I Need2BuildMuscle With Transaderm

**holmes215** · 10-15-2011, 06:08 PM

Yea I hate body fat too that's why I TRY to stay clean and eat about 200-300 above maintenance even on a bulk but occasionally I slip with the beer and such

**mich29** · 10-17-2011, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by holmes215

Yea I hate body fat too that's why I TRY to stay clean and eat about 200-300 above maintenance even on a bulk but occasionally I slip with the beer and such

mmm beer

**RickRock13** · 10-17-2011, 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by holmes215

Yea I hate body fat too that's why I TRY to stay clean and eat about 200-300 above maintenance even on a bulk but occasionally I slip with the beer and such

I understand completely bro

**holmes215** · 10-17-2011, 11:19 AM

It's not too bad now either, but when I was in college I never would have been able to run a good log or a serious cycle because every Friday and Saturday I used to knock back about 20 beers per night. Now I may drink 1 or 2 a few times a week.

**TheDarkHalf** · 10-17-2011, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by holmes215

It's not too bad now either, but when I was in college I never would have been able to run a good log or a serious cycle because every Friday and Saturday I used to knock back about 20 beers per night. Now I may drink 1 or 2 a few times a week.

Same here. I used to crush it on a friday night...drink a half a fifth and then go to a keg and drink 10-20 and black out....

the good ole days....lol

**holmes215** · 10-17-2011, 02:48 PM

Haha those the good days. I miss when my weekends were a blur, but I am a fan of waking up now and not feeling like hell every Saturday and Sunday

**holmes215** · 10-17-2011, 05:24 PM

Day 13 Off day.

Day 14

Back

Lat Pulldowns
4x10
On 4th set when at failure, drop set. I continued to drop 20 lbs each set and do 4 total drop sets

Bent over row

50lbsx18 reps by 4 sets.
Only had low weights at the gym I was at today because I was out of town so had to make due with 50 lbs.

Ab wheel 4x10 reps with 2 sec hold at full extension
6 inches: 4 sets at 45 seconds

Lat row with straight bar

4x10 with drop sets same as lat pulldowns,

I have always done dropsets but I usually only do my last set as a dropset, but I saw this on AM's articles as a training style and wanted to try it, especially since I had limited equipment. Now that it is the next day I feel somewhat sore too, which is good.

Day 15

Chest and shoulders (2-3 min rest between sets)

DB Bench Press triset with hanging leg raise and calf raises

4x12 regular
4 dropsets starting with 100 LB DB's and drop to 80 for 2nd set, 75 for 3rd and 70 for 4th

Incline DB Press triset with calf raises and reverse crunches
Same method as DB press but highest set with 75's.

standing rows triset with forearm curl and pushups
4x12 with 95 as highest weight

Pec fly machine
130lbsx10
170x10
190x8 downset with 150 and 100

Did 5 minutes of sprints on the exercise bike, and a 10 minute warmup preWO. I had some shoulder weakness in my capsule from sleeping on it several nights in a row. This could be seen as my right shoulder was much weaker on incline benches. I noticed the same issue from dry joints during an H-drol cycle a year ago, so I will up my fish oils to 5 gms a day from 3. BP issues seem to be getting along better unless I consume any caffeine where I almost get a panic attack. This is odd considering I am a heavy caffeine user usually and have normally low BP (108/72) precycle.

**RickRock13** · 10-18-2011, 09:28 AM

Nice workout bud

**holmes215** · 10-18-2011, 07:14 PM

Thanks, I like varying my workouts alot so I don't get bored and so my muscles adapt.

Day 16
Arms and traps

Still have a pinched nerve in my glute/hip so can't do legs yet which sucks.

