Interesting, sure! Thanks for bringing it to my attention. As to what contribution it may make, negative or positive, to body composition (fat vs muscle) you could only speculate. hGH is definitely a major player and any way to increase it is generally regarded as a major benefit, which is another reason why I do the 4x20's.
But 10 mgs. :H
My transformation(s) are impressive sure. Some people have even responded with skepticism and concern about how 'natural' I am. The truth is, I've been researching this stuff with as much fervor as I research anything for YEARS. And I did everything right.
I attained the "holy grail" of body transformation, which is gaining muscle and losing fat simultaneously. Most so-called experts believe that this is impossible to do.
As to what role baclofen played, I'm confident it is not even measurable. In my book food is king. There is a hierarchy to body transformation and it goes like this, in order of importance:
1. Nutrition
2. Nutrition
3. Nutrition
4. Resistance training (Weight lifting, NOT cardio, male or female, it doesn't matter. You want to burn fat? Lift weights.)
And in a very distant 5th place:
Everything else
Chronic baclofen therapy improves the blunted growth hormone response to intravenous arginine in subjects with spinal cord injury -- Bauman et al. 78 (5): 1135 -- Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
This seems to negate the negative effects of SCI however provides no add'l benefit when compared to the control group with no SCI. Still very interesting and thanks again.
Sunnyvalenting;963487 wrote:
Does the muscle hypertrophy, if any, mean stronger as well?
But now that I am nearly tapered off of the bac will I become weaker?
Sunny
No, baclofen isn't why you've been losing weight faster than expected. Refer to my hierarchy above. Please don't rack your brain and think things like: "but I haven't changed my diet that much it's the same as last time I tried to lose weight"
The truth is you cannot know precisely A) how much you are eating and B) how much energy you are expending, even if you think you've got a pretty good handle on it. I weigh my food to the gram when I am dieting and even then I accept that I've only got a *good* estimate of my daily energy balance (kcals in vs kcals out).
You can be confident in one thing: You are doing something right! :goodjob: and keep it up!
ignominous;963497 wrote: No idea what hypertophy is.
Enter Loop!
For the purposes of our conversation you can say this is an increase in strength. If you are a real fitness nutcase like me we can differentiate between hypertrophy and strength but we won't go there.
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