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JeffFran9

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training, cardio, supplement, sleep details.
Dear all, as suggested I am writing a persona log with more info.
Age: 28
Height: 5’11
Weight: 168
Years training: 10

I started my fitness journey around 143 and around 20% body fat. After some years training, good diet I reached around 160 with also less body fat, maybe around 14-15%.
Previously I did one cycle that went wrong as I had less information. Shortly after I discovered Dylan and his info and knowledge about everything made me be more responsible before dealing with stuff.
Long story short, I did a cycle and reached around 8% body fat I guess as seen in the picture. Since then, I did not make a cycle and currently I am around 167 around 14 body fat (I only have a video myself recently to see current condition), having gained 20lbs after reaching 8%, with proper dieting, training and sleep.
Nevertheless, important to emphasise I have been playing competition level tennis, as such, getting extremely bigger is out equation for obvious reasons.
My training routine is usually trying to workout gym 4-5 a week. I don’t have a specific weekly schedule as rigid. I try to do 2x a week a given muscle group. In the last two years I changed my training to lower rep changes and higher rest periods. Tried to increase height and did for some time 5x5 training with a slight changes, to only 3-4 sets. That type training, combined with some drop sets after those heavy weights really gave me good results and I gained lot muscle doing this type training, as going to real failure, long rest periods made me challenge myself more. A type training I am also currently doing.
Deadlift is around 240lbs for 2-3 reps currently.
My personal doubt is if I should do a recomp or the traditional cut or bulk at this moment, as I believe to be around 14 body fat. I still think I should gain lot more mass on my arms/shoulder areas but at the same time I believe I should be more shredded.
I was intending to do a cycle of:
1-10: Test 350mg
1-4: oral like superdrol (as Dylan said one best recomp)
And probably something else along the mix.
Training plan would be very similar, maybe increasing frequency on some weak areas and controlling the volume to around 16-22 sets per muscle group.
My current diet consists of meats, fish, vegetables, some fruits and cheese. I estimate around 2200kcal per day.
Macros should be around:
Protein: 190/210
Fats: 85
Carbs: 125
I am currently playing high intensity tennis 1 or 3 times a week for around 1.5/2hours, depending on my schedule and personal life.
The first video is from couple months ago, first photo is after I did a cycle two years ago (last one and 2nd overall), third photo when I reached 8% on my first cycle but a little underweight” and 5 years ago.
 

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training, cardio, supplement, sleep details.
Dear all, as suggested I am writing a persona log with more info.
Age: 28
Height: 5’11
Weight: 168
Years training: 10

I started my fitness journey around 143 and around 20% body fat. After some years training, good diet I reached around 160 with also less body fat, maybe around 14-15%.
Previously I did one cycle that went wrong as I had less information. Shortly after I discovered Dylan and his info and knowledge about everything made me be more responsible before dealing with stuff.
Long story short, I did a cycle and reached around 8% body fat I guess as seen in the picture. Since then, I did not make a cycle and currently I am around 167 around 14 body fat (I only have a video myself recently to see current condition), having gained 20lbs after reaching 8%, with proper dieting, training and sleep.
Nevertheless, important to emphasise I have been playing competition level tennis, as such, getting extremely bigger is out equation for obvious reasons.
My training routine is usually trying to workout gym 4-5 a week. I don’t have a specific weekly schedule as rigid. I try to do 2x a week a given muscle group. In the last two years I changed my training to lower rep changes and higher rest periods. Tried to increase height and did for some time 5x5 training with a slight changes, to only 3-4 sets. That type training, combined with some drop sets after those heavy weights really gave me good results and I gained lot muscle doing this type training, as going to real failure, long rest periods made me challenge myself more. A type training I am also currently doing.
Deadlift is around 240lbs for 2-3 reps currently.
My personal doubt is if I should do a recomp or the traditional cut or bulk at this moment, as I believe to be around 14 body fat. I still think I should gain lot more mass on my arms/shoulder areas but at the same time I believe I should be more shredded.
I was intending to do a cycle of:
1-10: Test 350mg
1-4: oral like superdrol (as Dylan said one best recomp)
And probably something else along the mix.
Training plan would be very similar, maybe increasing frequency on some weak areas and controlling the volume to around 16-22 sets per muscle group.
My current diet consists of meats, fish, vegetables, some fruits and cheese. I estimate around 2200kcal per day.
Macros should be around:
Protein: 190/210
Fats: 85
Carbs: 125
I am currently playing high intensity tennis 1 or 3 times a week for around 1.5/2hours, depending on my schedule and personal life.
The first video is from couple months ago, first photo is after I did a cycle two years ago (last one and 2nd overall), third photo when I reached 8% on my first cycle but a little underweight” and 5 years ago.
@JeffFran9 welcome again and thanks for sharing your Log looking forward to it being updated.

