Intro
I have 7 weeks until I go on holiday and need to lose as much BF as possible in that time, so I've got myself some 40mcg tabs of clen and will have 2x 2 week cycles in before I leave. I've been on a semi regular cut for quite a while (former hamplanet here) and I've cut down from 116kg to 93kg as of day 1.
Before we get into what my cycle looks like, let's discuss Clen in general first.
General
Clenbuterol is a sympathomimetic amine. This means that it's a drug that mimics the effects of the sympathetic nervous system. It's a ß2 agonist, which means it acts on the Beta-adrenergic receptors. This leads to a decrease in the intracellular calcium concentration (via cyclic adenosine monophosphate). This causes blah blah medical blah blah...
Here's what it means to you: Clen will help you with fatloss. But it is incredibly dangerous too if you don't manage your dosage carefully.
Dosage
You need to start clen at a low dosage and build up as you feel the side effects aren't too pronounced. The typical dosage starts at 20mcg per day and is increased by 20mcg per day up until a
MAXIMUM of 120mcg per day.
As you'll notice by the measurement units above, clenbuterol is measured in mcg. The source and type of your clenbuterol will tell you how to measure your dosage.
e.g. Powdered clen from Boehringer is measured at 0.016mg per gram, which means there's 16mcg of clenbuterol per gram of powder. So to get 20mcg of clen, you need to take 1.25grams of the powder.
Another e.g. Oraltec Clen Tabs are dosed at 40mcg per tablet. So to get 20mcg you need to take half a tablet.
Clen eventually downregulates the ß2 receptors, making it less and less effective. This is why most people cycle it for 2 weeks on, and 2 weeks off. The 2 weeks off gives your body time to reset the ß2 receptors to their natural level meaning that clen can be effective again. If you want to keep using clen after the 2 weeks, you need to start taking something like Ketotifan which upregulates the ß2 receptors again meaning you can continue to get the benefits of clen (but you also continue to get the side effects and the risks!!)
Safety
The side effects of clenbuterol include:
- Nervousness
- Muscle Cramps
- Shaking
- Headaches
- Dizziness
- Nausea
- Heart palpitations
- Thyrotoxicosis
- Tachycardia
- Subaortic stenosis
- Low blood pressure
- High blood pressure
- Death
These side effects are serious, and shouldn't be messed around with. You need to understand how to be safe when using clen.
Because clen can increase your heartrate, it's important to check that your pulse doesn't exceed the maximum amount ( (200 - your age) * 0.75 will give you your max). If your heartrate (like mine) rises really fast when doing HIIT, rather avoid it and go for something like LISS.
Again,
watch your heartrate! Clen can easily cause a myocardial infaction (heart attack), and if you die, you can't lower the dosage. Don't be foolish with this stuff, and don't rush it either.
How to waste clen and endanger yourself for nothing
Clen is dangerous. Don't waste it by stuffing your face full of everything you want. The two things that will boost the performance of your clen cycle are Diet and Cardio.
Your diet should be in check. And don't come with crap like "I eat 4 fruit, and 5 vegetables a day, I'm healthy". That't not right and you're demonstrating that you have no knowledge of how diets work. Work out your TDEE (I find
this one
relatively accurate) and then plan your diet around that. IIFYM, eat it. My goals are typically 1gram of protein per kg of bodyweight (although I tend to push this really high though, to almost 2 grams, 1gram is still plenty). Keep your protein above that amount, and your daily calories below what the calculator says, and you'll be fine.
And don't forget the cardio.
My cycle
My cycle will include a slow rampup, and staying steady at 120mcg for two weeks:
Day 1: 20mcg
Day 2: 40mcg
Day 3: 60mcg
Day 4: 80mcg
Day 5: 100mcg
Day 6: 120mcg
Day 7: 120mcg
Day 8: 120mcg
Day 9: 120mcg
Day 10: 120mcg
Day 11: 120mcg
Day 12: 120mcg
Day 13: 120mcg
Day 14: 120mcg
2x weeks off, repeat.
In the time I have available, this will give me 2 full cycles.
My diet looks like so:
100 grams protein per day
1750 cals a day
3150 mg CLA (Biogen)
Multivitamin (Centrum)
5 grams BCAAs (Optimum nutrition)
Clen is from OralTec Labs, 40mcg pills.
My stats at the start of the cut:
Squats: LMAO2PLATE!!11!11 (I'm sure it's a mental block, 100kg is too round a number)
BP: Not sure, I don't barbell, but 40kg dumbells for dumbell press
Deadlift: 125kg (struggle to finish last set)
OHP: 60kg (struggle to finish last set)
As long as my stats remain the same all the way through till the end, I'll be happy.
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