EasyEJL freshly BulletProof goes on the Assaualt (sponsored MusclePharm log)

[crader]

You know if I'm ever in Florida I want to see that sweet little angel!

 

[EasyEJL]

How far is sandusky ohio from you or where the arnold is? was watching tv tonite, saw the kalahari waterpark, and might be worth going on vacation to. Need to find something in the continental US this year...

Tonite will be my last dose of bulletproof, I think assault will make it to saturday.

 

[crader]

Sandusky is 2 hrs from me and the Arnold. Actually there is quite a bit to do in that area. We stay at an awesome bed and breakfast near there. He has a wing with a jacuzzi tub and 2 seperate rooms in the same private wing. Makes killer belgan waffles for breakfast.

There is Cedar Point amusement park. Kalahari is super nice, like its own private city..lol.

There is a drive thru animal safari, the islands (put in bay) but thats more adult. A cool skating rink with a haunted house thats open all year round. Quite a bit of things actually.

 

[Trauma1]

and the superbowl is here this year. when was the last time a team had a superbowl home game?

Yeah, and thankfully i won't be working that night right across the street at St. Joes Hosp. I already made sure to be part of the madness, rather than taking care of it! I kid, haha.

Nice log easy. I'm enjoying the products as well.

 

[EasyEJL]

Sandusky is 2 hrs from me and the Arnold. Actually there is quite a bit to do in that area. We stay at an awesome bed and breakfast near there. He has a wing with a jacuzzi tub and 2 seperate rooms in the same private wing. Makes killer belgan waffles for breakfast.

There is Cedar Point amusement park. Kalahari is super nice, like its own private city..lol.

There is a drive thru animal safari, the islands (put in bay) but thats more adult. A cool skating rink with a haunted house thats open all year round. Quite a bit of things actually.

Yeah, it was Kalahari that was on the travel channel. Looked cool. We're broke now so cant do a vacation in the next couple months, but my wife gets her bonus in feb or so, so the money would be there to bring the family along for the arnold

 

[crader]

Well in that case, you would want to do Fort Rapids. It is 20 min from the Arnold. They have some cool suites that are geared for kids in your room. So attached to your room but built so the kids "feel" like they are getting their own space. It is not as big as Kalahari but they still have a ton of stuff to do and its close enough to do the Arnold.
www.fortrapids.com

It is also cheaper than the Kalahari.

 

[EasyEJL]

well, my 12 yo hurt herself during gym today, so I had to go home and get her which allowed me to make up a little for no workout this whole weekend...

incline db press superset with concentration curl
55x10-30x12, 65x4-30x10, 45x18-20x20

incline fly superset with arnold press
20x20-20x14, 25x17-15x9, 25x19-15x13

decline machine press superset with reverse incline fly
70x14-15x19, 70x16-15x18, 70x12-15x17

flat machine press superset with zottman curls
70x17-15x16, 70x13-15x16, 70x9-15x14

and that was all I had in me, serious pump but alas, also the last dose of assault.

 

[crader]

Hope she was not hurt too bad!

 

[EasyEJL]

Final impressions:

Assault - I was happily surprised. I initially thought it was going to be similar to other preworkouts and yet it had a different edge to it. Stim free for one which I needed as i abuse my adrenals too much, as well as including Suma Root. I noticed a great pump and good intraset recovery every workout with it, and also kept that "thick" feel in the worked muscles for a good number of hours after workouts, similar to midway thru an x-factor cycle. Was really a nice feeling and I was quite surprised how both morning and evening workouts were without any stims. The only downside I saw honestly was pricing - on the musclepharm website its listed at $69.99 which is extreme. However there are regularly coupon codes available from Musclepharm, and I've seen some as high as 50% off the list price. At $35 a tub, the assault is a great buy. At 1 scoop preworkout, and 1/2 scoop other days a single tub lasts 6 weeks. I played with higher dosing for a week and found that I liked the workout about the same with 1 to 2 scoops, but definitely liked taking 3/4 to 1 scoop better on nonworkout days as a kickstart for my morning. So I'd think that a tub would last somewhere from 30-35 days depending on your workout schedule which is a bargain for $35. Another thing worth mentioning was no stomach upset even at higher doses. I'm likely picking up a tub particularly for use in evening workouts as it gives great non-stim assist. I also am considering it as a potential for regular use, as I definitely noticed something different with the suma root.

