ere are some interesting or common questions that I get e-mailed to me. I am posting the answers here for everybody to learn from! E-mail me your questions at raven1008@yahoo.com and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Please be sure to read all my other articles before e-mailing because most likely your question has already been answered there. Also, I am on the Bodybuilding.com Forum every day answering questions. Check it out!
Warning: Some questions are hypothetical questions based on steroids. This is for entertainment purposes ONLY. Read at your own risk.
QUESTIONS FROM 04/08/02.
What exactly is this glycerol I keep hearing about ? It's in all the protein bars out there and all the companies claim its not a carb, yet some new law requires them to list it under calories from carbs. Some clarification would be nice...
Well, the companies are right in stating that its not a carb. The correct physiological term for it, is that it's an alcohol. In itself it doesn't do much, but in the body it can bind with fatty acids to for di- and triglycerides, and when bonded with two fatty acids and a phosphorous atom, even phospholipids. While glycerol itself does not readily store as fat, all these other compounds it helps form do. So in that aspect the new law has a point that they have to list the calories somewhere on the label. Since there isn't a separate place for alcohols on the nutrition panel, it's not such a bad choice. It's actually closer to a fat, but has only half the amount of calories, which brings it quantitatively closer to a carb at about 4.4 calories per gram. Not that I've ever been an extreme protagonist of energy bars. A diligent bodybuilder will pack his snacks himself the night before and save the money another spends on bars.
I am 16 and 5' 11" tall. Well I guess this much height isn't enough for me. I at least want to be 6' 2" - 6'3" but I've heard that lifting weights acts on your height, as a result decreasing their speed of growth. My case is such where I also want to train hard and also want a good height. So could you please specify some tips or exercises which will keep me growing taller.
There are no tips. That weight training stops your growth is a total myth. This is a genetic predisposition and the total life-time growth can be determined by looking at the opening between epiphysial plates. That's your maximum growth potential and weight training will not alter that. Now it's true that top levels athletes often deliver a shock to the system that can halt their evolution temporarily. This is why female gymnasts often don't complete puberty until their early twenties, when their career is over. But in no way does their training stop them from completing or stop them from growing. Just delays it. If that is an absolute problem, then if you are training deadlifts and squats to be a world-champion power-lifter this can occur, but unless you are that competitive and dedicated it is a long shot.
Largely this myth came into existence because of the generalization that all bodybuilders take steroids. Because steroids, especially potent androgens, can close the epiphysial plates. With puberty comes an increase in testosterone, and the androgenic stimulation from that finishes the growth process by fusing these plates. All steroids with androgenic qualities possess this ability as well and hence can stop you from growing. But unless you are using steroids, lifting will not stop your growth. Whether that means you will be 6'2 or 6'3, well, nature and genetics will decide that. Could be more, could be less. Either way, you aren't going to change anything about it.
I'm currently doing a cutting cycle with steroids. I'm using Proviron, Winstrol and equipoise. I've also got a good line on some Finasteride for next to no money. I'm a bit concerned over hair loss, should I invest in this?
Finasteride is a common hair loss treatment, mostly sold under the brand names Rogaine and Proscar. Hair loss occurs through androgen receptor stimulation in the scalp. In normal men, testosterone will convert to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) through the 5-alpha-reductase enzyme. DHT is 3-4 times more potent at stimulating the androgen receptor than testosterone and has therefore been named the culprit for male pattern hair loss in men not supplementing with steroids.
What finasteride does is block the 5-alpha-reductase enzyme to stop the formation of DHT from testosterone. Now in your case finasteride is a complete waste of money however. First of all you are supplementing with Boldenone, which has a very poor affinity for the 5-alpha-reductase enzyme to begin with. So finasteride would do very little in reducing its potency to stimulate the androgen receptor and cause hair loss. But most importantly you are using Proviron. Proviron is in essence DHT with the sole difference that it has a 1-methyl group to enhance oral availability. So whether or not you block the 5-alpha-reductase enzyme or not your DHT level will rise because you are supplementing with DHT, basically rendering your finasteride a complete waste. So no, it's not a good investment. More steroid info.
I'm a big fan of your articles and I've been going over some of them again recently and I noticed a contradiction. You said that ZMA should be taken on an empty stomach before going to bed, but in your Ten Commandments for Bulking you stated that its imperative we should eat before going to bed. How would that work?
