Buddha's Alpha Male Cycle Thread

[buddhabuilder]

Thanks for checking in. I guarantee you an awesome thread so please subscribe and participate. One thing I want to get out of the way right up front, when I say Alpha Male it is because it is from my perspective, but it can easily apply to Alpha Female, Alpha Transgender, or however else you choose to identify. So here are the details. Still a little tweaking to take place as to how the Mast e may impact the doses of the other 2 main ingredients, so I'll keep you posted. I really enjoyed the transdermal test on my last cycle so I have brought it in here along with the transdermal Sdrol as kickers. I've been ramping up the intensity in the gym for the past couple of weeks in preparation, and I'll tell you this. Everyday I walk out of the gym I wish I was just getting there so I could do it all again.

1-20 Test e 600 mg a week, split in 2
1-20 Equipoise 600 mg a week, split in 2
1-4 Transdermal Test
3-6 transdermal Sdrol 20/20/20/30
1-20 Aromasin 12.5 mg EOD
1-6 N2Guard
5-16 HCGenerate ES
11-20 Masteron e 500 mg, split in 2
20-22 HCG 1500 iu a week, split in 2


Week 21 on, back on cruise Test e 250 a week, split in 2
21-24 Methyl EAA
21-24 Test Infusion
21-24 Forma Stanzol
21-24 DAA Power Chews

Week 23 on, back on the cruise at 300 mg Test e a week, split in 2

 

[Idobehigh]

I'm in on this I checked out your last log to you sure are something else man! Lol just out of curiosity why are you starting your transdermal s drol on week 3?

 

[notjake11]

Are you referring to Alpha just as top dog or Alpha Male the UGL?

 

[-SD-]

Shouldnt HCG be on cycle?

 

[Elrock]

I'm in for the journey

 

[Mazzz]

Wondering this as well
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[buddhabuilder]

Welcome aboard guys. I like the HCGenerate on cycle with my sites set for the HCG as a real big kick start coming out. I have clomid on hand if I think the boys are lagging, so I have my bases covered.

I am referring to Alpha Male as a life condition, and I will get more into that later today.

I staggered my transdermals like this so they can accent eachother as I move towards week 7, which is where I really felt my long ester kick in on my first cycle. That, and I love the feeling of testosterone in my system. It is amazing I put on 40 pounds of muscle in my first 17 years of clean training, because everything, my characteristics (especially when I was younger), full head of hair, unfamiliarity with having high test in my system, and the bloods I had done over the past 2 years, points to me having low test levels from the start.

In Buddhism we call it, Changing poison into medicine. That is, embrace the obstacle as an opportunity for positive transformation.

I'll get the party started later today. Thanx for following.

 

[buddhabuilder]

Where does the Alpha Male feeling come from?

After years of Buddhist practice I still found myself trying to map out the exact point where I felt that awesome, limitless rush of power and confidence during my last cycle, so that I could design my next cycle to get a similar result. I puzzled over this until finally talking to a good friend about it. "Your Alpha Male life condition was the result of the PR's you were setting, the intensity your were going for it in the gym, and the proof you were providing yourself that you can acheive any goal you set your mind to.", he responded.

It gave me pause as I realized he was absolutely right, and I know this with my whole life from my devout Buddhist practice. As long as I was looking outside myself for the answer it was a dependent feeling. Dependent on the situation, other people, and/or supplements. But when my focus became the determination to bring out my unlimited potential from my life, it all made perfent sense, and it was mine for the taking.

This is not to say that the carefully researched, responsible cycles I set up for myself with the help of great Bro's on this site don't play an important role. But even the desire to seek out and utilize the best information and supplements possible comes from within me. And when I am flat out killing it in my training and diet, the universe steps in with assistance.

Example; I started my cycle on Saturday, and as I entered the gym I was thinking, "How can I push this to the next level right now?" Sets of 5 came to mind, 1 up from what I had been doing, and I set my sites on it and started. By the end of the second exercise I had naturally transitioned into reverse pyramiding, which I have found very effective in muscle and strength development, but hadn't actually "planned" on starting. That was chest/front center deltoid and tris, and by the time I was done with pull the next day, Back/Rear Deltoid/Bis, I looked and felt noticably bigger.

