Q: “How do I time my use of oral anabolic steroids within the weeks of a steroid cycle? Should I pyramid up and down or taper their use?” A: Usually the principal use of oral anabolic steroids within a cycle is to add to the total effect of the stack. In the simplest instance, make […]
Daily and Weekly Timing of Oral Anabolic Steroids
Q: “How do I time my use of oral anabolic steroids during the day or week?” A: For anabolic effect, it’s most efficient for levels to be as sustained as possible across the day, within reason. We could compare, for example, taking Dianabol as 50 mg once per day or as 10 mg five times […]
Long-Term and Low-Dose Oral Steroid Use as an Alternative to Traditional Steroid Cycles
Q: “Instead of doing cycles that suppress my system for weeks on end, I’m considering using oral steroids on some days but not others. One reasons is, I don’t want my bodyweight fluctuating by 20-30 lb at a time. That would raise questions. Shouldn’t total gains per year depend on the total amount of steroids […]
Optimal Cortisol Levels for Maximum Muscle Gains
Q: “I know that for joint health we need cortisol levels to be in the normal range, but with all the evidence of glucocorticoids like cortisol being catabolic, wouldn’t low normal be the best place to be?” A: At least where androgen levels are midnormal or better, no results have ever indicated to me that […]
Can Blocking Cortisol Lead to Steroid-Like Muscle Gains?
Q: “The body is always both building up and tearing down. Except for some ads and articles, everyone seems to focus on the anabolism part but not on cortisol’s role in catabolism. Can I get some steroid-like gains from blocking cortisol?” A: No. For some time now, excellent pharmaceutical anti-aromatases have been available, particularly letrozole […]
Telmisartan
Telmisartan (Micardis) is an oral prescription medication most commonly used to treat hypertension, including mild hypertension where blood pressure is only moderately elevated or borderline. If choosing to self-medicate for mild hypertension or borderline high blood pressure, telmisartan is an excellent or even best choice. As elevated blood pressure is often an undesired side effect […]
AICAR
AICAR (5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-β-D-ribofuranoside, 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleoside, acadesine) is each of several interesting things. First, it’s an important pharmacological research agent, used principally as an AMPK activator. It’s a compound which has shown extremely impressive fat-loss and endurance-enhancing effects in laboratory animals. Further, it has considerable mystique resulting from at least some use by elite European cyclists. And […]
DNP (Dinitrophenol)
DNP (dinitrophenol) is a synthetic chemical product which can induce very rapid fat loss when taken orally. It accomplishes this by strongly or even dangerously increasing body temperature and metabolic rate. I have to rate DNP as the harshest and most dangerous drug used in bodybuilding. Although one might think such a drug would be […]
T3 (liothyronine)
T3 (triiodothyronine, liothyronine, Cytomel) is a thyroid hormone drug fairly commonly used for fat loss, particularly in the context of anabolic steroid cycles. T3 is naturally produced in the body as a result of T4 (thyroxine) production by the thyroid. Oral administration of T3 can yield higher levels of serum T3 than would occur naturally, […]
Clenbuterol
Clenbuterol (Spiropent) is a beta-receptor agonist drug used in the treatment of asthma and in bodybuilding for the purpose of fat loss. In some instances, it can also be used to enhance performance in endurance exercise. When to use clenbuterol Clenbuterol should only be used when fat loss needs to be particularly accelerated over a […]