Mattrag's Rubs to Riches with Need 2Build Muscle's Transaderm (Sponsored)
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CountryLiftin
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Dude how the hell do you do that on Bent over rows? damn dude. I hit 225 and that hurt like crazy the other day. I might be able to work up to where you are if my back was better. but I could literally almost feel my nerve being crushed as I was doing them.
Your f*ckin ridiculous.
Your f*ckin ridiculous.
packers6211
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Yeah my GP dr is supose to be touching back with me on reffering me to an Endo. I want to have my igf, cortisol,well the whole 9 yards checked.
TheDarkHalf
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Just saw your BB row numbers...solid. I absolutely suck a bb rows...I never feel like i'm doing them right.
RickRock13
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Yeh thats a nice little contest he is running. Im hoping it motivates me quite a bit myself!
mattrag
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Libido is up, strength is up, Im pretty sure it means my test levels are okay. I have no way to check them here in Japan so I am pretty much going by feel in this area (A lot of times not the best way to do it). This being a very mild prohormone I think its a very good supplement to try if you arent worried about using stuff that might fall into the "gray" area.
My back has always been ridiculously strong. for about 2 years I did only one back exercise, the lat pull down... I sucked at it. Then I started doing bent over rows about a year ago, along with a more constant back program where I hit volume like no other. 6 sets of 12-15 reps of super high weight... 110x15 db rows, super setted with bent over rows, then deadlifts. I was very sick though at that time... and hit a wall... im still recovering from that time where i pretty much just screwed my whole body lol. Im better strength wise. But this new Kleen challenge of unwraping the abs has lit a new fire under my butt and I think Im going to have to use more intensity raises strategies to get where I need to be in 8 weeks!
Yea, when I go back home Im getting a full panel. Hopefully that sticky on how to get a hormone panel test done w/o insurance works
I just do them like how I seen Layne do um. They are not pendalay rows. For those I can only get around 205x5. Love the vid. I am catching up with How I met your Mother right now lol.
Yes it is. Its motivating me... Pics to come. NOW im going to figure out how I can upload it from this slow little outdated netbook. Runs WIndowsXP... ; ;
mattrag
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10/31 workout
My god this one was great !
Front squats
95x5
105x5
115x5
125x5
135x5
145x5 PR
Military press (this was the one rep to drop the weight last week ....)
95x5
115x5
125x5
145x5
165x2.5 (im going to stay at this weight till it goes up to the full 5 reps!) PR
Bent over rows
165x5
185x5
225x5
245x5
275x5 PR (rep wise)
Accessory.
Today all I did for accessory was a whole lotta roman dead lifts
Stretched out the hams at the bottom too.
135x8
185x8
205x8
225x8
225x8
225x8
225x6 (gonna try get 4 sets of 8 next week.)
Over all good workout. I added in the intra workout called ergopump... it didnt taste very good and was very watery... Next workout Im going to add in Blue Gene and see how it affects my workout
Should be good.
So far Im movign up in strength every week. Granted im eating above maintenance (I think).
Pics following.. sadly Im holding a lot more water ...
My god this one was great !
Front squats
95x5
105x5
115x5
125x5
135x5
145x5 PR
Military press (this was the one rep to drop the weight last week ....)
95x5
115x5
125x5
145x5
165x2.5 (im going to stay at this weight till it goes up to the full 5 reps!) PR
Bent over rows
165x5
185x5
225x5
245x5
275x5 PR (rep wise)
Accessory.
Today all I did for accessory was a whole lotta roman dead lifts
Stretched out the hams at the bottom too. 135x8
185x8
205x8
225x8
225x8
225x8
225x6 (gonna try get 4 sets of 8 next week.)
Over all good workout. I added in the intra workout called ergopump... it didnt taste very good and was very watery... Next workout Im going to add in Blue Gene and see how it affects my workout
Should be good.
So far Im movign up in strength every week. Granted im eating above maintenance (I think).
Pics following.. sadly Im holding a lot more water ...
Onlychevy6
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About time you post some pics
mattrag
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After my BPS endo surge run:
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3 weeks later, and around 5kgs up via glycogen replenishment and some water.
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Like I said, Im happy with the strenght, but I feel like I have gained a lot of weight.... Perhaps I need to add in the cardio..? I dont think I have been eating "that" much over maintenance. either way Im gonna start cutting now, unwrap these abs... lookin really muddy now lol. hopefully by xmas Ill be a little cleaner
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Like I said, Im happy with the strenght, but I feel like I have gained a lot of weight.... Perhaps I need to add in the cardio..? I dont think I have been eating "that" much over maintenance. either way Im gonna start cutting now, unwrap these abs... lookin really muddy now lol. hopefully by xmas Ill be a little cleaner
mattrag
Legend
Btw, the shaving took me 2.5 hrs.... and thats just the upper half.. This country doesnt sell body groomers... I had to use my face razor... my god...
