I know you basically never elaborate on drug use, which is a shame. But I will try asking anyway. What is the purpose for insulin in bodybuilding, what does it do and what is "too much"? Do you agree with Emeric that the limit for benefits is 3iu?
Emeric, wasn't Milos connected to BALCO as some type of advisor? As you know, the basic standard Milos protocol is 20iu before workouts. If training twice daily that is 40iu/day. Sometimes a third 20iu dosage is added.
Do you really feel that 3iu will help muscle growth just as well?
I spoke to someone who trained with Milos and he thought some of the guys there did more than this 40-60iu too. If the benefits peaked at 3iu according to BALCO "research", it certainly didn't affect Milos' protocols.
As far as preworkout dosing, the idea is to take advantage of the increased blood flow, and increase it further with the insulin (theoretically getting more aminos/carbs into the worked muscle). Do you think this is useless?
I believe the 3iu dosing for track and field athletes, but they use it for different purposes, and who knows if it really did anything anyway. They don't want to increase muscle/weight unlike bodybuilders. I read some write-up about Russian athletes and they used even less, something like 1 paltry iu a couple of times a week.
I'll try to explain my feelings on slin use and perhaps it will shed some light on why lower doses may be optimal.
Lets think of slin as a drug that you build up a tolerance to very quickly (insulin resistance). But in this case, your body also produces the drug. The drug is also anabolic to a degree. We want maximum anabolism from this drug, but at the same time, we want anabolism from this drug ALL THE TIME also. This is the problem.
Even eating simple sugars frequently enough can create enough natural slin to ruin this tolerance. So what we are looking for is an increase in anabolism on top of what we are already getting from out bodies, all the while creating the least possible amount of insulin resistance.
If your insulin resistance is too high, your own natural slin won't be working for you at all, you will have to rely on very high doses of slin at certain times, but even then it won't be 24/7. Could you still get good results from 10iu several times a day? Sure you could. But I would argue that you could get BETTER results from much less spread out in smaller amounts, IF you had lower insulin resistance.
Creating low insulin resistance is hard work, it takes a lot of time, clean eating, and meticulous meal preparation. After a show, with all that cardio, low GI carbs, and low glycemic load, my insulin resistance is super low. My simple sugar intraworkout drink can make me hypo post workout if I don't eat soon enough in this state! The last thing I want to do is ruin this hypersensitive state with a bunch of extra slin.
If I do use slin, I want JUST ENOUGH to give me a bit more anabolism (or glycogen storage) without creating insulin resistance. Now I'm getting the extra boost from the slin, PLUS the 24/7 boost from my low insulin resistance. Over weeks and months, my total increase in anabolism is going to be GREATER than someone who blasts a lot of slin, increases their insulin resistance, and gets less effect from the slin and less effect from their natty slin 24/7.
Could I be wrong? Sure. Blasting 20iu PWO might cause slightly more positive effect even though you insulin resistance goes through the roof. You can walk around at 150 blood sugar the rest of the time and have type II diabetes that will probably go away if you stop someday. You might even put on 5 ounces more muscle than me along with several pounds of fat over a few months. In the long run, I bet my approach leads to a better physique and a lower chance of diabetic coma.