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  1. 1d ago

    Drugs n Stuff 329 Injectable DHT (Stanolone): Worth the Hype? + Steroid QA

    Injectable DHT, also known as stanolone, is getting plenty of attention in bodybuilding. But what are the benefits, what are the drawbacks, and how much of the excitement is hype? Dave Crosland and Scott McNally discuss it on Drugs ’n’ Stuff, including Vigorous Steve’s early use, Paul Barnett’s experience and dosing, and potential concerns with using stanolone during a cruise. Then it’s listener Q&A: enclomiphene instead of TRT, loose skin after fat loss, muscle memory and using less gear, injectable oral steroids, and the best injection sites. Plus, estrogen management with Primobolan and Masteron, whether cabergoline is needed with NPP, topical dutasteride for hair loss, and dealing with back acne on cycle. Have you tried injectable DHT? Tell us about your experience in the comments, including any benefits or side effects you noticed. 00:00 Welcome to Drugs ’n’ Stuff 01:30 Injectable DHT (Stanolone): Benefits & Drawbacks 05:40 Vigorous Steve’s Early Use of Injectable DHT 06:25 Paul Barnett’s DHT Experience & Dosing 07:30 Potential Problems With Stanolone During a Cruise 10:00 Injectable DHT: Share Your Experience 12:00 Steroids in a Vape? 16:25 Enclomiphene Instead of TRT? 21:45 Tightening Loose Skin After Fat Loss 24:00 Muscle Memory: Can You Maintain With Less Gear? 28:00 Are Injectable Oral Steroids Safer? 31:00 Ranking the Best Injection Sites 34:45 Primobolan for Estrogen Control: 600 Test / 300 Deca 36:00 Do You Need Cabergoline With Test & NPP? 41:00 High-Dose SLU-PP & MOTS-c 47:00 Estrogen Control: Masteron-to-Testosterone Ratio of 2:1 49:00 Topical Dutasteride for Hair Loss 49:30 Does Methyltestosterone Convert to Methyl DHT? 50:30 Managing Back Acne on Cycle 53:00 Uncle Dave’s Wisdom 01:09:00 Behind the Scenes UK Blood Work Get your Labs done by Dave in the UK : https://evalbloodanalysis.com/home/ Support the Podcast Patreon — Help keep the show growing. Even $5/month makes a difference. https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding Sponsors TRUE NUTRITION — Custom supplements for serious lifters Use code THINK to save https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK STROM SPORTS — Performance supplements trusted by athletes UK: https://tinyurl.com/ydmbfa54 US: https://stromsportsus.com Supplement Source Canada — Top brand supplements with fast shipping http://www.supplementsource.ca Merch Official THINK BIG Merch — Train, represent, support the brand https://think-big.printify.me/products

    Drugs n Stuff 329 Injectable DHT (Stanolone): Worth the Hype? + Steroid QA
  2. 4d ago

    Our Olympia Predictions Aged TERRIBLY 😂 It's Just Bodybuilding/Blood Sweat & Gear

    Ron Partlow, Dusty Hanshaw, Andrew Berry and Scott McNally team up for an It’s Just Bodybuilding × Blood Sweat & Gear crossover, looking back at the 2026 Mr. Olympia and the predictions we got wrong. We debate Nick Walker vs. Derek Lunsford, Samson Dauda’s finals performance, the judging, and who deserved to place higher. Plus, Andrew Jacked’s next step, Martin Fitzwater, Hadi Choopan, Keone Pearson, women’s bodybuilding and Women’s Physique controversy, stories from Olympia weekend, and what’s coming in 2027. 00:00 The Primo Shortage Didn’t Stop Bodybuilding 00:20 It’s Just Bodybuilding × Blood Sweat & Gear 01:40 Our Olympia Predictions That Aged the Worst 04:45 Olympia Judging: Did They Get It Right? 07:00 Nick Walker vs. Derek Lunsford 09:15 Samson Dauda’s Olympia Finals Performance 12:20 Did Tonio Burton Deserve to Place Higher? 14:11 Should Prejudging Count as Much as Finals? 21:00 The Listeners Picked Nick Walker 22:45 Regan Grimes, Jordan Hutchinson & James Hollingshead 24:50 Does Michal Krizo Have the Best Most Muscular? 27:00 What’s Holding Andrew Jacked Back? 31:40 Nick Walker Commits to the 2027 Arnold Classic 32:20 Where Does Hadi Choopan Fit in This Lineup? 34:00 Nick Walker as Mr. Olympia: Representing the IFBB 39:50 What Happened With Martin Fitzwater? 44:20 Does Samson Dauda Need a Coach? 49:30 Keone Pearson & the 212 Olympia 50:45 Shaun Clarida & Lucas Garcia 56:10 Andrea Shaw & Women’s Bodybuilding 1:00:45 Lola Montez 1:07:00 Natalia Coelho & Women’s Physique Controversy 1:10:30 Ron & Dusty’s Olympia Weekend Stories 1:26:20 Wheelchair Bodybuilding 1:34:20 Bodybuilding Predictions for 2027 🔴 OFFICIAL SPONSOR MUTANT® — Born Different. Born Hardcore! Save with code: BIGRON or DUSTY https://www.iammutant.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📲 FOLLOW THE HOSTS Ron Partlow https://www.instagram.com/rep300 Dusty Hanshaw https://www.instagram.com/dustyhanshaw08 Andrew Berry https://www.instagram.com/berryswole/ Scott McNally https://www.instagram.com/scottmcnally1 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 TRAIN LIKE HELL APP Ron’s official training app https://www.trainlikehell.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🙏 SUPPORT THINK BIG BODYBUILDING Patreon (Every $5 helps keep the shows going) https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding 👕 THINK BIG MERCH https://think-big.printify.me/products ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ ADDITIONAL SPONSOR TRUE NUTRITION Code: THINK https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK 3rd-party tested — trusted by bodybuilders ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🇨🇦 CANADIAN VIEWERS Blowout deals on top supplement brands https://www.supplementsource.ca ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 AUDIO PODCAST Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/think-big-bodybuilding/id1561623662 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

