Should Tribulus Terrestris be take in cycles, or continually?

Tribulus Terrestris should be taken after cycle and not during it. Use at for 60 days. Also do not forget about PCT with clomid.

i think he ment should you cycle on and off it.....like you might creatine....i actually used the stuff until i finished it...but you will find it more effective if you cycle on and off, i noticed the effects wore off after about 3-4 weeks....however if you stop and start again you should benefit more from using it that way......

Yes, that is true yamaharob, I noticed the same effect. So, after a month it is good to make a break for 4 weeks.

Tribulus does not need to be cycled. While is is somewhat unnecessary to throw this into your post cycle therapy because naolvadex and clomid and sometimes HCG will work all the wonders. In my opinion tribulus is a waste of money and I don't recommend anybody to buy tribulus because the benefit of supplementation versus cost of supplementations is far outweighed on the cost end. Its a rip off supplement marketed for increasing luteinizing hormone, testosterone, DHEA as well as estrogen.

A recent study found that 4 weeks of tribulus supplements (at 10-20 mg per kg body weight daily) did not affect male sex hormones testosterone, androstenedione, or luteinizing hormone compared to controls. This supplement is a fraud and does not have any unbiased research studies supporting its claim to increase chemical hormones into the body.

Although tribulus has become popular as a sports performance aid, one small but well-designed study found it has no effect on body composition or exercise performance. Fifteen subjects were randomly assigned to tribulus (3.21 mg per kg body weight daily) or placebo. After 8 weeks with resistance training, there were no changes in body weight, percentage fat, dietary intake, or mood in either group. What was surprising was that muscle endurance improved more in the placebo group! Muscle endurance (determined by the maximum number of repetitions at 100-200% of body weight) increased for the bench and leg presses in the placebo group. The tribulus group experienced an increase in leg press strength only.

The supplement is a rip-off. For some individuals, not the majority understand, they claim it is an aphrodisiac and that it does raise libido. This may be true but this may also be the placebo effect. The mind is powerful and can make yourself believe different phenomena. The mind can make a man preganant...look it up if you do not believe me....this is well documented. The man actually lactated like a female while not having female organs and his estrogen levels spiked sky high. The brain is powerful and you can trick yourself beleieving a supplement works when really your training hard and doing well with a placebo effect. Tribulus is a clever marketing scam period.

If you were to buy a tribulus product which I do not recommend, buy a product called Viraloid


Sources

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Phillips OA et al. "Antihypertensive and vasodilator effects of methanolic and aqueous extracts of Tribulus terrestris in rats". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 104.3 (2006):351-5.

Gauthaman K et al. "Aphrodisiac properties of Tribulus Terrestris extract (Protodioscin) in normal and castrated rats". Life Sciences. 71.12 (2002):1385-96.

PHNMN

I and my friends from gym had tried Tribulus many times and it worked well.
Although I think auto-suggestion played an important role also.

I think in order to find the truth we have to give tribulus to someone(let's take for example 10 people) who does not even know what is this and then see results....

I agree with you 100% on that Jax. The research data and analysis would be totally unbiased if those people did not know what they were taking. They would also have to work out for the same amount of time which would be tough which is probably why I have yet never seen research that resembles this. And if you told them to work out on the same days as each other test subject, they would think that they are testing a performance enhancer then leading a possible placebo-effect. It's hard to do what your saying but it would be totally unbiased if the research was carried out in that manner and would be preferred.

PHNMN

Or to give tribulus to different people who trains in different gyms and have different training schedules and diet regimens....

It seems to work for me but I also take ZMA

Hey,

Great to hear this, how do you feel?