Bulletproof - I sadly didn't enjoy bulletproof as much as I had hoped, some of it was viruses fault, some of it my own. I believe I even mentioned at the start of the log shaking the container pre-usage and yet i kept forgetting to do that after the first day. my first week of use was great and about everything I expected and then it tapered off rapidly as far as putting me to sleep in the first place. It did continue to help me stay asleep to some extent and fall asleep after waking for the toilet. Also during this time however I was regularly woken up at night for all but the last week to 10 days of the log by one of 3 sick children - started with the baby, moved to the 12yo then finally to the 4yo, and the baby took the longest to get over it. So my sleep was screwed regardless, but i really didn't get much of the GABA flush and drowsiness after the first week, even after taking 3 days off and starting again. So I think not shaking each time probably had the gaba sift to the top with the container getting moved around casually on the counter, leaving that first week heavy on gaba, but the rest of the time light on it. Soooo I'm not sure entirely at this point whether bulletproof was a great product or not, and not sure whether i'll buy it in the future. I might to try again when none of the kids are sick and also remember to shake it daily if I do. at $35 with the sale I'm right on the fence about ordering some along with some assault to try again myself. Just money is tight with my daughter trying to raise money for a school trip and christmas coming up, car license renewal etc.

Overall i'd say Musclepharm has done a quite nice job with their initial launch, and i'd be willing to bet they will do well going forwards.

 

[EasyEJL]

Hope she was not hurt too bad!

nah, they were playing cheerleader and I guess she was doing the stand on two other girls knees thing and as she was dismounting she fell. some bumps and bruises but mostly it just hurt for that first hour or so

 

[pmiller383]

Thanks for the final review Easy, Im glad you liked the Assault. Sorry to hear the BP just didn't do it for you, but we will have to give it another go in the future with a more systematic dosing scheme. The GABA tolerance can be built up rather quickly which will kill the sleep inducing effects of the BP but you still get the recovery effects from the HMB and Suma. Anyways thanks again for the honest and insightful review.

 

[EasyEJL]

I had really high expectations for bulletproof too I did have minimal DOMS throughout, with them being a little worse when I was taking a few days off the bulletproof. It may be that my really high expectations were a part of it as well.

 

[Royd The Noyd]

Good log Easy. Now get your ass on cycle and rage with me.

 

[EasyEJL]

so even though the assault + bulletproof are over, i'll still use this space for the next little bit to keep track of my workouts

today I used ragnarok stim free + red blood from CMI preworkout for no stims

wide grip lat pulldown superset with standing db triceps ext superset with upright rows
90x20-25x10-25x18, 90x19-15x16-25x16, 90x17-15x13-25x11

high rows superset with incline db press superset with triceps pushdown
90x18-45x18-90x8, 90x15-45x9-70x14

and phooey that was enough. tired, hungry, and serious pump anyhow

 

[EasyEJL]

organic coffee, pancakes and eggs as preworkout supps

machine squats superset with incline db press superset with concentration curls
90x15-50x13-25x20, 180x11-60x8-25x19, 250x7-50x8-25x17

incline fly superset with alternating hammer curls superset with standing db shoulder press
25x22-25x13-25x8, 30x18-20x14-20x9

decline fly superset with upright row superset with alternating zottman curls
25x20-25x12-15x16, 30x15-20x18-20x14

flat fly superset with reverse curls
20x22-20x13, 25x20-15x15

felt nice!

 

[Steveoph]

Easy you did realize there's caffeine in the Assault right? It's just listed under other ingredients, but I imagine there's close to the standard 200mg/serving.

 

[EasyEJL]

hmm yeah, it just didn't feel like it

 

[EasyEJL]

so preworkout was 2 ALRI primed ulta, periworkout was 10g alcar + intrabolic

wide grip pulldowns superset with reverse fly superset with standing db triceps ext
90x20-20x20-20x22, 160x13-30x12-30x9, 220x4-30x10-30x8 , 210x5-25x9-25x8

lying leg curls superset with skullcrushers superset with high rows
70x12-63x12-90x18, 70x13-63x10-110x16, 90x5-63x10-130x9, 70x6-63x7-90x13

and done. my lower back hurts a little from the leg curls but other than that I feel great

 

[EasyEJL]

late nite mixed workout

incline db press superset with ez curls
45x18-63x16, 65x4-63x15, 55x7-63x15, 45x8-63x12

zottman curls superset with incline fly superset with reverse incline fly
25x16-25x16-25x8, 25x14-15x25-15x14, 25x11-15x16-15x11

wide grip pulldowns superset with standing tricep db ext superset with upright row
90x22-15x18-25x16, 90x19-15x14-25x14, 90x16-15x13-25x9

incline db press superset with incline fly (my chest wasn't feeling done)
50x9-15x22, 40x7-15x14

and done. whew. i bet i'll have doms friday morning

 

