful. I just got one myself at 38 and doctors said that’s quite young but given my many years of gear use it was a must in my opinion

[mark ferrara]

They haven’t worked for a few weeks it seems

[mark ferrara]

Hey buddy, personally I like to press twice per week. Early on in the week for chest then later on in the week for shoulders.!

Hey bro , i do too! I just always feel like the pressing later on during the week for delts if i do it that way takes away from my heavy push day. It’s such a toss up. If I’m doing machines i can def take 2x a week but since i still love my heavy free weights i def feel like that taxes the system more . Everyone is different for sure tho[/quote]

I hear you my man ..but it boils down to what your goals are. If you are happy with that frequency and love heavy dumbbells that’s cool . But I think you can press on a Monday and a Saturday with ample volume each session and 5 sleeps between the two sessions . I ran push on a Tuesday and upper on a Saturday and I’ve found that is a sweet spot obviously with Saturdays volume a touch lower[/quote]

Makes a lot of sense and i appreciate your input. With that being said… other than the need to stabilize .. why are free weights so much more taxing ? It seems like more guys are getting away from heavy bb and db work especially while doing 2x a week frequency. [/quote]

They tax the nervous system more as the demand for internal and external stability is massive. People aren’t shying away from them because they are hard , it’s a case of picking movements and training at a frequency and volume that meets your needs . So for instance if it means doing heavy dumbbells is stopping me from pressing two times a week , I’ll drop them not because they are dumbbells but because i simply don’t have the recovery capabilities to meet those demands. Simple . Or if I really like the dumbell press then I’ll have to adjust my volume [/quote]
This is great bro thank you so much for this 🙏🏻💪🏾

[mark ferrara]

Hey buddy, personally I like to press twice per week. Early on in the week for chest then later on in the week for shoulders.!

Hey bro , i do too! I just always feel like the pressing later on during the week for delts if i do it that way takes away from my heavy push day. It’s such a toss up. If I’m doing machines i can def take 2x a week but since i still love my heavy free weights i def feel like that taxes the system more . Everyone is different for sure tho[/quote]

I hear you my man ..but it boils down to what your goals are. If you are happy with that frequency and love heavy dumbbells that’s cool . But I think you can press on a Monday and a Saturday with ample volume each session and 5 sleeps between the two sessions . I ran push on a Tuesday and upper on a Saturday and I’ve found that is a sweet spot obviously with Saturdays volume a touch lower[/quote]
Makes a lot of sense and i appreciate your input. With that being said… other than the need to stabilize .. why are free weights so much more taxing ? It seems like more guys are getting away from heavy bb and db work especially while doing 2x a week frequency.

[mark ferrara]

Hey buddy, personally I like to press twice per week. Early on in the week for chest then later on in the week for shoulders.!

Hey bro , i do too! I just always feel like the pressing later on during the week for delts if i do it that way takes away from my heavy push day. It’s such a toss up. If I’m doing machines i can def take 2x a week but since i still love my heavy free weights i def feel like that taxes the system more . Everyone is different for sure tho

[mark ferrara]

Yep, totally agree with the guys here mate, it’s all a balance of volume, frequency, and intensity

Similar to Hilly, I would keep the DB press to once per week

Makes sense , especially after age 35 we can’t get away with what we did in our 20s and the stronger we get the more damage the session does to us 🙏🏻💪🏼

[mark ferrara]

You don’t “notice” benefits of most things

They do work in back ground

I do sauna every day, I take anabolics and my heart seems pretty good

If it adds 1% I’m

Willing to do it, if you have means to do it and think it’s worth it

Do it

Thanks Kuba🙏🏻💪🏼

[mark ferrara]

You don’t “notice” benefits of most things

They do work in back ground

I do sauna every day, I take anabolics and my heart seems pretty good

If it adds 1% I’m

Willing to do it, if you have means to do it and think it’s worth it

Do it

Looks like i wont be missing my sauna session today, i will say i did notice blood pressure drop a little (114/60) after adding it to my regimen… and while Anabolics. 🙏🏻♥️

[mark ferrara]

Hello Jordan,

Is everything okay? How’s life?

