In this article, we will go over the theme of MK 2866/Ostarine dosage. We will cover everything from what the best dosage is to get the best possible results without side effects, most safe dosage and more.
Keep in mind, we will only focus on the Ostarine dosage in this article. If you want to know more information about this article, read our in-depth Ostarine guide.
The best Ostarine dosage
The Ostarine dosage that you should take to get the best results depends on what you are trying to achieve. If you want to bulk, cut or do a body recomposition.
Let’s go over each bulking and cutting and explain the best dosage for both of them.
Bulking dosage + example cycle
Although a compound like LGD 4033 would be better for bulking, you can do a great bulk with Ostarine as well. Most people do an Ostarine dosage of 20mg a day when they want to bulk. This will get you great results. You can expect to lose a bit of fat and gain muscle during a cycle like this. Remember, you should eat at maintenance or surpluses calories to get good results from your bulk.
Example bulking cycle:
| Week | Ostarine | PCT |
| 1-8 | 20mg a day | / |
You won’t need a PCT for a cycle like this, the Ostarine dosage is not that high and the compound by itself is not that suppressive. You will easily be able to recover naturally in a few weeks after the cycle. If you want more information about this, you can read more about this in our article about Ostarine PCT.
Cutting dosage + example cycle
A good Ostarine cutting dosage is 10mg a day. This dosage will allow you to keep all your muscles while cutting and even gain some during your cut if you train hard enough. Let’s go over a good example of an Ostarine cutting cycle.
Example bulking cycle:
| Week | Ostarine | Cardarine | PCT |
| 1-8 | 10mg a day | 15mg a day | / |
In this example, we stack Cardarine, also called GW 50156, with Ostarine. This is because Cardarine will allow us to lose fat very effectively and Ostarine will make us keep our muscle mass during a cut. If you want more information about Cardarine, read our in-depth GW 50156 guide.
You won’t need a PCT (Post Cycle Therapy) for this cycle, Cardarine is non-hormonal and Ostarine dosage is low. It won’t suppress your natural testosterone production that much and you will barely notice suppression.
Body recomposition dosage + example cycle
A good Ostarine dosage for body recomposition would be 15mg a day. The goal with body recomposition is to as much fat as possible while gaining as much muscle mass as possible.
Example body recomposition cycle:
| Week | Ostarine | Cardarine | PCT |
| 1-8 | 15mg a day | 15mg a day | / |
Ostarine at this dosage will let us gain muscle mass. We stack it with Cardarine to make us lose fat very effectively.
A good thing about this cycle is that it doesn’t require a PCT (Post Cycle Therapy). This is a very safe cycle and it isn’t very suppressive either.
Remember, you should eat at maintenance calories or at a slight calorie surplus to get the best results from this cycle.
Safest Ostarine dosages
So far we have covered what the most effective MK 2866 dosages are, but now let’s go over what are the safest ones.
Keep in mind, Ostarine is a widely used compound that has a lot of research backing it up. Keeping that in mind, the dosages that we recommend are safe and very effective at getting great results. It’s worth noting, however, that we are assuming that you have real, high-quality Ostarine for your cycle. If you have a bunk product that potentially has other substances mixed into it, you can risk unnecessary side effects and most likely won’t experience as good results as you would have with pure MK 2866.
Most people who use Ostarine stay in the range of 5mg a day (5mg a day is mostly for therapeutic reasons – joint healing, etc.) and up to 30mg a day. We recommend that you stay in the range of 10mg a day (cutting) up to 25mg a day (bulking). Body recomposition dosage would be somewhere in the middle (15mg a day).
Let’s go over what dosages were used in studies, human and clinical trials.
Dosages used in Studies and Human trials
There have been a lot of studies done on Ostarine as well as human trials (there are also ongoing clinical trials). Most studies use the dosages of up to 15mg a day and those dosages are considered completely safe.
So we can summarize that according to studies, dosages of up to 15mg a day are safe. They didn’t use bigger dosages because they aren’t interested in bulking with Ostarine but instead they research the treatment of muscle wasting diseases. We can safely assume that a 20mg a day dosage is just as safe as the 15mg a day dosage though.
What dosage you should take
Previously in the article, we said that you should take 10mg a day if you are cutting and 20mg a day if you are bulking. These are good dosages to take.
So if you are cutting, start with 10mg a day and continue the cycle for 8-weeks.
If you are bulking, however, it’s recommended that you start with 10mg a day and work your way up to 20mg a day. This is a good thing to do with all compounds in fact. Your body will get used to the compound and won’t get shocked by an initial big dosage.
You should start with 10mg a day and increase your dosage in the span of a week to 20mg a week.
Conclusion
In conclusion, your Ostarine dosage is dependent on what you are trying to achieve. For people that want to bulk with Ostarine, a dosage of 20mg a day would be a good choice. For people that want to cut with Ostarine, 10mg a day is enough and will get you great results. You could also do a complete body recomposition with 15mg a day of Ostarine.
All of these dosages are completely safe and will get you great results. Remember, however, that your results will be also very dependent on the hard work you put in and the diet during your cycle.
Ostarine is also backed by a lot of studies that confirm that dosages under 20mg a day are completely safe and won’t cause any harmful effects. Of course, it’s important that we have real, pure MK 2866 for this to be true. Bunk products won’t give good results and are often full of possible side effects.
