Thread: Effect of AAS on Resting Heart Rate...

Water retention = higher rest HR

Wouldn't that typically cause higher BP too though? Definitely don't feel like I'm retaining water

i doubt that you are overtraining if your sleep and diet are on point..


your potassium/sodium balance may be off. This happened to me very recently.. my muscles looked very dry, my heart rate was elevated, felt weak/lifts decreasing.. and my blood pressure was lower than normal.. i also had absolutely no energy, and it took about 800mg of caffeine to get me into the gym.

i was also not sweating... at all, during my workouts

so i looked at my diet, and i was barely getting 400mg of sodium/day.. yes, 400mg/day. i was getting tons of potassium however (even the "salt" i was using on my food was Kcl... no fucking clue how that happened), which was causing me to be really thirsty and urinate very frequently, further reducing my sodium.. then there's the whole alderstrone thing/reaction, further fucking-up of things including thyroid... = gradual downward spiral.


so i bought a huge fucking jar of pickles and went to town on them.. and bought loads of sea salt, and began heavily salting every meal.

needless to say, i feel all better now and i began sweating again.. lol, it took a few days to reset the balance tho and i looked like a total bloatfish during that time. I now use sea salt on every meal, put it in my workout shakes, etc..

Originally Posted by Standard Donkey

i doubt that you are overtraining if your sleep and diet are on point..


your potassium/sodium balance may be off. This happened to me very recently.. my muscles looked very dry, my heart rate was elevated, felt weak/lifts decreasing.. and my blood pressure was lower than normal.. i also had absolutely no energy, and it took about 800mg of caffeine to get me into the gym.

i was also not sweating... at all, during my workouts

so i looked at my diet, and i was barely getting 400mg of sodium/day.. yes, 400mg/day. i was getting tons of potassium however (even the "salt" i was using on my food was Kcl... no fucking clue how that happened), which was causing me to be really thirsty and urinate very frequently, further reducing my sodium.. then there's the whole alderstrone thing/reaction, further fucking-up of things including thyroid... = gradual downward spiral.


so i bought a huge fucking jar of pickles and went to town on them.. and bought loads of sea salt, and began heavily salting every meal.

needless to say, i feel all better now and i began sweating again.. lol, it took a few days to reset the balance tho and i looked like a total bloatfish during that time. I now use sea salt on every meal, put it in my workout shakes, etc..

This is definitely not something I would have ever considered so thanks for the post.

My diet's good. I am cycling calories and carbs to cut bodyfat but I've never felt anything like this while dieting. I've been eating VERY clean and really don't add salt to anything especially when dieting although I'm not sure I'm getting a ton of potasium either. I tend to piss a lot anyway, but I have noticed it's been more yellow first thing in the morning and that I've probably been going a little more than usual.

800mg of caffeine!! Jesus! I'll use 200-300mg worth from pre-workout drinks, but even that hasn't really been doing it. The most interesting thing is I just got back from Outback had a nice 24 oz Porterhouse with veggies and I'm sure it was heavily salted...before I jumped on my cpu I was just thinking that I do feel "a little" better. I'm definitely not 100% convinced yet, but I'm going to increase my sodium intake over the next day or two to see what happens.

Originally Posted by DaBeast25

This is definitely not something I would have ever considered so thanks for the post.

My diet's good. I am cycling calories and carbs to cut bodyfat but I've never felt anything like this while dieting. I've been eating VERY clean and really don't add salt to anything especially when dieting although I'm not sure I'm getting a ton of potasium either. I tend to piss a lot anyway, but I have noticed it's been more yellow first thing in the morning and that I've probably been going a little more than usual.

800mg of caffeine!! Jesus! I'll use 200-300mg worth from pre-workout drinks, but even that hasn't really been doing it. The most interesting thing is I just got back from Outback had a nice 24 oz Porterhouse with veggies and I'm sure it was heavily salted...before I jumped on my cpu I was just thinking that I do feel "a little" better. I'm definitely not 100% convinced yet, but I'm going to increase my sodium intake over the next day or two to see what happens.

i had the same mindset regarding "not salting things" when dieting.. critical error. Sodium gets a bad wrap for no reason at all... it's absolutely essential for bodily function, and even more essential for bodybuilding enthusiasts.

it's actually crucial for the uptake of creatine

i could go on, but ill just leave this here and let Scott Abel do the talking for me

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