Guidelines for the use of growth hormone for athletes. Part 3

Dosages

To slow the aging, improve overall health and mobilize fat and for other purposes, such as 2-3 IU per day (~ 10 to 15 IU per week) will suffice. A dose of 1.5 to 2.0 IU is considered a complete dose to replace the intrinsic GR of middle-aged people. Given this, we will get somewhere around 70-80% of absorption and disposal of our subcutaneous injections, our 2-3 ME will completely replace our own GR for all intentions and purposes.

For a set of muscle mass and a significant improvement in body composition:

To do this, apply 5-10 IU per day (~ 25-50 IU per week). Most people who still have a lively and healthy pituitary will respond very well to a dose of 5 IU per day, although modern bodybuilders and other major athletes will choose a dose close to 10 IU per day.

To get the most out of the GH supplement, you can use testosterone and / or other anabolics. For extended use, other supplements, such as insulin, and low doses of T3 or T4 should be considered.

Regardless of your goal, usually the best way to start your program of using human growth hormone - growth hormone, is to start with a low dose and gradually accustom your body to higher doses. This will allow you to avoid (or at least minimize) many of the most common (and unpleasant) aspects of using somatotropin, such as bloating, joint pain and swelling. Most people can only carry about 2 IU per day, so this amount can be a good start.

For many, this is a dietary supplement for health that can be used in such quantities as are necessary for this person. For others, this will only be the beginning. When using GH at a dosage of more than 2.5 - 3 IU, I definitely would suggest that you divide your injections into two per day instead of one, if possible. In my practice there were doses above 10 IU per injection, but under such conditions I suffered greatly from pain in the joints and bloating and felt like an airship. In addition, following from my experiments on myself, I can conclude that my individual doses are within 3-3.5 IU, and thus my IGF-1 level is raised more efficiently, and thus the need for a mega- Of human growth hormone.

Here's what a good scheme of Growth Hormone taking looks like:

Weeks 1-4 = somatotropin -2 IU one injection.Week 5 = somatotropin - 2.5 IU one shot.
Week 6 = somatotropin - divide 3.0 IU for two injections of 1.5 IU each.
Week 7 = somatotropin - divide 3.5 IU for two injections of 1.75 IU each.

And so on, until you reach the desired dose.

If at any time in this progression you have an unbearable bloating or joint pain, reduce the dose by 25% and keep it at this lower level for several weeks. If the side effects go away, start the progression back to your desired level. If the side effects still do not go away, lower the dose again and hold it at a lower level for two weeks before the start of the new increase. This method will support your human growth hormone - somatropin - for the most part this is a good method.
For a normal cycle of 5-8 months in length, injections once or twice a day, 7 days a week should be sufficient. Although there are studies that show that suppression and negative feedback from exogenous human growth hormone - somatropin - is short-lived (about 4 hours from the time of injection), there are no large-scale studies indicating the safety of daily injections in the long term use. There are studies aimed at studying the prevention of aging, showing that one or two days off per week is enough to protect the pituitary gland and its triggers for longer cycles. If the use of human growth hormone - somatropin - becomes a way of life, for more than one cycle, I would consider the possibility of using it in 5 days of reception / 2 rest, or 6 reception / 1 rest until we have reliable Data demonstrating the safety of long-term use without any deterioration in health indicators. I personally experimented with almost all the conceivable reception strategies that I could only come up with. What can I say about the anti-aging assumption of doctors - it suits me. I recently broke away from the 7-year-old use of human growth hormone. I personally did my blood tests every six weeks in the prescribed manner. After many months of interruption in using growth hormone, I have the same indicators that I had before I started using it many years ago ... a high rate for my age. All levels and markers are in perfect order.

Another option would be to run your growth hormone every day of the cycle for the first two months to get a rapid increase in IGF-1 levels to help anabolism, and then reduce to 5 days a week. If you can take higher doses on the same schedule and the dose is divided every day, this is very good. The list can be continued, but it all depends on individual needs.

