Genesis Zone

So one of the biggest minefields and one of the areas I have been asked for advice on recently is planning a writing out a nutrition program for people. With all the 'bro-science' out there and poor education material available that contradicts just about everything else that you can find, I thought it best to take things right the way back to basics and start from the ground up. All the diets that we see touted out there all come with fancy names; Intermittent Fasting 5:2 Diet Cambridge Herbalife Cambridge Carb Cycling Paleo Atkins I could go on and on but there is far too many to do so, and I really don't care for them either so back to where we are heading with this short piece of a blog. Nutrition works on a very basic equation, of Calories in -vs- Calories out, or Energy Balance as I like to refer to it. In laymans terms should you want to gain weight you need to eat more calories than what you use during the day, this being your TDEE (Total Daily Ener...

Nutrient timing, something that's begun to recently bug me because it's getting way more attention  then it deserves. People think that manipulating GH, insulin, glucagon etc with meal timing will  have an effect on overall body composition. It's really just a silly idea people get when they think  they know what they're talking about but really don't. As they say, a little bit of knowledge can be  dangerous. The overall difference on meal timing has little effect compared to total intake, now  there are some cases where it can be beneficial to include meals, but again without total daily intake  being correctly met, this will mean fuck all. For example, evening, pre workout, intra and post workout.Evening time protein intake is important for supporting muscle retention, growth hormone, testosterone and it stimulates protein synthesis thus improving whole body protein balance during a post exercise overnight recovery. At the end of the day it...

Carbohydrate intake is the simplest to identify, you simply take the remainder of your calories and  divide it by 4 to see how many grams you have left to play with. If you feel this does not meet your  requirements for your activity level, lower the fat intake and raise the carbohydrate intake until  you've adjusted to a number your comfortable with, remember to not go below 50 grams of fat at  any period of dieting.  Whether you get your calories from carbohydrate or fat makes zero difference in terms of body  composition, assuming of course equal calorie intake and no deficiencies. www.genesis-ugl.com www.genesis-board.com

Random question I've received on steroids, the questions simplified, are steroids safe, how can you  tell visually if somebody is using steroids, can you hide it and when is the earliest you can use it? Injectable steroids are very safe, the side effects are exaggerated, oral steroids damage the liver and should be avoided. I don't go out of my way to recommend steroids although I'm willing to help someone if they decided they wanted to take steroids. The traps, neck and delts have a naturally high density of andogen receptors, they blow up the most when someone starts taking steroids. The calves have a very low androgen receptor density, this is why steroids don't help very much with calf growth. If you see someone with an usually thick neck, big traps and round delts you're most likely looking at a steroid user. A steroid using man vs a natural man is basically the same as a man vs a woman, the visual difference can be that dramatic. A sexual ...

Random question I've received on drinks, the question simplified, Is drinking soft drinks (like diet  coke) okay, along with tea or coffee?  I don't actually recommend soft drinks like diet coke, Too much phosphorus in soft drinks and not enough calcium/magnesium/potassium. Tea contains too much flouride, which can cause problems such as a reduced thyroid and coffee can cause issues, caffeine isn't harmless as people believe but it's not detrimental either. If you having a drink and want it sweetened, I would recommend Stevia, it causes less problems then other sweeteners, I would feed aspartme to my dog. A drink I would recommend, although not amazingly beneficial due to caloric intake etc is orange juice, but this should be drunk with a straw to avoid vitamin C coming into contact with your teeth, Vitamin C is not good for your teeth and I have no idea why they make vitamin C chewables for people especially children, argh. Sayi...

Random question I've received on Hydrogen Peroxide, the question simplified, why do you use it as  a mouthwash, how can it help you if your sick and why do you avoid chemicals?  Well, HP is H2O2 while water is H20, so water has 2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen atom, HP has 2 hydrogen atoms and 2 oxygen atoms. So basically HP is simply water with twice as much oxygen as usual. HP is unstable and naturally wants to shed the extra oxygen molecule. Oxygen is a bleach, in fact all bleaches are oxidizing agents, this is how HP bleaches your hair/teeth (the oxygen removes colour/stains, other bleaches (for example cleaning/clothes bleach) might use a different ingredient instead of HP but they work the same way, an oxidizing agent causes the bleaching. Oxygen is also very good at killing bacteria, so too is UV light. Have you ever wondered by running water stays fresh and safe to drink but still water goes yucky? It's the oxygen, running water is c...

Random question I've received on push ups, the question simplified, are push ups better then the  bench press?  Weighted push-ups are a suitable alternative, in fact I believe weighted push-ups are actually better than bench press due to the fact that push-ups are a closed chain exercise while bench press is an open chain exercise. The comparison between push-ups and bench press is basically the same as the comparison between pull-ups (closed chain) and lat pull downs (open chain). Where the problem lies is that push ups can be hard to add weight to over time, one way around this is to alter the repetition range used for the push ups, this shouldn't cause many issues as it's only one exercise but non the less, if your able to increase the weight within a more efficient hypertrophy range then this would be ideal, once you can't do it within this range unless you actually include them both together, the bench press will take over.

