I jacked this from another board, I'd give credit but don't wanna violate any rules here.
IME, a low dose of T3 only works as long as your own production isn't shut down from it. Because it's stacked on top of your own production. After you shut down, you're running on way less T3 than your natty level, unless you up the dose. So a small dose is only effective short term.
Honestly, I hesitate to post this because it can seem extreme. But IME, a little T3 does next to nothing for me, but eventually shut down my own production. If I'm gonna use it (as with anything), I'm gonna use enough to make it work.
So, this below accounts for variance in each person's system. Dunno if it's the best system, but it does give a way to measure if T3 is doing anything at all. And how to adjust it for yourself. It also accounts for rebound and how to better avoid it.
The rest of the results (bulk or cut) rely on training, diet and gear, as we know. So here goes.
Hope this helps someone! B.
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1. take your morning temp (in ear thermometer) before leaving bed 5 mornings in a row..
2. start your t3 use, 50-100mcg/day
3. keep measuring your temp.
4. after 5 days if your temp is not 0.3-0.6 higher, (so, from 98.6 to between 99.1 and 99.6 for non metric folks) take another 25mcg, if not higher in another 5 days, take another 25mcg. Most shouldn't need more than 150mcg total.
5. keep measuring your temp.
6. when your temp drops 0.6deg 3xmornings in a row- is the temp lower than when you started? if not you have just started to down regulate your own production.
Stop and you will have no rebound; if its lower than when you started, you will have a little rebound, unless you keep your diet tight- keep measuring, and when your temp goes back to your baseline, your thyroid has recovered full function.
I tend to run 2days on 2days of, and have not had a temp drop in over 6months...
if you run daily, you will lose fat faster, but may get a temp drop and some rebound. your choice.
the temp approach was originaly developed by:
Broda Otto Barnes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
and refined for BBs by:
Dan Duchaine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
in his book BodyOpus..."