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The stack may be continued for up to 12 weeks
Apply DermaTherm Target in the morning to "problem areas" after a shower.
Split CLA dose into 2 doses per day, taken with meals.
Split Green Tea dose into 2-3 doses per day, taken with meals.
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eh. cla doesnt really work, gte is excellent, but solo is more for health, the topical might show promise, but i am weary of topicals.
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Primordial, do you have any studies on CLA showing these effects on trained human athletes?
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Why do you say CLA doesnt work...? Ive got over 20 studies that show either a significant or "non-significant" benefit to CLA reducing fat mass and/or increasing lean body mass.
Would you like to try the stack? -Eric |
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How much difference in fat loss was deemed significant? Because statistically, this only means that the between-group variability was large enough - given the sample size - to show an effect beyond random noise.
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Put it this way - a one-ounce difference in fat mass may very well be significant, but I might not be willing to fork out the 400 bucks' worth of CLA to achieve it.
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i read the studies, and it is promising, but i have never once seen results in real life mimic those studies. i have tried, i have had others try, i even had someone mega dose cla, and nothing.
would i like to try the stack? if you put it exactly how you think it would work, then sure, that way, my input is simply results. |
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Well i could offer you a 12 week supply.
Would you run some sort of cutting diet with these products? -Eric |
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Again, I'd like to see a parametrization of "modest".
I have tried CLA, and noticed nothing. It was tonalin, and I took more than suggested, but perhaps it wasn't enough. |
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12 weeks is a bit much, but very generous. how about 4 weeks, would there be noticable results in this time frame? yep, if you want me to do it, i would obviously be doing a cut diet with a focus on cardio to maximize results.
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How long did you use it for? The research shows that 8 weeks is the minimum to really notice anything...
Theoretically, (if all variables remained constant) had you not used the CLA you would have gained a lb of fat, but since you used it you lost a lb of fat. Would you be able to notice 1lb of fat loss in 8 weeks? Probably not by just looking in the mirror... -Eric |
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Okay, well, doing the math here… it's $30 for a 12-week supply. I'd lose one pound in 8 weeks, so that's 2 ounces a week. In 12 weeks - assuming the rate of loss remains linear over that period, I'd lose 24 ounces, or a pound and a half.
Basically we're talking twenty dollars for a one-pound loss over two months. 3500 calories divided by 60 days works out to a deficit of about 60 calories a day. I could eat 60 calories less a day and save myself 20 bucks a month. Am I missing something? Setting that aside, the raspberry ketones look interesting. How has the feedback been on that one? |
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so essentially they recomped at a caloric plateau? that would be interesting to do 4 week cut, 4 week close to maintenance. i could swing that.
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Quite honestly, since it enhances recompositon without a deficit, I'd prefer to run it that way, too. We don't know that we could take full advantage of it while cutting. Must cutting supps make bulking WORSE, not better.
The derma product looks really interesting! Would it be best used pre-cardio, in a caloric deficit? |
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Because CLA enhances reglycogenation and improves insulin sensitivity, I'd pass on that one until I'm at maintenance, or bulking. Insulin sensitivity is the LAST thing I want in a deficit!
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Because insulin resistance helps preserve lean mass.
Part of how growth hormone works is the promotion of insulin resistance. By limiting reglycogenation, glucose is spared for the brain and the energy substrate is shifted from glycogen to triglyceride. For a bulking athlete, insulin sensitivity is what you want, because the enhanced GLUT4 means improved calorie partitioning. The story changes while cutting. On less food than is required, insulin resistance makes it harder to burn glycogen, forcing the body to oxidize fat for fuel. In this way, on a deficit, insulin resistance is muscle-sparing. In a deficit, the only time I want improved insulin sensitivity is for carbups. That's why for example Lyle uses a tension workout just before the carbups for UD2.0. |
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Abstract Background: Experimental data in human subjects demonstrate that growth hormone (GH) acutely inhibits glucose disposal in skeletal muscle. The insulin-antagonistic effects are clinically relevant since active acromegaly is accompanied by glucose intolerance, whereas children with GH deficiency may develop fasting hypoglycemia. At the same time, GH stimulates the turnover and oxidation of free fatty acids (FFAs), and there is experimental evidence to suggest a causal link between elevated FFA levels and insulin resistance in skeletal muscle. During fasting, the induction of insulin resistance by GH is associated with enhanced lipid oxidation and protein conservation, which seems to constitute a favorable metabolic adaptation. |
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Because insulin resistance helps preserve lean mass.
Part of how growth hormone works is the promotion of insulin resistance. By limiting reglycogenation, glucose is spared for the brain and the energy substrate is shifted from glycogen to triglyceride. For a bulking athlete, insulin sensitivity is what you want, because the enhanced GLUT4 means improved calorie partitioning. The story changes while cutting. On less food than is required, insulin resistance makes it makes it harder to store fat. It makes it harder to burn glycogen because there's less glycogen to be had, thus forcing the body to oxidize fat for fuel. In this way, on a deficit, insulin resistance is muscle-sparing. In a deficit, the only time I want improved insulin sensitivity is for carbups. That's why for example Lyle uses a tension workout just before the carbups for UD2.0. |
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Are you giving away some stacks?
I am beginning a low carbohydrate cut right now... I am an experienced cutter and could provide a full detailed log with pictures, diet, routine and even videos if required. |
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I think I might be working with Built on a sponsored log, but shoot me a PM if your interested.
-Eric |
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Interesting info.. I agree with some of it, but I think its a bit more complicated than that... Ill wont say anything though because I know if I do Ill be in this thread for a week straight!
-Eric |
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ROFLMFAO! Fair enough. I agree CLA's good shit - I'll take it, but at maintenance, later on. I am so insulin resistant, on a bulk, I need all the help I can get!
It would be interesting to know how long it takes for CLA to have its insulin sensitizing effect - if it happened acutely, I'd take it for carbups. But I promise, I am NOT trying to suck you in to more speculation. The transdermal is the part I'm the most interested in. |
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can anyone explain to me the difference between CLA and r-ALA? I thought that the r-ALA was a good nutrient partitioner as well, and if so, what's the difference?
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Okay, the fat cell apoptosis is interesting. I didn't know anything could do that.
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Eric,
Built has been working with me for about 6 months on weight loss, and I am about to start a hard 10 week cut. If you are interested in a logger and are willing to negotiate the price, I would be thrilled to try this. |
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