I do not know if the Indigo 3G experiment actually did anything for my carb tolerance and/or nutrient partitioning abilities. However, it does seem to have at least one lasting effect.
Courtesy of Thib's insanely brutal training style (lots of super-giant sets, extreme intensity lifting, etc), I have learned how to truly push myself to the limit when lifting. The 5/3/1 cycles I have done in the time since I ended the Indigo training have been the most effective and brutal lifting sessions I have ever done.
My previous two cycles were focused on body-building. 5-6 assistance exercises, 4-5 sets each, and 10-15 reps per set. A fuck-ton of volume. I am now on a lower-volume cycle, with 4 assistance exercises mostly in the 5-8 rep range (a few 10-12s). But all of the workouts have drained me. I feel fine when doing them, although I do occasionally run out of strength by the end of things. Afterwards I am utterly gassed. Not from a lack of bouncy energy, but from overall muscular exhaustion.
Additionally, the Indigo training taught me to be more focused on what I am doing, which no doubt aids in the "kill my muscles" ability. I have been able to force myself into true muscular failure, wherein the target muscle group quite simply stops firing. Previously, I only reached failure in a more overall manner, where the failure was from hitting a strength wall where I could not move the weight, but it was not focused on specific muscles.
Overall, the experiment was worth the cost, even if the supplement itself was not effective.
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