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I originally planned this as a pulse cycle because 1) never did a SERM before; 2) a good cycle is a lot of fun and wouldn’t mind a good reason to string it out longer. That’s how it started but I’ve got the post cycle therapy now, tamoxifen and Torem. I haven’t decided which to use. Past experience is mostly with the older PH’s like 1AD. I did a sdrol/epi cycle last September but then got a sinus infection which screwed things up. I’ve been seriously (obsessively?) lifting for 33 yrs.

Logic
I’ve tried Epi before and I want to try Phera. I combined the two because Epi is a class 1 and Phera is a class 2. Phera is wet and Epi is dry, I don’t really want a lot of extra water weight. From what I understand, Phera is highly androgenic, EPI’s ratio is 90/1200. Even though they are both methyls, Epi is supposed to be relatively mild and they may complement each other.

Goals by the end of post cycle therapy.
Weight -------Start -----Approx. Goal -Comment
Height --------5’5”--
Body weight--186 ------195
Bench --------260x7---315x8 --- 315x3 is normal for me. I’ve done 395 My bench dropped the week before Christmas so my starting weight is below normal for me.
V squat ------ 685x6 --700x8 - A shoulder injury makes normal squats near impossible.
Dead lift ----- 505x2 --525x6 - I did 525x2 last May w/o anything hormonal.
Arms ---------17 ------17.5
Chest -------- 46.5 ---- 48
Waist -------- 36 -------36 - I’m not too worried about gaining; I just may have to plan a cutting cycle.
Legs ----------25.5 --- 26.5

Current plan:
First 10 days: started 12/26 as a pulse 30mg @of phera and epi on lifting days, 4 days
Final 46 days (6.5 wks): on lifting days same does as the pulse was, on other days 15 phera/10 epi.


Support supps:

Day time -------- Amount
acetyl-carnitine --- 1gm-
Multi vitamin--
Mass FX-------------3 to 4 caps -
Na Rala ----------- .400mg -Great stuff, wish it wasn’t so expensive
bcaa ---------------- 50 gms-
cissus -------------- Up to 6 gms-As needed depending on how I feel
creatine ------------ 6 gms-
Glucosamine/chondroitin-2 gms-
Long Jack ---------- Up to 1.0 gm-As needed depending on how I feel
omega -3 ---------- 6 gms-
nettle -------------- 500 mgs-
vitamin c--
whey--------------- 120 gms -
Norvasc for hbp --- 10 mgs-I did 6 weeks of hawthorne berry, celery seed extract and coq10 and my BP was still higher than it should be (didn’t change at all) so I went to my family doc for a script.

Night -I’m a major insomniac, I’ll do almost anything for a good night’s sleep.
Arginine Pyroglutamate/lysine-3 gms/1.5 gms
Gaba – 6 to 12 gms
Zinc/magnesium-
Melatonin - 2 gms
Lunesta - 3 gms

post cycle therapy-
Tamoxifen or Torem I’ve got both, but haven’t decided
Retain2 As directed
Hyperdrol x2 As directed


Food: Average/day
Total cals ------------------------- Fat;Carbs;Protein
3000 (about 1000 over maintenance) 91g;234g;313g


Other effects-
Appetite-Way up, eating like a pig most of the time.
Libido -Way up
Work outs-Great, focused, back up to pre-slump weights, no back pumps
Sleep-A little disturbed, but that’s not unusual for me.
Shedding-I’ve not noticed any, but maybe that’s because I’m half-way there as it is.
Mood-I feel great most of the time, but probably a little less patient.


Current Stats as of 01/08
Weight Change
Body weight-192 -------- +6lbs, I’m guessing 1 or 2 lbs of muscle.
Bench ----- 305x4 -------- About +35 lbs
V squat --- 685x8--------- +2 reps
Dead lift--- Too soon to tell, I only do them every other week
Arms------ 17 1/8--------- +1/8
Chest----- 46.5 ----------- 0
Waist----- 36 3/8 -------- +3/8

I have a detailed log attached. Lifts are pretty much back to what they were a month ago. So far this feels like one of my better cycles, so much nicer than my short sdrol/epi, so much more promising than Halodrol was. If I do sdrol again it will be as a pulse.

I can give some more details of my training, but I figured not risk info overload at this point.

Any advise is appreciated.

Thanks
DB

BTW - this is just a role play, I would never really do such a thing.
 

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Day 13

End of day 13. Just a half hr of cardio; not my favorite thing to do but a necessity. Dose was 15mg Phera at 5:00am and 10mg Epi at 3:30 pm. Felt good, cardio was good.
Calories: Total 2707; fat 76g; carbs 174g; protein 338g (I'm using fitday)

Back was great yesterday, overall not a lot stronger, but a good work out: strong and focused. The details are in the file attached. I’ll do the rest of the details in my post from now on; I just got a late start. Anyway, for example, I did bent over rows with 130 lb dumbbells for sets of 12, 10, and 10 which is 5 lbs more than I usually do.