Your log needs more details
we'd like to see actual info
so diet, please post your meals foods and when you eat them and how much like actual meals not generic (i eat veggies , no which kind?)
and training share actual training you're doing so we can follow up
If you don't log what you eat or train now, open NOTES on phone and start recording it there and paste here. Very easy.
you have 125 carbs and you play tennis?

on cycle stay away from superdrol , i would say test and tbol for your size but test and winstrol also an option
 
monstros says you look very raw
that's not a bad thing it means you have a lot of room to grow
 
much props for getting your picture is up
you got some good tightness to your muscles in a lot of room to get bigger
 
you definitely have lean muscle mass and your shredded
I think for you the best look would be to increase your muscle mass
 
Bros for sure you look awesome
what country are you from
Hey brother. I’m originally from Portugal but I’m mixed race.
Regarding the look, I’m not sure… because the photo I am shirtless it was 4/5 years ago when I was my most shredded, so maybe you said my look is awesome according to that photo or the others also?
Current state is in the video doing biceps in the log here.
I’ll post today new updated photos…
 
thanks for posting up these pictures
honestly I think you have a lot of potential
Hey! Why do you think I’ve potential?
I’ll post recent photos today here, in the Log. The most shredded one, as I wrote in the post it was years ago. The other photo and the video are more recently!
Hope to hear your opinions, as besides photos I’ll post training schedule
 
keep pushing you are doing great we're still early
I think you will end up really shredding up and getting some nice muscle I like your base
Thank you for your compliment! I will just upload the new photos now. The one photo without shirt that I already posted here, it is not from now, as I said in the post. I think I must be around 15% body fat at the moment
 
Dear all,
After great feedback and a very warm welcome that I just received in the forum, I’m happy to share more information about my Log and journey.
I will give an overview about my training routine for the upcoming months, similar to what I usually do.
I’ll shift and re introduce 5x5 training, deadlifts, squats, shoulder press and bench. I’ll focus on hitting each muscle twice a weeks, and in some cases 3x with the volume per muscle being adjusted to 22 sets max a week. Moreover, I’ll probably do the big lifts twice a week, once 5x5 and the other day less sets and higher rep range, from 7-12 reps. I usually rest 2.5 to 3m in big lifts and 1 minute half in general
Example of training session (yesterday):
Deadlifts:
175x8
200x7
242x4
242x4
265x3

Shoulder press:
132x8
132x8
175x6

Machine lateral raise:
70x10
82.5x10
Drop set 50x8

Cable bicep curl:
50x8
60x7
Drop set 33x7, 28x7
40x6

Regarding the photos and diet, cycle… I’ll only decide about diet and cycle after feedback from you guys. I had the idea after some comments here to try to do a lean bulk of even recomp (harder). I started last week 350mg test and decided to see how I react and only after I’ll add anything else, also after your opinions. In the photos updated I’ll put it here now, I think I am around 15% body fat. In the last time, recently in my gym I did the body fat measurement, where I can also see the distribution muscle mass and fat mass per muscle group, I was around 14.5. I think I should focus a lot on my weak points, arms and shoulders. However, I lose around 3lbs in my legs due to two main reasons. 1) less leg training in general; 2) I stopped playing tennis as regularly and a lot my muscle came from there in my legs. However, my definition in quads, glutes is insanely good (weird compared with rest body).
 

