Osmotic Super Compensation

[charger69]

I should probably note this -- there is a difference between inter-cellular water retention and extra-cellular water retention (water residing outside of the cell in storage compartments, like between the layer of fat and skin).

what we want is inter-cellular water retention. heck a muscle cell is made up of over 70% water to begin with. the more water, glycogen, nutrients, etc.. we can force into a muscle cell, the more support networks get built, the more 'permeable' muscle tissue becomes and the more it grows.

IF you are holding 5 pounds of inter-cellular water inside your muscle cells. this is going to be considered 5 pounds of LBM on a body scan (this is not fat, this technically will be calculated as LBM/muscle). the more we can force into a muscle cell the more muscle we have period. then the next step after this is satellite cell proliferation and hyperplasia where we develop more cell nuclei and more cells (I,e, more networks to build even more muscle) . water is essential for this. again 70% of muscle is water. the more water we force into muscle, then the more muscle we have, and the more muscle we have (larger muscle cells) the more potential we have for even more muscle cells to be developed

"wet" steroids can help with this (as can many other steroids not considered 'wet'). Estrogen can help with this as well.

but you know what else can help with this .. carboHYDRATES . hmmm, I wonder why they are called CarboHYDRATES ?

kinda of interesting the fad today in fitness is to Demonize all three of these things ,, wet steroids , estrogen, and Carbs.

I will put it in simple terms:
Intercellular- big
Extra- cellular- smooth


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[JKW]

I will put it in simple terms:
Intercellular- big
Extra- cellular- smooth


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Great job GH!!! What are wet steroids???

[GearHeaded]

Great job GH!!! What are wet steroids???

well you often times here guys referring to "wet" steroids as ones that are estrogenic . though this can be the case this is not primarily what makes a steroid 'wet' or not. a steroid that is wet has a strong propensity to be able to store intercellular water into muscle tissue and increase blood volume. your going to gain weight, size, and mass (primarily in the muscle) due to this excess water retention. and as stated in post #1 this 'osmotic supercomenpastion' is helpful for adding muscle in the long run.
example, Deca, Anadrol

a 'dry' steroid is generally referred to as non estrogenic (which 80% of the steroids we have access to aren't estrogenic anyways), but its primarily considered 'dry' in that it does not cause this drastic increase in water retention and blood volume. some dry steroids are very androgenic and will have the ability to actually act as a mild diuretic and expel extra water.
example, Halotestin, Winstrol