M-test, alphamax, x-gels

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Just started with first dose today. night weight was 176# - will weigh myself in the morning.

today's workout 6 rounds of 115# snatchs, rope climbs.
8 - 165# cleans and c&J
135# C&J for time 4 min -
jumped rope, some more pushups, rope climbs, pull/chin ups
3x3 deficit HSPU

was a super sweaty one.

diet is mostly plant based w/ anabolic diet bits - lol whatever that means - I am a registered dietitian so pretty good by my standards.

today was spinach, beet smoothie, banana - whey.
plenty coffee, green tea, ginger tea.
oats w/ whey, bee pollen, cinnamon, raisins.
cinn raisin bread w/ cheddar chz + canned sardines.
dinner was turkey hotdogs and beans + spinach beet smoothie w/ blueberries, whey.

post workout, purge sports bcaax w/ creatine.
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In on this log!
 
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Forgot to weigh myself this morning. Took the 2 caps of alphamax and fasting till lunch time probably. Ohh btw i received the version without abeita, has pine bark extract instead
 
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Pretty beat up from yesterday’s and not taking a day off for weeks. So no training today. Did my 10k steps no carbs at dinner. Just took this pic after trimming the carpet.

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Nice. You're at a good start point/base for this alphamax run!
 
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some upper workout- hspu w/ rope climbs, incline press - was pretty lazy n lackluster..

later on swim for about 17min / 1000meters.
Ate ton of eggs, steak /beef today!!!

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172.8# this morning- slept pretty good.
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Did some swimming today. Dont feel much different but definitely feeling leaner. Morning woods are still lackluster. We shall see
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Nice! Swimming is my go to cardio. I'd rather swim than go take a long run.
 
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169# this morning. Definite improvement of mood is being felt
 
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Day 8 Taken last night after some high pace fullbody workout. Slight increase in morning woods. Definite improvement of mood.
 
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Chicken and turkey hotdogs are amazing and great macros.
looking lean as fuk already! How tall are you ?
 
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178# right now - obv im usually about 5-8# heavier at night.

yesterday: more full body complex - barbell hack squat setup
upright rows, barbell twists, front squat, 3-4 sets of arms

today: circuit: HSPU to push ups
sissy squats to pistols
weighted pull ups / chins ups 10 reps with 25#
couple sets of arm pump.
done within 20 mins.
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Nice workout. Looking lean and mean!
 
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goal is to look the most jacked dad on this side of Mississippi and to run circles around my 3.5 year old granted she has way more energy. Also work as a dietitian at psych hospital so gotta carry some size..
 
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Not much changed but definitely getting leaner - most likely due to diet but feeling somethin. Will take pics n weight in morning
 
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Made some liver n onions for dinner.
172# this morning. Not much change to libido or morning woods
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Damn that mirror is dirty.
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169# morning. Tiny increase in libido.
Workout: 5 snatch superset w rope climbs -4 rounds
5c&j superset rope climb w pull/chin ups - 4 rounds.

sissy squats, pistol squats, deficit hspu -3 rounds. Done in 30 mins

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Week 3 I am thinking about extended this run to 8 weeks. I feel like i am recomping well
morning weights are ~169#. Small improvement to libido and morning woods. Diet remains anabolic diet/ whole
Foods. Lots of red meat, lamb, eggs, yogurt + fruits some veg.. sardines almost daily.

intermittent fasting multiple days a week

coffee, green tea while
Fasting. Ginger tea post meals for
Digestion.

I never mentioned but but additional items include: bee pollen, pomegranate juice, kimchi, kombucha w/ acv.

Often would juice beets and celery.

smoothies w/ frozen blueberries spinach, whey + cardamom, turmeric.
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so just ordered another bottle.. what do u guys think of adding x-gels?
 
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Trying to milk that last couple grams of natty gainz that are left....
 
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Ordered x-gels after reading that it may stack well with alphamax
 
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so just ordered another bottle.. what do u guys think of adding x-gels?
Definitely would recommend x gels. Great muscle pump and fullness come with x gels. I use to run anabeta elite and x gels mutliple times a year with great results. Alphamax xt and x gels should yield similar results.
 
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Diet today was mostly carnivore. Bfast was some lamb, eggs topped with feta chz n tomatoes.
2nd meal: burger, bone broth, milk w/ whey, banana, peach, bee pollen goji berries

Did ton of yard work
Then swam

dinner was a feast!!- ribeye, lamb chops, rice w/ bone broth n salad. Polished it up with some coffee and watermelon


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Nice! Definitely a meat day yesterday. I've never been a big fan of lamb but sounds like it's one of your go to meats?
 
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Im about to get some baby aspirin. Dont feel like buying soy lecithin or glycerol as emulsifier.. whats the opinion on drinking 1-2 raw egg yolks?
 
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probly week 5-6 of alphamax. No much increase of libido from it.
So i took about half a bottle of x-gels counted 50 caps left. I was taking about 3-4 /day preworkouts. Muscle pain n pumps, mind/muscle connection is immediately evident. Pumps are much better. took this pic 3-4 days ago post training with some good pump. Current morning weight 172#, still carnivorish diet. X-gels definitely increased morning woods. Since starting x-gels def improvement of morning woods. I may have been just ARA depleted from years of hard training. Especially in the last couple years of crossfit style.
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was about 7 weeks into alphamax. almost done with bottle of SNS x-gels. Alphamax - slight improvement of morning woods. not much change to libido.

x-gels better pumps, improved muscle mind connection - definitely enjoying the effects.

Added M-test 2 days ago - better morning woods. libido up already. fadogia is the only added ingredient vs alphamax.
 
