songsofpyramids
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Age/Gender: 36 M
Weight: 175lbs
Body fat: 16% (but measured with the scan so unsure how accurate)
Exercise: lift 5x a week fasted first thing in the am, but need to get cardio on lock more (in process) for about 2 years.
Diet: most on lock than any point in my life. IF with an 8 hour a day food window. 175g protein a day and the rest split 50/50 fats and carbs. Eat at maintenance or a little below (2100-2300 cal a day).
Bloodwork: spotless beyond a auto-immune marker being slightly high, as well as slightly high cholesterol (working on fixing, and potential autoimmune is being monitored).
PED use: natty except for 4 month use of mod grf and ipamorelin (100/200-250mcg 3-5x a day with very good results).
About a year ago I really started feeling my age. Recovery got harder, I got tired easier, and I just felt more ragged than I used to. Following a bunch of research I decided of research I decided to try the above peptide cycle (which I slowed titrated up to). I had incredible results honestly. I feel and look younger, my skin improved (also use script vitamin a), I dropped fat, put on lean mass, and had more improvements in ptsd related sleep issues than any point since I was 18-19 and suffered trauma.
Following such good results, and months of reading and researching on this and other forums, I’ve decided it is time to strap on my big boy shoes and try the real deal rhGH to see if I get even improved results however I’ve got a few concerns I’d like help addressing that I can’t find solid answers on.
Plan: I have 600iu good rhGH. I want to slowly titrate up to 3.6iu every day and ride this out for a 6 month recomp cycle. I plan to dose myself at 3-4am when I usually wake up to go pee to reduce insulin sensitivity issues as I’ll be fasted substantially by then and for a good chunk of time afterwards. I plan on doing a short few week “rhGH pct” with mod grf and ipa to spur natural GH production after the cycle (tho I know this isn’t explicitly necessary).
Goals: fat loss, better hair, skin wrinkle reduction, improved sense of well-being, sleep improvement, and lean muscle gain (even if this is not super dramatic).
Reason for not adding other anabolics: at 36 my testosterone is at 738ng/dl (and I can’t remember what free was but both were very good for my age) and I don’t feel like fucking that up with a bad pct and have to accelerate when I start trt (which I plan on doing when medically necessary). I also don’t care about getting huge or looking enhanced (but wouldn’t argue with a small boost to my physique). I also don’t want to look older quicker.
Questions:
1: is this a reasonable protocol and duration for my age and goals?
2: is this a relatively safe cycle if monitoring vitals and blood glucose well? (My research says yes this is relatively safe but I guess I’m looking for validation that it’s not stupid).
3: what is a good rate to titrate up my dose? I’ve read suggestions all over the place in terms of dose. Would starting at 1.5iu and increasing .5iu every 2 weeks till I hit 3.6iu be a good schedule?
4: what is the best protocol for mitigating insulin sensitivity, and how worried should I be about that at the dosage I’m using?
5: Besides metformin (which I don’t want to mess with) and Bernadine (already in the mail on the way) is there anything ever I can do to protect against insulin sensitivity?
6: how worried should I be of the potential for gyno and is there a pct product I should get in order to protect myself from it? This seems to be an outlier issue but I’d like to avoid it if it comes to it.
7: (I know this is a debate in and of itself) but how real is the belief that “rhGH is useless without other ped”?
I’m sorry for such a long first non-introductory post but, I wanted to get as much info as possible as well as explain my reluctance to do a traditional first cycle of test. Thank you for any and all help meso!
Weight: 175lbs
Body fat: 16% (but measured with the scan so unsure how accurate)
Exercise: lift 5x a week fasted first thing in the am, but need to get cardio on lock more (in process) for about 2 years.
Diet: most on lock than any point in my life. IF with an 8 hour a day food window. 175g protein a day and the rest split 50/50 fats and carbs. Eat at maintenance or a little below (2100-2300 cal a day).
Bloodwork: spotless beyond a auto-immune marker being slightly high, as well as slightly high cholesterol (working on fixing, and potential autoimmune is being monitored).
PED use: natty except for 4 month use of mod grf and ipamorelin (100/200-250mcg 3-5x a day with very good results).
About a year ago I really started feeling my age. Recovery got harder, I got tired easier, and I just felt more ragged than I used to. Following a bunch of research I decided of research I decided to try the above peptide cycle (which I slowed titrated up to). I had incredible results honestly. I feel and look younger, my skin improved (also use script vitamin a), I dropped fat, put on lean mass, and had more improvements in ptsd related sleep issues than any point since I was 18-19 and suffered trauma.
Following such good results, and months of reading and researching on this and other forums, I’ve decided it is time to strap on my big boy shoes and try the real deal rhGH to see if I get even improved results however I’ve got a few concerns I’d like help addressing that I can’t find solid answers on.
Plan: I have 600iu good rhGH. I want to slowly titrate up to 3.6iu every day and ride this out for a 6 month recomp cycle. I plan to dose myself at 3-4am when I usually wake up to go pee to reduce insulin sensitivity issues as I’ll be fasted substantially by then and for a good chunk of time afterwards. I plan on doing a short few week “rhGH pct” with mod grf and ipa to spur natural GH production after the cycle (tho I know this isn’t explicitly necessary).
Goals: fat loss, better hair, skin wrinkle reduction, improved sense of well-being, sleep improvement, and lean muscle gain (even if this is not super dramatic).
Reason for not adding other anabolics: at 36 my testosterone is at 738ng/dl (and I can’t remember what free was but both were very good for my age) and I don’t feel like fucking that up with a bad pct and have to accelerate when I start trt (which I plan on doing when medically necessary). I also don’t care about getting huge or looking enhanced (but wouldn’t argue with a small boost to my physique). I also don’t want to look older quicker.
Questions:
1: is this a reasonable protocol and duration for my age and goals?
2: is this a relatively safe cycle if monitoring vitals and blood glucose well? (My research says yes this is relatively safe but I guess I’m looking for validation that it’s not stupid).
3: what is a good rate to titrate up my dose? I’ve read suggestions all over the place in terms of dose. Would starting at 1.5iu and increasing .5iu every 2 weeks till I hit 3.6iu be a good schedule?
4: what is the best protocol for mitigating insulin sensitivity, and how worried should I be about that at the dosage I’m using?
5: Besides metformin (which I don’t want to mess with) and Bernadine (already in the mail on the way) is there anything ever I can do to protect against insulin sensitivity?
6: how worried should I be of the potential for gyno and is there a pct product I should get in order to protect myself from it? This seems to be an outlier issue but I’d like to avoid it if it comes to it.
7: (I know this is a debate in and of itself) but how real is the belief that “rhGH is useless without other ped”?
I’m sorry for such a long first non-introductory post but, I wanted to get as much info as possible as well as explain my reluctance to do a traditional first cycle of test. Thank you for any and all help meso!
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