Ecdysterone is a substance that has an anabolic effect, in particular, it helps the body to better absorb proteins and creatine. Ecdysterone is found in drugs such as ecdysten and leviton. The first comprehensive study of this substance was carried out in the USSR in 1976, after which the drug began to be used in the preparation of athletes for competitions. At that time, researchers and practitioners noticed the positive properties of ecdysterone on the speed-strength indicators of athletes. The drug was not included in the list of prohibited drugs by the international doping commission, so it was used by athletes even in preparation for the Olympic Games. But not all is well in the Kingdom of Denmark!
Tests of ecdysterone did not meet modern standards, so in 2006 another study was conducted with the control group, which did not show a positive effect of the drug on the speed-strength indicators of the subjects. However, modern studies in rats still confirm the ability of the drug to stimulate anabolism. This all says two things: ecdysterone works, but not for everyone and not always. Why? Because it’s not a magic pill! The drug is able to have a positive impact on the results of the athlete, subject to the proper conditions. Even anabolic steroids are not able to grow muscle cells on their own, so why should ecdysterone do it?

Working conditions of ecdysterone

Once upon a time, at the dawn of popularity, when only a few dozen people a day visited our site, an article was published called natural anabolics, which dealt with those drugs that can stimulate anabolism without being steroids. The main drug in that “course” was ecdysterone, while the “course” was tested on a number of non-professional athletes, and it worked for everyone. However, in the gym and on various forums, such drug regimens are regularly vilified, calling them ineffective and not working. In general, in a sense, these guys are right, because throwing a couple of ecdisten tablets, mindlessly doing 2-3 exercises and growing on this will not work.
This supplement, like all others, can only work if the athlete needs help with accelerated recovery. This does not have to be done with dietary supplements, sports supplements or even steroids, an extra hour of sleep per day can help speed up recovery, the question is that any way to speed up recovery will work only if the athlete simultaneously creates a need for this recovery by training. Do you understand? If, relatively speaking, you don’t train at all, then you can at least get Mr. Olympia’s “course” into yourself, but you won’t become Mr. Olympia from this. In order to become them, you have to grind! So with ecdystron, it turns out that a person takes a pill, but does not create conditions for its work.

Remember, if you are training on a specific program that allows you to progress in terms of speed-strength, you have time to recover between workouts, in which case you do not need to increase the efficiency of your recovery. Now, if you do not have time to recover, speed-strength indicators will not grow, then it is time to think about improving the recovery part of the training system. You need to start with diet, sleep, daily routine and other methods to improve the quality of doping-free recovery. Only after all this is debugged, it makes sense to start using sports nutrition and medicines. All this is necessary only so that you do not drive yourself into overtraining with an ever-increasing load, so that you can use more and more difficult training schemes, creating the necessary conditions for muscle growth.

How to take ecdysterone

Ecdysterone improves the absorption of proteins and creatine, helps maintain heart function and lowers blood sugar levels. This all suggests that in order for the drug to work effectively, it is also necessary to consume large amounts of protein and take creatine supplements. That is, the drug must be taken during high-intensity training regimens, with abundant consumption of proteins and carbohydrates, as well as various supplements such as creatine and glutamine. It goes without saying that the introduction of supplements into the diet should be gradual, because the more aggressive you are in the use of recovery-accelerating agents, the more intensively you will have to use more and more effective drugs, which, in the end, will lead to the fact that you could achieve the same results, lower costs.
Working dosages of the drug range from 1 mg to 8 mg per kilogram of body weight per day. It is usually recommended to take up to 100 mg per day, but this dosage may indeed be ineffective. Clinical trials and practice do not show side effects from consuming 400-500mg of ecdysterone per day, so you can safely increase dosages to such levels if 100mg does not work for you. Actually, the advantage of the drug is that it does not affect the hormonal system, having an anabolic effect. The sources of the working substance can be ekdisten and leveton, which contain 5 mg and 2.5 mg, respectively, in one tablet. It is necessary to take the drug 3-4 times a day in equal parts. The low popularity of the drug practically eliminates the risk of running into a fake.