Alpha Male life condition, yours for the taking.

 

[digit0x]

Interesting as always BB. In.

 

[buddhabuilder]

The gym is such a sactuary for me, a chance to put everything on hold and win over myself in the moment. Back from luch now, ready to clean up everything pending and make a plan for the rest of the week.

I ran into some overtraining obstacles on my last cycle, so I want to be proactive this time and not have to miss any days in the gym that I could be training. I looked over a couple different undulating periodization programs and came up with a basic approach that I beleive will have me in the gym 6 days a week. I, myself, don't have a lower intensity mode when it comes to lifting, but I can increase reps, lengthen rest periods, and even decrease sets or exercises to get the job done.

So it will be a Kill This Shit 3 day body cycle, followed by a slowly changing approach that I will tweak as I go. I'll sketch this out and post it. And, as always, keep my pad and pen with me in the gym to focus my efforts.

I feel good...

 

[buddhabuilder]

So much stuff to cover, and I'm just a week into this cycle. For the guys that pm'ed me about the reverse pyramid approach I bring in and out of my design, I'll give a quick over view.

The idea is to get your body to lift the most weight it can early in the session, with the belief that you will be hitting a strength curve after just a few exercises or even sets.

On the first exercise of the day, you warm up with sets of 5. A rule of thumb for your warm up number is, it is the point where, doing a set of 12, you feel your strength kick in, and the weight seems to get a little lighter for a number of reps. 2 or 3 warm up sets is all it take and your ready to pile your max 5 rep weight onto the bar, plus 5-10% and go for it. You strip weights off the bar only enough to hit a rep numbers like, 5/5/6/8/10.

When I move to the next exercise I do a set to, what I call "find my line" which is really just being clear on your form, and then back to the max weight.

Doing this every exercise every time is a short cut to over training in a big way. So you can keep it interesting by doing it for just the first, or first 2, exercises of each body part of a given day. I like to use it for every exercise on some days, and it is a great feeling, but should be kept in moderation.

This is a very clear example of how important it is to keep your training journal and pen with you in the gym. It is the only way to ensure you consistently push the envelope.

On cycle news, my voice has gotten noticeably deeper (I love that), and I am feeling a very relaxed vibe through the day. I have been throwing curves in the gym to shake up my body, so there is no clear weight increases, but there will be.

 

[buddhabuilder]

Yes, I am a mental health worker, and No, this is not an attempt to drum up business.

You hear it in the gym from some of the young guys. "She broke up with me for no reason.", or my favorite, "My parents threatened to throw me out of the house."

It is a core belief in society, and the media, that steroids turn the user into a short tempered, violent jerk. It is my opinion that they were probably all that and more to begin with, it was just escalated by a boost in energy and an ego pump from the increased weights and size.

If you find your getting short tempered, argumentative, more prone to violence, or any other problematic behavior when on cycle, please, schedule an appointment with a mental health worker as soon as your done with your PCT. If the behaviors are extreme and are causing you problems, cut your cycle short, PCT, and seek help.

Everyone would benefit from some level of talk therapy, myself included, and no one needs to be a slave to there past and the learned behaviors they developed there.

When I did my first ever, proper cycle earlier the year I couldn't help but notice the over all calmness I experienced from the raised T levels. I thought I had become more masculine during 17 years of natural training, and the 40 pound weight gain that went with it, but in hind site, I think I had just become more aggressive in order to cover for my insecurities.

Of course, along with the disciplined training and diet, interaction with sincere peers, and the responsible use of Test raising AAS, I have a sincere spiritual practice (they don't call the the Buddha for nothing), which I highly recommend to everyone.

I think body building as an art and lifestyle should include all these aspects to prove the rewarding journey it can be.

 

[muscleaddiction]

Well long time no see brother...how the hell are ya??? I will have to follow along here on this...good to see you are still preaching the lifestyle bro .

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[buddhabuilder]

Hey MA, good to see you. I've been sticking around EF since I got a job and have less time to post. I feel at home here, and its nice to have the good bro's. I promise you an excellent thread on this one. Please chime in with insights and avice.

