JD's Scivation ANAGEN™ Log

[jdiritto]

First off thanks to Jkeith and the rest of the Scivation company for selected me as a tester.. I was hesitant to apply for this product, than finally did and a few days later realized I got selected for it.. !

Before I detail my personal history/info, here is a little about Anagen itself (from the Scivation website)






We have all heard the promises before. “Steroid-like gains in no time!” “Gain 20 pounds in 2 weeks!” “100% safe and side effect free!” Then, being the seekers of lean mass we are, we try the supplement only to be thoroughly disappointed by the results, or better yet, lack of results.

These “Better than Steroid” supplements usually have no scientific backing and consist of a proprietary blend of some ingredients you have never even heard of in amounts not listed on the label. You take their word for it and everytime you are left weighing less due to the lack of cash in your wallet. Even worse, the effective products come with a price tag—your health. Methylation has become the catch phrase of the century, but the methylation process can lead to ill effects on your liver health and the compounds themselves can lead to undesirable side-effects such as testicular shrinkage, gynecomastia (breast growth), and a host of other symptoms. It makes matters even worse when the consumer isn’t fully educated on how to “cycle” the supplement to avoid shutting down their own testosterone production. This leaves us asking, “Is it worth it?”

Scivation, the leaders in Science-based innovative supplements and the company that brought you Xtend™ introduce ANAGEN™--the world’s first anabolic adaptogen. Not only is ANAGEN backed by numerous scientific studies and formulated by Scivation Director of Research and Development Chuck “The Ripper” Rudolph and Derek “Beast” Charlebois, the compounds in ANAGEN have been proven extremely effective in the real world by Chuck’s elite athletic clients. Furthermore, it is safe and 100% side effect free. Sound too good to be true? Read on to find out how ANAGEN may be the key to unlocking your best gains ever….

Anagen- Anabolic Adaptagen

20-Hydroxyecdysterone
Rhodiola Rosea
Bacopa Monniera


20-Hydroxyecdysterone
Ecdysterone (ECDY) has been around for a while. Interest in ECDY first developed after Burdette (1962) found that protein synthesis was increased in mammalian tissue after administration of ECDY. Next, eastern scientists named Hikino et al (1969) and Otaka et al (1969) both found ECDY to have anabolic effects in mice. In the 1980’s, Chinese and Russian Olympians began using ECDY as a performance enhancer.

ECDY never really became popular in the United States until recently, but many users were not impressed. The problem there lies in not getting enough of the active photoecdysteroid 20-Hydroxyecdysterone. Companies were using either low percent extracts or not dosing their capsules high enough. Anecdotal feedback from users who have used a large amount of 20-Hydroxyecdysterone has been impressive, and here is why.

What is ECDY?
ECDY is a photoecdysteroid, which is a type of chemical produced by plants to defend against insects. Insects that ate plants that produced certain photoecdysteroids would suffer adverse effects and most likely die. This means that the plants that did produce photoecdysteroids survived; it made them stronger. Photoecdysteroids are synthesized by plants through the mevalonate pathway with acetyl-CoA as a precursor. While humans can produce similar chemicals using this pathway, they cannot produce photoecdysteroids. 20-Hydroxyecdysterone is a specific photoecdysteroid that has been shown to have many beneficial effects.

ECDY and Protein Synthesis
Recently, ECDY was shown to enhance skeletal muscle growth of skeletal muscle cell cultures by increasing gene expression (Xiao et al 2003). There are two ways by which gene expression can be increased (1) hormone/ligand binding to a nuclear receptor and (2) nongenomicly. When a hormone/ligand binds to a nuclear receptor protein synthesis begins, which consists of a long series of processes (transcription  protein translation  incorporation of protein into cell membrane) that takes hours to complete. A nongenomic effect results in the same series of events, but is an immediate response and does not require hormone/ligand binding.

It is believed ECDY works through nongemoic effects including stabilization of cell membranes and modification of membrane proteins and other effects on the membrane, and accumulation of ligands (Kholodova 2001), which I think could lead to increased ligand binding to nuclear receptors. ECDY can also increase RNA synthesis (Otaka 1969) and protein translation (Syrov 1984), which would further enhance the process of protein synthesis and growth.

Further Benefits of ECDY
ECDY has been shown to enhance sexual activity in both animals and humans (Lafont & Dinan 2003) and improve sexual function in men (Mirzaev 2000). ECDY increases the body’s ability to respond to stress by increasing acetylcholine esterase activity in the brain (Slama & Lafont 1995). ECDY also improves cholesterol levels by decreaseing liver cholesterol levels and increasing excretion of cholesterol in the bile (Slama & Lafont 1995), decreases glucose levels independently of insulin (Chen et al 2006), all of which improve the bodies ability to adapt to stress.

