I agree to this. I have been fortunate enough that over the past few years I've had sponsors on other boards give me a ton of free peptides, sarm's, gear, and luckily not been asked for anything from it, except one did simply ask for a review of what were both considered to be sarm's at the time, ostarine and GW.
I originally ran a Osta at 25mg a day on cycle, which I used in place of another item, so I was able to lower my doses and still got the gains that were expected, I was purposely trying to stay as lean as possible but bulk a little and really I didnt have much trouble but I couldn't give Osta a fair review because I was on TE but at a lower dose than ever plus 800mg of primo e. a week, with mast p added to it so with all that it would be hard to pinpoint one product as doing specifics. I've also ran it up to 50mg a day with no issue, and this was completely off and I was actually making small but clean gains.
Now for pct, Osta is something that IMO should be part of a pct or right after, because it's know to help maintain all the gains but there are more benefits than just that. I wouldn't go as high in pct or post pct, because it can cause some suppression of HPTA at high doses. But It not only helps maintain those hard earned gains, but it also isn't hard on the body and you can definitely make a full recovery, and maintain much easier.
Its been a while while since I've used it, maybe a year or so but it attaches to and activates the andro receptors but doesn't cause the down regulation of HPTA unless dosing probably 50mg a day +. But this can vary from person to person.
I ran a regular pct and started Osta a week after my last pin at 15mg a day and ran that the duration of the pct, and I think I may have went up to 20mg. Then after I stayed around 40mg a day. But I felt great, maintained strength, size, lost maybe 3 lbs of water, but I have a friend who I gave a couple bottle to, and I told him to run a full pct with it, but he didnt. He did an hcg blast then started Osta at 25mg and Gw51056 or whatever the numbers are at 10mg a day. Not only did he maintain his gains and strength, but he for stonger, he had a week of pct blues but kept pushing and felt great, he uses this religiously now. The GW at 10mg a day will give you some pretty crazy energy, but not like a prework out stim, but in pct I'd be careful with GW because the energy it provides is the type that makes you not want to leave the gym and feel like you can just keep going, but I'm a firm believer in getting in and iu during pct, to much training can lower T levels at that time, but he has been using gear only about 3 years, started around 32, and had a baby while on cycle or the Osta, I can't remember. But he's smart and listens to other advice, and for someone running 3 years with maybe 8 weeks max off at a time, he still only is using 75mg TP and 75 npp 3 days a week with maybe some var or tbol occassionally. He has not needed to increase his doses and continues to gain and lean out. He went from a decent base at his height is 185 to 235-240, which he isn't trying to get any bigger in terms of weight, he's trying to harden up and stay strong, lean, and is a freak about cardio, but not like a treadmill, he's out pulling a sled doing sprints, and things like that plus cardio is part of his training style, he does his big 3, but then it's variations of PL/Strongman.
So it takes me forever to get to the point, but I think the reason he's been able to keep low doses of two compound 3 days a week and maybe an oral, being var or tbol, and still keep making progress is obviously in his training, eating, sleeping, but I believe ostarine had a large part in it. He bounced back post quickly and again it's just been blasting hcg for 10 days and then ostarine. The GW he doesn't always use.
As as a side note, guys who struggle with excess body fat, look into GW, it's been shown in studies that 10mg a day can prevent obesity in men by speeding up the metabolism, but is ask good for lipids, and anything that helps maintain lipid profile is good, but the energy, increased metabolism, are a big benefit as well. But he did miss a comp in the summer, which he had worked his ass off for because he was overheating. This may have been the GW, or the tren or the combination of them plus it was just a hot week. But TP, NPP, TRA, are the only oils he uses nd he never goes over 75 mg 3 days a week, and I think ostarine plays a major role in this, because his group of training partners are all about the same as far as time spent on but most of them don't come off,,they cruise, with 3 years and not competing lol, but they have all went to adding more each time, so higher doses and 2 compounds turned into 3, then 4 and basically they are relying on gear, where my buddy will take breaks, and I should take back what I said earlier because he has taken 16 weeks off recently and still maintained and wasn't on Osta the whole time, he only ran it about another 4-6 weeks after pct and didnt need a pct after ostarine.
Im im happy I saw this thread, because I haven't done much but TRT in the last couple years., I may throw and oral in at times but now I'm going to definitely add in some ostarine and I see it priced better that a few years ago which I was lucky to get free but I honestly think Osta is something everyone can benefit from, especially guys who want a break away from the gear, trust me you really won't feel like your off.
Nice thread topic, and a good approach to its benefits, I need to take some time and catch back up on some of its new findings since I last used it, I have been away from the boards a. Lot and not spending the time reading studies or simple post of experience, so thanks for bringing this back into mind for me.