I’m looking forward to chest tomorrow. I think chest and back are my 2 favorite workouts. I did 305x3 last week, hoping for 310x4 or 5 tomorrow. 5 would put me back to my high of this summer and fall with 6 weeks still to go. Tomorrow my doses will be 15 phera around 6:00am and 12:00pm and the 30 mg of epi at the end of my workout around 6:00-6:30pm.

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Day 14

dose 30 phera, 30 epi
weight 191 -1lb I haven't eaten as much as I should the last couple days, plus I didn't sleep well last nite, 5hrs again, second Wednesday in a row, other days are fine. My first thought are the phera and epi doses but I only took 15 mg Phera and 10 of epi yesterday.

Anyway, lifts were still good, today was chest.
Bench +5 lbs
Bench: 230x12, 270x8, 2x310x5, 270x6 (it was a 40 lb bar so the weights are a little goofy). That's +5 lbs over all but the last set. Inclines, flies and pullovers were about the same (a little better) but the pace today was better (50 mins vs 57 mins last week) .
 
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Day 15

Calories yesterday was:
Total 4000; fat 140; carbs 330; protein 362
Weight Today: 194 +8lb from start (4 from yesterday)

Didn't sleep well again last nite, 5hrs again. This happens to me even when I’m not cycling, I’ll probably crash tonite. Feel OK though, maybe the arginine/lysine and extra meltonin helped.
Lifts were good, + about 45lbs on squat, up a little on leg curls. I’m not sure if my measurements changed but I’m starting to see some development in shoulders, upper chest and lower legs.

Leg raises 15x70;13x90;8x100
Leg curls 100x12;110x10;110x8 +5 lb
V squat 520x15;610x12;685x9;735x5 +~45lb previous week I my last set was 685x6
Press 520x13;615x10;705x8;705x8
On my squats and press I go as low as the machine allows.
Time = 85 min (goal was 75 min)
 
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All and all, I feel really good.

I’ll run down the list of possibilities, let me know if I leave any out:
1) Lethargy – None, nada, energy level is good to high.
2) Painful pumps – None, squats were fine, dead lifts are scheduled for Monday. One of the reasons I’m stacking Phera with Epi is Phera is wet, Epi is dry.
3) Libido – Up
4) Appetite – Way up
5) Aggression – Very slightly up, a little less patient.
6) Bulk – Up, may need to do something like DCP/Leviathan afterwards.
7) Sleep – A little worse than usual but I'm an insomniac. I try to take the Phera early because it’s androgenic; another complement to Epi.
8) Focus – Great for lifting, that and eating is all I want to do. Maybe an issue for everything else, though (work, school, family, church, etc).
9) Shedding – Not generally an issue for me, I’m pretty sparse up top anyway, wouldn’t be much of a loss.
10) Acne – None
11) BP – hard to say. Those electric gizmos don’t work for me. When my doctor takes it with the pump its 30-40 pts lower (inverse white coat syndrome), been that way for a decade. It’s no worse, though.

It’s early yet, I’ve read where Phera doesn’t even start to kick in for the first couple weeks.

Let me know if I can answer anything else.

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Day 16

Finally, a good night’s sleep. Feeling good, strong, pumped.
So far, this is the best cycle I can remember, at least for awhile. Much nicer than the short epi/sdol cycle I did did last summer. I won’t do it straight again, too much lethargy. I've seen some logs where phera takes 2-3 weeks to kick in, if mostly what I'm feeling is the epi, then things should look good for next week.

Day off from the gym
Weight: 195.5 +9.5
Dose: 15mg phera, 10mg epi
Food: f/c/p
Total cals: 2464; 71g/211g/253g
Average cals: 3128; 100g/248g/317g
Percent 15/37/48
 
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Days 17 and 18

Day 17

Weight: 194.5 +8.5 from start (-1 from yesterday)
Strength: Added 1 rep to most of my sets.
Food: 3225 cals; fat: 71g; carbs: 337g; protein: 308g
Dose 30mg phera; 30 epi

Shoulders and arms (see below for details). My goal was to increase the reps by 1 on all my sets. I was able to do that for everything except close grips. They didn’t change much, maybe I’m not recovered enough from my bench on day 14. I wanted to get my reps up before I start increasing weight, next week I’ll increase the successful sets by 5lbs.


