Magnesium intake

[GreatOak]

Reta induced severe natriuresis in me, and my sodium dropped to 132... hated that stuff. Tirz induces natriuresis but to a much lesser extent. I still supplement a ton of sodium on it, I literally pee it all out so fast...

That glucagon stuff is still so rough. Tirz is so much smoother IME

It's also harder to stay "full" on them, I feel constantly ever so flat since starting, Reta was worse

Same experience all round. Agree with everything you stated.

 

[jason3940]

So for people on AAS, reta and HGH what sort of mg of elemental magnesium per day should we aim to to take?

 

[cousinmuscles]

After starting AAS I got severe cramps after a hard training session, at night the muscles I trained would go frenzy and I had to manually stretch them out while in agonizing pain (in the middle of the night). I started magnesium bisglycinate and it worked wonders.

I also work a physically demanding and stressful job, 7 days a week, 10-12h per day. So electrolytes are being burned easily.

I take 1g magnesium bisglycinate with each meal, 4 meals per day. That's 800mg elemental magnesium and I don't have issues with cramping ever again. I salt my meals too but haven't tried supplementing potassium, although I track it and eat potatoes for carbs for many of the meals of the week to keep my daily potassium at around 4-8g per day.

 

[Ateam2023]

After starting AAS I got severe cramps after a hard training session, at night the muscles I trained would go frenzy and I had to manually stretch them out while in agonizing pain (in the middle of the night). I started magnesium bisglycinate and it worked wonders.

I also work a physically demanding and stressful job, 7 days a week, 10-12h per day. So electrolytes are being burned easily.

I take 1g magnesium bisglycinate with each meal, 4 meals per day. That's 800mg elemental magnesium and I don't have issues with cramping ever again. I salt my meals too but haven't tried supplementing potassium, although I track it and eat potatoes for carbs for many of the meals of the week to keep my daily potassium at around 4-8g per day.

Taurine is known to help with spasms , muscle twitches etc , plus a whole bunch of other awesome benefits if you look it up you'll see.

 

[cousinmuscles]

Taurine is known to help with spasms , muscle twitches etc , plus a whole bunch of other awesome benefits if you look it up you'll see.

Thanks. I do take taurine, 10g pre workout, to help with my back pumps. I train powerlifting so sometimes deep into a training cycle there is so much fatigue built up that the back pumps have me lying on the floor after deadlifts/squats. Taurine helps shorten the recovery time so I am back to normal after I have managed to rerack the plates lol.