[tomato head]

Ok Kids, support me, critic me, help me slap me, but follow me on this would ya!
Running an 8-week log on HYPERTROP-X by ADVANCED MUSCLE SCIENCE.
First we must give thanks and praise to Laze Dragon and all the folks at AMS for giving a newbe a shot to log one of their Supplements. Now for the plan……In 9 weeks I will be going to St. Thomas for a long over due Vacation. I will use Hypertrop-X to fuel my workouts and get to the best shape I have ever been in. I mean ever!
I Started this last week but didn’t post it till I heard from LD, so I will get caught up on the posts today and keep going.

Stats;
42 Years old as of last Thursday
204lbs as of Tuesday the 20 of May
Still bulking at 3500 calories per day, Eat clean all day and normally taper off carbs at night. Taking in at least 300grams of protein e/d about 50/50 food and whey protein.
Currently in my 4th and final week of an Epistane straight cycle started 20/30/30 and now with one week to go at 40mg, so yes I am cheating for the next week and hope Hypretrop-X will help me keep the gains. I am up 6lbs since starting and no sides at all. LD tells me that Hypertrop-X will work really well with PCT.

Current Supplements
40mg Epistane e/d
Cycle support at bedtime and first thing in the morning.
Cissus powder morning shake
Multi 2x per day
Protein shakes all day
BCAA”s 3 times per day
DHEA off days once in the morning
Hypertrop-X 4 caps 30 min before work out

Up dates will be on
1. Energy levels at the gym and on off days
2. Strength
3. Endurance
4. Mood and general feeling while on and off dose.
5. Overall progress.
6. Golf score.

Workout schedule and split
Day 1 Chest/ light Triceps
Day 2 Back/ light Biceps/ cardio
Day 3 Legs/ Forearms/ Abs/ Cardio
Day 4 Off
Day 5 Shoulders/Rear delts/Traps/ Abs
Day 6 Arms Heavy/ Abs
Day 7 Off day (Golf!)

I will post pics of my old tired a$$ so when I start to look like a god you guys can tell the difference.

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(number of sets does not include warm up set)

Day 1
Chest/ light Triceps/ Abs/ cardio
Flat bench 4 sets pyramid up in weight toped out at 275#
Incline bench 4 sets toped at 275#
Decline bench 4 sets 205#
Incline fly 20/ 25/ 30/ 30#
Decline fly or flat bench fly (will alternate each week) 25/25/30/30
Peck deck burnouts 50 reps drop set start at 130 and finish at 60#

Triceps
Cable “V Bar” pushdowns, 4 sets maxed out at 90#
Rope, 4 sets 80# used same weight all 4 sets slow controlled movements.
Reverse grip cable pull straight bar, 4 sets 100#

Abs 9 total sets and 20min Cardio

Took three Caps today to see how it affected me.
15 minutes later I got the tingles, very cool feeling! First time I have experienced it. Got to the gym 25 minutes after dose and went straight to work with a sense of determination, I would say it could be a placebo affect but the tingles make sure you know where it’s coming from. Felt warmer than normal after two light sets to get started, started to add weight and would normally stop at 245 but felt really good at this point so went up to 275 for 5 reps. Good start to day 1, with each exercise my endurance was up today by the time I got to Triceps I am normally ready to go home but today I had to hold back today and not go too heavy and screw up the second arm day later in the week. Over all a great work out and still did 20min cardio and then went food shopping when I was done. Hit the sack about 5 ½ hours after dose and had no trouble sleeping all night. Looking forward to Back and Bicep work out today.

[Reaper329]

good luck on your run with this. Its a fairly solid product

[Resolve]

Good to see you're up and running. Just gotta, holy **** 50rep dropset?! OUCH! Your chest must burn like a mother when you're done with that.
Dropsets definitely get the job done, especially as a post-exhaustion movement.

Good luck man!

[crader]

Good log so far!

[tomato head]

Originally Posted by Resolve

Good to see you're up and running. Just gotta, holy **** 50rep dropset?! OUCH! Your chest must burn like a mother when you're done with that.
Dropsets definitely get the job done, especially as a post-exhaustion movement.

Good luck man!

Chest burns like the sun! By the time I get to 50 I am down to 30 or 40lbs and crying. I change the grip and seat height each week to keep it changing all the time. Seems to work for me. I have problems with heavy weight, I didn't start training hard till I was 40y/o and what you miss by not keeping up with it all through the years is the conditioning of the core and the tendons and such. It seems like when I try to go too heavy too fast I will always pull or strain something, like my shoulder now so I keep the reps up to stop me from going too heavy.

[tomato head]

Originally Posted by crader

Good log so far!

thanks Crader, I could only hope it will be half of one of your 20 page novel Threads!

[tomato head]

Ok time to get caught up on this this is all from last week. So I will be on track as of today.

Day 2 Back and Light Biceps
Back
Lat pull downs 6 sets first two were light then 4 heavy, max was 210/4
T bar rows 4 sets max was 160/8
Seated cable rows close grip 4 sets max was 210/6
Close grip pull downs 3 sets max was 210/8
Hyperextensions 4 sets

Biceps;
Dumbbell concentration curls, 4 sets max was 40/8
Straight bar curls 3 set Pyramid and one drop set no rest. Max was 85/6
Cable curls chamber bar, 4 sets max was 85/8

Felt very strong today! Took 4 caps and had major tingles, energy levels were way up! I have been feeling a bit lazy in the gym for the past two weeks but have rebounded this week with the help of Hypertrop-X. Stamina was really good today I just wanted to do more and more. Had a good pump on the arms and my back today. Again had energy left over after the training and really tried to spend it at the gym.

