So up guys, Derek, more plates, more deeds.com. Today we're going to be talking about exactly how much muscle somebody can gain from anabolic.

Because this is something I get asked all the time, Derek, if I take X, then how many pounds do I gain?

Obviously, this isn't something you can just answer flat out. It's based on caloric intake, training adherence, you know, a million other factors.

But this study in particular, I felt like it was a perfect way to exhibit in general what can be expected.

And it's one of the only studies that looks at super physiological doses of testosterone

in healthy young men to see exactly how much of a difference a certain dose actually equates

to a lot of times people want to know how much will 200 equate to you how much will 500

milligrams equate to you this study looked at 500 milligrams equate to you? This study looked at weekly administrations

of 25 milligrams, 50 milligrams, 125 milligrams, 300 milligrams, and 600 milligrams for 20 weeks. This is like

a very, very good example to show what can be expected from testosterone itself in a clinical setting. So relating this

to real life application, it's pretty, I don't think there's a better example than for what can

somebody gain, because this is completely controlled, nutritional intake is controlled,

exercise regimen is controlled, dose is controlled it's pharmaceutical grade

stuff so you can see exactly what happens so um without getting into the details of energy and protein

intake and blah blah it's like all the factors are the same the only thing that differs is the dose so

it's a very good example of exactly what kind of changes can occur just from the dose,

not from some guy who happens to have a better adherence to his diet than another guy.

So basically, of the participants, they're 18 to 35 years old, prior weightlifting experience

and normal test levels. They've not used any

Anabolic before had not participated in competitive sports events in the preceding year and are not planning to compete in any events in the following year.

So what we saw was a dose dependent change in muscle mass and strength, which like obviously,

logically we're going to assume occurs.

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