Hyde’s Strength Odyssey

That squat is Awesome !!

I may have to try this foot roll thing ...........
 
You’ve gained 35 lbs and are moving mountains again, no surprises there! Well done!
 
Got a body scan:

255lbs
26% bodyfat
110lbs lean mass

So about 8lbs heavier, 1lb less muscle, and 3.5% more bodyfat than 8 months ago at the meet when my back gave up. But now my back is healthy & I’m just as strong on less aggressive drugs than at comp. Very pleased - got my strength back even better, and all I have to do is shave off 9lbs of chub. Fair trade!
 
2/13/22
BW 253.6

10 min walk
Bird Dogs

CSR
35,80x12
115x8
135/side 3x6

Pulldown warmups
99x12
165x10 underhand

Chins
253 x10,9

Widegrip Bench
45,95,135x15
175 2x25

Shrugs
305 2x15 +hold til failure on 2nd set

Plate Raise Overhead
45 3x12

Reverse Pec Deck
130 2x12, 1x16

EZBar Curls
30,45,55x12

KB Hammercurls
17.5x20

Third session with the new lifting partner, & a good time too. Moving into a new set of accessories/lifts for a new training cycle today. Glad I could hit Chin-ups without pain and EZBar curls with the wide grip seemed to go okay too, so biceps should start getting some stimulation again.
 
2/14/22
BW 252.0

10 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Lunges

GHR
2x12

Hacksquat to parallel
90 2x12
180x10
270,320,360x12

Rackpulls above knee
345,355x15

Dimmel Deadlift
vs miniband
115x20,30

Good Girl Machine
40,70,100x15

More bloat coming off. Not pushing the food like before, in a positive way. Gear levels should be down around ~400mg by very rough guess since my last shot was on the 3rd.

New guy joined me again this morning at the commercial gym. Always hated hacksquat, but not burying it ATG seems to more or less eliminate the knee pain I always associated with them. Forgot the light Legpress I had planned, but definitely still a productive day.
 
Sounds like a good time! That’s some big weight on the shrugs, I need to try holding it like you mentioned on the last set I bet that is a burner.
 
Great looking work outs......................
 
akboom87 said:
Sounds like a good time! That’s some big weight on the shrugs, I need to try holding it like you mentioned on the last set I bet that is a burner.
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I should have probably been more specific, but I am not holding the shrug contraction - when the 15th rep is done, I continue to hold the barbell until my grip gives out.

It’s usually pretty cooked just from getting through the shrugs!

Rocket3015 said:
Great looking work outs......................
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You are to thank for helping me remember the Dimmel Deadlifts as a good glute builder. The new guy really liked them, and agreed the band is really what makes it, much more than the barbell.
 
Dimmel Deadlifts - I will look that one up !
 
Rocket3015 said:
Dimmel Deadlifts - I will look that one up !
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Dimmel Deadlifts (short-stroke RDLs with glute emphasis that Matt Dimmel popularized when they helped reach his 1,000lb squat) can be seen in this video with Chris Duffin:

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Start around 8 min 45 seconds to see how they should look. You can stand on short bands hooked under your feet if you want to have them banded how he does here, or to do them how I do choke the band how he has at 10 minutes in on “The Stallion”
 
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Titan Olympic EZ Curl Bar ordered

Normally $90, but on sale for 20% off & I had $13 in loyalty points to redeeme from my SSB purchase. Super-pumped!

**They have a lot of stuff on sale for 10-30% off right now if you click on the Customer Appreciation Sale banner.**
 
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As if the new EZBar coming wasn’t sweet enough, this beautiful Rogue V3 Swissbar was just given to us!!!

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Always wanted a cheaper one but never pulled the trigger, and now one of the best models out there basically just fell into our lap! It’s in great shape too.
 
Very Nice and a Great Price !!
 
Hyde said:
As if the new EZBar coming wasn’t sweet enough, this beautiful Rogue V3 Swissbar was just given to us!!!

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Always wanted a cheaper one but never pulled the trigger, and now one of the best models out there basically just fell into our lap! It’s in great shape too.
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Lucky bastard! Love the hybrid Swiss football.
 
Hyde said:
As if the new EZBar coming wasn’t sweet enough, this beautiful Rogue V3 Swissbar was just given to us!!!

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Always wanted a cheaper one but never pulled the trigger, and now one of the best models out there basically just fell into our lap! It’s in great shape too.
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Lucky bastard! Love the hybrid Swiss football.
 
Awesome to come in here and see all of the progress you have been making come to fruition in the last couple of weeks. Congrats on the PR, that beautiful squat, and the elbow inflammation backing down a bit.
 
2/16/22
BW 250.2

10 min cycle
Bird Dogs
Band Upper Warmup

Bench
45x10
95,145,195,225,245,265,285,300x5

Swissbar Max Incline
(Med grip to chin level)
45 3x10
95,145x5
165 2x12

Swiss CG Rolling Tri Ext
45x12
95 3x12

ss w/ Pullaparts
Monstermini 3x30

Swissbar Curls
45 3x12, one each grip w/ 15 sec rest

Plate Raises Overhead
45x20 woof

This session kicked ass! Felt very strong.

New multigrip bar is a blast - love the knurling on it. Curls with it seemed to go well. Overhead is depth-limited regardless of grip, so I just stuck with the ROM I can load pain-free & touched my chin every rep. This is the furthest point in training from a PR attempt, so now is the time to focus on balance over specificity.
 
Hyde said:
2/16/22
BW 250.2

10 min cycle
Bird Dogs
Band Upper Warmup

Bench
45x10
95,145,195,225,245,265,285,300x5

Swissbar Max Incline
(Med grip to chin level)
45 3x10
95,145x5
165 2x12

Swiss CG Rolling Tri Ext
45x12
95 3x12

ss w/ Pullaparts
Monstermini 3x30

Swissbar Curls
45 3x12, one each grip w/ 15 sec rest

Plate Raises Overhead
45x20 woof

This session kicked ass! Felt very strong.

New multigrip bar is a blast - love the knurling on it. Curls with it seemed to go well. Overhead is depth-limited regardless of grip, so I just stuck with the ROM I can load pain-free & touched my chin every rep. This is the furthest point in training from a PR attempt, so now is the time to focus on balance over specificity.
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Nice work. Making me want to use mine next chest day.
 
BennyMagoo79 said:
300x5....niiiice!
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Thanks! About 136 in your neck of the woods. This is 2.3kg over the last time I had a 5’s week, and not a brutal RPE.

wfreiling said:
Nice work. Making me want to use mine next chest day.
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I have always loved doing skulls/rolling tris with a Swissbar, and the angle on the close grip was perfect for them! Something more moderate for tris than going hard on a JM Press with the SSB.
 
2/17/22
BW 250.4

10 min cycle
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Hip Flexor Lifts

SSB Parallel Boxsquat
60,60,150,240,290,330x5
+belt
360,390x5

Sumo Deadlift
45x10
135,225,315x5
+straps
365x5
+belt
415,460x5

GHR
2x10

Hatfield Back Raise
vs doubled light band
2x8

Weights felt pretty good. Left knee started popping during the set with 460. No actual pain, but now it is popping loudly & obnoxiously as soon as I bend it almost constantly - so that ain’t good Wife had to do all the driveway shoveling because of it.
 
GEAR UPDATE:

Yesterday was 2 weeks since any long ester shots, so I pinned 60mg test e to begin cruise. Suddenly got some significant chest acne the last few days, so I believe androgens are now quite low relative to estrogen. Plan for next couple months will be:

-120mg test e/wk
-100mg primo e/wk
-100mg active turkesterone (2 caps of IML’s)
-10mg GW7042
-2-300mg l-carnitine 4-5 days/wk
-10mg pregnenolone & 25mg DHEA sublingually preWO only

I know that dose of test split into 2 shots along with carnitine should put my total t around 1,000ng/dl trough. Primo will keep total mg over 2/kg without driving estrogen load further.

Collagen synthesis should be promoted via the Turk through ERb interaction, general E2 from test & DHEA will hit ERa, the 7042 through PPARb/d, Pregnenolone via the PR, and Primo through the AR. If estrogen feels like it’s too low, I can bump the preg & DHEA up to daily administration, increase DHEA, and even raise test some if still necessary.

The wrong product was sent to me instead of the Super Cardarine, so that will start when/if I get it. I am looking for the positive lipid and blood glucose effects for some health restoration; any joint help & neuroprotection is a bonus.
 
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The old "My knee hurts so honey you are going to have to shovel the driveway" trick
 
It sucks when things start popping for no reason!

Interesting take on the Turk. All the young natty guys are raving about that stuff over here at the moment.
 
BennyMagoo79 said:
It sucks when things start popping for no reason!

Interesting take on the Turk. All the young natty guys are raving about that stuff over here at the moment.
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Same here. Even my little brother who has never done any goodies was asking me about it. I guess I better jump on this bandwagon.
 
BennyMagoo79 said:
It sucks when things start popping for no reason!

Interesting take on the Turk. All the young natty guys are raving about that stuff over here at the moment.
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I am not really worried about gains; as soon as I blast again it’s going to blow away anything the Turk could give me over these 2 months in a week.

I am specifically leaning on stuff Vigorous Steve has recommended to try for joint integrity and the stuff Wesley Inman noticed with his hand and the study he noted about the findings on collagen synthesis.

I just really need to keep everything held together so I can keep positive momentum in my training, so I am willing to try it.
 
dapack said:
What brand do you use? Never heard of it and read a little and thought might give it a try.
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I ordered Iron Mag Labs since they are a sponsor here and seem to be more affordable than other brands while offering at least as good a product.

WES15 is a valid code if there’s no other sales going.
 
It's always good to support the Board Sponsors !!
 
Knee is still swollen and stiff this morning. Stayed off of it most of yesterday generally, then put some Helios on it and wrapped it with an ace bandage last night before heading to the grocery store. Kind of had a limp, but as long as I kept the strides short it would stay stable.

Thinking I am going to say screw it and pull the trigger on using Primo instead of Masteron this cruise. I was worried about not knowing how I’ll respond and having another bad experience like EQ (crashed E2, thus bad lipids, too much increase in blood values) that drags cruise out further, but I think I need to play the long game here.

If primo could potentially help my joints repair better, I need to find out.
 
Sorry to hear about the knee. But strength is looking sweet on bench and DLs! And glad you’re enjoying the multi-grip bar. (I’m thankful mine is knurled too!)

Interested in hearing more about this Turk supplement. Never heard of it. Need to do some reading.

Godspeed regarding the knee!
 
Hyde said:
Knee is still swollen and stiff this morning. Stayed off of it most of yesterday generally, then put some Helios on it and wrapped it with an ace bandage last night before heading to the grocery store. Kind of had a limp, but as long as I kept the strides short it would stay stable.

Thinking I am going to say screw it and pull the trigger on using Primo instead of Masteron this cruise. I was worried about not knowing how I’ll respond and having another bad experience like EQ (crashed E2, thus bad lipids, too much increase in blood values) that drags cruise out further, but I think I need to play the long game here.

If primo could potentially help my joints repair better, I need to find out.
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Hope it’s a quick one. Weird, I’ve been pondering some primo after I finish my gear cream log. No experience with it but I was looking at joint health. And overall feel good.
 
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New Titan Olympic EZBar is here! Bearings spin nicely and this thing feels solid, like it will last a long time & could take getting dropped without bending. Feels like $62 well spent

Also, got on the stationary cycle and leaned back as far as I could and peddled slowly, increasing speed gradually over 22 min until I got up to my usual warmup speed for training. Knee has been more mobile and less swollen since that it seems, like I was able to flush it out a little.
 
Maaaaaan, a free rogue Mg bar and a new curl bar? Niiiice! $62 is a steal.

Sorry about the knee man.
 
jinxie said:
Sorry to hear about the knee. But strength is looking sweet on bench and DLs! And glad you’re enjoying the multi-grip bar. (I’m thankful mine is knurled too!)

Interested in hearing more about this Turk supplement. Never heard of it. Need to do some reading.

Godspeed regarding the knee!
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BennyMagoo79 said:
It sucks when things start popping for no reason!

Interesting take on the Turk. All the young natty guys are raving about that stuff over here at the moment.
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Turkesterone is one of those products that has suddenly popped up all over the place again, similar to ecdysterone. Both were pretty popular back in the 90s if I recall, but never panned out to what they were hyped to be (ie, steroid like gains). Quality/sourcing seemed to be the key. Interesting to see if these latest ones actually have any merit.

Interested to hear how @Hyde finds it after running it for awhile.
 
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