What is your favorite supplement for retaining your muscle during a cut?

[Autino]

During a cut, I have always done the following to stay as far away from catablism as I can:

Increased Protien
Midnight casien shake
BCAA (mega dose)

I am now looking to shed a couple lbs. of fat. I only need to lose about 7 lbs. but I want to stay as anabolic as I can and keep as much muscle as I can.
Wondering, what your favorite supplememts are for holding on to your muscle?

any why?

[user98511001541]

arent u in the middle of a PH cycle???

[Autino]

arent u in the middle of a PH cycle???

Nope. Thanks for remembering me though.
I decided to hold off for a while.
making sure my diet is in check and taking my body to its fullest potential before I go the PH route..
I have the entire cycle lined up though...

[haiz69]

Lowering calories only slightly + BCAA's during a workout.

[user98511001541]

Nope. Thanks for remembering me though.
I decided to hold off for a while.
making sure my diet is in check and taking my body to its fullest potential before I go the PH route..
I have the entire cycle lined up though...

nice decision

seriously tho, with the three things you listed, unless you are way below maintenance calories, you should have no problem at all retaining muscle mass

find your base metabolic rate, subtract 250 calories and start from there... worst thing you can do is shock your body into STORING fat by dropping calories too much and too fast

best of luck!

[Rodzilla]

Nope. Thanks for remembering me though.
I decided to hold off for a while.
making sure my diet is in check and taking my body to its fullest potential before I go the PH route..
I have the entire cycle lined up though...

good choice IMO

my favorite supp during a cut is xtend at moderate dosing.

[user234984u5345]

xtend/pw/abc

[TheUnlikelyToad]

Toad loves him some Forskolin.

[rpen22]

I really think a solid creatine formula is a good idea for retaining muscle on a cut. IMO, SyntheSIZE is perfect for this as it will help you keep your strength up, while giving you the nutrient partitioning benefits to make the most of what you ARE eating.

[burke]

Currently I am doing EC + MassFX/Hyperdrol.

Along with my regular protein, creatine, fish oil... I wanted to add something more to make sure I can retain as much as possible.

So obviously both of these would be great but I don't really wanna spend more than I already have... do you think I would see better results adding Lean Xtreme or Xtend to this mix?

[R_N_S]

if you wanna try somethin new you could look into ecdysterone, I think Marc from Scivation liked it while on a cut, may be worth while if you have the cash and curiosity

[burke]

Well out of LX or Xtend which do you think would yield better results during a cut.. in terms of perserving muscle, etc.

[TheNameless]

if you wanna try somethin new you could look into ecdysterone, I think Marc from Scivation liked it while on a cut, may be worth while if you have the cash and curiosity

I have been doing a lot of research on ecdysterone and it seems to be very effective if dosed high enough.

Also, I am a big Lean Xtreme fan. I'd throw that in.

[burke]

bump for input on LX Vs. Xtend

[triplewhammy]

Anabolic Pump for meals + Xtend between meals = unstoppable trust me.


-triple

[Cronos1247]

Lean Xtreme would probably help you drop weight quicker, but I think Xtend or Purple Wraath would help you preserve more muscle personally. I would go with the Xtend if it was out of LX or Xtend since it doesn't look like losing fat is a top priority judging by your pictures.

[HULK81]

ive used extend and animal nitro, both have worked very well.

[burke]

Anabolic Pump is interesting product.. never heard of it but I just read up on it and sounds really interesting.

[-NB-]

Bump, good thread. *Waits for more replys*

[NoNameNecessary]

During a cut, I have always done the following to stay as far away from catablism as I can:

Increased Protien
Midnight casien shake
BCAA (mega dose)

I am now looking to shed a couple lbs. of fat. I only need to lose about 7 lbs. but I want to stay as anabolic as I can and keep as much muscle as I can.
Wondering, what your favorite supplememts are for holding on to your muscle?

any why?

The most important factor in preserving muscle while cutting is your diet. Be sure to pay close attention to the amount of calories you require and maintenance and lower your calories slowly from there. Dropping calories too rapidly will undoubtedly result in a loss of muscle.

Supplements certainly do help to preserve muscle while cutting. I have really enjoyed my results with amino acids while cutting. Look into products like Core ABC (my current favorite), SciVation Xtend, and Controlled Labs Purple WRAATH. Lean Xtreme has also gotten a ton of great feedback. Also, as others have mentioned, ecdysterone seems to have some merit.

[TheStiffmeister]

xtend/pw/abc

how about EAA Stack from Universal Nutrition?

[L.S]

could you not use both Xtend and Lean Xtreme?

as lean Xtreme will help with fat loss and Xtend for muscle retention/recovery?

[NoNameNecessary]

how about EAA Stack from Universal Nutrition?

Quality product from a great company.

[mass73]

could you not use both Xtend and Lean Xtreme?

as lean Xtreme will help with fat loss and Xtend for muscle retention/recovery?

yep... thats what i am doing right now

[burke]

Right now I am using EC which has anti catabolic properities... MASSFX/Hyperdrol which obviously will help with muscle preservation... and creatine. Now obviously adding LX and Xtend would be one crazy cut stack... but if only adding one out of those two I am thinking Xtend is more important...

[TheStiffmeister]

Quality product from a great company.

damn straight

[burke]

Currently I am doing EC + MassFX/Hyperdrol.

Along with my regular protein, creatine, fish oil... I wanted to add something more to make sure I can retain as much as possible.

So obviously both of these would be great but I don't really wanna spend more than I already have... do you think I would see better results adding Lean Xtreme or Xtend to this mix?

Maybe I should just splurge and get LX+Xtend and add it to this... that would be a crazy stack.

[dexterium]

Anabolic Pump: directs carbohydrates to muscle cells and away from fat cells; you gain muscle and lose fat.

Recreate: Cortisol control

Scivation XTEND: BCAA for anti-catabolism.

[haiz69]

could you not use both Xtend and Lean Xtreme?

as lean Xtreme will help with fat loss and Xtend for muscle retention/recovery?

Certainly. I always use some form of BCAA/EAA when cutting, and LX is a great fat-loss supplement.

[PINO2007]

Anabolic Pump: directs carbohydrates to muscle cells and away from fat cells; you gain muscle and lose fat.

Recreate: Cortisol control

Scivation XTEND: BCAA for anti-catabolism.

hi dexterium, one question for you all the way from switzerland: i'm thinkin of gettin' anabolic pump,recreate,extend and supercissus for my next stack. i already use torrent post-workout( i've got 2 big tubs), i'm on a cuttin' diet, don't use a fat-burner at the moment( i take green tea caps, cla,r-ala and fish oil). would you reccomend this stack reagardin' my age(52)? i train hard and my diet is VERY clean also i'm 5'6 and half, 163 pounds,bodyfat around 8-9, ectomorph. also how should i take anabolic pump with torrent? thanks