- Jul 27, 2017
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Since I've joined this forum I just wanted to share some random thoughts that will hopefully spark THOUGHT. Everyone reads these forums and thinks there is a straight forward black and white answer and the fact of the matter is...THERE ISNT. So I want to start posting these kinds of threads about some random thoughts for people to consider.
This one is on esters. Traditionally, everyone uses longer esters in the offseason and shorter esters during prep mainly to manage extracellular fluid retention (longer esters possess a greater potential to hold more fluid...reread that...POSSESS A GREATER POTENTIAL, not WILL ALWAYS...) What I mean by this is every ester is going to be metabolized within our bodies differently and therefore will effect everyone differently on a multitude of levels.
Longer esters generally bind much harder to the AR and therefore possess a greater growth potential where as shorter esters generally do not bind as hard to the AR.
Using this logic, wouldnt it make sense to use long esters year round? I feel the answer is, most of the time, YES! As we will have a greater anabolic effect and therefore can accelerate the growing process which in turn will expend more calories which IN TURN WILL LEAD TO A BIGGER LEANER PHYSIQUE LONG TERM. This means even during contest prep, I would prefer LONGER esters over SHORTER esters AS LONG AS THE INDIVIDUAL DOESNT HOLD EXTRA-CELLULAR FLUID FROM THAT LONG ESTER.
This is just a random though on long VS short esters and some considerations to make. Everyone will metabolize these differently and therefore will need to make the final decision based off their genetic response. DONT FOLLOW THE CROWD. Find what works for your body and then make an assessment and decision.
...this isnt even getting into the OTHER variations of compounds
This one is on esters. Traditionally, everyone uses longer esters in the offseason and shorter esters during prep mainly to manage extracellular fluid retention (longer esters possess a greater potential to hold more fluid...reread that...POSSESS A GREATER POTENTIAL, not WILL ALWAYS...) What I mean by this is every ester is going to be metabolized within our bodies differently and therefore will effect everyone differently on a multitude of levels.
Longer esters generally bind much harder to the AR and therefore possess a greater growth potential where as shorter esters generally do not bind as hard to the AR.
Using this logic, wouldnt it make sense to use long esters year round? I feel the answer is, most of the time, YES! As we will have a greater anabolic effect and therefore can accelerate the growing process which in turn will expend more calories which IN TURN WILL LEAD TO A BIGGER LEANER PHYSIQUE LONG TERM. This means even during contest prep, I would prefer LONGER esters over SHORTER esters AS LONG AS THE INDIVIDUAL DOESNT HOLD EXTRA-CELLULAR FLUID FROM THAT LONG ESTER.
This is just a random though on long VS short esters and some considerations to make. Everyone will metabolize these differently and therefore will need to make the final decision based off their genetic response. DONT FOLLOW THE CROWD. Find what works for your body and then make an assessment and decision.
...this isnt even getting into the OTHER variations of compounds