Timing

As described above, the body produces somatotropin - through pulsations throughout the day, but the greatest potent pulse occurs about 2 hours after falling asleep when you are plunged into deep sleep. The injection growth hormone is completely absorbed and put into operation for approximately 3 hours. The scheme with respect to time depends to some extent on our age and other elements of our cycle. As you will see below, there is no one better scheme ... this depends largely on your specific situation.

For those whose age range from 20 to 50 years, there is still a chance that your own endogenous production of human growth hormone is at an acceptable level. The best time for injections in this case is the early morning .... after your own release of your body's growth hormone at night. If you get up to go to the bathroom early in the morning (3 -5 am), this is probably the best time to take a couple of somatropin units. It will be no less suitable time to do an injection of growth hormone. The second best option is to inject early in the morning when you wake up.

If you distribute your doses twice per day, do so when your cortisol level is at a peak, namely when you wake up and at the beginning of the day. It is also a good technique to take GH in these periods of time. Cortisol has a strong catabolic nature and correctly distributed timing GH can help blunt these effects.

If you are over 50, or for some reason your pituitary gland is not able to normally develop somatropin - the best time to take GH is before going to bed. This allows you to carefully imitate the natural pattern that would have occurred if your pituitary gland functioned properly. For the rest of us, taking GH right before bed will ultimately create negative feedback, and weaken its own impulse of producing growth hormone in our body. Although controversial research is still lacking, from the absolute nature of the negative feedback time, it becomes clear that the closer we move with injections to the impulses of our own organism, the more likely that eventually we will tear our own triggers and secretion.

It is also worth considering the compatibility of the use of insulin with somatropin. Insulin should be used immediately after exercise. Growth hormone and insulin together are capable of great things - they supply nutrients, perfectly linking to each other, and the combination of somatotropin and insulin creates the best conditions for the production of IGF-1 in the liver. If you are using insulin immediately after training, taking several IU of somatropin before training, this will allow the growth hormone to complete the fat mobilization effect, while growth hormone and insulin enter the liver at the right time for significant production of IGF-1.

Side Effects - how to manage them

While human growth hormone is for the most part well tolerated, there are some minor, mostly unpleasant side effects. The most common side effects are bloating and joint pain. The chances of obtaining them can be minimized or even eliminated by using the dose escalation method described above in this manual.

If you are under the age of 20, it would be very wise to conduct a cycle of taking growth hormone under the guidance of a doctor who can monitor and confirm the growth of bones. While abnormal growth of bones with somatropin has nothing to do, yet if it is used in the wrong stage of development of your body, it can lead to disproportionate growth.

If you have a history of cancer or other tumors (at any age), it would be wise to get a full scan and see a doctor to make sure that you do not have any active tumors before the cycle begins. While human growth hormone (and IGF-1) does not lead to cancer or tumors, they can create conditions in which existing neoplasms will begin to grow at an accelerated rate. We deliberately reduce the level of the growth factor to a minimum in cancer patients. Although tumors can create their own growth factors, we really do not want to add fuel to the fire and allow them to grow faster than they could.

In addition to all these considerations, there is something concrete that you will have to face when taking the growth hormone. Also, there are supplements that you could take in specific conditions, during the course of using growth hormone. The reaction of people to - somatotropin is quite individual. Some people get very few obstacles of any kind; Others will not see any benefits from the use of somatropin - due to sufficiently significant obstacles of one species or another. Here is a brief description of some of the major courses of admission.
For a small support of the thyroid gland, you can use the following scheme:

Conservative decision - not to take anything;

Moderate - selenium, zinc, chromium, copper;

Aggressive - T3 in a dose of 12.5 - 25 mcg or T4 in 100 mcg per day.

For insulin resistance, the following scheme is possible:

Conservative - 300 mg of Alpha-lipoic acid and 200-300 μg of chromium;

Moderately - Glucophage (metformin) to get rid of excess glucose and increase muscle intake;

Aggressively - add a few ME of insulin to your cycle of using GR.

As for me, the best way to use growth hormone is conservative.