Over the next 11-12 weeks I will be stacking both AX's Pheraplex and IBE's Epistane for one purpose, and that is to finally reach my ultimate goal.
Let me give you a little bit of background on myself. I'm 23, nearly 6' tall, and currently weigh 184 lbs, 11-12% bf. When I left high school for college 5 years ago, I was same height but about 130lbs dripping wet. I was small, skinny, and weak. About 2 years into college I met up with some guys who went to the gym regularly, fraternity brothers of mine. These guys were all natural but were beasts. They both weighed under 200lbs and were benching high 200's low 300's. To me, at the age of 19, they were gods of the weight room. So I asked if I could join them and over the next two years they taught me good form, proper eating, and most importantly pushed me to my limits.
I'm now one year out of college, working for a living (sucks don't it?). At the heaviest weight I've ever been, the strongest I've ever been (which is by no means strong as you'll find out). But its not enough. My ultimate goal was to reach that 200lb mark. To see that digital scale read a 2 in front of those other two numbers. So here it goes.
This will be a detailed log that will cover everything on a day to day basis of this cycle. I will include past history with supplements and training. Current training program, measurement updates every week, before and after pictures, diet regiment, and most importantly how I feel from sleep patterns, libido, mental focus, to mind-muscle connection in the gym. So I say welcome and let the muscle-building begin.
Let me start with my current PRs and then move onto the goals from this cycle.
Current PRs
a) Bench Press: 235x1
b) Dead Lift: 275x1
c) Squat: 275x3
1) Reach a body weight of 200lbs while maintaining current bf%.
2) Max Reps
a) Bench Press: 315x1
b) Deadlift: 365x1
c) Squat: 330x1
3) Obliterate chest fat: Have had since early in college, didn't change during either PP cycle or superdrol cycle.
Next are my current measurements:
Shoulders: 48"
Chest: 40.5"
Arms: 15.25"
Forearms: 12"
Waist: 33" <--- That sucks
Thighs: 22"
Supplementation History:
My senior year of college I did a cycle of PP(10/20/20/30) with a terrible post-cycle of Rebound XT and Retain. My liver support during cycle was AX's post cycle therapy. I was uneducated, and stupid.
I've used various creatine's before, CEE, Creatine Mono, Swole V2, NO Xplode
Eight months ago I did a cycle of AX's Superdrol, but didn't respond very well. My post-cycle on this was superb.
Currently now that I'm bulking again I've been taking Incarnate, Excell, and Poseidon, as well as, pre-loading Cycle Support for the past two weeks. Which btw I've had great workouts using these products.
Diet: (stays pretty close to this normally)
Breakfast (6am): 5 whole eggs (sometimes 3 whole, 2 just whites)
1 scoop IsoPure Zero Carb WPI (left over from cutting cycle) w/ 12oz skim milk
2 pieces whole wheat bread w/ natty pb
1 serving cycle support, 5g Poseidon.
Next Breakfast (9am): 8 oz lean meat (mostly bs chicken breast, turkey, 93% ground beef)
1.5 cup rice
1 cup veggies
Lunch (12pm): 8 oz lean meat
1.5 cup rice/wheat pasta
1/4 cup almonds/walnuts
1 cup veggies
Multi/3g Fish Oil
Next Lunch (3pm): Usually a shake (2scoops WPI, 1cup oats ground up in coffee grinder)
Last Meal (10pm): 1 cup 4% cottage cheese, 8-12oz skim milk
Attached below are thumbnails of the cycle and how it'll be dosed, along with the workout regiment which I'll discuss in further detail tomorrow.
I'll also be buying a digital camera tomorrow, so before pictures will be posted this weekend and after pictures will be posted halfway through and at finish.
Will be cooking my Form TD up tonight. Workout today will just be some jump rope and body weight exercises, as I'm taking it easy until the log starts Monday. I'll also get my calipers out and check bf% for real tonight.
I'm going after work to buy a digital camera. So I'll have pics up tonight or at the latest tomorrow. Then I'll post pics after the 3 weeks of PP, more after the epistane runs its course, then final ones after post cycle. I'm going to try to be as thorough as possible to give you guys your money's worth.
P.S. Also to try to keep me as motivated as possible.
I'm going after work to buy a digital camera. So I'll have pics up tonight or at the latest tomorrow. Then I'll post pics after the 3 weeks of PP, more after the epistane runs its course, then final ones after post cycle. I'm going to try to be as thorough as possible to give you guys your money's worth.
P.S. Also to try to keep me as motivated as possible.
Logs are great motivation. Good luck with your stack.
A minor setback today Gents. As I sit here typing this my right shoulder is packed in ice...after a good 20-30 minutes of ice out comes the bengay. Diagnosis says the M.D. at the gym (my gym is run by the hospital here), inflamed tendon. Sweet says I. So I've been told to take this weekend and rest. Cycle will still start on Monday, I refuse to change that, but direct shoulder exercises will be replaced with rotator cuff exercises (at least for the first week or two), bulk cissus is on the way, and weighted dips will be replaced with skull crushers.
Ok, I have the pictures but the attachment manager just freezes up anytime I try to load any of them. So I'm going to try to put them on photobucket.com or something and post the link. Thats allowed right?
Got it to work. Here are a variety of back, lat spread, and front shots. If there are any other style of shot you're looking for let me know. Other than that don't laugh too hard.
This is what I thought when I saw these pictures . Is that what I really look like? Well at least I have motivation now.
Applied one squirt (0.5mL) of Form TD onto each lower pectoral after my shower, then stood under a low hanging ceiling fan for a couple minutes. I didn't experience any "rush" sensation as described by bigt in one of his logs. Although the dose was only ~20mg total. Only thing I have a question about is that the formestane has become an oil in the penetrate now and formed an emulsion. I shake the **** out of it before I squirt, but it settles pretty fast. Is this normal or is my formestane buggered?
Also dosed my cycle support this morning then took 20mg PP with breakfast which included 1/2 grapefruit to assist in absorption. Will continue with the 1/2 grapefruit every morning for this first week to help the process along. Other than that, large breakfast and large second meal already down. Have been carrying a gallon jug of water dose with 20mg Poseidon and 4 scoops Excell, as I saw Metroba doing this in his log and it makes sense to spread it out over the day. So I'll try to keep this up throughout the cycle (thanks Metroba).
I kept my shoulder stretched, iced, and bengay'd all weekend so hopefully it won't adversely affect my chest/back workout tonight. Will update with how I felt throughout the day and how the workout went tonight. So until then I'll be all day, as the goal is 200+ lbs by end of cycle.
sub'd...I'm looking to do something like this one in the future. Looks real good.
Only thing I would change is don't take your PP/EPI at the same time as taking your cycle support. I'd have a good gap inbetween your PH + liver support doses throughout the day just to help those subs pass the liver better.
I take a dose of cycle support in the evening as well, so I feel that gives my body better coverage. And once I up the dose of PP to 30mg I'll dose 20mg am and 10mg pm. But I see where you're coming from. I think I'll try to dose the PP at the meal after breakfast so that cycle support has some time to get into my system first. Appreciate the input Gutterpump. Tonight when I post my workout and daily thoughts on junk, I'll post a shot of my "chest fat" as well.
Ahh true, yeah I do the same, morning and evening, but I take my morning ph dose a good few hrs before my cycle support for example. I also take another ph dose before workout/after workout and then my 2nd cycle support dose before bed. Basically I take cycle support hrs after my ph dose just to help repair any damage done, otherwise taking cs before/with your ph dose could minimize absorption and negatively effect results. Just how I do it though but I think it's probably the best way.
Looking forward to following this log though and seeing the results. I'm waiting to get to that level of bf before doing something similar.
Today's workout went fairly well. I think I was too excited and came out of the gate a little fast so to speak and killed my performance for the rest of the lifting. Dosed 3 Incarnate pre-wo.
BB Bench Press
115x20, 135x10, 185x5, 205x3, 225x1, 225x2, 225x2, 225x2
(didn't have my lifting partner with me so I had to bug some of the big guys at the gym for a spot)
Incline DB Bench Press
50x12, 55x8, 60x6
(Used lighter weight because I'm trying to give my right shoulder a breather for the first week or two)
DB Flat Flys
30x12, 35x8, 40x6
Pullovers
40x12, 50x8, 55x6
Chin-ups
BWx10, BWx10, BWx6, BWx6, BWx6
(Normally keep going until I hit 50 total, but for some reason my grip was failing me today)
Bent Over Rows
115x12, 135x8, 135x6(reverse grip)
(grip was weak again)
Deadlifts
225x9(grip slipped on last rep!), 245x6(strapped up), 275x4
Full extension Situps on a large ball
BWx25, BWx25, (should have done 3 more sets but was wrecked at this point)
Walked fast on the track for about 15 minutes.
Overall the workout was a B+, I only got a banana and some water pre-wo which crushed my endurance as you can see. Will rectify that for the rest of the week. Dosed 3 Incarnate post-wo with my meal. Also applied another squirt of Form TD to each pectoral after my post-wo shower.
Mood: Unchanged, a little pumped about starting this stack!
Libido: Still horny as a teenager
Endurance: Was alert all day, but started to lag during wo
Joints: Same, shoulder held up well today. Will continue to ice over the week.
Pumps: None, fairly low volume workout (On a side note, the mind-muscle connection with my chest workout today was off the charts. Not sure if I was just focusing harder or what, but wow. My chest was torn up after the BB bench press.)
Other than that, below is a pic of my "chest fat" or whatever the hell you want to call it. All I know is it needs to GO
Dosed 20mg PP w breakfast
Dosed 20mg Form after morning shower, and 20mg Form TD after evening shower post WO
Dosed Cycle support w 2nd meal
Dosed Multi, Fish Oil w lunch
Dosed 3 Incarnate Pre WO and 3 PWO
Will dose cycle support again with next meal (as soon as Im done w this post)
I'll hit about 3800 calories at the end of the day today. Cheated a little this morning, as I had a donut between breakfast and my 2nd meal. A supplier brought some in to our morning meeting at work today. Although I just got one of the regular ones instead of the cream filled
Workout: Shoulders and Arms today, but alas my shoulder is still buggered and probably will be for the rest of this week. So I'll skip over the large sets of lightweight rotator cuff exercises, and light weight Arnold Presses I did today for shoulders.
On to Arms
EZ Bar Curls (close-grip):
65x12, 85x8, 105x6
Concentration Curls:
20x12, 25x12, 30x10 (Much too easy will increase weight next time)
Skull Crushers (wide-grip on EZ bar, coming down to bridge of nose)
65x12, 85x8, 105x4
Single Arm Tricep Pulldowns (normal grip)
65x12, (reverse grip) 60x8, (normal grip) 70x6
Standing behind back wrist curls w Olympic BB
75x12, 95x12, 115x10
Seated Reverse wrist curls w DBs
20x12, 25x8, 30x6
Drop Set of Standing DB Curls (To chest not shoulders)
35x10, 30x10, 25x10, 20x9, 12x8 (All one set, just drop set)
Overall a decent workout. I'm waiting for the strength to kick in, hopefully later this week. And hopefully my shoulder will repair itself by then. I've stretched and iced it enough imo.
Now to the rest.
Mood: Same, nothing abnormal
Libido: Same
Energy: Good, felt steady all day
Endurance: Great endurance all through workout
Joints: Other than my shoulder, all in order
Pumps: Nothing major to report during the majority of the workout, although on the final drop set I had to really push through the 20s and 12s because my biceps were so pumped.
Nice log indeed, as for the form seperation... yes that happens. If you look at the plain penetrate you'll notice that there are two seperate layers easily identifiable in the liquid so I take it that it's part of the nature of the product to form an emulsification like property. As long as there isn't any grit and your getting everything into solution it should be good.
Applied one squirt (0.5mL) of Form TD onto each lower pectoral after my shower, then stood under a low hanging ceiling fan for a couple minutes. I didn't experience any "rush" sensation as described by bigt in one of his logs. Although the dose was only ~20mg total. Only thing I have a question about is that the formestane has become an oil in the penetrate now and formed an emulsion. I shake the **** out of it before I squirt, but it settles pretty fast. Is this normal or is my formestane buggered?
Also dosed my cycle support this morning then took 20mg PP with breakfast which included 1/2 grapefruit to assist in absorption. Will continue with the 1/2 grapefruit every morning for this first week to help the process along. Other than that, large breakfast and large second meal already down. Have been carrying a gallon jug of water dose with 20mg Poseidon and 4 scoops Excell, as I saw Metroba doing this in his log and it makes sense to spread it out over the day. So I'll try to keep this up throughout the cycle (thanks Metroba).
I kept my shoulder stretched, iced, and bengay'd all weekend so hopefully it won't adversely affect my chest/back workout tonight. Will update with how I felt throughout the day and how the workout went tonight. So until then I'll be all day, as the goal is 200+ lbs by end of cycle.
how much form did you put in penetrate? i am not sure you would get the rush from 2 squirts, the rush i talked about was with 6 squirts. give it a week and i am 99% sure you will see improvement in chest. btw incarnate is a nice addition. wished i had run incarnate with my epi cycle. good luck bro-everything looks good to go.
. Is that what I really look like? Well at least I have motivation now. 
all day, as the goal is 200+ lbs by end of cycle. 
