Recent content by FlexManning

Yes, any type of testosterone can cause hair thinning if you're genetically susceptible. Whether it's totally natural or exogenous. As a matter of fact if you had your nuts cut off before you reached puberty you wouldn't go bald even if you had the gene. That's the real reason women don't...

Well one thing that concerns me- and I've only really seen summaries of the studies- is I don't see a ton of results that can't be explained by an increase in appetite. GH and IGF-1 are definitely higher. That's great. But from what I've seen test subjects gained muscle but gained even more fat...

Well obviously it's going to be pretty cheap for them to produce. Is the issue maybe they don't feel like they can get away with selling something for $2k/month that has been on the black market this long for a fraction of that?

Thanks, interesting read. Why do you think it hasn't become a pharmaceutical yet?

I've never tried it, sounds interesting though. I mean, even if it does jack for you it's not like you're out thousands of dollars like with hgh. As best as I can tell testing that could eventually yield a prescription drug from it is ongoing. There are some studies that indicate positive...

I got interested again in trying andarine (S4) and ostarine (MK-2866) in a long stretch between cycles and I had kind of discounted S4 because of the vision sides. Seeing it was pretty inexpensive right now I looked into it again and I notice there is a lot of stuff on the net about it...

250mg/week is fine... If you plan to stay on it indefinitely. Lower dosages for older guys over long periods of time work wonders. I'm 40 and I can say that's been my experience. I also know guys my age and older who have had great results with TRT or similar dosages to TRT. Often I'll use less...

I never had rhinoplasty but I had septoplasty (deviated septum) and I didn't feel like totally right for weeks. I went back to work sooner than the doctor recommended but I felt like dog crap. That stuff takes a lot more out of you than people would think. At an absolute minimum I'd wait 2...

Definitely makes sense. I think the contention the "train on an empty stomach" folks were making was based on the idea that on paper your glycogen is depleted until you eat breakfast so a greater percentage of calories used were coming from fat. However, as you said, when you think about it...

The "burn more fat on an empty stomach" part is largely a myth. You might burn more fat during the time your body has ways of getting around that later in the day. Most people are stronger in the evening (depends on what you do for a living), but that doesn't necessarily make it better. If my...

This isn't the exact rack but it's one of these style racks. When I'm using a power rack it's no big deal because I can set it just right where I can go back or forward with the weight and never have to worry about it. But this style rack, for me, even at rock bottom there's a pretty big gap...

The truth that most don't want to hear is the basic compound free weight exercises can be key to changing body comp. In an ideal world, if you were starting from total novice, you'd have a quality trainer teaching you to squat, deadlift, bench, and military press. (Chins too, but those don't...

Shin splints are a bitch. Not long ago I thought I'd simply add jogging to the mix, starting out with walking around the curves and moderate sprints on the straightaways interspersed with light jogging. Got some pretty bad shin splints. I thought I was in great shape from lifting, but it didn't...

Even squats would be easier on the back than deadlifts. Many would argue that done properly when healthy it can contribute to future back health. (How much work does the lumbar region get in a non gym-goer that doesn't amount to bending over at the waist?) However, once you have an existing...

I guess what I'm actually asking is if anybody who isn't extremely short does really heavy low bar squats and has had any luck dumping squats on a non-adjustable squat rack. I've checked out lots of videos on YouTube but I don't really see what I'm looking for which is folks doing heavy...