Question about adex on cycle

[dylangemelli]

yeah, i'd read guys talking about it inhibiting gains, but i hadn't heeded it, figuring better safer than sorry was the better option and that appropriate doses shouldn't inhibit anything.

i didn't mean to tire you, man, lol, i just didn't recall having a previous exchange with you re. a starting dose for aromasin, although i'd seen 12.5 eod cited frequently elsewhere .. just to clarify, you are advocating use of aromasin throughout cycle? or only if required?

I use it no matter what and thats what i recommend

 

[SS78]

I use it no matter what and thats what i recommend

noted and will be heeded. i was already leaning to that policy besides. thanks for your patient advice bro.

 

[dylangemelli]

noted and will be heeded. i was already leaning to that policy besides. thanks for your patient advice bro.

Anytime bro

 

[Zyglamail]

is it best used at a regular interval (say, every other day) all through cycle, or is it better employed as required (for example, to subdue bloat) ?

anyone care to do a comprehensive list of the various sides adex is good for combatting on cycle?

Personally I think you are looking at this all wrong.

The side effect that adex is meant to combat is called elevated estrogen. When asking if its better to take during cycle or only when sides appear is misleading because by the time you exhibit physical side effects of too much estrogen taking an AI is not going to address the large amount of estrogen currently in your system, it will only prevent the addition of more. The existing E your just going to have to wait for your body to metabolize.

The question you should be asking yourself is "What is the benefit of elevated estrogen?". Unless your post menopausal woman or have undergone a sex change and dont have the equipment to produce female levels of E, then the answer is "There is no benefit for a man to have elevated estrogen".

So if there is no benefit of having elevated estrogen, why flood your body with it in the first place and subject your body to the sides, seen or unseen?

As to whether you use adex, exemestane, letro etc its kind of like asking should I use a 50 cal to shoot that rodent or a .45? They are all going to get the job done and the job we want done isnt total estrogen elimination, its estrogen control. Ideally we want our estrogen levels while on cycle to be close to what they are when off cycle (assuming they are in normal lab range).

I say use the AI you can get and that works for you.

 

[SS78]

Personally I think you are looking at this all wrong.

The side effect that adex is meant to combat is called elevated estrogen. When asking if its better to take during cycle or only when sides appear is misleading because by the time you exhibit physical side effects of too much estrogen taking an AI is not going to address the large amount of estrogen currently in your system, it will only prevent the addition of more. The existing E your just going to have to wait for your body to metabolize.

the way the question was put was rather naive, granted, and i agree. better to prevent than need to cure.

i was reflecting a school of thought that had been put to me by a poster on this forum and a personal friend of mine who had both stated that they only used an AI 'when needed', ie. when sides showed.
part of my interest in starting the thread was to hear more about posters' experiences and their preferences based on those.

the posts of jbranken and dylan helped fully clarify my own thinking on the subject, but your input is appreciated still.

 

[Zyglamail]

i was reflecting a school of thought that had been put to me by a poster on this forum and a personal friend of mine who had both stated that they only used an AI 'when needed', ie. when sides showed.

I understand I may not have given you dosages, that had already been provided, so my goal was different. My goal was to try and educate you that high E serves no purpose so "when needed" is in actuality "when E is elevated" which turns out to be every time you run an aromatizing AAS.

The problem with the typical ill use it when I see sides is that often times by then its too late. I would say most of the people here making gyno posts followed that line of thought.

AI's are so cheap and easy to come by there really isnt any reason not to use them throughout cycle. There is some bro science floating around that AI reduce gains but thats nothing but anecdotal BS since its largely based on "previous cycle" results. The truth of the matter is muscle becomes harder and harder to gain the more you have.