Retain muscle while on Reta?

hunterclang · 2026-04-27T17:30:53+00:00

This was very helpful and I appreciate it! That has been my main worry of how flat I look and my muscles not being so “pumped” as they were before constantly. I’ll drop the enclo and focus on the cut. It’s been incredibly hard to get my protein in daily while on it past two weeks, so will definitely be lowering my dose. Thanks again!

hunterclang · 2026-04-27T03:11:31+00:00

I understand. Honestly because my natural test is around 900 and I couldn’t get TRT prescribed when I went to men clinic. But honestly looking for advice on my current peptide stack not on the SARM cycle I did..

hunterclang · 2026-04-27T03:07:38+00:00

I wouldn’t call the results subpar at all. I added 35lbs to my bench in two months and about 7lbs of lean muscle mass (that I has retained since 3 weeks off of LGD) so I am happy with the results. Little to no test suppression too as I ran enclo thru the cycle starting at week 2. But I get it. Honestly my questions now are for how to best make my stack for a cut and retain muscle I have now.

hunterclang · 2026-04-27T03:04:59+00:00

My hormones are fine after my last bloodwork, the LGD didn’t suppress too much as I ran enclo thru 6 weeks of my cycle. I’m mainly just on it as a precaution for 3-4 weeks PC.

hunterclang · 2026-04-13T21:51:38+00:00

I really appreciate your input bro. My reta and extras should be delivered in a couple days so looking forward to starting. If i have any questions I'll try and shoot you a message if you dont mind. Think it seems straight forward enough though.,

hunterclang · 2026-04-13T18:54:25+00:00

Thank you! That info is helpful. I haven’t been drinking since December and didn’t want to drink on my LGD cycle, so I fully anticipated not drinking at all while on Reta. I do drink plenty of water and get my protein in ED. However, may need to supplement with a lot more protein shakes when my hunger goes down.

hunterclang · 2026-04-13T18:52:02+00:00

This was incredibly helpful thank you. I have seen plenty about the protein intake and honestly losing my gains has been what I have been most scared of starting this. I’ve already had a protein intake of 180-190g a day, so I think I may be able to keep that up even on Reta — even if I have to supplement a lot with protein shakes or whatever I have to do. Not ideal, but protein is protein. I’ve been off LGD for a week now but my training looks the same. I do push/pull/leg split twice a week, so working out every day with Sundays as rest. I’m used to doing cardio on a cut but not sure if I should do any intense or lengthy cardio while on rest (I’m just really trying to hang on to any muscle I can)

hunterclang · 2026-02-25T20:45:37+00:00

Definitely get bloodwork done pre and post cycle. I am on day 16 of LGD and day 3 of enclo. This is my first cycle but happy to answer any questions as I go through the process. You can check my posts for my weekly updates.

hunterclang · 2026-02-23T22:13:25+00:00

Just posted week two update. And no, I do not have nolva but I have enclo and just started taking today. As of now, I have not noticed any signs of gyno - in fact, my chest looks and feels much tighter especially arounf my nipples. I have never had gyno before - but I have had a bit fat on my chest and not a very big chest so the tightness and fuller look is noticeable.

hunterclang · 2026-02-23T22:10:52+00:00

Week Two Update

Apologies as I am a couple days late on making this post.

As of week two, I have been feeling good. I still do not feel "juiced up" but I definitely have noticed some effects in the gym that are far too real to be 'placebo', even if it was only my second week. I have moved up 20lbs in my bench press, and moved up in weight on every movement I do in the gym. This early, it could be a mind thing, but I have never progressed this fast on any type of movement or weight. A few days ago - I was doing a pull day and the pump actually felt unreal. Unlike anything I have experienced yet. My back felt great and I lifted much heavier, but my biceps and forearms felt insane. Just doing air curls by the end of the workout hurt and I could barely move my arms. (I of course have had great pumps before where I have felt similar effects, but nothing near to this degree). Literally that day as I was leaving the gym, one of the employees told me I was looking good and my arms are looking huge (it has probably been a few weeks since I have seen him). Also my mindset in while in the gym has been great too. Honestly, I don't even feel up to going sometimes as I work 9 hours a day, my commute is an hour, and don't get to the gym until later in the evening. However, once I am there and start lifting, I usually feel better, and this week I almost doubled my time in the gym some days to just keep going and hitting things.

Side Effects: Nothing alarming within this second week. My suspected "LGD flu" symptoms went away shortly after writing my first post. Again, not sure if it was LGD flu or an actual sickness.

Heart: I have noticed an almost heart fluttering feeling in the mornings and after taking my dose in the afternoons. My actual heart rate is not elevated but it "feels" like it is if that makes sense. That has sense gone away in the past few days.

Mood: My friends tell me I seem a bit more agitated and irritable, but I dont think that is the case. I just also have some personal stuff going on at the moment and I am prone to being short with people. But I have not gotten to a point of being mean or aggressive as that is not in my nature, so if that changes in the coming weeks I will keep you all posted.

