- Apr 13, 2011
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KayLow said:
You are not focusing on what is important regarding HCG and performance. That is in regards to how HCG actually functions in the male body when introduced and its purpose.
This statement in particular "Comparable to anabolic steroids, beta-hCG stimulates muscle growth, increases training capacity, stimulates levels of aggression, and pushes back the fatigue threshold."
That is an incorrect and ridiculous statement.
HCG does one thing, it simulates LH which signals your testicles to convert other hormones to testosterone. It acts nothing like steroids and is not a steroid. It is a replacement for your natural production of Luteinizing Hormone.
Once you take HCG, your HPTA negative loop will shut down/supress your natural LH production levels as it takes over the duties of signalling your testicles to make testosterone.
There might be a very short term increase above your natural levels of testosterone, but after a very short time, you will be relying on the HCG to provide the LH signal to your testicles, and the total testosterone levels will go back down to an equilibrium state that it can produce naturally.
If your natural levels of LH are low, this will typical indicate your natural testosterone levels will be low also. Therefore, HCG can be helpful to increase the natural method of producing testosterone via your testicles.
HCG in an of itself has absolutely ZERO ability to "stimulate muscle growth, increase training capacity, stimulate levels of aggression (laughable assersion..roid rage!!!) etc..." and taken from that above quote. It simiulates LH (Leutinizing Hormone), LH has no anabolic properties.
It is simply taking over the role/function of your natural LH production from your HPTA.
Taking more and more HCG does absolutely nothing. There is a desensitivity issue with taking more and more HCG. Above 250-500ius of HCG 2-3 times per week will provide no additional benefit. Your testicles and your body's natural ability to then produce testosterone are the limiting factor. Thus, taking HCG isn't a guarantee that your testosterone will increase that much at all. There is no evidence/studies to support exactly what the maximum level is, but general consensus is that it will get you to around the normal levels you could potentially have if your body worked normally in the natural production of LH. You won't reach super-natural levels busting over the top of the total testosterone assay like you can with massive amounts of synthetic test/steroids.
You will shortly hit a ceiling and limit to what your testicles can produce by LH stimulation. That is simple. It is why HCG isn't used as a method of reaching higher levels of testosterone to improve anabolic effect. Synthetic testosterone and other steroids are used for that.
Whatever the benefits are from such is no more than what a body natural does. It isn't going to make you superman. All it will do is restore levels of Test your body is capable of producing and what the effects of normal testosterone in a male can do in and of itself. It is no magic bullet as those ridiculous statements make in that quote.
So HCG can be useful in the fact it can raise your levels of testosterone if you were secondary hypogondic and your natural LH levels were low. This is true.
HCG really just helps to keep your "balls" working and not shrinking up while on a cycle. You take the risk of permanent secondary hypogonadism by taking HCG as well as any extraneous steroid.
Very few people, if any, can sustain a regimen long term of HCG use only for HRT. The desensitivity issue always arises, and only short term use is found to be effective.
Using HCG for cycling, in short burst, could possibly give an initial boost for a week or two and raise testosterone levels somewhat above natural levels. But, once the feedback loop kicks in of the HPTA, the levels will drop right back down lower. So if LA did use HCG, it would only make sense for short amounts of time to attempt to get your testicles to produce more testosterone and increase the levels somewhat. This could lead to some minor improvements in physical conditioning, as any increase in testosterone levels would do. Except it is very subtle and never at the same high levels taking synthetic steroids can produce.
So if LA was using HCG, it would have only been useful in short burst of use. Whether it would give any real benefit of performance is dependent entirely on what his natural hormone levels were and reaction to HCG at the time. Who knows. If anybody says as a statement of fact they know how LA would respond to taking HCG, it is a complete lie and there is no way to back this statement up with facts. It might have been a complete waste of time/money and risk for him to take HCG.
Men also use HCG as a supplement to testosterone therapy to help with the shrunken ball (psychological affect) and produce some extra testosterone, but it won't help produce that much more that what they are already taking via injections/creams.
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