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Ok, things are starting to get a little ridiculous. After an off day yesterday, the weight this morning was 213.6 w/9.7% BF. I believe the bodyfat numbers are being skewed/manipulated by all the water retention, but seeing the number that low sure makes me feel better. I am feeling ridiculously huge, and when I met my girlfriend at the store after work, she greeted me in the parking lot with a wide-eyed 'holy shit' look on her face. She'd seen me earlier that morning, but apparently the changes have been dramatic enough that she still isn't accustomed to seeing me like this. It's great!
Legs tonight. Should be fun!
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Legs tonight. Should be fun!
D
Weight this morning is 215.0, 9.6%
Epic leg workout last night - looked like this:
Squats - 6 sets (3 warmups, 3 working sets, max of 335 for 10)
Lying leg curls - 3 sets
Calf press - 3 sets
Hack Squat - 3 sets
Legs Press - 5 sets, max of 720 for 12
Extensions - 1 set to failure
Ouch! The squat and leg press are both personal highs. I have typically avoided leg press because I find the machine so uncomfortable, but the gym we were at yesterday (not our usual one) has a different machine that is WAY better. I'm sure I can do higher than 720, just need to work up to it.
Apparently it's pretty obvious that I'm cycling - I guess putting on 16 lbs in 18 days is noticeable. One guy at the gym told me with a slight grin that I got pretty big in 2 weeks. He's a good kid, but only a kid - 18 - and I don't want him getting any stupid ideas.
My girlfriend and I split up (uh, our workout in the gym...we're still very much together) and she was doing calf raises while I was plugging away on the leg press. She got cornered by a dude who was just talking her ear off (I could care less, not the jealous type), and I could see her struggling with him. Eventually I banged out my last set and rescued her from him, meaning I had to talk to him for a few minutes...ugh. Anyway, after we left she told me what they were talking about - he opened the conversation with "So your boyfriend's on steroids right?" I mean, what is it that compels people to just blurt out shit like this to people they barely know? We have talked to this guy twice. He's just an idiot. The first thing he ever told me was that he takes 'vitamins' *wink*. One of my GF's co-workers was at a bar over the weekend and saw this guy there, and he was taking his shirt off and dancing around like a jackass (not appropriate behavior given the venue...hick town) yelling out that he's "ON THE JUICE" - ugh. What a total retard. Oh, and did I mention he's 53? He does look pretty damn good though, I must admit.
Chest/back tonight.
Epic leg workout last night - looked like this:
Squats - 6 sets (3 warmups, 3 working sets, max of 335 for 10)
Lying leg curls - 3 sets
Calf press - 3 sets
Hack Squat - 3 sets
Legs Press - 5 sets, max of 720 for 12
Extensions - 1 set to failure
Ouch! The squat and leg press are both personal highs. I have typically avoided leg press because I find the machine so uncomfortable, but the gym we were at yesterday (not our usual one) has a different machine that is WAY better. I'm sure I can do higher than 720, just need to work up to it.
Apparently it's pretty obvious that I'm cycling - I guess putting on 16 lbs in 18 days is noticeable. One guy at the gym told me with a slight grin that I got pretty big in 2 weeks. He's a good kid, but only a kid - 18 - and I don't want him getting any stupid ideas.
My girlfriend and I split up (uh, our workout in the gym...we're still very much together) and she was doing calf raises while I was plugging away on the leg press. She got cornered by a dude who was just talking her ear off (I could care less, not the jealous type), and I could see her struggling with him. Eventually I banged out my last set and rescued her from him, meaning I had to talk to him for a few minutes...ugh. Anyway, after we left she told me what they were talking about - he opened the conversation with "So your boyfriend's on steroids right?" I mean, what is it that compels people to just blurt out shit like this to people they barely know? We have talked to this guy twice. He's just an idiot. The first thing he ever told me was that he takes 'vitamins' *wink*. One of my GF's co-workers was at a bar over the weekend and saw this guy there, and he was taking his shirt off and dancing around like a jackass (not appropriate behavior given the venue...hick town) yelling out that he's "ON THE JUICE" - ugh. What a total retard. Oh, and did I mention he's 53? He does look pretty damn good though, I must admit.
