Benson's Rebound Reloaded Log

Posted by: @kimboinatl

How long will you be running this for?

30 days +/-

Acetylsalicylic acid is an antioxidant? Would discussion of this idea be OK for your log, or would you rather we start another thread?

Posted by: @trouble

Acetylsalicylic acid is an antioxidant? Would discussion of this idea be OK for your log, or would you rather we start another thread?

I'll start another thread in supplements-advanced

Here it is 10 days in and overall, I like this stuff.

Reloaded is subtle at the dose I am using...nothing overly dramatic to report in terms of either effects or side-effects.

My libido is actually up which is nice for an AI.

Joint pain has remained confined to knees.

I am seeing some of the muscle fullness that I got with DHEA/formestane although not to the same degree.

My mood has been overall excellent. Rather 'alpha-male' as TP described it. Sleep has also been good.

Overall, this stuff reminds me much more formestane than 6-OXO or ATD.

I'd like to experiment a little with the dosage. Okay with the DS folks?

Good log, keep at it. Feel free to up the dosage at your leisure.

Went to six caps/day in split dose...nothing particularly new to report, still feeling good, sleeping very well. Libido, appetite, etc. remain unchanged. I do note a shift in my body odor similar to what I have noticed with other AIs.

Well I wish I had something new to report but I do not, in fact I almost feel like I have hit a plateau with this stuff in terms of effect.

At this point, I am feeling little at all that I can attribute to RR either negative or positive. My libido and sexual performance seem untouched, still have slight knee pain although that has largely faded and I also no longer have that I can take on the world feeling that I had last week...not that I feel bad or moody, just feel "normal" now

Posted by: @Benson

At this point, I am feeling little at all that I can attribute to RR either negative or positive. My libido and sexual performance seem untouched, still have slight knee pain although that has largely faded and I also no longer have that I can take on the world feeling that I had last week...not that I feel bad or moody, just feel "normal" now

I'll take a second to amend this, possibly.

I have been fighting some fairly potent early evening lethargy that I was attributing to other supplements (B12) and so did not report here. But now that I see that Section 8 is reporting something similar, I am wondering if it might be RR at work. I suspect hypohydration may be the real cause due to a diuretic effect of Reloaded so I have increased my water intake and will see how that changes things. I have also cut my dosage back to 4 caps a day.

wrt hydration levels, have you tried weighing yourself frequently to identify potential dehydration? I have found some success with this.

Although tis off topic, do you use hyperthermia (sauna) at all?
J

Posted by: @Josh

wrt hydration levels, have you tried weighing yourself frequently to identify potential dehydration? I have found some success with this.

Although tis off topic, do you use hyperthermia (sauna) at all?
J

Thanks Josh. I'll try that. WRT saunas, no access to one sadly...one of my favorite things in the world though. I use a really hot shower as a poor substitute...

Well it would appear that hypohydration was the true culprit WRT the lethargy. Bumped my water intake and things seem better. I will also note the appearance of some bacne today...although no change in general skin oiliness or issues with facial acne.

How has your training been going?

Posted by: @Robboe

How has your training been going?

Good. No real changes there to report...although I have never seen a lot of change in the gym from a stand-alone AI...my motivation to actually do something has been better although some of that stems from the change in the season I think. The return of the sun is really nice.

Sun on the East coast? There was nothing of the sort a week ago!

Hows recovery between workouts been?

Posted by: @Robboe

Hows recovery between workouts been?

Funny you should mention this. While I have not noted any real change in exercise recovery aside from some increase perhaps in muscle attachment point soreness, as I have reported elsewhere, I have recently come down with a nasty head cold...one of the worst I have had in many moons.

And yet, despite the obvious cold symptoms (cough, stuffy nose, sneezing, etc), I feel really excellent. My mood has actually been positively ebullient whereas family members and people at work who had this same virus before me were reduced grumpy, achey miserable folks.