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Still needs to work on his posing though. That did suck. And this is coming from a guy who has some posing flaws.

Use PEDs. 

Nope. AST and ALT mean absolutely nothing for most people and fluctuate daily based on what you are doing. Train hard in the gym, they will be 3x the reference range. If not, you need to train harder. Catch a cold, elevated. Have a sex the night before, elevated. Eat something too spicey. elevated.

Just like we don't use creatinine as an indicator for kidney function, as it is a very poor indicator for kidney health. Use Cystatin C or do a clearance test. We don't use ALT and AST as an indicator for liver health, we use GGT.

Most compounds that are still used in the medical field do, as clinically that is what they were originally designed for, to treat anemia. If they failed to significantly raise RBC, they were scrapped.

It is an oral GLP-1/GIP agonist, but not through direct action.

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I am totally backwards. I do cardio first. I have found i pull far fewer muscles when I do this. Also I do not care about mac lifts or growth.

For what you do, brother, it totally makes sense do cardio first for the exact reasons you mentioned. Your primary focus is endurance, mobility and functional strength. I was speaking more on muscle growth and fat loss.

I got ya brother, only day I go heavy , or heavy for me is leg day. Dense quads really do help deal with leg kicks. I really don't do much for upper body. Starting to have joint probs in the elbows. Deads and heavy rows HURT!

Then don't do them. Haha. Your elbows are already taking a beating from sparring, grappling, hitting the bag, fighting, etc... Don't beat them up more by going heavy with the barbell. Instead find ways to use dumbbells and make the movement more difficult.

One of my favorites to replace the barbell row is the bent over double dumbbell row. I will use an adjustable bench and place it at an incline so that I can comfortably rest my forehead on it in a bent over position and row the dumbbells up. You are not using your head for support, only as a gauge. Once you get to the point you cannot row and keep your head from coming off the bench, you are done. You have reached the point of muscle failure. Being that you can also rotate the dumbbells into a neutral, 30 or 45 degree angle you can get a better ROM and do not have to go as heavy.

It is best to split them up into two separate sessions without at least one meal in between. However, if you must do them together, because of your schedule then resistance training first and cardio second.