ok i ordered those anbex IOSAT pills direct from the manufacturer and as you would expect its all quiet on the western front - they're not answering my e-mail either.

now to get a source of iodine i could just use table salt lol, but i need a source of HIGH DOSE iodine.  where to get that ?

my legs are definitely getting more proportionate as well with all the squats and deadlifts and such..they were like sticks even just this past spring.

Looking forward to being tanned and booking it bearfoot down a beach.

my calves never responded to anything i put them through in the gym, especially not to calf exercises.  i did get some benefit for my calves from shrugs and deadlifts when used as stabilizer muscles - but never got any benefit from trying to hit calves directly.

i was 100% certain my calves were hopeless, but as soon as i tried running barefoot they got WASTED.  i couldn't even walk.

same for abs - no amount of crunches etc got them sore ( some burning, but no real soreness ).  but some good sprints running or a couple minutes worth of dolphin kicks in the pool and i am getting cramps in them.

moral of the story - real exercise is better than gym.  it took me 15 years of working out in the gyms to figure this out.  it's pretty embarrassing really - but better late than never.