Long time lifter from BC, looking to learn!

[Kirbdawg]

Hey everyone, 45 year old from BC here. Been lifting for decades but getting older now, so I'm here to read up on injury recovery protocols for my shoulders, knees, and pretty much most of my body, haha. Not looking for sources or handouts, just here to learn from the vets and contribute where I can. Thanks for having me!

 

[thejumpingsheep]

Ah yea thats how I jumped in so Ill help you.

I started with peptides BCP and TB500. These are anti-inflammatories. I went from 2-4 days downtime to maybe 1-2 day after using them for a month or so. That helped a lot to work out more consistently.

NPP & DECA... look them up. These are the big ones for joints and tendons. They are steroids so not something you just do without a careful thought out plan. Do your research. They work... I had no idea how well until I took them and then came off. The pain difference was big. I was dosing 100mg/wk of DECA. Many will recommend going higher.

Those are the big ones for me. AAS in general, will help you with recovery and inflammation as well. Im at a point now where I have almost no downtime and can work out daily, despite arthritis in knees, pinched nerves along spine, and 3 tears in the shoulders. I managed to "heal" two of my partial shoulder tears this past year with the stuff above (plus other common AAS) and lots of work at the gym. I went from maybe 50% usage to 95% today but it was painful to get there... doctors were unable to help me for over a decade.

Best of luck.

 

[Kirbdawg]

Man, that brings back memories. I learned the hard way about balancing this stuff.

Back in my hockey days, I ran a Winstrol-only cycle right before playoffs. I felt like a machine on the ice for weeks, cardio was insane, game play off the charts... and then I crashed HARD right as the cycle ended.

I didn't know enough back then to run a Test base, so I essentially shut myself down right before the most important games of the year. Then I rebounded and put on like 20lbs of water/sludge in 3 weeks.

That's exactly why I'm here now—trying to fix the old joints with BPC/TB-500 and do things the smart way this time around.

Do you feel the NPP is safer on the hairline than the old school stuff, or is it just as harsh?