It's a seeming contradiction, but not really a contradiction. You wouldn't be the first to question me about this. Lets assume a hypothetical situation where you eat your last two meals at 8 and 10 and you go to bed at 10.15. Then around 9.30 you would have a relatively empty stomach. That would be the time to take your ZMA with some water (no milk, minimum calcium intake if you recall the article). That leaves half an hour until your next meal and really 20 minutes should be all you need for the zinc in ZMA to absorb properly. So the next meal, at 10, wouldn't exert any influence on your ZMA.
So to recap, if you take your ZMA on a relatively empty stomach, no calcium, roughly 45 minutes before bed and your last meal 15 minutes before bed, you should be perfectly fine.
I was wondering if it was normal for your white blood cell count to go up if you are on prohormones. It seems mine almost doubles when I take them and I was wondering if that is bad?
It's perfectly normal. Steroidal compounds that form estrogen through one pathway or another, usually through conversion by the aromatase enzyme, will do this. This goes for steroids, as well as prohormones, which in essence convert to steroids. Although some prohormones like 19Nor and andro can also directly convert to estrogen. Estrogen, while mostly associated with negative effects, has several positive influences as well. One of them is that it greatly enhances the immunity. Part of that reaction is formed by an increase in white blood cells, the body's primary guard against blood infections. It also helps upgrade the androgen receptor, release more growth hormones and make more efficient use of glucose. So in a way its quite beneficial as an increase in white blood cell count, within certain limits of course, actually increases your immunity.
Androgens will have an opposite effect and increase red blood cell count, which has the primary function of increasing the body's oxygen uptake and improving your aerobic endurance. Most aromatizing steroids such as boldenone, testosterone, nandrolone and such will actually increase both white and red blood cells, notably increasing blood volume. In some cases, as with boldenone this effect is so pronounced that users report an improvement in vascularity. A non-aromatizing steroid, one that does not form estrogen, will have an opposite effect and increase red blood cell count more than white blood cell count, actually lowering immunity.
What is a good beginning cycle for a 20 year old male? Which prohormone is best and should I stack them? Also is it more harmful than helpful to take prohormones at 20 because my test is already high?
What is a good beginning cycle for anyone? It sort of depends on your goal. If you are cutting and looking to retain mass obviously you won't opt for aromatizing prohormones like andro and 19Nor or even 4AD or Nor-diol because increased estrogen also adds water and body-fat. And like-wise, looking for the most mass in the shortest time you won't opt for 5AA or 1AD which offer quality, but small gains. For a beginner I would suggest that you start out with a total daily prohormone dose of 600-900 mg, then progress to 900-1200 mg. Take it in three doses of 200-300 mg each after breakfast, lunch and dinner and this every day for a period of 6-8 weeks, followed by 6-8 weeks off. Whether it be for a 20-year old or a 50-year old, the actual cycles won't differ that much. To help you choose which products, read the following article (http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/catproh2.htm), it can help you make those decisions based on the characteristics of the prohormones and their target hormones.
Is it helpful to take prohormones at 20? Well, if you are planning on this, I'm sure you are aware of the side-effects and risk associated with prohormone use, so I needn't remind you I hope. If this is not the case I sincerely suggest you read this article (http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/catproh.htm) through a few times and learn what you can. You need to be aware of proper and responsible use of these products to effectively get the best out of them. As for your age, testosterone levels will decrease only about 15-20% between the ages of 20 and 55. That means there isn't a nominal incline that would warrant a young man taking more. In the end you have to remember that it's the prohormone dose that carries the result because your natural test production, be it low or be it high, is temporarily shut down.
Hey man, I'm try to get ripped and ASAP! I think I got like 10 lbs to lose and probably not even that much, what supplements should I be taking and when? How should I be training? Thanks Big Cat.
If this is the question you are asking, then you will not lose a single pound. As far as the actual losing of fat is concerned neither training nor supplementation plays a key role. The only way to lose fat is diet and cardio. You are aware I hope that dieting and cardio prevent muscle gain and may lead to muscle loss right? The aim is to get the body to produce catabolic hormones to break down fat. At this point you are burning carbs as your main fuel source. The answer: Cut back on calories and carbs. You should be consuming 10 cals per pound of bodyweight or less. Most of that reduction should come from carbs. You still need to be eating over 1 gram per pound of bodyweight in protein spread over 6 meals a day. The low carbs create ketosis, and release a substance called cortisol. Cortisol is a corticosteroid hormone that locks up glycogen and keeps it from being used, consequently switching the body to burn fat and protein. Cardio. You need to be doing three sessions of cardio. Two long moderate sessions and one short intense session. This will release more cortisol and also cathecholamines. These are a group of hormones including adrenaline (epinephrine), noradrenaline (norepinephrine) and Dopamine. Cathecholamines turn glycogen back to glucose due to low blood sugar levels. The result is the same though: you burn fat and protein instead. Burning fat is the aim here, burning protein is not. Now that you know this, lets look at supplementation.
