Halodrol Notes

*Bulldog* · 02-26-2006, 09:56 PM

Day 21 on cycle.

Today was a rest day. Yesterday was my back/bi day in the gym. I waited until I was good and rested on Sat afternoon to go in and work out.

I was feeling a little sleepy, so I took a couple trib caps before I went in. If you remember...I've been taking the trib to help with the libido loss from the Novedex. Well the trib I take is Blue Rhino from Controlled Labs. It also has a stimulant in it as well.....natural caffeine, etc. I've more or less eliminated caffeine from my diet, so I am a little hypersensitive to it.....I'm not taking the Blue Rhino everyday either. Dude....I was JACKED in the gym. I actually felt really full of energy....I had a awesome workout.

Now as far as the H-50 goes......WOW. Thats all I can say. My poundages are up on everything.....I felt strong as ****. My wife went to the gym with me.....she hasn't been in about 2 and a half months, because she's been sick or busy. SO she hasn't seen me working out in a while. She said she could hardly believe her eyes. Said I looked huge to her!!!

Looks like I've put about a half inch onto my arms now......and thats while losing body fat.

Week 3 on this stuff has been awesome. I feel like a BEAST!! I have nine days left on this cycle and I can't wait to see how the rest of it goes. After that I'll be taking a little while off from prohormones. I wanna cut down some of the body fat I have so you can see all the new muscle I've built. After that (at least 6-8 weeks or more) I may run either a SD/Prostan cycle or Pheraplex/Prostan cycle.

I really like stacking with Prostanozol (Orastan-E). By itself....you don't see a whole lot going on. But stacked with another PH you see really dry, hard, lean gains. Definitely a winning combo

*Bulldog* · 02-27-2006, 06:21 PM

Well tonight is supposed to be a chest/tri workout night. I actually think I'm going to take tonight as a rest night too. I have a really bad headache and I feel tired. Work just drains me man. I used to work in blue collar/labor type jobs.....they kept me active. Then I went back to school and landed an office job. Working in a damn cubicle in front of a PC all day sucks man. I mean I make good money...have great benefits, etc......but Jesus.....I feel like I sit there and it just sucks the damn life outta me every day. People weren't meant to be so damn sedentary.

I didn't make **** for money when I was a laborer, but at least I was moving around and didn't have to work quite as hard to stay in shape.

Anyway....back to muscle talk. I have some soreness in my biceps from Saturdays workout. It's not bad....just feels like I worked my ass off, which I did

So based on how hard I worked on Sat.....I don't feel too bad about postponing tonight's workout. Besides, I like to take my chest workout super serious.....so I wanna be able to give it 100%. Not gonna be able to do that with a pounding headache and feeling tired......so tomorrow night it'll be for that. If I still feel a little tired tomorrow night (very possible) I'll pop a couple of those Blue Rhino's and that should do the trick.

BTW....my wife told me I looked like a gorilla in the gym the other night.....that was a compliment I think

??? Anyway I'm taking it that way.....gorillas are strong, LOL

**somewhatgifted** · 02-27-2006, 06:43 PM

looking good bulldog how the weight these days? going up down?

Knowbull · 02-27-2006, 06:48 PM

If youre making good money be glad man, a lot of guys wish they could be in your shoes

*Bulldog* · 02-27-2006, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by somewhatgifted

looking good bulldog how the weight these days? going up down?

Hey big guy.....I weighed myself this morning first thing when I woke up. 239lbs. I have DEFINITELY lost body fat, so I am guessing that I have put on a good bit of lean mass. I weighed about 235 when I started this cycle and I had a good bit more BF. Awesome gains as far as I'm concerned. I am very happy with the way things have gone.

How's your cycle going for you man?

*Bulldog* · 02-27-2006, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Knowbull

If youre making good money be glad man, a lot of guys wish they could be in your shoes

I know bro.....and I definitely am very grateful for that. Overall I've got a good job and I'm very lucky.....I just don't know many folks that love 100% of every aspect of their job. If they do they are VERY lucky

**somewhatgifted** · 02-28-2006, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by *Bulldog*

Hey big guy.....I weighed myself this morning first thing when I woke up. 239lbs. I have DEFINITELY lost body fat, so I am guessing that I have put on a good bit of lean mass. I weighed about 235 when I started this cycle and I had a good bit more BF. Awesome gains as far as I'm concerned. I am very happy with the way things have gone.

How's your cycle going for you man?

Id say good, i have M1T and legal gear stack to compare to, waaay less sides than M1T but with waaay less strength. I only gained about 10 pounds on M1T, and have gained aprox 7 pound so far, IF i have lost 2 pounds of fat(which is reasonable). So for 13 days its quite reasonable i can gain another 5- 10 pounds i need 8.5 to reach my goal of gaining 13 pounds on top of my starting weight, while losing 2% body fat. so roughly total gain would total 17 pounds in the positive direction. To date i estimate a positive gain of around 5.5 pounds above start with a 1% decrease in fat (additional 2 pounds) 7.5 pounds LBM gained. With the second week gains being more aggresive this may be attainable but who knows with newer compounds. My nipples are a bit sensitive today but other that headaches occasionally i have no other sides to report.