Side Effects of ECDY
ECDY administration has not been shown to induce any side effects and have no toxic response in animals (Slama & Lafont 1995). ECDY will not lead to suppression of natural testosterone production as it does not bind to steroid hormone receptors (Dinan 2001)

Dosing ECDY
Based on our experiences with our athletes, we recommend the following dosing schedule based upon bodyweight to maximize effectiveness:

Bodyweight in Lbs - Bodyweight in Kg - Caps of Anagen
100 45.45 2
120 54.55 2-3
140 63.64 3
160 72.73 3-4
180 81.82 4
200 90.91 4-5 -- this will most likel be my dose, may experiement with 3or6 also
220 100.00 5
240 109.09 5-6
260 118.18 6
280 127.27 6
300 136.36 6-7


Rhodiola Rosea
Rhodiola Rosea belongs to the plant family Crassulaceae and has been used for centuries in Russia, Scandinavia, and other eastern countries in traditional medicine. Rhodiola Rosea is known as an adatogen, a substance that increases an organism’s resistance to homeostatic disturbances. Rhodiola Rosea has been shown to:

Increase physical working capacity (Abidov 2003)
Improve endurance exercise performance (De Bock 2004)
Antidepressant, anticancer, cardio-protective, and central nervous system enhancement (Kelly 2001)
Decrease mental fatigue (Spasov 2000)
In addition, in a study done on men suffering from erectile dysfunction, subjects were given 150-200 mg Rhodiola Rosea per day for three months. 26 of the 35 subjects showed improved sexual function and 17-ketosteroids in urine (a sign of increased androgen levels) (Saratikov 1987).

Bacopa Monnieri
Bacopa Monnieri, an adaptogen like Rhodiola, is also a traditional Ayurvedic medicine used for centuries as an analgesic (pain reliever), memory enhancing, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic (fever reducer), and antiepileptic (prevent convulsions) agent (Russo 2005). Recent research shows bacopa monnieri to have anti-stress properties (Rai 2003) and antioxidant properties (Russo 2003).

The Ultimate Anabolic Adaptogen
Based on our findings, we feel that you need a higher dose to reap the extensive benefits ecdysterone has to offer. Through research and experimentation, Scivation developed ANAGEN to help their athletes and customers achieve the gains they always dreamed of. The addition of Bacopa Monnieri and Rhodiola Rosea to Ecdysterone adds a synergy that will help you cope with the stresses of training and diet and achieve the most significant, healthiest gains of your life.


Personal Information

Age: 21

Sex: Male

Height: 6'0"

Weight: roughly 210 pounds

Bodytype: Endomorph

Current Training Schedule/Protocol:

Monday: Chest/triceps
Tuesday: legs/biceps/ABs
Wedesday: shoulders/back
Thursday: chest/ABS
Friday: legs/biceps/triceps
Weekends: cardio
m/w/f - hopefully doing more cardio as weather gets warmer and warmer here in central PA

Diet:
I dont count macros (not that dedicated, not enough time yet)
Each day I eat 5+ eggs
2-3 servings of natty PB
1 can of tuna
3-4 protein shakes (2 around workouts with ground oats - lately have been adding oats to other shakes also)
4-5cups of skim milk
1-2 gallons of water

When I eat on campus I try to eat sandwhiches/wraps or grilled chicken/pasta depends on what campus location I go to and all

When the product arrives I will post what other supplements I will be using and the pre pictures

[martel04]

good luck looks like a great product i wonder how anagen and hyperdrol will compare to eachother. both are non hormonal so i will we following to see how your results are.

[sublimejeh]

Originally Posted by martel04

good luck looks like a great product i wonder how anagen and hyperdrol will compare to eachother. both are non hormonal so i will we following to see how your results are.

Ya Im psyched to use mine as well.

they aren't totally non hormonal, both work through or involving hormones

[jdiritto]

waiting for it to arrive is always the worst part, haha you get so hype after your selected to test, you want it the next day for the gym..but gotta wait! sucks!

[Abe the Cop]

He's "not that dedicated" to his diet even! Why didn't you guys pick me? I count calories and macros...

J/k (kind of)...I'll be following this. I'm wondering about the ingredients though. I got a free bottle of Pinnacle's anabolX Plus and did a search and almost EVERYBODY was bashing it saying that it was total crap. Well, it contains both 20-beta-hydroxyecdysterone and Rhodiola Rosea which is 2/3 the ingredients in anagen. Why does everyone bash anabolX plus but at the same time consider anagen to be promising? I actually used AnabolX plus for a couple weeks and definately noticed a subtle increase in strength gains.

Good luck with the log...lucky bastard. I have yet to get picked for a log.

[jdiritto]

as stated in the Scivation write up:

ECDY never really became popular in the United States until recently, but many users were not impressed. The problem there lies in not getting enough of the active photoecdysteroid 20-Hydroxyecdysterone. Companies were using either low percent extracts or not dosing their capsules high enough

Anagen has (per cap)
100mg 20-beta-hydroxyecdysterone
100mg Rhodiola Rosea
50mg Bacopa Monniera

so, comparing to the AnabolX Plus
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/pin/anaplus.html
Anabolic Activators:
Ecdysterone (20-beta-Hydorxyecdysterone) 37.5mg
Turkesterone (11,20 dihydroxyecdysone) 5mg
Ponasterone (25-Deoxy-20-hydroxyecdysone) 5mg

Rhodiola rosea Root Extract 113.33mg
(Standardized to provide 10mg of all 8 essential biomers rosavin, rosarin, salidrosides, rosin, rhodalgin, acetylrhodalgin, rosaridin and rosaridol.)

so Anagen has over 2.5xthe amount of 20-beta-hydroxyecdysterone that AnabolX has..
but the AnabolX has a little bit more of the rhodiola rosea root..tho its an extract and only has 10mg of the 8 biomers...whatever that means..

[Abe the Cop]

Originally Posted by jdiritto

as stated in the Scivation write up:

ECDY never really became popular in the United States until recently, but many users were not impressed. The problem there lies in not getting enough of the active photoecdysteroid 20-Hydroxyecdysterone. Companies were using either low percent extracts or not dosing their capsules high enough

Anagen has (per cap)
100mg 20-beta-hydroxyecdysterone
100mg Rhodiola Rosea
50mg Bacopa Monniera

so, comparing to the AnabolX Plus
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/pin/anaplus.html
Anabolic Activators:
Ecdysterone (20-beta-Hydorxyecdysterone) 37.5mg
Turkesterone (11,20 dihydroxyecdysone) 5mg
Ponasterone (25-Deoxy-20-hydroxyecdysone) 5mg

Rhodiola rosea Root Extract 113.33mg
(Standardized to provide 10mg of all 8 essential biomers rosavin, rosarin, salidrosides, rosin, rhodalgin, acetylrhodalgin, rosaridin and rosaridol.)

so Anagen has over 2.5xthe amount of 20-beta-hydroxyecdysterone that AnabolX has..
but the AnabolX has a little bit more of the rhodiola rosea root..tho its an extract and only has 10mg of the 8 biomers...whatever that means..

That's mainly what I wanted to know...the amount of ECDY in anagen. Obviously much more in Anagen than in AnabolX plus.

[young_squatter]

"Subscribes" Good luck bro.

[Nathan1]

Bf%? Pics?

[brandon9134]

i cant wait for the goods to arrive....good luck bro *subscribed

[jdiritto]

Originally Posted by Nathan1

Bf%? Pics?

http://www.forum.bodybuilding.com/sh...52#post9007352

only have a tanita scale for bf..which i dont use often cos its extremely unreliable.. someday Ill throw down $ for calipers

imo - im too fat around the waist and need to lose 15lb.. which i hopefully will achieve in my massive pre-beach cut this summer

[kappaz]

subscribe

[brandon9134]

when is our stuff supposed to be delivered?

[warriors]

subs

[jdiritto]

Originally Posted by brandon9134

when is our stuff supposed to be delivered?

hopefully early this week i should get my purple wraath early this week too but i shipped it to my home address not college...so that sucks alot

[Sixpack]

subs for sure good luck

[marlon]

Good luck man! I'll be following this.

[jdiritto]

got bottles today..shoulda checked mail earlier, could of taken the first serving with breakfeast.. o well..