To aid you in your goal of losing fat, you may want to use a fat-burner. There are plenty available but the most effective kinds are still ECA (ephedrine, caffeine, aspirine) fat-burners. There are a ton of them. My favorites include Hydroxycut, Animal Cuts and Xenadrine, but basically the 200 mg of ephedrine and 20 mg caffeine are the base ingredients for all of them, and the key component. The other ingredients don't add more than 20%, and considering that a fat-burner only contributes a small percentage to your fat-loss program, the difference from one to the next is not that big.
Next you'll want to protect your muscle from being burned. This requires either glutamine or HMB. Glutamine is a non-dietary, non-essential amino acid. Yet it comprises up to 60% of the amino acid pool because its multi-functional and can be made in large quantities from other amino's. When the body is catabolic and attempts to burn protein, it will rob this from the muscle, and it has a high affinity for glutamine. Hence supplementing with glutamine will allow the body to burn that instead of having to scavenge the muscle for it. HMB (beta-hydroxy, beta-methyl butyrate) is another non-essential amino acid made from the essential branched chain amino acid leucine. HMB prevents the muscle from being catabolized, much in the same way that cortisol keeps glycogen from being burned. The downside: both are expensive and both only work in high doses. For glutamine you'll want to supplement 4-5 doses of 5-10 grams in between meals, and for HMB you'll want to get 3-5 doses of 2 grams in between meals as well. But both are very effective for this purpose, even though both have low efficacy when trying to gain muscle.
Next to that a multi-vitamin and some sort of protein (keep nitrogen levels high by taking protein throughout the day) and Vitamin C, ZMA and EFA's are good investments too. EFA's, essential fatty acids, can teach the body to burn fat, increase satiety thereby decreasing carb cravings and forms the base compound for steroid hormones such as testosterone and Vitamin D, both needed to maintain bone density on a catabolic diet.
Your training should stay roughly the same. It's not a key factor, though a lot of people do change it. The most popular belief being increasing the repetitions and doing more and longer sets to raise cortisol levels, the other belief being decreasing training sessions and repetitions and train with heavy weight in order to decrease cortisol and maximize GH in order to prevent muscle loss.
I just got done reading a few bodybuilding web pages on creatine, and I'm not sure if MMUSA is paying these sites or what, but from the looks of it most all of them say the Creatine Serum if stabilized doesn't turn to creatinine waste, or at least not for 2 years. Most of them say the MMUSA has a way of stabilizing their creatine liquid, what do you think of that?
I'm fully aware that MMUSA is saying that, but if it was true, why haven't they outsourced yet? If you have a way of stabilizing creatine you could make millions selling your stuff to Gatorade, Schweppes and Coca-Cola. Every beverage company in the world would go nuts over liquid creatine. Yet for some reason this stumpy, tiny, little company has it and they don't want to make money off of it? Then why sell it at all?
Secondly, Creatine serum was among a number of brands tested for actual creatine content and found that less than 5% of the listed dose was present after a 4-week shelf life. This was an independent lab assay.
Thirdly, SKW is the largest manufacturer of creatine in the world. They are huge with a huge annual budget. They have been searching for a way to stabilize creatine in liquid for years. If they can't do it, what on earth makes anyone believe this little company from Butthole, USA can?
You mentioned the GH running out around 45 minutes in a workout, I looked into that also and it looks like there are some artificial ways of taking a hGH what do you think of these products?
The only way to sell somatropin in legal form is if its below a certain concentration. Companies that sell these products market this as a loop-hole in the law. It's not. Government isn't that dumb, the amount allowed to be marketed legally is less than half the minimum effective dose, and can only be delivered sublingually (injection is illegal, oral is impossible). The stuff is watered down and diluted. They take a bucket of water, drop in ten drops of GH, then throw the bucket in a basin, empty the basin in a lake, take 5 drops of the lake and put it in a sublingual alcoholic mix. To give you an idea of how much GH you are getting. Taking more is not an option, because studies have shown that 25 mg is the maximum absorbable dose for sublingual products.
