Hyde’s Strength Odyssey

akboom87 said:
I don’t know man the picture looks good and it looks pretty damn tasty!!

Man shredding down! Fantastic work as always 😎
Click to expand...

MrKleen73 said:
I don't know, that looks pretty good to me!
Click to expand...

I throw some Cajun seasoning on the Tilapia and put a pound in the air fryer to grill for 7 minutes. Then pour a bag of steamer cauliflower in a glass bowl and microwave while it cooks. Ready to eat in about 15 minutes, and I have 2 awesome meals made.

I found Aldi is actually cheaper per lb than Sam’s Club on Tilapia and Salmon. Then when I made my weekly run they had them both 50% off with a use by of 3 days - the same period of time I’d use them in! So $3.40 for Tilapia and under $5 for Salmon and Trout this week 🤩
 
lol honestly that meal looks awesome, I've been craving trout lately and got lucky when my step daughter brought some she caught home the other night but under $5 for salmon is 🔥 🔥 🔥
 
Dustin07 said:
lol honestly that meal looks awesome, I've been craving trout lately and got lucky when my step daughter brought some she caught home the other night but under $5 for salmon is 🔥 🔥 🔥
Click to expand...

Doing about 2lbs Tilapia, 1lb Chicken Breast and 2lbs Salmon, 1lb Trout, plus a few pints of egg whites over Monday-Thursday. 2 protein sludges/shakes daily, and often a Quest bar. There’s also 1-2 servings of nuts/pb, 1-2 of olives/oil daily. And a couple servings of veggies or salad.

Friday and Sunday are basically PSMF, so mainly whey, egg whites and tuna. I often still have a salad on these days, but use a low-cal dressing instead of oil/vinegar.

Saturday is primarily Greek yogurt, maybe a whey shake, and whatever loading food I have (Subway turkey sandwiches and my aunt’s chili last week). I don’t really worry about protein on Saturday with cals approaching 4k and so many carbs every meal (shoot for 4x150+). I always eat 2 packs of Buldak Ramen (Truffle & Quattro Cheese were this week’s picks), but otherwise carb sources vary. Pasta, bread, a little sugar like fruit, jam, candy primarily.
 
I love fish, and that meal looks and sounds great to me. And by the looks of the scale your diet is working great. Your bench work looks good too….dropping weight staying strong sounds like an elite formula to me.💪😎👍
 
10/28/26
BW 220.0

Roll Feet & Tspine

Frontsquat, SSB
65 2x5
155,245,285x3
+deadlift belt
305 5x5

GHR
1x12
2x8 moved forward a hole

alt w/ BB Shrugs
225,315x3
+belt & straps
385x15,16

DB Walking Lunges
BWx12
35,40sx15

DB Hammercurls
30x15
35 2x15
40x15

alt w/ Calf Raises on Hacksquat
180x15
250x12,12,8

Band Standing Abs
Avg 2x20

Off-week in my deadlift rotation (light/heavy/off). Added 10lbs to frontsquat 5x5 from the last time I hit them. Felt like a productive evening hitting the little stuff while shedding some fatigue - thinking this Sunday’s squats will be heavy.

Bloodwork Friday morning.
 
I measured my waist at the navel this morning, around the widest part of the love handle/oblique:down to 37.5-38”. It was ~43.5-44” when I was in the 250s in February.

So I’ve lost about half a foot on my waist this year. My biceps still taped at 17.5” flexed cold, thighs are 25.5” at peak quad and 28” at their widest near top.
 
Hyde said:
I measured my waist at the navel this morning, around the widest part of the love handle/oblique:down to 37.5-38”. It was ~43.5-44” when I was in the 250s in February.

So I’ve lost about half a foot on my waist this year. My biceps still taped at 17.5” flexed cold, thighs are 25.5” at peak quad and 28” at their widest near top.
Click to expand...
That is some serious difference and technically not even a year really.
 
That’s awesome man….dropping 6” in your waist while holding on to muscle is huge. I have always liked the tape measure when cutting. The scales are obviously useful for overall weight loss, but the tape measure shows you the fat loss and whether you’re holding onto muscle. I would say with a 37.5” waist, 17.5” biceps and 28” quads that this cut has been a huge success.
 
Hyde said:
I measured my waist at the navel this morning, around the widest part of the love handle/oblique:down to 37.5-38”. It was ~43.5-44” when I was in the 250s in February.

So I’ve lost about half a foot on my waist this year. My biceps still taped at 17.5” flexed cold, thighs are 25.5” at peak quad and 28” at their widest near top.
Click to expand...
Thatbis alot of fat loss with keeping strength if not improve at the same time.
 
Very nice work! I bet you are feeling pretty spry and mobile too now aren't you?
 
Thanks gang!

dapack said:
Thatbis alot of fat loss with keeping strength if not improve at the same time.
Click to expand...

Haven’t really gotten stronger, but definitely more competitive as I’ve held a lot of strength.

MrKleen73 said:
Very nice work! I bet you are feeling pretty spry and mobile too now aren't you?
Click to expand...

Definitely things like ease of breathing when reclined/in bed, stairs and realistically even walking do feel easier. Not that they were hard before, but everything is more comfortable/more stamina.
 
Bloodwork came back:

Dropped my LDL from 212 to 64. 70% in just 6 weeks.

Total cholesterol went from 284 to 127. So ApoB can’t be more than 63 if LDL is 64, which means that dropped from 167 to 63 - over 100 points.

Sat fats are kept around 20g per day and all dietary fat intake 6 days per week comes from fish, olive, or nuts (plus supplemented flaxseed, borage, and high EPA fish oil). No animal or dairy fats. Carbs are obviously ultra low. Chris Tuttle talked about how he uses this to fix people’s lipids in a month for insurance testing. And rereading DiPasquale’s book, he really stresses the fatty fish intake to be critical for lipid balance (along with the supplemented fats I mentioned). Also added 12g fiber from Benefiber daily.

Pharmaceutical intervention was 5mg Rosuvastatin & Cardarine, plus 5mg Ezetimibe the last 2 weeks of the 6.
 
Great improvements! I plan to do blood work at the end of this run and hoping to see some positive results too.
 
10/31/26
BW 215.4

Jumping Jacks
Mace Swings

Bench, ISF Powerbar
135x10
195x5
245,295x3
315,325x1

Widegrip Bench
210 2x25

JM Press
135x12
155x10
175x8

Ended up deciding to fast all day yesterday and just train today in the garage since bloodwork didn’t let me go yesterday morning. Had to rack the second widegrip set of 25 after rep 24, took a breath, and did the 25th - but I’m counting it 😝 Got my son to come out with me; he did db floorpress, db deadlifts, sandbag carries, and a lot of standing & running jumps over a little box. We shared some gummy candies from his trunk or treat stuff 🍬
 
For the first & probably last time in my life, I signed up for TWO meets today!

PLU Nationals end of April 24/25th in the 242lb class, and a nearly full meet in Indy in just 6 weeks from tomorrow on December 13th as a 198. I am going for it, boys.

There’s basically no meets happening in Jan/Feb/March with Nationals coming in April, unless I want to drive 10 hours or search for other federations. I really only need to lose about 5 more lbs, plus my bloodwork is immaculate (and I know how to fix it faster afterwards now). The comps are all wrapped up before Christmas, so if I want to do this I just have to put my big boy pants on and do it now.

With only 6 weeks to jam & limited calories, every session matters and I need to really focus on the highest training specificity. Putting on the Inzer sleeves & going to the squat bar tomorrow, switching over to the deadlift bar & using calibrated plates, and weights are going to have to crank up. Gear also has to go 0-100: frontloaded 120mg Tren E and 200mg Mast E this morning. I’ll put another 200 Mast E in tomorrow, along with raising test some. Probably start taking Var preWO.

42 days out ⚔️
 
Hyde said:
10/31/26
BW 215.4

Jumping Jacks
Mace Swings

Bench, ISF Powerbar
135x10
195x5
245,295x3
315,325x1

Widegrip Bench
210 2x25

JM Press
135x12
155x10
175x8

Ended up deciding to fast all day yesterday and just train today in the garage since bloodwork didn’t let me go yesterday morning. Had to rack the second widegrip set of 25 after rep 24, took a breath, and did the 25th - but I’m counting it 😝 Got my son to come out with me; he did db floorpress, db deadlifts, sandbag carries, and a lot of standing & running jumps over a little box. We shared some gummy candies from his trunk or treat stuff 🍬
Click to expand...
Hyde said:
For the first & probably last time in my life, I signed up for TWO meets today!