    Our Olympia Predictions Aged TERRIBLY 😂 It's Just Bodybuilding/Blood Sweat & Gear
  3. Sep 28

    Drugs n Stuff 328 Does GH Timing Actually Matter? + Fake Steroid Update

    Dave Crosland and Scott McNally return to the fake steroid product from a well-known source. They also discuss a recent steroid bust and how making gear from inexpensive raw powders can turn into a business with serious consequences. Then it’s listener questions, including one that cuts through the noise around growth hormone timing. Influencers can make taking GH at a specific time of day sound essential. Scott explains why he thinks timing matters far less than people are led to believe. Dave and Scott also cover second cycles, estrogen levels, YK-11, Accutane, low ferritin, and whether to be honest with your doctor about steroid use. 0:00 Support the show with our Advertisers 2:00 Fake Gear from Euro: An Update 4:30 Bust in Vegas 6:00 The Slippery Slope of Selling Gear 11:22 Injectable DHT for a Figure Competitor? 12:00 Setting Up a Second Bulk Cycle 15:00 More GH on Big Training Days? 16:00 Does Growth Hormone Timing Really Matter? 23:10 Beta Blockers in Poker 25:20 Adjusting Estrogen When Bloodwork Looks Good 27:45 How to Dose a Second Cycle 30:00 Dave Is Back in the Gym 32:30 Adding YK-11 to Test, EQ and NPP 36:00 Accutane During a Cycle or After? 39:00 Safer Solvents for Injectable Orals? 40:30 600 mg of Orals Per Day: Follow-Up 41:40 Low Ferritin on Blast and Cruise 48:00 Should You Tell Your Doctor About Steroid Use? 54:20 Uncle Dave’s Wisdom UK Blood Work Get your Labs done by Dave in the UK : https://evalbloodanalysis.com/home/ Support the Podcast Patreon — Help keep the show growing. Even $5/month makes a difference. https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding Sponsors TRUE NUTRITION — Custom supplements for serious lifters Use code THINK to save https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK STROM SPORTS — Performance supplements trusted by athletes UK: https://tinyurl.com/ydmbfa54 US: https://stromsportsus.com Supplement Source Canada — Top brand supplements with fast shipping http://www.supplementsource.ca Merch Official THINK BIG Merch — Train, represent, support the brand https://think-big.printify.me/products

    Drugs n Stuff 328 Does GH Timing Actually Matter? + Fake Steroid Update
  4. Sep 23

