50 Days of X-Factor Advanced: A Log by Resolve

[oufinny]

Heck of a workout Nick and I know that feeling of recovering from an injury, its never fun and knowing you once could move more weight makes it that much more frustrating at times.

[AnabolicFrenz]

XFA is good stuff, I loved it. I dosed just 4 a day and made good steady gains. I had increased doms from it for like the first week but after that I didnt notice it much. Good luck.

[Resolve]

Heck of a workout Nick and I know that feeling of recovering from an injury, its never fun and knowing you once could move more weight makes it that much more frustrating at times.

You're exactly right, that's precisely how it feels. All things considered though, I was quite pleased. Haven't horizontally pressed 285 in about 4months!

XFA is good stuff, I loved it. I dosed just 4 a day and made good steady gains. I had increased doms from it for like the first week but after that I didnt notice it much. Good luck.

Thanks, and welcome to the log! Only 4 caps you say? Well I kinda went all out today, since in total I've now taken 8caps. 4 before the AM workout and another 4 before my PM workout. I may scale that back to 3 each time, but we'll see.

PM Session: Mirror Muscles

Superset: Incline Cable Flies/Pipe Grip Reverse BB Curls (good squeeze at the top of both movements)
35x20/ 65x10
45x15/ 75x10
45x12/ 85x10
55x10/ 95x10
65x10/ 95x10

Superset: Incline Cable Flies/Incline DB Curls with double contraction at the top
55x10/ 40x10
55x8/ 40x10
45x10/ 40x10
45x10/ 40x10
35x20/ 40x10

Giant Set: Conentration Curl/ Conc. Hammer Curl/ Standing DB Curl/ Hammer Curl/ Cross Body Hammer Curl
40x5/x5/x5/x5/x5 --- Repeated Giant Set 3 times

Superset: Pipe Grip Hammer Curls (Held at top of each rep)/ Forearm Roller
60x6/ 1 time up and down --- repeated 3 times

Don't know if it's just my fatigue or it's the XFA, but I am feeling freaking euphoric. My mood is amazing given how exhausted I am. Also, between this morning and now, my chest and arms are smoked.

[thundergod]

Don't know if it's just my fatigue or it's the XFA, but I am feeling freaking euphoric. My mood is amazing given how exhausted I am. Also, between this morning and now, my chest and arms are smoked.

Great update, my brother-eternal. So glad to see that your mood is euphoric. Can't beat that with a big stick. If it is attributable to the XFA, then that alone makes it worth the price. One of the things I like best about dianabol is the incredibly good mood that it proffers. I feel great when I take some D-Bol.

The added fringe-benefit of packing on mass ain't bad either.

Keep pushing hard in the gym and keep that diet lean and clean. Try your best to get at least 8 hours sleep each night. I know you have a hectic schedule, but try. If you can catch an afternoon cat-nap before hitting the gym, it will help tremendously.

Rock On Bruder!!!

[Resolve]

Believe me, I am getting all the sleep I can manage. I've been going to bed about 9 or 9:30 - makes me feel like an old man, but I'm just done by that time of night.

[fitcopforlife]

Subbed for the ride man, great looking log.

[thundergod]

NOTHING TO IT BUT TO DO IT!!

Brother-Eternal, let's do this!!!

[SwolenONE]

in for the epicness of this log!

[SwolenONE]

Hola, my friend. Gotta say, 635x3 rack pulls? I hate you.



Sounds too tasty to pass up. How would you recommend dosing for someone lifting twice a day?

Maybe 3caps before each workout on lifting days only?

6 caps a day is very popular and 3 before each session should benefit you tremendously both for hypetrophy and the pump.

Youve also noted feeling almost euphoric and it sounds like you train quite intensely, on the verge of over training. Ive found ArA really shines when my volume is quite high like your appears to be, it keeps me from flattening out as well as keeps my mood from getting worse from the increased stress of extra training in an already busy schedule.

[Resolve]

in for the epicness of this log!

Thanks man. I kept meaning to PM you to let you know it's up, but I'm absent-minded.

