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Follidrex hits Camp Pendleton (sponsored log)

money0351

money0351

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Huge thanks to Corbin and MDX for sending a bottle of their take on the insanely popular ingredient (-)-epicatechin. I will be running this a 1 cap per day (150mg) for 30 days. For the duration of the run I will be utilizing 5/3/1 with Dave Tate's periodization as the assistance lifts. Here is a layout of weights for these 4 weeks



Starting stats are as follows (unpumped)
5'7'' ( not expecting to change haha)
172lbs
Neck 17 in
Chest 45 in
Arms 15.5 in
Waist 32 in
Thigh 24 in
Calves 15 in

I will not be taking any other supplements with the exception of amino IV intra, and protein as needed to really get a feel for the follidrex.

Starting progress photos will come tomorrow to gage any mirror changes
 
Oh and macros for lifting days are about (p/c/f) 200/300/50 and off days are around 200/<50/100.
Carbohydrates are consumed a with at my last meal and training is done semi-fasted (amino IV) in the AM upon waking
 
Today I took my 3rd dose of follidrex and had my first workout. I did flat bb bench as laid out above and finished with a set at 225 for 8. assistance exercises for today were:

Medow's rows 5x15
close grip bench 5x12
bentover rear delt flies 5x15
skull crushers 5x15

all in all a pretty great workout, solid pump, but nothing to note from the follidrex because its probably too soon haha
 
Cali lifters unite!

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Glad to have you all here. One new thing to note DOMS from that first workout is defiantly more significant than normal. Not quite as much as I experienced in my run with ArA, but (I was also taking 2g pre workout) seeing how I am hardly ever sore this is a good sign. The scale is steady at 172

Today's deadlift workout was 3x3 @ 275,315,345
And dropped to 225 for 13
Front squats 5x12
Bb hip thrusters 5x10
10 intervals on the prowler sled (toasted my entire lower body
An finished up with some bicep work

All in all a solid workout, pump was defiantly there as well as some decent endurance I'm definitely looking forward to these coming weeks
 
Holy DOMS... When I woke up this morning I felt like I my quads and Hammies were on fire aside from that still nothing to note in terms of weight increase.

Today was my "off day"
Various weighted ab exercises
15 minutes of interval work using farmers carries

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It's pretty crazy that the gym I go to has a HIIT training center that nobody ever uses. It has a couple of power racks, sleds, a prowler, this farmers carry setup and its nice because its outside.
 
Training today was vertical push/pull.
OHP 3x3 (95/115/125) and a set of 95 for 14
Pull-ups 5x12-15
Upright rows 5x12
Dips 5x15-20
Finished with a massive drop set of triceps rope pull downs to completely smoke my tris

Notes: although I haven't noticed any crazy increases yet on my main lifts I will note that volume and intensity is better on my assistance lifts than before. And this mornings weight was 173 after 300g of carbs last night
 
And I just noticed I haven't posted any n00ds yet :( well these were taken this morning prior to the workout and any food (no pump)
 
cumminslifter said:
solid work man, how you liking the routine?
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I love it... For me it's a great balance of heavy weight, volume, and frequency. Basically I hit upper body 2x per week (horizontal push/pull then vertical push/pull) and lower body 2x per week one focusing on deadlifts and the other with squats. It's defiantly pretty solid Sean recommend it to me a while ago and haven't really stalled yet
 
Alright yesterday was the first squat day of my follidrex run and it went pretty well
Squats 3x3 (225/245/275) then dropped to 225 for 8
Romanian deadlift 5x12
Back extensions 5x15-20
Biceps work
Prowler sled interval work for 15 min

The pump was pretty ridiculous. I was pretty carbed up from these bad boys CTC kodiak cakes with snickerdoodle select drizzle
 
This morning was my 9th dose of follidrex and although I didn't weigh myself I was looking very filled out from the massive amounts of sushi the night before

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For the workout: horizontal push pull
Bench 5/3/1 (215/245/275) and dropped to 225x6 for 2 sets
Meadows rows 5x15
Db incline 5x10
Bent over rear delt fly 5x15-20
Tate press 5x12

I was working out with a buddy today so my tempo was faster than usual like one set-spot him-next set which was nice because that paired with the massive amounts of rice I ate made for an epic pump



And I feel like the best is yet to come
 
Damn man tell them next time to just bring the whole tuna lol
 
DOMS have still not subsided, if anything they have gotten worse hahaha my back felt thrashed just from the meadows rows yesterday. Even with a hella sore back it didn't really stop me from having a great deadlift workout:

Deadlift 5/3/1 (285/325/365)
then 315 for 6
And 225 for 12
Front squat 5x12
Back extensions 5x12-15
Biceps work
Prowler intervals both lighter and heavy

Right when I finished the last round on the prowler I had to lay down for a good couple minutes. My quads, glutes, and calfs were crazy pumped and almost non responsive hahaha all in all great workout, great intensity and I am starting to look a bit leaner already even though weight has stayed pretty consistent. Ill post some pics maybe tomorrow.
 
Today marks day 12 of my 4week follidrex run, because today was a rest day I dosed first thing in the morning and took a pic to show how lean (compared to before) I am looking. Scale is steady at 173lbs and tomorrow is a vertical push/pull day... Stand by for ridiculous pumps
 
Day 13 of this follidrex run was a vertical push/pull day

Started with OHP (135) 4x10, 155lbs x6
Pull-ups 20/15/12/8 --->lat pull down 150lbsx20
Db lat raise 5x12-15
Pullovers 5x15-20
Weighted dips 5x10 ----> BW dips 13
Rear delt work to pump

Scale is steady at 173lbs, still not using any other supps other than amino IV intra and protein to fill macros.

NOTE: this morning I began to notice Lower abs popping a bit more than usual so leaning effect is starting to become more noticeable as well as endurance on my auxiliary lifts allowing me to use heaver weight in those assistance exercises
 
supermanjow said:
Pretty sick tri shot. I know Pendleton's huge, but would you by chance know Captain Isaac Williams?
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Who is he with? I was a grunt with 1/5 so I was stationed up on the north side of base by San Clemente, but the name doesn't sound familiar
 
He's my little bro, artillery. Just got his first command a couple months ago and soon to be an instructor at Ft. Sill.
 
He was San Clemente, but he had to move into new digs about a year ago. I'm not sure where his new address is.
 
Day 14 squat day workout was pretty great

Squat 5/3/1 (225/255/285) 285 went up pretty easy so I upped it to 295 and nailed it ATG which is a PR for me.
Romanian deadlift 5x12
BB hip thrust 5x12-15
Bicep work to pump
15 min interval work on the prowler

Note: weight has stayed pretty consistent and I am getting leaner so I may increase carbohydrates by 50-100g for the remainder of my run to try and put on a couple pounds but all in all so far so good
 
Ughhhh so I've been stuck on a plane pretty much all day flying from San Diego to Minnesota with a couple hr layover here and now on a flight from Minnesota to Chicago... Then driving home to Indiana training will carry on as normal while on vacation but its going to be nice for a change of scenery
 
Today I still managed to do some ab work in the AM. Tomorrow the plan is to go to my old high school and use their facility and get my deload week in in order hit it hard once I get home.
 
I found a small gym a couple towns over that will let me workout there for free while I'm here, score! I went yesterday and did some very light bench work working up to about 60% of my 1rm and did some light horizontal push/pull work and got surprisingly great pump given the fact I have been pretty low carb since Friday. I will not be able to weigh myself until I get home but I do suspect I will have gained a few pounds on this trip
 
Knocked out a quick deadlift/ front squat workout yesterday and it was nice using a lower weight than normal. It allowed me to really control the tempo on both the concentric and eccentric portions of the lift. I finished with some bicep work and got a surprisingly great pump given the fact that I have been relatively low carb or my trip, but I haven't really restricted fats an protein. Nothing new to note from the follidrex other than the DOMS have subsided but then again this is a deload week.
 
cumminslifter said:
solid work man, where did you vacation to? when you gonna be back
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Thanks brother! I went to Indiana for a week and I'll be back in San Diego on the 19th.

Today was day 20 and a vertical push/pull day and the workout was quick and good

OHP 115lbs x10 for 5sets
A superset of dips and pull-ups x5
High pulls x5
Rear delt work

I look surprisingly lean given the amount of food I have been eating and the lack of weight and volume I have been putting up this deload week but I am ready to get back at it next week
 
cumminslifter said:
deloads are a hate/love kinda thing lol
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For real!! Today was my last deload workout and it was a quick squat and Romanian deadlift superset with some bicep work at the end. I'm very ready to start hitting next week somewhat heavy again and also pretty excited to see any changes on the scale or body measurements after finishing this follidrex run
 
I'll be home tomorrow ready to crush this last week of the follidrex run. So far while on vacation I've managed to stay somewhat lean given the fact I haven't really been too worried about my caloric intake and am finished with a much needed deload week. Pics and measurements will come Saturday!
 
money0351 said:
I'll be home tomorrow ready to crush this last week of the follidrex run. So far while on vacation I've managed to stay somewhat lean given the fact I haven't really been too worried about my caloric intake and am finished with a much needed deload week. Pics and measurements will come Saturday!
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cant wait
 
First day back at it and it felt pretty great I had a late start training this week but ended up going with horizontal push/pull

Flat BB bench 3 sets of 5 (185/215/245x6reps)
Decline BB bench 5x12-15
Seated cable rows 5x15-20
Dips 5x10-20
Triceps iso work
Face pulls 5x15-25

I stepped on the scale after my workout after not weighing in since I left on the 9th (174lbs) and weighed in at 168... Granted I was lower carbohydrate the whole time an probably glycogen depleted, I did not expect to drop that much weight. Tonight's refeed will be well deserved.



Note: given the drop of weight strength and endurance is still up and I will say that follidrex is probably the culprit. I haven used a pre since I left an did not use one today. Follidrex is the only supplement I used the whole time I was in Indiana (no aminos and no protein) I am interested to see what my body measurements will be next week at the end of this run
 
Smashed some deads today and felt pretty great!
Had a little carb refeed last night. It was 240g of this delicious stuff an 1.5 scoops of CNC select used as milk


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Deadlift 3x5reps (255/285/325) dropped to 225lbs for 15 reps
Front squat 5x12
Bb hip thrusts 5x12
Back extensions 5x12-20
Bicep work

Even after the carbs last night, the weight after my workout was still 168 so I may increase carbs a bit to finish up this run.
 
Day 29 of 30 in this follidrex run and hit a vertical push/pull day today

OHP 5x5 @115
Arnold's 5x12-15
Pull-ups 5x8-20
High pulls 5x12
Tricep and rear delt work supersetted

Weight surprisingly went down another lb to 166 after 260g of carbs coming from Jasmine rice last night, BUT... I still do not feel weak and endurance is great. Although I have not seen the ridiculous strength gains other (-)-Epi users have sited I have been pleasantly surprised from the endurance given by this product. The results may have been harder for others to attribute to the follidrex but I pretty much stopped all other supplements including preworkouts and still feel great. Great vascularity and leaning out has become even more apparent since I've re introduced carbohydrates after my deload week
 
it seems as though 95% of the logs i have seen report increased "endurance" but not much else. what exactly do you mean by endurance?
 
cumminslifter said:
it seems as though 95% of the logs i have seen report increased "endurance" but not much else. what exactly do you mean by endurance?
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I haven't really read any of the other logs for follidrex because I didn't want to paint myself a picture of what "I should be feeling" but mostly in my auxiliary lifts I'm am putting the weight up with more repetitions than in the past with a little less rest in between sets.

For example last week I hit 135 on bench for 27 when I usually have got it maybe 22 times in the past. Also my tempo has speed up a little so I am completing similar workloads as before in about 15 minutes less.

Nothing outrageous like PH/AAS like gains but noticeable none the less, but then again this is one of the lowest (disclosed) dosed (-)-Epi products right now
 
And to add to the not reading other logs beforehand, Bdcc did a video a bit ago about a study done on the placebo effect in trained weightlifters and the results were pretty incredible
 
Yeaterday was my final dose of my 30 day follidrex run. I finished it off with a solid squat day.

Squat 3x5 (195/225/255) and 5 sets 5 paused at 225
DB Romanian dl 5x12
(My legs were fried after these)
BB hip thrust 5x12
Bicep work

All in all a solid run. Although I did loose a significant amount of weight I did not lose strength which is a plus. I will give my complete final review tomorrow with updated measurements and maybe some n00dz
 
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