The Biggest Smont ever! 🤔 Lets find out

Hyde said:
Bro wth you need 1.25” pins for at your bodyfat? I use 1/2” or 5/8th 27g and can hit everything fine but glutes. Even VG gets solid depth. I use a 25g 1” for glutes, and that’s basically only for a huge volume shot rarely. Did 3cc of that glutathione yesterday for example.
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I can use a slin pin. 1/2 in goes no problem, but with any more then 1.5ml I get a knot with the half inch. 1in is perfect. But I could only find 27g in a 1.25. I went with a 27 only because it's the only size I never can find lol. I'm usually doing a 25 gauge 1 inch, or a half inch or 5/8 slin pin with a 28-29 gauge
 
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Same routine, use the class as my warm up with very suboptimal weights and then I did my weighted chins and pull. Because I did a workout with someone yesterday that I had finished off with some hammer curls I just decided not to do biceps today.

I also don't really enjoy doing arms, I don't know why I've never liked it. Except for close great bench and weighted chins. Those are my favorite arm exercises lol
 
Thought I had 2 of these left for my post workout meal, but only one,
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Im gonna have to eat this shitty little red Barron pizza. Cus I have to lol. Jokes aside, the chicken was actually much better. I'd rather had the extra chicken and rice
 
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Great workout, I'm definitely starting to notice my cardio slipping away. I'm definitely getting winded on things I don't normally expect myself to. Take it with a grain of salt, I would say my cardio still far above average. But then again, that bar is probably set pretty low lol.

I've been consistently fluctuating between 201-205. After this weekend I'm probably going to make that decision on more food or add to the cycle
 
I think next week I'm going to deadlift instead of zercher in my early sets. Then Maybe hit a couple sets of 5 with 325 on deads before doing a zercher with 225 for max reps . Mix it up a little. I'm not going to deadlift heavy any time soon tho. I don't want to risk injury.
 
Smont said:
I can use a slin pin. 1/2 in goes no problem, but with any more then 1.5ml I get a knot with the half inch. 1in is perfect. But I could only find 27g in a 1.25. I went with a 27 only because it's the only size I never can find lol. I'm usually doing a 25 gauge 1 inch, or a half inch or 5/8 slin pin with a 28-29 gauge
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Ah yeah that’s a lot of volume for a depot so close to the surface; I only use 1/2” with slinpins which never exceed a 1ml barrel.

But 27g is like the perfect gauge for a 1ml shot taken frequently, to me.
 
Hyde said:
Ah yeah that’s a lot of volume for a depot so close to the surface; I only use 1/2” with slinpins which never exceed a 1ml barrel.

But 27g is like the perfect gauge for a 1ml shot taken frequently, to me.
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I was thinking 27/1in would be perfect too. That was what I originally had ordered and I actually got an email from the company saying they were out and the 1.25 was the replacement. The company actually had a individual person email me twice about it, I was very satisfied with the customer service 😂😂😂. It's funny, as I get older I appreciate stuff like that more
 
Decided not to lift today(bench+push workout) wasn't feeling very energetic and today is the 1 day of the 5,3,1 bench, on top of that I forgot about a month ago I agreed/signed myself up to help someone with a YouTube or whatever content, a challenge video, tomorrow! He sent my the challenge list and it looks miserable lol. Lots of running, rowing, burpees and broad jumps. The rowing alone is almost 5 minutes, the burpees are 50 rep sets lol. I was thinking it was going to be max rep bench and deadlifts or something. Like that. So at least il be fresh for that. I'm secretly praying that this snow storm hits tomorrow and if we get the projected foot then the gym will be closed lol. I was in shape for this when I agreed but now, not so much.

Gonna need some extra calories too!
 
Hyde said:
Ah yeah that’s a lot of volume for a depot
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Because I've been lazy and missing shots, I occasionally will take a big one to "catch up" lol, but I noticed I'm not getting any issues with sides so if the infrequent shots aren't messing me up, I'd rather just pin 2-3ml every 3-4 days. One could make the argument that it's too infrequent for the NPP, and I'd agree, I'm probably not getting everything out of it like I would with daily or EOD pins, but I'm also not getting any of the gyno flare ups I normally would. I know in a medical setting even 1 injection a week shows benifits so I'm thinking I'm making a decent trade off.

