Recent content by BigTex

Here is a good research study on this same subject: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejsc.12074 Implications: The findings suggest that using cold water immersion after resistance training workouts may interfere with or blunt the muscle growth response typically seen with...

Seems Radius Health (2017-2020) initiated Phase 1 trials in September 2017 for hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. After completing the trials, Radius divested RAD-140 to Ellipses Pharma, completing their exit from oncology. RAD-140 was NOT being developed for TRT (testosterone...

I have to question two of these claims. Do you really need increased amounts of caffeine to achieve the same athletic response? The answer seems to be NO. Your body does build tolerance to caffeine's general effects (alertness, jitters, etc.). This has nothing to do with performance...

My workouts are always about 45 minutes or less. I do 1 body part per day. Research on the topic of reps found 10+ sets per muscle per week elicited greater hypertrophy than <10 sets. So I do ~3 different exercises of 5 sets each. That is a total of 15. I go 8 reps on everything with the...

I never got to use the conjugate method when I competed, but did use parts of it towards the end of my career. I trained a lot with Anthony Clark, who had spent some time with Louie Simmons. Now, what I did do was use it exclusively to train football players year-round when I was a football...

I have had a few surgeries and pissed off all of my surgeons because I went very quickly back into the gym Why? Because I still have the uninjured side of the body that works. Cross-education is a rehab phenomenon where training the uninjured limb helps preserve strength and function in the...

Let me add this too..... MGF matters—but it’s not the boss of hypertrophy. It’s more like a specialized foreman that shows up after hard training, does some early repair and setup, then hands the project off to the big players. In real-world hypertrophy, these dominate: 1. Mechanical tension...

Here is something to consider when choosing optimal reps. MGF (Mechano Growth Factor) is a splice variant of IGF-1 (Insulin-like Growth Factor-1), specifically IGF-1Ec in humans. It’s mechanically induced — expressed in response to muscle overload or damage. MGF plays a key role in...

I will add this developed through tons of research.....of course, yellow is optimal. For me, I tried the high rep stuff and lost size and strength.

I quit giving anyone advice in the gym a long time ago. Most only want you to validate the stupidity they are already doing. So I turn my music up loud, get tunnel vision and concentrate onmy own training. That way I can get in and out of the gym and not have to spend a lot of time talking.

I have never let my use of anabolic steroids be an excuse and have never bought into this "roid rage" crap. I think it is just an excuse used by some to be an asshole. Same thing with drinking alcohol. However, I worked in nightclubs for 21 years of my life and was forced to solve a lot of...

I remember you from another board too......welcome.

I won't re-write what has already been said, but almost 20 years ago, DatBtrue wrote an excellent primer for peptides. This pretty much tells everything you need to know. Start with this section: A Brief Summary of Dosing and Administration...

These labs honestly know when the FDA is going to make inspections. How do they ignore serious issues like this and not fix them beforehand. We absolutely have to trrust these companies we use as this shit is injected. No excuse for a pharmaceutical lab to be so careless. As I said, most...

10 mL vials of testosterone cypionate seem to be in short supply or back-ordered, meaning patients may be offered 1 mL vials instead, which are more expensive. Seems there have been some voluntary recalls and quality issues affecting certain lots of testosterone cypionate injectable products...