Above And Beyond - The BeyondMass Magazine

February 2004

Personal Journal of my post cycle-bridge using LA’s 4-4-4 theory (Part II) - by Scorpio
This is the part I’ve been waiting for! The second part of LA’s theory is to use Long R-IGF-1 directly after using insulin. Now I’ve used IGF before, however it was during a cycle. I was excited to try it alone to gauge the results.

First off I’ll be using Cyber-Solutioz Long R-igf-1. I know and trust this company, so I’m giving them they’re due here. After receiving my “liquid gold” I placed it directly in the freezer. I’ve read theories how it’s fine in the sock drawer, and all of that. However I don’t take chances. I will be running the IGF at 50mcgs every day, five days a week, and two days off. I had great success with this pattern before, so I’m sticking with it.

I always use a insulin syringe for IGF, who doesn’t right? The way mine was prepared, and they may have changed it by now, was it was 10mcgs per IU. So obviously, I will need 5 IU’s to make the 50mcg. I also use u-100 insulin syringes. On a U-100, every “tick” or measuring unit is 2 IU’s. If your not sure how your insulin syringe is measured out, count how many ticks they are until the 10 mark, if there are 5 then it’s by two’s. Now I know some IGF vets and pulling out they’re hair right now, saying “Jesus Scorpio, get on with it! I know this already!”However I spend a lot of my days describing how I do this, and what better outlet then to describe it here, so bear with me.

I also do all of my IGF injections intramuscular, I’ve read horror stories about the painful welts that are left after doing Sub-Q injections. I also do the injections, post workout, I had great success with this before, plus it makes me a little sleepy, who wants to be a zombie in the gym? I do the injections all in the biceps, yep you read that right, the biceps. I find the peak and insert and inject there, does it hurt? A little, but hey, it’s the result your after. I guarantee that the pumps you will get and localized growth, yes I believe this theory, are well worth 10 seconds of discomfort.

One last thing, I can hear the vets draw a sigh of relief, I always preload my insulin syringe. I either use straight BA or BW. Why preload? Well if you have anything left in the “pin” you don’t want it to be IGF, rather it be BA or BB. After I preload, I then load my undiluted IGF. I say undiluted, because there was a theory floating around that you should dilute it with so much BW for storage, that theory has been washed by LA.

OK, on to the experiment!

Week 1- Still on arimidex and finishing my clomid treatment. Now to be fair, I came off insulin the day before and insulin gives me huge pumps. I am still using LA’s “less is more” program for weight training. I begin my IGF, 50mcgs a day 5 days a week. I measured my waist and it is at about 36 inches. My protein intake will be 3 times my body weight, yes rub your eyes, it’s not a typo, it’s a 3. Now the good part, I get to increase calories. Almost back to my bulking cycle diet. The macro break down will be Protein 40%, carbs 40%, fat 20%. I begin the “therapy” and in my first injection I relish the memory of injecting ice cold BA into a muscle. For those that haven’t tried it, it’s an odd sensation. Anyway, I do not notice much for the first four day. I felt tired a few times, however nothing out of the ordinary. The fifth day, I notice that I am a little hungrier than normal and onto the weeks end I notice the pumps begin to increase.

Week 2- It’s game time and the severe, toothache feeling, pumps arrive. I’m also ravenous. If you think EQ makes you hungry, try this stuff. My strength goes down slightly, however I contribute that to the painful pumps. I know they will increase, so I grin and bear it for now. I notice in the mirror that, though I increased calories and weigh the same I appear leaner. My waist size is down 1/4 of an inch. I also notice that the muscle formation, especially the peak of my bi, appears fuller and rounder.

Week 3- Ok, I thought the pumps were bad last week, it hurts now to actually grip a EZ-curl bar. My forearms hurt terrible. If you’ve ever done multiple sets of 21's and felt that aching burn, then you know what doing curls is like for me, however this is on every set. Painfully euphoric, yes I’m going to hell. I have to fight to not eat the crap my wife buys the kids, the “little Debbie” cakes. I eat almost nonstop and if I do not eat prior to bedtime, I wake up with severe hunger pains. After doing a few sets of anything, I really feel pumped and I get a few questions from fellow gym goers, such as “losing weight? Doing a lot of cardio, your arms are fuller” There is no difference in waist size this week, which surprised me. I thought I would of gained as much as I’m eating.

Week4- As happy as I was to start this, I’ll be as happy to stop. The pumps maintain their severe burning and I’ve dropped weight to work out with. If LA were here I would kiss him for not making me do more sets. Hunger maintains it’s course. I measure my waist once more and it appears to be the same, I lose 1/4 inch there, and maintain weight, nice deal. Muscles appear full with a different “rounder” formation. I think about next week and starting insulin again and worry slightly about the IGF making me insulin sensitive.

Next issue: End result.

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