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Re: PCT is it necessary?
« Reply #25 on: January 04, 2026, 04:17:15 PM »
I知 off for one year now. Quit cold turkey after using for 30 years. Have not done hormone-related BW, but feel pretty normal. Anecdotally, all body functions seem to be working as expected for someone my age. Am planning to run a 3:30 marathon in October at age 56 (I did a lot of running during breaks over the years and have run 4 marathons although the last one was 15 years ago). Hairline has improved dramatically and it feels good to not have to worry about pinning, shady clinics or UGLs, gear quality, infections, etc. I do think a lot about going back on, but for me, the negatives of doing so outweigh the positives - not to mention the thought of quitting again sounds miserable as it wasn稚 easy. I致e also lost all interest in competitive bodybuilding at this point.

How do the joints feel at your age, especially doing that running?

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Re: PCT is it necessary?
« Reply #26 on: January 04, 2026, 05:11:01 PM »
How do the joints feel at your age, especially doing that running?

I知 working through some Achilles tendinitis and plantar fasciitis, but otherwise I知 okay. I知 doing strength training three times a week but body weight exercises only for now.

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Re: PCT is it necessary?
« Reply #27 on: January 05, 2026, 07:51:44 AM »
I知 working through some Achilles tendinitis and plantar fasciitis, but otherwise I知 okay. I知 doing strength training three times a week but body weight exercises only for now.
I've never heard of tendinitis in the Achilles.

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Re: PCT is it necessary?
« Reply #28 on: January 05, 2026, 08:23:19 AM »
I've never heard of tendinitis in the Achilles.

maybe hes a peeping Tom

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Re: PCT is it necessary?
« Reply #29 on: January 05, 2026, 10:21:38 AM »
I've never heard of tendinitis in the Achilles.

Google it. My guess is that you haven稚 heard of a lot of things.

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Re: PCT is it necessary?
« Reply #30 on: January 05, 2026, 04:50:37 PM »
I知 working through some Achilles tendinitis and plantar fasciitis, but otherwise I知 okay. I知 doing strength training three times a week but body weight exercises only for now.

Alright. Recently I've felt a kind of burning sensation on the sides of one heel towards the tendon when taking a step. Hopefully not a precursor to a rupture.

You know marathoners have castrate levels of test right? At least that's what I've read. Have you thought about drugs to assist the running? I'm always thinking of possible chemical solutions and tricks :D Enclomiphene or kisspeptin to keep natural test up, antioxidants and anti-inflammatory substances and so on. I remember reading maybe 30 years ago about a top marathoner who was in a slump but started winning again after getting on Prozac. The theory was that the symptoms of overtraining and depression are similar and the Prozac solved something at the brain level. Now the mitochondrial booster peptides are all the rage also :D

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Re: PCT is it necessary?
« Reply #31 on: January 05, 2026, 05:39:09 PM »
Alright. Recently I've felt a kind of burning sensation on the sides of one heel towards the tendon when taking a step. Hopefully not a precursor to a rupture.

You know marathoners have castrate levels of test right? At least that's what I've read. Have you thought about drugs to assist the running? I'm always thinking of possible chemical solutions and tricks :D Enclomiphene or kisspeptin to keep natural test up, antioxidants and anti-inflammatory substances and so on. I remember reading maybe 30 years ago about a top marathoner who was in a slump but started winning again after getting on Prozac. The theory was that the symptoms of overtraining and depression are similar and the Prozac solved something at the brain level. Now the mitochondrial booster peptides are all the rage also :D

Or this marathoner fella unexpetedly discovered he was actually bipolar after starting fluoxetine

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Re: PCT is it necessary?
« Reply #32 on: January 06, 2026, 01:28:05 AM »