[tomato head]

Day 3 Legs and forearms
(I am working with a torn ACL, PCL, and MCL so leg day is sissy day only to build strength for surgery in October I use only one weight no pyramid and only do 10 reps per set……so no giggling!) Took 4 caps today.

Hack squats 3 sets of 10
Leg extensions 3 sets of 10 very light only 50-70 lbs
Leg press 3 sets of 10
Straight leg dead lift 3 sets of 10
Calf raises 4 sets max 185/8

Forearms
Straight bar Curls
Straight bar Reverse curls


I’ll tell you this was First day of legs and I wanted to do soooo much more than I am allowed to do. Given all the knee problems I had a great work out! Charged through the gym doing set after set and I skipped rope between sets. Nice feeling after too, I normally would be spent after legs but I I did forearms with no problem and I find that I have more energy when I get back from the gym too. Shoulders tomorrow.

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Day 4 Shoulders/ Traps

Took 4 caps today and the workout went like this

Dumbbell numbers are each dumbbell.

Military press 5 sets felt strong just have some pain in the shoulder so went lighter today and max was 185lb did that weight for 3 sets
Dumbbell press (Arnolds) 4 sets max was 45lb
Dumbbell lateral raise 4 sets max was 35lb
Straight bar front raise max was 85lb
Upright rows max was 85lb

Traps;
Dumbbell shrugs 4 sets max 105lb
Smith machine behind the back shrugs 4 sets max was 285lb
Cable pulls seated 4 sets of 12 to 15 using rope and 50lb


Due to the shoulder pain I kept it light today but went for reps on all sets. Felt really good, very focused and the endurance was very noticeable today. Each set I did slow and controlled movements, down slowly and exploded through the push. I reduced the time between sets due to the fact that I felt like I was not going long enough at 15 reps. That seemed to help because I had a great pump going. Again even after 20 min of cardio I still had more energy when I got home so I did some cleaning around the house. Hypertrop-X might even make my wife like me again! LOL Tomorrow is an off day so going to rest. Are we supposed to take Hypertrop-X on off days? I’m going to take two at lunch time any way.

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Day 5 Off day

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Day 6 Arm day Heavy

Took 4 caps today, Saturday after cutting the grass went to the gym and felt great!
Workout went like this; I alternate triceps and bicep exercises and usually do two more triceps exercises than biceps.

Warm up sets, light weight 4 sets of rope push downs and 3 sets of dumbbell curls.
French press 4 sets max was 105/6
Reverse grip bench press 4 sets max was 175/12reps
Preacher curls 6 sets, 3 close grip and 3 wide grip max was 95/6 reps
Hammer strength triceps machine 4 sets max was 115/8 reps
Chamber bar curls 4 sets max 105/6 reps
Reverse grip triceps cable pull down 4 sets super set with overhead cable extensions using the rope.
Cable concentration curls 4 sets last set drop set.

8 sets of abs

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Day 7 Golf “I suck” shot a 94 had a lot of fun! No lifting today

[tomato head]

Almost there, just a few days to go.

Day 8 Chest and light Triceps (Memorial Day)

Took 4 caps again today, I seem to be feeling good on the 4 cap dose. I get my training partner back today, Yea! My shoulder is really sore so I will be taking a bunch of weight off today.

Chest/ light Triceps/ Abs
Incline bench 4 sets max was 200/10
Flat bench 4 sets max was 200/8
Decline bench 4 sets max 185/10
Incline fly 4 sets max 30/12
Decline fly 3 sets max 30/12
Peck deck burnouts, only went to 30 on a drop set today.

Triceps:

Rope extensions 4 sets max 110/8 very controlled and slow movements.
Superset over head rope extensions with cable kick backs 4 sets one minute rest between sets.

Great training session today, good pump in the chest and tri’s. My training partner (Paul, the giant sissy that can bench me and my max) asked me if I was ok today because I wasn’t cracking jokes and would jump right back in the bench when he finished his set. I explained to him the powers of Hypertrop-X and now he’s bugging me to try it. I think I will make him for a bit longer so I can enjoy the lime light for a while. Because, that’s what pals do. I had to go to a BBQ after the gym and I had a tone of energy left over still.

[Resolve]

Good update - and props for lifting with a screwed up knee. As far as Off-days go, I have been taking Trop-x on them, but I split the dosage in two, taking 2 pills in the morning, two in the early afternoon. It should help with recovery, but if nothing else, it's a good energy boost.

[tomato head]

Originally Posted by Resolve

Good update - and props for lifting with a screwed up knee. As far as Off-days go, I have been taking Trop-x on them, but I split the dosage in two, taking 2 pills in the morning, two in the early afternoon. It should help with recovery, but if nothing else, it's a good energy boost.

That's how I saw it too, at least I can run around all day and still have something left in the tank.

[crader]

LOL on the friend!!

[LazeDragon]

Nice Work bro


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