How I Use Evernote To Track My Experiments And Research
Medical Disclaimer: I’m not a doctor and this should not be construed as medical advice.
This is something that is near and dear to my heart: tracking things. I’m not sure why. I’m actually not what you would call an organized person, but when it comes to reading, working and my personal research projects I’m sort of a fanatic about tracking.
I like Evernote because I am often on my phone, computer, and laptop and I like being able to update things as I’m out and about in the world. I use the pro version of Evernote because it allows more access. That said you can do a lot of what I do without the pro version.
I can’t recall exactly but you can probably connect two devices to Evernote at the same time with the normal version of the app. Personally, I get more utility out of the paid version because it also lets you access your notes while you’re offline.
I know other people who use Microsoft office and a few other more cutting edge apps. I haven’t looked at other apps though.
What’s the point of consuming all this information about compounds if you’re not going to put it somewhere to recall later? Beyond that, what’s the point of doing all this stuff to your body with all the purported health risks that come with it if you’re not going to save that information and use it later?
Everyone who uses anabolics and pharmaceuticals for off-label uses should be tracking it. No discussion. Two guys with similar lifestyles can use the same compounds and achieve vastly different results. It’s worth tracking what happens to you and what you see happen to others.
On a more philosophical and personal note, I love sharing and exchanging data with others.
“How did you tolerate that? Not good? Damn, I had a great time with that compound. I wonder why…..” I really do live for such discussions and find them way more enlightening than simply reading someone’s regurgitated nonsense on a forum.
One way that I keep track of all of this is with what I call a nexus file.
What’s A Nexus File
A nexus file is a file where you collate all the information you have on a given topic into a single page with hyperlinks to individual articles. Think of a home base of sorts. It’s the heart at the center of the body of knowledge.
So my bloodhacker nexus file, for example, is divided into categories and subcategories including Experiments/Usage/Researchlog (ongoing/previous), steroids, SARMs, Nootropics, Food choices, Miscellaneous topics, ancillaries, and supplements.
So I might have a hyperlink titled “Dianabol” that takes me to my information on Dianabol. That information will include my preferred usages, experiences, research from articles or academic papers I have looked out for, links to interesting videos, and, most importantly, my take on everything. That isn’t to say that my information will be 100% relevant in all cases but it’s a whole lot better than just being that guy who watches a youtube video on Dianabol, gains a shallow understand, and then forgets it all by the time he pops his next pill. I’m not a doctor but being rigorous about this stuff is better than nothing.
Furthermore, I find research fun. It’s cool to watch a video on a compound and then check your information on that compound against the information in that video.
How to create your nexus file
Come up with your title. It could literally be “John’s anabolic nexus”
After that, I would go into tags and give it a tag that you find relevant. I have my nexus file under, you guessed it, “nexus”
From there I would go about creating files on the various compounds you use.
So let’s say you’re a normal dude on Testosterone and Dianabol. I would create a file in Evernote titled “Dianabol”
You can do this by going under file and then creating a new note.
Personally, I would tag it with “anabolic” or “Steroids” or something. Next, I would jot down all the information I have on Dianabol. Anything that you find particularly insightful about the compound I would jot down. Any thoughts or feelings you have about it? write ’em down.
I wanna stress that you should only make these files for compounds you use or are curious about using. Do not make files for compounds you have no interest in using. Me? I don’t care much for Clenbuterol. I don’t have anything against it I just don’t like what I read, so I don’t have a file on it. If it becomes interesting later I will create a file for it.
After that you’ll want to copy the link to the note and paste it into your anabolic nexus file
Next, you will go to your nexus file and write “Dianabol”
You’ll need to highlight and right-click “Dianabol” and scroll down to “link” and then select add so you can copy and paste the link to your note on Dianabol into the text you created on the nexus page for Dianabol.
I would do this for each compound you are using or have used.
This is a really easy way to accumulate knowledge on a compound.
You could then breakdown that information on Dianabol in a personalized way.
I would create some sort of template that you would use for each compound.
It could be something simple like this:
Uses:
Good for bulking during the off-season. provides quick strength gains.
My Minimum Effective Dosage:
20mg
My Maximum Tolerable Dosage
N/A see above. I don’t like to run this compound very high.
Best Usage Duration
I like using it in two week “runs” as a second compound to low dose testosterone. However, I’m leaning away from this now because it kills my appetite sometimes. The beginning of a cycle is when you need to be eating. Perhaps some sort of 5 days on 2 days off split could be good so that the appetite suppression doesn’t stack up badly.
Best time to take it:
Same as most other oral steroids. I always take orals with a meal and preferably with some fat and/or fish oil.
Side Effects
Can kill appetite. Perhaps this is due to stressing out the liver?
Sometimes it can also spike appetite.
Bloating can occur as well. Never too bad as long as I keep the dosage around 20mg
Fatigue begins to set in after 2 weeks
Stacking:
Grapefruit juice might boost the effects
Usually stack with testosterone, but do not use too much of either in this case.
Personal Thoughts:
A tried and true compound. Not too exciting but it does what I want it to do.
Unintended Uses:
If I think I’m experiencing low estrogen symptoms I could possibly use dianabol as a diagnostic tool. Probably not a good idea and bloodwork is preferable but in a pinch, it might do as a tool to assess what’s going on without going to the doctor. Again. I would not recommend this.
Conclusion:
So, that’s one way that I use Evernote.
Another way is braindead easy and really shouldn’t require much of an explanation but I write down my current cycle/experiment.
Write the dosages, frequency of administration, and the names of the compounds in your current cycle.
Honestly, you could simplify this even further and make sure that you write down the cycles along with a picture of your bloodwork so you know what your bloodwork looked like (within a reasonable degree of accuracy at any time).
Doing this over a long enough period of time will give you insights into the compounds that others do not have because they’re not meticulous and don’t care about their health as much as we do.
So why not give this a try?
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