[EasyEJL]

so on 9/28 I measured in as

today at 198 i'm

Chest 43.5
L bi 14.5
R bi 14.5 (a hair bigger, maybe 5/8)
L forearm 11.25 (between 1/4 + 1/2)
R forearm 11.5
waist at pants 36
waist at belly button 36.25 but these are after breakfast, so maybe a bit off
shoulders 49.25

Although a little late, today i'm at

198

Chest 43.5 -> 44.25 + .75
L bi 14.5 -> 14 5/8 + 1/8
R bi 14.5 (a hair bigger, maybe 5/8) no change
L forearm 11.25 (between 1/4 + 1/2) 11 5/6 + 1/4
R forearm 11.5 no change
waist at pants 36 no change
waist at belly button 36.25 but these are after breakfast, so maybe a bit off no change
shoulders 49.25 no change


the chest is more from lat width than pecs, which is fine by me

 

[EasyEJL]

well, my wrist has been hurting since wed, so I had to go a little light, but did a bit more TUT style and slowed my negatives

incline press superset with incline hammer curls superset with reverse incline fly
40x16-25x15-25x13, 50x11-25x15-25x10, 50x6-25x11-25x7, 40x9-25x10-15x14

incline fly superset with concentration curls superset with coleman lateral raises
25x18-25x11-25x7, 25x16-25x4 (wrist pain was too much)-15x12, 25x17-0-15x13, 25x13-0-15x8

decline machine press superset with decline fly superset with front raise
70x22-25x20-10x12, 90x18-25x19-10x11, 120x12-25x17-10x10, 120x7-25x12-10x7

and whew

 

[pistonpump]

hey easy you really loving that supersuperset style of training? its gotta be good for fat loss seeing how you keep the heartrate up more that way. how is your cardio going?

 

[EasyEJL]

no cardio still I like the superset style, mostly because i'm so compressed for time all the time. Between work, family, etc its hard for me to fit in the workouts (which is also why no cardio)

 

[pistonpump]

no cardio still I like the superset style, mostly because i'm so compressed for time all the time. Between work, family, etc its hard for me to fit in the workouts (which is also why no cardio)

well that isnt going to help you in your goals....... maybe you could get on some shred matrix

 

[EasyEJL]

or something its a drag, i'm trying to work things out so I do have the time again, but at this point it means either less sleep or less time with my kids. so neither of those is good

 

[pistonpump]

or something its a drag, i'm trying to work things out so I do have the time again, but at this point it means either less sleep or less time with my kids. so neither of those is good

yeah man, gotta do what you gotta do. i totally understand.

 

[EasyEJL]

I think I might have to do a month of minimal strength training just to maintain and spend the time on cardio instead. It might be my best option. its either that or do one of those velocity diets again

 

[Steveoph]

I think I might have to do a month of minimal strength training just to maintain and spend the time on cardio instead. It might be my best option. its either that or do one of those velocity diets again

Or some HIIT :head: Brutal stuff, I've turned it into 25s on/50s rest, 10 sets, Upped the intensity, it's 13.5 minutes from hell. I'm still bulking up though, I'm finishing PRIME then cutting time!

 

[crader]

I hear you on the lack of time. My kids are complaining about going to the gym all the time. I have to cut cardio out most nights. My saving grace is the fact that the plyo and supersets keep my heart up and fat gain has been minimal.

 

[EasyEJL]

I think maybe come january depending on where i'm at i'll do a month of just a full body workout saturday, and then do HIIT cardio 3-4 x during the week

 

[EasyEJL]

quickie back workout
wide grip pulldowns superset with db tricep ext superset with upright rows
90x22-25x15-25x16, 130x11-25x11-25x14, 130x11-25x13-25x13

high rows superset with incline reverse fly superset with ez-bar standing triceps ext
130x8-15x16-63x9, 110x9-15x14-63x8, 110x11-15x15-63x9

and done, a nice quick 1/2 hr workout. I'm going to try and do 4 days a week, 2 quick weekday workouts tues + thurs, and 2 long workouts sat + sun

 

[EasyEJL]

204 today

total change of workout style starting now too since i'm bulking
flat db press
50x5, 65x5, 70x5, 75x3, 65x5

incline db press
55x5, 60x5, 65x5, 70x1, 55x5

incline fly
40x5, 42.5x5, 45x3, 40x5, 40x4

decline machine press
120x5, 140x5, 160x5, 160x5, 170x6

flat db fly
25x15

and i bet i'm going to have some good DOMS tomorrow

 

[EasyEJL]

legs today, for the first time in a while. I didn't overdo them, next week i'll do a little more

machine squats
180x5, 250x5, 250x5, 250x5, 250x5

leg extensions
50x5, 70x5, 90x5, 90x5, 90x6

leg curls
70x5, 70x5, 70x5, 70x5, 70x5

 

[crader]

AHHH just reading about your leg day was enough of a workout for me. Now I can skip legs on Monday..woohooo!!!

