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This is also applicable if you moved to a new area and literally don't know anybody, which can feel very overwhelming. A quick disclaimer before we being, it should also go without saying that online dating is a no-brainer to supplement your cold approaching with, but this article is going to address cold approaching specifically.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Is DNP? 2,4-Dinitrophenol, also called DNP, is a chemical uncoupling agent that inhibits the production of ATP in cells with mitochondria. Via uncoupling oxidative phosphorylation, DNP raises body temperature in a dose dependent manner. DNP use is the most frowned upon practice in the bodybuilding world aside from Synthol in my opinion.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My First Steroid Cycle Most of you guys know I use a high-normal dose of TRT. I try to keep myself right on the cusp of supraphysiological Testosterone levels. In the past I've blasted with supraphysiological amounts numerous times, and the first steroid cycle in particular is what I want to delve into today.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How To Get Blood Work In Canada I always get asked how to get blood work in Canada. In Canada it's not so simple, as you have to go to your doctor and they have to prescribe you the tests you want.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Causes Alien Gains I've seen quite a few videos now on YouTube and Instagram with guys showing off their rippling, spasming muscles, and the slang term has dubbed them as “Alien Gains”. View this post on Instagram How all this started -> that’s it bro. … Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chronically Low HDL Cholesterol Levels From TRT It's very common for men on TRT to have really low HDL cholesterol levels. I have the same issue. Anyone on exogenous androgens, regardless if it's SARMs, steroids, or prohormones, will likely have a suboptimal lipid profile.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Much Muscle Should You Expect To Gain On Testosterone I'm constantly asked exactly how much muscle you can expect to gain from high dose testosterone, or a myriad of other performance enhancing hormones. “If I take X amount of testosterone, how many pounds will I gain?”… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why You Need To Get A Sensitive Assay Estradiol Test The standard hormone profiles by default include the cheaper FDA-approved Roche ECLIA (Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay) methodology. That test is wildly inaccurate in men, unfortunately. Most men get by default when they get blood work done, and consequently receive an inaccurate result.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Minoxidil Does Not Prevent Hair Loss The first thing you need to know before you start using Minoxidil is that Minoxidil does not prevent hair loss. Typically, when a man starts noticing male pattern baldness, he may go to his doctor and say, “I'm losing my hair, what do I do?”… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Cook Admits He's Not Natural Steve Cook is one of the most widely respected and liked influencers in the fitness industry. Personally, I don't religiously watch his content so I am not sure if he has ever blatantly claimed he is natural.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Truth About Synthol There's a huge misconception about what Synthol actually is. Synthol is a form of SEO, also known as Site Enhancement Oil. SEO is commonly used by bodybuilders to increase the size of a lagging muscle group, or to re-shape it.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My Goals When I Started Stan Efferding's Vertical Diet Stan Efferding's Vertical Diet fills both macro and micronutrient needs, which are otherwise left unmet by standard, traditional bodybuilding diet models. I started Stan Efferding's vertical diet mid-2018. These were my goals: Main Goals During The Vertical Diet: Upregulate thyroid function as much as possible Monitored via regular waking and midday body temperature readings, blood work, hair shedding (I can tell when there is even a slight shift in regards to this), and overall energy levels. … Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandon Harding's Steroid Cycle I've been asked to cover Brandon Harding's steroid cycle that he used in his last competition. I found this video interesting because Brandon Harding is in the mainstream fitness industry niche. He has a big channel and a big following, and he's probably the biggest in the mainstream to really break down what he's doing dose by dose, compound by compound.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kinobody's Natty Verified Movement There's a lot of buzz on Gregory O'Gallagher, or Kinobody's Natty Verified Challenge, where he's basically going to grant official “Natty Verified” status to those who pass a carbon isotope ratio test to detect exogenous androgens in their system.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More Body Hair Growth Equates To More Hair Loss There's a huge misconception about how androgens affect hair growth. A lot of guys truly believe that androgenic hormones improve scalp hair growth because “more body hair growth” is a listed side effect.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Sore You Were When You First Started Working Out Vs Now When you first start working out as a newbie you'll notice after 24 to 48 hours you are absurdly sore. When a new type of stimulus/resistance is exerted upon your body you will inevitably experience “delayed onset muscle soreness” (DOMS), which is completely normal and expected.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Reasons Why SARMs Are A Bad Idea If You Have Low Natural Testosterone Levels I'm going to briefly break down why I think SARMs are a bad idea if you have low natural testosterone levels. I often get asked by bodybuilders in their 40's to 50's who are looking into SARM experimentation what my recommendations are.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melanotan II Results Can Be Permanent Whether or not Melanotan II permanently tans your skin is something that isn't discussed often in relation to its use. I felt the need to address this because I'm a very experienced Melanotan II user and have researched it a lot over the years.