Had a decent couple of workouts today. Will post the update later. I'm beat right now and it's Friday night - time to kick back and recoup!

[SwolenONE]

NOTHING TO IT BUT TO DO IT!!

Brother-Eternal, let's do this!!!

one of my fav videos to watch before I head off to train, additionally, I'll be spending extra time in this log due to the love for "The Rock"!!!

[Resolve]

Okay, gotta lot to update on from yesterday and today.

X-Factor Notes: Primary benefit I'm seeing so far is that this stuff makes me happy. I've used products before that increase my sense of well being, but I wouldn't classify this the same. T-911, Dermacrine and similar supps made me more even-keeled and less-likely to get angry or stressed, which I consider "well-being." XFA literally just makes me... happy. Prostaglandins are associated with mood, and AA is a prostaglandin precursor - I'm really thinking there's a connection here.

Hoping strength increases will set in soon. We'll see.

Yesterday AM Session: DEADS!

Superset: Deadlift/ BB hacks
135x5/ same
225x5/ same
315x5/ same
405x5/ 315x5
455x3/ 315x5
455x3/ 315x5

Not a great day for DL, but not bad either. Need to work on trap rigidity and keeping my "ahem" BELLYFULL!

Superset: Snatch Grip Speed Pull from 4" Platform/ Machine Hacks with pause at bottom
225x3/ 2plates per side x5
275x3/ 3x5
275x3/ 4x5

The snatch speed pulls are great for finishing off the posterior chain. The increased ROM is murderous and really forces major contraction through the core.

Finished off with some calves and weighted abs.

Yesterday PM session: Dead Assistance
Superset: Wide Stance Good Morning to Pins/ Pipe Grip Pendlay Rows
135x5/ same
225x5/ 185x5
275x5/ 225x5
315x5/ 245x5
365x5/ 275x3

Dropset Cable Pullovers:
100x10
90x8
80x8
70x10
60x10
50x10

100lb Plate Pushes:
5 runs down and back, 25yd each direction

Good mornings and plate pushes are currently my two favorite lower body movements. I love the stretch in my hams that I get the GMs, as well as the feeling of ab recruitment that tells me I'm doing them right. Plate pushes just devastate the quad and glute - they give me a pump like nothing else I've ever experienced.


Today's Press and Curl Session

Superset: OH Pin Press/ Monster Mini-band Face-Pull
135x5/ 12 reps
185x5/ 12
205x5/ 15
225x5/ 15
245x2/ 15
245x3/ 20

Wanted 245x5 real bad, but the elbow wasn't having it. It's room for improvement to be achieved next week!

Tri-set: Incline Press/ Incline Lean-Away Lateral Raise/ Lateral Raise
185x5/ 25x10/ 50x10
205x5/ 25x10/ 50x10
225x5/ 25x8/ 50x8
245x5/ 25x8/ 50x8
265x4/ 25x8/ 50x8

265x4 isn't bad at all. It's the most I've incline pressed in a long time, actually. And if you haven't tried incline lean away laterals, do it! Lay sideways on an incline bench so one shoulder is facing up and do laterals in that position - it keep the focus on the delt a lot more than a normal LR.

Superset: Weighted Dips/ Tricep Rehab
BW+45 x5/ 50x5 w/8sec eccentric
+70x5/ same as above
+80x5/ same as above
+90x5/ same as above
+105x4/ same as above

One arm BB Preachers:
40 for 4x6 with 5sec eccentrics

Tri-set: Spider Curl/Preacher Curl/BB Curl
85x10/x10/x10
85x10/x10/x10
85x10/x8/x8
85x8/x8/x6
85x10/x10/x10

This tri-set works my biceps like nothing else I've ever done. It is currently far and away my favorite arm set-up. I was very displeased with my apparent weakness in the fourth set, but a little viking rage solved that problem in the fifth set.

Finished off with some Machine Preacher 21's at 110lb.

[SwolenONE]

Very interesting note on the possible MOA for your mood enhancement with XFA/arachidonic acid!

This log has my attention peaked quite thoroughly.

