Cut Like Iron - with Ironflex Supplements Alpha-90

[heavylifter33]

Alpha 90 is one of the strongest pro-hormones/anabolic designer steroids on the over the counter market today, therefore cycles are typically very short with three weeks being the recommended and most common cycle length. It's known to have some conversion to M1T (Methyl-1-Testosterone) as M1A/Alpha One is a precursor to M1T, however legit information regarding the rate of conversion is unknown but most educated estimates are in the 15-20% range. With that said, Alpha 90 is an already active steroid therefore regardless of conversion to M1T it's plenty sufficient on it's own without factoring in conversion. Alpha 90 is certainly NOT for first time pro-hormone and steroid users, it is recommended that users have at least 2 successful cycles under their belt before considering Alpha One. ​

Hey boys and girls it's time to cut some weight, but with a bulker! I dropped to about 11% bodyfat in the beginning of the summer but gained a bit back with partying and what not but I need to drop a bit more in the next 2 months and keep working on my competition form for this winter. I've been studying anabolics for a few years now and am a Health Science major with a focus on Nutrition. Biology and chemistry and nutrition is a passion of mine. Anyone that knows the science behind AAS knows there's really no such thing as a bulker or cutter. Sure there may be compounds more suited for one or the other, but any compound can be used during any phase or dieting and training, it's simply how you use it.
For this cycle I will be eating at roughly maintenance which is around 2.9k cals. The addition of Alpha-90 should be strong enough to simultaneously drop bodyfat while maintaining and gaining muscle. Right now i'm at 12-12.5% bodyfat. And I hope within 4 weeks I will be down to 10% or less. I will be doing cardio 3-4x a week, and I either max incline treadmill or stationary bike. I do LISS cardio but I end my workouts with HIIT training (per say). As far as training goes I use a pretty dynamic split. This has been developed by my coach and myself and is specifically built around my strengths and weaknesses. The training alone should prove interesting for anyone following along.


The Stack:

I keep my supplementation and cycles pretty simple. TUDCA on cycle, run between 250mg and 750mg. I have not decided exactly what i'll run the Alpha-90 at yet. CEL Cycle Assist on cycle for the health/organ benefits. SERM + some natural T product + cortisol control (if needed). And I always have a stock of pharma AI's on hand if needed. I prefer arimidex.

 

[EatMoar]

I'm in this. I'm also in love with bio/chem / anabolic sciences. Its fascinating how everything works. Have a good run brotha.

 

[heavylifter33]

Current Pics:

Please excuse the face lol. Kind of just woke up.

Current Weight: 202.4

 

[Mack411]

Subbed!

 

[Jiigzz]

In it!

 

[heavylifter33]

Thanks brahs. Will hopefully be able to post up my workout today, will be pushing it since I have to lift quick then work tonight.

 

[Rarchib]

I'm in for this

 

[TheSaiyan]

My interests have been tingled

 

[Celorza]

Yo, I'm in on this !

 

[bcazo]

Nice intro!! Kill this for us I'm in!!

 

[jbryand101b]

im in, but im not that into anabolics sciency stuff. it's lame. bro science is where it's at.

 

[heavylifter33]

Workout - 8/8

Deadlift max effort (2 set warmup)
8 x 315, 5 x 365, 3 x 385, 3 x 395, 2 x 405, 1 x 415, 5 x 315

Incline BB Bench
12 x 135, 12 x 145, 12 x 155, 10 x 145

Farmer Walk
various weights, 4 sets or 40 yards

Single Leg Quad Extension
4 sets, 20 reps each

Hanging Leg Raises
4 sets, max reps burnout

Pushups
4 sets, max reps burnout

Stationary Bike
Level 11 incline, max effort. Stopped early as calfs started cramping.

No real thoughts per say, normal day. Don't really expect to see anything for a couple days from Alpha-90. The sooner it kicks in the better idea we'll have of potency.

 

[jbryand101b]

your dosing 60mg e/d right?

 

[bcazo]

Nice lifts, this is going to be good !!

 

[tyga tyga]

Whoa late as hell lol but in!

