Anyone Actually Recomp Successfully With Turkesterone?

[jerxxcoo]

Been debating trying turkesterone for a recomp phase because I’m seeing mixed opinions everywhere — some people swear it helped with recovery, fullness, and lean gains, while others say it’s pure placebo unless you’re a beginner. I’m already dialed in on training and nutrition, so I’m mainly interested in whether experienced lifters noticed anything meaningful when adding it in. Did it help with strength retention during a cut, workout endurance, recovery between sessions, or body composition over a couple months? Also curious which brands/doses seemed legit since the market looks flooded with underdosed products.

 

[New guy]

I ran the IML turkestorone once. On its own I didn’t feel much, paired with a nitric oxide booster and creatine HCL it seemed to enhance the other two supps and work synergistically. Workouts felt a little bit better, I could push a little more weight with a little less rest time. I was powerlifting at the time and tracked my sets pretty religiously.

Overall it was a noticeable boost but just barely. I couldn’t justify the cost when other supplements gave a better return on investment. If you can afford to run it for a couple months I could see it potentially being a good natty supplement.

 

[sns8778]

Been debating trying turkesterone for a recomp phase because I’m seeing mixed opinions everywhere — some people swear it helped with recovery, fullness, and lean gains, while others say it’s pure placebo unless you’re a beginner. I’m already dialed in on training and nutrition, so I’m mainly interested in whether experienced lifters noticed anything meaningful when adding it in. Did it help with strength retention during a cut, workout endurance, recovery between sessions, or body composition over a couple months? Also curious which brands/doses seemed legit since the market looks flooded with underdosed products.

There are two aspects to that - raw material quality and individual response.

Turkesterone raw material quality is all over the place and is a legitimate concern.

BUT what some people that it doesn't work for blame on the product they bought, actually is more about individual response. It's simply an ingredient that works much better for some people than others. You'd have people arguing with one side making it out to be the greatest thing under the sun and the other side arguing how it doesn't work - and the reality is that it works good for some people and not for others.

We are out of stock of CEL Ecdy-Plex at the moment and it contains Turkesterone and Ecdysterone. Feedback on it is very good, but even with that, you can find posts where when people ask about it, I would always mention how those ingredients work better for some people than others. It actually worked really well for me, and I was kind of surprised that it did work as well as it did. For me, I noticed better strength later in my workouts during a cut phase.

BUT, here's my second BUT to this - I think that a big issue now is that the market has advanced so much that there are just better products available for the price of legitimate Turkesterone products. You have so many options like Recomp20, Alpha One, Anabolic XT, Anabolic Effect, Urolithin-B XT, etc. that are so much better than Turkesterone and are going to work for a much higher % of people, that's its harder and harder to justify spending the money on a Turkesterone product.

 

[jerxxcoo]

Would stacking them with one of newer anabolics be worth it or is just hit or miss with what you get these days?

 

[New guy]

BUT, here's my second BUT to this - I think that a big issue now is that the market has advanced so much that there are just better products available for the price of legitimate Turkesterone products. You have so many options like Recomp20, Alpha One, Anabolic XT, Anabolic Effect, Urolithin-B XT, etc. that are so much better than Turkesterone and are going to work for a much higher % of people, that's its harder and harder to justify spending the money on a Turkesterone product.

+1 on Alpha One, if your stomach can handle Alpha Cedrene it’s the most potent natural compound I’ve run. Excellent for recomp and pumps.

To answer your question @jerxxcoo I think Turkesterone falls into the hit or miss category on both what you’re getting, and individual reaction to the compound. Two sets of two variables makes it a 1 in 4 chance that it works the way you hope. If you do try it, just make sure you go with a good company like CEL who cares about their raws and you know what you’re getting.

My personal opinion is to run something that’s a bit more consistent on reviews. CEL M-Test, Alpha One, and SNS Creatine HCL is my go to natty supp stack, simple, effective, predictable, and doesn’t hit the wallet too hard. In the past, ArA (Xgels) was a fantastic supplement but now it flares up an old pec tear and I can’t use it.