Random question I've received on Anti E's, should I take an Anti E? Moststeroid users within the group would or at least should know how Anti E's work and yes they taking letro without steroids will increase testosterone and reduce estrogen, many people take letrozole by itself, it gives a natural lifter a slight advantage. For a dosage, I would recommend half a tablet, approximately 1.25mg per week, any more then this for a natural and you could begin to run into problems such as sex drive etc.  Now I don't directly recommend women take an Anti E, If a woman takes letrozole she will lose a lot of water weight because estrogen promotes water retention. Her fat storage profile will also change, however it won't necessarily be for the better, she'll lose fat from her face, breasts, thighs, ass etc and start shifting toward a make fat distribution, i.e more fat around the midsection.

Random question I've received on creatine, does creatine reduce myostatin? If so is it significant  enough to be worth it and why does it make my muscles feel softer?  The only real ways to inhibit/reduce myostatin enough to produce a pronounced effect are genetic engineering and/or drugs, chronic resistance training decreases myostatin levels and increases GASP-1 (myostatin binding protein) levels, nutrition has minimal differences on this. The more creatine (and glycogen) you store in the muscle the softer they will feel, this is due to the water storage component of creatine and glycogen. Reducing your overall volume will make your muscles harder because you won't store as much glycogen, however this will make your muscles appear smaller overall. Bodyfat levels also come into play here, as having a higher bodyfat level would make it even further feel softer.

Product Breakdown - Genesis UK - Cialis Tadalafil / Cialis 25 x 20mg Tablets Active Half Time 17.5 Hours MG of Product 20mg Average Dosage 5-20mg PRN Amount of Tablet 25 Tablets --- Cialis (Tadalafil) TLDR Cialis (Tadalifil citrate), a phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor, is used to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) and decreased libido in males. Cialis works by aiding relaxation of blood vessels and increasing blood flow in the penis during sexual arousal, resulting in improved erectile function. Cialis is much longer lasting than Viagra. Effects can be felt anywhere between 36-48 hours. Cialis (Tadalafil) Overview Tadalafil is one of the more popular erectile dysfunction (ED) medications on the market and is most commonly associated with the brand name Cialis. Released by GlaxoSmithKline in 2003 and now owned by Eli Lilly, Cialis is very similar to the popular ED medication Viagra with the biggest difference being the drug’s active life. Cialis will produce erections ...

Product Breakdown - Genesis UK - Clomid   Clomid / Clomifene Citrate  50 X 20mg Tablets Active Half Time 6 Days MG of Product 20mg Average Dosage 50mg Daily Amount of Tablet 50 Tablets --- Clomid (Clomiphene Citrate) TLDR Clomid was one of the original drugs used in post-cycle-therapy to stave off gynocomastia and raise the body’s natural testosterone levels. It is not an anabolic steroid, but a prescription drug generally prescribed to women as a fertility aid. This is due to the fact that clomiphene citrate shows a pronounced ability to stimulate ovulation. This is accomplished by blocking/minimizing the effects of estrogen in the body. To be more specific Clomid is chemically a synthetic estrogen with both agonist/antagonist properties. In certain target tissues it can block the ability of estrogen to bind with its corresponding receptor. Its clinical use is therefore to oppose the negative feedback of estrogens on the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis, whi...

Product Breakdown - Genesis UK - Nolvadex Nolvadex / Tamoxifen / Nolva 50 X 20mg Tablets Active Half Time 5-7 Days MG of Product 20mg Average Dosage 20mg Daily Amount of Tablet 50 Tablets --- Nolvadex (Tamoxifen Citrate) TLDR Nolvadex is an oral anti-estrogen/estrogen antagonist prescription drug. Nolvadex is commonly referred to as an anti-estrogen, but technically it is more of an estrogen antagonist. An estrogen antagonist has a unique way of preventing estrogen activity. What it does is to compete with estrogen at the receptor sites, occupying it so that estrogen cannot bind with it. Nolvadex is an anticancer drug which is reportedly effective in treating breast cancer, particularly the kind that is induced by estrogen. Its other therapeutic uses include reduction of the risk of invasive breast cancer following surgery and radiation therapy for ductal carcinoma in situ. Nolvadex is also used as preventive drug. It is prescribed in women who are at high risk of developing breast...

Product Breakdown - Genesis UK - Winstrol Stanozolol / Winstrol / Win / Winnie 50 X 50mg Tablets Active Half Time 9 hours MG of Product 50mg Average Dosage 50-100mg Daily Amount of Tablet 50 Tablets --- Winstrol (Stanaozolol) TLDR Stanozolol (also known as winstrol) is a 17-alpha-alkylated derivative of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) with low androgenic qualities yet highly anabolic. It was first developed in 1962 by American global pharmaceutical company Sterling-Winthrop Laboratories to increase lymphocyte count and CD8+ cell numbers, but to decrease CD4+ and CD3+ in postmenopausal women using it for osteoporosis. This effect would plausibly be useful for treatment of autoimmune disorders. Winstrol is useful in treatment of hereditary angioedema. It also influences some immunological processes. Now stanozolol is produced for sale in two forms: tablets and injections. Stanozolol is the second most widely used oral steroid, succeeded in popularity only by methandienone. Stanozolol tablets h...