EZ bar seated curl
4x10 last set at 90 lbs

Skull crushers
4x10 last set at 80 lbs

wide grip shrugs
5x10 with downsets after 5th set

BB wide grip curl
3x12 with downsets at end

bar pushdown
16 reps, 14, 8, 6

rope extension
4x10

Im looking for a new arms routine soon as mine is getting bland though. My shrugs were also shortened today because my wrist strap ripped in half, so I just went lighter and did more reps. Either way tomorrow is back day and more cardio so should be a better day

**holmes215** · 10-19-2011, 08:51 PM

Day 17

Notcing some mass increase in my pecs and my shoulders. I have also noticed hardening in my abdominal area even though theres slightly more fat/water there.

Back Day coupled with side ab exercise (forget the name) and squat jumps

Pull ups at body weight, which was 190 today

21, 15, 15, 12, 12

Close grip pull down triset with side planks and jumping side lunges
4xfailure with 2 more sets as downsets after initial 4

Behind head pull down with 1 arm 1 leg planks
160x10 for 4 sets and downset on last set

Cable row couples with Light Deadlifts
4xfailure with downset on last set

Deadlifts were very light due to my back/leg/hip issue, but did em more as a cardio exercise. Things going well for my BP now and an increase in mass can be seen in the mirror. I can say joint pain in the elbows and popping in the shoulders is becoming a hassle now even with increased fish oil consumption.

**RickRock13** · 10-20-2011, 12:59 PM

Looks like you are getting some good physique changes from the Transaderm.

For the joints, get some cissus if you can. Works great! If anything glucosamine or MSM will also help

**gymrat827** · 10-20-2011, 02:36 PM

how many g's of fish oil ED??

**holmes215** · 10-20-2011, 02:45 PM

Yea I have some glucosamine here I'm gonna start using. I haven't had real good experience with cissus it never works well but I'm using joint force too. I am using 4-5 gms of fish oil daily

**TheDarkHalf** · 10-20-2011, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by holmes215

Yea I have some glucosamine here I'm gonna start using. I haven't had real good experience with cissus it never works well but I'm using joint force too. I am using 4-5 gms of fish oil daily

**** has two joint products that I know of. Forged Joint Repair and Skeletal Balm. I haven't used either. I actually am using Core Flex right now. I'm sure all are viable options.

**holmes215** · 10-20-2011, 09:14 PM

Yea I'm using mainly what's around now because I'm a bit short on the cash with this whole not finding a job after graduating thing I have going

**Hazcat** · 10-23-2011, 10:02 AM

You might want to give L arginine a try to see if it helps out with your blood pressure.

**RickRock13** · 10-23-2011, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by holmes215

Yea I'm using mainly what's around now because I'm a bit short on the cash with this whole not finding a job after graduating thing I have going

I can inderstand that. I am short on being able to spend any more on supplements myself right now

**holmes215** · 10-23-2011, 06:29 PM

Day 18

Chest

Same overall workouts as before but with my DB bench press I did 7 reps at 110's on the DB's and did downsets from there on. Still noticed a bit of my joints giving out, but im hoping that if I go a little heavier with benches I'll get used to them again..

Day 19

Bi's and forearms

Really worked to get a stretch and a pump in my bi's today. On my last heavy set of curls I got 85 up 8 times with no shoulder involvement. Eitherway I am starting to notice more lean gains with limited fat/water retention. I still am having a slight headache with support supps. but not too bad, and am liking the way this cycle is moving along. My current weight was 189, down a lb from before and around 10.5% BF.

Day 20

Off day.

**tuberman** · 10-23-2011, 08:29 PM

Taurine is the answer for BP and any other sides you might feel with this. It lowers BP dramatically. You just have to build up a tolerance for 4-5 grams a day. Initially it will give you the runs at that level. Cheap too!

Vanadium is the answer for cheat days, as long as you don't use it more than a couple days a week as it is somewhat liver toxic, but it will totally stuff those nutrients into muscle cells rather than fat cells.

**holmes215** · 10-23-2011, 09:24 PM

I have some raiding I'll have to dose higher because I've been running about a gm every other day but I'll dose higher from now on. I also have na-rala for cheat days, I don't really want vanadium if it's toxic.

