Hyde’s Strength Odyssey

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This Vulcan GHD is awesome. Truly sturdy build quality, very easy to assemble, impeccable packaging for safe transport, and they thought the ergonomics out well (split pads to clear your package, adjustable band pegs & handles, double adjustable foot pads, wheels). Footprint is very respectable for something to do glute-ham raises, back extensions, weighted situps, and preacher curls.

It just feels great! Worth the $570 shipped.
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When I owned my gym they said these were about the only high risk item for theft from break-ins because of their value lol.
 
12/13/21

6 min walk
McGill Big 3

GHR
2x15

Single-leg Deadlifts
Uneven-loaded RDLs

RDL
135x8
225x5
315x3
335x12

Legpress
180x10
360x8
540x6
720x4
900x12 PR

Getting some low-back specific work back into the program with the RDLs. My PR for 10 plates on Legpress was 10 reps - I was really surprised with my strength. I could have taken 900 for 15+ I am sure, but I got what I needed to drive progress & hopefully by not going til death this won’t cut into squat strength on Thursday.

Really enjoyed the vibe & energy going into training this morning. Not sure if it was the 10mg Dbol prior or the cheap new preWO, maybe both? I am really on at this point.
 
Hyde said:
12/13/21

6 min walk
McGill Big 3

GHR
2x15

Single-leg Deadlifts
Uneven-loaded RDLs

RDL
135x8
225x5
315x3
335x12

Legpress
180x10
360x8
540x6
720x4
900x12 PR

Getting some low-back specific work back into the program with the RDLs. My PR for 10 plates on Legpress was 10 reps - I was really surprised with my strength. I could have taken 900 for 15+ I am sure, but I got what I needed to drive progress & hopefully by not going til death this won’t cut into squat strength on Thursday.

Really enjoyed the vibe & energy going into training this morning. Not sure if it was the 10mg Dbol prior or the cheap new preWO, maybe both? I am really on at this point.
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What kind of legpress is it?

That's pretty epic mate.
 
BennyMagoo79 said:
What kind of legpress is it?

That's pretty epic mate.
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Just your standard plate-loaded 45* Legpress any commercial gym would have. I believe their gear is all Nautilus. It feels extremely typical.

Now years ago, there was one old hardcore gym I trained at some, and their old 45* Legpress I swear was harder, but I can’t tell you why or if it was actually. But that thing did always feel like a bazillion pounds. Probably just rusty, ungreased guide rods - that place never even had soap!
 
Hyde said:
Just your standard plate-loaded 45* Legpress any commercial gym would have. I believe their gear is all Nautilus. It feels extremely typical.

Now years ago, there was one old hardcore gym I trained at some, and their old 45* Legpress I swear was harder, but I can’t tell you why or if it was actually. But that thing did always feel like a bazillion pounds. Probably just rusty, ungreased guide rods - that place never even had soap!
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They gym I just left had a leg press like that. I can throw 800 pounds on a commercial gym leg press, but 490 (even had the 4x100# plates) on that fucker took monumental effort.
 
Swanson52 said:
They gym I just left had a leg press like that. I can throw 800 pounds on a commercial gym leg press, but 490 (even had the 4x100# plates) on that fucker took monumental effort.
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Yeah I thought it was different, that ancient one. But all the commercial places ever have basically the same feel/resistance. They’re designed to let someone feel good by putting a bunch of plates on arbitrarily lol.
 
Last week added 200mg mast e. Also just switched testosterone from enanthate to test isocaproate to use up this one old vial. The entire head slid off when I tried to pop the top, so I now had a 10ml open ampule basically. Drew everything up and deposited it in the recent empty test e vial since it was that or toss it.

-500mg test iso/wk
-200mg mast e/wk
-150mg deca/wk
-20mg Mk678 w/ 50mcg Hup A ed
-0.5mg CJC w/ DAC e5d
-25mg Anadrol or 10mg Dbol 3-4x/wk
-2-250mg L-Carnitine subq 4-5x/wk
 
Things looking good in here. Nice save on rebottling the gear, good thing it didn't spill.
 
No bench this morning: RSV got me pretty good yesterday with some chills & very low fever into the night. Still pretty farked up today, fell asleep working & was late to a zoom meeting lol. Missed 3 meals yesterday & was down 4lbs today, but now getting some food back in me again and planning to lift tomorrow night. COVID test today was negative, as expected.
 
Hyde said:
No bench this morning: RSV got me pretty good yesterday with some chills & very low fever into the night. Still pretty farked up today, fell asleep working & was late to a zoom meeting lol. Missed 3 meals yesterday & was down 4lbs today, but now getting some food back in me again and planning to lift tomorrow night. COVID test today was negative, as expected.
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Rest up homie
 
Hyde said:
No bench this morning: RSV got me pretty good yesterday with some chills & very low fever into the night. Still pretty farked up today, fell asleep working & was late to a zoom meeting lol. Missed 3 meals yesterday & was down 4lbs today, but now getting some food back in me again and planning to lift tomorrow night. COVID test today was negative, as expected.
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that chills/fever **** is obnoxious. none of that sensitive skin feeling though?

your post is why women like my wife hate me lol.
Her: I need to lose 5lbs, here's my 6 month plan
Me: I forgot to eat yesterday and dropped 6lbs.
 
Dustin07 said:
that chills/fever **** is obnoxious. none of that sensitive skin feeling though?

your post is why women like my wife hate me lol.
Her: I need to lose 5lbs, here's my 6 month plan
Me: I forgot to eat yesterday and dropped 6lbs.
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Skin is good. Taking mucinex and blowing 1,000 tissues and hacking up all kinds of stuff still. Head is really pressurized from drainage and giving me a ton of vertigo - I definitely don’t have the balance to train standing up, but may try bench tonight.

Also no taste now hardly, or appetite, but the wife loves me and bought a dozen doughnuts so squirreling some of those away with chocolate Fairlife to try to get some calories in me.
 
Still no training yesterday as I was still pretty sick. I am full of long esters, so there was no point in stopping shots or the cycle temporarily. Just have to shift some things around in training to accommodate. Made sure I got at least 200g protein the last couple days but bodyweight is down several lbs to 244.

I ain’t worried about it. I have 850mg of test, mast, deca flowing through me saying my time is coming!
 
12/17/21
BW 244.0

Pullaparts
Pushdowns
Band Rows

Bench
45x15
95,145,185,225,255,275,290,300x4 RPE7

CG 2-Board
245 3x12

Down several lbs at least. Just did what I needed to do to maintain muscle & strength. 5lbs over the previous 4x4 day and additional volume on the closegrip work. Still sick, so I shut it down after the primary work. Felt good to have the bar back in my hands!
 
jtmass said:
Take care of yourself. My mother has vertigo and it's not pretty sometimes..
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For sure, thank you! I figured all of that bench training is laying down, and I set the safety pins so tight that if I don’t maintain a perfect arch I will touch them, so there’s no way to drop the bar on myself.

It should get better as the sinus drainage goes away.
 
Nice work mate.

I've found sinus and inner ear infections (of which I've had many since kids!) can be difficult to shake. Fluticasone for 4 days helps greatly.
 
12/18/21

7 min Cycle
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
BW Squats

SSB Squat
60,150,250,300,340x4
+belt
370x4

Sumo, deadlift bar
135,225,315,365x4
415x4 hook
+belt & straps
455x4

GHR
10,8,7

Reverse Hyper
BWx10
45 3x10

Still felt a bit off today, but decided to make a go of it anyway. Glad I did - 10lb progression on squat and 20lbs on pulls.

Started Raloxifene 3 days ago as I really don’t want to increase my use of Exemestane. Deca just isn’t for me; it takes more than it gives even at a very low dose. Still, planning to finish the run with it on board for now since it does pad the joints well.

Took a YOLO shot of 15mg Trest Ace about 2 hours preWO to get some more anabolic mapping done. An hour later my heart was racing uncomfortably, but by the time I was training it had calmed down and I began to feel more & more confident. I was surprisingly strong in the session, but most interesting was that I wasn’t exhausted after deadlifts - I felt like I could keep driving, getting through my accessory & cleanup quickly. It was a good experience.
 
Hyde said:
12/18/21

7 min Cycle
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
BW Squats

SSB Squat
60,150,250,300,340x4
+belt
370x4

Sumo, deadlift bar
135,225,315,365x4
415x4 hook
+belt & straps
455x4

GHR
10,8,7

Reverse Hyper
BWx10
45 3x10

Still felt a bit off today, but decided to make a go of it anyway. Glad I did - 10lb progression on squat and 20lbs on pulls.

Started Raloxifene 3 days ago as I really don’t want to increase my use of Exemestane. Deca just isn’t for me; it takes more than it gives even at a very low dose. Still, planning to finish the run with it on board for now since it does pad the joints well.

Took a YOLO shot of 15mg Trest Ace about 2 hours preWO to get some more anabolic mapping done. An hour later my heart was racing uncomfortably, but by the time I was training it had calmed down and I began to feel more & more confident. I was surprisingly strong in the session, but most interesting was that I wasn’t exhausted after deadlifts - I felt like I could keep driving, getting through my accessory & cleanup quickly. It was a good experience.
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How’s NPP treat ya? I absolutely love it and will probably never use deca in my life.

Trest what?!?! This was the cherry popper yes?!?!
 
SkRaw85 said:
How’s NPP treat ya? I absolutely love it and will probably never use deca in my life.

Trest what?!?! This was the cherry popper yes?!?!
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Never used NPP. Deca absolutely does aid joint comfort just at 150mg, but because I’m so sensitive to prolactin and it promotes aromatization I end up needing more drugs to control my gyno even at that tiny dose - and it’s not really a good strength drug beyond the joint aspect, unless the athlete just needs more sheer leverage from volumization.

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A great member on here donated their research supply of Trest to me - this coconut oil flows smoothly! Just going to use it preWO for now occasionally.
 
Hyde said:
Never used NPP. Deca absolutely does aid joint comfort just at 150mg, but because I’m so sensitive to prolactin and it promotes aromatization I end up needing more drugs to control my gyno even at that tiny dose - and it’s not really a good strength drug beyond the joint aspect, unless the athlete just needs more sheer leverage from volumization.

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A great member on here donated their research supply of Trest to me - this coconut oil flows smoothly! Just going to use it preWO for now occasionally.
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Score!!!! Joint relief is my main goal for using NPP. Even small doses do wonders
 
12/20/21

7 min cycle
Bird Dogs
Side Planks

Reverse Hyper
45 4x10

alt w/ DB Rear Delt Flyes
15,20,25,30x15

GHR
4x8 hard AF

alt w/ DB Hammercurls
20,25,30,35x20

This felt really good. Just getting some extra work in. It’s deload & Christmas week, and I’m still sick, so not pushing anything. Planned some upper stuff yesterday, but I was so exhausted yesterday afternoon I just fell asleep for a couple hours instead. Also went to bed early & slept in today til 6 to keep the recovery going.
 
12/22/21

7 min cycle
Balancing
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Band Pullaparts, Pressdown, Row, Facepulls, Rotators

Bench
45x10
95,145x5
195 4x1
245x1

CG 2-Board
245 2x15

Fat Handle DB 45* Incline Bench
90 2x15

1-Arm Band Pressdown
Light 2x25/arm

Band Pec Flyes
Monster mini x100 straight

Good deload session. Strength continually building; these closegrip numbers mean bench is starting to get spicy
 
SkRaw85 said:
Hey what’s the website you got your fat DBs from again?
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They don’t say they come with clamps, but mine did and that price was shipped. You will want the length cut down some if you mainly intend to press with them; call the owner because he will make them whatever length you want for that price. But the standard length is awesome if you want to do heavy ass rows.
 
Hyde said:
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They don’t say they come with clamps, but mine did and that price was shipped. You will want the length cut down some if you mainly intend to press with them; call the owner because he will make them whatever length you want for that price. But the standard length is awesome if you want to do heavy ass rows.
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Thanks! Is it $70 per or for a pair?
 
GG Bench 245x15 is nice work.
 
12/23/21

3 min Assault Bike
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Walking Lunges
Pullaparts

Squat, power bar
45x8
135,185,235x3
285 4x1
335x1

Sumo, stiffbar
135 2x5
225x3
295 5x1

Chins
14,10,10,10

Beltsquat
90,180x8
270x10
300x20

Perfect deload session. Took some noopept preWO and both squat & pull technique was on fire, so I really got some excellent practice in. 14 Chin-ups at nearly 250lbs is a new best, and I was happy with the 20-rep squat finisher as well - always a solid gut check.

Wishing everybody a Merry Christmas & a happy, safe holiday season - try to spend some time with people you care about, & don’t take it for granted! I am very thankful for all of your fellowship & support here.
 
12/26/21
BW 246.2

3 min Assault Bike
Bird Dogs
Band Tri Extensions & Dislocations

DB Rear Delt Flyes alt w/ Hammercurls
20,25,30x15

BB Strictpress
45x8
95,115,135,155,175,190,200x5

BB Curl
45x10
65,85,105x8
115x5

Band Shoulder Stretching

Band OH Tri Extension
Light 3x25

alt w/ Band Rotator work
1x15
2x12

DB Lateral Raises
25 3x15

Alt DB Curls
35x15
40x10

Strictpress starting to get some strength back, and enjoyed some heavier curling as well today. Christmas was a truly great time with family this year!

Toying with the idea of entering the strongman contest my wife is doing at the beginning of April. I really like the events as it’s a fairly static show, but a lot still has to happen for me to be able to get ready enough to compete safely in 14 weeks.
 
12/27/21

7 min cycle
McGill Big 3

Frontsquat
45,95,145x8
195 3x8

RDL
95,145,245,315x5
+straps & belt
355x12

GHR
2x12

Reverse Hyper
45 5x10

17” Stepups, Controlled Descent
BW 3x10/leg, alt w/out rest

Very smitten with the effort & outcome of today’s session! First time frontsquatting in ages - kept it light & focused on racking up quality work. 20lbs added to the 12-rep RDL set from 2 weeks ago. Also pleased with both the pace & scope of accessories accomplished.

Took 3 caps of SNS Vasoforce Rush for the first time today, along with a cap of Alpha GPC, Huperzine, B complex and a sublingual Pregnenolone tab. Honestly, this was an awesome training experience!
 
12/29/21
BW 246.0

McGill Big 3
Band Pullaparts, Pressdowns, Rows, Facepulls

Bench
45x10
45,95,135x5
185,225,255,285,305,315x3

CG 2-Board
250 3x10

Band Pullaparts
Monster 3x30

DB Rotators
8 2x10

Band Pressdown
Light x100

Shoulder Stretching

Since that strongman show is almost 14 weeks out, dropped my total gear dosage from about 850mg/wk down to 410mg this week (210 test e, 100 mast e, 100 deca) in case I decide to do it. Figure I can run about 340-410mg for 3-4 weeks and get away without much strength or size drop off, & then ramp things right back up. Also going to pull bloods in a couple weeks & make sure things aren’t too risky to go the distance. 14 more weeks is too much more straight time to be on blast for my comfort, and I don’t have enough room to raise doses significantly over that time.

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jtmass said:
Have you recently tested out your max? Good luck for the competition.
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I have an idea where they’re at for the powerlifts, but if I do the strongman show those are quite different events that I haven’t trained in years - quite intimidating!
 
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