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So your starting either 350mg test and might add more compounds later ? If I understand that correctly, I wouldn't do it that way, if your gonna run a cycle I'd run everything straight out of the gate, compounds have longer or shorter esters attached, your compounds will be peaking at different times and tossing your hormones all over the place, basically like riding a rollercoaster, I don't like adding things in mid cycle. I would just run everything from the start.
 
Dear all,
After great feedback and a very warm welcome that I just received in the forum, I’m happy to share more information about my Log and journey.
I will give an overview about my training routine for the upcoming months, similar to what I usually do.
I’ll shift and re introduce 5x5 training, deadlifts, squats, shoulder press and bench. I’ll focus on hitting each muscle twice a weeks, and in some cases 3x with the volume per muscle being adjusted to 22 sets max a week. Moreover, I’ll probably do the big lifts twice a week, once 5x5 and the other day less sets and higher rep range, from 7-12 reps. I usually rest 2.5 to 3m in big lifts and 1 minute half in general
Example of training session (yesterday):
Deadlifts:
175x8
200x7
242x4
242x4
265x3

Shoulder press:
132x8
132x8
175x6

Machine lateral raise:
70x10
82.5x10
Drop set 50x8

Cable bicep curl:
50x8
60x7
Drop set 33x7, 28x7
40x6

Regarding the photos and diet, cycle… I’ll only decide about diet and cycle after feedback from you guys. I had the idea after some comments here to try to do a lean bulk of even recomp (harder). I started last week 350mg test and decided to see how I react and only after I’ll add anything else, also after your opinions. In the photos updated I’ll put it here now, I think I am around 15% body fat. In the last time, recently in my gym I did the body fat measurement, where I can also see the distribution muscle mass and fat mass per muscle group, I was around 14.5. I think I should focus a lot on my weak points, arms and shoulders. However, I lose around 3lbs in my legs due to two main reasons. 1) less leg training in general; 2) I stopped playing tennis as regularly and a lot my muscle came from there in my legs. However, my definition in quads, glutes is insanely good (weird compared with rest body).
@JeffFran9 you look great, super powerful hard muscles and you look much leaner
id like to see you train more and update us

and lets see more diet, at least big lift 2 times per week as you plan
 
So your starting either 350mg test and might add more compounds later ? If I understand that correctly, I wouldn't do it that way, if your gonna run a cycle I'd run everything straight out of the gate, compounds have longer or shorter esters attached, your compounds will be peaking at different times and tossing your hormones all over the place, basically like riding a rollercoaster, I don't like adding things in mid cycle. I would just run everything from the start i
So your starting either 350mg test and might add more compounds later ? If I understand that correctly, I wouldn't do it that way, if your gonna run a cycle I'd run everything straight out of the gate, compounds have longer or shorter esters attached, your compounds will be peaking at different times and tossing your hormones all over the place, basically like riding a rollercoaster, I don't like adding things in mid cycle. I would just run everything from the start.

Deadlift needs to be over 300lbs at least
Agree it’s one of my main goals. I only started deadlift around a year ago since I had a back surgery and when playing tennis my lower back, sometimes is in extreme pain.
I think incorporating Deadlifts has limited the pain probably.
In the recent past, in my deadlifts I never really tried very low reps, and I guess that might be why I haven’t reached the 300lbs mark. Last workout I did over 260 for 3 reps so might be a good promising sign for the future
 
monstro wants to see you keep going for the next five years then you will be on stage
 
why don't you post your daily diet and we can tweak it from there
 
So your starting either 350mg test and might add more compounds later ? If I understand that correctly, I wouldn't do it that way, if your gonna run a cycle I'd run everything straight out of the gate, compounds have longer or shorter esters attached, your compounds will be peaking at different times and tossing your hormones all over the place, basically like riding a rollercoaster, I don't like adding things in mid cycle. I would just run everything from the start.
Noah is right.
 