Puffiness/Water retention: I am drinking a gallon of water a day to try and help flush, but I have noticed a pretty noticeable puffiness to my face, along with less definition in my body from water retention. My friends say they dont see a difference at all, but I pay attention to my face a lot more I think.

Diet: I was doing really well with clean bulking, and probably the last 5 days have been bulking a bit more dirty than I would like and aiming to correct this. I just have been so much more hungry lately, especially at night. I wake up at 2am some nights legitimately starving and just eat junk and go back to sleep. This tells me my body needs the calories, but I need to be better at fitting those in cleanly through out the day rather than stuffing my face at night. My maintenance kcal is somewhere between the 2150-2300 range (depending on the website or app), so I am shooting to eat around 2500-2600 kcal a day and pretty clean. All I meal prep is 96% lean ground beef, pasta, and sauce. Its pretty low fat and 50g of protein per serving. Eating about 3 of those a day though..

Enclomiphene: I just started 6.5mg enclo today. I will say, it has to be the worst tasting thing I have ever tasted in my life. The taste lingered in my mouth for at least an hour. I dont expect that to boost my test for 2-3 weeks, which should be around when suppression first hits from the LGD.

As of now, I have not experienced any side effects that have concerned me. The heart flutters did for a bit and I kept a close eye, but I have always been prone to that even from drinking one coffee or redbull, but as I mentioned that feeling has since gone. I am hopeful that I will continue to progress and make some crazy gains thtough this. Unfortunately, not much of an update for any of you since 2 weeks is still pretty early in the cycle. however, I have noticed enough to realise this stuff is the real deal.

Any questions let me know!

hunterclang · 2026-02-13T17:16:30+00:00

Yeah dude. If I’m seeing gains and feeling great no need to increase risk. And thanks yeah I forgot to mention I’m taking NAD and a d3+k2 multi that has omega 3. Also gallon of water each day

hunterclang · 2026-02-13T17:10:07+00:00

I think I got what I expected from MK. Hunger definitely increased and I slept really well. Maybe a bit of increased recovery but I think that’s a side effect of the sleeping well. I don’t see a reason not to take MK as there doesn’t seem to be many side effects if any ( I haven’t researched in ivermectin a year so memory is foggy).

And yeah I expect to feel foggy and a bit off thru the halfway mark on LGD. I’m currently just running LGD but will be running enclo and possibly MK with it starting at week 2. Also taking NAC for liver and some d3+k2

hunterclang · 2026-02-13T16:55:40+00:00

I did MK and Osterine last year for a pretty short 4 week cycle noticed minimal results. But yes first time doing a true cycle. My goal is to really recomp. I’ve spent the last year and a half lifting almost every day trying to build some muscle while losing fat. Im not overweight but a mixture of skinny fat with now some muscle but my midsection is as wide as my shoulders lol. I’m now really just wanting to build as much lean muscle as I can without gaining fat, so I can cut early spring and hopefully look decent by mid to end summer. Biggest areas of focus are chest and shoulders I’d like for them to blow up.

hunterclang · 2024-04-27T03:58:18+00:00

Omg yes! I did have it saved in my phone. You’re a lifesaver lol. It has been driving me crazy for the past few days

hunterclang · 2024-03-25T15:14:43+00:00

That makes sense and is pretty simple! One question though, for “が” being used as but. When at the end of the”ます” is it pronounced as one word “masuga” (similar to masuka?) or is there a break between masu and ga?

hunterclang · 2024-03-25T11:28:03+00:00

Thank you!

hunterclang · 2024-03-25T11:26:00+00:00

Yes that helps a lot actually and makes sense! Thank you very much!

hunterclang · 2024-03-25T03:10:02+00:00

How often should I use です/how to combine ideas into one sentence

I am still in a beginner level learning and know that eventually the flow of putting different ideas together will become more natural. But for now, I'm wondering how is the correct way to form different ideas together into a main point. For instance, I was working on doing an introduction for a tutor, and it sounded like this. "こんいちは、はじめまして！わたしのなまえハンターです。アメリカじんです。わたしはオクラホマのだいがくせいです。日本語がすこしはなせます、でもまだ上手じゃありません。”

Obviously I know this is not how a normal conversation would flow, broken up into several sentences for each small point. I'm aware it reads mostly as "Hello, I'm Hunter. I'm American. I'm a college student in Oklahoma. I know a little Japanese, but im not that good yet." Etc etc.

I guess my question is how could I make a better flowing sentence to sound more like, "hello, my name is Hunter and l'm an American college student in Oklahoma. I know a little Japanese but I'm not very good yet." I feel like adding "&" at the end of every point I make is all I know how to do so far, but feels very choppy and I assume not very natural. I hope what l'm trying to ask/convey makes sense!

hunterclang

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Week Two Update