Charles Staley's EDT and aspirin use

[Max55]

I've been using Charles Staley's EDT and I've have been getting my best results ever. But now I'm about to embark on Staley's workout from the book "The Ultimate Guide to Massive Arms". I was wondering if anyone had any experience or suggestions as far as taking aspirin pre-workout.

I thought I've read about negative affects of aspirin in the past but in the book Charles says "Aspirin is perhaps the most powerful anabolic drug you can possibly take (legally, in any event)."

Any thoughts?

 

[BigBoyJ]

How is aspirin anabolic?

 

[Max55]

How is aspirin anabolic?

Good question. I don't know much about this stuff so I don't know if he's full of crap or not but according to Stalely:

“This effective substance operates on a variety of levels. First, aspirin improves blood flow by reducing the body's output of thromboxane, a natural chemical which causes blood platelets to become 'stickier'. Even as little as 30mg's (about a tenth of a normal tablet) of aspirin prior to training can thin the blood to the point where muscle tissue is exposed to greater amounts nutrient carrying blood, thus speeding up recovery between reps and sets.”

“Additionally, lactic acid and other waste products, the result of heavy training efforts, will be flushed out from your muscle cells with greater speed and efficiency. Aspirin also reduces edema (swelling), another result of hard training. Local tissue swelling and inflammation (usually not visible) is universally regarded by experts as being the enemy of healing-recovery simply does not begin until edema has subsided.”

Staley really knows his stuff but this something I'm really wondering about.

 

[Tman2002]

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Inflamation is good thing it brings more blood flow to damaged cells.

 

[Jbomb]

alcohol also thins the blood to improve blood flow during workouts.......lol

 

[MikeS]

alcohol also thins the blood to improve blood flow during workouts.......lol

Yes I drink vodka frequently before workouts. LOL

 

[dragonfire101]

aspirin anabolic??? doubt that! As far as taking aspirin during a cycle to thIn out blood , I could see being a good idea to lower risk of a blood clot from increased RBC.

 

[Dad]

More bad science

This is a big stretch in interpreting the science, and basically...wrong.

First, platelet aggregation is necessay for blood clotting, and seldom a problem in healthy indviduals. Healthy indiviuals do NOT need to take aspirin to "expose tissue to greater amounts of nutrient-carrying blood." Why? Because platelets are NOT a barrier to nutrient transport. Nutrient transport into cells is carrier-mediated, and the carriers saturable, and platelets have nothing to do with any of this.

Aspirin has NOTHING do do with flushing out waste products, either. Acid is buffered in red blood cells, and this reaction is not influenced in any way by aspirin. Vasodilation occurs because of, among other things, the acidic environment of a muscle working anaerobically, and this is what gets rid of the acid.

Edema does inpede localized recovery, but is unavoidable if ANY training is being done. Aspirin will curtail production of most prostaglandins, autocrine and paracrine hormones that mediate inflammation and recovery (as well as kidney perfusion!), and so the "balance" struck here will be a wash.

If you've got a fever, use asprin.
If you've got risk factors for coronary artery disease, atherosclerosis, etc, use aspirin prophylactically to preclude platelel aggregation.
If you're a bit sore, and want pain relief, use aspirin.

Aspirin is NOT anabolic. Staley, quite apparently, does not "know his stuff." His ideas here are wrong.