Update: 2 weeks (halfway through cycle).

This stuff is great!! Definately big changes physicaly, my shoulders in particular have grown to an extent to draw comments from some people I know.

After the first week of 3 on 1 off training, I was rinsed, and knew my joints would not agree with that volume a second week running, so I had an extra days rest (rested monday and tuesday), and switched to a 2 on 1 off, anterior/posterior split as follows:

Anterior:
Bench
Cable flye
Dumbell shoulder press
Partial laterals
Tricep pushdowns

Posterior:
Seated Row
Neutral grip cable pulldowns
Shrugs
Dumbell curls
Leg Press

2 on 1 off has always suited me, but man I have never experienced a physical response from training like i have on megavol- not even on MAG-10.

I am sure some of this is merely illusion due to things of this nature encouraging muscle tissue to retain and volumise with water, but that being said, my 'at rest' physique now looks fuller and bigger than my body would have looked 2 weeks ago when 'pumped' and fresh out of a workout.

I have also benefited from the focus it has given my eating, and have definately lost fat from my waist (again, I have had comments to this effect), yet the scales are reading a fractionaly higher total bodyweight. That would indicate a significant switch in body composition.

Strength wise, I cannot say that I have noticed any radical change in any body part other than my damaged/weak leg, with which I have increased my leg press poundage by 70 lbs in 2 weeks. I have actually had to reign this in, as I have to respect the tendon over the muscles involved. Even so, I am delighted by this aspect of things.

So, half way through and things are going very well. I have no idea if there will be further dramatic improvement, nor how much of this improvement I will retain post-cycle, but right now I am having a great time in the gym, and megavol is definately not a placebo

Well I just returned from the doctor. I still have the chest tightness even though I've been off of the Creatine for 6 days. The doctor didn't feel that this was the cause of this since I still have the chest tightness plus I also had this chest tightness last year; the same thing. Like last year we checked my heart and all of the tests came back okay, no heart problems. Plus last year I did the stress tests and was remarkably okay the people testing me on the treadmill wondered why I was even there.

Along with this chest tightness it goes up my throat, feel likes somebody is slowly squeezing slightly. There are other symptoms (ie. fatigue, raised BP, etc.) so we did some blood work and next week I will find out the results. We are testing for a possible over active thyroid which has all of these similar effects. And this does run in my family as I do believe my sister and/or mother have it. Not that I want this but it sure would explain a lot and with medication I can get it all under control.

Stay tuned.

I hope they can find it out Dereck.

I went through a smiliar thing with my wife. As far as running test on her heart and it all coming back okay and yet something was still wrong. In my wife's case she would get an elevate heart rate. She could be sitting their and hear heart rate shoots up to 180 beats per minute. Sometimes her BP would be raised at the same time. She went through a regular stress test and all good. She did a nuclear stress test and all good. And they even did an ultra sound of her heart and all good. So you can understand our frustration because everything is good but obviously something is wrong. They still don't seem to know what is wrong but the current drug cocktail seems to be working. :-)

I hope it is nothing to serious and it can be controlled.

Dereck, I know this may sound weird, but I have had similar bouts of chest tightness that turned out to be acid reflux. Sounds stupid, I know, but if the docs haven't checked for that, it may be useful to at least give it a look.

Cord, I have had all of those same tests done last year when this FIRST happened. Drives me nuts that we cannot narrow down what is going on. If not an over active thyroid then where does that leave us? I can't go around with this chest tightness.

Matt, we even talked about this. Doesn't appear to be but if not the thyroid then we will have to revisit everything.

Thanks guys.

Internet diagnosis and second guessing is seldom productive, but damn if it isnt compulsive

A man that I trained some years ago admitted himself to hospital with chest pain and 'tightness'. To be honest I was particularly interested because he did so 3 hours after a workout under my supervision ECG came back fine, no sign of reflux, bloods came back good - it was a mystery. Turns out that it was a localised infection of the 'myocardial sack' (a fascia/membrane that surrounds the heart). A strong course of antibiotics later and he was fine, but it took a couple of months to pinpoint the diagnosis, and the symptoms persisted throughout that time.

That was him, and this is you, but if the thyroid tests draw a blank, it might be worth floating the idea to someone who knows what they are doing

Week 3 end report.

Not as marked an improvement in comparison to weeks 1&2, but I did not expect exponential improvement.

My back definately feels broader after week 3, and my bad leg continues to get much better on this stuff.

I have noticed some testicular atrophy, as one would expect from a pro-hormone that works, but the hairy twins will return to fulltime employment in the recovery phase of the cycle

Week 4, and I will return to a higher vlume 3 day split as a finishing flourish, and also as I can give my joints a lower volume rest in the recovery phase. 7 days till the 'after' measurements, and I am intrigued to see how the tape measure reflects the changes that have occurred.

So this was me 4 weeks ago prior to a cycle on a legal pro-hormone supplement called 'Megavol'.

Now, 18 workouts, 9 lbs of whey protein, and several chickens later, its time for the tape measure to reveal the truth of any changes, for better or worse, that have occured.

Again, these measurements were taken 'cold', ie, not with a post workout 'pump'.

Weight: 279lbs
Neck: 19"
Chest: 56"
Waist: 40"
Upper Arms (flexed) L: 19" R: 19.5"
Hips: 46"
Thighs (Flexed) L: 27" R: 27.75"
Calves (flexed) L: 16.5" R: 17

These are, by any standards, fantastic results, and I am delighted One of the biggest changes, and one that could not really be measured, is the increase in size of my delts, which have really responded dramaticaly, but to improve my waist/chest differential by a sum total of 4 inches, whilst actually gaining 3lbs bodyweight in 4 weeks is crazy! especially after 2 decades consistent training, when adaption rates should be, and are naturaly, much slower.

I am also definately stronger, but not significantly, while using this, but then again, I was always focused on fatiguing the muscle as opposed to training for strength, so who knows what strength response I would have got employing power training instead of bodybuilding?

The acne that flaired up in the 1st 2 weeks subsided, as did the 'amped' mental state (unless I just got used to it) but I did have 'tingling' in my nose capilliaries, and an incredibly strong pulse, that would suggest to me that my BP was elevated by the megavol. I also got night-sweats and the quality of my sleep suffered periodicaly during the cycle. There has been testicular atrophy also.

The next phase is the recovery cycle, for which I am using 6-Bromo , a complimentary supplement by the same company designed to inhibit eoestrogen and also stimulate the doormant natural testosterone system and get my family jewels back to their dangling juicy magnficent glory
This should also ensure I keep the gains I have made by preventing a cold turkey testosterone 'crash'.

I will continue with a similar training and eating plan while doing this, and in another 4 weeks, we shall see the net result of what I get to keep after my hard work.

Whatever you say fatboy!

Just kidding man. Those are some impressive stats. If I had arms like those I'd be sending tickets out all day: