Workout Update, end of cycle and update pics
Natadrol Cycle Review
So yesterday marked the end of my 8 week run on Natadrol, below are the pics from 1st July when I started the cycle and this morning.
I think the visual improvement is there IMHO, it's been a great run and I actually think I would have leaned out more and gained some more muscle definition if it were not for my recent injury which prevented me from training until today. I would also say that my diet hasn't been as good as I would have liked probably for the whole of August with the holiday, kids being off school and visiting family, etc ; so all in all i've had a healthy dose of real life during the eight weeks and yet improvements are clear. My weight has pretty much maintained, (starting @ 186lbs) I did drop to 184lbs at one point in the cycle but have put some of that back on over the past two weeks - I am am entirely confident though that I will be dropping the extra very very shortly, and hoping to drop to a new all time low during PCT (fingers crossed!)
In terms of libido, I haven't had any complaints although strangely my one and only customer has neglected to fill in her "customer satisfaction" form, something about it being too onerous to complete :ntome: (i'll work on re-drating it for my next cylcle, i'm not sure she understands the importance of customer feedback). It's fair to say libido was high and no shut down experienced whatsoever, but we should bear in mind that I did run Formadrol all the way through the cycle and now into PCT.
Strength, now that's where it's really telling, unfortunately because I chop and change my workouts soo much it's hard to tell exactly but here are some highlights for you (before injury)
Seated Cable Row 220 to 400lbs
Incline Bench 88 - 110lbs
Deadlift 154 - 187lbs
Squat 176 - 242lbs
Leg Press 330 - 440lbs
Overall guys, a great run and a product that I would recommend to anyone looking for a lean recomp with strength enhancement, now begins PCT!
...and speaking of PCT - having followed so many other logs on AM (as you do) and with my obsession to lean out further, i've decided to make PCT a bit of a mini-stack on it's own!
So after careful consideration, some research and deciding that i'll leave my Pink Asteriod Recreation stack for later when I can maximise/focus on strength again (i don't want to re-injure myself) and after to speaking to the nice chaps at AI, i'll be running the following PCT
Starting today
Post Cycle Therapy
Supp staples (fish oils, cissus, ASGT +AP, Maximuscle protein, green tea, CLA)
Formadrol - using up what i have left should get me around 21 days, dosed as follows
week 1 - 5 week 2 - 4 week 3 - 3
From 1st September for 30 days precisely
AI SWOLE stack (glycobol/Testopro/stoked) - dosed as directed
AI HGHPro - dosed as directed
AI Life Support - dosed as directed (and really part of my staples anyway)
DS Lean Xtreme - Cort control (as directed) 3 per day, 2am pre workout + 1, 4 hrs later BUT on double traning days i.e. TaeKwonDo and Weights, i'll be taking the second dose pre-workout and on non-training days 2 on waking and 1 4 hrs later.
Workout Protocol
Over the next 6 weeks i'm going to be taking a volume based approach to my training, in that hope that lighter weights will help aid recovery, but also assist in my quest to further lean out. The routine I've choosed from my little collection is geared towards building broader shoulders, which of course as we all know is what gives a nice V shape to the body and will hopefully make me look leaner even if i am not! I will be attempting to do each set with the same weight to failure, with the next set being 5 less than the previous set and so for 4 sets (5 if time/stamina allows)
Today's workout was on this basis
Incline Bench
66lbs + smith bar
reps 20/15/10/5
Lateral DB Raise
15lbs
reps 20/15/10/5
Incline Lat Pulldown
99lbs
20/15/10/5
Standing Cable Reverse Flye
5lbs each side (yes you read that correctly and yes that's the best i could do!)
20/15/10/5
Standing Cable Overhead Press with a twist (kinda like a reverse woodchop) really felt it on the obliques and shoulders
5lbs (yes yes the same as above damnit, probably could have got more but would have failed before the 4th set i reckon)
20/15/10/5
Swiss Ball Crunch
25/20/15/10
Swiss Ball Jacknife
25/20/15/10
Swiss Ball Alternating Superman (harder than the look! first time i've done these)
25/20/15/10
Anyway lunch break over and back to work fellas!
but at least no injury pain, great burn during and after workout and sweated like a beast....