Chest/back tonight.
Chest/Back last night.
I got to the gym a few minutes early, so I figured after stretching I'd do some wide grip pullups while waiting on the GF to show. I did 1 set when she called and said she was running a little late. By the time she showed, I had done 7 sets of 10 and was FRIED. And thus, we were ready to start.
Incline DB press - 4x8 (new max of 95lbs for 8 reps)
Rack deadlifts - 3x8 (up to 315, but I changed the rack and went about 5 inches lower than usual. Definitely felt different)
Flat BB bench - 3x8 (max of 245 - record for me)
Cable flys - 2x12
Chins - 1x8
Wide-grip pulldowns - 2x8
Close-grip pulldows - 1x8
High row - 2x8, 1x15
Abs
Puke
Didn't really puke, but walking out was difficult. Needless to say, not much happened after that last night.
Lots of looks and comments at the gym, I guess it's pretty obvious what I'm doing. It doesn't help that I'm breaking out a bit worse than usual (mostly on my right arm). Going to investigate some options this weekend on dealing with that.
D
I got to the gym a few minutes early, so I figured after stretching I'd do some wide grip pullups while waiting on the GF to show. I did 1 set when she called and said she was running a little late. By the time she showed, I had done 7 sets of 10 and was FRIED. And thus, we were ready to start.
Incline DB press - 4x8 (new max of 95lbs for 8 reps)
Rack deadlifts - 3x8 (up to 315, but I changed the rack and went about 5 inches lower than usual. Definitely felt different)
Flat BB bench - 3x8 (max of 245 - record for me)
Cable flys - 2x12
Chins - 1x8
Wide-grip pulldowns - 2x8
Close-grip pulldows - 1x8
High row - 2x8, 1x15
Abs
Puke
Didn't really puke, but walking out was difficult. Needless to say, not much happened after that last night.
Lots of looks and comments at the gym, I guess it's pretty obvious what I'm doing. It doesn't help that I'm breaking out a bit worse than usual (mostly on my right arm). Going to investigate some options this weekend on dealing with that.
D
Thanks tblock, I certainly appreciate the encouragement and feedback!
Been extremely busy the last few days with little time to post. Weight is holding steady in the 215 range. Tomorrow is my last day on Anadrol.
Saturday's workout (arms) and Sundays (shoulders/traps) were excellent. Endurance is increasing and I'm hitting new maxes on most lifts. Tried some new things with very good results. On Saturday I did 8 dips with 90lbs on the belt, by far a record for me.
Injections saturday night were...interesting. We got our TNB supplies this week (had been using a handful of 3ml 25ga 1.5" syringes before that were acquired via....other means). Lesson learned: 18ga is too big for a draw needle. My test syringe had a chunk of rubber stopper in it and had to be chucked, so 2cc's wasted there. We then drew and pinned with 23ga 1" needles - the deca in the left glute didn't really get deep enough, and it's left what looks like a gigantic welt on my ass that looks and feels nasty. Not painful so not worried about infection (my GF is a medical professional, so she's watching out for me), but it's uncomfortable and a bit itchy at times. My GF suspects she got carried away with the larger bore needle and may have injected too quickly, or perhaps 1" wasn't *quite* long enough for that spot - it was definitely going in the correct quadrant. She has administered thousands of injections in her career and has seen this before, and she's not worried. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I really doubt I would be doing this without her help. She's the best.
Also got in some posing practice on Saturday, and it feels good to be learning the basics this far out. I need this all to be automatic by the time the show comes around.
D
Been extremely busy the last few days with little time to post. Weight is holding steady in the 215 range. Tomorrow is my last day on Anadrol.
Saturday's workout (arms) and Sundays (shoulders/traps) were excellent. Endurance is increasing and I'm hitting new maxes on most lifts. Tried some new things with very good results. On Saturday I did 8 dips with 90lbs on the belt, by far a record for me.
