37 years old and 1st cycle dosage Deca and Test Eth

[monkey arms]

My brother has suffered from terrible joint pain: knee, neck and back his entire life. He's had 2 lower spinal fusions and the pain is unbearable for him. I told him about Deca and Its joint healing properties and he is interested in possibly trying some. He's 37 5'11" 207 10% Bf and trains regularly. He's not looking to get huge he just wants to be able to continue to train with out immense pain. I was thinking of having him run a 10 week cycle of Deca @300/wk and thought about test eth 250/wk. I've never run this stack and was wondering what you guys thought of this for a 1st cycle and at what dosage are Deca's healing properties noticable.

 

[rjl296]

at his age, id use eq instead.
it will help his joints, and recovery will be much easier.
btw- test can be bad on the joints at supra-physiological levels, id go something like
test 200mg
eq 500 mg

 

[BrandonXJ]

I really don't think there's been anything official about deca and joints, or synovial fluid.. just heresay, but I could be wrong... either way I'd probably go with what rjl296 said.

 

[Ulter]

Deca is exactly what he needs for his joint and back pain. 300mg will do for a start and may be all he ever needs. He will need test to add to that like you said, even just 100mg/wk will be enough. But 250mg is more fun.

 

[Bulldog_10]

Deca is exactly what he needs for his joint and back pain. 300mg will do for a start and may be all he ever needs. He will need test to add to that like you said, even just 100mg/wk will be enough. But 250mg is more fun.

Can you, by any chance, explain how deca helps joints? I know you're big on this, that's the only reason I ask. Just doesn't make sense to me, but I guess everyone can't be wrong.

 

[RADAR]

I agree with Ulter!



RADAR

 

[Mavy]

I believe that deca basicalluy "lubricates" the joints since water is stored there as well as everywhere else. The water retention with deca is a;so to blame for the enormous increase of strength and mass, but it allows peeps with joint problems to have painless workouts

 

[T2O]

Mavy kinda hit it on the spot imo. I used deca to help recover from my motorcycle accident because of my joint pain.... It will temporarily help the problem. Test will do pretty much of the same thing. IMO test does help lube joints at least for me if water intake is adequate. For some reason deca just does it better (a lot better). The pain will however return. I have never found nor heard from anyone that has used it themselves and said it "healed" them in the long run. I wouldn't give my joint healing to deca. I would give my mass and tendon strengthening and lost mass to the deca ( because of it's lubing properties and abviously the anabolic affect. I would run no more than 200-250mgs deca every week. I would also run at least the same amount test. preferebly more. Also I would quit the deca at least 1 week before stoping the deca. Deca can shut one down very hard and kill your sex drive (ever hear of deca dick?). For a very few it isn't that bad, but most I see have a hard time recovering from deca. I have cycled deca two times and both times it took awhile for me to get my sex drive back. I do think I kept almost all my lean mass from the deca though. For his first cycle I wouldn't go over 500mgs ew total for anything just to be on the safe side. Everyone can respond a little different to AAS.

 

[The_first_athlete]

i thought joint help came from elevated progesterone levels...(NO?)

 

[monkey arms]

Thanks for your responses! He has 5 kids already so alittle sex drive killer may do him some good.