Thread: Aromasin confusion

AI's are more effective at bringing out muscle definition. But they are harsher on the cardiovascular system. There was a study several years back that demonstrated a dramatic suppression of HDL when Testolactone (an AI) was added to testosterone enanthate (I think 500mg a week or roughly). TE alone had only a mid effect on HDL/LDL. Estrogen is very important to men - don't discount the negative aspect of suppressing it. Estrogen is also why testosterone can be one of the safest drugs.

Also, know that I generally don't base my advice on what is most effective for a professional competitor, but what offers the best balance of effect and safety for the average steroid user. I stand by Nolvadex over AI's for the stated reasons.

Originally Posted by Coop817

There seems to be a lot of differing opinions on Aromasin, even from site to site....

Some say it should be run during cycle only and NEVER on PCT, some say from start of cycle all the way through to end of pct...and some say ONLY during PCT.....?

bodybuilding always has a lot of differing views, is there a right answer to this one?

same kind of issue with Nolva...some say keep it on hand and run if gyno shows up...most say it does absolutely nothing for gyno during cycle it is only for PCT...

It should be used during cycle and at a lower dose during PCT.

It's going to be trial and error to begin with for the most part, you have to see how you respond to different doses of gear and A/I.

Originally Posted by XYZ

It should be used during cycle and at a lower dose during PCT.

It's going to be trial and error to begin with for the most part, you have to see how you respond to different doses of gear and A/I.

^^^This

Although I used to like adex on cycle and aromasin for PCT. Now I'm on TRT, so I stick with arimidex.

Originally Posted by XYZ

It should be used during cycle and at a lower dose during PCT.

That's exactly how I did and loved the results.

Like you stated there are always going to be opinions but I feel the more you read you will see that most people prefer to use arimadex ON cycle and aromasin for PCT.
The main reason I feel is that aromasin is a suicidal ai so would be much better suited for PCT to help prevent a possible re-bound of estrogen.
Either ai could be used ON cycle if you prefered.
I like arimadex ON and aromasin for PCT personally.
Also the question you had about nolvadex. IMO it should be kept on hand for possible gyno issues IF you have been useing test but definetly not if you have included tren or deca.
Another reason I feel arimadex is better ON cycle is you need a certain amount of estrogen to grow period. You dont want to shut it down to hard while on cycle for maximum gains.
This is the reason it takes some trial and error or blood work to get your ai dialed in correctly. The least thats needed to keep your estrogen in check is best.
What works for me and many others is .5mgs arimadex 3x wkly like mon, wed, & fri.
Now keep in mind if you chose to use aromasin it has to be taken daily because of the half life differance and the doseing on it is totally differant.
If you were to do aromasin it may be like 12.5mgs daily.
Again it takes some experimentation.
Hope this helps you.

Aromasin (Exemestane) Explained

For PCT, the only program I like is the Scally protocols (HCG/NOL/CLO). There are plenty of other theories, but this is well studies and known to work well cuz I don't like to suppress estrogen levels with aromatase inhibitors due to the stronger negative impact this has on cholesterol.

Nothing can replace a PoWEr pct program and I don't see much reason to alter them unless something better is established. It should work on many varying degrees of HPTA suppression.

All initiated the same time.

HCG: 2500 IU/Every other Day for 16 days
Clomiphene: 50 mg twice daily for 30 days
Tamoxifen: 20 mg daily for 45 days

Here is the original paper.

http://www.medibolics.com/ScallyVergelAstractHPGA.pdf

Originally Posted by tballz

That's exactly how I did and loved the results.

Like what kind of dosages ?