Onlychevy6
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Lmao. I was just going to say. Where did our hairy hawaiian go. Lol.
steppinRazor
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mattrag said:
Amazon ships don't they?
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This thing changed my life..
Lol.ok not really but its pretty freakin sweet
steppinRazor
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Nice progress by the way..I wouldn't sweat the minimal weight gain. I'd kill for your bf%
CountryLiftin
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Lol that sucks dude about the shaving... haha.
nice though!
ik what you mean about strong backs, my back was always my strongest, still is. but with the damage I had with this last injury doing bent over exercises heavy just isn't an option at all. It sucks. My lats have always been huge though, but there is always room to work.
I have been trying to unwrap the abs slowly for about 2 months now, and I have gotten alot better but still going slow and steady. have to keep an eye on my diet because I get lax everyone once in a while. recomping is tricky tricky stuff. cardio is the one thing I miss, I still havent been able to run yet. I tried the other day but I was like screw this. I bike alot though I try to 2 times a week.
nice though!
ik what you mean about strong backs, my back was always my strongest, still is. but with the damage I had with this last injury doing bent over exercises heavy just isn't an option at all. It sucks. My lats have always been huge though, but there is always room to work.
I have been trying to unwrap the abs slowly for about 2 months now, and I have gotten alot better but still going slow and steady. have to keep an eye on my diet because I get lax everyone once in a while. recomping is tricky tricky stuff. cardio is the one thing I miss, I still havent been able to run yet. I tried the other day but I was like screw this. I bike alot though I try to 2 times a week.
Onlychevy6
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After my BPS endo surge run:
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3 weeks later, and around 5kgs up via glycogen replenishment and some water.
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Like I said, Im happy with the strenght, but I feel like I have gained a lot of weight.... Perhaps I need to add in the cardio..? I dont think I have been eating "that" much over maintenance. either way Im gonna start cutting now, unwrap these abs... lookin really muddy now lol. hopefully by xmas Ill be a little cleaner
Matt you don't have a lot more work to do to get where you want. Throw in some cardio you should lean out pretty nice. I can picture you a hairy beast when your all said and done. I say by the time you go back home for good you should be ripped.
mattrag
Legend
haha, amazon does, but only on SELECT items. And sadly taht was not one of them... I have to find other ways to get me my shaver lol.
Hahaah! Well now I apply my transaderm to my shoulders too
soo itchy though...
RickRock13
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You have a great solid built base bro. If you cut up and got down to say 10% you would look incredible. I think either a cut or recomp is a very smart move
mattrag
Legend
Haha, Yea well I know a lot of it is water that just tacked itself on this past weekend... I don't know why but this weekend I just blew up... Diet etc. stayed pretty much the same. Maybe sodium intake went up? I ate a lot of soup (Getting colder).
I'd do the cardio... if I had a nice gym to do it in... Might start jumping rope on off day mornings. And do some sprints outside... it's damn cold though and motivation dies when I step outside and it's frosty..
Oh yes, I will be beast when I got back in July I better be ripped up lol. That's like 8 months away! I'm hoping to be at a good place in about 3 months for when I go back for my wedding party. February 25th
That's the next goal date. about 9 weeks after the current Christmas challenge. No dancing in a diaper for me! Probably just all out cut... But smart cut. I don't want to drop my performance much. I'm probably going to shoot for a more modest approach. I'm going to continue this 5x5 program for another 2 weeks (Should still have juice left in me to gain strength in the first couple weeks of a cut), then do another transition into a more "intense" workout with dropsets/super sets and switch the diet to a very low fat, mod carb, high protein diet. Very low fat being close to 50g a day. Run that for about 5 weeks then carb load to see how much water I can shuttle into my muscles lol.
After that 2 weeks of slight break with slight deload and recalibrate the fat/carb ratio. (Gonna have to PCT outta this transaderm lol).
mattrag
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You have a great solid built base bro. If you cut up and got down to say 10% you would look incredible. I think either a cut or recomp is a very smart move
I hope I can cut nicely. In those pics I am close to 203lbs lol. I feel REALLY strong. As you can see the workout I blasted 3 PRs. And the roman deadlift volume wise is a PR (SetxReps, Usually I pyramid Roman deads, not straight set the heavy weight). So I'm pretty much feeling the strength. It's fast. I wasn't sure I was going to make ANY progress using the 5x5 intermediate program. As I have run wendler 5-3-1 before and my previous 5x5 was almost 2 years ago. It's not really training adaption either though cause I always lift heavy. Either way I'm cutting, the after pics are going to be crazy good. I can feel it lol.
truthornothin
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I shave almost everything, maintaining is much easier than getting there to start. I'm dropping a link for the Mangroomer, Invalid Link Removed
I used to make my daughter shave back so she bought me this for Fathers day lol :smirk:
taman6886
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What did you expect Chewbaka!