Another thing is, why exactly do you want to use GH? I have two studies that prove that GH has no effect on increasing lean body mass or body composition.
If you want to raise GH, well let me tell you a few things that give you a higher GH boost than any product currently available: Working out, sleeping and eating. That's right, the things we do most of all raise GH far higher than any product currently available.
To extend training, well you can add the GH, but it won't stop the body from still increasing your cortisol rate. Besides, why train longer if 45 minutes is sufficient. GH levels are also trainable. Someone who is a well-trained top class athlete can probably maintain high GH levels for up to 70 minutes.
QUESTIONS FROM 02/01/02.
Since my source doesn't have Testosterone cypionate, would Testosterone enanthate (test depo) be the best alternative? or would you suggest Sustanon 250. Also what are your thoughts on Proviron in addition to nolvadex?
No enanthate is a better option. I actually like it better than cypionate as it has a higher concentration of testosterone per gram rate. Gives the effect of being just a bit more potent. Its ester is one carbon shorter, making more of the weight actual testosterone and less of it ester. Sustanon is not a good testosterone in my opinion, at least not for the duration of a cycle. Because its split up in fast and long-acting esters, you'll find it delivers a peak dose early on and lower doses long-term than you would expect from enanthate of cypionate. Its not the best value for money when it comes to testosterone. It would be useful to start a cycle off with, as in injecting your weekly amount of testosterone as sustanon the first week of a cycle, to get faster results and then start enanthate or cypionate weekly in the same dose, 5 days after you injected your initial doses of sustanon.
My thoughts on adding proviron to any cycle that includes testosterone are: Go for it. DHT (proviron) shows a high affinity for a lot of structures. This includes the sex hormone binding proteins SHBG and albumin. That would in turn free up more testosterone to elicit anabolic mediation. It also has a high affinity for aromatase, but is not altered by it to form estrogen, thus having an anti-estrogenic effects. No doubt this is what you were hinting at. Yes, it would be a good idea, but use lower doses, perhaps only 50 mg per day, to leave room for some aromatisation as it is partially responsible for the gains made from testosterone.
I'm worried about using ampoules when using steroids, they do not look as convenient as vials. Is there a risk involved with broken glass? Are they just as good?
Te risk of broken glass is minimal, all ampoules have a pre-cut indentation where you break the glass, so its not likely to break elsewhere and leave glass. Unless you plan to drink it, its not much of a problem either, glass shards would be too large in 99% of cases to get into your needle. Basically the use is the same. Open it up, draw into a sterile needle and inject. Ampoules are of course made for single use as they are hard to store once opened.
Note: At least one person assumed it would be hard to break open where intended as it seemed the liquid rose higher than the indentation. He later corrected himself on this matter as he noted that ampoules are photographed lying down mostly, and thus the levels indicates would not be accurate.
I've heard you say that you could make an equal transdermal delivery system for 4AD to that of Ergopharm's androspray for less money. How would one go about this?
Well yes, since I know of at least one online place that sells quality 4AD for 80 bucks per 100 grams. The carrier that ergopharm uses, and this can be found on a number of online websites where Patrick Arnold himself discussed these matters, is 80% ethanol SD40 and 20% Isopropyl Myristate (IPM). Both these products can be found in your local pharmacy. Any pharmacy will have plenty of top grade ethanol at any given time, you may have to order IPM, but since pharmacies are stocked 5 times a day, you should have it the next day at the latest. Now I take it most of you can do the math to convert that amount to the proper ratios for a standard 50 mg/ml solution for any amount of 4AD you have, but just to make sure I'll take you through it step by step using the example of this 100 gram dose (this is quite a lot, with the mandatory waiting periods between cycles, it will last you at least a year).
