10 Weeks on Semax — Full Update

Ten weeks on Semax — here is the full update. Started this partly out of curiosity and partly because I was dealing with nagging recovery issues that were limiting my training. Week 1-2: nothing notable. Getting used to the injection routine. Week 3-4: first signs of improved sleep. Starting to feel more rested upon waking. Week 5-6: recovery improvements become clear. A particularly brutal leg day had me back to normal in about 36 hours instead of the usual 72. Week 7-8: feeling good. Benefits have stabilized. Training volume is up about 15 percent compared to pre-protocol. Week 9-10: still going strong. Bloodwork at week 8 came back looking good with no concerning changes. The biggest surprise was how much the sleep improvement affected everything else. Better sleep led to better recovery, which led to better training, which led to better results. It was a positive cascade effect. One caveat: I also cleaned up my diet and improved my sleep hygiene around week 2, so I cannot attribute 100 percent of the improvements to Semax alone.