I have also read this below. Not sure if it might help my situation.
While injecting test increases protein
synthesis by roughly 50 times, depending on dose and time, most bodybuilders
forget that it will reduce collagen synthesis by more than 50% -- more like 80%,
giving you the collagen synthesis rate of a senior citizen. Since collagen makes
up tendons, bros are very prone to injury if they continue to lift very heavy,
unless they cycle off T and let their collagen synthesis get back to normal.
It's like having the skeletal muscle of a gorilla with the tendons of a very old
man.
Winstrol increases collagen synthesis. It will give you bigger
tendons. However, your body compensates for this by making them more brittle,
weaker, and more prone to injury. I can't tell you how many bros work out
anaerobically and become injured while on winstrol. Guys who lift in the 1-5 rep
range while on winstrol, to baseball players who sprint all out from a
stationary position -- winstrol should be the LAST drug they choose. Most of
them like winstrol because they don't get the weight gain from it but it is very
detrimental to bros who train for any sport anaerobically. Tendons tear easily
on it.
Also, the drugs I mention increase collagen synthesis while also
increasing collagen cross-linking integrity, making for a much stronger tendon.
Winstrol, on the other hand, will dramatically increase collagen syn,
but ironically it decreases collagen cross-linking integrity, thus making a much
weaker tendon.
You can plan a cycle of AAS which will increase collagen
synthesis and skeletal muscle growth at the same time. The key is the drug(s)
you choose.
deca , Equipoise,
Anavar, and
primobolan will ALL
increase skeletal muscle while at the same time dramatically increase collagen
syn and bone mass and density, leaving you with a substantially reduced chance
of becoming injured than if you choose to use AAS like sus,
cyp, or enth.
While testosterone
will increase bone mass and density, even at supra-physiological levels, the
result is weaker tendons due to inhibition of collagen syn.
To plan a
cycle where the goal is to increase skeletal muscle mass/strength while at the
same time increase joint/tendon/ligament strength, enough to keep up with the
dramatic increase in skeletal muscle, you must choose drugs like Eq,
deca, Anavar, or Primo as the base of your
cycle. Testosterone and its esters can be added to your cycle to keep levels
within a 'normal' physiological range (ie, 100-200 mg/wk) but must not go above
this. Since drugs like eq,
deca, anavar
and primo will reduce endogenous, natural levels of
test, these levels may be maintained with
exogenous
test in the 100-200 mg/wk range.
test at this dose will not inhibit
collagen syn, but paradoxically, will help increase it. It is when exogenous
testosterone is used > 200 mg/wk that collagen syn is inhibited.
deca @ 3 mg/kg a week(about 270 mg/wk for a
200 lb male) will increase procollagen III levels by 270% by week 2. Procollagen
III is a primary indicator used to determine the rate of collagen syn. As you
can see,
deca is a very good drug at
giving you everything you want -- an increase in collagen syn, an increase in
skeletal muscle, and increases in bone mass and density. The one thing it does
not give you is wood.
primobolan, @ 5 mg/kg, will increase
collagen synthesis by roughly 180% -- less than
deca and equipoise but still substantial.
Equipoise @ 3 mg/kg will increase procollagen III by approximately 340%
-- slightly better than
deca.
Oxandrolone has over a hundred studies documenting its effectiveness at
treating patients needing rapid increases in collagen syn to enhance healing.
These drugs have longer half-lives than most other AAS, so this should
be considered when timing your post cycle
clomid use. Here they are:
deca: 15 days Equipoise: 14 days
primobolan: 10.5 days
Anavar
has a half-life of only 8 hours so it should not pose a problem.
GH is
probably the most remarkable drug at increasing collagen synthesis. It increases
collagen syn in a dose dependant manner -- the more you use, the more you will
increase collagen syn. It has also demonstrated this ability in short and long
term studies. From what I've read,
HGH at 6 iu/day increased the collagen
deposition rate by around 250% in damaged collagen structures. This result
indicates that the increased biomechanical strength of wounds to collagen
structures treated with biosynthetic human growth hormone was produced by an
increased deposition of collagen in the collagen structures.
Eq, primo,
anavar, and
deca are all good -- they
increase several biomakers of collagen syn -- ie, type III, II, I, procollagen
markers. GH just seems to do so most dramatically.
Use of any of these
drugs @ supra-physiological levels with a maintenance dose of
test will increase collagen syn while at the
same time increase skeletal muscle mass. Skeletal muscle mass gains will not be
as dramatic as with large testosterone doses but you have to weigh the
risk/reward basis for yourself. Also, these drugs do not satisfy the libido like
testosterone, but that is not the point of this thread. It is only to
demonstrate that you can increase skeletal muscle and collagen syn at the same
time with certain AAS -- the decision is up to you.
