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Yeah, when stepping on stage. As original author said, water retention is more dependant on hydration and electrolyte intake. In terms of water retention before stepping on stage, I think as stable as possible is the most beneficial, since you want as consistent water weight and water retention...

Very good supplement stack, I think you are covering all bases. I'd just be vary of berberine making you go hypoglycemic deeper into cut when carbs drop even lower. I'd suggest testing GGT, alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin next time, to be extra sure liver is fine. Anecdotally, DHB is super...

I think long esters are always better than short ones, except when we want the drug out of the system as soon as possible (which is very rarely). They provide more stable hormone levels and therefore lessen side effects (and mental ones as well). I've never heard of this, may I ask where have...

Growth hormone. Pair it with enough anabolics and you'll grow like weed. But in reality, you should stop asking if there is a secret cycle that gives super gains - there isn't. Even if you hit all pathways for growth (androgens, GH, insulin,...) you will gain maximum 1kg of muscle mass per...

The sad truth is, the stuff that works best is not flashy or exotic at all. The best cycle for putting on mass are dead simple: medium dose of testosterone with primo or EQ to control aromatisation or relatively low dose of test plus masteron. Add GH and run it for 5 months. All exotics are too...

What further explanation would there need to be? I wrote every reason to use 30G in the original post. Smaller needle = less pain, less scar tissue, less PIP but longer time drawing and injecting (which is a worthy tradeoff). It might've sounded like I implied to always use small needles, but...

It hurt me to even read this. I cannot understand why are some people opposed to using insulin needles (29 or 30G) fo intramuscular injections too. It produces less scar tissue and irritates the muscle less. The only downside is you have to inject a bit longer, but that irritates the muscle...

I think the frontload protocol like this is a mistake. It takes around 4 to 5 half lives of a drug to reach steady concentrations, in the case of test E with its half life of 4.5 days, the time until saturation (or flushing out of the system) is 18 to 22.5 days (about 3 weeks). Test P has a half...

Lipids are my limiting factor so I had to figure out what helps. In no particular order: Statins (or red yeast rice extract, which has a naturally occuring statin monacolin K - they prevent the synthesys of cholesterol in your body and raise HDL to an extent) Ezetimibe (probs the best medication...

Yeah, he's insane. I base a lot of my training/programming off of him. I think he is the only modern bodybuilder who can say he trains, not works out

It prolongs how long the drug releases from the injection depot, which the provides more stable blood levels. Personally, I think this is a bit excessive when pinning everyday with a medium ester. Also it can cause some lumps under the skin which can look weird and the injection volume is quite...

As far as supps go, fish oil is overhyped IMO, I never saw much difference on bloodwork. Citrus bergamot is the 2nd best supp for lipid control, if it wasn't so expensive I'd run it year round. If you need more stuff for lipid control, look into red yeast rice extract, I lowered my cholesterol...

Yes, I have found the same thing myself, how drastically nicotine influences blood pressure. Stopping nicotine is not just a health decision, it's also a financial decision, since now I spend less on snuss and less on blood pressure meds. It's also worth noting nicotine quite heavily decreases...

Was it the stiff knee sleeves ban that pushed you over the edge? Asking because I started my powerlifting journey in the WRPF because they have a few things I prefer over IPF: 24 hour early weigh ins, deadlift bar on deadlifts, better atmosphere on lifts, monolift, etc.

Salvatore already said alot, I'd just add some more things to keep an eye on: blood pressure. Especially for powerlifters, blood pressure can be an issue, so stay on top of it. Bloodwork looks good, keep an eye on lipids and liver enzymes and you'll be fine

I agree on the low e2 being bad, but I do think you can have too much aromatisation on a dose of testosterone, that is not maxxed out (meaning you would still get more anabolism from raising the dose)

Yes, to a point, but free testosterone will aromatise even if it does not saturate all androgen receptors, so I don't think the assessment is correct here. It's the androgenic side effects (the non genomic effects) that signify the androgen dose is too high and testosterone will aromatise before...

Maybe it's even not dangerous, since the estrogen alpha receptor is only "responsible" for feminising effects. Don't know about libido changes, my client who is on 175 test e and 700 mast e had zero complaints

Maybe they dropped e2 because they got leaner. That's why anecdotes are usually problematic: the variables are not all under control. Masteron is usually used in cutting cycles, so the people you mentioned probably lost bodyfat. This happened to one of my clients.

I do plan on using EQ during my next cycle and yes, it does make sense e2 crashes towards the 10 week mark, as the EQ in the system saturates, while testosterone has been saturated since week 4 (assuming the ester is enanthate). I don't see how my statement contradicted anything you said here...