Will IGF help keep your balls during cycle?

[n4dmoney]

Guys,

I thought I read somewhere that IGF will help your balls around during a cycle similar to HCG. Is there any truth to this?

 

[JasonWojo]

I've never heard of anything like that and don't really see how it's possible, since IGF doesn't act on any of the hormones produced by the testes (LH, FSH, T)

 

[lucian]

yes!!!

igf1 lr3 totaly will bring them back to normal. even in the middle of a cycle. pct also, you can use igf to keep gains. the stuff really is the bomb but not sure how it works w out gear. do a search and youll find a post by myself and a few other bros who only used it a bit and LOVE it. just make sure its REAL stuff. and use enuff. at least 50 mg=cg per day 5 x wk.
lucian

 

[MikeS]

It really makes no sense whatsoever that IGF1 would affect the HPTA. But I would believe that it would be a great help for pct.

 

[n4dmoney]

Lucian,

I couldn't find the post you were referring to. Can you send me the link? Yeah, I got the real stuff. Just started taking it into the 3rd week of my cycle to see if it can help get the testes back.

Anyone else had success using it for this?

 

[lucian]

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im not sure where it is, but many fee myself included it makes you leaner permanently. you allso see local growth. put it in your bis its awesome. it does in fact help you maintain your gains. not sure how. search igf on here.
lucian

 

[Mr_Magoo]

im not sure where it is, but many fee myself included it makes you leaner permanently. you allso see local growth. put it in your bis its awesome. it does in fact help you maintain your gains. not sure how. search igf on here.
lucian

just because it is awesome on cycle or off cycle does not mean it keeps ur balls, its very similar to Insulin, basically the all the positives plus a few, minus the negatives and insulin does not work on the hpta except in a downstream effect of leptin levels, but IGF is not like hcg or clomid

 

[lucian]

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im not sure how it works or all igfs effects, but just reporting how it worked for me, i think the stuff is great for many reasons.
lucian

 

[LMR]

IGF being "insulin-like growth factor" mimicing the same transport system as insulin itself is mistaken for a pct restore product because it's common to use during down time just like insulin. Between cycles AAS users like to fight catabolism and keep gains by administering insulin wich we all know force feeds the cells. IGF being similar has been popularly used so somewhere down the line it is mistaken as a pct product. its an awesome product no doubt but i read the studies on IGF and I didnt read anything on any LH stimulation in the axis.

 

[KillerStack]

By Big Cat:

The role of IGF-1

More evidence seems to suggest that there is plausible evidence for cycling between androgens and GH/IGF-1. At Least one study (10) demonstrates that IGF-1 plays a key role in regulating GnRH release via a Ras/Raf-1/Mapk induced pathway and an increase in the c-fos factor.

This makes a great case for starting IGF-1 after finishing androgens, both in aiding recovery, as well as keeping gains going. I'm not a big fan of IGF-1 due to the high cost and low returns, but no one can deny its use for athletes that need to maintain mass and keep gaining it while continuous steroid use is not an option.

(10)Zhen S, Zakaria M, Wolfe A, Radovick S.Regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) gene expression by insulin-like growth factor I in a cultured GnRH-expressing neuronal cell line.Mol Endocrinol. 1997 Jul;11(8):1145-55.