Other Supplements Used:

Controlled Labs green bulge 5 or 6 preworkout
Controlled Labs white blood 3 or 4 preowkrou
BN CEE 2-3g postworkout
NOW taurine spoonfull in pre/post shake
Optimum Nutrition whey preworkout shake, and other shakes
ErgoPharm I-pro only post workout shake
NOW ADAM2 a day - one always post workout
ErgoPharm AMP - m/w/f preworkout
Higher Power R-ala 3 a day, 1 always post workout
Primaforce Lean Green 3 a day, 1 always post workout
Avant Labs Sesathin 2servings of 2caps a day with fatty meals
Higher Power Chromium Picolate m/w/f postworkout only
Twinlab Biotin m/w/f post workout only
preworkout shake = 2scoops on whey, spoonfull NOW taurine powder, 1 scoop oats (blended to powder)
postworkout shake = 2scoops i-pro, 1 scoop oat powder, spoonfull taurine

hopefully taking pictures tonight..

[jkeithc82]

Good to you man!

[jdiritto]

4/3

830am – 15grain toast, natty PB, skim milk-- 2 sesamin, lean green, r-ala, adam multi

1030am – 1.5 scoop ON whey protein shake1 anagen

noon – 3 white blood, 5green bulge

1215p- 2 amp

12 40p- 1 anagen, preworkout shake

workout: chest/tris

flat BB bench – 12x135, 12x205, 10x225, 3x250 (thought I was done) 3x5x250, 8x225, 12x135

cable str bar tricep pushdowns – 12x175, 185,205

flat bench DB flies – 3x12x35
DB overhead tricep ext – 3x10x75

Incline BB bench – 10x135,155,175,135

Quarter mile on treadmill at 3% incline/7.0 speed -- was completely out of breath after

135 pm- postworkout shake, bulk CEE, lean green, r-ala, adam, chrom pico, biotin, 1 anagen

215pm – can tuna, natty PB, skim milk, 2 sesamin

4pm - protein shake, scoop oats

530pm - 2 chicken breast sandwhiches + skim milk, lean green, r-ala, 1 anagen

730pm - 2 chicken breasts on one bun (genius)

10pm - casein protein shake, skim milk

first day thoughts:
felt very weird, uneasy in the stomach between 11-noon.. could of been something from the anagen i took before class.. or i was jus stressin myself out worryin about my exam i had at noon.. idk... either way once i took my wb/gb anmd chugged a liter of water between classes the feeling went away...lift was intense, AMP kicked in a lil late, as i died on bench than took a lil breather and repped out 3 more sets of 5 at the same weight I got stunned at on 3..

[Commonpremier21]

hey man good luck, subscribed

[jdiritto]

4/4

705am – toast, natty pb, skim milk, sesamin

915 – 5 green bulge, 3 white blood
945 - 1 cap anagen
1015 – preworkout shake

workout : legs, bis, abs

box squats 10x135x185x205 – 12 normal squats 225 – 10 box at 185, 135
---10 = 10right leg raised + 10 left leg raised ---

DB hammer curls 3x10x35

Smitch machine Back ext –3x10x100pd

Calf raises – 3x12- toes in and toes out – 12 sec static hold on last rep
Farmer walk before&after last set – 75pd DBs

Preacher W bar curls – 4x8x35pd a side

Leg curls 10x 90,100,110

Seated back ext – 3x12x30pd DB

Romain chair leg raises – 3x12
Bridge – 3x 30seconds

Standing W bar curl – 3x10x35pd a side
Standing side bends – 2x12x45pd plate


1130am – postworkout adam multi, r-ala, lean green, 1 cap anagen

1145 – post workout protein shake

1220p – 5 scram eggs + skim milk

215p - 1 chicken breast. lean green, r-ala, 1 anagen

330pm - double chickn breast sandwhich

545pm - 2 scoop whey + oats

730pm - can tuna, 2 scoops natty PB, 2 sesathin, r-ala, lean green, adam multi, 1 Anagen

10pmish - 1.5 scoop whey, skim milk

[spirit3530]

subscribes

[jdiritto]

4/5

8am – toast, natty PB, skim milk, ½ cup oats – 2sesamin, lean green, r-ala, adam multi, 1 anagen

10am – scoop oats, heaping scoop whey, ½ carnation instant breakfeast mix, skim milk shake

1150am – 5 green bulge, 3 white blood
1230 – 2 amp, 1 anagen

1250 preworkout shake

workout

over head str bar presses – 4x12x135
supersetted with – 12x75 DB seated military – 3x12x55 DB seated military on swiss ball – alternating arm reps

semi-army circuit – 3x12x145/155/155 (overhead bar ext, front lat pulldowns? – I don’t know the names, I just do them - both shoulder rotation exercises)
deadlifts 12x135, 12x225, 3x5x295 6x226, 12x135

