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[Judo Tom]

Thanks again Judo, sorry to ask a stupid question but what is RBC?
Red Blood Count?

Yea I will start off lower and try to find the sweet spot.

What sort of sides should I be looking for if the does is too high? Just big pumps, or any other indicators?

I know taurine is meant to help with pumps, I was also going to use beta alanine, arganine, citruline mallate, d-aspartic acid, glutamine, and obviously creatine.
Any other supplements I should look into to help?

a small bump in your rbc is beneficial.. a huge bump will hurt it and as zyg pointed out is dangerous.. ESPECIALLY for 'endurance' athletes..

you can look to supplement with baby aspirin, any high blood pressure supps like n2guard, drink lots of water, etc and that will all help but if you are on lets say 1g of sauce no way you are going to perform as well on the field.

taurine will definitely help w/ pumps.. ive used 10g's when i was on beast and a high carb diet and it really helped out big time.

also you will be shocked at how well you can recover and increase strength on 300-400mg of test with a GREAT diet and GREAT supps. often athletes will take in 300+ grams of protein but if you do that while on test it is utilized so much more effectively and you will rarely have that run down feeling.

if you are set on var id go 350mg of test 20mg of var and see how that goes..

Good Luck!

 

[Catman22]

a small bump in your rbc is beneficial.. a huge bump will hurt it and as zyg pointed out is dangerous.. ESPECIALLY for 'endurance' athletes..

you can look to supplement with baby aspirin, any high blood pressure supps like n2guard, drink lots of water, etc and that will all help but if you are on lets say 1g of sauce no way you are going to perform as well on the field.

taurine will definitely help w/ pumps.. ive used 10g's when i was on beast and a high carb diet and it really helped out big time.

also you will be shocked at how well you can recover and increase strength on 300-400mg of test with a GREAT diet and GREAT supps. often athletes will take in 300+ grams of protein but if you do that while on test it is utilized so much more effectively and you will rarely have that run down feeling.

if you are set on var id go 350mg of test 20mg of var and see how that goes..

Good Luck!

Great, thanks Judo!

The proposed Cycle I have put together with all the info and help I have received on the forum and my own experience is:

8 WEEKS
50mg Test Prop ED (potentially going up to 100mg depending on feeling)
20mg Var ED (potentially going up to 40-60mg depending on feeling)
Bulbine and Tribulus E/D
Creatine up to 10g E/D
Taurine up to 10g E/D
N2Guard E/D
HCGenerate Start week 5 E/D

PCT
Forma Stanzol (week 9-10)
Unleashed (week 11-12)
Post Cycle (week 11-12)
HCGen (continued week 5-12)
Bulbine and Tribulus E/D

Anything I've missed?

 

[Judo Tom]

that looks real solid. take in a ton of protein and get some good sleep and you will be amazed at the benefits.

 

[Catman22]

that looks real solid. take in a ton of protein and get some good sleep and you will be amazed at the benefits.

Great, thanks for your help and support Judo, really appreciate it!

My diet is pretty solid, like I say my supplements get sorted through rugby so that's a big bonus.

I will log the cycle on a new thread once I have started it, looking forward to seeing some gains!

Cheers

 

[Zyglamail]

Thanks Zyglamail!
Surely a raised RBC would be beneficial to endurance though as RBCs carry oxygen to the muscles?
Obviously if they raise too high then that would be bad, is there a way of telling if my RBC count is up without blood work?

Thats why I said its a double edged sword, yes more oxygen carrying red blood cells is good, but there comes a point when the blood becomes too hard to pump so even though there is more oxygen in the blood it doesnt move as rapidly which means the oxygen cant get to where its needed.

Even withing lab norms I can feel a difference when my RBC gets near high end of lab range. Heart rate rises faster and slows slower.

No real way to tell what RBC is without some lab work, I think manay clinics have the basics to check RBC though.

 

[Catman22]

Thanks a lot Zyglamail, very helpful throughout this post.
Appreciate it.
Well here goes nothing!