DC Lifter
04-20-2005, 03:10 PM
Am looking for some knowledgeable answers on how to proceed with a bulking program:
Here's my situation: I am a hard-gainer who is 4 weeks into an 8-wk bulking program. I currently am using: Ergo Pharm's 1-AD (1 cap. 3x/day = 300 mg. total/day), creatine (5-10 gr/day), Isopure protein shakes (3x/day...each of which also contains 4.6 gr. of L-glutamine), and milk thistle capsules (280 mg/day). I increased my protein intake dramatically when I began the program....am consuming approx. 240-250 gr/day most days. Over the 1st 2 and half weeks of the program I gained an amazing 10 lbs (mostly lean mass tho lost a bit of tone in abs) and I have increased my strength on most exercises anywhere from 25-40%. (For example, I am now curling 60-65-lb. dumbbells, compared with 45 lb. before this program.) As for my weight, I began this program at 178 and am now back to my previous all-time peak of a very solid 188. Goal is to get to 200, but problem is, my gains seem to have stopped over the past week....I seem to have stabilized at around 188, and my strength gains seem to have stopped as well, tho not dropped.
Here's what I've got to work with: approx. 4 more weeks of 1-AD. I also have a 25-gr. container of 4-Androstenediol powder, and a 12-gr. container of 1-testosterone powder. Would you suggest stacking either (or both?) of these with my 1-AD, and if so, what dosage, since it is in powder form? Or would it make more sense to temporarily stop my 1-AD for 3-4 weeks, and try starting up again fresh to finish the final 4 weeks -- hoping to repeat the 10-lb. gain I had initially?
I am seriously committed to reaching this 200 goal, so any thoughts would be appreciated.....especially from anyone with first-hand experience with 1-AD.
Here's my situation: I am a hard-gainer who is 4 weeks into an 8-wk bulking program. I currently am using: Ergo Pharm's 1-AD (1 cap. 3x/day = 300 mg. total/day), creatine (5-10 gr/day), Isopure protein shakes (3x/day...each of which also contains 4.6 gr. of L-glutamine), and milk thistle capsules (280 mg/day). I increased my protein intake dramatically when I began the program....am consuming approx. 240-250 gr/day most days. Over the 1st 2 and half weeks of the program I gained an amazing 10 lbs (mostly lean mass tho lost a bit of tone in abs) and I have increased my strength on most exercises anywhere from 25-40%. (For example, I am now curling 60-65-lb. dumbbells, compared with 45 lb. before this program.) As for my weight, I began this program at 178 and am now back to my previous all-time peak of a very solid 188. Goal is to get to 200, but problem is, my gains seem to have stopped over the past week....I seem to have stabilized at around 188, and my strength gains seem to have stopped as well, tho not dropped.
Here's what I've got to work with: approx. 4 more weeks of 1-AD. I also have a 25-gr. container of 4-Androstenediol powder, and a 12-gr. container of 1-testosterone powder. Would you suggest stacking either (or both?) of these with my 1-AD, and if so, what dosage, since it is in powder form? Or would it make more sense to temporarily stop my 1-AD for 3-4 weeks, and try starting up again fresh to finish the final 4 weeks -- hoping to repeat the 10-lb. gain I had initially?
I am seriously committed to reaching this 200 goal, so any thoughts would be appreciated.....especially from anyone with first-hand experience with 1-AD.