So now when Im ready bump up my dose, it would be 3ml every 3-4 days making the weekly totals 600 test, 375 EQ and 150 NPP (1125).

I don't plan on exceeded that dose, but I do plan on adding HGH to that.

And I am considering something like 2-3 weeks of anadrol at the end of I'm gonna do a bench comp

So there's variables.


Another thing is I may try to swap EQ for primo E at the same mg dose. My guy just got primo back in stock and even tho eq seems to work great for me and is cheap, I use it a lot. I wanna blast a lot this year and I don't want to be on eq 50% of the year
 
Smont said:
Because I've been lazy and missing shots, I occasionally will take a big one to "catch up" lol, but I noticed I'm not getting any issues with sides so if the infrequent shots aren't messing me up, I'd rather just pin 2-3ml every 3-4 days. One could make the argument that it's too infrequent for the NPP, and I'd agree, I'm probably not getting everything out of it like I would with daily or EOD pins, but I'm also not getting any of the gyno flare ups I normally would. I know in a medical setting even 1 injection a week shows benifits so I'm thinking I'm making a decent trade off.

So now when Im ready bump up my dose, it would be 3ml every 3-4 days making the weekly totals 600 test, 375 EQ and 150 NPP (1125).

I don't plan on exceeded that dose, but I do plan on adding HGH to that.

And I am considering something like 2-3 weeks of anadrol at the end of I'm gonna do a bench comp

So there's variables.


Another thing is I may try to swap EQ for primo E at the same mg dose. My guy just got primo back in stock and even tho eq seems to work great for me and is cheap, I use it a lot. I wanna blast a lot this year and I don't want to be on eq 50% of the year
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NPP isn’t like acetate; it’s longer than most people realize - closer to enanthate than propionate. Twice a week is sufficient for it.

I’d argue 2x/wk is ideal from an effect standpoint - it’s just also higher in sides for many. If you do great on it, no reason to take more shots, risk more infections, pay for more syringes, & waste more time. The reason I do daily shots is because I actually feel better/get less sides. It’s person to person.
 
Hyde said:
NPP isn’t like acetate; it’s longer than most people realize - closer to enanthate than propionate. Twice a week is sufficient for it.

I’d argue 2x/wk is ideal from an effect standpoint - it’s just also higher in sides for many. If you do great on it, no reason to take more shots, risk more infections, pay for more syringes, & waste more time. The reason I do daily shots is because I actually feel better/get less sides. It’s person to person.
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What you think about swapping EQ for primo at a equal dose. I'm not expecting any kind of extra gains or performance increase. If anything maybe a slight decrease. But as a trade for estrogen management and maintaining total mg with a slightly safer compound. Make adjustments in the #'s as needed, but I figured starting with an equal swap and give it some time to see what happens
 
Smont said:
What you think about swapping EQ for primo at an equal dose. I'm not expecting any kind of extra gains or performance increase. If anything maybe a slight decrease. But as a trade for estrogen management and maintaining total mg with a slightly safer compound. Make adjustments in the #'s as needed, but I figured starting with an equal swap and give it some time to see what happens
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I have very little experience with EQ, but just finished 10 weeks with it in at 200mg a couple weeks back. Had basically started the run with 300 test/200 eq, which became 400 test/200 each eq & mast before Dienelone was added. Swapped in extra Masteron to pick up the slack when the EQ vial was empty. Hard to say for sure with so many moving parts, Dien coming in, etc, but seemed like a fair trade on mg. And primo feels about same as Mast per mg to me.

Probably a good place to start. Just realize it’s likely you’ll respond differently to one vs the other with how it affects estrogen. But you’ll also have escalating test and nand so it should be okay if primo ends up drier for you.
 
Hyde said:
I have very little experience with EQ, but just finished 10 weeks with it in at 200mg a couple weeks back. Had basically started the run with 300 test/200 eq, which became 400 test/200 each eq & mast before Dienelone was added. Swapped in extra Masteron to pick up the slack when the EQ vial was empty. Hard to say for sure with so many moving parts, Dien coming in, etc, but seemed like a fair trade on mg. And primo feels about same as Mast per mg to me.

Probably a good place to start. Just realize it’s likely you’ll respond differently to one vs the other with how it affects estrogen. But you’ll also have escalating test and nand so it should be okay if primo ends up drier for you.
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Oh ****, I just realized you got some dien! I know you have been looking for a while, good ****. Is it TD or injectable
 
Smont said:
Oh *, I just realized you got some dien! I know you have been looking for a while, good *. Is it TD or injectable
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OG Zero Flux Dienelone Enanthate. Been on 200mg for 4 weeks now (along with 300 test and 400 total eq/mast). Added 25mg Trest Ace last week and 35 total this week since I’m doing daily shots anyway.

5 weeks out tomorrow and going to 300mg Dien E. Might pull the mast down to 300/wk since I’m switching that to Prop soon to use it up.

It’s been good, starting this weekend to get just a hint of heartburn & a tad harder to fall asleep some nights. 0.25mg Caber 2x a week has managed the prolactin properly; P5P doesn’t really cut it. I’ve needed zero antacids, but I don’t really expect to make it to the end without them. With another month and 50% more dose coming, things will probably go off the rails soon.

I’m definitely getting that geared up look. My shirts are all riding up the neck on my traps and fitting tighter.
 
Bro…. Dienolone is one of my favorites, versatile and effective in any circumstance. I wish someone would brew it
 
gphagan1 said:
Nice presentation Chef Smont.👨‍🍳
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How weird is it that I need to do that at any meal I cook. Even if I'm not going to take pictures, I still have to try to make my food look nice before I eat it 😂 that has to be a touch of OCD, or maybe a little tism 😬
 
We got mainly ice down here….we can get around in our area, but North Georgia and East of Atlanta got slammed with an Ice storm and lots of power outages and most of the roads are impassable.
 
gphagan1 said:
We got mainly ice down here….we can get around in our area, but North Georgia and East of Atlanta got slammed with an Ice storm and lots of power outages and most of the roads are impassable.
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Same here in NC. I’m two hours west of Raleigh. We got about 3 inches of snow/sleet mixture. Lost power for about 4 hours.
 
We got tons of light powdery snow at first, then it turned to that rain mix and it got icy, then it started snowing again. Overall, we just got a lot of snow. Could have been much worse.
 
Nothing here, probably 3” or so yesterday morning. They did cancel schools though because with the subzero windchills everything they plowed freezes to ice overnight.
 
Im hearing the ICE is deadly in Minneapolis.....
 
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I am not a lot on these forums lately but wow I have to say that's some good eating!

As far as zerchers go, i got up to 315x6 for 2 sets few months ago, and like you say, its hard to breathe, but even worse for some reason my back just started giving out. I had some cracking moments (no pain though) that scared me so I decided to drop them for a while. I tried doing weighted hypers which did help me from 275-315 but after that nothing seemed to help my lower back.

So here I am doing 250x10 on the traditional high bar. At least I can do that without issues, and would like tk get to 315x10. It seems high reps may be the answer here, as it allows time for the support musculature to strengthen due to the sheer fact it takes a lot longer to get to N lbs x 10 reps than to N lbs x 5 reps.

Also to add not taking anything so joint and connective tissue recovery is challenged a bit,
 
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Smont said:
Yeah but if you go ice skating with no ice skates no protective gear and bring a gun to the ice skating rink, you're kind of asking for problems
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I agree
 
CroLifter said:
I am not a lot on these forums lately but wow I have to say that's some good eating!

As far as zerchers go, i got up to 315x6 for 2 sets few months ago, and like you say, its hard to breathe, but even worse for some reason my back just started giving out. I had some cracking moments (no pain though) that scared me so I decided to drop them for a while. I tried doing weighted hypers which did help me from 275-315 but after that nothing seemed to help my lower back.

So here I am doing 250x10 on the traditional high bar. At least I can do that without issues, and would like tk get to 315x10. It seems high reps may be the answer here, as it allows time for the support musculature to strengthen due to the sheer fact it takes a lot longer to get to N lbs x 10 reps than to N lbs x 5 reps.

Also to add not taking anything so joint and connective tissue recovery is challenged a bit,
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I have found breathing to be the most difficult challenge for me. Pretty much everything over 225 I have to hold my breath and do the reps. The way the bar sits on your chest it makes it so you can't even inhale and try to squeeze an extra breath in or out.

It actually can be a little scary to be honest. There's times I know that if I don't drop this bar right now I might pass out.

Other than the breathing issue, everything else about it I like and it feels good on everybody part. Even tho 325 was hard, it wasn't painful anywhere. I just couldn't breathe.

I think I need to practice doing higher reps at whatever weight is light enough that it allows me to still inhale and exhale during my sets. Once I build up some reps there, I can increase and hopefully that helps eliminate the breathing issues over time.
 
Tonight I'm playing catch up. Had 4 days off and missed my Saturday bench + push day and my Monday leg workout.

Tonight's class/warm ups
Push ups
Gladiator deadlifts
Box jumps
Battle ropes
Lunges

Bench press 3-5 reps + back off set
Deadlift 3-5 reps
Zercher 10-12 reps
Cable chest press 12-15
Leg press 20+
Triceps if there's time
 
Bench I went up to 300 for a double, I probably could have did 4-5 if I had a spot.

Deadlift 325x5 in a more sumo style stance, (probably could do 10 but I'm babysitting my deadlift), backed off to a 225x5 zercher (hard to breathe) backed off to 185x12(still hard to breathe, but trainable)

Everything else I said I was going to do in that workout I did, I don't think you guys want to be bored with my cable press down and machine leg press weights lol.

Because I have that 30-45 minute warm up (the class)
I've only got about 20 to 30 more minutes where I have the intensity to train hard so I kind of dump it all into those first two exercises (bench and deadlift/zerchers) and after that I'm just struggling to finish the workout because I'm getting bored and lazy.

Was 203.5 today. Still in that 201-205 range. I'm gonna bump food up and my gear up. Why? Well, I think in 7-8 more weeks il be due for a break. So I'm gonna get my dose up to peak for the end, keep adding food and get another 15-20 lbs by my birthday (March 19th)
 
Some random bullshit just to bullshit......

On box jumps yesterday I did a set of 6 at 37inches and a pr of 42". No this is not a 42-in vertical, but I am jumping from a dead stop bottom squat position onto a 42 inch high box and landing it. I've always had a lot of explosive strength. I'd like to eventually get to 48in. Not sure that's possible but I'm going to treat it as part of the end goal

Bench strength is coming back super fast, it's going to be hard to stay on schedule and not bump the weight up. I do have lifting partners on bench day, so they will keep me on track.

Dispite my weight staying in the same range the past 2 weeks, I'm getting a lot of the regular questions about if I went back on or that I'm getting bigger really fast. I attribute that to all of them seeing me cut down for boxing and gaining 20+lbs in the first 4-5 weeks was a lot of rebound too.

Anxiety is on the high side lately, I think I'm still fighting that seasonal depression and it makes me very unmotivated to work and work out. Once I get going, the day or the workout goes fine, especially bench day right now. But as a whole, I'm low on motivation to work and train some days. Eating is getting a little bit harder too, I know I just mentioned the food and gear bump, but Im gonna need to start doing some shakes here and there if I want to stay consistent on calories (time for a calorie count too) I haven't been tracking but I'm definitely over 3500 every day. Yesterday was also finished with a 1800 calories dessert 😳😬.

Today's scale weight is 204.1
 
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Smont said:
On box jumps yesterday I did a set of 6 at 37inches and a pr of 42". No this is not a 42-in vertical, but I am jumping from a dead stop bottom squat position onto a 42 inch high box and landing it. I've always had a lot of explosive strength. I'd like to eventually get to 48in. Not sure that's possible but I'm going to treat it as part of the end goal
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thats awesome dude. I bet you could reach the 48" with some work. even when I'm doing really high intensity sessions with double unders, sleds, etc I still dont' feel like I have the mobility for the high jumps anymore but it hasn't been a focus, I typically stick with oly when I'm doing more explosive minded stuff but you are making the box jumps sound good again.

Smont said:
Anxiety is on the high side lately, I think I'm still fighting that seasonal depression and it makes me very unmotivated to work and work out.
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are you on dermacrine? the past few winters I have found steves DHEA has helped alot, been a while since I have had severe SAD tbh and it used to hit me hard. I mentioned in my redlight thread that Hooga my wife got me for Christmas and I SWEAR it has worked fantastically. I don't think everyone is a responder, people seem to have 50/50 results but I hit it for 15 minutes every morning when I'm getting ready for work and I feel like I have a crazy amount of clean energy to start the day and currently zero anxiety or panic attacks which is phenomenal. There is something in my brain that can trigger small panic attacks even just on too much tribulus and right now I'm ramping up a decent does of epiandro, thinking really hard about bringing my var back in as well cause things are feeling so good.
 
Dustin07 said:
thats awesome dude. I bet you could reach the 48" with some work. even when I'm doing really high intensity sessions with double unders, sleds, etc I still dont' feel like I have the mobility for the high jumps anymore but it hasn't been a focus, I typically stick with oly when I'm doing more explosive minded stuff but you are making the box jumps sound good again.



are you on dermacrine? the past few winters I have found steves DHEA has helped alot, been a while since I have had severe SAD tbh and it used to hit me hard. I mentioned in my redlight thread that Hooga my wife got me for Christmas and I SWEAR it has worked fantastically. I don't think everyone is a responder, people seem to have 50/50 results but I hit it for 15 minutes every morning when I'm getting ready for work and I feel like I have a crazy amount of clean energy to start the day and currently zero anxiety or panic attacks which is phenomenal. There is something in my brain that can trigger small panic attacks even just on too much tribulus and right now I'm ramping up a decent does of epiandro, thinking really hard about bringing my var back in as well cause things are feeling so good.
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I bet you I've used 100 bottles of dermacran in my life, it doesn't do anything for my anxiety, and being on a gram of gear, adding DHEA wouldn't be noticeable at all. The cycle itself is probably driving up my anxiety, but it's definitely not the cause. I've been going through this on and off since a kid. The first bad anxiety moment I can remember was in the 8th grade. I specifically remember where, when and what set it off. But, I still have never managed to find the root cause and why it changes so much throughout the year.

Typically, late November till around my birthday is the worst. About 4 months. Then when I can start getting out in the garden it starts to go away and by mid summer it's gone 99% of the time.

Without real drugs medications, nothing OTC is going to put a dent in it. Even the 2 anxiety meds I've tried do nothing and I'm not willing to dive in on benzos.

I know once I finalize the last of my career switching and I'm working mostly from home and the gym, everything will be a lot easier.
 
Smont said:
Typically, late November till around my birthday is the worst. About 4 months. Then when I can start getting out in the garden it starts to go away and by mid summer it's gone 99% of the time.
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since your anxiety is tied into the depths of winter doldrums you might really give the RLT a look.

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Smont said:
Without real drugs medications, nothing OTC is going to put a dent in it. Even the 2 anxiety meds I've tried do nothing and I'm not willing to dive in on benzos.
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honestly i'm glad to hear it man and I agree with you 100%. in 2016 when I had my real bad attacks for the first time ever, I remember being locked at home researching and thinking holy **** my life is over. I can't even go outside without my brain trying to kill me. I kept reading up on the chemical treatments and I thought those would be way worse because of the long term dependence on them so I just fought my way through. I'd get adrenaline rushes that were absolutely insane for like an hour and they would knock me on my ass and I'd pass out and nap HARD for 4 hours cause my body was so exhausted from fighting it. so I decided everytime an attack would come on I'd just choose to get angry, turn on the hardest metal I could find to try to rewire my brain that when "fight or flight" came on, I'd fight. sounds dumb but I believe it honestly worked.
 
I also suffer from occasional anxiety...I had my first anxiety attack/panic when I turned 30....

I think I it caused by drinking a lot, and not dealing with stress like i should....

I pretty much throw the kitchen sink at it now.....lifting, occasional cardio, sauna, cold plunge, THC and i quit drinking (9 months sober this time)
 
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manifesto said:
I also suffer from occasional anxiety...I had my first anxiety attack/panic when I turned 30....

I think I it caused by drinking a lot, and not dealing with stress like i should....

I pretty much throw the kitchen sink at it now.....lifting, occasional cardio, sauna, cold plunge, THC and i quit drinking (9 months sober this time)
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I was about the same age and I have also noticed that alcohol can make it worse!
 
manifesto said:
I also suffer from occasional anxiety...I had my first anxiety attack/panic when I turned 30....

I think I it caused by drinking a lot, and not dealing with stress like i should....

I pretty much throw the kitchen sink at it now.....lifting, occasional cardio, sauna, cold plunge, THC and i quit drinking (9 months sober this time)
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I'm the opposite, and When I quit drinking was actually when my anxiety came back. But I was also using drinking as the bandaid for like 10 years
 
When I was drunk I just ignored everything, alcohol is literally my superhero fuel for everything in life except for being healthy and responsible lol
 
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