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day 6 on m-test.
Took this yesterday post workout - Squats superset with glute ham raise, calves,
flat bench superset w/ dumbbell rows.
side raises, curls and tris

Aggression definitely up, energy is good - which was never an issue before anyway, libido felt like it was going up but its still ehh. boys are definitely fuller.

so after m-test is over, I am definitely thinking about running Thai black ginger + butea + Ursolic acid all from barlowe's. probably need to give my body a break from ingredients in alphamax and m-test. I may also add rhodiola as an adaptogen.
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fasted workout in AM - coffee, matcha
1scoop purge thermx
3 caps m-test
3 caps - ARA (x-gels)
1 scoop Dr. Jerkyll - stim free preworkout

Intra workout - Purge sports BCAAx / Musclesport BCAA

Great energy pumps and muscle mind connection. I am loving the current stack.
rowed 1000m warm up
upper day, Incline supersetted with pull/chin ups, calves
flat bench - supersetted with tbar row, calves
Arms then ball slams w/ dips
was done in 1 hour, great sweat.
aggression definitely up -

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Haven’t been following but looking good bro. In for the ride.
 
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Abs, delts, and tris on point! Lookin good.
 
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Another good workout - same preworkout as yesterdays except for addition of 10gm collagen protein pre.
Dropped off my 4 year old at her grandparents then hit the gym!!!

ATG squats, superset with calves, glute ham raise
OHP w/ curls and calves..
light arms to finish off

Workout was followed by a giant Turkish Brunch - probably ate over 1.5k calories
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My weekend meals are always fairly larger than my normal weekday meals. Gotta get in those extra calories during the weekend :)
 

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Which version of Alphamax have you run? I noticed new one(with Primavie, without Mucuna) much better for libido.
 
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Which version of Alphamax have you run? I noticed new one(with Primavie, without Mucuna) much better for libido.
bottles i received had both of them (shilajit and mucuna)
 

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Interesting- new label(UK) doesnt have mucuna. Has Primavie instead- not both.
How is that possible you have both on same bottle? Or i misunderstood..
 
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My bad, now that i look online at labels realize the difference. I think the bottle had mucuna but i am not sure. I threw em out sorry. I have taken shilajit in the past n it def helps with libido
 
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week 2-3 update of M-test. Slight further increase of libido and Testicular fullness. Aggression further increased. I am definitely feeling like test levels are higher than start. I am wondering what they currently are. I had test done by Discountedlabs at past but. I think there was some new laws regarding online medical lab ordering which prevents me from getting labs script via online now. Anyone know of a way i can pay reasonable amount and get tested. I hate asking my idiotic doctor for labs which they deny to order everytime.
 
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So taking a break from m-test as I ran alphamax for 7 weeks and m-test for 2. I am running swanson butea (2 caps), black ginger extract (1 cap). Workout performance has seen some increase, good pumps. Libido went down definitely. I want to give body 2 week break then hop back on m-test. Pics taken this week and today. Wt around 172-4 in morning

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just to update this I have been on swanson black ginger extract 100mg 1x daily for 3-4 weeks + 800mg butea (whole herb), last week increased to 2caps /day, today increased to 3 caps (300mg). currently doing smolov for squat. strength is slowly going up. took these pics today
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So i ended up ordering alphamax with the 50% off sale. Looking back at sep 9th picture i was most jacked / full/ pumped. I was about 5-6 weeks into alphamax back then.

edit: changed my mind, will do x-gels
Instead of massmax
 
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So i ended up ordering alphamax with the 50% off sale. Looking back at sep 9th picture i was most jacked / full/ pumped. I was about 5-6 weeks into alphamax back then.

edit: changed my mind, will do x-gels
Instead of massmax
Nice! That should be a good natty stack with a lot of pump and muscle fullness.
 

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week 2-3 update of M-test. Slight further increase of libido and Testicular fullness. Aggression further increased. I am definitely feeling like test levels are higher than start. I am wondering what they currently are. I had test done by Discountedlabs at past but. I think there was some new laws regarding online medical lab ordering which prevents me from getting labs script via online now. Anyone know of a way i can pay reasonable amount and get tested. I hate asking my idiotic doctor for labs which they deny to order everytime.
excuse me when you writing about M-test you mean the M-test of competitive labs?
and alphamax you mean the product of perfomax labs?
 
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So I have been back on Alphamax/M-test 1 month - I make sure to take half serving of each /day
Black ginger extract for a while now ~2.5 months.
liquid L-carnitine 2 weeks - for androgen receptor density increase/ possible fat burning -

daily cold showers at morning may also be affecting things also since the water is really flowing cold now that winter is here.

libido is decent but may be something else at play here. no problems at all with performance, im sure that busy life, 4 month pregnant wife + 4 year old energetic toddler is not helping our love life here...
Testicular fullness is great - my test levels are definitely maximized at this point -

Gym - have been doing smolov for squats for about 3 weeks now - squats have definitely gone up but no choice but to increase with the torture of smolov. I have done base cycle in the past and have improved numbers back then also. pressing is also going up which was in the case as past with more focus on powerlifting. Recovery from these high volume squat sessions have been tough, at times I am tight, sore and feeling banged up.

Pumps in the gym, focus and energy have been great - I am definitely feeling great. I am unable to attribute which one of these supplements are helping as too many changing variables which is a terrible conundrum. As it will not benefit myself nor others to know responsible supplements. I may know more in future as I am about to run out of black ginger extract. Will report if any drop off of performance is observed. Overall I am feeling great with current stack. I have decided to run alphamax again at current stack due to looking back at pictures from the previous run.

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Can't go wrong with another alphamax run. One of my fav natural products for sure.
 

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