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How many people here are either making serious money, as in greater than 25% of their income, off bodybuilding or competing at the level of final call-outs at the pro level? Not many.
Metformin has tons of positive benefits and unless someone seriously stands to gain from incremental amounts of muscle mass then the potential lengthing of life span and other benefits significantly outweigh what probably wouldn’t even add up to be a couple pounds of muscle...priorities
You may be disappointed to know metformin also blunts the positive health benefits of exercise. I wish it weren’t the case.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.12880
interesting article, I have been using it regularly but if this is the case I will lower the dose I use
You may be disappointed to know metformin also blunts the positive health benefits of exercise. I wish it weren’t the case.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.12880
I saw this yesterday. I know people will brush off the study because of their bias but I find this pretty significant, especially since an earlier study showed essentially the same thing.
And I was previously a huge Metformin advocate. I just don't know if taking it is worth it when someone is already so active. The prevention of LVH was a significant positive study, however. I'm really on the fence about it.
It doesn’t though...I didn’t read the entire thing but from what I did ready, all that study says is that metformin negates increases in insulin sensitivity and VO2 max due to exercise but didn’t impact improvements in decreased fat mass, HbA1c, fasting plasma insulin, 24‐hr ambulant mean glucose, and glycemic variability.
This is also done in 60+ year old adults not using anabolics, likely naive to exercise, and with elevated risk factors meaning they probably didn’t lead the healthiest lifestyles.
I’d be hard pressed to apply those results directly to the population present on this board.
I wish someone just come out and say it don’t matter if ur using grams of gear.. I’m on 2k metformin a day.. I think it helps me feel less lethargic
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Probably if you would use much less the a gram you would not fill lethargic.
I saw this yesterday. I know people will brush off the study because of their bias but I find this pretty significant, especially since an earlier study showed essentially the same thing.
And I was previously a huge Metformin advocate. I just don't know if taking it is worth it when someone is already so active. The prevention of LVH was a significant positive study, however. I'm really on the fence about it.
The prevention of LVH trumps anything else in my opinion, thus I will continue to use metformin for the rest of my life!
The prevention of LVH trumps anything else in my opinion, thus I will continue to use metformin for the rest of my life!