posted March 18, 2000 01:40 PM            

Monday was my fifth injection and about the most exciting time of the week. This was because I had just finished drawing all my gear into the syringe when I got a phone call from my sister. She and her husband were out in my driveway - a surprise visit. Holy shit! If you thought Ben Johnson was fast when he took steroids, you should have seen me move. It was kinda funny. They came in and had a look around - noticed my dremel still plugged in. "What's this?" A dremel. "What do you use if for?" Sheet metal. Anyway, after they left I injected and it was probably the most painful injection yet. Don't know why.

I still haven't told anyone that I'm using yet. It was really hard at first because it's so exciting that you want to tell everyone - but I can't. Not even my workout partner. That poor bastard. He see's me making gains almost every workout and he's doing his damndest to keep up. I work with this fella too and he's always complaining about how sore his muscles are and how tired he is on this "new program" I have him doing with me. This steroid cycle is going to benefit him as well and he won't have touched any gear.

People are noticing my size more. I met some old buddies on Thursday that I haven't seen in about a year and one guy said "Are you juicing or something?".

Let's cut to the results:

After almost 3 weeks, I am up to 192lbs (13.5 lbs). This past week I upped the Omna to 500mg/wk (an extra injection). I will do the same next week. As far as sides go, other than a bit of acne, all seems O.K. I haven't noticed any significant hairloss yet, although my scalp seemed itchier this week. My strength has increased. On chest day, I benched 315 on flat bench for 3 reps. My previous PB non-juiced was 315 for 1 rep. It's not that impressive, I know, but it was also my first time doing flat bench in about 6 months because it aggravates the tendonitis in my shoulder. I have found, however, that the increase in strength is putting alot of stress on my joints. My shoulders and knees are taking a beating. I am going to add glucosamine and chondroitin to my supplement stack to see if it helps.

Trying to keep it short...

posted March 18, 2000 01:58 PM            

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