why don't you post your daily diet and we can tweak it from there
I was having 2200kcal and I am thinking to bump to 2500 as I am also changing my training a little and will start cycle soon. I have 4 meals a day, the other depends, on my schedule, work and classes, but generally speaking:

200g of Chicken or red meat
120g Rice or 150g Sweet potato
120g of cauliflower

Post-workout:
1,5 scoop protein (45g)
1 Banana

200g of Chicken or Red meat
150g Rice
120g of cauliflower
2 eggs

1,5 scoop protein
2 slices bread
60g cheese or cottage cheese
15g Peanut butter
40g bacon
100g Tuna
 
the guys are right that's the point of this log run the cycle smart and you will have good results
Do you think 8-12 week clean bulk cycle? I was thinking of 350mg test, an oral for 4 weeks and maybe NPP?
bro post up your diet and training and we can tweak it for you
my training is gonna be now 5 times a week.
I’m gonna do 5x5 on the big lifts every day of those trainings days. One for deadlift, squats, shoulder press and bench. But I will also do those movements twice a week, once on a 5x5 fashion and other traditional 3-4 sets from 6-10 reps and with some drop sets. I’ll try to hit arms and side shoulders 3 times a week, everything else twice a week.
Volume varying from 15-24 sets weekly
 
Why do you prefer deca to npp for example?
@JeffFran9 NPP is better, easier on the body if you ask me

Do you think 8-12 week clean bulk cycle? I was thinking of 350mg test, an oral for 4 weeks and maybe NPP?

my training is gonna be now 5 times a week.
I’m gonna do 5x5 on the big lifts every day of those trainings days. One for deadlift, squats, shoulder press and bench. But I will also do those movements twice a week, once on a 5x5 fashion and other traditional 3-4 sets from 6-10 reps and with some drop sets. I’ll try to hit arms and side shoulders 3 times a week, everything else twice a week.
Volume varying from 15-24 sets weekly
300mgs of test is fine with 200mgs npp and tbol and n2guard dont go higher
you getting it from approved source right?

BUT training, GONNA be? please share more days of what you doing now
 
I’ll post the proposal cycle in the next thread.
Thursday (today) training log:

Deadlifts: 4 sets
155x10
200x5
200x5
242x4

Squats: 4 sets
Three sets 10-8 reps
Last set 155x5

Bench press:
132x12
176x7
176x7
Dropset 88x10

Tricep cable overhead:
2 normal set with 2 drop sets in each set (6 sets)

Tricep V down press:
2 normal set with 2 drop sets in each set (6 sets)
 
I’ll post the proposal cycle in the next thread.
Thursday (today) training log:

Deadlifts: 4 sets
155x10
200x5
200x5
242x4

Squats: 4 sets
Three sets 10-8 reps
Last set 155x5

Bench press:
132x12
176x7
176x7
Dropset 88x10

Tricep cable overhead:
2 normal set with 2 drop sets in each set (6 sets)

Tricep V down press:
2 normal set with 2 drop sets in each set (6 sets)
@JeffFran9 you back in action
more drop sets do it
 
I’ll post the proposal cycle in the next thread.
Thursday (today) training log:

Deadlifts: 4 sets
155x10
200x5
200x5
242x4

Squats: 4 sets
Three sets 10-8 reps
Last set 155x5

Bench press:
132x12
176x7
176x7
Dropset 88x10

Tricep cable overhead:
2 normal set with 2 drop sets in each set (6 sets)

Tricep V down press:
2 normal set with 2 drop sets in each set (6 sets)
Kilos or pounds?
 
nice job man I like the squatting and I like that you added in some bench
 
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