Day 18

Weight: 194.0 +8.0 from start (-.5 from yesterday)
Just a cardio day. 35 mins of bike
Food: cals: 3753; fat: 118g; carbs: 371g; protein: 298g
Dose: 22.5mg phera (1.5 caps); 20 epi

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Shoulders and arms wo:
Close grips 12x200;10x210;7x210
Dips: +35x13,+35x11,+35x10
Push downs: 110x13;120x10;120x8
Time=28mins
Standing st. bar curls: 85x14;105x11;125x9
Pr curls: 80x11;80x10;80x8
Incline DB curls 25x9;x9
Time=30
Seated smith press: 135x13;165x11;165x9;165x8;135x10
Uprite rows: 85x10;x10
Flies: 25x10;x8;x10
Time=35
 
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Day 19

Day 19 (yesterday 1/14)

Weight: 197.5 +11.5 from start
Strength: On my Deadlift I Added 2 reps to my 1st set of 505.
Food: 3701 cals; fat: 109g; carbs: 389g; protein: 317g
Dose 30mg phera; 30 epi

Feel pretty good today (day 20 that is). Funny thing about deads, instead of feeling tired and stiff, I usually feel kinda bouncy the next day. Maybe gravity feels lighter after pulling a ton of weight the day before, or maybe there’s something to the GH theory.

Back (see below for details). My goal was to increase the reps on my heaviest set by 2. I alternate each week between a regular back day with a day of deadlifts with about 8 additional sets of some other back movement. I respond better to sets of 4 to 5 so I wanted to increase my reps here, too. Next time (2 weeks) I’ll increase 5 lbs for a goal of 2 sets of 510x4. When I start getting this heavy I have tendency to psych myself out, I’ve been to the ER twice and I don’t want to go there anymore. That’s another reason I like to keep the reps high.

Deadlift 345x10, 410x8, 475x6, 505x4, 505x2, 475x4 +2 at my first set of 505
Bent over BB rows 90x8x3.
Would have liked to have done 4 more sets of something, but I got out of work late.

I alternate weeks with something like this (from 2 weeks ago)
Assisted Pull-ups (bw-10)x13;x10;x8
Assisted Pull-ups close grip (bw-10)x9;x8
Cable rows 240x12; 270x10; 290x8
DB Rows 12x130; 2X10x130. +5lbs
T-Bar Rows 105x10;x8
Trap Pulls 365x12;415x6;365x10
Good morning (machine) 190x15x3
Time = 75 min
 
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Day 20

Day 20 (yesterday, no internet access last nite)

Weight: 196.5 -1 from day 19 +10.5 from start
Just cardio: boring, but I can’t help it. I really wanted to hit the weights, but I’ve learned the hard way I just can’t do it that way.

Food (from previous day): 3701 cals; fat: 109g; carbs: 389g; protein: 317g
Averages since start of cycle (cals/fat/carbs/protein).
average 3238.8 cals/99.75g/274.1g/317.25g
percent 14.4/39.7/45.9/

Dose 30mg phera; 30 epi

Two more notes about day 19, I entered the wrong food values, but the values were < 6% different. Also, no back pumps. Looks like I'll get thru this without any serious ones.

I did a "spot" check on a couple measurements. Neck 17.25 +.75", cool. Neck size wasn't included in my original goals, but it might be nice to have an 18" neck. Arms I'm not sure how to interpret. Cold, right after waking up, flexed 17 3/16. Wait a couple hours and they're 17.5. Arms up 3 to 8 16ths from day 1 depending on how you look at it. Day 21 (today) will be chest. Hopefully, my internet connection will be back tonight. Comcast said "soon" but I think they mean "soon" in the biblical sense of the word.

No change in the side effects that I posted on day 16.

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Hey db how are you dosing the phera and epi(i mean time wise)
 
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Hman,

It’s been moving around. Right now it is:
Pheri 15mg at 6:00 am and 12:00pm (30 mg total).
Epi.. 20mg at 5:00 pm (right before wo) and 10mg post wo (6:00-6:30pm) (30 mg total).

In the beginning I was doing it more like a pulse 30 mg phera about 1 hr before wo and 30 mg Epi right after. Starting on day 10 (when I chickened out and stopped pulsing) on non-resistance training days (3) I was doing 1 pheri in the morning and 1 Epi in the afternoon. Yesterday (day 20) I upped the doses on my off days to be the same as my on (30mg each).

This is based on the assumption that Pheri is highly androgenic (200:1200 ?) and Epi is highly anabolic (90:1200 ?). My main problem is my insomnia. I need to limit the ergo/androgenic stuff to early in the day. So you don't necessarily have to follow my lead. Also, doing the more androgenic before wo is one of the things Dr. D. advised in his pulsing thread, it kinda makes sense though.

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Day 21

Weight: 198.5 +12.0 from start
Strength: Added +5 lbs to my inclines and flies.
Food: 4081 cals; fat: 152g; carbs: 374g; protein: 320g

Dose 30mg phera; 30mg epi

Chest: Goal was to add 1 rep to my flat bench and 5lbs to my inclines and flies. Didn't do that with my heaviest flat bench sets, the ones I really wanted. Maybe it's too soon, I can't remember the last time I did 6 at 310. Inclines and flies went well, + 5lbs on each set. Success was mixed.