    It's Just Bodybuilding 403 Our Mr. Olympia Top 5 + The Biggest Sleeper

    Who will finish in the top five at the 2026 Mr. Olympia? Ron Partlow, Dusty Hanshaw and Scott McNally break down the Olympia lineup and the five bodybuilders they believe are in the mix: Samson Dauda, Derek Lunsford, Andrew Jacked, Nick Walker and Martin Fitzwater. They discuss Samson’s latest improvements, why Derek remains dangerous, Martin’s sleeper potential, Andrew’s training change and which competitor could deliver the biggest surprise of Olympia weekend. Plus, the importance of bodybuilding genetics, James Hollingshead’s latest physique update, the biggest prize-money winners in Olympia history, NFL trivia and the must-do attractions in Las Vegas during Olympia weekend. 0:00 Welcome to It’s Just Bodybuilding 2:00 Our Top Five for the 2026 Mr. Olympia 2:30 Is Samson Dauda Better Than Last Year? 6:00 Why Derek Lunsford Is Still Dangerous 7:00 Is Martin Fitzwater the Olympia Sleeper? 9:50 Why Balanced Physiques Are So Dangerous 13:00 Who Will Be the Biggest Olympia Surprise? 13:45 James Hollingshead Physique Update 22:16 Genetic Freaks: DK Metcalf and Elite Genetics 25:00 Why Genetics Trump Everything 26:40 Will Andrew Jacked’s Coaching Change Matter? 31:00 Who Has Won the Most Olympia Prize Money? 57:30 NFL Trivia with Ron, Dusty and Scott 1:09:00 Must-Do Attractions in Las Vegas During the Olympia 🔴 OFFICIAL SPONSOR MUTANT® — Born Different. Born Hardcore! Save with code: BIGRON or DUSTY https://www.iammutant.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📲 FOLLOW THE HOSTS Ron Partlow https://www.instagram.com/rep300 Dusty Hanshaw https://www.instagram.com/dustyhanshaw08 Scott McNally https://www.instagram.com/scottmcnally1 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 TRAIN LIKE HELL APP Ron’s official training app https://www.trainlikehell.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🙏 SUPPORT THINK BIG BODYBUILDING Patreon (Every $5 helps keep the shows going) https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding 👕 THINK BIG MERCH https://think-big.printify.me/products ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ ADDITIONAL SPONSOR TRUE NUTRITION Code: THINK https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK 3rd-party tested — trusted by bodybuilders ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🇨🇦 CANADIAN VIEWERS Blowout deals on top supplement brands https://www.supplementsource.ca ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 AUDIO PODCAST Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/think-big-bodybuilding/id1561623662 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #MrOlympia #Bodybuilding #Olympia2026 #ItsJustBodybuilding

    It's Just Bodybuilding 403 Our Mr. Olympia Top 5 + The Biggest Sleeper
  5. Sep 21

    Drugs n Stuff 327 We Lab Tested This Steroid. It Was FAKE + PED QA

    Fake steroids are on the market, and this time we have independent lab testing showing what was actually in the product. In this episode of Drugs n Stuff, Dave Crosland and Scott McNally break down the test results, the company's response when confronted with them, the limitations of testing an opened vial, and what this raises about quality control in the underground steroid market. Then we answer listener questions covering Strongman cycles, Masteron, PEDs and reaction time, Aromasin dosing, low sodium, testosterone blood work, and whether to increase testosterone or add another compound. This episode is presented for education, harm reduction and consumer safety. We do not sell, source or provide information about where to purchase illegal drugs. 0:00 Disclaimer: Harm Reduction & Consumer Safety 0:45 How Do You Determine What a Business Is Worth? 1:10 Support Our Advertisers 2:45 Fake Steroids on the Market: What We Found 6:35 Independent Lab Testing: What Was Actually in It? 7:45 The Company's Response to the Test Results 11:30 Problems With Testing an Open Vial 14:35 Did the Company Try to Make It Right? 16:05 Does This Raise Questions About Their Quality Control? 19:30 Listener Steroid & PED Q&A 20:00 Steroid Cycles for Strongman 25:45 Staying Motivated Training in Hot Weather 31:25 Running Out of Masteron Mid-Cycle 34:25 Can PEDs Improve Reaction Time? 39:15 Is 30 Too Old to Start Competing? 44:45 Aromasin Dosing 51:45 Low Sodium on Blood Work 55:45 Dave's Unboxing 1:00:45 Add Another Compound or Increase Testosterone? 1:01:45 Low Testosterone on Blood Work While on Cycle? 1:04:25 Uncle Dave's Advice UK Blood Work Get your Labs done by Dave in the UK : https://evalbloodanalysis.com/home/ Support the Podcast Patreon — Help keep the show growing. Even $5/month makes a difference. https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding Sponsors TRUE NUTRITION — Custom supplements for serious lifters Use code THINK to save https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK STROM SPORTS — Performance supplements trusted by athletes UK: https://tinyurl.com/ydmbfa54 US: https://stromsportsus.com Supplement Source Canada — Top brand supplements with fast shipping http://www.supplementsource.ca Merch Official THINK BIG Merch — Train, represent, support the brand https://think-big.printify.me/products