We make the solution 50 mg/ml, as is the standard for most transdermal products out there. That means we would need 2 liters of solution for 100 grams of 4AD (100.000 mg). 20% of two liters is 0.4 liters. That is the amount of IPM you need, then add 1.6 liters of ethanol, your 100 grams of 4AD and put it in a container you can store in a cool dark place. Since alcohol is fleeting, make sure your container closes good. If you have an old androspray bottle you can use that and start off by just refilling it every time. If not, for buck you can get a syringe off your local pharmacist as well (you don't need a needle so this will not be a problem) and draw up 1 ml at a time and apply it on your skin. Use 6 ml after showering and 6 ml twelve hours later every day for a period of 6-8 weeks, followed by an off-period of 12-16 weeks before recommencing. This solution can be made for other prohormones as well, but the prohormones worth using usually cost too much even in bulk, making the price difference between making them yourself and buying them smaller, but still giving you the hassle of making them, so this is particularly useful for 4AD. Even at the cost of such a small quantity of ethanol and IPM, it will still be two to 3 times cheaper, if not more than ordering a similar amount commercially. Your product is now equal to ergopharm transdermals and superior to standard isopropyl transdermals like the one's Biotest and Impact nutrition fabricate.
I'm in a bulking phase. However the fat I'm gaining around my waist seems to bother me. I know you recommend just sucking it up for the greater good and reminding myself it will be gone once I cut up, but do you think it could hurt to do some cardio? I'm a student, so I do drink regularly.
Adding in some cardio doesn't hurt for most people. If it should refrain you from booking gains at a normal rate, simply eat more. Cardio increases the amount of calories burned and when done long-term for a moderate period stimulates the burning of fat over carbs due to an increased cortisol rate. Although before suggesting cardio, your first resolution should be to eat cleaner. Protein doesn't turn to fat very easily, so it makes more sense to up your protein and lower your carbs, calories staying equal and then do intermittent cardio. If you get too fat you do cardio, soon as you can tolerate the extra fat again, you stop. But you need to keep eating cleaner, especially if you drink regularly. Alcohol is 7 empty calories per gram and is a classified estrogen agonist as well. So despite campus rumors that you need to drink beer to be a man, it's good to know its actually turning you into a woman...
In your opinion, what is the best way to take Winny? Drinking the injectable aqueous solution or injecting it while varying the injection sites and does drinking the injectable aqueous solution result in the same amount of liver toxicity as the orals? BTW, I read your steroid profiles and I must compliment you on them. Nice work, Big Cat!!
Ingesting will always give a lower yield than injecting, even with 17-alpha-alkykation. If you are drinking vials and you do a vial a day, you wouldn't note a whole lot of difference. Injecting is best for people wanting to use lower doses, they can inject once every other day. But people that take every day, would opt for oral in which case a vial (being the same compound as the tabs) is more value for money than the tabs. A single morning dose of 1 vial (50 mg) is the preferred use. Since I'm not one to recommend the pain of daily injections and I find the orals to be poor value for money, ingesting the vials is the best way to go in my opinion. At least if you go high dose.
Ingesting it means it makes two passes through the liver, when injecting only once. Obviously making a first pass makes ingesting more toxic than injecting, eventhough both compound are 17-alpha-alkylated. When ingesting I do not recommend use of Winstrol for longer than 6-8 weeks. If you go beyond six weeks its advised you get liver values tested on a regular basis. When injecting one could stretch use for 8-10 weeks, under the same prerequisite.
Please recommend a fat burner for me. I have high blood pressure and most fat burners are not good for people with high blood pressure. Your expertise would be appreciated.
I'm not going to lie to you, all the decent OTC fatburners are thermogenics and as such raise the blood pressure. There are a few non-stimulant fat burners, but comparatively, their effect will truly be negligable. I like forskolin for example. Not sure how much it will do by itself though. Syntrax carries it under the name XXX and sells about 19 bucks retail, if you shop around you'll probably find it cheaper. They are 20 mg caps, so 2 caps three times a day (120 mg) should be enough. They also carry MM4, which contains the same amount of forskolin but also two or three other ingredients that shouldn't have a major effect on blood pressure. That sells for around 20 bucks right here at Bodybuilding.com. Hope that helps some, but mostly it looks like you are stuck with a good diet and some cardio, old school style.
I bought Arnolds "The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding" a while back and I've studied it pretty thoroughly and decided to give his recommended training program a shot. I have seen great results using this program, I have one problem though. It is a three day split, working each muscle group twice a week. He recommends working the lower back on leg day which makes sense to me, however, The next day is chest and back which includes Deadlifts. Ouch, I just did squats and straight leg deadlifts the day before and the low back is one of the slowest recovering muscles. Then the next day I shoulders and arms, this workout includes the clean and press, another low back killer. I know that it is the focus on power movements that has given me the results I've seen and I enjoy doing them, but I am concerned about giving my lower back sufficient time to recover. Do you have any suggestions or advice on how I can modify my program to still include the power movements but give my low back some recovery time as well?
