Is ECA catabolic?

[mglenn79]

Just finished up a 7 week cut using ECA, this was my first experience using ECA. Normally I lose strength and muscle size while cutting but this time I seemed to actually gain some. I just assumed ECA would cause catabolism but my personal finding don't support this. Anyone else have similar experiences?

Mike.

[Juced_porkchop]

it could be depending on your diet. not like t3 though.

[mglenn79]

I guess I just expect to lose lean mass while losing fat. And I've heard all the talk about T3 being hyper-catabolic.

[EarlyMuscles]

What what your dosage? Planning on doing an eca stack soon myself

[cj111]

I've ran eca numerous times, as long as your diet is in check, you are fine, at least I was. As far as it being catabolic itself, I haven't the slightest clue.

I ran 24mg eph 200 mg caff 3x a day
80mg aspirin x1 with first dose.
May want to start with a lower dose and progress as the weeks go on

[mglenn79]

I was running 25/200/81, like stated above.

[Bonaparte]

Anabolism and catabolism are very complex metabolic states, and the answer is rarely a simple "yes" or "no". No, ECA is not overtly catabolic like a large dose of T3. But that hardly means it will spare muscle like AAS while cutting.

[mglenn79]

Thanks, good to know. Just happy to find out it's not extremely catabolic. I'll definitely be using it in the future. No sides and tons of fat loss.

[M302_Imola]

Anabolism and catabolism are very complex metabolic states, and the answer is rarely a simple "yes" or "no". No, ECA is not overtly catabolic like a large dose of T3. But that hardly means it will spare muscle like AAS while cutting.

This is a great response! And anabolism and catabolism depends on many variables, but I'd have to say ECA is not catabolic used in the right environment.