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I have always been suspicious of the bro science term "kicking in" of a drug starting to work weeks after it is taken. Anyone who knows anything about these hormones knows that they are utilized very quickly by the body. And then metabolized right out of the body. That is why they attach longer esters to the hormones.
In an article in the Dec.,2008 issue of Mus. Dev. Mag., titled Nutrient Timing of Whey Protein and Creatine Increases Muscle Growth, by Robbie Durand, MA. He reports on a study investigating the relationship between acute and 24 hour changes in muscle protein metabolism.
The difference between rest and exercise was identical whether measured over 3 hours or 24 hours. These results support the contention that acute changes in protein synthesis after resistance exercise represent small changes that occur over longer periods of time, resulting in changes in muscle mass. Deposition of muscle protein following each bout of exercise is small and the accumulation of these small changes gradually increases muscle mass over a period of training. This gradual accumulation of new proteins may explain why changes in muscle mass with training are not measurable until several weeks of training.

So these drugs do not "kick in" after several weeks of use. That is how long it takes for noticeable muscle growth to occur. Any earlier "gains" is just water retention.

VIKING EVOLUTION's picture

Without bro science in this game we are all doomed! take it as meant.

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WE are all we got... even if there were extensive physiological/pharmocological studies done on compound usage on how they relate to the human body, who do you think would be funding them... Goes without saying, right?? I am much more comfortable exchanging info and experience with the brothers down in the trenches right here with me than researchers with hidden (or not so hidden) agendas

Also helps if you are savvy enough to weed out the knuckleheads ((LOL))

VIKING EVOLUTION's picture

Brother i just straight up love ya (no shit)i know for sure you will have read as much as me over the years in books and on the interweb i take it all in but most of it gets junked! everything that has helped and stood me in good stead for years was learnt by talking to brothers with a passion for the same goal,that to me puts bro science head and shoulders above all the other junk thats out there.