Buselmo (and those who agree):
Appreciate your honesty and input here. Can you expand more? You mentioned in some other posts that a gram may put on 10 lbs, up to 2g may put up 5, and up to 3g may put on 3... I know these numbers are just examples, but I have some questions... If you cant get to them all I totally understand... I'm just pouring out my brain onto this board...
1 - Do you believe that AAS dose increase is not a "plateau breaker" but that once you reach the weight that x dose can get you, you have to increase dose, and it will only get you x amount more, rather than "jump start" gains and break a plateau?
2 - Are you basically saying that if you want to gain 10lbs and keep it, you have to up the dose and STAY at that dose? Otherwise it just vanishes and theres nothing you can do? And then to gain even less weight, you have to increase the dose a great amount more, and calories play a very minimal role in all of this?
3 - I've also noticed that my weight consistently falls at 2300 calories and 250mg test, for example. I need about 2700 to maintain weight (at this dose). So you would say, bump the dose to 500 to get to x weight, then 750 to reach y weight, whatever I'm comfortable with being on until i hit my goal or am on too much gear... and stay at THAT dose as long as I can, and then lower it only to lose it all?
4 - I've seen probably thousands of posts about going up in dose, gaining the weight, and dropping down to a "cruise" or lower dose, and maintaining the weight. Are you saying this is flawed... and the weight disappears after cruising, only to increase the dose to wind up exactly where you were the last time the dose was at that amount?
5 - to sum it up, dose and weight are a sliding scale without regard for food, for most people? so increase dose, increase weight. try to drop dose and maintain weight, and you'll just lose that weight and be back where you started. basically cruise at a dose that gets you a weight you want, or you'll shrink up?
6 - do you think insulin/GH play a role in your ability to eat very low calories and still grow with a bigger dose of AAS? and by "bigger dose" do you mean AAS, AAS+GH, AAS/GH/Slin? MANY of the less frequent posters do not use GH OR SLIN, both of which I understand allow better utilization of fewer meals/calories.
1- i would say that 90% of people who have been in this game for a while know that a plateau means you'll have to increase the dose cuz the food or training will just make you feel better about yourself and won't really change shit. for noobs, yeah, if you train better or eat better, that'll help cuz you might be doing something stupid. but if you know your body, and you hit a plateau... yeah, that means you can't get out of it unless you increase the dose... eating more food if you're at a good amount will just put more shit in your intestines and make you weigh more... if that makes you happy.
2- pretty much
3- first.. the weight you lose when you decrease 400 calories and are on gear, you probably lost water and shit... when i usually go back on my diet, i'm down 10 lbs the first week then i don't lose weight, but during that week, i shit 15-20 times (excuse my french)... and when you do that eating 1500-2000 cals, you know you're "emptying out" your tank. for the second part... no, you won't lose it all if you go down in dose, you'll probably stay at the same weight with a little higher (2-4%) bf and have a different look. you go down in dose, and you'll look a little worse, but still, you can't look the same without the same dose.
4- yeah, pretty much... you cruise and it'll take longer to lose muscle... if you blast at the same dose you plateaued at last time, yeah, guess what, you'll plateau again at the same point. don't believe me and believe all the "vague" posts about not using much and getting huge? look at all the member who actually got bigger, pm them and see what kind of dose they used before they gained 10 lbs, and the dose after... even the diet gurus here had to increase the dose.
5- you are still missing the point of the cruise... it's not to maintain weight... for those who think cruising for 2 months and only losing 3-5 lbs means their cruise dose is enough to maintain, i'd encourage them to stay on their cruise dose for 6 months and they'd change their mind. it delays the process, that's it. i'm off the sauce now... it's been almost 4 weeks now and i was on fast acting stuff... i haven't lost much weight (2-3 lbs only) and gained some fat... but keep in mind i haven't worked out and i eat 3000-4000 cals of junk daily... gimme another month at this stage and i'll look like a skinny/fat blob, cuz that shit don't last... same as cruise dose, instead of 4 weeks, i'd let you at this for 10 weeks, for example, then shit goes down hill.
6-bigger dose means AAS only... GH yes, i like, and it helps even more (way too expensive though)... insulin, i don't like that much... i used to like it when i didn't mind having a 34.5 inch waist while being lean, but these days, i hate it... with GH, you'll be leaner without changing your weight, and most of the time go up in weight if you start out lean on low cals. slin, no, i wouldn't advise with low cals... you need a lot of slin for good results.
all in all.... you want to look big, full, lean, and stay the same year round... not healthy and not cheap... you gotta stay on the same dose year round. if you think differently, please someone post pics in the same lighting every 2 or 3 months while blasting and cruising and lets see if you look the same.
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