I know you want info bro but from your post history you definitely suffer from a bit of over analysis paralysis. I think the answer is pretty obvious, its a more is better mentality, If I can get x amount out of 1g well surely ill get more out of 2g, 3g, 4 etc. When you compete and live this lifestyle for years and years of course you are going to push things higher at some point. I think its much like the experience of when people first start drinking alcohol. After your first drink or two you think "hey this feels really nice, if I feel this way from 2 drinks well surely 3 is better right" and 3 turns into 4 which turns into 5 and before you know it you're at 9 and now you feel terrible, nauseous, you're throwing up and all those benefits you were getting are completely negated by the side effects
I think society in general is very conservative with their recommendations as the legal drama is just too much these days. Seems its far better to under prescribe and under recommend than potentially end up in a situation where you could be held liable because someone has hurt themselves from your advice. I was just thinking about the Elliot Dermond thread in regards to this. I dont think its a bad thing but even coaches generally ere on the side of caution with recommendations and no one wants to be the reason their client has health issues or worse. I remember you mentioning people like Nick and Dallas who supposedly used a lot more than recommended by their coach, well I fell into this camp too. Of course there are always gonna be genetic freaks out there but if you were competing in an open mens show at a high level, you cant tell me that none of those guys have had this thought at some point during their careers. They might've been taking their 500 test, 400 mast for the last 2 years but at some point you're going to want to see how far you can push things, how good you could potentially be. And hey, it might backfire, but you're never going to know unless you try?