I have free insulin probably all the fast acting I could use and a good amount of long acting aswell. Should I dable with the insulin and plan my meals around it or set it aside for another day? Not trying to bulk and add in extra carbs and such. I'm on a mild cut/ recomp cycle atm. Reading fantastic things about it cutting or bulking but insulin is pretty new to me aswell in a ped context.
edit: Basaglar and novolog
Also I heard chase irons talking about doing same weekly load of hgh but split into 3 days instead of daily boosting igf 1 in some people significantly more then daily. Thoughts?
Let's get Chase Irons out of the way first. This 3-day split for the week he's talking about has been debated for at least 10 years now. Chase is experimenting and posting about it in real time. He's a smart man with good common sense, but he's experimenting and trying different logical angles. Whoever thought of shooting all 18iu's before bed before Chase declared that is what he was doing. The underlying key that all the current influencers are trying to convey is that we all need to experiment and find out what works best for us personally. Vigorous Steve, Paul Barnett, Dr. Todd Lee, Skip Hill, Andrew Berry, and the list goes on. All of these well-informed individuals continue to talk about how everyone needs to find what works best for themselves. Bloodwork, bloodwork, bloodwork, if you have the time and money to put down for constant bloodwork. That will give you a pretty damn good idea of how all these protocols are working for you.
Insulin on a cut, first and foremost, base your insulin iu's around your carb intake and not the other way around. Start your baseline with the old standard of 1iu for every 10g of carbs. Keep it basic and simple this first time around. Don't plan your meals around the slin, it's the other way around. Stick to ONLY the fast-acting slin for now, I would save the long acting slin for a bulk and only use it after having some experience with the fast-acting slin and more knowledge about implementing the long acting slin. Seeing you're not prepping for a show or anything like that, this is your perfect time to experiment and see how you respond to adding slin into a cut. I assume HGH is part of the equation, it should be. To start I would only use the slin intra-workout and post workout to keep your muscles feed with nutrients to prevent as much muscle breakdown as possible and to help with recovery from being in a semi-depleted state. If you've never used slin intra-workout, be cautious and keep a fast-acting sugar or glucose with you at all times. Much easier to go hypo quick during a workout. If your intra-shack (mandatory) has 40g of carbs you can always start out at 2iu's but go no higher than 4iu's in the very beginning. Make sure you choose a good quality intra-workout drink or shack. It's alright to have more than one shack during your training, especially if your sessions are going longer than say an hour and a half, just keep your iu's in line with your carb intake and remember that your intra shacks are part of your daily calories and macros. As time goes on and you feel more comfortable you could titrate up in 1iu increments. As you become more comfortable with slin during a workout you can start to experiment, just pay attention to becoming lightheaded, if you become dizzy get your ass to the gym bag or locker room and get your sugar or glucose into your system (drink, gel, bar, whatever works).
Post workout slin with your post workout meal. Same old standard protocol of 1iu of slin for every 10g of carbs. After a while of seeing how this works for yourself, you can experiment with titrating up or down depending on how well your cut is coming along. Remember, the main focus is the cut, not how much slin you can shove into yourself. Depending on when you work out and how your meals are laid out for the day you can always use the slin for your second post workout meal, but I would keep it to this protocol in the beginning to see how it's working for you. So slin during your workouts and post meals (no more than 2 post meals) and see what you think. Remember keep your cut on track, pay constant attention to leaning out and achieving your cut/recomp goals. For the cut the slin is to help spare muscle tissue breakdown, speed up recovery during a depleted state, and maintaining a little fulness instead of being completely flat. Keep it in moderation, especially for the first time around. Good luck my brother keep us updated with how it's going and feel free to ask questions as you move forward, Tyler
