OcUK Health Seekers: Post your progress pics

^TANK^ · 1 Sep 2009 at 01:08

Looking good Archaeopteryx nice muscle separation and width you got going on there :cool:

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Archaeopteryx · 1 Sep 2009 at 01:16

^TANK^ said:
Looking good Archaeopteryx nice muscle separation and width you got going on there.

Thanks, I was tensing like a madman in that second picture, usually the muscle doesn't show through so prominently.

Morba · 1 Sep 2009 at 01:17

woudl look even better if your body was the same colour as neck and arms

^TANK^ · 1 Sep 2009 at 01:24

Archaeopteryx said:
Thanks, I was tensing like a madman in that second picture, usually the muscle doesn't show through so prominently.

Do a cardio session before you post a pic next time it will give you the edge, not that you need it

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Morba said:
would look even better if your body was the same colour as neck and arms

You big meanie trust you to notice his tan lines

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Archaeopteryx · 1 Sep 2009 at 01:32

Morba said:
woudl look even better if your body was the same colour as neck and arms

I was hoping the spots would at least distract attention from that.

^TANK^ said:
Do a cardio session before you post a pic next time it will give you the edge, not that you need it.

I'll give it a try next time I update my photos in a few months.

dun · 1 Sep 2009 at 01:51

They like little pricks in their arse

Looking good Archaeopteryx. Get your back in the sun like the rest of you, should help with the spots

^TANK^ · 1 Sep 2009 at 04:20

dun said:
They like little pricks in their arse

Looking good Archaeopteryx. Get your back in the sun like the rest of you, should help with the spots

Thank you Mr grammar Nazi

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Participant · 1 Sep 2009 at 11:51

That's some hardcore backne! Good luck with that.

Good physique though.

T1Cybernetic · 1 Sep 2009 at 12:30

dun said:
They like little pricks in their arse

Looking good Archaeopteryx. Get your back in the sun like the rest of you, should help with the spots

That works for some of the guys at the local gym, they take a trip once or twice to the tanning shop each month and recon it works wonders for spots?

dun · 1 Sep 2009 at 12:33

Yep. But I prefer the real thing. A few hours in the sun with my top off clears up any spots I have amazingly.

Participant · 1 Sep 2009 at 12:38

dun said:
Yep. But I prefer the real thing. A few hours in the sun with my top off clears up any spots I have amazingly.

I could have spent every spare waking hour I had this summer outside and still not achieved a suntan! UK weather = dire = use a sunbed if necessary.

I don't personally but I can totally understand others doing so and as for the sun being good for spots, absolutely. When I used to get the occasional face spot, every year that I went abroad somewhere hot, I came back with my skin looking much healthier and clean as a whistle.

dun · 1 Sep 2009 at 13:05

Haha. Depends on your skin tone/ genetics I guess. If I'm out in moderate sun for a few hours I come back brown so I don't even consider tanning. Down the gym this is the new craze:

"I found there was two different products on the UK Market. Melanotan and Melanotan II. the MTII looked like it was the most popular as you need to used less of it to get the same result of MT.

Its bought in powder form and mixed with bacteriostatic water to make an injectable solution. Used in dose of 0.25mg. Attempt to increase daily dosage by 0.25mg where possible, until you reach 1-1.5mg daily. You have to calculate your dosage with your body weight. Its used daily till the desired colour is achieved and then maintaining phase is then used (1-2 a week) to keep it toped up.

It can be used on its own, but works better with UV.

Side effects include - Nausea, Facial Flushing, Vomiting, skin and hair pigmentation, appetite (reduced), libido and physical sexual arousal (increased)"

Freefaller · 1 Sep 2009 at 13:17

I know a lot of people that use MT. It's a great way of getting a base layer before going on holiday as it stimulates melatonin generation in the body. Yet again though needles = unecessary.

I tan v.quickly thanks to my Med genes.

dun · 1 Sep 2009 at 14:32

From what I have read very briefly it hasn't been passed for human usage though?

Freefaller · 1 Sep 2009 at 14:47

I think you're right. Some people like to be guinea pigs I guess :/

melanotan · 1 Sep 2009 at 14:53

dun said:
From what I have read very briefly it hasn't been passed for human usage though?

Melanotan II will likely never be approved for human usage however a subcutaneous implant version of melanotan-1 (under its generic name "afamelanotide") very likely will.

This Wired article covers this quite well:
Suntan Drug Greenlighted for Trials

Cheers

BennyC · 1 Sep 2009 at 16:14

dun said:
Yep. But I prefer the real thing. A few hours in the sun with my top off clears up any spots I have amazingly.

Same here. Not that I suffer from it greatly but you can't beat a bit of sunshine to clear it up. I find just sitting in the sun boring so washing the car topless or doing some work etc outside is a good alternative.

Sunshines also supposed to make you feel good

Freefaller · 1 Sep 2009 at 16:39

Sunshine is amazing. Helps produce Vitamin D for a start and sunlight can have a and effect on either dopamine or seratonin levels in certain people hence why some people get addicted to sunshine.

NickK · 1 Sep 2009 at 16:44

I've always found a good long run or a good stint in a sauna gets rid any spots by sweating out the crap.

dun · 1 Sep 2009 at 17:33

Anyway...

Really loving this higher weight low reps low volume at the moment.