Playing it safe with 40mg daily or 60mg?

 

[heavylifter33]

Going with 60mg ED ya. Thought about doing something a bit different but might as well play it safe and something that most people can run to compare with my results. Will update yesterday's workout when I get home today. Not lifting today, tweaked my shoulder choking out some dumbass at the bar last night.

 

[EatMoar]

Going with 60mg ED ya. Thought about doing something a bit different but might as well play it safe and something that most people can run to compare with my results. Will update yesterday's workout when I get home today. Not lifting today, tweaked my shoulder choking out some dumbass at the bar last night.

HA there better be a good story behind that.

 

[bcazo]

HA there better be a good story behind that.

I was thinking the same thing!!

 

[jbryand101b]

Why were you at the bar? Drinking water right?

 

[abformulations]

I'm in this for sure. Kill it

 

[bcazo]

Why were you at the bar? Drinking water right?

Probably those damn virgin piña coladas again!! Lol

 

[jwa254]

in. let's see you do some work brotha

 

[heavylifter33]

I work at a pretty chill bar, so the other night was way out of the ordinary. Had some shady people in, no real problems until one idiot open-handed hit another idiot. I run over, put idiot #1 in a choke and start applying pressure while pulling him out of the bar. Now the last bar I worked at was wild and I have around 8 years of martial arts experience as well as learning the "art" of bouncing by a couple badasses. Back to the story: the idiot i'm choking out is resisting, which is blowing my mind. I approach 100% effort on the choke and i'm still struggling with him. I get him through the door and say fuk it and throw him through a bush and in to the street. He hops up like nothing happened and walks off. Come to find out him and his crew all do/sell coke and speed. His neck will probably be hurting about now as I heard tendons popping at one point. Literally blew my mind I applied that much force and he didn't even seem to notice. I'm just glad I didn't have to fight him as I really detest violence.

Anyways, Uncle Rhadam story time is over, now back to lifting since my shoulder feels rested enough.

 

[bcazo]

I love bar fight stories! The last bar fight I got into was the first date I took my now wife!! Some guy grabbed her a$$ coming out of the bathroom an it was on!! I guess that won her over LOL.. Srs glad your fine..

 

[EatMoar]

I love bar fight stories! The last bar fight I got into was the first date I took my now wife!! Some guy grabbed her a$$ coming out of the bathroom an it was on!! I guess that won her over LOL.. Srs glad your fine..

Jesus I don't know what idiot would mess with a big guy like you Caz. That's funny as ****.

 

[heavylifter33]

Here was my workout the day of:

Anterior Focus

Bent over barbell Row
12 x 135, 12 x 145, 12 x 155, 10 x 155

Pullup superset medley (superset wide grip and hammer grip)
4 sets, max reps each grip

Military DB Shoulder Press
10 x 70, 10 x 75, 10 x 80, 8 x 85

Bent over rear lateral raise
10 x 45, 8 x 50, 7 x 50, 9 x 45

Close Grip Bench
12 x 135, 12 x 145, 10 x 155, 12 x 145

15 minutes cardio, 15 minutes superset abdominal work + pushups

 

[jwa254]

nice work out, rhadam

 

[bcazo]

Loving that superset. I'm hitting back tonight going to give that a try.. Nice workout..

 

[heavylifter33]

I try to keep things interesting during my workouts as well as involve supersets and dropsets every few months. It just so happens that right now i'm using supersets a lot to stimulate some growth and change things up per say. I feel that supersets was one big key to my arm growth.

 

[jwa254]

love doing supersets.

 

[heavylifter33]

Here's yesterday's workout, short and sweet but man does it hurt.

Single Leg Squat
4 x 20 (each leg)

Front Squat
12 x 135, 8 x 165, 8 x 175, 8 x 185, 8 x 195, 4 x 205

Kettlebell Clean and Press
5 x 15 (each arm) (35lb bell)

Standing Calf raises
4 x 20
Ab roller superset with pushups
15 minutes bike

Didn't weight myself, but will get one in today or tomorrow most likely. Single leg squats are coming along, just started doing them so I obviously don't go down all the way and I fall over a lot. Holy crap though they work hard, and it's a great pre-exhaust for front squats. Hence why numbers there are low haha.

 

[bcazo]

It looks like you are about 6 days in, feeling anything from Alpha 90 yet?

 

[heavylifter33]

I'm going to update that today after my workout, wanted to wait a week to get an accurate account of my thoughts so far. But short answer: yes

 

[bcazo]

I'm going to update that today after my workout, wanted to wait a week to get an accurate account of my thoughts so far. But short answer: yes

Thanks for the teaser!! LOL

 

[EatMoar]

Can't wait for the update, may be running this in a month. Can't decide what I want to run next O_O. Looking large brotha!

 

[heavylifter33]

Cool story: called in to work early so this will be a super short update. Woke up with some right delt pain, still felt weird walking in to the gym. Loosened it up as best I could but something just felt wrong. Didn't go as hard as I could today and unfortunately I had to do lifts that really stressed my shoulder. Oh well, made it work, got in a good workout regardless.

Workout:

Incline BB Bench
185 x 6, 205 x 6, 215 x 6, 215 x 5, 225 x 4, 215 x 5

Decline BB Bench
185 x 8, 195 x 6, 205 x 6, 205 x 6, 215 x 5, 205 x 6

Standing BB Military Press (strict)
135 x 10, 145 x 6, 155 x 4, 155 x 3, 145 x 4

Tricep Dual Rope Pulldown
4 sets 12 reps, light weight (shoulder ouch =/)

Standing Cable Curl
4 sets, 12 reps, 40lbs each arm.

Hanging Leg Raises
4 sets max reps; superset with pushups 15 reps

15 min max incline treadmill 3.6 speed.

Weight: 198.8

Alpha 90 Thoughts
As of this first week there are a few things quite apparent: increase in strength, slight increase in vascularity, increase in fullness, muscle retention while drop in weight (roughly 4 lbs). Now consider the fullness increase while also losing weight after only 7 days of being "on." That's a great sign right there. I keep strict track of my fluid intake and weigh myself at the same points each time. I try to be as scientific as I can about this. I'm at roughly a 500 cal deficit per day, and only do 15-20 minutes of LISS cardio 3-4x a week. For my money, these are great signs after only one week.

 

[tyga tyga]

With shoulder pain you still put in work.

I like how you are meticulous with weighing and tracking fluid intake. Nice update

 

[MrKleen73]

In to see what the Alpha is about. Not sure I will mess with it but curious. So tell me what are the weaknesses you are working on?

 

[bcazo]

I love the fact that your cutting with alpha 90. Most people use it to bulk, I never bulk so I like what I'm seeing so far.. Losing 4 lbs in the first week is awesome..

 

[jwa254]

Down 4lbs? Not too shabby, not too shabby at all.

 

[heavylifter33]

With shoulder pain you still put in work.

I like how you are meticulous with weighing and tracking fluid intake. Nice update

Ya and unfortunately I woke up with some more shoulder pain and pain in the elbow of said shoulder. Shall see what happens today, going to hop on some cissus immediately. As I drink all my water out of a 20oz shaker bottle I've made it easy to track fluids. I just count how many times I re-fill it

In to see what the Alpha is about. Not sure I will mess with it but curious. So tell me what are the weaknesses you are working on?

Currently my focus is legs and back. I deadlift 2-3x a week, squat 2x a week, and hit back pretty hard with supersets and just overall high volume work. You'll notice things like arms I rarely isolate.

I love the fact that your cutting with alpha 90. Most people use it to bulk, I never bulk so I like what I'm seeing so far.. Losing 4 lbs in the first week is awesome..

Thanks man, seemed like a cool log to run and an interesting product to do it with. Needless to say i'm pretty surprised at the 4lb drop in weight. I actually thought I would maintain the first week as the Alpha One would offset the caloric deficit and cardio. Really interested to see what happens this second week.

Down 4lbs? Not too shabby, not too shabby at all.

No complaints here

 

[heavylifter33]

No workout yesterday, woke up in almost full body pain. Had a long work-day too so didn't want to push it. Had a great workout today which i'll update later tonight. Snapped a couple 1 week progress pics too and i'm happy.

 

[bcazo]

No workout yesterday, woke up in almost full body pain. Had a long work-day too so didn't want to push it. Had a great workout today which i'll update later tonight. Snapped a couple 1 week progress pics too and i'm happy.

Impatiently waiting for pics!!l lol

 

[jwa254]

pics pics pics!

 

[heavylifter33]

Here's yesterday's workout

Bodyweight Squats
50

Sumo Deadlift
8 x 265, 6 x 395, 5 x 315, 2 x 325, 2 x 335, 2 x 345, 355 fail, 355 fail

Leg Press
4 sets, 8-12 reps (don't keep track really just go as heavy as I can. typically 5-7 plates at this point)

Incline BB Press
12 x 135, 12 x 155, 10 x 175, 10 x 185

DB side lat raise superset Bent over rear lat raise
4 sets, 8-10 reps

Kettelbell swings superset Kettelbell clean and press
4 sets, 8-10 reps each arm

Thoughts:
Was not happy failing twice on 355lbs sumo but whatever. I rarely do sumo DL but I thought i'd be able to go heavier. Overall, I have seen my strength take a small spike upwards which I'll attribute to the Alpha One. It's definitely not diet based haha. Felt pretty good after spending the day before wondering if something was wrong, I was literally in that much pain. One weird thing going on is that since 2 days ago I've been having body odor issues, specifically in arm pits. Now, this is something I've never had an issue with. But as of now if I perspire my body odor is horrendous. I can't say whether this is Alpha One related as correlation does not always equal causation, but I don't know what else it would be since I keep most things in my life the same.

 

[heavylifter33]

Not the best pics in the world but snapped these after the workout, no real pump here. Potato camera and shaky hands but whatever. Currently sitting at 197.2 which is around another pound down. To me I've noticed the stomach leaning out the most with some more upper abdominal definition. But fullness is still holding which is awesome.

 

[bcazo]

Not the best pics in the world but snapped these after the workout, no real pump here. Potato camera and shaky hands but whatever. Currently sitting at 197.2 which is around another pound down. To me I've noticed the stomach leaning out the most with some more upper abdominal definition. But fullness is still holding which is awesome.

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Abs are definitely leaning out! Chest seems fuller as well, great work my man

 

[tyga tyga]

Yea you can see you've leaned out around your abdomen. Nice work

 

[heavylifter33]

Chit has been crazy around here, practically no time to do anything online. I'll update with yesterday's workout and a couple thoughts, then off to take care of business. School starts in a couple days, work has me working 6 days a week, friends trying to get me to drink (i'm resisting ), such is life haha.

Bent Over BB Row (strict form, 90 degree)
12 x 135, 7 x 155, 6 x 175, 5 x 185, 5 x 195, 5 x 195

Lat Pulldown superset (wide grip + narrow underhand grip)
4 sets each, 10-12 reps each grip

Seated Military DB Press
8 x 70, 6 x 75, 6 x 80, 6 x 85, 6 x 90

Leaning cable side raise
4 sets, 10-12 reps, 20lbs or less. focus on form, muscle connection

Dips + Hanging Leg Raise
superset, 10-12 reps each

Ab Roller + pushups
Max reps on roller, 10-15 reps pushups, 4 sets

No cardio yesterday as I was crunched on time. I weighed in at 199.1 and I was even short on water by about 60oz at that point. Was a weird day. I attribute the weight gain to a reefed I had the day before where I was hurting so I took in a bit more P/CHO/F, especially carbs haha. The body needed it, and I woke up feeling good and had a great workout.
Thoughts on Alpha One - still having some odor issues, acne has definitely increased in the past 3-4 days, but on the plus side i'm feeling stronger as well as looking nice and lean in my core and my arms seemed to have lost a tick of fat. Bicep, both flexed and unflexed, is looking more defined.

 

[bcazo]

I know a lot of guys are getting back into school.. I'm liking the BB bent rows at 195x5 good work there.. If I remember correctly your close to the weight you started, if so sounds like a nice recomp going on here..