Also felt some light cramping and lower back tightness (nothing uncomfortable). May have to invest in some taurine and maybe lower the creatine.

Other side effects (high libido, high energy) weren't as noticeable today. We'll see how things go, I might up the dose a little. Since they both may be class I's I wouldn't mind throwing in a little class 2 but I don't know what that would be. I have some original 1-AD around, but I understand it may be too androgenic to mix with phera (any suggestions?).

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Day 22

Weight: 197.0 +11.0 from start
Strength: Legs, exceeded my goals of a couple reps on the V squat.
Food: 2759 cals; fat: 87g; carbs: 212g; protein: 295g
Dose 45mg phera; 30mg epi

I'm not sure how I lost 1.5 lbs after eating 4000 cals yesterday*. My goal was to increase my reps by 2 on the V squat, I made that goal (actually 3 reps on my heaviest set) but I was stronger than I expected on the raises and curls, I increased them by about 2 also. I panicked a little this morning and did an extra phera; I'm going back to 30 mg tomorrow.

*I can’t tell my wife about losing weight, she gains weight on a fraction of what I eat, and of course she wants to lose it. Our family doctor thinks we’re a hoot, one of us is always trying to gain, the other trying to lose.

Legs:
Leg raises 15x70;14x90;10x100
Leg curls 95x15;120x6;105x9
V squat 520x15;610x12;690x10;735x8 (medium stance)
Press 520x13;615x13;705x9;705x8
 
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Day 23
Weight: 199.0 +13.0 from start

Day off: Nothing much else to report. Except one thing I forgot about yesterday. I got some significant, though manageable, back pumps squating. I'll have to look into some taurine I guess.

Food: 3154 cals; fat: 102g; carbs: 271g; protein: 299g

Dose: 30mg phera; 30mg epi
Pheri 15mg at 6:30 am and 12:30pm (30 mg total).
Epi.. 20mg at 4:00 pm and 10mg 6:00pm (30 mg total).
 
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Day 24

Weight: 198.0 +12.0 from start
Strength: Arms/shoulders, slightly exceeded my goal of +5 lbs on tri’s and shoulders, a little less than that on bi’s.
Food: 3032 cals; fat: 87g; carbs: 240g; protein: 327g
Dose 45mg phera; 30mg epi

Not a high energy day, but that’s not unusual for me on saturday. I took an extra phera at noon to compensate. Close grips and shoulder presses were great, strong and smooth.

Close grips 13x200;10x215;8x215
Dips: +35x13,+35x11,+35x10 (faster or more upright)
Push downs: 115x13;125x10;125x8
Time=35mins
Standing st. bar curls: 55x15;85x14;105x12;125x10
Pr curls: 90x10;90x10;90x9
Incline DB curls 25x10;x9
Time=35
Seated smith press: 135x14;165x12;165x11;165x9;165x8
Uprite rows: 90x10;x10
Flies: 25x10;x8;x10
Time=35

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Day 25 (about half way)

Weight: 201.0 +15.0 from start
Cardio, some light quad work
Dose 30mg phera; 30mg epi

Took some measurements today:
neck 17 6/8 +1.25 from start;
arms 17 3/8 +3/8;
chest 47.0 +.5;
waist 37 +1 ;
legs 26 6/8 +1.25;

Strength is up about 5-7% upper body and about 10% lower body.
I decided I need to put on less fat so I’m lowering my cals. I’m using a spreadsheet so it’s pretty easy to keep track. I think I’ll just shoot for 10% less all the way around to start. Below is what I was averaging before.
3251 cals /101g fat/276 g carbs/316g protein
% 15/40/ 45

Also, I've noticed a little extra body fur.

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Day 26

Weight: 198. +12.0 from start
Strength: Back: I increased an average of 1 rep each set from last non-dead lift back wo 2 weeks ago. I went for more reps again instead of weight. I’m not ready to make the 10lb jump from the minimal assisted pull-ups to no assist. I’m near the top of the cable rows (290 lbs) and the dumbbells (130 lbs). I’m trying to speed up the pace to compensate but that’s the hardest thing for me.

I got out of work 3hrs late. I work with a great bunch but they don’t know about the concept of finishing tomorrow. I was pissed and afraid I might crash before finishing so I took an original 1-AD.

Energy level is still better than average. No ephedra type products needed. That’a one thing I like, other than the phera, my only stims are caffeine, aspirin, Na Rala, and Alcar.
No lower back pumps. I lost 3 lbs, maybe that helped.

