TNT- Steveo Style

[Steveoph]

This will be a 30 day run of TNT Stack? (Testosterone Complex) By: NutraPlanet .


For full writeup, check out individual products/TNT page.

Expected Benefits:
Resveratrol has many remarkable properties. Personally I feel that its anti-aromatase properties are rather mild, however is should provide many other benefits as described above. The divanil will free up my testosterone, which when last checked was at the very top end of normal for my age. It may be downregulated, however I will try and get my free testosterone levels checked 3 weeks in if possible. I expect increased aggression, muscle growth and hair growth. Fadogia will help to keep my T levels as high as naturally possible.

Vital Stats:
Age 19
Weight: 165
Height: 6’0
Bodyfat: 11% (Tanita)

Training Experience: Former Soccer/Runner in early high-school. Rugby in last 2 years. Past 2 university years it has been weight training & elliptical (less running due to sore knees). Lifting experience : 7 years, 3 serious.

Current Workout: Advanced GVT.
I have been doing regular German Volume Training (GVT) for the past 7 weeks, and have been very impressed with the gains. In order to keep switching it up, I will be starting on some advanced GVT on Day 5. Cardio will be decreased, with possibly some 15 minutes HIIT sprints, and the occasional fasted cardio to keep the fat gain minimal, but with my busy life style this will only hinder my gains I feel.

Dosing Protocol:
Trans-Resveratrol 200mg, 6x Daily Sublingual.
(I Will try to split throughout the day, 1st 200mg will be followed by 2nd 200mg 2 hours later.)
Divanex – 4x Daily, with meals
T-Force- 4x Daily, with meals.

Other Staple Supplements:
900mg Green Tea Extract/day
200mg Grape Seed Extract/day
4 x 1/4tsp Sesamin Oil
4g NutraPlanet CLA
10g FishOil
1100mg YG or 1 AP w/ High Carb Meals
Primaforce ZMA & 1-Carboxy, 1.6g Pre-Bed
1g Calcium + 1g Vit D, Odourless Garlic, CoQ10, 3g Vitamin C
NOW Adam
AppNut Neovar 2.0 (2 caps, 3x day for Piperine & Creatine), IGF-2 2caps pre-bed
Reset AD 2x/day
NOW Rhodiola 500mg 2x/day, NOW Nettle Root 250mg, 2x /day
Bulk Creatine Mono, Beta Alanine, BCAA’s, Various Protein Powders
JP8 towards the end once adrenals rested

Quick Intro:
I am just returning to my 3rd year Life Sciences in University. Had a week of in August after some dental surgery which provided my body some well deserved rest (I grew quite a bit that week), but also gained some fat going from my usual 7.5%  11% . Things will be very hectic for me, higher stress and possibly poorer sleep. I’m taking ZMA , 1-C and IGF-2 to help with this. I was off stims for most of the summer, fell in love with JP8 near the end, and am resting my adrenals with Reset-AD but may use JP8 since i have 2 more tubs of it and it is unbelievable. Also I started some Divanex before my surgery, but stopped while recovering. I started it up 2 weeks before, so add 14 days of Divanil at 4x/day to my log.

I eat clean, and don’t drink. I go out but you can have a good time without booze. I’ve posted pictures of my food before , but my typical diet is ½ lb oatbran, an omelette, chicken, fish and beef with tons of veggies&salad throughout the day. I’ll post up some pictures to tantalize you guys.

Comments and any suggestions are welcome and appreciated. Let me know what to expect, tell me your favourite stories, and watch me gain more than old Hank Vangut! I don't have internet until Sunday at my apptment, so bear with me for infrequent updates.

[Steveoph]

Sun Sept 7
DAY 1: Cardio
Workout: 50 Minutes Elliptical

Comments: My gym doesn’t open until 9 on the weekend, so I had some whey before my cardio while I waited for it to open. Trans-Resveratrol is a chalky tasting powder that doesn’t seem to absorb well sublingually, although to be fair I’ve never tried anything else lol. I’ll keep with this method, and some Neovar 2.0 for the bit that I do swallow. Anybody have some tips for sublingual?


DAY 2: Chest/Back

Workout:
1a) Pullups: 10,8,7,6,6 Pulldown : 130x 10,10,10,9,9 (Light)
1b) Decl. Bench 135x10,10,9,9,8,8,8,7,7,7
2a) Fly 4x8
2b) Low Row 4x10
Comments:
Not a bad workout, set the pulldown a bit light because I hadn’t been back at my university gym i.e. dungeon in a while. I really miss JP8 for energy and endurance, I think I’ll give it a go in a week or so. Any Reset-AD users got opinions on using a pre-WO drink 1-2x/week while on RAD?
As for body recomp, I felt a bit full in the morning so I think I ate too much last night. It’s the damn Choc. PB UP 2.0, I just go for the scooper and eat the powder. I’m going to have to hide it like the pistachios I occasionally attack (Salt cravings perhaps? I have a weakness for them)

Last night was the 1st tike I’ve taken 1-Carboxy in a long while (ran out), and true enough I woke up 50 minutes earlier today refreshed and about to hit the gym.