 

[buddhabuilder]

So my reverse pyramid days are going to be straight ahead, meat and potatoes exercises All the stuff it is easiest to go heavy on while staying in form. The break down will be;

Push
Chest 4 exercises
Front and side Deltoid 2-3 exercises
Tris 2-3 exercises

Pull
Back 4 exercises
Rear Delt 1 exercise
Shrugs 1 exercise
Bis 2-3 exercises.

Legs
5 exercises, always starting with squats or DL

The interesting part will come in the second three day cycle a week where I plan on mixing it up. So far I plan on including Russian Style Spring Push Ups, Triple Super Set Leg Presses, 21's, and Cobra's.

More on these in the next post. Right now it is time to eat, which I haven't done in 45 minutes.

 

[nickb86]

hope everything goes well for you budda, I will be following along too

 

[buddhabuilder]

Thanx Nick.

I am really enjoying my transdermals as I get everything in place for the lift off of this cycle. My base is so right on. I came down to 226 lbs., which was lower than I wanted to be. I have been getting out for some dancing, which is the only arobic activity I will participate in out side of sex, and I definately leaned out a bit more than I meant to. But, I have been eating hard core 4000 plus calories a day and just keep filling in nicely. I am ready to tweak it to 5000 calories, and I'll throw in some extra carbs when I'm heading for a night out.

So at the beginning of week 3 I am already feeling a nice steady energy, weighing in at 230 lbs. and squatting 315 for 5. I'll put up a list of my big lifts in the coming week in order to show my progress. I have gone through my memories of exercises that stood out for one reason or another in order to keep things interesting. Right now I have a basic layout of 3 days reverse pyramid heavy lifting followed by 3 days of the same split, Push/Pull/Legs but with a different approach/intensity.

Today I added Spring Push Ups to my Push day. You set yourself up so you can do a push up on the ground with your fingers pointing at each other, right below your pecs. This keeps your elbows out, focusing the tension on the chest. Do a push up and spring up to where your hands land on 25 pound plates at shoulder width, once again keeping the elbows out, another push up and spring onto platforms set up outside the 25 pound plates (about12 inches high). Work your way up, then down for a count of one. I do about 6 of these, making sure to stretch the pecs out at the bottom of each rep, and follow it with 2 more sets.

It's not something you want to do everyday, but you come away feeling really full. The best way to move forward with these out of the norm exercises will be the gains I see with the heavy days, and of course the mirror.

 

[buddhabuilder]

Instant pain, just add intensity.

I joined a gym over 18 years ago in NYC so that I would have a place to take a shower. I figured I'd better do something regarding exercise and did the same chest routine for 3 weeks, not knowing that you were supposed to do different body parts, or eat, or anything else for that matter. The place was owned by Bob Fuches and Nicole Bass trained there daily. For some reason these people took a liking to me and started to show me some things, and that's where this routine came from. Nicole Bass' training partner heard me say I couldn't get my legs to feel sore after a work out, and I guess he wanted to teach me a lesson. The guy was a personal trainer and really knew how to work a person. In fact, between sets, when I was thinking to myself, "I could just walk out of here. I don't have to do this.", he grabbed me and said if I left he would cancell my membership. Memories huh? Anyway, I did it again today and it goes like this.

Leg press, starting at 3 plates and increasing 3 1/2, 4, 4 1/2. You start with you feet parallel about 10 inches apart for 15 reps, move toes out 45 degrees for 15, and finish with feet parallel again at shoulder width for 15. If you aren't hurting by the end of your first triple set, the weight is too light. 4 sets of this and your ability to control your lesser self will be greatly enhanced. Add chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo every morning for 15 minutes and I guarantee you, you will be able to break through anything that has been holding you back.

Some curls and extensions for high reps is all it takes to finish things off. Mind you, this is my light leg day. I'm saving myself for DL's on Saturday.

Oh, and in case you were wondering; full range of motion on every rep, from calves making a 45 degree angle with the upper leg at the bottom, to just short of locking out at the top. I will be watching, and if you cheat, I'll cancell your gym membership. It's all in Love...