Ok, I like Arnold's Encyclopedia a lot, you can learn a whole lot from it in terms of exercises, like the long forgotten art of how to do a correct dumbbell shoulder press and such. But the programs he lists are insane. Now if you are on a good cycle of Dianabol and Primobolan and you had all day to eat food of the quality they had in the 70's, then you could probably pull off Arnold's type of programs, but really the workload is crazy, even for advanced lifters. Each body-part once a week is more than enough. Here are some good splits for you:
Do each different section below on a different day. For example, in 6-day split you would do chest on day one, back on day two, and so on.
6-day split : Chest/back/legs/shoulders/biceps/triceps/rest
5-day split : Chest/back/legs/rest/shoulders/arms/rest
4-day split : Chest+tri's/back+bi's/rest/legs/rest/shoulders/rest
3-day split : Chest+tri's/rest/back+bi's/rest/shoulders+legs/rest
I recommend mostly 4 and 5 day splits as they provide adequate stimulation and adequate rest, both are equally important to growth. You are right to focus mainly on big lifts early on, as they will equally develop power in all muscles, and allow you to achieve better results once you dissociate you body-parts more. Keep each session under 45-50 minutes, don't overdo the workload off the bat, start with 8-10 sets per session and work your way up as you feel you can handle it. Remember that any increase in workload is an increase in energy expenditure and must be compensated with an increase in caloric intake (food in other words).
I read about this GABA product on some web page, does this really work? I'm a female, 39 years old, weight 130, 5'5" tall, I just want to lose fat around my belly and abs. I started in my home doing a workout (kickboxing 30 minutes x 4 days) and dumbbells x 3 days plus abs workout. Sometimes I take Xenadrine
If you want it to help you sleep, then GABA has a minor effect, but that's all it really does. It's just an amino acid and nothing more. High levels of protein intake will give you plenty of GABA as well.
If you want to lose fat around your belly I suggest you try Lipoderm-Y by Avant Labs. Bodybuilding.com sells it for around 50 bucks. Simply apply 6-8 squirts (twice a day, 10-12 hours apart) to the places you have most trouble losing fat in, like the upper legs, butt, abdomen and so forth. Now it has to be used in conjunction with a low calorie and preferably low carbohydrate diet. It delivers a substance called yohimbine Hcl into the adipose tissue. Yohimbine hydrochloride is a negative feedback blocker for cathecholamine hormones (epinephrine, norepinephrine and dopamine) which cause you to stop burning carbs, and burn fats and protein instead. Ultimately it causes fat loss. The yohimbine blocks their negative feedback mechanism, which means they can stay active longer than they otherwise would and thus increase fatburning potential in the area applied. It works well in conjunction with your Xenadrine as an ECA fatburner will help raise the level of cathecholamines to begin with.
My problem is gaining weight and size. I'm eating 6 times a day, and taking Andro, believe it or not I have not gained a pound. I've switched exercises every 3 weeks, and even tried switching every week just to shock my body, and still have not gained size. I'm 5'9 and weigh 160 and I would like to gain 10-15 pounds, I'm running out of ideas, but not patience. I would really appreciate any information you could give me on dieting, and what to do in the gym.
I'm not hearing what I should be hearing. What is your current caloric intake? If you aren't eating at least 18-22 calories per pound of bodyweight daily, you can basically rotate all you want, you aren't gonna go anywhere fast. Forget about training, forget about your number of meals. It's all good, but its not gonna do a damn thing unless you start where you need to start: EATING ENOUGH. A lot of people, in fact most people have a hard time grasping the notion of what eating enough means. For some, like myself the idea seemed unfathomable at first. But it's really not. The basic equation is, if you aren't gaining, if the scale isn't moving, then you aren't eating enough. Yes, it really is that simple. All the andro in the world (and for the record you should read my prohormone article cause regular androstenedione is the worst prohormone out of them all) won't change that. Not even steroids will. The essence of growth is based on the elements used to grow muscle and they can only be found in food.
Start there, then we can look at the rest. But I think deep down you know what I'm seeing. You've tried supplements, changing training and so forth and it didn't work. Like you said, what other ideas are there? Start by eating that little more at each of your six meals until the scale budges. Even if it is fat or water you are gaining, that would at least get you on the right track. No such thing as bad weight.
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