Hi all, I have had 2 gym days so far this week without caffeine. I stopped caffeine Saturday so I've been off for 4 days now.
No cramps so far in the gym. I think I was having a bad reaction to the caffeine. Things are going pretty well in the gym considering I took a whole week off! My cardio conditioning suffered a little but strength looks good so far. I did 4 bar muscle-ups in a row which is the most I've done so far, I did 3 once before but they felt easier this time.
Another thing I noticed since cutting out the caffeine is my heart feels better. I didn't even notice my heart at all. Normally it sometimes feels like it's beating out of my chest or even a little sore like it's overworked or something. The last couple of days in the gym I have had a hard time catching my breath and getting enough air (cardio conditioning?) but have not even noticed my heart at all, it's just doing its thing with no problems. I think the caffeine is bad news for me, at least in the doses I was taking. So for the time being I will completely be off caffeine during this cycle.
Another very noticeable thing, however, is an increase in appetite. I feel like I want to eat everything in the house. Last night for example I had a nice reasonable paleo dinner after working out, probably around 500 calories. Then I couldn't sleep, all I could think about was how hungry I was. So I got up and had a bowl of steel cut oats with a scoop of protein powder and a little butter in it. I call it "broatmeal" haha... Protein oatmeal, bro... After 1 bowl I still couldn't take it and I ate a 2nd bowl! Yikes. So I totaled it up, that was about 700 more calories!
I'm not sure if I should be worried, I guess if I chalk this next few weeks on LGD off as a "bulking cycle" then I don't need to feel guilty, after all, I didn't eat more than 2500 calories total yesterday, even though I felt like I pigged out (big lunch, big dinner, etc). 2500 calories is not a ton for someone my size if you're trying to put on muscle right? I think just so I don't stress out too much, I will allow myself 3 or 4 weeks of "bulking" mode while I'm testing out this LGD stuff, and then worry about cutting after that. I know how to lose weight, I've lost over 60 lbs so far this year, I can always cut after this.
I'd prefer to gain muscle mass while cutting fat but I hear that is very hard to do... The hunger though on LGD seems greatly increased and it's much harder for me to control what I eat.
Another thing I wanted to mention: This might be my imagination, but I feel like maybe recovery is a bit accelerated on LGD so far. Take yesterday for example. We did squat cleans which worked my legs pretty hard. Normally, I get DOMS, my legs would usually not be sore the day I lifted, just tired, then sometimes they would only be a little sore the next day, then the day after that they would be very very sore. Well, yesterday, just a couple hours after doing the squat cleans, my legs were already very sore, tender, and burning, as if a day or two had passed already. By the time I went to bed I was thinking, holy cow, I am not going to be able to walk tomorrow I'm so sore! However, I ate a bunch of protein and oatmeal like I mentioned earlier before bed, then I also drank a gallon of water before going to sleep. The next morning, my legs are still sore but they are much much less sore than they were last night, they feel like they recovered significantly during the night. That seems faster than usual to me. We'll see if this trend continues but it would be great if this stuff makes me recover faster!
Oh I forgot to mention, I also took an extra 2mg of LGD-4033 with my protein and oatmeal before bedtime. Just trying to do whatever I could think of to improve recovery during the night. I figured if my legs stayed as sore as they were I wouldn't be able to work out the next day at all!
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