{"id":5428,"date":"2022-05-11T17:09:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T00:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/?p=5428"},"modified":"2022-07-28T07:03:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T14:03:19","slug":"what-does-it-mean-to-be-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/?p=5428","title":{"rendered":"What does it mean to be Strong?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strength isn\u2019t just pulling a silly amount of weights and throwing your belt across the room &#8211; sorry Larry Wheels. Strength is described as the amount of force produced by a muscle or muscle group. Different from power, strength is simply grit and getting through the rep. Imagine a 16-second deadlift rep.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><strong>Strength Based Pharmacology: Three Phases\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have everything else (training, sleep, and diet) in check, and you are already getting stronger on a weekly basis, we can look at pharmacology to improve that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><strong>1) Far Out (20 &#8211; 12 Weeks out)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this period, you will be doing some intense training and you will have some training \u201cproblems\u201d you need to solve.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><b>Just being more Masculine<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is really the base of most cycles, you need to have the input of masculinity; libido, estrogen conversion, and feeling good all around. There are a few reasons why you would want to do this.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Libido from both Testosterone and Estrogen will keep you healthier and your mind in a better state to perform better under the bar<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estrogen is not only good for libido, but it is also neuro -, cardiovascular -, and recovery sparing. Men with close to zero Estrogen suffer a lot from a health perspective<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\">How do we actually get this \u201cmasculinity\u201d?<\/span> <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><strong>Well, you have two options, maybe three:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><b><\/b><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/cypogen-testosterone-cypionate-250mg\/\"><b>CYPOGEN (Testosterone Cypionate)<\/b><\/a><b>:\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><b>Dosing: Either 3mg per kg, or 300 &#8211; 600mg per week<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pure Testosterone is simple and easy. Shouldn\u2019t cause you too many side effects unless you use way too much of course. Will help with libido and just make you feel good, but more importantly, will provide you with Estrogen<\/span><b>. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You might run into issues of elevated Estrogen at higher doses, in which case you will need an AI like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/aromagen-aromasin-12-5mg\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AROMAGEN (Aromasin)<\/span><\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/equigen-equipoise-300mg\/\"><b>EQUIGEN (Equipoise)<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><b>Dosing: Either 6mg per kg, or 600 &#8211; 900mg per week<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are unaware, Boldenone (Equipoise) is very similar to Testosterone in its effects. Both will provide the masculinity effects we want, both will convert to Estrogen. There are a few key differences, however. EQ will raise red blood cell count and hematocrit massively, so unless you train with high volume, or you bloodlet regularly, use normal Testosterone. EQ is only half as Estrogenic as Testosterone, so you <a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/beginner-cutting-stacks-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">need<\/a> double the amount of EQ for the same amount of Estrogen. While something like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/cialigen-cialis-20mg\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CIALIGEN (Cialis)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> might lower blood pressure a bit, you have to keep an eye on it.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/dianagen-dianabol-10mg-pill\/\"><b>DIANAGEN (Dianabol)<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><b>Dosing: 20 &#8211; 80 mg per day<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t like needles? Wanna do it the way Arnie did it? Yup, Arnold didn\u2019t really use Testosterone but used Dianabol instead. It is actually the oral version of Boldenone. The pharmacokinetics will dictate that this will do everything Testosterone does, just with a bit of extra liver strain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><b>Soft Tissue Repair<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019re a strong guy and you\u2019re going to be lifting some impressive stuff, so it makes sense you would want to use something for the actual repair of muscles and connective tissue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have a few options available here:\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/deca-nandrolone-decanoate-300mg\/\"><b>DECAGEN (Nandrolone Decanoate)<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><b>Dosage: 300 &#8211; 700mg per week\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deca is one of the most commonly used Steroids on the market today. It is most often used for a growth phase since it wouldn\u2019t be classified as a \u201clean\u201d compound. Also excellent for cell volumization, you\u2019re going to get pretty good \u201chealing\u201d from this compound. Make sure to handle Prolactin with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/miragen-pramipexole\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MIRAGEN (Mirapex)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or manage Progesterone with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/stanogen-winstrol-25mg-pill\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">STANOGEN (Winstrol)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/tb-500-bpc-157-thymosin-beta-4-body-protection-compound-blend\/\"><b>TB-500 &amp; BPC-157<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><b>Dosage: 400 &#8211; 800 mcg per day<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not keen on using Deca? Well, you can always just hop on some healing peptides such as TB-500 and BPC-157 to help you recover. This won\u2019t be as cost-effective as Deca but might be substantially healthier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><b>Protein Expression<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is simply Anabolism. While Testosterone is great for building muscle as a beginner, if you\u2019re expected to actually pull something ridiculous, you might need something a lot stronger.