--- some more stuff, I totally forget it all.—

normal lat pulldowns – 3x12x135,155,155
seated hi cable rows – 3x12x155/165/165

lawnmoawers – 3x12x75

15 dips
ran ¼ mile on 4.5% incline, 6.5mph
15 more dips


2pm – cee, lean green, r-ala, adam multi, 1 anagen, chrom pico, biotin
215pm – postworkout shake

3pm - can tuna, natty pb, skim milk


445: protein pudding -- extra batter of protein bar recipe i made
bar recipe: 2 cup skim milk, 8 scoops whey, 3 cups powder oats, 1 packet carnation instant breakfeast, lined the pan with extra virgin olive oil and sprinkled some splenda on top

530:finished the extra bowl of pudding

7pm - 1 scoop whey + 1/2 carnation instant breakfeast + skim milk

8pm - 5 scram eggs, oat toast w/ natty PB, skim milk, 1 anagen, lean green, r-ala, 2 sesamin

945pm - 3g melatonin (just bought at vitamin world today!! hope i sleep like a baby tonight)

third day analysis:
workout was insane. havent lifted like that in awhile. i say that alot, but im foreal. my focus and energy were th rough the roof. i had a killer sweat going on and was just pushing thro everything to go hard every lift. soreness is at a minimum, and energy is consistent throughout the day. focusing on keeping my protein intake higher than normal, after listening to Chuck Rudolphs talk show about Anagen where he said it should be near 3g per bodyweight or something...higher than usual.. so I'm drinking more shakes than normally. eating as clean as possible (as always)... I'd really like to add aminos (specifically purple wraath into the log) but i dont want to mix anything with the Anagen results and them.. =( but I think it would defnintly help with everything! if not even wraath bulk leucine powder...
and hopefully ill get time to post pre pictures soon.. super busy with academics (f*ck college).

[jdiritto]

took that melatonin to help my sleep last night..and I ended up waking up 5x during the night and now I gotta go to an 8am class... I'm kind of pissed.

[young_squatter]

Great workout bro, nice to hear your focus and intensity are up. Keep up the good work.

[jdiritto]

4/6

7am – toast natty pb skim milk
730am – 1 anagen

815am – 5 gb/3wb

925a – preworkout shake

workout

DB bench – 3x12x95
DB bench : palms facing each other: - 4x12x55

Pec deck – 3x12x135

Decline bench – 12x135,185x185x185x135

14 minutes on treadmill – 60 sec jog, 90sec walk on incline – repeat each time raising jog speed and incline % -- highest interval = 7.5 jog and 12% incline
5 minutes on bike, 60 sec pedal forward, 60 second backpedal

10-15 cee, 1 anagen lean green, r-ala, adam

1030- post workout shake

1115am - 2 homemade protein bars

1230 - can tuna, natty pb, skim milk

230p - chicken breast sandwhich

345pm - double chicken breast sandwhich

5pm - home made protein bar (still puddingish)

615 pm - 1.5 scoop whey water protein shake

745pm - 5 scram eggs, toast, natty pb, skim milk, some almonds/nuts - 2sesamin, lean green, r-ala, adam multi, 1 anagen


10pm - 1scoop whey, 1 scoop casein, skim milk

todays lift blew. i usually take thursday off and just do cardio but im not sure if i will be able to lift tomorrow or not so i wanted to put in some decent time today.. i tried but failed.. had a horrible headache, and just wasnt in the mindframe to get it done (something to do with horrible sleep last night). did a few lifts, and some light cardio.. if i cant put in leg/bi/tri workout tomorrow i will be saturday.. got a ton of **** tomorrow to do between class, driving home for a dr apt, and going to work at night..
this was my week from hell.. i think every semester you run into one of those... i had 2 tests, 2 debates, 3 meetings for organizations im in, a social for an organization, an interview for another organization, and later today im going to like 5 sessions about grad school and stuff like that!!

[brandon9134]

i hear ya on havin a rough week, just hang in their bro. Everyone has those days in the gym, the key is to not let it get u down and keep movin towards your goals. Keep up the good work on the log

[jdiritto]

pre pix below


not bad progress imo..still alot of work to do tho

older pix can be found here if interested
http://www.forum.bodybuilding.com/sh...=1#post9010308

[jdiritto]

4/6
no gym today, not enough time for it between classes, driving home, eye dr apt, and working tonight.. will hopefully hit Gold's up at home tomorrow afternoon after work, gotta get legs/bis/tris in

for off days I will be taking 4 anagen, multis, bulk CEE, and protein.. I dont use all supplements on weekends/off days until the summer to save $