It's been a great 28 days but it's time to end my run
however that means time for my review of the stack.
Dosing:
I took Test Powder 6 days a week with breakfast, as recommended.
Erase I dosed at 2 caps a day, one of which I took with breakfast and the other I took with dinner every day.
Versa-1 I dosed pre-workout every day which for me was after work at about 6:30 every night
Diet: Paleo diet, all natural and unprocessed food sources with the exception of protein powders which I used post-workout and at work as a snack between meals. Primary proteins were chicken breast, whey, greek yogurt, dry pressed cottage cheese late at night, turkey breast, egg whites and whole eggs for breakfast daily, etc.
Carbs came from a tonne of vegetables and fruits, fruits I primarily kept to the post-workout window (banana in shake, etc.)
Fats came from eggs, plain almonds, natural PB/Almond butter, extra virgin olive oil, flax and chia added to shakes, almond milk, EFA pills.
Macros were 60/20/20 P/C/F
I ate consistently at 400 cals above maintenance.
Workouts were every other day alternating lower/upper body. alternating high/low intensity from one workout to the next, most of my routine was taken from PHAT with my own twists.
Over the 28 days I gained 3.1 lbs, equating to just under a pound a week, this was less than my intention but I hadn't had experience with these supplements before to adjust my diet to fit. My intention was to have a lean bulk and it turned into more of a recomp, I am definitely not complaining about that though I definitely have better definition and won't have to cut as hard/for as long now.
Sum of noted stack effects:
Vascularity
'dried out' leaned appearence
nutrient partitioning
mood elevation
Energy increase
libido increases
anabolic, muscle building environment (I definitely gained easier, hit some PR's along the way)
Workout focus (muscle/mind connection)
The most pronounced effect for me and the one experienced immediately after starting was the vascularity. If you scroll back through the log I posted a demonstrating picture of this. I have never had vascularity like this, taking Test Powder with my breakfast (biggest meal besides post-workout) had my muscles full and pumped up throughout my entire workday. Combine this with the Erase giving me a leaner look and the definition was unreal. Then I would take my Versa-1 and workout, vascularity was off the charts. Loved it.
Next up was the mood elevation and energy, I haven't had such a productive streak at work in a long time, I work long days in a fairly stressful/physically strenuous environment, but I was never groggy or overly moody in times I would have been before. Also on the days I did try taking TestPowder preworkout, these effects applied to my performance as well.
Focus. This invaluable workout tool is something Versa-1 does well. I've said it many times throughout the log but it merits being said again, workouts take on a whole new aspect when you are focused on the task at hand, on your tempo, on the feel of your muscle contractions, on your form. I found myself adding a lot more TUT to my lifts just to get more of the feeling from each one, while maintaining my rep counts.
Erase did not work for me as a solo product. After a week I broke out in pretty bad acne and my libido was dead. On this stack Neither of these sides were experienced, my libido actually increased about 2 weeks in. The next time I run this I feel comfortable increasing my Erase dose to the full 3 caps a day, or upgrading to Erase Pro.
Flavor: Obviously no notes here for Versa-1 or Erase, Test Powder however I found quite enjoyable. I used Fruit Punch this run and plan to try Blue Razz next time around. I braced myself on day 1 as I had read DAA products weren't renown for their taste, and I was pleasantly surprised. It became something I enjoyed drinking every morning with my breakfast, 2 scoops in 10 ml cold water.
Would I recommend this stack? I ordered it again, and am ordering more when the TP/EP combo hits Nutra. It has great potential in any situation, in a caloric deficit it can give extra energy and help keep Test up when fat intake is lower. For a recomp I found it to have great partitioning and leaning effects, and for a bulk it did add to my hunger, as well as accelerating the rate of my muscle gains.
Enough of me blathering on though I apologize for being long winded I just wanted to be thorough for my first log, I am glad I chose to log this, it kept me on top of my diet and workouts more than normal so I didn't look like an idiot when I posted results here and made no progress lol. Thank you to everyone who followed and helped answer my questions along the way. I will shut up now and post some pictures. Bear with me as I still can't post them from my computer so I have some file shuffling to my phone to do and it tends to only let me post them one at a time. Quality on the before pictures is fairly terrible. To the point that it may be hard to gauge differences, I apologize for this but hope you can see the improvements I feel.
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