I was reading an article on simplyshredded and it stated that your strength increases 10-15% when using a belt and knee wraps for squats. I've never used either for no reason other than I never really thought about it, but if it's this beneficial then I'm heading out to get both today lol.
All I have at home is a power rack and bench...I predominantly do the 5X5 and 3X5 routines and have gained more size and strength than with any other program I've ever tried (41 years old, been lifting a long time).
Good luck bro!
Long overdue update:
Have been running the test at 200 for the past year and a half, blood work has been very consistent with all levels where they should be. I had to switch suppliers about 3 months back and my latest test came back with total test at 238, right about where it was pre-trt...
As an update to this post, I had blood taken again..my results are as follows:
BEFORE
test. (serum) 2011 ng/dl Range : 348-1197
test (free) 97.53 ng/dl Range : 5.0-21.0
% free test 4.85 Range : 1.5-4.2
IGF-1 317 ng/ml Range : 109-284
Estradiol (sensitive) 60 pg/ml range : 3-70
After I...
Thanks so much for your responses. I'll drop test to 200, change frequency and amount of arimidex, and get retested 8-10 weeks from now as you suggested.
Any thoughts on my IGF levels? Are they always raised like this in HRT programs?
I do my shots on Mon/thursday and I had my blood taken Thursday morning before my shots.
I updated my original post showing the ranges, sorry for overlooking this point.
I feel good other than a slight decrease in erection strength, cialis works a little but not like I think it should. I'm...
I received my blood work back from the doc today, here are my specific results from today's test along with results from a test about 9 months ago.
I'm on HRT right now: 300 mg cyp a week / 250 HCG 2X week / .5 mg arimidex 2X week
My specific questions/observations follow:
test. (serum)...
This was my first ever blood test.
Not first cycle, but the 4 weeks of diesel was my first in about 5 years. Before that they were relatively normal cycles with nolv and clomid pct and time off was several months in between. My last two did consist of fina though.
To add, I'm 39 years old...
As thread title says, I had my blood tests taken (9 weeks after a diesel cycle with 4 week pct, 4 week bridge and 1 week of nothing before test). The test gives ranges for all the results obviously but I'm a little unsure on interpreting the test serum, FSH, LH and estradiol. Can you guys help...
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