He’s busy busy bud so he’s working hard at both brand and his process [/quote]

Makes sense!! Jordan is such an inspiration that when he goes full locked in mode, he is definitely missed. Hope everything goes well 🙏🏻[/quote]His IG is down too , hope he is ok🙏🏻

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[mark ferrara]

I honestly think it depends on what the issue is and what you’re wanting it to fix. I know Meg & kuba have had it done so I know they’ll be able to shed some more light on it

Good point , I’d say mainly some joint issues that started recently (22 years of hard training), gonna up my bpc and tb500 for starters .. much simpler route for now

[mark ferrara]

Seems like a miracle according to all these celebrities lol

[mark ferrara]

No personal experience of it (yet), but the key difference is that bpc/tb are generally used for all sorts of tissue repair whereas Cartalax is specific for joints and cartilage. You probably wouldn’t use it for a tear.

This one interests me as I’ve got a dodgy knee from an old injury, but I just can’t try it yet as I’m experimenting with other things and I don’t like to try peptides whilst using other peptides.

This sound very interesting, as my elbows have been getting achy and even with curcumin, Gh and tb/bpc they are still acting up. Sounds like cartalax could be useful here (hopefully)

[mark ferrara]

Reta tapers up , stop when reached goal , start at 250mcg / day , I stopped at 1200mcg / day , and then lowered back to 1000 and then 7-800 as that felt best digestion wise and then tapered back down from there as food went Up. Currently on zero , will re add when very lean

Slu , start at 600mcg 2 x a day . Taper up as needed . I’m currently on 1800mcg x 2 a day

5 amino , I haven’t used in a diet phase , but oral at 150mg a day seems effective based on others

Itpp load on 1000 a day , then 1000 3 times a week

Ss31 , I’m on 5mg a day . Clinical dose is 10mg , 3 has good effects , 5 better , cost depending

Mots 1 mg 1-2 x a day

Urolithin 6 caps on wake

Are you still doing bpc and tb500 and 1000 mg a day? I’m at 500mcg each and elbow pain is acting up , considering increasing dose

[mark ferrara]

Reta tapers up , stop when reached goal , start at 250mcg / day , I stopped at 1200mcg / day , and then lowered back to 1000 and then 7-800 as that felt best digestion wise and then tapered back down from there as food went Up. Currently on zero , will re add when very lean

Slu , start at 600mcg 2 x a day . Taper up as needed . I’m currently on 1800mcg x 2 a day

5 amino , I haven’t used in a diet phase , but oral at 150mg a day seems effective based on others

Itpp load on 1000 a day , then 1000 3 times a week

Ss31 , I’m on 5mg a day . Clinical dose is 10mg , 3 has good effects , 5 better , cost depending

Mots 1 mg 1-2 x a day

Urolithin 6 caps on wake

What brand of urolitin a do you recommend? I wa doing 1 cap a day i def need to up . What are the main benefits you see with it.. from what i read it’s a beneficial compound when taking mitochondrial agents .. but i do seems scarce [/quote]

Have a look on proforma bud, that’s where i ordered mine from. [/quote]
Ahh shit how did i miss that there 😂😂thanks boss

[mark ferrara]

Reta tapers up , stop when reached goal , start at 250mcg / day , I stopped at 1200mcg / day , and then lowered back to 1000 and then 7-800 as that felt best digestion wise and then tapered back down from there as food went Up. Currently on zero , will re add when very lean

Slu , start at 600mcg 2 x a day . Taper up as needed . I’m currently on 1800mcg x 2 a day

5 amino , I haven’t used in a diet phase , but oral at 150mg a day seems effective based on others

Itpp load on 1000 a day , then 1000 3 times a week

Ss31 , I’m on 5mg a day . Clinical dose is 10mg , 3 has good effects , 5 better , cost depending

Mots 1 mg 1-2 x a day

Urolithin 6 caps on wake

What brand of urolitin a do you recommend? I wa doing 1 cap a day i def need to up . What are the main benefits you see with it.. from what i read it’s a beneficial compound when taking mitochondrial agents .. but i do seems scarce

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