Food: 2536 cals; fat: 73g; carbs: 184g; protein: 293g
Dose 30mg phera ; 30mg epi; 100mg 1-AD
Dose 7:00 15mg phera; 12:00 15mg phera; 5:00 20 epi; 6:30 Pre wo 10epi, 100 1-AD

Back WO
Assisted Pull-ups (bw)x8; (bw-10)x11;x9
Assisted Pull-ups close grip (bw-10)x10;x9
Cable rows 240x13; 270x11; 290x8
DB Rows 130x14; 130x11; 130x11
Hamer overhead row 105x10;x8
Trap Pulls 365x13;415x8;365x10
Good morning (machine) 195x12x3
Ab crunches

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Day 26 (yesterday), part 2
I got up in the middle of the night and inhaled a box of granola bars so I need to update my food intake from yesterday.
Food: 3206 cals; fat: 104g; carbs: 280g; protein: 302g

Day 27
Weight: 196.0 -2 from yesterday +10.0 from start
Cardio: 35 mins.
Food: 3240 cals; fat: 109g; carbs: 252g; protein: 322g
Dose: 37.5mg phera; 30mg epi

Felt pretty tired today. Hopefully, it was just the late workout from yesterday. I’m not too worried about the weight loss. It brought out more definition in my shoulders and upper chest. Tomorrow is my chest wo.

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I'm in!

Are you going to go any higher on the Epi? 37.5 seems kinda the limit most go to. Hell i had great results (besides gyno) from 20mg per day.

Nice log big fella, im watching with interest!
 
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Are you going to go any higher on the Epi? 37.5 seems kinda the limit most go to.
That was 37.5mg phera, epi was still 30mg. As long as the sides stay down I’m pretty sure I’m gonna bump up to 45 phera and 40 epi. I probably won’t do it all at once. Maybe extra phera on my lifting days (for the androgenics) and extra epi on my other days.

So far the only sides that have been a problem is sleep disturbance (but almost everything does this to me), and libido was too high. Both issues have settled down the last couple days.

It’s nice you respond to 20mg Epi (or even pheri), I’m envious. Except for a 2 week cycle of sdrol/epi (didn’t like, wouldn’t recommend it) I haven’t done anything this strong since the mid-eighties. But my experiences with hdrol and 1-AD have been I need the higher doses, so I’m planning on that probability. Maybe I’m just too close to my genetic potential.

Today is chest day, the most important to me, so I may pull out all stops. Was it the epi or phera that gave you the gyno?

Nice log big fella, im watching with interest!
Thanks

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damn i meant to say 37.5mg of Phera! and yes i was on 20mg of phera. Epi will def be in the next cycle though which will hopefully start end of next month. I'm tossing ideas of what i can add into a 4-5 week Epi cycle. Possibly pulse the second ph.
 
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Day 28

Weight: 198. +12.0 from start
Strength: Chest. Ah, man. This was the most intense chest work out I can remember for a long time. My spotters made me work for every frikkin’ millimeter. My last three sets were brutal. My goal on the flat bench was +1 rep for the last 4 sets. I did about half that. I missed the sixth rep by about an inch. But the intensity made up for it. I should have held back a rep on my previous set, but sometimes I just can't say no. I did a little better than +1 rep on all 4 incline bench sets. The rest of the wo I did the same as last week.

So my bench is up from about 310x3 for 2 sets to almost 310x6 and 310x5.
Inclines I’m up about 20lbs, and flies about 30lbs.


Next week's goal is 310x6x2. It might be doable. I've giving myself an extra day. Mondays are too tight time wise and I'm scheduled for deads then, so I'm going to do them Tuesday.

Food: 2656 cals; fat: 104g; carbs: 144g; protein: 293g
Dose 45mg phera ; 30mg epi

Bold print means an increase over last week (I'm not taking credit yet for my almost 6th rep):

Bench 235x12, 270x9, 310x5,5, 270x7
Incline smith 225x11, 245x7,235x8,225x8
Pull over machine 175x15
Flies machine 180x12x3
Time = ~60 mins, situps 90, calf raises
 
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Day 29

Weight: 198. +12.0 from start

Strength: Legs. Started out good, about +5 lbs or +1 rep on everything since my last leg workout a week ago, but I pulled my upper thigh near my hip on my 11th rep at 610. Not that bad but bad enough that 695 was out of the question. Hopefully, I’ll be alright for deads on Tuesday.

Work was hectic and long, I’m tired and didn’t get to eat as much as I wanted.

Dose 45mg phera ; 30mg epi
Tomorrow is a day off, I’ll dose my phera back to 30mg.

Food: 2474 cals; fat: 65g; carbs: 186g; protein: 299g

Here’s what I was able to do.
Leg raises 14x80;14x95;10x105
Leg curls 105x15;120x7;105x10
V squat 520x15;610x11

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Nice job on the log bro. I'll be following along. :D
 
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Nice job on the log bro. I'll be following along. :D
Trauma, Thanks.

