Just a few brief notes on the over-the-counter (OTC) hormones I've personally used to build muscle.
Both were transdermal (topically applied) products. The first was Dermacrine, of which I used a total of 3 bottles, 2 of which were run back-to-back over a 10 week period. This is topically absorbed DHEA, which is said to effectively deliver more of this hormone to the bloodstream as it bypasses the liver. The liver ordinarily destroys a large portion of the hormone when taken orally. Below is a link to the product I used
Dermacrine - Boosting Testosterone with Topical DHEA and Pregnenolone
DHEA in my experience appears to be more androgenic than anabolic, but as it's pretty mild stuff I'm not suggesting it's very much of either. In this case I'm using the term androgenic to refer primarily to strength promoting effects and anabolic to refer to muscle building effects. DHEA is not a "pro-hormone". It is a hormone. In the doses that can be delivered transdermally by this product though, it's effects are nothing like what one might expect from a drug like Anavar.
When I used Dermacrine I noticed a prominent, sustained energy and motivation boost in the gym. I'm not talking about the kind of spike and droop you get from stuff like NoExplode and the like. I just felt very stoked during workouts, which as you might expect can lead indirectly to gains. I also documented a very substantial strength increase while using the first bottle, but that strength boost plateaued after only 5 weeks. I did not observe any gains in lean body mass.
The other product I've used is 1-T Tren, which due to tightening DEA regs is now no longer available. A similar product though is now available from the manufacturer.
1-T Liqua-Vade
1-T Tren I believe was advertised as a "pro-steroid". Can't speak to this new product, but 1-T Tren wasn't a "pro-steroid". It was a steroid. The real deal Holyfield.
I used it as recommended (for a man) on the label. I got crazy pumps and I gained about 8 pounds of lean body mass over a 10 week period. I didn't gain a huge amount of strength though, which suggests to me 1-T Tren is a far more anabolic product than Dermacrine. The bicep pumps I got were actually painful. I didn't recognize my own arms they blew up so huge. Massive pumps like that are textbook hallmarks of steroid use. The vascularity increase across my quads, delts, and upper arms was stunning.
It also appears to have permanently lowered my voice a bit. This is a real steroid. If you find any examples of this product still around on foreign sites, or choose to use any OTC legal alternatives of this caliber, beware. These products are real. They carry the same potential gains and consequences of Anavar, Winstrol, Primo, etc.
As for the new Primordial Performance alternative I linked, if it even approaches the effectiveness of 1-T Tren, it's a great, legal resource for muscle building.
Both were transdermal (topically applied) products. The first was Dermacrine, of which I used a total of 3 bottles, 2 of which were run back-to-back over a 10 week period. This is topically absorbed DHEA, which is said to effectively deliver more of this hormone to the bloodstream as it bypasses the liver. The liver ordinarily destroys a large portion of the hormone when taken orally. Below is a link to the product I used
Dermacrine - Boosting Testosterone with Topical DHEA and Pregnenolone
DHEA in my experience appears to be more androgenic than anabolic, but as it's pretty mild stuff I'm not suggesting it's very much of either. In this case I'm using the term androgenic to refer primarily to strength promoting effects and anabolic to refer to muscle building effects. DHEA is not a "pro-hormone". It is a hormone. In the doses that can be delivered transdermally by this product though, it's effects are nothing like what one might expect from a drug like Anavar.
When I used Dermacrine I noticed a prominent, sustained energy and motivation boost in the gym. I'm not talking about the kind of spike and droop you get from stuff like NoExplode and the like. I just felt very stoked during workouts, which as you might expect can lead indirectly to gains. I also documented a very substantial strength increase while using the first bottle, but that strength boost plateaued after only 5 weeks. I did not observe any gains in lean body mass.
The other product I've used is 1-T Tren, which due to tightening DEA regs is now no longer available. A similar product though is now available from the manufacturer.
1-T Liqua-Vade
1-T Tren I believe was advertised as a "pro-steroid". Can't speak to this new product, but 1-T Tren wasn't a "pro-steroid". It was a steroid. The real deal Holyfield.
I used it as recommended (for a man) on the label. I got crazy pumps and I gained about 8 pounds of lean body mass over a 10 week period. I didn't gain a huge amount of strength though, which suggests to me 1-T Tren is a far more anabolic product than Dermacrine. The bicep pumps I got were actually painful. I didn't recognize my own arms they blew up so huge. Massive pumps like that are textbook hallmarks of steroid use. The vascularity increase across my quads, delts, and upper arms was stunning.
It also appears to have permanently lowered my voice a bit. This is a real steroid. If you find any examples of this product still around on foreign sites, or choose to use any OTC legal alternatives of this caliber, beware. These products are real. They carry the same potential gains and consequences of Anavar, Winstrol, Primo, etc.
As for the new Primordial Performance alternative I linked, if it even approaches the effectiveness of 1-T Tren, it's a great, legal resource for muscle building.
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