CO B-man said:
Truthfully I was curios about if PCT anti e's etc were needed myself once and that was answerred here. More just because some girl asked me about it once and it made me wonder. Thats where my first post on this thread came from.
My previous response was very broad -- the scenerios when women will ask about PCT & anti-es -:
PCT - when coming off AAS because that's what they see guys doing or if a guy uses and gives advice, that is what he knows to do for himself and is not sure if the same usage translates.
anti-e's - women find out that the fat around hips, waist, stomach, thighs is due to estrogen, then they hear that guys take Anti-es to avoid estrogen, then they start asking if they can take it to cut fat in general. So for fat loss in general, or for competition.
So...
PCT - generally no. But AR has some interesting discussions about that - I would venture that there are some rebound effects if the girl is aggressively using but I doubt you'll find much documented about it. Generally no. But not a resounding, followed up w/ scientific ressearch no. Just don't need it like men do.
Anti-e's - generally women are recommended to use nolva for competition prep. There is argument as to how good it works because it has been shown to inhibit fat in breast tissue - so what. That has not much to do w/ trying to limit fat in hips, thighs, etc. Arimidex, aromasin, etc. are more potent and probably even less known about their effects on women. I believe arimidex is also a breast cancer treatment, but that's about the extent of what I know about it.
Anti-es - the thing is you can try to interrupt the estrogen process in women for a show or a short period of time and then come off. You can't stay on that stuff forever because there is a reason there is a particular balance of all the sex hormones in our bodies - that is the foundation of our bio-chemical well-being - our moods, how we feel, tired / not tired, etc. But also when you come off, you tend to rebound as your natural levels kick back in. So to that extent, in the competition scenario, everything you do to prepare is w/ the intent of lookign a certain way at a certain time of day on competition day - NOT to maintain that look indefinitely. You rebound from all the shit you took, ate, did for the whole period of competition prep within a week of heading back to a normal lifestyle. The body craves balance so it will swing back as soon as either the extreme forces stop or the body just can't deal w/ it anymore.
So when I discussed it previously - the idea is yes women will use anti-e's for the short period of contest prep, but I'd venture to ask how much of a difference it makes with consideration to all the other diet, training, other supps, water depletion, etc. that goes into prep -i.e. how much does the anti-e by itself contribute? And also is it worth it or are you prepared to deal w/ the rebound when you come off. As a diet aid, absolutely not.