*Bulldog* · 03-01-2006, 12:32 AM

Well I managed to drag my ass into the gym tonight. Almost didn't make it. I was tired as hell after work....came home and actually fell asleep for a while....which is very unusual for me. I did take a couple Blue Rhino's about an hour before so I would get a lil boost to work out. They helped, but not a whole lot tonight.

My chest workout was only so/so tonight in my opinion. Just wasn't feeling it. I think it was due to 2 things. First.....I was tired as crap so my energy level was not so good. Second was the excercises.....specifically my first group. I used the Hammer Strength bench press tonight for my first 4 sets. The one that you sit upright in and press out and up. I just don't like that machine.....never really have......I keep giving it the benefit of the doubt every now and then and keep remembering that I don't like it when I do use it. I just don't like the hand positions, the movement itself......nothing about it really. I only used it tonight because I just really didn't feel like dragging out the heavy ass dumbells.....that was a mistake.....I get such a better chest pump from them.

I do like the Hammer Strength Incline. I used that for my next 3 sets and got a pretty good upper chest pump from that. Finished up chest with some Flyes and got a good inner pec pump from those.

I worked my tri's next and that always goes well. My tri's are one of my favorite muscle groups and they're pretty strong. They contribute quite a bit to the size of my upper arms. If I can get my bi's more developed, I'll really have a nice set of guns. I'm sitting at about 17 inches right now.....I'd like to get that up to 18 by the end of the year.....preferrably without having to do multiple PH cycles. That being said.....I am thinking that later in the year I'm gonna do a SD/Pros cycle. I really like the way the Prost. contributes to muscle hardness and dryness.

Anyway my tri's were nice and pumped when I was finished working them and they looked great. If I would just get off my ass and lose some body fat, I'd look really good....in MY opinion anyway, lol

Okay here are my day 23 observations. Definite overall size increase in all muscle groups. Some a bit more than others. Moderate strength gains.....still pretty damn happy with them though. Definite body recomp improvement.....that has been a VERY noticeable effect. I wore a sleeveless T-shirt to the gym tonight, usually I just wear a regular t-shirt. I could tell a huge difference in the appearance of my arms tonight. I was actually a little shocked at how much they've improved. My delts looked great....nice and full and round....tri's looked great, very solid and defined.....and bi's (usually a weak spot for me) looked very full and round. I don't spend hours in front of the mirror at home, so it's hard to tell what you look like sometimes. The gyms walls are of course covered with mirrors, so wearing clothing that is a little more revealing makes you take notice of how much your body has changed.

Tomorrow is leg night....my least favorite. Hopefully I will feel more rested, but that's highly doubtful. I wasn't able to take my sleep medication tonight because I didn't have a full 8 hours I could devoted to rest tonight. I have to make sure I can get up in the morning for work. So needless to say the insomnia is pretty wicked tonight. I'm typing this post at 12:30 am. Tomorrow is gonna be rough. If I feel too sleepy, then I'll just take my sleep med early tomorrow night, get a good nights sleep and workout Thurs, Fri, and Sat. I'm off on Friday and I don't have to work weekends, so those SHOULD be great work out days. I love being able to wake up when I feel like it and go to the gym when I feel like it. I'm an animal in there those day.....toss around the weights like they're nothing......that is the best feeling.

Take it easy folks.....be back with more later

*Bulldog* · 03-01-2006, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by somewhatgifted

Id say good, i have M1T and legal gear stack to compare to, waaay less sides than M1T but with waaay less strength. I only gained about 10 pounds on M1T, and have gained aprox 7 pound so far, IF i have lost 2 pounds of fat(which is reasonable). So for 13 days its quite reasonable i can gain another 5- 10 pounds i need 8.5 to reach my goal of gaining 13 pounds on top of my starting weight, while losing 2% body fat. so roughly total gain would total 17 pounds in the positive direction. To date i estimate a positive gain of around 5.5 pounds above start with a 1% decrease in fat (additional 2 pounds) 7.5 pounds LBM gained. With the second week gains being more aggresive this may be attainable but who knows with newer compounds. My nipples are a bit sensitive today but other that headaches occasionally i have no other sides to report.

Sounds like you're getting some good results brother. Keep at it. Just wait til you see how you're feeling in the third week. This stuff really does get off to a slow start, but things get good in the second week and awesome in the third. The gains are gradual, but steady....they build more and more each week. And the lack of real sides makes this a great compound in my opinion.

airdog2k · 03-01-2006, 12:24 PM

Hey Bulldog, great log man! You've got me considering a H50 cycle in the near future.