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Days 30-32:

Day 30 was a no-train day
Food cals\fat\carbs\protein:
2512 96 181 245

Dose 45 phera/30 epi
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Day 31 arms and shoulders – I was able to increase almost every set by either 1 rep or 5 lbs. The wo is below.
Food: 3300 102 237 362
Dose 45 phera/40 epi

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Day 32 – cardio. I didn’t do as much as I wanted, couldn’t get motivated.
Food: 2591 81 192 272
Dose 37.5 phera/40 epi

I’ve been a little lethargic the last couple of days. I can’t tell for sure if it’s the cycle or just the hectic schedule and long hrs at work. I’ll up the stims slightly.

Weight, appetite, and libido have leveled off, but strength and over-all appearance has still improved. I lost a little on my gut over the last week, so if I wind up with a little recomp towards the end, that’s fine. My wife noticed my back has gained size, she also noted that I’m deeply disturbed. Well, at least I know she loves me for more than just my muscles. She doesn’t know I’m “on” so I doubt she was imagining it.

I've been playing with the doses lately. 45mg of phera is a little higher and 30mg is a little lower than I want to go.

Current weight: 197 + 11 from start

Because of work and school, I'm giving myself an extra day off from the gym tomorrow so I may not post tomorrow.

Shoulders and arms:
Close grips 13x205;10x220;6x220
Dips: bw+35x14,+35x11,+35x11
Angled Push downs: 120x12;130x10;130x8
Time=30mins
Standing st. bar curls: 55x6;95x14;115x11;125x10
Pr curls: 85x12;90x10;90x9
Incline DB curls 30x8;x7
Time=35
Seated smith press: 145x13;175x10;175x9;175x7;165x8
Uprite rows: 95x10;x10
Flies: 30x10;x8;x10
Time=35mins
 
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Schism, thanks. Glad to be of help
Days 33-34:
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Day 33 was a no-train day, I wouldn’t have had the time to devote what I wanted to do for my back. Lethargy was pretty bad today anyway.
Weight 197
Food cals\fat\carbs\protein:
2542 60 242 276
Dose 37.5 phera/40 epi
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Day 34 Deadlifts and back. Accomplished my goal to increase my heaviest set from 505x4 to 505x6. 6 times 505, that’s one and a half tons. :thumbsup:I should feel pretty bouncy tomorrow or too tired to move, hard to predict. Lethargy was a little better today; I’m hoping to go another 18 days on this, so I’m going to have to get a handle on it. No back pumps, seems I only had them for a couple of days on day 23. With only 18 days to go I doubt they’ll become an issue. Workout is below.

Weight has still flat-lined, but my belt’s getting tighter.
Weight 197
Food cals\fat\carbs\protein:
3250 95 306 304
Dose 37.5 phera/30 epi I would have taken 40 epi but I forgot until it was too late in the day. I’ll make up for it tomorrow

I'm not sure what my goal for my next deads will be. I start getting a little nervous at these weights. I hurt my self pretty badly a few years ago, don't desire to do it again.

Work out:
Deadlift 345x10, 410x8, 475x6, 505x6, 475x4 +2 at my set of 505
T-Bar rows 90x10x3.
Lat Pull-downs 200x10x3
Lat Pull-downs Narrow 200x8x3

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Day 35
I felt pretty good today, no lethargy at all. Maybe I wasn't getting enough calories, we'll see. Today was cardio. It was alright but I've done better, anabolics and cardio never seem to be a good combination for me. Tomorrow's chest, I'm gonna make sure I load up on calories tonite.
Food: total/fat/carbs/protein
2895 96 213 303
Dose 45mg phera/30mg Epi
 
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Tomorrow's chest, I'm gonna make sure I load up on calories tonite.
Food: total/fat/carbs/protein
2895 96 213 303
Dose 45mg phera/30mg Epi
poor bench, lol, the way u hitting it dude, your chest workout will be off the charts, great log

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b unit,

Thanks, but unfortunately I'm still at work, so I have to post pone 'til tomorrow. Really, pisses me off, first, I can't stand missing my chest wo and second, it's real iffy getting a decent spotter fridays thru sunday. Puts me in a difficult position for the rest of my cycle. MFSOB.

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b unit,

Thanks, but unfortunately I'm still at work, so I have to post pone 'til tomorrow. Really, pisses me off, first, I can't stand missing my chest wo and second, it's real iffy getting a decent spotter fridays thru sunday. Puts me in a difficult position for the rest of my cycle. MFSOB.

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Sucks man sorry to hear that. Hope it works out for ya
 
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Thanks, but unfortunately I'm still at work, so I have to post pone 'til tomorrow. Really, pisses me off, first, I can't stand missing my chest wo and second, it's real iffy getting a decent spotter fridays thru sunday. Puts me in a difficult position for the rest of my cycle. MFSOB.

