AllTheWay
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- Mar 17, 2011
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i finished a 4 week cycle of clenbuterol on friday. i stated in my other thread that i had some significant strength gains with it at a consistent moderate dose. i started at about 40mcg for a week and then went to about 80mcg for the next 3 weeks.
in horses clenbuterol is labeled for a condition called COPD. chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder. we actually use it off label in performance horses because it allows the bronchioles to expand and the mucous and crud that is traped to be carried out into the main airways and then coughed up and out. this greatly increases a horses respiratory effort.
most racehorse will have significant bleeding issues in their lungs from the pressure put on them during racing. it has been shown that up to 87% of racing quarter horses and 72% of racing thoroughbreds will have EIPH, exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage, during a race. the use of clen greatly reduces this and makes a horse perform better, allegedly
from my personal experience, i have found the opposite of this. i hate cardio and dont do much of it. but i do run on the treadmill for 5-10 min as a warm up before every workout. while on my clen cycle, this was way more difficult. i always felt like i was running a lot harder than i was. it felt like i could not get enough air. often i cut it from 10 to 5 mins because it did feel like it was taking so much more effort. this was futher cemented in my mind when i ran today and it was like i was floating and there was not the pressure in my chest that had been there the previous weeks. it has been over 72 hrs since my last clen dose and breathing was soo much easier!
so my thoughts are trying to figure out if it is a respiratory issue or a cardiac issue? im leaning towards the cardiac issue because that is a commonly listed side effect of clen. so now the question becomes, if it is cardiac issue, is it really worth it? i dont know, given that everything feels normal again, i would say probably. but i can also say that i probably wont run clen again for another year so that if there is any damage i give it enough time to heal.
in horses clenbuterol is labeled for a condition called COPD. chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder. we actually use it off label in performance horses because it allows the bronchioles to expand and the mucous and crud that is traped to be carried out into the main airways and then coughed up and out. this greatly increases a horses respiratory effort.
most racehorse will have significant bleeding issues in their lungs from the pressure put on them during racing. it has been shown that up to 87% of racing quarter horses and 72% of racing thoroughbreds will have EIPH, exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage, during a race. the use of clen greatly reduces this and makes a horse perform better, allegedly
from my personal experience, i have found the opposite of this. i hate cardio and dont do much of it. but i do run on the treadmill for 5-10 min as a warm up before every workout. while on my clen cycle, this was way more difficult. i always felt like i was running a lot harder than i was. it felt like i could not get enough air. often i cut it from 10 to 5 mins because it did feel like it was taking so much more effort. this was futher cemented in my mind when i ran today and it was like i was floating and there was not the pressure in my chest that had been there the previous weeks. it has been over 72 hrs since my last clen dose and breathing was soo much easier!
so my thoughts are trying to figure out if it is a respiratory issue or a cardiac issue? im leaning towards the cardiac issue because that is a commonly listed side effect of clen. so now the question becomes, if it is cardiac issue, is it really worth it? i dont know, given that everything feels normal again, i would say probably. but i can also say that i probably wont run clen again for another year so that if there is any damage i give it enough time to heal.