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Originally Posted by Tatyana  It's not just hormones that have muscle hypertrophy.
Mechanical overload seems to trigger the mTOR pathway of muscle protein synthesis independent of any hormones.
Considering that science hasn't fully got it sussed as to how muscle actually grows, or why some species of animals can hybernate for months on end without any muscle atrophy, I wouldn't put all my eggs in the basic hormone basket when it comes to muscle growth. |
So you are suggesting that one can keep gains past his/her genitic disposition?
Regardless if exogenious hormones allowed one to progress past his/her genetic dispositon?
If hormones got you to your big gains then hormones don't or won't apply to keep said gains?
I personally don't buy this from my own experiance.
Although I will play devils advocate here.
I know a guy that did a 16 week deca only cycle that got shutdown for 1 year with testosterone levels that of a girl and he did keep alot of the gains from said cycle.
During this time he was depressed, had anxiety issues, had low to no libido, had serious skin issues (exema), all in all his quality of life as a man was compromised.
He looked pretty damn good actually.
3 years down the road, he looks not as good as when he was on, but he is ok in the libido department, does not have skin issues, nor anxiety issues, nor is he depressed.
I see playing with ones hormonal profile as borrowing.
You are borrowing from tomorrow.
Once things reset and one returns to homeostasis, the body goes back to where it wants.
What goes up, must come down.
The body is very smart.