@xyit Absolutely delightful ☕

@Cezar4911 The former part of message is good point. When it comes to the latter part I have to say that Thailand is a weird place. There have certainly been some retarded cases. You can buy and blast steroids like crazy but importing is a different thing here. They are suprisingly strict with it. They started interogating me for buying aniprin aspirin. Im sure I must definitely been unlucky regarding that though...

Also freedom is so important to me that I just see people not caring for it like its a baby crazy or unknowledgable haha (altough I have been risktaking regarding this before so I still get how its possible to think that way, but I regret that.). I worked so much without sleep just to escape the 9-5 and I am not willing to lose this fooking freedom after all that. But I am not willing to not take my hormones either slurp 😋

Soon I will be able to buy anything zero risk though hehehe... (Im totally joking cough cough) 😜 ... Or am I du dudu dudu🕺

@JamesL

Its just another name for dht so you are good to go dht beastin

@grymsky90210 one of the earlier ones I'm not certain

@sneedful said in mysofascial release, foam rolling, lymphatic massage, massaging etc:

I get immense benefits of relaxation and anxiousness relief from rolling on various shape and hardness balls and rollers.

Me too.

@onliest said in Weight gaining:

@cokefiend I'm not touching whey anymore. I think brotein up to 1g/lb is a meme. Had much more success upping my carbs.

Second this! Eating over 200g of protein a day was wrecking my digestion and making me feel fat / full all the time. Been doing high carb low fat med protein lately and I feel like a superhuman. Ample protein is needed to put on some size but it’s not the end all be all

Olympic lifts

Sprinting

Plyometrics

@ricksaban I found that 20-25mg post workout helps with muscle building. Its not anything ground breaking mind you, but I seemed to put on muscle slightly faster than if I were not taking it.

Looking for ways to lower serotonin and cortisol may be useful. Belly fat is highly associated with increased cortisol (e.g. Cushing disease as the extreme).

@Beach-Stud wtf how can you eat around 10% fats with daily raw milk, oily pastas, beef and eggs? if i eat like that the fat % goes much higher, cant keep it low.

@jamezb46 Thanks. I wouldn't have guessed right.

@Pooooop 2014, I am about to turn 27

@raytreats for middle delts literally just spam lateral raises until you can do 50+lbs.

Front delts you hit with bench pressing

Rear delts you should target specifically. Very impt for boulder shoulders

You may want to make sure that it isn't a tendon injury due to straining or repetitive motion, carpal tunnel / tennis elbow or similar. I know for some carpal tunnel can take a while to resolve depending on how they treat it. I would go very easy, or even abstain, on the forearms in the meantime till you figure it out or it clears up.

Thanks for the replies. I'll have a look into the DC programme I've heard of it before but never tried it.

It's a good point about the concentric, I'm going to try speeding it up to 2-3s and just keep the eccentric phase slower.

I've read people say it should be harder on the joints but I get no joint pain at all when I do this very slow and controlled method and it always comes back it I start going faster and more explosive, even with good form.

Reckon I'll stick with the slower tempo to keep my joints feeling good and just focus on everything else nutrition and lifestyle wise to make sure I'm minimizing any negative impact from it.

@samson niacin inhibits lypolisis does it not?

@RayPeatFan
Good catches, am not as picky with certain excipients if it's only a bottle or two (1/2 price discount)

Relentless Improvement looks like a good find!

@EustaceBagge totally. I agree completely.

@Nikolai
You could try
Dried Fruit (Mango, Dates, Raisins)
Butter
Raw Cheese
Raw Cream
Maple Syrup
Coconut Milk
Ice Cream

@TexugoDoMel

cool studies. thanks

Sounds like gel can also be used to enhance absorption of co2 through bag bathing (where usually water does that in baths) , so can apply it somewhere to enhance a local area effect

{they used glycerin aka glycerol as part of the gel in one of the studies. which should be safe topically as endogenous compound}

Gel only: The CO2 paste was obtained from CO2Tech (Kobe, Japan) and contained 1,3‐butylene glycol, sodium hydrogen carbonate (bicarb), malic acid, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, alkyl‐modified carboxyvinyl polymer, and carboxyvinyl polymer

Because of its relatively high solubility, CO2 gas dissolves in the hydrogel. The dissolved CO2 then permeates the skin, moving down its concentration gradient when the maximum solubility in the hydrogel is reached. Our previous study showed that CO2 penetrated human tissue by this system {more than bag bathing without the gel?}

transcutaneous CO2 absorption-accelerating hydrogel, (Formulation: carbomer (0.65%), glycerin (5.00%), sodium hydroxide (0.18%), sodium alginate (0.15%), sodium dihydrogen phosphate (0.15%), methylparaben (0.10%), and deionized water (balance))

In this system, the CO2 hydrogel is applied to the skin to allow CO2 to dissolve and penetrate into the local tissue, which humidifies the skin without bathing, thereby forming a passage for CO2 to reach the local tissues. This system allows for the easy application of CO2 to any site of the body.

When we applied CO2 transcutaneously using this system, sweating and redness of the skin were noted. In addition, the blood flow to the fingers increased
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169585/

this one just using co2 in water for 10 mins daily gave nice results for restoring blood flow & vessels (but not systemic effect, local to limbs used on)
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/01.CIR.0000159329.40098.66
, amazing for just 10 minutes daily , 1g co2 per liter of water (get that from 2g bicarb + 2.5g citric acid)
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