**tuberman** · 10-23-2011, 09:49 PM

It can take a few weeks to slowly build up a tolerance, but try about 2.5 grams to start and even that should have a decent effect.

And I'm just saying one can eat a whole large pizza with some beers and take 40 mgs of vanadium and not gain any fat. Na-rala is good, but it won't do that. Airline pilots with type 2 diabetes have to keep there BS low to qualify for flying commercial jets and they aren't legally allowed insulin, so they use vanadium when their BS is getting out of hand.

**RickRock13** · 10-23-2011, 10:10 PM

The NA-R-ALA will do a lot for you man. It is one of the active ingredients in Need2slin which I use regularly. Helps a lot on high Carb meals and cheat days.

**holmes215** · 10-23-2011, 11:59 PM

Yea I use na-rala 2x daily on workout days. It's great preworkout for me as I cab get more energy from the higher glycogen levels in my cells. I also like it for dinner because I usually have more carbs then too. I've probably used every ingredient out there for nutrient repartitioning and I'd say na-rala is the best for me at least and it's a good antioxidant too

**TheDarkHalf** · 10-24-2011, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by holmes215

Yea I use na-rala 2x daily on workout days. It's great preworkout for me as I cab get more energy from the higher glycogen levels in my cells. I also like it for dinner because I usually have more carbs then too. I've probably used every ingredient out there for nutrient repartitioning and I'd say na-rala is the best for me at least and it's a good antioxidant too

Isn't it expensive though?

**holmes215** · 10-24-2011, 02:19 PM

I bought it during memorial day when NP had a sale. It was like 25 for 130 or so servings so not too bad

**RickRock13** · 10-24-2011, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by holmes215

I bought it during memorial day when NP had a sale. It was like 25 for 130 or so servings so not too bad

That's not bad at all. Pretty good price really

**holmes215** · 10-25-2011, 04:14 PM

Day 21
Back lifts

Pull ups at body weight triset with side crunches and standing russian twists
23 1/2, 13, 12, 10

DB bent over rows triset with side crunches and wall sits
75's x12
85x12
90x10
100x10 downset with 80's then 60's.

Cable rows with back extensions and side planks

4 sets till failure with increasing weights, not sure actual weight though. I struggled a little more than usual because I did all of my pull up sets until failure, so I was shot at this point.

1 arm bent over BB Row
Bar+25 till failure
Bar+50 till failure
Bar+75 till failure, 2 forced reps then downset with 50 and 25.
The biggest issue with this was my lower back was sore and tired more so than my lats.

Day 22
DB Bench Press
60'sx12
80'sx12
100'sx10
110x8 then downset with 70's and 50's.
110x6 then downset in same way.

BB Military Press
warm up of 45x15
95x12
105x10
115x8

My shoulder's were starting to give a little bit and crack with this, partially due to weakness of the synovial capsule. I usually get this during anabolic cycles and sometimes during AI's too where my joints like to pop alot. Either way I continued with partial rep presses to work on my delt involvement where I am weakest.

Incline Smith machine press
165x10
175x10
185x11
185x9

Worked partial rep movements after failure on this to get my shoulders more involved.

Fly Machine
150x12
170x12
190x10
190x8 a couple of forced reps at the end and I was done.

Im glad on my back day I was able to set a PR for pull ups because I usually am stuck at around 21-22, but I did kill myself with that and couldn't do much for the rest of the exercise. Either way tomorrow is arms, and I am looking forward to some tricep work

**mattrag** · 10-25-2011, 07:17 PM

nice bent over rows! drop set on top the 100s. Nice work man!

**holmes215** · 10-25-2011, 09:21 PM

Thanks man I really enjoy back days. I don't do the bent over row with DB's that often but I may start again since I got a good workout from it

**holmes215** · 10-27-2011, 09:03 PM

Overall I am noticing good lean mass gains with a slight increase in weight, 4.5 lbs so far. I have noticed it's very easy to raise my heart rate during cardio which can be advantageous. Headaches are also going down slightly with taurine addition. I will update my actual training when I make it to a computer.