 

[DylanHayes]

I ran turkestorone during a recomp phase a couple years back. Maybe a little better recovery and gym endurance, but honestly nothing that really stood out. Judging by what people are saying here, I’m probably just one of the guys it doesn’t really work for...

 

[recompme]

I've tried both Turkesterone and Ecdysterone of the two I found Ecdysterone to be the most effective. Specifically it helped me drop alot of fat- good for recomp. It did make me super hungry all the time, somewhat paradoxically it pumped up or rather created muscle fullness in muscles I work out regularly but reduced ones that I do infrequently-legs. After a few weeks of usage my lifts started to go up alot easier but again somewhat paradoxically I found my grip strength reduced from baseline, perhaps overtraining. Turkesterone just wasn't as effective but I know that the Ecdysterone is legit but can't say if the Turk was.

 

[sns8778]

Would stacking them with one of newer anabolics be worth it or is just hit or miss with what you get these days?

You could stack it with some of the newer natural anabolics, but the problem is that you could stack 2 of the newer natural anabolics for the same or less money and get better results.

 

[jerxxcoo]

+1 on Alpha One, if your stomach can handle Alpha Cedrene it’s the most potent natural compound I’ve run. Excellent for recomp and pumps.

To answer your question @jerxxcoo I think Turkesterone falls into the hit or miss category on both what you’re getting, and individual reaction to the compound. Two sets of two variables makes it a 1 in 4 chance that it works the way you hope. If you do try it, just make sure you go with a good company like CEL who cares about their raws and you know what you’re getting.

My personal opinion is to run something that’s a bit more consistent on reviews. CEL M-Test, Alpha One, and SNS Creatine HCL is my go to natty supp stack, simple, effective, predictable, and doesn’t hit the wallet too hard. In the past, ArA (Xgels) was a fantastic supplement but now it flares up an old pec tear and I can’t use it.

Appreciate the response. I'm going to look into the newer stuff then. I already have creatine so I will check out the M-Test and Alpha One.

 

[New guy]

Appreciate the response. I'm going to look into the newer stuff then. I already have creatine so I will check out the M-Test and Alpha One.

I think you’d be pretty happy with either, just be aware some people have stomach discomfort with Alpha One. If you do, try taking it after a carb heavy meal. That seems to delay the stomach issues for me. Mtest is a staple for me, helps elevate the baseline a little bit. Feel better, better mindset, sleep better, stacks with just about everything.

Keep us posted on what you end up trying and your experience!

 

[jerxxcoo]

I think you’d be pretty happy with either, just be aware some people have stomach discomfort with Alpha One. If you do, try taking it after a carb heavy meal. That seems to delay the stomach issues for me. Mtest is a staple for me, helps elevate the baseline a little bit. Feel better, better mindset, sleep better, stacks with just about everything.

Keep us posted on what you end up trying and your experience!

I will. Thanks!

 

[sns8778]

I will. Thanks!

With Alpha One, it is a very potent cAMP activator and it can elevate cAMP very quickly.

Elevating cAMP is awesome and leads to a lot of benefits, but it is the fast and potent activation of it that bothers some people's stomachs. This has been shown in studies even with cAMP medications.

So basically, its not the ingredient, its one of the methods of action of the ingredient.

We suggest starting with 1 softgel for the first 2 weeks, and taking it with a meal. This can help the person acclimate to the cAMP increase. After 2 weeks, if no stomach issues, a person can go up to 2 softgels if they would like too.

Here is a copy and paste from the write up about it:

A note about increasing cAMP:​

Increasing cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) levels may cause stomach discomfort in some individuals. This is rare, but possible with any cAMP increasing supplements.

If individuals experience stomach discomfort with any cAMP increasing supplements, it is suggested that they take the supplements with food as that resolves it in most people. It is also suggested that the individual stay with the minimum suggested dose and not increase the dosage until the stomach discomfort subsides.


Here's a link to the write up - https://competitiveedgelabs.com/product/alpha-one/