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yeah, a really good spotter is hard to find, i know what you are saying there, hang tough big guy :thumbsup:
 

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Great log man! Looks like your still making some great progress. Other than the lethargy are you having any other sides ? How's your blood pressure, what level of suppression are you experiencing ? :stick: Hope all is well.
 
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Great log man! Looks like your still making some great progress. Other than the lethargy are you having any other sides ? How's your blood pressure, what level of suppression are you experiencing ? :stick: Hope all is well.
Schism,

Since you asked, I'll give an update on the sides:

1) Lethargy
I think I’m over the lethargy, at least I haven’t had any since Tuesday (day 34). I had it for about 5 days. Sometimes the lethargy didn’t start till late in the day (around the time I take the Epi) . Irish Cannon had similar issues after he added Epi to his cycle. I wasn’t eating as much as I was so my guess is that the lethargy had something to do with the Epi and not enough carbs. So my solution is to keep the Epi around 30mg, and take most or all of it after my workout, and up my calories. If I increase any doses it will be the phera. The Phera was always my main focus, anyway, but I think it is very androgenic. I can’t take anything highly androgenic or ergogenic late in the day or I’ll be up all night. I figured Epi, being lowly androgenic and highly anabolic would make sense for my late day dose.

2) Libido
My libido went from hyper drive at the beginning to about normal. I don’t know if that means I’m suppressed or not.

3) BP – I haven’t check my BP. Those electric gizmos don’t work for me. When my doctor takes it with the pump the upper value is 30-40 pts lower (inverse white coat syndrome), been that way for a decade. I’m on a script anyway.

4) Aggression – Generally, very slightly up, a little less patient. The exception was last night when I knew I was going to miss my chest work out. It was extremely hard to keep control.

5) Painful pumps – Had them for a couple days, then gone. I’ll be ending this in about 15 days so, at this point, I doubt they’ll become an issue.
6) Appetite – was way up, but now is about normal.
7) Bulk – Was Up, but lost some of it.
8) Sleep – A little worse than usual but I'm an insomniac. I try to take the Phera early because it’s androgenic; another complement to Epi.
8) Shedding – Not generally an issue for me, I’m pretty sparse up top anyway, wouldn’t be much of a loss.
9) Acne – None

Let me know if I left anything out.


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No, I think you covered everything big guy. I like number 4, ain't nothin wrong with a little dedication bro. I fcukin hate missin a workout especially when I'm on a roll. But I'm glad you were able to control yourself.
The world is a little safer tonight:saw: lol.
 
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I got behind in my logging, here's a summary:
Day 37 Chest
Weight: 197.0 +11 from start.
Dose 45mg phera/30mg Epi
Food
3573 92 413 292

Didn’t get the 6th rep at 310. I did better with inclines and flies.


Day 38 Legs
Weight: 197.0 +11 from start.
Dose 45mg phera/30mg Epi
Food
2582 61 185 326
I got to 700x5 before I felt the muscle pull from last week, better, but I was hoping for a set of 740x8.

Day 39 Off
Weight: 197.0 +11 from start.

Day 40 off.
Weight: 198.5 +12.5 from start. Finally, my weight went up again.
Food cals\fat\carbs\protein:
2625 75 182 316
Dose 15mg phera (that’s not a typo).
I decided the party may be over soon. I’m starting to feel a little over-stressed, over-trained, and over-medicated so I think I’m going to end this while I’m still feeling good.


Day 41 arms and shoulders.
Weight: 198.5 +12.5 from start.
Food cals\fat\carbs\protein:

2625 75 182 316
Dose 15mg phera

I went up about 5 lbs or 1 rep on everything except close grips.
 
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Yeah, really. I may have been legally insane, it's a good thing I wasn't stopped by a cop. But I'm much better now, thanks.
 
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Cycle Summary:
Weight -------Start ----Goal---- Actual
Height --------5’5”--
Body weight-186 ------195 ----198.5
Bench --------260x7---315x8 - 310x5 – missed #6 by an inch.
V squat ------ 685x6 --700x8 - 735x8.
Dead lift ------505x2 --525x6 - 505x6.
Arms ---------17 ------17 4/8 17 3/8
Chest -------- 46.5 ---- 48--- 47
Waist --------36 -------36 --- 37
Legs --------25.5 --- 26.5 --- 26 ¾
Neck --------16.5 --- none --- 17 ¾

Shoulders and upper chest area definitely got leaner, too.