 

[buddhabuilder]

First injection of the 4th week and I'm already getting that stretching out feeling deep in my muscles. It is most noticible in the deltoids, but feel it everywhere. It's all down to the eating, and I am jacking it up as we speak. I will also get an app for my super phone (yup, finally broke down and got one), later today so I can be scientific about my approach, which should have me hanging around 5000 calories, with a bump on nights I go out. I love Fridays. It is the only day I train late, so I eat every 90 minutes until I'm 2 hours out from the gym, take my prework out supps 30 minutes out, and then just let myself off the chain. The evening following the gym consists of social events where it's appropriate to have the muscles out, and it is a beautiful, relaxed feeling to be that full and pumped around cool people who appreciate a healthy life style. It is reverse pyramid today and I'm gonna start posting some of my numbers. I feel fortunate to have acheived a place in my life where I am comfortable with who I am, even as I strive to acheive my many goals. I feel I can express appreciation to everyone who has crossed my path, especially the haters, as it is thanx to them that I had to fight and find myself.

East come, easy go?

I won't be going anywhere anytime soon...

 

[buddhabuilder]

Thanx for the encouraging pm's Bro's. Striving to breakthrough our previous best in order to acheive the physique we choose can be a lonely business, and it is nice to receive support from the environment. I hope to be able to return the favor to all of you.

I was heard to lament at the end of my last cycle that my legs seemed to be lagging. I thought with a 495 lb. DL, and 365 squat for reps they should have been bigger. Well it appears they are catching up. I guess it was just calories and time because at this point my jeans are 4 inches too big in the waist and I'm just about to tear out the inner seems. I did manage to find a new brand of jeans that give me more room in the leg, so I won't have to take up sewing to remain clothed.

It was a great weekend of training, as I am already moving in on some of my record lifts. It is an all out discipline to hit my calories, but I probably wouldn't be doing this at all if that wasn't the case across the board. My basic diet is 3 lbs. of chicken/meat/fish, 2 - 32 oz. yogurts, 1 lb. of pasta (or equal amount of bread or rice), and many servings of fruit and vegetables. After that it's egg whites, nuts, and 2 protein drinks. I'm feeling some nice fullness, but have that "here we go" excited feeling bubbleing just under the surface.

Let's go comrades!

 

[buddhabuilder]

Just a quick note; I love everything about the awesome art/lifestyle of bodybuilding!

More on that later...

 

[buddhabuilder]

So I laid out a complete plan, both diet and training, and have been on it from the word go. But life happens, and bodybuilding will continue regardless. I'd been on the market for a while, so when I ran into a 27 year old lebanese girl in the club I expressed my interest. "Are you on molly?", No, "What are you drinking?", Diet Pepsi, "Then how come you can dance like that?" She wondered out loud.

Thank You Bodybuilding!

I'm taking her to Muscle Beach for the show on Moday. This is the same show I plan on competing in next year. Lou Ferrigno is receiving a special award, and he is looking great!

Back to Life, Back to Reality.

Sleep a little off, and cardio a little up, so I did a full body cycle of super sets. Just getting into the 5th week of my cycle, and I am pushing as hard as I can because I don't want to get into the head of waiting for the gear to kick in.

Will definitely report body weight and big lift numbers this week.

Through everything I am remaining mindful that my happiness needs to be based on my life, my Buddha Nature. I am then free to share that with those around me and strive to be a good example of a human being.

Legs today. Typing that made me smile...

 

[buddhabuilder]

So I laid out a complete plan, both diet and training, and have been on it from the word go. But life happens, and bodybuilding will continue regardless. I'd been on the market for a while, so when I ran into a 27 year old lebanese girl in the club I expressed my interest. "Are you on molly?", No, "What are you drinking?", Diet Pepsi, "Then how come you can dance like that?" She wondered out loud.

Thank You Bodybuilding!

I'm taking her to Muscle Beach for the show on Moday. This is the same show I plan on competing in next year. Lou Ferrigno is receiving a special award, and he is looking great!

Back to Life, Back to Reality.

Sleep a little off, and cardio a little up, so I did a full body cycle of super sets. Just getting into the 5th week of my cycle, and I am pushing as hard as I can because I don't want to get into the head of waiting for the gear to kick in.

Will definitely report body weight and big lift numbers this week.

Through everything I am remaining mindful that my happiness needs to be based on my life, my Buddha Nature. I am then free to share that with those around me and strive to be a good example of a human being.

