I've decided to sit down here and throw down my final review of Competitive Edge Labs H-Drol.
Dosing Scheme
I started off with 50mg the first three days, ramped to 75mg for 9 days, then 150mg for the remaining 3 weeks and 3 days.
Support Supplements
As anticipated, I used cycle support in the morning and night. The flavor is rough, but the protection it provides is well worth the mouthfull of ass twice daily. I preloaded Hawthorne Berry and Milk Thistle - 2 caps of each morning and night. DHEA was brought in to combat lethargy - but I wasn't too strict on taking the caps - may try to incorporate into my next cycle.
PCT
As described in first post. Nolva to start (20/20/10/10)... Works like a charm - just make sure to drink plenty of water. Will give you some nasty cotton mouth and dark urine if you decide not to. DTHC for test rebound - awesome supplement... kept strength sky-high throughout PCT with no noticable drop off when the bottle ran out. Lean XTreme at day 14 (will likely leave out in the future...) and 6-oxo (-/-/300/200/100). Lost a good amount of water weight in the initial week of PCT which was great.
Sides
Very slight back acne - Who cares
Oily forehead / nose - Who cares
Back and Shoulder pumps - eat some Taurine
Lethargy - Eat more carbs!
Balls - definitely felt tighter... however was never to the point of not being able to 'raise up'... Sometimes climax would take quite a bit longer...
Strength
Not immediate. Strength increases were apparent around day 9 - and continued to improve until the end of the 4th week.
Growth
Also not immediate - not that I expected them to be. Near day 20 though, growth was fast and explosive. I put on about 8 pounds from the end of week three to the end of week 4. I'm going to directly attribute 10 pounds of lean muscle to this cycle - with an overall weight gain of 16 pounds (going to estimate 4 water / 2 fat)...
Mentality
Hard to assess... I'm always very motovated and driven at the gym. Let's just say it didn't hurt it - even with the lethargy. The gym made me salivate.
Composition
Gained Muscle, Slight increase in BF (by weight - not %), pretty harsh water retention (I attribute to increased carb intake)...
Diet
Pretty clean - though I'd have a stack of pancakes on the weekend on occasion after a hard workout... Very little sugar - tons of proteins - tons of clean carbs. Main Protein components were Chicken / Whey / Casein / Turkey / Beef ... Carbs from CytoGainer / oatmeal / wheat bread / wheat wraps / whole wheat pasta... Fats from Nuts / Olive Oil / Fish Caps / Peanut Butter... Did not eat a crazy amount of vegetables, but took some supplements which are essentially concentrated green vegetables in pill form and chlorophyl. If the main goal of your H-Drol run is a recomp - I would advise keeping the carbs and calories near maitenence for the first 14 days or so, then aggressively ramp up the calories in the third week. I did NOT have a reduction in body fat on this product (didn't matter much to me) party because I ate so damn much food. I feel like much of the mud I put on could have been avoided with a calorie ramp. That being said, I stayed reasonably lean - and I never have much of a problem with losing bodyfat after a bulk.
Recommend
Would I recommend H-Drol? Absolutely...
I can take ECY (25/300/10) at 8pm and be asleep at midnight. In all honesty I think it might have something to do with the fact that I was basically fed amphetamines my entire life (ritalin, adderall, etc.). I'm so glad I stopped taking that **** though...
