teamguy312
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Man man, this sounds like a great cycle. You already look better than most 20 years olds, but you want more you greedy bastard Just messing around but it's true, just to maintain the physique you have would be beyond satisfactory for most guys. We have a similar build, mind if I ask how tall you are? I'm 5'9, best I'm less blessed in the pecs but it's a tradeoff for some naturally large traps. Regardless, looking killer man. There are like 14 pages of comments now, but I believe I read you are on 300mg test E and 200mg mast? 300mg of test can be plenty for some people including me, but I wouldn't have expected 300mg test and 200mg mast to have such a profound effect on you considering your experience and all. Have you thought about taking any orals pre comp? Or maybe some injectable superdrol? Underrated ****, not as harsh obviously and still amazing effects. 25mg injectable SD split 12.5/12.5 for me has less lethargy than 10mg oral SD daily. Just a thought, figured I'd mention it because I've seen very few posts on it. It also flows out of a 31g insulin syringe like butter, I always injected subq because I was concerned about injecting SD into a large vein, but it was easily avoidable.11/28/23 Legs
Barbell Squat - Bar x20, 95x10 - Stopped here details below...
True Squat Facing Out (Quad Focus) - 90x15, 135x12, 135x11 - Started feeling pressure on back from this and stopped before my last set.
Belt Squats 90x12, 135x11- @RPE10, 135x9 @RPE10 - These were good but that damn belt really cuts into the adductors where all the thin easily stretched skin is. So if I continue to do these I will bring in a thick towel to drape around my waist through the inside of my legs for some cushioning to save that skin from getting a bunch of new purple stretch marks getting pulled into it.
Paused Leg Press - 425x12, 450x12, 450x12 - last set RPE9.5
Lunges - Body Weight x 10, 30 x 8 @RPE9 - Stopped the whole workout here, details below....
Exercises left off = Romanian Deal Lifts and Lying Leg Curls
Had a very rough session last night. I am officially done with back squats. I got to 95lbs on my warm up for squats last night and sure enough as soon as I took the bar off of my back my T-Spine / C-Spine issues said "Hello! Thanks for inviting me, happy to be here!!!" It has definitely been the back squats causing referral pain in my shoulder. Not so much the chest pressing. I did a couple sets of True Squat facing out and got up to 135 before it felt like that was going to be a problem and I folded my hand on that move too for the night at least. Then I went to belt squats and got 2 nice sets to failure at 135 which on this particular Belt Squat feels pretty damn heavy. After that I did 2 sets of DB Lunges but my neck and T-Spine were done! Started getting pain in my neck, and a little numbness in my right hand. I called the entire workout at that point. Better to live and fight another day.
I went home ate, and took 2 Aleve, slathered up in an anti-inflammatory muscle rub and went to bed. Shortly after getting in bed my left foot also went numb for about 20-30 minutes then started getting better as the aleve started working. Luckily no pains last night and I don't feel much worse for the wear today. Still tight, but no referral pain or numbness of any kind. I doubled down on Aleve again this morning and will do so again tonight to get this inflammation knocked out before it becomes a serious issue.
I think I will end up moving to Pendulum Squats to keep most of the pressure on my hips for a little while. Allow the T-Spine and C-Spine to cool down a bit. I am really contemplating taking back complete control of my training. While this style may be very effective, I can not make a bunch of progress if I am continuously pulling back over and over due to injury management. Consistency and continual progress is required to drive growth, and I feel like I have already done a lot of sub optimal work on my legs the last 3 weeks trying to incorporate squats.
I am hoping to be able to keep the rack deads in for my upper back and yoke area but if not that is okay too. I may try a few very light RDL's today before cardio just to see how those feel and if I should temporarily pull them from my plan as well. I honestly get a lot more stimulation with the True Squat good mornings. My legs, and also chest have not gotten even remotely sore since changing exercises up. Considering I have been on the same levels of gear this whole time that tells me I am not pushing them as hard as I was previously.
What do you al think? Does it make sense to keep pushing my luck on training to failure or just go with more of what was working for me previously. Still high intensity, slightly more volume and more frequency. It is a hard call to make knowing I am paying for the training also. So some opinions from the outside looking in would be helpful here.
Regardless, good luck and keep up the great work!
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