Sublingual dosing notes: After 4 days and a few powdery mishaps, I think I'm going to stick with it. It takes 10+ minutes for it to disappear at all under my tongue, and even then it's not that easy or pretty. I'll still with it since it tastes pretty bland, but it is very inconvenient!

[small_guy]

So you are spliting up the t-rez dose and placing it into solution or just straight under the tongue. I thought that buccal was between the check and gum.

[Steveoph]

So you are spliting up the t-rez dose and placing it into solution or just straight under the tongue. I thought that buccal was between the check and gum.

Buccal is below the tongue. I'm taking half the cap right under the tongue, then taking the 2nd half 2 hours later. It takes a good while for it to disappear, I'd have to say about 10 minutes and you don't want to open your mouth otherwise you will see some odd white goop!

[Steveoph]

Day 3- Legs

Workout:
Front Squat: 5x8
Lunges: 4x6
Front Squat: 4x8
Calf Presses 4x12
Leg Press 4x10

Comments:
Deviated away from the GVT because I wanted to do a little less work on the leg press and a bit more functional work.

Energy and aggression in the gym have been slightly above average without any stim use, which is definitely a positive although it has been like this for the past few weeks.

Day 5- Cardio
45 Minutes Fasted Cardio

Comments:
2 Neovar made me VERY hypo after my WO. I took my Trez instead of AP, and yet I was still very lightheaded so the Neovar has some very potent glucose disposal in my opinion. Noticed I've been unable to feel "full" on chicken, I need beef now for some reason. I will eat a regular meal with a lean protein, then go and eat some frozen ground beef just to feel full. Still knocking down tons of UP 2.0 Choc PB, that stuff is goood!

Tomorrow I'll do some JP8 + Deadlifts right in the morning, then HIIT, should be a crazy workout after being on RAD for a while.

[Steveoph]

Day 6: Deads & Dips
Workout
Deadlifts: 5,7,6,7,6,2 (Exhausted)
2a)Dips: 12,10,10,10,8,8,7,7
2b) Trap Shrugs: 7x12

HIIT Sprints: 30s on/60s off, 10 sets.

Comments:
I took the JP8 + 20g WPI + 15 WMS and the nausea from JP8 was pretty instant, but it disappeared after a few minutes, I guess once I washed it out with water. Energy wasn't as insane as I've had from JP8 in the past, I think it might have needed more than 15 minutes to kick in. The HIIT sprints were brutal since i haven't done them in a while, I was huffing and puffing for a good while afterwards.

An odd side-effect I've noticed is no morning wood these past 2 days. I'm still taking my 1 tbsp coconut oil which without fail gives me rock-hard, not quite sure what might be causing this (perhaps just the stress from getting back into university). Libido was pretty crazy before, it's dipping a little now too. Perhaps it's some outside factor I can't put a finger on. I'll keep you updated!

[strategicmove]

Subscribed! All the best, bud!

[Hank Vangut]

[vikinginc]

Ugh; I'm so damn mad I missed this NP special ! .. will it ever be in stock again?

Anyway, I'll be following ! Definitely wanting to see how this one's gonna go ! Bexst of luck !

[Iron Lungz]

you don't want to open your mouth otherwise you will see some odd white goop!

For some odd reason, I pictured Jenna Jameson when I read that...

Subbed; good luck!

[shaddow]

Ugh; I'm so damn mad I missed this NP special ! .. will it ever be in stock again?

Me too! :

I'll be watching.

[Steveoph]

DAY 7- Sprints

Workout:
12 Sprints, 30s on/60s off

Comments:
Sprints were a bit sluggish because I didn't have too many carbs before my workout. Adding an extra 2 to make up for any intensity that was lacking in my usual 10 sprints. Morning wood is back, must have just been the stress.

Still quite aggressive, always cursing inside my head now and the libido department is rocking. Actually kind of distracting in lectures lol.

As for the resveratrol effects, other than looking 10 years younger, not much to comment about yet. However the benefits are not something that are noticed immediately, so I am not expecting any instant gratification. I will evaluate my progress over the 30 days as a whole and hopefully this will allow be to discover any changes/effects.