. May have been easier to use a bic lighter instead of a disposable razor:slap: (J/K Bro)
truthornothin
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Hop on my diet, the one at the beginning of my thread not the mess now. I think you'll lean out quickly and the Ursobolic will help. Just watch the carbs, this is the one time the gluten thing will actually be a plus. You can't eat all the things I crave lol.
mattrag
Legend
Yea, I used to shave the upper body last year summer time. But my wife got mad cause she said it felt funny. But now well, we rarely sleep together because of the way our jobs collide and even on days we see eachother we're usually too tired (we go out a lot to gatherings when we are together) cause we come back at 1-3am... and end up just passing out... Libido being up is very much mitigated when one is sleep deprived. I also blame my poor body comp on the fact that this past week I realize now I have lost about 1.5hrs a night on sleep due to extra work and the extra crap I gotta do cause it's cold...
And well with me cutting... shiet... libido will tank even further lol.
Hopefully this site ships to japan.... Amazon's didn't...
mattrag
Legend
What did you expect Chewbaka!
Dude seriously I was like... wtf this is not working at all!!!
I then found it easier if I just "rubbed" the razor on my body in small rigid movements it seemed to work... sigh...
Haha, Yea, the only carbs I can eat problem free are sweet potatoes and fruits. I limit my fruits to apples, pears, blue berries and grapefruits. Some days I get in 2-3, some days none. Btw, you seen Marc Lobliner's new protein? I wonder if it's the same thing as scivation whey.... lol. It's damn expensive though.
truthornothin
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Now I haven't but if its expensive it violates one of my two buying qualifications. Price
Onlychevy6
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Ah come on matt do the redneck wax job. Put on some duct tape and rip it off. LMFAO
mattrag
Legend
VERY TRUE. Man though it'd be funny if it was lol.
haha, I thought about waxing it before. But I read horror stories of guys waxing then the ingrown hairs that start because the hair being too thick... no thanks! I'll deal with the shavings.
Onlychevy6
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Oh god I can see it now. You finally get home and you step out on the beach and you drop your trunks and have a damn speedo on. Walking around like the Hoff on baywatch. LMAO... You would be laughed off the island super quick with them sayin don't come back you haole. We don't care if you born here Kook split brah. LOL
truthornothin
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Just say no to the speedo lol, I'm just glad they added the Men's physique category so now I can enter a contest and not have to wear a banana hammock GHEY!!!
Onlychevy6
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LMAO
cardiobro
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Nice progress matt! Keep up the good work man. As others have said, insane work on the rows man, thats a hell of alot of weight ur throwing around. Tuned for your cutting progress, i know you will do work..... Or all that shaving will be just to look meaner in the unwraps your abs contest speedo dance
mattrag
Legend
Yea... no speedo.. Getting kicked off the beach would be the least of my worries....
YES!! Have you seen some of those dudes though? They are HUGE!! some come in at your height and like 210lbs... that's insane!
mattrag
Legend
Nice progress matt! Keep up the good work man. As others have said, insane work on the rows man, thats a hell of alot of weight ur throwing around. Tuned for your cutting progress, i know you will do work..... Or all that shaving will be just to look meaner in the unwraps your abs contest speedo dance
Hmmm... There will be NO SPEEDO DANCE!!! I'm getting my act together and cutting !!
I'm getting everyone around me motivated too. lol. Training a friend today. Got him on slimFX and some shift. Another friend I got on OEP and some dermatherm. The other just diets hard (He has the best progress IMO, shows you what diet is does).
Also, building a friend's next cycle so he can lean out by spring.
I'm on a mission. (There will be no speedo dance!! Plus... I don't even own a speedo...) We might be starting to upload some training vids... More to come as I wanted video updates in my first log... but yea... my computer broke...
FL3X MAGNUM
Legend
Dang I'm always late. I'm hear mattrag buddy!
mattrag
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FL3X MAGNUM
Legend
mattrag said:
You know it!
truthornothin
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Yes but huge = loser in physique events, they are looking for a certain look not raw bulk, you think I am cut now, in April, I expect to be around 5% bf
mattrag
Legend
looking forward to it!!
any reason why you are shooting for april?
