
Originally Posted by
Gear
Jonny,
I would not recomend following Anthony's insulin protocol. I believe it's wrong and more-so dangerous. I am surprised somebody such as Anthony who's knowledge in this field is above everyone elses would suggest such a protocol. Anyway, that protocol is old and out dated.
You see, user's weight does not effect the effectiveness of the insulin, therefore you don't need to take "x"IU per "x"kg. You can be a 150kg and still use 7IU successfully (you don't need 15IU like Anthony suggests). It all comes down to how your body responds, and your body's resonse has nothing to do with your weight. You have to remember that some user's are super sensetive to insulin. I know guys who are 100kg+ and canot use anymore than 8IU due to severe side effects, so once again the 1IU per 10kg of bodyweight is quite a dangerous protocol to follow especially if you are a beginner.
Insulin is anybody's friend who is after faster recovery. Insulin is also beneficial for muscle and strength gains but the process is slow.
The issue with AAS is that the strength/weight seems to decrease once you finish your cycle. Everybody is different and some seem to be able to keep a lot of their gains once they've come off a cycle, but there are defenitely users out there who lose just about everything they gained once discontinuing AAS.
Choosing what AAS you want to use depends on what you want to achieve. If you are after strength/power gains I would defenitely take the AAS path and use insulin for fast recovery. However, keep in mind that some of those strength/power gains may disappear once you come off your cycle. If you react well to AAS and keep a lot of your gains when you come off then I say AAS is defenitly your best option.
I never found IGF beneficial for strength gains so I wouldn't expect too much from IGF in that regard. IGF certainly has the potential for strength gains but as I said above the process is slow. AAS will deliver gains faster. MGF I have never used so I canot comment on its effectiveness.
What I said about Anthony's insulin protocol is nothing towards Anthony, so I hope I didn't sound like I was bashing him. I just believe there is a better way of using insulin. I have read some of Anthony's work, very knowledgeable member, no question about it.
Best of luck.
-Gear