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Natural bodybuilding vs. enhanced bodybuilding while cutting yield significantly different outcomes. Even just TRT is not the equivalent of being a natural, even if your Testosterone levels are in the therapeutic “natural” range. I saw a bodybuilder who posted his bloodwork while he was preparing for a competition, and it was super insightful into the effects intense dieting has on the body because he's a natural athlete.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shelf Life Of GH And Peptides There are a lot of strong opinions about how long kits of GH and peptides last before degrading in room temperature, versus in a fridge, versus in the freezer. Most people are getting these products through black market means.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's the first product you should use for hair loss prevention? Obviously, there are a lot of drugs and chemicals on the market when it comes to hair loss prevention. There's a lot of junk, there's some stuff that works, but they vary greatly in side effect profiles, and some make much more logical sense to use as introductory methods of intervention.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Is CB-03-01? Clascoterone, also known more commonly as its developmental code name CB-03-01 is a synthetic steroidal antiandrogen. It acts as an androgen receptor antagonist and is being developed by Cassiopea as a potential treatment of androgen-dependent conditions including acne vulgaris and androgenic alopecia (male-pattern baldness).… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are an increasing amount of bodybuilders with great genetics who are now coaches. They are often referred to as gurus, and some were even legendary bodybuilders themselves. A handful were even Mr. Olympia contenders, or champions themselves. But should we take bodybuilding advice from them?… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There have been a few videos I've done in the past on protein intake and diet hacks that will make it a lot easier to hit your daily requirements. There's always the guys who pop in on there who try to argue that you don't need that much protein to recover properly, or that a high protein diet is dangerous.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For most of us, preventing heart disease depends largely on our lifestyle, which means there's much that's in our power to maintain cardiovascular health while bodybuilding. Despite fit looking physiques being portrayed as examples of optimized health, the reality is that bodybuilding is one of the most unhealthy things you can do from a cardiac perspective.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Muscle Strength Vs. Muscle Size There is a very common saying, and it is, “a bigger muscle is a stronger muscle.” And I don't know where that originated from. But it has been getting passed down through the grapevine over the years.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do Androgen Receptors Downregulate? There is a very common misconception in the bodybuilding community that androgen receptors downregulate during a steroid cycle, or during long-term steroid use. A plateau in muscle gain is commonly attributed to this “androgen receptor downregulation”. If you've ever cycled anabolics, you can also attest to the fact that during a new cycle the gains always seem to come within the first 8 weeks or so, and then the weeks following that it is typical to notice a blatant diminishing returns effect.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Best Diet For Adherence There is a lot of controversy around intermittent fasting for bodybuilding goals, and whether or not it is a suboptimal way to gain muscle or lose fat. There are a lot of mixed opinions, and I get asked a lot what I think about it as a diet style.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Moment I Learned That Rejections Aren't All Dead Ends This strategy can be used wherever you live, regardless of what school you are at. While some of you guys might be in fraternities, or have thriving social scenes at the schools you go to, there are a lot of colleges and universities that have no parties, no night life, and are essentially just commuter schools.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Getting Shredded On Junk Food Obviously, trying to get shredded eating McDonalds every day is not the optimal way to diet. This post is not meant to assert that you should diet down eating McDonalds every day, it is simply meant to illustrate how the metabolism works, and how daily calorie intake relative to daily energy expenditure is ultimately what will determine if you lose fat or not.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dorian Yates Work Ethic Dorian Yates is highly regarded for his extreme work ethic. He is often referred to as an example of hard work beating talent–or genetics. Many truly believe that he was just such a hard worker in the gym that it allowed him to overcome genetic deficiencies and grind his way to six consecutive Mr.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why There Are A Increasing Number Of Beta Males I'm sure you've noticed as the years progress that beta males and “soy boys” are increasing in exponential proportions. Men in general are becoming more and more feminine. A lot of people think it is associated with the decline in natural testosterone levels as time goes on.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TJ Dillashaw Tests Positive For EPO (Former) UFC Champion TJ Dillashaw has been suspended for 2 years after testing positive for EPO. I'm not a huge UFC fan but I do tune in once in a while and this particular topic intrigued me.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Individual Perspective Will Determine If You Look Like You Lift The definition of looking fit varies individual to individual. Each one of us has a subjective feeling towards different body shapes and builds. For many girls, their perception of muscular development is so vastly different from guys in the bodybuilding community, that they'll perceive someone like Taylor Lautner from Twilight the same way we'd perceive a Mr Olympia champion like Phil Heath.