Injections saturday night were...interesting. We got our TNB supplies this week (had been using a handful of 3ml 25ga 1.5" syringes before that were acquired via....other means). Lesson learned: 18ga is too big for a draw needle. My test syringe had a chunk of rubber stopper in it and had to be chucked, so 2cc's wasted there. We then drew and pinned with 23ga 1" needles - the deca in the left glute didn't really get deep enough, and it's left what looks like a gigantic welt on my ass that looks and feels nasty. Not painful so not worried about infection (my GF is a medical professional, so she's watching out for me), but it's uncomfortable and a bit itchy at times. My GF suspects she got carried away with the larger bore needle and may have injected too quickly, or perhaps 1" wasn't *quite* long enough for that spot - it was definitely going in the correct quadrant. She has administered thousands of injections in her career and has seen this before, and she's not worried. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I really doubt I would be doing this without her help. She's the best.
Also got in some posing practice on Saturday, and it feels good to be learning the basics this far out. I need this all to be automatic by the time the show comes around.
D
Time for a quick update-
Weight has been holding steady around 215. This morning it was 213ish but I was terrible with hydration yesterday, so that was to be expected. Today was a little better but not by a ton.
At the advice of my trainer I upped my test dosage a bit, which necessitated splitting it up into 2 shots, which I should have been doing anyway. My first mid-week shot was on Wednesday, right quad, and....holy fuck. That was a mule kick from hell. Thank god we had done legs that day because I was limping like I'd broken my leg for a solid 3 days.
We did my usual shots tonight instead of Saturday night, because we were tired as fuck last night and didn't feel like going through the clean/sterilize routine. Did left quad and right glute, hopefully the first quad shot was an anomaly. Legs are supposed to be tomorrow, so we'll see how that goes.
Training has been good this week - I'm now at the 4 week mark, so based on what I've read this is when the stuff should really be kicking in. I did a bonus unscheduled workout tonight (chest/back) while the GF did her cardio (45 minutes) and it was sufficiently intense. I like hitting certain parts twice a week, and the width in my back is really coming up nicely.
16 weeks out from my planned show right now. Trainer's advice is to continue as-is for another 2 weeks, then clean up the diet without reducing much for another 2 weeks. At that point we'll begin the 12-week pre-contest diet, which he think will be fine based on how lean I am now. I was REALLY hoping to be a little bigger before starting the diet, as I don't want to diet down to 170 or 180 for the show. Having never done this before, I don't really know what to expect. I just know I'd rather be big than compete before I'm ready in my own eyes, so I'll have to watch everything closely for the next few weeks and make an intelligent decision.
D
Weight has been holding steady around 215. This morning it was 213ish but I was terrible with hydration yesterday, so that was to be expected. Today was a little better but not by a ton.
At the advice of my trainer I upped my test dosage a bit, which necessitated splitting it up into 2 shots, which I should have been doing anyway. My first mid-week shot was on Wednesday, right quad, and....holy fuck. That was a mule kick from hell. Thank god we had done legs that day because I was limping like I'd broken my leg for a solid 3 days.
We did my usual shots tonight instead of Saturday night, because we were tired as fuck last night and didn't feel like going through the clean/sterilize routine. Did left quad and right glute, hopefully the first quad shot was an anomaly. Legs are supposed to be tomorrow, so we'll see how that goes.
Training has been good this week - I'm now at the 4 week mark, so based on what I've read this is when the stuff should really be kicking in. I did a bonus unscheduled workout tonight (chest/back) while the GF did her cardio (45 minutes) and it was sufficiently intense. I like hitting certain parts twice a week, and the width in my back is really coming up nicely.
16 weeks out from my planned show right now. Trainer's advice is to continue as-is for another 2 weeks, then clean up the diet without reducing much for another 2 weeks. At that point we'll begin the 12-week pre-contest diet, which he think will be fine based on how lean I am now. I was REALLY hoping to be a little bigger before starting the diet, as I don't want to diet down to 170 or 180 for the show. Having never done this before, I don't really know what to expect. I just know I'd rather be big than compete before I'm ready in my own eyes, so I'll have to watch everything closely for the next few weeks and make an intelligent decision.
