How to protect my tendons

**slapy** · 11-06-2010, 10:26 AM

Hi I'm 41 yrs 5' 10" 180lb 15%
Ran a few short cycles 13 years ago.

Just started 3rd week of
week 1-10 sus 500mg/week
week 3-13 hcg 250iu 2x/per wk
week 8-13 winnie 50mg/day
PCT nolvadex start week 14-18 20/20/20/10/10mg/day

The above cycle is what I have changed to--as I have tried to educate myself.

What I have actually done is
week 1 and 2 375 mg sus 100mg eq
week 3 500sus
I cut out the eq because everything I read said start with just test.

Now I have to admit I was not at my natural max strength or size before I started because of back injury. I just learned that test inhibits tendon growth and winnie fosters weak new tendon growth. EQ deca an HGH are good for healthy tendons.

I have 3 mls of eq left and 100iu HGh.

I am worried that my underused weak tendons are going to injure.

What do you think I should do ?
Incorperate the rest of the eq and low dose HGH just to protect tendon?
and/or cancel the winnie portion of the cycle.
I also have d-bol avaiable.

thanks

**Dont wanna be old** · 11-06-2010, 10:39 AM

I would suggest no tests of strength while cycling . Keep weight in 5 or more rep range . Depending on previous workout goals/routine .

**slapy** · 11-06-2010, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by Dont wanna be old

I would suggest no tests of strength while cycling . Keep weight in 5 or more rep range . Depending on previous workout goals/routine .

I will do as suggested
thanks

**The One** · 11-06-2010, 11:43 AM

warm up and stretch really well before starting. take it really easy on the military press

**slapy** · 11-06-2010, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by The One

warm up and stretch really well before starting. take it really easy on the military press

OK thanks

**V8Assassin** · 11-06-2010, 02:18 PM

the equi and hgh on hand is not enough in either case to prevent tendon injury. As said earlier avoid low rep huge weight situations and pay very close attention to form. I find my tendons in my elbow are the most susceptible to injury even when doing higher rep and lower weight combos. Be mindful of them specially when doing preachers, don't try to force your elbows in too much. It's ok to allow them to go outwards to a certain degree.

**reconrover** · 11-07-2010, 12:13 AM

You asked a really good question. I've been thru 6 cycles, some more succesful than others. Most recently I went with an all HGH cycle, and really changed a lot of my routine to see if I could effect some greater strength gains. Strength gains were great due mostly to changing up the routines....but I also severly injured the tendons on the inside of my elbows below the bottom of my forearm, and beggining of my bicep. I've taken off 45 days, and still don't see any great healing. Pretty concerned that this might be a permanent injury. I've always felt some pain in the "cross over muscle) on the forearm muscle near the elbow joint, but one session of heavy incline flys screwed me. As mentioned above, preacher curls really contributed to this, for me it's just not a natural or comfortable range of motion. Curious if you are having any tendon pain now, or if you had some in the past? I certainly can't blame the HGH for the injury. Going to have to look on the board for some thoughts on rehab.

**slapy** · 11-07-2010, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by reconrover

You asked a really good question. I've been thru 6 cycles, some more succesful than others. Most recently I went with an all HGH cycle, and really changed a lot of my routine to see if I could effect some greater strength gains. Strength gains were great due mostly to changing up the routines....but I also severly injured the tendons on the inside of my elbows below the bottom of my forearm, and beggining of my bicep. I've taken off 45 days, and still don't see any great healing. Pretty concerned that this might be a permanent injury. I've always felt some pain in the "cross over muscle) on the forearm muscle near the elbow joint, but one session of heavy incline flys screwed me. As mentioned above, preacher curls really contributed to this, for me it's just not a natural or comfortable range of motion. Curious if you are having any tendon pain now, or if you had some in the past? I certainly can't blame the HGH for the injury. Going to have to look on the board for some thoughts on rehab.

Sorry to hear about your luck. I get tendonitis in the elbow which is accentuated by skull crushers. I was just a little worried because I'm in week 3 and the juice is kicking in and my strengh is rocketing. I just went from benchpress 185 for 6 reps to the next workout 225 for 8 reps!!! 4 days later. I was going to take D-bol to kick the cycle off but I just got it, and now I'm afraid to take it because the sus is kicking, I'm afraid to get to strong too quick. Man this is a great problem to have though!