**RickRock13** · 10-27-2011, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by holmes215

Overall I am noticing good lean mass gains with a slight increase in weight, 4.5 lbs so far. I have noticed it's very easy to raise my heart rate during cardio which can be advantageous. Headaches are also going down slightly with taurine addition. I will update my actual training when I make it to a computer.

4.5 lbs is nice bro! I'm sure some of that is water, but a very solid gain on Transaderm nonetheless

**holmes215** · 10-27-2011, 11:58 PM

yea its a small portion of water/fat but I have noticeable muscle gain too in my arms, back and abdominal area

**holmes215** · 10-28-2011, 01:30 PM

Day 23

Arms

BB Bicep Curl
4x12 highest set at 95 lbs but only got 8 reps without cheating

Skull Crushers
20 reps, 18, 16, 14, 14 reps at 65 lbs

preacher curls
4x12 highest at 60 lbs

Triceps bar pushdown
16, 14, 10, 8

EZ Bar Curl
4x12 slow reps, 4 secs up and down

Day 24

Back

Close grip weighted pull ups
BWx15
BW+25x12
BW+40x10
BW+45x10

Close grip machine row
150x12
170x12
180x10
190x9

Neutral grip pull downs super sets with Cable Rows
Each 12 reps per set for 4 sets, my highest pulldown set was 180 lbs.

I did some trisets with these with ab exercises and other muscle groups to keep my heart rate up, but I don't recall what they were now. My diet has been rather similar over the cycle so far, about 250-300 gms protein, 120-140 gms of fat, and about 200-220 gms of carbs, with some variations. I do need to cut my fats a little bit, I have started using lower fat milk and eating more Greek Yogurt while cutting down on the Natty Peanut Butter

**TheDarkHalf** · 10-29-2011, 02:35 PM

Nice arm workout, i'm going to hit those in a few mins

**RickRock13** · 10-30-2011, 02:15 PM

great workout man! Non-fat Greek yogurt is your friend. I've been eating 5 oz of it on every workout day.

**holmes215** · 10-30-2011, 02:43 PM

Yea I plow through Greek yogurt I average like 10 oz a day at least because I can get the big bucket for cheap

**holmes215** · 10-30-2011, 11:01 PM

Day 25

Chest

BB Bench Press
135x12
185x12
225x10
245x9
255x7 downset

Smith BB Incline Press Supersets with Standing Rows
135x12 65x12
155x12 85x10
185x10 95x10
205x10 115x9
225x9 downset 105x10 downset

Machine Fly

150x12
170x12
190x10
210x9 with forced reps

Day 26
Arms

Quadset of Seated Biceps curl, Skullcrushers, seated preachers curl, and close grip bench
Biceps curl and skull curshers at 75 lbs for 9 sets of 10-12 reps
Preachers at 55 lbs and close grip bench at 135 lbs.
This was a 10x10 but I only could finish 9 sets because the gym became packed with old people.

I then did high rep slow curls with 10 lb weights directly after and did 4 sets of tate press with 30's.

I have noticed tightening of skin over the past week and a half and my arms have gained 2.5 inches during the cycle. The only main negative is the spike in BP and some occassional chest pain after cardio.

Jahcuree · 10-31-2011, 02:01 AM

Originally Posted by holmes215

I have noticed tightening of skin over the past week and a half and my arms have gained 2.5 inches during the cycle. The only main negative is the spike in BP and some occassional chest pain after cardio.

Your serious? 26 days and 2.5 inches gained in arms? this must be a typo right...

**RickRock13** · 10-31-2011, 08:10 AM

I will say that 2.5 inches on arm growth is very hard to believe unless you gained about 20-25 lbs. Any growth is good though. If you got a quarter inch that would be very impressive itself

**holmes215** · 10-31-2011, 09:10 AM

My fault I was typing on my iPhone it should have been 1.25 the decimal was moved for some reason or other sorry for the misinformation

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