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/primogen-primobolan-100mg\/\"><b>PRIMOGEN (Primobolan Depot)<\/b><\/a><b> or <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/drostanogen-masteron-enanthate-200mg\/\"><b>DROSTANOGEN (Masteron Enanthate)<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><b>Dosage: 300 &#8211; 900mg per week<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why are these two together? Well, they\u2019re remarkably similar. Both won\u2019t convert into Estrogen, both are effective at the protein expression and building lean muscle mass, and both (because they\u2019re DHTs) will increase strength dramatically. Masteron is the cost-effective version and will be 80% as effective as Primo would be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><strong>2) Getting There (11 &#8211; 6 Weeks out)\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the period where you might begin to get nervous, and training will become really intense. This is also the period in which you might want to introduce things like Noopept and Lions Mane. You will continue using the products listed above.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><strong>3) Final Push\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the part where things will become extremely interesting and spicy. It is also the part we have to be quite careful with what we use and how it will affect our neurological systems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><b>Cell Volumization<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While you technically don\u2019t \u201cneed\u201d cell volumization, especially if you are not phased by a weight cap, for lighter folk an oral might make a big difference:\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/varagen-anavar-5mg-20mg\/\"><b>VARAGEN (Anavar)<\/b><\/a><b> or <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/stanogen-winstrol-25mg-pill\/\"><b>STANOGEN (Winstrol)<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><b>Dosage: 20 &#8211; 50mg per day<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both of these are DHT Derivatives, meaning you won\u2019t get any Estrogenic side effects at all. You will also get some exponential strength gains as DHT is directly related to force production. DHT has also been linked to neural function which can be beneficial to your heavier lifts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/oxanadrol-anadrol-25mg-pill\/\"><b>OXANADROL (Anadrol)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><b>Dosage: 25 &#8211; 100mg per day<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similar to other orals, the volumization and \u201cfullness\u201d provided by Anadrol is going to be insane<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a> Anadrol is known to raise Prolactin, so yet again, make sure you make use of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/miragen-pramipexole\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MIRAGEN (Mirapex)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at higher doses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5611 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/pexels-pixabay-163431-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"order steroids in canada\" width=\"744\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/pexels-pixabay-163431-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/pexels-pixabay-163431-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/pexels-pixabay-163431-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/pexels-pixabay-163431-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/pexels-pixabay-163431.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/b><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><b>Aggression\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, aggression. This is truly the icing on top, and you should only use these if absolutely needed.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/halogen-halotestin\/\"><b>HALOGEN (Halotestin)<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><b>Dosage: <\/b>10 &#8211; 40 mg per day<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most famous Steroid for aggression, this baby is incredibly Androgenic and won\u2019t really do much for muscle gain or soft tissue recovery. As mentioned before, this is really the icing on top to drive Neural function through the roof the closer you get to comp day.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/finagen-trenbolone-100mg\/\"><b>FINAGEN (Trenbolone Acetate)<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><b>Dosage: <\/b><strong>200 &#8211; 500mg per week\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you feel like you need a bit more cell volumization or perhaps even need to lose a bit more weight, then Trenbolone might be a good option. Definitely, something that will have toxicity, especially when used in higher amounts, that being said, from a neural standpoint it\u2019s pretty darn good at driving strength through the roof.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><strong>4) Extra<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you really want to go balls to the wall, you can also look at incorporating some Metformin and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ecs.agency\/product\/cialigen-cialis-20mg\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CIALIGEN (Cialis)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a way to drive Glucose uptake through the roof. This might take a whole week to really be as effective as possible, and might drive body weight up as well, so be careful.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0070a0;\"><strong>Conclusion\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building strength is a hard process and requires a lot of grit and lifting. The days of \u201cTest n Deca bro\u201d are long gone, and there are ways to really drive neurological and muscular adaptations through the roof. Some of these have some pretty intense risks, so take them with a grain of salt, and maybe, just maybe, do some cardio as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strength isn\u2019t just pulling a silly amount of weights and throwing your belt across the room &#8211; sorry Larry Wheels. Strength is described as the amount of force produced by a muscle or muscle group. Different from power, strength is simply grit and getting through the rep. 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