Average calories:
Total fat/carbs/protein
3110.514 95.648649 260.7027 309.64865
Average Doses;
Week 1 15 Phera, 15 epi
Week 2 22 Phera, 20 epi
Week 3 30 Phera, 30 epi
Week 4 37 phera, 30 epi
Week 5 42 phera, 35 epi
Days 36-39 45 phera 35 epi
Days 40-41 15 phera

As I said earlier, I’m starting to feel a little over-stressed, over-trained, and over-medicated so I think I’m going to end this while I’m still feeling good. I think I peaked somewhere between days 28 and 36. That’s where I got my max bench, dl, and probably squat if not for the muscle pull. I feel like I could take a few days off from lifting and start up again but maybe 6 weeks is enough.

I picked phera and epi because they seemed like a good complement to each other. But despite the weeks, maybe months, of research I still don’t know if phera is a Class I or Class II steroid. I assumed class II but I’ve seen others claim class I. Does anyone really know?

Goals achieved were mixed, but acceptable. If I were to change anything I would keep the epi under 40 and phera under 45, maybe max doses of phera 40, epi 30 and plan this as a 6 week cycle. I think most of the lethargy I felt was from the epi, but I also could have been over stim’ed by the phera. The combination kicked in pretty fast so there wasn’t a need to plan a long cycle waiting for phera to kick in as I’ve read in other posts. However, I don’t plan on doing phera again anytime soon because of the reported effects on the heart, and I have a bunch of original 1-AD to use up before it turns to mush.

Between work, volunteer work, and Lent there’s too much else to focus on. I felt pretty obsessed on this cycle and I just can’t do both. Besides, a close friend of mine is a priest and a gym rat. I’d like to say he’s PIA but, in reality, he keeps me from getting too insane.

So I’ll be spending the next 4 weeks on post cycle therapy, and try not to be too obsessed about the gym. I’m due for a doctor’s visit about 4/1 as a follow up to the blood test on 12/22. After that I’ll do something with my 1-AD. I’m not sure what, any ideas?

The sides were posted in #42. Since phera is pretty androgenic, I suspect my BP went up but I’m on a script so maybe it’s not too bad, and I don’t know what my cholesterol is at the moment, but it’s generally manageable if I eat right. Other than that, my chief complaints might sound strange to most but for the first 4 weeks my drive was pretty much obsessive-compulsive, and libido was just a little too distracting.

PCT:
Tamoxifen 40/40/20/10 (actually liquid tamoxifen citrate)
HDX2
Retain 2
Long jack (pretty much a staple when not “on”)
I’ve got some turkesterone I bought on an impulse; I might throw that in, too.
I’ll keep taking the super cissus. I normally take glucosamine/chondroitin and I’m not convinced one is better than the other, but I’m starting to believe that taking both while cycling may have its merit.

I may post again if anything note worthy happens, at the end of PCT or in between. Thanks for the interest.

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how do you dose your pp and epi... before and after workout or AM/PM
 
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how do you dose your pp and epi... before and after workout or AM/PM
Anything hormonal gives me sleep issues, especially if it is highly androgenic, which I think phera is, so I took phera early and epi late. Here’s some examples:

Low dose:
Dose was 15mg Phera at 5:00am and 10mg Epi at 3:30 pm.

Medium-high
Pheri 15mg at 6:00 am and 12:00pm (30 mg total).
Epi.. 20mg at 5:00 pm (right before wo) and 10mg post wo (6:00-6:30pm) (30 mg total).

High (maybe too high)
Pheri 15mg at 6:00 am, 10:00am, and 2:00pm (45 mg total).
Epi. 10mg at 5:00 pm (right before wo) and 20mg post wo (6:00-6:30pm) (30 mg total).

Even without the sleep issues, I think it makes more sense to take the highly androgenic pre wo and anablic post wo if you can. I'm not 100% sure though as I suppose there may be some issues I'm not aware of.

Anything else?


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I also did a Epi/PP cycle and found that they complimented each other very well. Had very little sides too. Great log makes me want to pick a few bottles of PP, already got the epidrol. Well hope your PCT goes smooth and i hope your check up goes well.
 

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Anything hormonal gives me sleep issues, especially if it is highly androgenic, which I think phera is, so I took phera early and epi late. Here’s some examples:

Low dose:
Dose was 15mg Phera at 5:00am and 10mg Epi at 3:30 pm.

Medium-high
Pheri 15mg at 6:00 am and 12:00pm (30 mg total).
Epi.. 20mg at 5:00 pm (right before wo) and 10mg post wo (6:00-6:30pm) (30 mg total).

High (maybe too high)
Pheri 15mg at 6:00 am, 10:00am, and 2:00pm (45 mg total).
Epi. 10mg at 5:00 pm (right before wo) and 20mg post wo (6:00-6:30pm) (30 mg total).

Even without the sleep issues, I think it makes more sense to take the highly androgenic pre wo and anablic post wo if you can. I'm not 100% sure though as I suppose there may be some issues I'm not aware of.

Anything else?


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Thanks DB.,.. thats helpful... i was gunna move my workouts to the evening time when i begin next week so the timing should work well
 
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