[Resolve]

Very interesting note on the possible MOA for your mood enhancement with XFA/arachidonic acid!

This log has my attention peaked quite thoroughly.

Yeah, I'm pretty swamped with my research right now, but if I have time, I want to read up a bit more on AA in the CNS.


Also, for anyone interested, I took 2nd place in the CL Motiv8 transformation contest! Won a big old prize pack!

[AZMIDLYF]

Good stuff R! Enjoy the spoils..

[thundergod]

Also, for anyone interested, I took 2nd place in the CL Motiv8 transformation contest! Won a big old prize pack!

Good stuff R! Enjoy the spoils..

Congratulations big Nick!!
Where are the pics located? I'd like to see those.

Enjoy the fruits of thy labor.

To the victor belongeth the spoils.

[MrKleen73]

Resolve excellent stuff so far. I see you are using the alternate day fasting approach, are you using a paleo type diet on the days you eat or are you taking in a good amount of carbs with this? I am doing an IF diet as well, Lean Gains it is 16 hours fasting and 8 hours of eating per day. I am really surprised no one else has even mentioned the fact you are not eating anything at all every other day. Maybe no one noticed... So are you taking BCAA's at all during the fast or just water only all day, and how long have you been following the protocol? I know that there are supposed to be a plethora of health benefits with the alternate day fasting, most importantly the increased resiliency of just about any cell structure in the body to disease including cancers. How would you rate this regarding ability to gain muscle? I get some of the resiliency benefits from my 16 hour fast but I know it is supposed to be higher with the 24 hour fast.

Looks like the product has some mood elevation, that is always an added benefit. Are you noticing an increase in the pump as well?

[Resolve]

Good stuff R! Enjoy the spoils..

Thanks AZ, I'm gonna enjoy 'em big time!

Congratulations big Nick!!
Where are the pics located? I'd like to see those.

Enjoy the fruits of thy labor.

To the victor belongeth the spoils.

I think I'm about the leanest I've ever been. I'll upload some of the pics to my photobucket account tonight and post them up.

[Resolve]

Yours was a meaty post, Kleen; so I've put a bit of thought into my reply.

My diet is primarily "Paleo Friendly," but still moderate in carbs - about 200g per day as fruit, legumes, veggies and sweet potato.

On fasting days, I have 8g of leucine every 2-3hrs throughout the day, and will usually have a small helping of protein before bed. I'm too hungry to sleep otherwise and it didn't seem to impede fat loss.

I've been following some form of intermittent fasting for over 2 years now. I began with 16/8 "Lean Gains" Protocol that you're on now. I found that very amenable to gaining weight and muscle - last summer I bulked to 265 and all my current PRs were set while on that kind of diet.

My current ADF diet was started this past January. It was originally tailored for fat loss during the CL transformation contest, so right now is really the first time I've employed this protocol for a muscle-gain program. So, I'm playing with cals and will be adjusting things a lot as I go along.

Calorie Restriction/fasting is really the only scientifically supported method of lifespan extension, because it has the exact effect you mentioned - it upregulates auto****y, which in a sense forces the body to "renew" itself on a continual basis.

Resolve excellent stuff so far. I see you are using the alternate day fasting approach, are you using a paleo type diet on the days you eat or are you taking in a good amount of carbs with this? I am doing an IF diet as well, Lean Gains it is 16 hours fasting and 8 hours of eating per day. I am really surprised no one else has even mentioned the fact you are not eating anything at all every other day. Maybe no one noticed... So are you taking BCAA's at all during the fast or just water only all day, and how long have you been following the protocol? I know that there are supposed to be a plethora of health benefits with the alternate day fasting, most importantly the increased resiliency of just about any cell structure in the body to disease including cancers. How would you rate this regarding ability to gain muscle? I get some of the resiliency benefits from my 16 hour fast but I know it is supposed to be higher with the 24 hour fast.

Looks like the product has some mood elevation, that is always an added benefit. Are you noticing an increase in the pump as well?

[Resolve]

My Motiv8 pics:

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After: