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Hyde’s Strength Odyssey

Wife’s grandfather died overnight. For the cherry on top, so did our deep freezer. So today is busy and I’m expecting that to be the theme this week while we figure out arrangements & wife spends some time supporting her mother.

On a positive, all of the beef was still fully frozen & I was able to store it. Less positive, I’m now eating lbs of tilapia I had to bake, & found out I will be on the road (local) for work tomorrow.

Bloodwork draw was this morning; took first 10mg shot of Trest Ace when I got home.

Also got to try the new Spud magic carpet sled last night - put a 45lb plate on it and drug for 5-8 minutes probably while outside with my son, which helped alleviate the DOMS for a while. My legs were already super sore just 8 hours post training, and today they’re worthless! Also did a bunch of Pullaparts while we played.
 
If I knew you in person / IRL, I'd want to make some sort of joke about the death and the unfortunate simultaneous loss of the deep freezer. Since we don't know each other that well, instead please accept my sincere condolences.... I've been thinking a lot these past few months how important grandpas are for some reason... they just carry a torch nobody else can.


MrKleen73 said:
It's not just about the weight but what that weight will be composed of. At 5'10 if I remember correctly you are already quite a thick man! At 255 unless a total fat ass you are going to be one impressive bear! I don't see you becoming a total FA, so it will have to be the latter.
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Upside #237 to building a big chest: shorter range of motion on bench?
 
Dustin07 said:
If I knew you in person / IRL, I'd want to make some sort of joke about the death and the unfortunate simultaneous loss of the deep freezer. Since we don't know each other that well, instead please accept my sincere condolences.... I've been thinking a lot these past few months how important grandpas are for some reason... they just carry a torch nobody else can.




Upside #237 to building a big chest: shorter range of motion on bench?
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Haha believe me, the uncanniness of that coincidence was not lost on me!
 
Hyde said:
Wife’s grandfather died overnight. For the cherry on top, so did our deep freezer. So today is busy and I’m expecting that to be the theme this week while we figure out arrangements & wife spends some time supporting her mother.

On a positive, all of the beef was still fully frozen & I was able to store it. Less positive, I’m now eating lbs of tilapia I had to bake, & found out I will be on the road (local) for work tomorrow.

Bloodwork draw was this morning; took first 10mg shot of Trest Ace when I got home.

Also got to try the new Spud magic carpet sled last night - put a 45lb plate on it and drug for 5-8 minutes probably while outside with my son, which helped alleviate the DOMS for a while. My legs were already super sore just 8 hours post training, and today they’re worthless! Also did a bunch of Pullaparts while we played.
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Sorry to hear brother. Condolences. Take this time to be with and appreciate your family. Life is fragile and the future holds no promises. Stay strong
 
SkRaw85 said:
Sorry to hear brother. Condolences. Take this time to be with and appreciate your family. Life is fragile and the future holds no promises. Stay strong
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Thanks man. I am not sad for his passing; he had dementia & was 87, and I never met him before his memory had slipped. I’m only sad for my wife, and especially my mother-in-law, for their grief.

We can only be alive & in a state of health because death & sickness also exist, for all of us at some point. Dying is part of living!
 
Hyde said:
Thanks man. I am not sad for his passing; he had dementia & was 87, and I never met him before his memory had slipped. I’m only sad for my wife, and especially my mother-in-law, for their grief.

We can only be alive & in a state of health because death & sickness also exist, for all of us at some point. Dying is part of living!
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That's almost a direct quote from the Dalai Llama who also said something along the lines of "our birthday should be called our death day since we started dying that day". He talks about how we can't be happy and grateful until we've understood suffering and loss. good stuff, really.
 
Dustin07 said:
That's almost a direct quote from the Dalai Llama who also said something along the lines of "our birthday should be called our death day since we started dying that day". He talks about how we can't be happy and grateful until we've understood suffering and loss. good stuff, really.
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Indeed. I took some non-Western philosophy courses in college and some of the texts were fairly profound. Since, I’ve always had a healthy respect for Eastern thinking - many things I’ve found useful, both in training as well as living a better life.
 
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^1 hormone, 6 potential drugs to mitigate sides. Not shown are probably 15 other supplements like IP6 & TUDCA or drugs like Famotidine & NAC.

For anyone lurking out there who may only see the benefits of AAS use as glamorous, understand there’s a lot more going on behind the curtain. No free lunches.
 
Peace be with your wife and her mother.
 
Hyde said:
Thanks man. I am not sad for his passing; he had dementia & was 87, and I never met him before his memory had slipped. I’m only sad for my wife, and especially my mother-in-law, for their grief.

We can only be alive & in a state of health because death & sickness also exist, for all of us at some point. Dying is part of living!
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Sorry for your wife’s loss and her Mother. I pray they’re are comforted in knowing he is at peace.
 
Hyde said:
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^1 hormone, 6 potential drugs to mitigate sides. Not shown are probably 15 other supplements like IP6 & TUDCA or drugs like Famotidine & NAC.

For anyone lurking out there who may only see the benefits of AAS use as glamorous, understand there’s a lot more going on behind the curtain. No free lunches.
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So true….many don’t understand to use AAS properly you have to understand the whole picture. And many don’t understand how different compounds affect so many people differently. Understanding and being properly prepared for a cycle before starting is so important, but it’s amazing how many just jump on that train with no clue what they are doing or where it’s heading.
 
5/4/22

6 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Cable Facepulls & Tri Pressdown, Hammercurls

Widegrip Bench
45x15
95,135,185,205,225,245,265,285x6

Low Incline DB Press
60,70x25
80x17
90x13

Cable Bar Pressdown
55x25
66x20
77x15
22x100

Chest-Supported Row
45,70,95x12
120x8
135x6

Reverse Pec Deck
80,130x6
170x14 PR
180 2x10 PR

Push-ups
30,20

15mg Trest Ace an hour prior, and 250mg of L-Carnitine before heading to the gym: felt like I could have just kept going & going if I didn’t have to get on with work. Expecting to rep the whole stack (220) on the rear delt fly machine by the end of this blast. Already feeling a bit stronger, & more pumped.
 
Hyde said:
5/4/22

6 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Cable Facepulls & Tri Pressdown, Hammercurls

Widegrip Bench
45x15
95,135,185,205,225,245,265,285x6

Low Incline DB Press
60,70x25
80x17
90x13

Cable Bar Pressdown
55x25
66x20
77x15
22x100

Chest-Supported Row
45,70,95x12
120x8
135x6

Reverse Pec Deck
80,130x6
170x14 PR
180 2x10 PR

Push-ups
30,20

15mg Trest Ace an hour prior, and 250mg of L-Carnitine before heading to the gym: felt like I could have just kept going & going if I didn’t have to get on with work. Expecting to rep the whole stack (220) on the rear delt fly machine by the end of this blast. Already feeling a bit stronger, & more pumped.
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Trest is best.
 
Hyde said:
5/4/22

6 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Cable Facepulls & Tri Pressdown, Hammercurls

Widegrip Bench
45x15
95,135,185,205,225,245,265,285x6

Low Incline DB Press
60,70x25
80x17
90x13

Cable Bar Pressdown
55x25
66x20
77x15
22x100

Chest-Supported Row
45,70,95x12
120x8
135x6

Reverse Pec Deck
80,130x6
170x14 PR
180 2x10 PR

Push-ups
30,20

15mg Trest Ace an hour prior, and 250mg of L-Carnitine before heading to the gym: felt like I could have just kept going & going if I didn’t have to get on with work. Expecting to rep the whole stack (220) on the rear delt fly machine by the end of this blast. Already feeling a bit stronger, & more pumped.
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That’s a good little combo preworkout, Trest with Carnitine ( Power with Endurance ).
You’ll be hitting PRs every week.
 
My condolences to your wife and her family. Everything looking good in here otherwise, except of course the deep freeze issue.
 
Hyde said:
5/4/22

6 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Cable Facepulls & Tri Pressdown, Hammercurls

Widegrip Bench
45x15
95,135,185,205,225,245,265,285x6

Low Incline DB Press
60,70x25
80x17
90x13

Cable Bar Pressdown
55x25
66x20
77x15
22x100

Chest-Supported Row
45,70,95x12
120x8
135x6

Reverse Pec Deck
80,130x6
170x14 PR
180 2x10 PR

Push-ups
30,20

15mg Trest Ace an hour prior, and 250mg of L-Carnitine before heading to the gym: felt like I could have just kept going & going if I didn’t have to get on with work. Expecting to rep the whole stack (220) on the rear delt fly machine by the end of this blast. Already feeling a bit stronger, & more pumped.
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I miss trest. Only ever got my hands on Olympus labs TD stuff but I remember the workouts and pumps were insane. Also loved the manic energy.

Sorry to hear about your wife’s grand dad mate.
 
Condolences to you and yours.
 
Thanks everyone!

Got bloodwork results yesterday. Big takeaways:

-CBC numbers all identical to a month ago. Hematocrit, RBC, Hemoglobin all stayed settled at very top of ideal range (50, 5.65, 17.1 respectively) & platelets hanging right at 320 - no progression in any of them, so 180 test e & 120 primo e seems like a very sustainable longterm cruise strategy for me, no donation necessary.
-HDL only up 2 points to 37, so it basically just hangs 35-40.
-LDL down a massive ~18%, from 102 down to 84. Continuing with 5mg Ezetimibe & 10mg GW0742 along with removing any eggs from diet, and probably less fast food, were the drivers here.
-Fasting glucose has always been 90-95 for the last 11 years, but it was 86 thanks to a coupes months of GW. Never seen it that low, except for actual extended fasts of course.
-Thyroid stimulating hormone down from 2.9 at end of last bulk phase to 2.1, so it’s obvious my metabolism has caught up positively since backing off the calories and dropping a few lbs over the cruise.
-Everything healthy to proceed.

My diet over the last 2 months has gotten a lot more stable. It’s a lot of ground 93/7 meat & rice, some chicken breast & bottom round steak, some protein powder, dates & pomegranate juice daily, with probably 80% uniformity consistency. Simple, but I feel it’s been an important part of recovery for training progression while managing cholesterol better.
 
Hyde said:
My diet over the last 2 months has gotten a lot more stable. It’s a lot of ground 93/7 meat & rice, some chicken breast & bottom round steak, some protein powder, dates & pomegranate juice daily, with probably 80% uniformity consistency. Simple, but I feel it’s been an important part of recovery for training progression while managing cholesterol better.
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That was gonna be my next question (diet). It definitely seems like it's a lot easier for me to maintain a great 80/20 approach when I do all my meal prep on Sunday for the week. Then Fri/Sat if my wife wants to go out I can really go ham on some burgers and fries and not have any negative consequences.
 
I think food prep is a very important thing, it really help to keep things on track !
 
gphagan1 said:
Yep, food prep and logging and tracking your diet, keeps you honest.
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Plus it's a hell of a lot easier to log/track if you figure your macros for the week on Sunday.
It's easier for me to add in some carbs or pro on a given day during the week if I need it when I already know what I'm having.
 
Dustin07 said:
Plus it's a hell of a lot easier to log/track if you figure your macros for the week on Sunday.
It's easier for me to add in some carbs or pro on a given day during the week if I need it when I already know what I'm having.
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Man I’m eating nearly 4k calories average a day; I prep food about every other day. I’ve cooked ~15lbs of meat for my family over the last 5 days, 2/3 of which goes to me. Generally making a pot of rice eod, grilling once a week, sweet potatoes a couple times. And I kinda throw what I want on top of that whenever I want it.

It’s not really an issue of tracking macros when my needs are this high; it’s just about getting the fuel in.
 
Hyde said:
Man I’m eating nearly 4k calories average a day; I prep food about every other day. I’ve cooked ~15lbs of meat for my family over the last 5 days, 2/3 of which goes to me. Generally making a pot of rice eod, grilling once a week, sweet potatoes a couple times. And I kinda throw what I want on top of that whenever I want it.

It’s not really an issue of tracking macros when my needs are this high; it’s just about getting the fuel in.
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Feeding those 600+ lbs squats takes those calories….gotta feed the bear.
 
Condolences brother. That’s a lot to carry, even for a beastly dude like you. It pains me the most to see my better half suffer, and I imagine that rings true for you as well.

And then there’s them talapia burps!
 
Really good stuff on the bloods front. Do you get hgb A1C, the 90 day avg of blood sugar? That’s the best overall measure for blood sugars.
 
jinxie said:
Really good stuff on the bloods front. Do you get hgb A1C, the 90 day avg of blood sugar? That’s the best overall measure for blood sugars.
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Historically I never have because my fasted glucose has always stayed between 89-95 at worst, but I did recently at end of last blast actually since it was affordable with Ulta out of curiosity, and it was great.

My family genetically doesn’t have diabetes; all my dad’s side is obese and nobody becomes diabetic. I think I would need to abuse GH pretty hard to become diabetic, and I don’t use it since it’s not a power drug and cancer does run in my family.
 
5/5/22
BW 248.6

6 min cycle
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Glute Bridges
Bodyweight Squats

Dynamic Boxsquat, Powerbar
45 2x5
+average bands
45,135x3
185,225x2
275 6x2 -60 sec rests

Dynamic Deadlift, Deadlift bar
135,225x1
315 10x1 -30 sec rests

May not look like much, but it took every ounce of resolve I had to get through. Muscles & knee still wrecked from Monday, back & hams locked up from being on the road yesterday, exhausted despite lots of sleep, forearm screaming from my left elbow issue even wrapped up in tape. Just a lot of pain. Made the decision to just gut out the speed work; maybe tomorrow I’ll do a few accessories in the garage on lunch, maybe not.

The final sets of squat and all the sets of deads did move really well, thankfully.
 
Hyde said:
5/5/22
BW 248.6

6 min cycle
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Glute Bridges
Bodyweight Squats

Dynamic Boxsquat, Powerbar
45 2x5
+average bands
45,135x3
185,225x2
275 6x2 -60 sec rests

Dynamic Deadlift, Deadlift bar
135,225x1
315 10x1 -30 sec rests

May not look like much, but it took every ounce of resolve I had to get through. Muscles & knee still wrecked from Monday, back & hams locked up from being on the road yesterday, exhausted despite lots of sleep, forearm screaming from my left elbow issue even wrapped up in tape. Just a lot of pain. Made the decision to just gut out the speed work; maybe tomorrow I’ll do a few accessories in the garage on lunch, maybe not.

The final sets of squat and all the sets of deads did move really well, thankfully.
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Bands on the dynamic deads or just straight speed pulls?
 
gphagan1 said:
Yep, food prep and logging and tracking your diet, keeps you honest.
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I know it does fore me

Dustin07 said:
Plus it's a hell of a lot easier to log/track if you figure your macros for the week on Sunday.
It's easier for me to add in some carbs or pro on a given day during the week if I need it when I already know what I'm having.
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Very Good Point

gphagan1 said:
Feeding those 600+ lbs squats takes those calories….gotta feed the bear.
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Funny because it's true !!
 
SkRaw85 said:
Bands on the dynamic deads or just straight speed pulls?
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Virtually always straight weight. I just put 60% on and got the practice in over a couple songs. I find bands kinda change the groove, and dicking with chains add a lot of time to what should be a very fast section of the workout. They’re fun and can help build extra grip, but last night needed to be over before it even started.

Today’s grip work:

Gripper Work:
Warmup x11
#2 5x6
#3 x1 attempt + a 3-sec negative

Rolling Thunder Deadlift
31, 56, 81, 91x5
96,101,106x1

Swissbar Hammercurls
45x15
65x12
85 2x8
 
Signed up for a warmup meet 4 weeks from now on Sunday, June 5th, just a couple hours away. No weight cut; just rolling in at whatever I weigh in the Open 275 Raw class to set a current baseline before doing another comp about 15-18 weeks from now at end of blast.

The gym is supposed to be air conditioned, a full 60 lifter meet, and they said they’ll be using the new Kabuki bars for all 3 lifts - should be a cushy way to knock the dust off
 
Hyde said:
Signed up for a warmup meet 4 weeks from now on Sunday, June 5th, just a couple hours away. No weight cut; just rolling in at whatever I weigh in the Open 275 Raw class to set a current baseline before doing another comp about 15-18 weeks from now at end of blast.

The gym is supposed to be air conditioned, a full 60 lifter meet, and they said they’ll be using the new Kabuki bars for all 3 lifts - should be a cushy way to knock the dust off
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Those Kabuki’s are the Cadillac of power bars….really nice. Maybe you can shoot some videos for the fan base. 😎
 
Hyde said:
Signed up for a warmup meet 4 weeks from now on Sunday, June 5th, just a couple hours away. No weight cut; just rolling in at whatever I weigh in the Open 275 Raw class to set a current baseline before doing another comp about 15-18 weeks from now at end of blast.

The gym is supposed to be air conditioned, a full 60 lifter meet, and they said they’ll be using the new Kabuki bars for all 3 lifts - should be a cushy way to knock the dust off
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Sounds like fun, good luck!
 
5/8/22
BW 247.6

6 min walk
Band Warmup

Reverse Hyper
125 2x20

Swissbar Bench, 30 sec rests
+microbands
45x5
95x3
145 2x3
195 9x3 split over mid & wide grips

Swissbar Skullcrushers
+microbands
45x12
95 3x12

Band Pressdown w/ V-bar handle
2 Monster Minis x140

Chin-ups on Yoke
5x6, 1x7

Seated DB Rear Delt Raises
25x20,16,15+15 partials

Feeling some new strength on the Skullcrushers for sure!
 
5/9/22

6 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks

SSB Good Mornings
65,155,245x5
295,315x3
+belt
365,385x3

Snatchgrip Deadlift
135,225,315x3
+straps
385x3
+belt
435x3

Lat Pulldowns
110,143x20
165x12
187x10

GHR
3x12

Lying Leg Curl
50x100 slowly, about 4 minutes of pain

I think regular good mornings are harder than from concentric-focused from pins. Just getting some work in this week before a heavy pull next Monday.
 
Hyde said:
5/9/22

6 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks

SSB Good Mornings
65,155,245x5
295,315x3
+belt
365,385x3

Snatchgrip Deadlift
135,225,315x3
+straps
385x3
+belt
435x3

Lat Pulldowns
110,143x20
165x12
187x10

GHR
3x12

Lying Leg Curl
50x100 slowly, about 4 minutes of pain

I think regular good mornings are harder than from concentric-focused from pins. Just getting some work in this week before a heavy pull next Monday.
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Man Hyde, you and SkRaw doing some serious Good Mornings. Like I said before, those bad boys would be good nights for me.
Killing it !!!
 
Hyde said:
5/9/22

6 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks

SSB Good Mornings
65,155,245x5
295,315x3
+belt
365,385x3

Snatchgrip Deadlift
135,225,315x3
+straps
385x3
+belt
435x3

Lat Pulldowns
110,143x20
165x12
187x10

GHR
3x12

Lying Leg Curl
50x100 slowly, about 4 minutes of pain

I think regular good mornings are harder than from concentric-focused from pins. Just getting some work in this week before a heavy pull next Monday.
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Same. I like the blood pump and CNS stimulation from the full and slow eccentric portion to really get after it
 
SkRaw85 said:
It’s the best part of waking up.
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I feel mentally BBQ’d. I wasn’t psyched up or anything; I just think the spinal loading probably has something to do with it.

Yesterday shot the last of the primo, probably ~250mg for the week (along with 15mg Trest Ace, & 30mg test e which I’ve been doing about eod). Today was just 15mg Trest Ace.

We had the family get together for my wife’s grandpa Saturday and actually lost a lb, so I really put the hammer down yesterday.
 
Looking forward to your base line meet results. Keep up the good work!
 
Can't wait to see how you do at the meet!
 
Hyde said:
Signed up for a warmup meet 4 weeks from now on Sunday, June 5th, just a couple hours away. No weight cut; just rolling in at whatever I weigh in the Open 275 Raw class to set a current baseline before doing another comp about 15-18 weeks from now at end of blast.

The gym is supposed to be air conditioned, a full 60 lifter meet, and they said they’ll be using the new Kabuki bars for all 3 lifts - should be a cushy way to knock the dust off
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You are going to crush it
 
These sessions, they cause me to ache just reading them!
 
Thanks for the encouragement everybody

Dustin07 said:
how's she doing with all that? getting some closure?
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Good, thank you. The family had a celebration of life in lieu of a funeral, and it was a really positive experience. It brought all his kids together at once for the first time in years; between that and some of them getting to meet my toddler for the first time everyone had a really nice time.

jinxie said:
These sessions, they cause me to ache just reading them!
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I’m glad they don’t look too weenie, because they are definitely causing me to ache! But that’s what it takes to get better
 
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