Leftcoastgearhead
New Member
Hey guys,
I was just looking for some feedback on some supplements you take and how/when you take them to circumvent muscle cramping during intense training.
I'm 32, been lifting weights since I was 14. I'm an avid cyclist(40-60 miles weekly) and weight train 2-3 times a week.
ive recently been prescribed 200mg weekly of Test cypionate. Before this I have never touched AAS. Based of research I've been doing, I wanted to slightly increase dosing to 400mg weekly for the first ten weeks then drop it back down to my trt dose. Now I really didn't notice any strength gains until about week 4. The amount of weight I'm lifting on all machines and free weights has significantly increased, I'm also up about 10lbs in weight.
NOW HERES MY PROBLEM.
I'm in week 5, still dosing 400mg a week. My past few work outs and bike rides have been shit because I'm cramping so bad and my muscles are getting so swole I'm losing flexibility.
Based off research I'm looking into taurine, magnesium and potassium. I'm not much of a supplement guy. I try to get everything from my diet. I meal prep 4 meals a day and shoot for around 3k calories. I've been counting macros and weighing my food for years so my diet is pretty sound. I just assumed I was getting everything I needed from my diet.
I mostly eat salmon, chicken, steak. Alternating for a different meat every day or every other meal. Carbs are oatmeal, rice, Quinoa, bananas and whole wheat bread. Fats eat an avocado a day and cook with olive oil and butter and mix MCT oil in my morning protein shake. Also shoot for a gallon of water a day.
I'm under the assumption that the rapid muscle building from the aas is depleting my body of something to cause the cramping.
Any advice on my problem would be greatly appreciated, thank you in advance.
I was just looking for some feedback on some supplements you take and how/when you take them to circumvent muscle cramping during intense training.
I'm 32, been lifting weights since I was 14. I'm an avid cyclist(40-60 miles weekly) and weight train 2-3 times a week.
ive recently been prescribed 200mg weekly of Test cypionate. Before this I have never touched AAS. Based of research I've been doing, I wanted to slightly increase dosing to 400mg weekly for the first ten weeks then drop it back down to my trt dose. Now I really didn't notice any strength gains until about week 4. The amount of weight I'm lifting on all machines and free weights has significantly increased, I'm also up about 10lbs in weight.
NOW HERES MY PROBLEM.
I'm in week 5, still dosing 400mg a week. My past few work outs and bike rides have been shit because I'm cramping so bad and my muscles are getting so swole I'm losing flexibility.
Based off research I'm looking into taurine, magnesium and potassium. I'm not much of a supplement guy. I try to get everything from my diet. I meal prep 4 meals a day and shoot for around 3k calories. I've been counting macros and weighing my food for years so my diet is pretty sound. I just assumed I was getting everything I needed from my diet.
I mostly eat salmon, chicken, steak. Alternating for a different meat every day or every other meal. Carbs are oatmeal, rice, Quinoa, bananas and whole wheat bread. Fats eat an avocado a day and cook with olive oil and butter and mix MCT oil in my morning protein shake. Also shoot for a gallon of water a day.
I'm under the assumption that the rapid muscle building from the aas is depleting my body of something to cause the cramping.
Any advice on my problem would be greatly appreciated, thank you in advance.
but yeah that'll work too.