Legs today. Typing that made me smile...

 

[buddhabuilder]

So some numbers.

Body Weight 234 lbs. I'm gaining very slowly, but my cardio is so high as opposed to my last cycle this is understandable. I am just getting into a 5000+ calorie a day head, and will make adjustments in the coming week.

Flat Bench 315 for 5
Pendlay Row 255 for 5
Squats with no belt 315 for 7
EZ Curl Bis 125 for 5
Scull Crushers 125 for 5

A good solid place to take this cycle into high gear. This is the middle of the 5th week, so a renewed focus on calories should bring about some big changes soon. My legs are aching, and since I haven't done them in 3 days I figure this is me expanding.

I saw some friends from my old gym at Muscle Beach yesterday, and a couple of them were well impressed with my physique. I hadn't seen them in 6 weeks, so change is definititly on its way.

 

[buddhabuilder]

I would sometimes prefer to think that my environment was going on before I ever showed up in it, but the fact is, I am aware that I create it as I go.

Was my workplace a stressful environment before I showed up this morning? Let's see; people were making unrealistic demands, check, responsibilty for things gone wrong were being put on me that I had no involvement with, check, and I had a larger than usual number of calls from stressed out clients to return, check. But was it a stressful environment before I showed up? No. It was all happening, but weather or not it became stressful was all down to me and the way I dealt with it.

So, all of this going on + a new girlfriend going off the rails + a focused mind due to Buddhist Practice + disciplined eating and a nicely timed supplementation before hitting the gym = 365 pound squats for 5 reps.

Never give up. To not advance is to retreat.

 

[buddhabuilder]

I have some good news, and some bad news.

You have all probably heard the guidance about bulking routines that your bulking calories will become your new maintenance calories.

Well I am here to confirm that this is the truth.

As of about 3 weeks ago I added to what I thought was a bulking diet what I like to call the Marie Antoinette approach of, "Let them eat cake." My office is about 8 feet from a kitchen that searves about 60 people with dinner and breakfast everyday, so to say there is alot of food laying around is an understatement. And I have helped limit food waste recently by eating what felt like constantly. But as of this morning, my waist is down and my cut is up.

Not that I mind looking F'n good, but it time to kick it to a whole 'nother level. I happened upon a clip from the new body building movie, and a statement about weighing everything you eat stayed with me. That is my way forward now.

So, in this case, the good news and bad news is the same news. My bulking calories did indeed become my maintenance calories, but I look great.

And to all the guys I have told to just eat more to gain weight in the past; Suck it up. It's the truth!

 

[buddhabuilder]

What the F is he doing?

You know, Phil Heath in the trailer for the new bodybuilding movie coming out. Not that I am getting anything to promote it, but if it isn't coming to a theatre near you, you should move.

But anyway, there is Phil doing partial reps on a chest machine. Chest machine, really? Partial reps...

But the Dude is huge, so I was in the gym, and not knowing exactly what he was up to, and it being one of my "shake it up" days, I decided to do 21's on a flat bench machine. You know 7 bottom half, 7 top half, 7 full motion. I was amazingly pumped afterwards.

Try it...

 

[buddhabuilder]

Never doubt yourself, even a little bit.

Case note; Guy in the gym lifting, has the arms out, and this other gym rat says, "You're looking really good, man!", que my entrance, and I'm ready to pose down right there. Guy pulls his shirt up, yea, real cut up abs, so I move to the play nice mode. After a minute a flexes his bicept in the mirror and I follow suit; I'm only about twice this guys size! Am I F'n serious?! Yea, since moving to bulk mode I have smoothed out a bit, but you can still see them. The only thing that was too small on me was my confidence in the moment.

I'm not trying to come across like I need to challenge and compete with every guy I see. Been there, done that. But when there is a chance for some friendly comparison, I will punch my own ticket from now on.

It's 2:00 and I am downing my fourth meal of about 1/2 pound of lean beef and 8 oz. of potatoes. That is not including a protein drink with a scoop of ice cream in it I had right after the gym.

I forget who said it, and I paraphrase, "I am focused 24/7, and if your not focused 24/7, when we meet, I'll win."

Too F'n right!