I was listing to a podcast today with John Jewett and he was saying that he doesn’t believe estrogen directly influences as much water retention as people think and that tanking your e2 with the expectation of “dryness” before a competition might actually be worse off for your physique as you then incur stress and cortisol which can have the opposite effect on water retention.

Personally, I feel best without an AI, but notice a marked difference in water retention vs when I manage it more proactively.

For anyone who has competed or experimented with manipulating estrogen for maximum dryness, what do you think?