A few questions for you. I ran a SD cycle a couple months back. Had great gains, but I experienced some pretty bad flu-like symptoms and BAD joint/tendon pain. Have you experienced any of this on H50? THe tiredness you're experiencing, is this normal for you, or do you think it may be a result of the Halodrol?

Thanks in advance for any help, and keep up the good work brotha!

BHERTZ · 03-01-2006, 12:36 PM

In addition to airdog's question - has anyone experienced any gyno or anything of the sort while on H50??

I am starting to get super nervous that my methyldrol/4AD left with me some small lingering gyno. If i lean against the preacher curl for example it hurts, but the nips themselves arent overly sensitive.

If i do another cycle anytime I soon i want to make sure its not going to lead to nasty gyno or anything.

*Bulldog* · 03-01-2006, 12:55 PM

Hey Airdog2k and Bhertz.......glad you guys are enjoying the log

In reference to questions that both of you have....

--I haven't really experienced any flu-like symptoms at any point during my cycle. I do have some joint pain, but I've always had some joint pain....I also have some osteoarthritis thanks to some bones that I broke.....also the Orastan-E (Prostanozol) that I'm on, has been reported to "dry-out" joints for some people. Overall I don't think that any of the products I am taking are contributing to any joint pain or inflammation. I take Glucosamine/Chondroitin to help keep my joints healthy and I have a prescrption for Celebrex to help with inflammation. So my answers to those questions would be No on the flu-symtoms and No on the joint pain.

--The tiredness I am feeling is completely natural for me. I suffer from really bad insomnia. I only recently got a prescription for Lunesta to help me get better sleep at night. Plus I work long hours and have to work out late in the evening.....all of that causes my tiredness......I don't think the H-50 contributes to it at all.

--Gyno......Nope, haven't seen a trace of it yet....and hopefully won't. I really haven't heard of too many (or any really) people reporting Gyno issues with this compound, however, individual results may vary and if you are genetically prone to it....who knows? I've read several threads that people have reported gyno as a result of using 4ad.......H-50 however appears to be more or less side effect free......so far for me anyway.

Hope that helps guys. Try it out....I think you'll like it a lot. I really like the way the Orastan stacks with it.

RipdnTxs · 03-02-2006, 12:51 PM

Great log, I,v been following yours and Dreams logs, u guys got me itchin to buy some, the lack of sides is really a nice suprise considering the sides some of the others carry......

**DreamWeaver** · 03-02-2006, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by RipdnTxs

Great log, I,v been following yours and Dreams logs, u guys got me itchin to buy some, the lack of sides is really a nice suprise considering the sides some of the others carry......

The lack of sides is the only reason I decided to try it. I'm not interested in having to deal with raisin nuts or prostate or liver problems. I'm too damn old for that crap. Another thing I like is that the gains are lean and mean. A great cycle product for cutting as well. The fat is still melting off 4 days after the cycle, my waist keeps on shrinking and I'm still very hard.

*Bulldog* · 03-02-2006, 11:25 PM

So tonight was my leg night. Another average workout in my opinion, although my leg days are never that great as far as I'm concerned. Too much pain in my knees and left ankle.....I feel like the damn Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz sometimes. Where's my oil can....creak, creak, creak, lol

I'm happy though because my work week (jobwise) is officially OVER!!

I'm off tomorrow and have nothing to do for the weekend. I can take my time and go to the gym tomorrow and Sat when I feel like it. I love that.....my workouts are so much better when I am afforded that luxury.

SO........I've got a few observations for you guys about me, my cycle, and how I'm feeling.

First.....my cycle has gone really well. I'm closing in on the end of it now and I honestly feel like the Halodrol was worth the money. I'm really happy with the gains I've gotten and what the compound has done for my body.

That being said.....if there is one part of Gaspari's Maximus Stack that I don't really care for, it's the Novedex. For me the stuff has been an anti-sex drug. My libido went from high to crap basically as soon as I went on the stuff. I've taken some Trib here and there to help with it, and it does.....but only for a few hours after I take the Trib. I'm really not too into the way the Novedex is making me feel. I think the next time I run a PH cycle I am going to leave out the ATD/AI products and just go with Nolva, a Cortisol blocker and support supps. I have mixed feelings about ATD's lately anyway. I don't really wanna get too into it because thats really not what this thread is about.....just sharing my feelings on it. The Maximus Stack guidelines call for me to up my dose of Novedex to 4 caps per day next week. I don't think I'm going to go that high. I'm currently at 3 caps per day and I think thats as high as I'm going to go.

My training.......it's been too much. Flat out end of story. It's really just occurred to me that I've more or less been training pretty hard since last Sept. That's about 6