    Drugs n Stuff 327 We Lab Tested This Steroid. It Was FAKE + PED QA
  6. Sep 19

    Muscle Minds 191 Does L-Carnitine Really Upregulate Androgen Receptors? | Study Breakdown

    Does L-carnitine actually increase androgen receptor content—or has social media exaggerated what the research shows? In this episode of Muscle Minds, Scott Stevenson presents a detailed breakdown of the Kraemer L-carnitine study behind this popular bodybuilding claim. Scott Stevenson and Scott McNally examine what the researchers actually measured, how the study was designed, what the results showed and the limitations that are often left out of social-media explanations. The evidence does not support the claim that L-carnitine upregulates androgen receptor content. We also discuss why this proposed effect would matter to bodybuilders, the questions the study leaves unanswered and what can—and cannot—be concluded from its results. 0:00 Teaser: L-Carnitine Does Not Increase Androgen Receptor Content 1:00 Introduction 3:00 Why We’re Covering This Topic 6:30 Does L-Carnitine Increase Androgen Receptor Content? 7:45 Questions for the Listener 9:20 Why Would This Be Important? 14:00 What We Need to Know About L-Carnitine 21:45 What Did They Do in the Kraemer Study? 25:00 L-Carnitine Study Protocol 30:20 L-Carnitine Study Results 39:00 Lingering Questions 41:30 Problems With the Study 47:30 Final Thoughts on the Study 56:00 Breaking Down the Protocol Further 1:04:00 Loading Period: Oral vs Injectable L-Carnitine 1:07:00 Pronouncing “Creatine” 1:10:00 Off Topic 🔴 Reach out to Scott or Scott for consults or coaching: Dr Scott = [http://www.byobbcoach.com](http://www.byobbcoach.com) Scott = [mcnallydiets@gmail.com](mailto:mcnallydiets@gmail.com) 🔴 Get the hardcover of Be Your Own Bodybuilding Coach on Scott's IG: [https://www.instagram.com/fortitude_training/](https://www.instagram.com/fortitude_training/) 🙏 Support us on Patreon. Every $5 helps! [https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding](https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding) 👕 Think BIG T Shirts! [https://think-big.printify.me/products](https://think-big.printify.me/products) ✅ Presented by TRUE NUTRITION. Code: THINK [http://www.truenutrition.com](http://www.truenutrition.com) 3rd Party Tested, Discover the source that bodybuilders trust! 🇨🇦 For our Canadians, get blow out deals on top brand name supplements! [http://www.supplementsource.ca](http://www.supplementsource.ca)

    Muscle Minds 191 Does L-Carnitine Really Upregulate Androgen Receptors? | Study Breakdown
  7. Sep 18

    Blood Sweat & Gear 362

    Is the post-diet rebound really where bodybuilders make some of their best gains, or did the growth actually happen during prep and only become visible once calories come back up and the physique fills out? Skip Hill, Andrew Berry and Scott McNally kick off Blood Sweat & Gear with a deep dive into the “magic” of the rebound. The guys break down what actually happens after a hard diet, how they approach rebound phases with clients, how quickly bodyweight should come back up, and the factors that determine whether someone has a productive rebound or just gets fat. They also look at real-world rebound examples and discuss what needs to be in place before pushing the enhanced side of a rebound. Later, the conversation gets into Tren E night sweats going into a show, injectable oral steroids, testosterone levels on cycle, DNP and methyl tren rankings, boldenone acetate, recovery methods, physique critiques and more. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 The Magic of the Post-Diet Rebound 00:50 Welcome Back to Blood Sweat & Gear 02:40 Andrew’s Client Earns His Pro Card 04:00 How to Rebound After a Diet 07:00 What Determines a Successful Rebound? 16:00 Rebound Case Study #1 17:30 Rebound Case Study #2 20:00 Rebound Case Study #3 21:30 How Fast Should You Gain After a Diet? 24:20 What to Nail Before Adding Gear 26:00 Tren E Night Sweats Before a Show 32:00 Are Injectable Orals Actually Safer? 35:00 Testosterone Levels on Cycle 39:30 Ranking DNP 41:00 Ranking Methyl Tren 44:30 Boldenone Acetate 45:50 Ranking Recovery Methods 54:50 Physique Critique 1:04:30 Andrew Responds to a Fake Comment 1:07:25 Behind the Scenes: Somehow We’re Talking History Support the show with our advertisers and affiliates : http://www.thinkbigbodybuilding.com

    Blood Sweat & Gear 362
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