 

[EasyEJL]

i've been skipping them for too long next week i'll add in lunges and SLDL, and go a bit heavier on the squats. I could probably have gone as much as 100 lbs heavier on the squats, but wanted to work my way back up

 

[EasyEJL]

early morning back + shoulders. tried new NO Shotgun (v3) and wow, it no longer tastes like puke! and it was nowhere near as jittery nasty feeling as v1.

wide grip pulldowns superset with seated military press
180x5-70x5, 180x5-80x5, 180x5-90x4,180x5-80x6

high rows superset with reverse fly
140x5-25x5, 150x5-25x5, 160x5-25x5, 170x4-25x5, 150x5-25x6

db sldl superset with upright rows
45x5-37.5x5, 55x5-37.5x5, 65x5-37.5x6

lateral raises superset with front raises
25x5-25x almost 1 hahaha-15x6, 25x6-15x6, 25x5-15x7

and done. hard to do early morning workouts, but the NO shotgun worked nicely and kicked in fast

 

[pistonpump]

does this mean you are done with the assault and bulletproof?

 

[EasyEJL]

yeah, I've been done with them for at least 2 weeks now, just using the same log since i havent really settled on what i'm doing next to start a new log

 

[EasyEJL]

nothing preworkout today

chest + some bis

flat db presses
60x5, 65x5, 70x3 (not due to strength, but wrist pain), 60x5, 60x5

decline machine press
160x5, 170x5, 180x5, 185x5, 185x7

flat db fly
40x5, 40x5, 40x5, 40x5

hammer curls
40x5, 40x5,40x5

concentration curls
40x4 (wrist pain), 35x6, 35x8

incline db press
55x6, 45x10,45x12

incline fly
25x20, 25x11

 

[EasyEJL]

1 1/2 servings of NO3 Overload from cmi preworkout as I was feeling a little low energy at 5pm when I started

machine squats
180x5, 250x5, 300x5, 320x3 (stopped because lower back started to tighten up)

french press
63x5, 73x5, 73x5, 73x5, 73x6

leg extensions superset with standing db triceps ext
90x5 - 30x5, 110x5-30x5, 120x5-30x5, 120x5-30x7

lying leg curls superset with skullcrushers
90x5-73x5, 90x4-73x5, 80x5-73x5, 80x4-73x4

not bad, not spectacular. wasn't in the mood to do any more legs afterwards had been thinking about stepups and / or lunges, but wasn't into it

 

[EasyEJL]

well, thurs I did back + shoulders but can't recall what i did today was chest

flat machine bb press
90x6, 140x6, 140x6, 140x6, 140x6 (not sure what bar weight is, guess around 30 but these are just plate weights)
followed with no rest on last set by flat db fly 30x12

incline db press
55x10, 55x8, 45x11 followed with no rest by incline fly 20x15

decline machine press
140x8, 140x8, 140x9 followed with no rest by decline fly 20x16

flat db fly 20x20

and done.

 

[crader]

Looking good in here!

 

[Mjolnir]

awesome thread, i know its a little old, but just wanted to say I am now buying some Assault and Bulletproof. I just got my samples of the whole muscle pharm line. Cant wait to do a full cycle.

 

[EasyEJL]

i'm sure you'll enjoy it. The assault was really nice, and bulletproof was decent. I should have shook it each day

BTW for all, i haven't worked out since my last entry here. turns out my wrist issue is a combo of tendonitis and thumb arthritis... so I got a cortisone shot and am just relaxing for a bit to see what happens. I'll likely start up with really light weights and do TUT style soon tho

 

[Mjolnir]

Awesome so I should make sure I shake the bulletproof every night. I will remember that, thanks.

 

[crader]

i'm sure you'll enjoy it. The assault was really nice, and bulletproof was decent. I should have shook it each day

BTW for all, i haven't worked out since my last entry here. turns out my wrist issue is a combo of tendonitis and thumb arthritis... so I got a cortisone shot and am just relaxing for a bit to see what happens. I'll likely start up with really light weights and do TUT style soon tho

A cortisone shot! I bet that hurt!

Hope you can get back to where you want to be soon. How was Christmas?

 

[EasyEJL]

christmas was cool, my wife's younger step brothers came to visit (13 + 15) and their mom also came for a few days as well, so the house was hectic and lively the whole time. I took all of last week off.

Dave is up to right about 25lbs now at 8 months....

 

[crader]

8 months already..he is growing up so quick!

 

[EasyEJL]

he had fun he looks like its his second christmas damn is he big

 

[crader]

LOL he is a big boy! I love that big smile!! He is going to be a heartbreaker.