Ryan Hughes though.. have you seen him? he's the physiques champ atm.
truthornothin
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The state championships are here in April. You don't have faith in the Truth? My friend said I would have blown away the field in last years state show. I just hope not to come in last, and yes I've seen him,and checked his proportions we have a similar physique, The Truth can bulk too...
mattrag
Legend
Hey hey, I believe. Just making sure you dont sacrifice some muscle
. I know you like to eat just as much as me 
mattrag
Legend
Work out 2 5x5
Front squats (max lift @ WO1's third set)
95x5
115X5
125X5
135X5
Dead lifts
135X5
135X5
185X5
225x5
255x5 (Wow strength up... haha. was going to attempt to do 5 reps of last weeks weight of 245 but I felt meh 10lbs shouldnt be that bad...thank god I wasnt wrong...lol)
Bench (skipped, I didnt want to strain my pushing power anymore. Elbows still kinda sore.
OH squats/plate squat (holding the plate in front of me and doing a ATG squat.)
45X10/25X10
45x10/45x10
45x10/45x10
45x10/45x10
Good workout. No PRs but a good workout obviously getting stronger. Took a short 5min jog and one hill sprint to get warmed up. Got up SUPER early today. Instead of waking up at the usual 6ish, I got up at 4... couldnt sleep after that. So i started my workout. Today I took 2 scoops of whiteflood. Man, I felt it... stim effect. Over stimed for sure. Took like 4 pisses between my workout (only around 55mins long). Going back down to one scoop lol. First time in a long time that I feel i need LESS stims. Well cept for 1,3... that stuff is strong, I wish my 60mg caps were smaller (NP bulk)... the 25mgs in BPS combustion I feel are the PERFECT dosing size.
Long day ahead at work. Stress I feel is picking up... I think Im going to incorporate some HGHpro so I can sleep.... what can I say... EndoSurge made me addicted to sleep aids... I want endosurge!! To bad its OOS on the site... and its not at the place where I am going to put in my next order... (around $500, shipping is going to be around 180 bucks so I have to choose ONLY one place lol).
Front squats (max lift @ WO1's third set)
95x5
115X5
125X5
135X5
Dead lifts
135X5
135X5
185X5
225x5
255x5 (Wow strength up... haha. was going to attempt to do 5 reps of last weeks weight of 245 but I felt meh 10lbs shouldnt be that bad...thank god I wasnt wrong...lol)
Bench (skipped, I didnt want to strain my pushing power anymore. Elbows still kinda sore.
OH squats/plate squat (holding the plate in front of me and doing a ATG squat.)
45X10/25X10
45x10/45x10
45x10/45x10
45x10/45x10
Good workout. No PRs but a good workout obviously getting stronger. Took a short 5min jog and one hill sprint to get warmed up. Got up SUPER early today. Instead of waking up at the usual 6ish, I got up at 4... couldnt sleep after that. So i started my workout. Today I took 2 scoops of whiteflood. Man, I felt it... stim effect. Over stimed for sure. Took like 4 pisses between my workout (only around 55mins long). Going back down to one scoop lol. First time in a long time that I feel i need LESS stims. Well cept for 1,3... that stuff is strong, I wish my 60mg caps were smaller (NP bulk)... the 25mgs in BPS combustion I feel are the PERFECT dosing size.
Long day ahead at work. Stress I feel is picking up... I think Im going to incorporate some HGHpro so I can sleep.... what can I say... EndoSurge made me addicted to sleep aids... I want endosurge!! To bad its OOS on the site... and its not at the place where I am going to put in my next order... (around $500, shipping is going to be around 180 bucks so I have to choose ONLY one place lol).
FL3X MAGNUM
Legend
Aw yeah! 6am deadlifts AW yeah!
Lol. Good to see you're seeing strength gains broham.
$680 for $500 worth of supps?
ouch
Lol. Good to see you're seeing strength gains broham.
$680 for $500 worth of supps?
ouch
FL3X MAGNUM
Legend
Still OUCH lol man that sucks, get a new job and move to the statesno its 320 worth of supps and 180 shipping... for a grand total of $500
mattrag
Legend
Still OUCH lol man that sucks, get a new job and move to the states
Yea Im on contract though, so I will move back to Hawaii in July. just a little under 8 months and Ill be back where its always good weather, and I will have access to all the supps and the wonderful gyms.
truthornothin
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HOLY KRAP, and I bitch about shipping costs.....No moreno its 320 worth of supps and 180 shipping... for a grand total of $500
And the Truth gets an invite right???:thumbsup:
mattrag
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truthornothin
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Yes indeed sounds like heaven .....I wonder if they have squat racks in heaven.... and hot fitness bishes :sgrin:of course.
beach, gym, food. ah yes paradise