Also the TNT deal was amazing, and the Trez was a steal. The next TNT stack will still be potent, although not quite as great as the 1st run. I guess we will call it Inner Circle

Also I've been perfecting my sublingual dosing and it has got much better, however cracking a cap open in lecture is a bit awkward. Nonetheless it must be done, for science's sake!

[shaddow]

As for the resveratrol effects, other than looking 10 years younger, not much to comment about yet.

Holy crap! You look 9 years old??

[strategicmove]

[SIZE="5"]...Also I've been perfecting my sublingual dosing and it has got much better, however cracking a cap open in lecture is a bit awkward. Nonetheless it must be done, for science's sake!

More grease to your elbows!

[Steveoph]

DAY 8: Chest & Back
Workout
1a) Incl. DB Press: 10,10,10,9,8,8,7,7,7,7
1b) Chinups 5x Exhaustion Pullups 5x Exhaustion
2a) Low Rows 3x12
2b) Dips 3x Exhaustion

Cardio: 10 mins light jog

Comments:
Didn't have enough energy in the tank to do sprints after my workout. I ran to the farmer's market downtown before to pick up some bison steaks and local produce, I think that's what did me in. Felt rather exhausted after the gym today, I really pushed myself hard on the chins & pullups (Did machine pulldowns to pure xhaustion after every set). Not too motivated in the gym, and still taking no stims. Did JP8 once, but will give the Reset-AD a bit more time.

I've noticed an increase in sleep; up to about 9 hours. I think my quality of sleep may be low due to the noise from the road, just a hypothesis.

[Hank Vangut]

i found this......

The problem with sub-lingual delivery is that resveratrol is only soluble in oil (moderately) and solvents such as ethanol. You need to combine the resveratrol with a carrier such as an edible oil/emulsifier combination or a solvent such as DMSO or alcohol to obtain a significant degree of adsorption. Furthermore the problem with a solvent or oil is compounded by the fact that the quantity of the carrier needed to dissolve a meaningful amount of resveratrol would not be practical to use in a sub-lingual delivery modality.

For now the best option is taking resveratrol after consuming an oily food heps with bio availability. This is not because the resveratrol is dissolved in the oil but because the oil stimulates bile production in your your liver and delivery of this emulsifier to your stomach by the gall bladder. Taking resveratrol in the morning after breakfast may also help since bile levels are highest upon waking and tend to diminish towards evening.

[Steveoph]

i found this......

Thanks Hank! I guess that's why the person who I was originally discussing this suggested dissolving the 400mg of resveratrol in 8 mg of pure ethanol (50g/L solubility).

[Steveoph]

Legs
Workout:
Squats ; 5x~8
StiffLeg DL: 4x6 (Haven't done in a while)
Walking Lunges DB: 3x7 (Never done before, usually reg. lunges)
Calf Presses (45s under high tension)
Supine Ab Plate Crunch (Plate is hands, touch to leg (1st time trying)
Swiss Ball Crunches
Supine Bench Leg Raises (4x12)
Front Squats : Not enough energy

Comments:
I tried a few new moves today to see if they would get me sore. The SLDL hit me pretty hard, the walking lunges I think the DB's were too heavy and so I didn't exhaust those muscles properly. The next day while doing sprints I was pretty dead in the legs, so it may have been a tougher workout then I realized.

The gym was killer hot and so I was sweating quite a fair bit, even before my cardio which shows that I did put a fair bit of effort in. The new ab exercise definitely make me feel it the next day. When trying to explain the workout/exercise, it made me think about how AM should have a exercise encyclopedia that we could add exercises to. Anybody like the idea?

[Steveoph]

HIIT Cardio
11 Sets of 30s Sprint/60s Rest

Comments:
Today was pretty hard to find the energy. My problem was I had a salmon wrap for breakfast, so I tried doing HIIT 90 minutes later with only 25g of complex carbs digesting... not enough energy. Plus I had sore legs from yesterday. Put in an extra sprint to make up for it. I noticed I was absolutely STARVING today. I packed some meatloaf, lasagna and a shake PWO, but I was feeling so hungry I had to run back to my appartment between 2 classes to get some more food (I suppose I could have bought something on campus, but that's junky!)

Also I haven't managed to get any pure ethanol, my chemistry dept. is leery of selling/giving me any go figure lol. I think I will still try sublingual despite the poor absorption hank mentioned. I will give it a few swirls in salivia after a few minutes, then just wash whatever is down w/ water. Hopefully it's better than straight up oral for all this effort!

[small_guy]

I tried to split the dose like you have been doing and it was a huge pain.