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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
When Testosterone Is Not Enough
Questions about HCG, Arimidex, and Their Effects
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<blockquote data-quote="Gman86" data-source="post: 153589" data-attributes="member: 15043"><p>In theory maybe. But even though E2 increased by 250%, I doubt it caused a linear increase in strength. It’s most likely a case of diminishing returns. For instance, I doubt if you doubled your E2 again, you would continue to see drastic gains in strength. If you gained another 10lbs of water, I doubt it would translate much to continued strength in the gym. The strength gains were most likely from a mix of increase T, increase E2, and increased water retention. But putting on water is definitely going to have its limits when it comes to strength. Even if a lot of the strength came from the water retention, I bet you could of gotten the same strength increase from half of the E2 increase, and half of the water retention. Therefore it probably would be easy to replicate both the strength, and hopefully the libido, increases from just upping T a bit. obviously E2 would increase as well, and would give the water retention effect to a certain degree. Unless HCG is increasing strength and libido through other pathways, like increasing downstream hormones, and causing strength and libido to increase through things like DHEA, pregnenolone or progesterone, theoretically I don’t see how increasing T a bit couldn’t result in similar strength and libido increases. I have no clue if it would or not, I’m just saying if I were in either one of your shoes I would at least try before dismissing the option.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gman86, post: 153589, member: 15043"] In theory maybe. But even though E2 increased by 250%, I doubt it caused a linear increase in strength. It’s most likely a case of diminishing returns. For instance, I doubt if you doubled your E2 again, you would continue to see drastic gains in strength. If you gained another 10lbs of water, I doubt it would translate much to continued strength in the gym. The strength gains were most likely from a mix of increase T, increase E2, and increased water retention. But putting on water is definitely going to have its limits when it comes to strength. Even if a lot of the strength came from the water retention, I bet you could of gotten the same strength increase from half of the E2 increase, and half of the water retention. Therefore it probably would be easy to replicate both the strength, and hopefully the libido, increases from just upping T a bit. obviously E2 would increase as well, and would give the water retention effect to a certain degree. Unless HCG is increasing strength and libido through other pathways, like increasing downstream hormones, and causing strength and libido to increase through things like DHEA, pregnenolone or progesterone, theoretically I don’t see how increasing T a bit couldn’t result in similar strength and libido increases. I have no clue if it would or not, I’m just saying if I were in either one of your shoes I would at least try before dismissing the option. [/QUOTE]
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Questions about HCG, Arimidex, and Their Effects
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