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  1. Ann Intern Med. 2010 May 4;152(9):568-77. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-9-201005040-00007. The effects of growth hormone on body composition and physical performance in recreational athletes: a randomized trial. Meinhardt U1, Nelson AE, Hansen JL, Birzniece V, Clifford D, Leung KC, Graham K, Ho KK. Author information BACKGROUND: Growth hormone is widely abused by athletes, frequently with androgenic steroids. Its effects on performance are unclear. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of growth hormone alone or with testosterone on body composition and measures of performance. DESIGN: Randomized, placebo-controlled, blinded study of 8 weeks of treatment followed by a 6-week washout period. Randomization was computer-generated with concealed allocation. (Australian-New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry registration number: ACTRN012605000508673) SETTING: Clinical research facility in Sydney, Australia. PARTICIPANTS: 96 recreationally trained athletes (63 men and 33 women) with a mean age of 27.9 years (SD, 5.7). INTERVENTION: Men were randomly assigned to receive placebo, growth hormone (2 mg/d subcutaneously), testosterone (250 mg/wk intramuscularly), or combined treatments. Women were randomly assigned to receive either placebo or growth hormone (2 mg/d). MEASUREMENTS: Body composition variables (fat mass, lean body mass, extracellular water mass, and body cell mass) and physical performance variables (endurance [maximum oxygen consumption], strength [dead lift], power [jump height], and sprint capacity [Wingate value]). RESULTS: Body cell mass was correlated with all measures of performance at baseline. Growth hormone significantly reduced fat mass, increased lean body mass through an increase in extracellular water, and increased body cell mass in men when coadministered with testosterone. Growth hormone significantly increased sprint capacity, by 0.71 kJ (95% CI, 0.1 to 1.3 kJ; relative increase, 3.9% [CI, 0.0% to 7.7%]) in men and women combined and by 1.7 kJ (CI, 0.5 to 3.0 kJ; relative increase, 8.3% [CI, 3.0% to 13.6%]) when coadministered with testosterone to men; other performance measures did not significantly change. The increase in sprint capacity was not maintained 6 weeks after discontinuation of the drug. LIMITATIONS: Growth hormone dosage may have been lower than that used covertly by competitive athletes. The athletic significance of the observed improvements in sprint capacity is unclear, and the study was too small to draw conclusions about safety. CONCLUSION: Growth hormone supplementation influenced body composition and increased sprint capacity when administered alone and in combination with testosterone. PMID: 204395
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  2. I love that your running lower doses , keep it up brother you will get there ! Your inspiration to me be cause I’m starting my own transformation, thank you for doing this log !
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  3. Macros Screen shot is being a cunt so, no list of food today, just the break down. Tired right now. Probably from coming home late. I tried to leave my guys place early last night but, it was really hard lol
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  4. You look amazing brother !
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  5. Brother amazing work blown away by your progress!
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  6. New items Winstrol at 75mg/ml 50 mg Stanolone(Pure DHT) + 50 mg Winstrol 100mg/ml
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  7. Hey sorb! Crossed my mind forsure! Things calmed down tho so I'm gonna regroup and bulk back up !
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  8. No chicken today cause.... I forgot to pick some up. So now. Nasty tuna. Yuck!
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  9. I have a close buddy who competes nationally in bodybuilding who has acquired some of their eq and dbol. He loves the dbol, told me it’s the best he has used
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  12. Your probably going to get a mixed bag of answers to this question. From my experience, fasting size gains have always come from orals. So anadrol. But long lasting gains are kept with injects. So do you want to blow up, then depending on your diet and training regimen lose some of your gains? Or would you prefer slower but more sustainable gains? Anadrol will blow you up. But like a balloon you'll start to lose the gains as well. And much of the gains will be water. As it is a very estrogenic compound. NPP is much drier compound as I believe it doesn't aromatize. So your gains will be leaner but you'll won't look as "big". After a few years of cycle under my belt now I prefer drier compounds that give me lean solid gains. I've actually come not to like the big puffy look which I see in a lot of guys in the gym. They actually come up to me as say the want the striations and vascularity in my arms chest and legs. I look at them and think either they're too fat and/or they're running the compounds every touts for "getting huge"... like dbol, anadrol etc. So it depends on your goal, the look you're trying to attain. If you just want to be big and not give a shit about how you actually look. Then run a much anadrol and you like. If you want to look muscular, cut, and ripped, you may want to use compounds like NPP. Just my opinion.
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