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does Insulin Make You Fat? No. A diet with too many calories makes you fat. The problem with insulin use in bodybuilding is that the protocols given out typically don’t make any logical sense. The problem boils down to bodybuilders eating excessive amounts to match their arbitrary insulin dosages, as opposed to how a diabetic would use inuslin (the correct way) where the insulin dosage matches the diet.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Is Accutane? Accutane is a brand name for the drug Isotretinoin. This drug became extremely popular (and remains to this day) for its overall efficacy in getting rid of acne, and preventing it from coming back. When I was a teenager I had really bad acne.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Losing Fat To Increase Your Penis Size The only way to increase your penis size without pumps, stretchers, or manual exercises is by getting shredded. When you want add new permanent size, a consistent jelqing and stretching regimen in conjunction with the Bathmate pump and a good extender to prevent turtling are the gold standard and will net you 2-3 inches in length and girth if you are religious about your routine.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How many milligrams of Testosterone do men naturally produce? 3-10 milligrams per day, with the average being 6-7 milligrams per day. What Is A Therapeutic Dosage Of Testosterone? When bodybuilders refer to Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) dosages they’ll often state that 200 milligrams is a therapeutic dosage.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do SARMs Cause Hair Loss? One of the first questions many have regarding SARMs is “Do SARMs cause hair loss?” All SARMs can cause hair loss. The extent to which they can cause it is based upon their own inherent tissue selectivity and androgenicity.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Relevant Is DHT To Hair Loss? The first thing I want to make clear in regards to my Dutasteride and Testosterone experiment is that DHT is the worst hormone in your body for your hair. I don’t want anyone to misinterpret my videos and articles exhibiting the androgenicity of Testosterone as disregarding how bad DHT is.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Food Is More Important Than Your Steroid Cycle In Bodybuilding Over-analyzing drug combinations and steroid cycle protocols in general is something I see on a daily basis. I receive a lot of messages over email, comments on my blog, DM’s on Instagram, Facebook messages, etc.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finasteride Myths A very common misconception about Finasteride (also known as Propecia and Proscar) is the belief that it lowers testosterone levels. This is typically derived from the fact that Finasteride can lower libido and cause erectile dysfunction in a minority of users [R, R, R].… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Is Mewing And Orthotropics? If you've never heard of Mewing, it's a concept named after Mike Mew and John Mew that stands for the proper way to posture yourself while you breathe, swallow, chew, and essentially anything that has to do with your face.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What you need to understand about hair loss is that there are two types. One is male pattern baldness, which is the acceleration of hair permanently being lost via androgen miniaturization at the hair follicle, which is what most guys are experiencing.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The potent synthetic androgen Trestolone, also known as 7α-methyl-19-norTestosterone (MENT), does not require 5α-reduction to exert its' maximal androgenic effects. It is an Anabolic Androgenic Steroid (AAS), which has been under development for potential use as a form of hormonal birth control for men and in androgen replacement therapy for low Testosterone levels in men but has never been approved for clinical usage.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you read my last update, basically what had happened was I delved into my blood work and talked about my cholesterol being a big concern. I’ve been following the Vertical Diet to a tee exactly how Stan would advise it, and was eating one pound of lean 90/10 ground bison per day, 4 eggs per day, long story short I was hitting all the diet goals outlined in the book relative to my body’s individual specific energy requirements for my current goals.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bodybuilding To Get Women Vs Bodybuilding To Compete In this day and age of social media, if you follow bodybuilding you probably follow a lot of fitness models, as well as people who compete in physique, classic physique, or bodybuilding. Using these social media presences as inspiration creates an illusion that the ideal physique for men is 200 pounds diced as a minimum, and that men's physique competitors are likely the minimum level of muscularity necessary for a maxed out physique.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Testosterone Also Causes Hair Loss – Not Just DHT I see A LOT of misinformation on the Internet in regards to hair loss (male pattern baldness/androgenic alopecia). Especially when it comes to why it occurs on a hormonal level, and the mechanism of action behind what is actually happening to your hair follicles.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does time on = time off? How much time should I take off after a steroid cycle after PCT? I get these kind of questions all the time. Regardless of what suppressive anabolics you were on (SARMs, AAS, Prohormones, etc.) PCT is a necessity.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SARMs Liquid Vs Capsules There is a lot of confusion regarding which is more effective, SARMs Liquid Vs Capsules. There are several ridiculous theories and false statements thrown around the community purporting that liquid SARMs are more effective than capsules/pills, and most of the time these statements are simply deriving from misinformed individuals, or those who have vested interest in the profitability of liquid SARMs (AKA they own/work for/are paid by a company who sells liquid SARMs).… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices