Are you #&%*ing serious?!? ANABOLIC EDGE (Spons.), ACTIVATE XTREME, IGF-2 & PRIME!!!

Shortly after posting this morning my email goes crazy and my phone starts blowing up. It's one thing after another. The water isn't working in the 5th floor ladies' room, the water fountains are blowing air instead of water, the toilets are overflowing on 3, there's an odor in the 2nd floor women's room. WTF is going on?!? So I contact our maintenance guys a dozen times in an hour, and find myself coordinating all morning/early afternoon with them trying to get this **** resolved. Our building is very high tech and was just built a few months ago, so I figured something might've gone awry. Turns out it was a water main break down the street, and several city blocks are without water. What does that mean for me?

WE GOT TO GO HOME EARLY!!!! :woohoo:

So I'm at home right now, which means I will get to hit the gym earlier than planned, and NOT miss the first half of my Redskins as they play the Steelers tonight @ home in what I predict will be one of the highest rated Monday Night games ever. You heard it here first. ;)

GO SKINS!!!

So I'm gonna eat and relax for a bit, then go hit the gym before the evening rush hits. I've got a lot of catching up to do with all my bros (and sises!) logs; gotta support my homies!! I'll be back through in a little. Hopefully all that alcohol didn't effect me TOO much. We'll find out in a bit!
 
Inarius said:
Shaddow,
Sorry if this has been asked before but are you dosing your igf2 with meals or before meals and have you noticed any stomach discomfort with it?
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I am taking 4 caps of IGF-2 upon waking ~40 minutes before breakfast, and again before bed 4 caps ~1 hour after eating. I have had ZERO stomach discomfort.

Actually, the first couple days I was taking 4 caps pre-workout too, ~40 minutes before eating (I always do oats & whey right before I leave the house), but then Rosie brought to my attention that I had the new version which calls for less doses (oops), and have since reduced to 4 AM & 4 PM.
 
VolcomX311 said:
Three questions, what'd you have? Was it good? and what position did you eat it in? I want some fast food dirty talk and I'll relive it vicariously through you.
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Maaaan, it was horrible. I'm not even kidding, I HATE fast food. I was just so hungry, and short on time, and the ladies I was with were all about some McDonald's, so I said "**** it." I had a quarter pounder (nothing on it), and a McChicken sandwich (no sauce). I ate it in the car on the way to the party. Blech. Like I said, it was the first time in at least 9 months I've had fast food, and it's not happening again any time soon! For me it is an emergency situation only sort of deal!!
 
shaddow said:
Maaaan, it was horrible. I'm not even kidding, I HATE fast food. I was just so hungry, and short on time, and the ladies I was with were all about some McDonald's, so I said "**** it." I had a quarter pounder (nothing on it), and a McChicken sandwich (no sauce). I ate it in the car on the way to the party. Blech. Like I said, it was the first time in at least 9 months I've had fast food, and it's not happening again any time soon! For me it is an emergency situation only sort of deal!!
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That's not so bad man.

I gotta hit it off at a fast food joint once in a blue moon when there is nothing else around. Makes me anxious as sh*t to get back to the gym... :head:
 
shaddow said:
Shortly after posting this morning my email goes crazy and my phone starts blowing up. It's one thing after another. The water isn't working in the 5th floor ladies' room, the water fountains are blowing air instead of water, the toilets are overflowing on 3, there's an odor in the 2nd floor women's room. WTF is going on?!? So I contact our maintenance guys a dozen times in an hour, and find myself coordinating all morning/early afternoon with them trying to get this **** resolved. Our building is very high tech and was just built a few months ago, so I figured something might've gone awry. Turns out it was a water main break down the street, and several city blocks are without water. What does that mean for me?

WE GOT TO GO HOME EARLY!!!! :woohoo:

So I'm at home right now, which means I will get to hit the gym earlier than planned, and NOT miss the first half of my Redskins as they play the Steelers tonight @ home in what I predict will be one of the highest rated Monday Night games ever. You heard it here first. ;)

GO SKINS!!!

So I'm gonna eat and relax for a bit, then go hit the gym before the evening rush hits. I've got a lot of catching up to do with all my bros (and sises!) logs; gotta support my homies!! I'll be back through in a little. Hopefully all that alcohol didn't effect me TOO much. We'll find out in a bit!
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I'll be hoping for the Steelers my Giants require some breathing room...
 
I'm just glad The Colts beat The Pats, and wow, Giants ate Dallas for lunch, props to Chicago and damn, The Raiders can't get any worse.
 
VolcomX311 said:
I'm just glad The Colts beat The Pats, and wow, Giants ate Dallas for lunch, props to Chicago and damn, The Raiders can't get any worse.
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The sad thing is the Giants did not even play well, Dallas just has no heart..
 
Day 44: Monday, November 3

Weight: 190.0 (+9.2)

Considering the fact that I got hammered on Saturday and had a **** diet I was expecting a horrible workout. Boy was I wrong. This was one of the best workouts I have ever had in my life. Energy, recovery between sets, endurance, strength, pumps, everything, it was all there.

Workout #22 on stack - Chest & Biceps

Dumbbells!!!

Incline bench press
30 x 20
50 x 12
80 x 12
90 x 9

Went up 5#'s on those incline presses and it felt good!! Wasn't expecting to do so well on these. I think 90 x 9 is a PR. I'll have to look into it.

Flat bench press
90 x 12
100 x 7 + 1 assisted

Went up 2 reps on that first set with the 90's, and on the 2nd set, I squeezed out 7, would've stopped there, but a buddy came over to spot so I decided to take advantage and put up the 8th rep assisted. PR last week was 100x7, so I tied it. I'm not counting an assisted rep a PR since I would NOT have gotten that up unassisted. Regardless, way better than I was expecting to do!!

Incline dumbbell flies
55 x 12
65 x 10
75 x 9 - PR!!!!!!!

I couldn't believe I got those 75's up cleanly for 8 reps and muscled out an extra one to set another PR. Going up next week! Damn, I'm actually impressed with myself today!

Bench press
135 x 12
185 x 10
205 x 6
135 x 15

Last week I only got 185 up 6x on the barbell. This week I did it 10 times. Then I went up and hit 205 for 6, but I need a spot if I try that again. What's going on here? I'm going up on everything!!!

Pec Deck
220 x 10 - Dammit, I want 12
220 x 10 - Damn.
220 x 10 - **** it.
235 x 7 + 1 assisted
250 x 6 + 1 assisted.

I will have to check my numbers, but I think that 250 is more than I have ever done on the pec deck, so that would be a PR.

Dumbbell curls
20 x 15
40 x 12
45 x 10
50 x 8

Standing preacher curls
80 x 12
90 x 10
100 x 6 + 2 assisted

That's it! What a ****ing workout!!! I feel like a beast right now!!

:bb3:

Did I mention I only slept 4.5 hours last night? And I ate, slept, and treated my body like **** over the weekend?? Yeah, I mentioned that part, but DAMN!!! 5g BA pre/ 5g BA intra. Beta Alanine, I think I love you!!!

TIME TO GO WATCH MY SKINS!!!! :head::head::head:
 
Great workout. Great looking chica. But bro......I gotta go with my Steelers tonight. I've been a Steeler fan since I was like 7 years old. And that is quite a long time ago. LOL
 
CTDeuce said:
gotta agree here...sorry Shaddow!

Don't go to my log, haha...I posted a pic of my new Justin Tuck jersey ;)
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Justin Tuck that will be my next Giants Jersey, I am an ND fan too so I have been watching him for a long time. My all time fav Giant is still Mark Bavaro... not that was class, he also played for the Irish.
 
DreamWeaver said:
Justin Tuck that will be my next Giants Jersey, I am an ND fan too so I have been watching him for a long time. My all time fav Giant is still Mark Bavaro... not that was class, he also played for the Irish.
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I have an old school Bavaro jersey ;)

Seems we have similar tastes when it comes to Big Blue and the Blue&Gold. Cheers!
 
Day 45: Tuesday, November 4

Weight: 189.8 (+9.0)

I slept less than 5 hours last night AGAIN, and work kicked my ass today. Busy day, and I was tired as hell, but I felt more confident yet, and I think it shows.

Workout #23 on stack - SQUATS & DEADS!!!

ATG squats
135 x 12
165 x 10
185 x 8
205 x 6
225 x 4
225 x 3
185 x 8
135 x 12

Compared to last week:
95 x 15
115 x 12
135 x 10
155 x 8
175 x 6
185 x 5
200 x 4
185 x 5
135 x 10
135 x 10
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Sumo deadlifts
135 x 12
185 x 8
225 x 4
275 x 2
315 x FAIL
315 x FAIL
315 x FAIL

Compare to last week:
Sumo deadlifts
135 x 12
185 x 8
225 x 5
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I was feeling bold, so I kept pushing it on the deads. 315 was HEAVY for me. I could get it off the floor, but it wasn't going up. My hamstring was screaming on these. I felt good until I tweaked my lumbar a little on that last set. Remember, I have a prior lumbar injury. Decided to throw in the towel and not risk anything. I'm sure I'll be fine. Those heavy sets really beat up my forearms too, but not the muscle, the bones. I have a very thin frame, and it felt like the bones in my forearms were under a lot of stress. Good! I could use a little bone density.

Dinner:

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I'm exhausted. I'm gonna stretch out my back, shower, and go to sleep. Tomorrow is my day off, so I'll get plenty of rest for back Thursday.

Got another busy day in the office tomorrow, and don't know if I'll be able to get on here much. And I'll be lucky if I sleep 5.5 hours tonight. Grrr...

I'll catch up as soon as I can!!
 
shaddow said:
Day 45: Tuesday, November 4

Weight: 189.8 (+9.0)

I slept less than 5 hours last night AGAIN, and work kicked my ass today. Busy day, and I was tired as hell, but I felt more confident yet, and I think it shows.

Workout #23 on stack - SQUATS & DEADS!!!

ATG squats
135 x 12
165 x 10
185 x 8
205 x 6
225 x 4
225 x 3
185 x 8
135 x 12

Compared to last week:


Sumo deadlifts
135 x 12
185 x 8
225 x 4
275 x 2
315 x FAIL
315 x FAIL
315 x FAIL

Compare to last week:


I was feeling bold, so I kept pushing it on the deads. 315 was HEAVY for me. I could get it off the floor, but it wasn't going up. My hamstring was screaming on these. I felt good until I tweaked my lumbar a little on that last set. Remember, I have a prior lumbar injury. Decided to throw in the towel and not risk anything. I'm sure I'll be fine. Those heavy sets really beat up my forearms too, but not the muscle, the bones. I have a very thin frame, and it felt like the bones in my forearms were under a lot of stress. Good! I could use a little bone density.

Dinner:

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I'm exhausted. I'm gonna stretch out my back, shower, and go to sleep. Tomorrow is my day off, so I'll get plenty of rest for back Thursday.

Got another busy day in the office tomorrow, and don't know if I'll be able to get on here much. And I'll be lucky if I sleep 5.5 hours tonight. Grrr...

I'll catch up as soon as I can!!
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Nice workout bro, hoping to add some sumos in myself tonight, get plenty of sleep bro!!

Nice pic by the way, and great weight gain + 9lb thats awesome buddy..Russian

BBII
 
Shadow your going to have to catch up on sleep somehow, it's about to bite you in the asss.
 
DreamWeaver said:
Shadow your going to have to catch up on sleep somehow, it's about to bite you in the asss.
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Agreed. He's going to have to borrow a page from my playbook and start taking naps to make up for the lack of sleep. We simply MUST have 7 to 8 hours if we are going to recover, recuperate, rejuvenate, and grow!! :thumbsup:
 
shaddow said:
Those heavy sets really beat up my forearms too, but not the muscle, the bones. I have a very thin frame, and it felt like the bones in my forearms were under a lot of stress. Good! I could use a little bone density.
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I totally wrecked my forearm muscles when I last did squats too! I thought I had done something wrong, and had I not gotten sick I'd have had to switch up or postpone my arms workout due to the soreness. I take it this is a normal side effect of squats?
 
thank goodness for this time change! i get much more sleep now and am feeling much better for it... my biological clock wants to put me out at just the right time and then the alarm clock does the work in the morn, not to mention I get to take 1-3 hour naps at "work" ed for a total of about 10-13 hours of sleep ed. mmmm boy and I just started a cycle!!! time for poops to REALLY grow.

Keep up the good work and make sure to get some rest there shaddow, want to make sure to keep those gains comin bro!
 
Power-naps rock! My kids crash out between 11 - 1 each day so I nap with them. It's all good if you're not working!

Watch that back of yours Shadow!
 
alright guys I have to go around and shamelessly plug my log now for all my buddies to get in on as its gonna be one for the books fo sho!!!

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I wouldn't mind being a Mr. Mom, as long as it was because I had a job I could work from home. I don't want to just stay at home and make grocery runs and clean, etc. I would have to feel more productive than that.
 
Irish Cannon said:
I wouldn't mind being a Mr. Mom, as long as it was because I had a job I could work from home. I don't want to just stay at home and make grocery runs and clean, etc. I would have to feel more productive than that.
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HIIT clothes folding, bam, problem solved.
 
just do lunges with the bags of groceries from the car to the kitchen then press the big cans to the top of the shelf, clean them to the middle shelves, and do situps holding them and placing them into the bottom shelf!
Problem solved.
 
Day 47: Thursday, November 6

Weight: 189.6 (+8.8)

Workout #24 on stack - Back & tris

Bodyweight pull-ups
12
10
8

One arm dumbbell rows
85 x 12
95 x 10
105 x 8

Cable rows
190 x 12
205 x 10
220 x 8

Lat pulldowns - wide grip
120 x 12
130 x 10
140 x 8

Bodyweight back extensions
25
20
15

Close-grip Smith press

135 x 20
185 x 12
225 x 10

Machine triceps pushdowns
210 x 15
240 x 12
285 x 10

I got laid off from my job yesterday, so I have been doing a lot of thinking, trying to figure things out, and just preoccupied with stuff. My severance package wasn't too bad, and I was sick of my jobs anyways, so I'm not exactly upset or worried. Just gotta figure things out.

I know I haven't been around much, and I kept saying I wanted to get caught up on here, but obviously priorities can get switched around. I'm still working out, and I'm still gonna keep this log going, but forgive me guys, as my mind is elsewhere.

Things are going great with the girl. She's on her way over right now. I'm gonna finish cleaning a little and spend some quality time with her. Tomorrow I've got more soul-searching to do.

I'll be back fellas. Just gotta handle my personal life right now.
 
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Sorry to hear about your job man...

Do you know what you're looking to do career wise? I have some friends at a few non-profits in the city I could make some calls to if you're interested.

Wish you the best.
 
I'm sure everything will work out for the best. Maybe it was time for a change anyways. No reason to go through life not enjoying what you do during most of your time.
 
sorry to hear it shaddow, just remember that the iron is the best therapist and a great way to vent, that and we are here for ya... as you know many of us are goin through tough times.....

Well at least things are goin well with the lady friend hope that progresses well for you.

Dont worry man Karma has a good way of preparing you for changes in life, who knows what you may have missed out on if you were dedicated to a dead end job, Im sure something better is just around the corner.
 
Just caught up on your log Shadow! Lookin good brother! Your chick is phucken gorgeous! :head: Shes a keeper! Keep tearin up broski!

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poopypants said:
Dont worry man Karma has a good way of preparing you for changes in life, who knows what you may have missed out on if you were dedicated to a dead end job, Im sure something better is just around the corner.
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Very well said. I couldn't agree more.

You're gonna be alright Shaddow. You're a good dude. No matter what the typical motto against good dudes is...it's full of crap. When you're a good dude...good things happen to/for you. It'll pick up bro.
 
Well your in a bit of a FOG now (Fugging Oportunity to Grow) but you'll see that when everything clears you'll be better off.
 
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