D
Been 2 weeks since my last update. I've been super busy with work and working out, and honestly not much has changes here so I haven't felt compelled to write.
Injections have continued as scheduled without incident. I ran out of test-e last weekend, but conveniently I had FINALLY received the goods I ordered online just earlier that week, so I did Sunday's injection with 1cc of test-e and 1cc of the new test cyp. I also started HCG that same weekend, and I believe my nuts are already thanking me for that. I'm doing 250 iu twice a week.
Today marks the 14 week-out point for my show. After some debating over many things in my life, I've decided that come hell or high water, I am doing this fucking show. Additionally, I don't want to feel rushed as the show approaches, so I'm starting my pre-contest diet today. More realistically, it will be in the next couple days, as I sprung this on my trainer yesterday and don't yet have a solid meal plan established.
The current aas plan is to continue as is. In all honesty, though this is my first cycle, I plan on things getting a little more complicated as the show gets nearer. I plan on starting EQ as soon as I'm able to get my hands on some (this week hopefully), and I know my trainer typically recommends Winstrol for the final 4-5 weeks of prep. I'm not too concerned about loading up on too much gear, to be honest (though perhaps I should be, haha) - all sides to this point have been manageable. Acne was really bad at first, but has calmed down a bit as I've found ways to help manage it. Benzoyl Peroxide has worked well, but it makes me itch like a mofo, so I only use it on my shoulders every few days. Hitting the tanning bed regularly has made the biggest impact. My nipples are sufficiently irritated so I plan on starting letrozole this week.
D
Injections have continued as scheduled without incident. I ran out of test-e last weekend, but conveniently I had FINALLY received the goods I ordered online just earlier that week, so I did Sunday's injection with 1cc of test-e and 1cc of the new test cyp. I also started HCG that same weekend, and I believe my nuts are already thanking me for that. I'm doing 250 iu twice a week.
Today marks the 14 week-out point for my show. After some debating over many things in my life, I've decided that come hell or high water, I am doing this fucking show. Additionally, I don't want to feel rushed as the show approaches, so I'm starting my pre-contest diet today. More realistically, it will be in the next couple days, as I sprung this on my trainer yesterday and don't yet have a solid meal plan established.
The current aas plan is to continue as is. In all honesty, though this is my first cycle, I plan on things getting a little more complicated as the show gets nearer. I plan on starting EQ as soon as I'm able to get my hands on some (this week hopefully), and I know my trainer typically recommends Winstrol for the final 4-5 weeks of prep. I'm not too concerned about loading up on too much gear, to be honest (though perhaps I should be, haha) - all sides to this point have been manageable. Acne was really bad at first, but has calmed down a bit as I've found ways to help manage it. Benzoyl Peroxide has worked well, but it makes me itch like a mofo, so I only use it on my shoulders every few days. Hitting the tanning bed regularly has made the biggest impact. My nipples are sufficiently irritated so I plan on starting letrozole this week.
D
Quick update:
Saturday the 3rd marked the 14 week-out date for the show I've selected, and I started my pre-contest diet on the 4th. For right now, I'm dropping the calories to about 3000 and increasing the cardio from....well, not much, up to something more reasonable. Probably 30 mins 5x a week to start. I will have help on my prep but my trainer is getting ready for his show on Saturday and I don't want to bother him until after it's over.
On another note, we did shoulders yesterday and I pressed 80lb db's for 12 very solid reps. I think my previous high was 65 for 10. Where the fuck did that come from? That was in the morning, too...usually weaker in the morning.
Saturday the 3rd marked the 14 week-out date for the show I've selected, and I started my pre-contest diet on the 4th. For right now, I'm dropping the calories to about 3000 and increasing the cardio from....well, not much, up to something more reasonable. Probably 30 mins 5x a week to start. I will have help on my prep but my trainer is getting ready for his show on Saturday and I don't want to bother him until after it's over.
On another note, we did shoulders yesterday and I pressed 80lb db's for 12 very solid reps. I think my previous high was 65 for 10. Where the fuck did that come from? That was in the morning, too...usually weaker in the morning.
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