PLU Nationals end of April 24/25th in the 242lb class, and a nearly full meet in Indy in just 6 weeks from tomorrow on December 13th as a 198. I am going for it, boys.

There’s basically no meets happening in Jan/Feb/March with Nationals coming in April, unless I want to drive 10 hours or search for other federations. I really only need to lose about 5 more lbs, plus my bloodwork is immaculate (and I know how to fix it faster afterwards now). The comps are all wrapped up before Christmas, so if I want to do this I just have to put my big boy pants on and do it now.

With only 6 weeks to jam & limited calories, every session matters and I need to really focus on the highest training specificity. Putting on the Inzer sleeves & going to the squat bar tomorrow, switching over to the deadlift bar & using calibrated plates, and weights are going to have to crank up. Gear also has to go 0-100: frontloaded 120mg Tren E and 200mg Mast E this morning. I’ll put another 200 Mast E in tomorrow, along with raising test some. Probably start taking Var preWO.

42 days out ⚔️
Click to expand...
Man that’s awesome….6 weeks is definitely putting on your big boy pants and jumping into the fire, but you’ve got this bro. Your cut and training have really been great, and you seem to be in a good place to have a good push these next 6 weeks. You’re primed and ready to take this.💪🏆
And that’s great little man got to work out with Daddy….future Champion.😎
 
gphagan1 said:
And that good blood work coming back is perfect timing to feel good about cranking up the gear.🚀
Click to expand...
Yeah I know things have probably only been healthy really lipid wise for 4 weeks, compared to probably 4 months trashed prior, and I’m pushing things right back towards the red. BUT it’s only a 6-week run, I have a great profile for head start, and will fix it fast. Probably 1-2 months of bad ranges this time, and then I will have a much longer time with good lipids after. I don’t need any of these kind of dry compounds if I am bulking back up for Nationals end of April.
 
11/1/26
BW 218.6

Roll Feet, Tspine
Scap Pushups
Cat Camel
Shoulder & Hip Stretches

4 min Assault Bike
Bird Dogs
RFE Splitsquat

Squat, Rogue Squatbar
55,165x5
275x3
+Inzer Ergopros
385x3
+belt
430,452,474,496x3
452x8

SLDL, Texas DL bar
155x1
265x3
+deadlift belt
375x3
386 3x8

GHR
12,12,9

Hanging Leg Raises
2x15

Switching to the comp sleeves felt like a big boost, plus when I woke up I took 200mg Mast E & 70mg Test C, then 25mg Var a couple hours before squats. So between the added support at the bottom, blasting gear & going to the easiest bar everything was feeling STRONG. Felt like I could have went up to 518 for another triple, but I need to string together 4 hard weeks in a row yet I so dropped down 10% to got a bit more volume in. I could have done over 10 with 452, so 600+ should be doable soon.

Had to bring my belt in another hole today! Not really surprised after a new low bodyweight yesterday from the 37-hour fast.
 
Super excited to watch you achieve another bucket list item with going elite. I have no doubt you can make it happen! That workout with your boy sounded fun!
 
akboom87 said:
Out of curiosity, how much extra does the gear add compared to nothing?
Click to expand...

It really depends. How much you take matters, understanding how to leverage it for your goals, and individual response are all huge factors.

The ATWRs between tested and untested in powerlifting are typically within 8% or so - and a few weightclasses actually have higher records from tested lifters. But you’re talking about absolutely elite freak genetic outliers on either side, not really representative of the bell curve of competitors.

But I would say for myself, 10-15% likely when things are at full tilt come competition day over true in-range TRT strength. Periodization of training with the drugs is also playing into that too.

MrKleen73 said:
Super excited to watch you achieve another bucket list item with going elite. I have no doubt you can make it happen! That workout with your boy sounded fun!
Click to expand...
Keep your fingers crossed for me! I believe if I can make it through unscathed, I can lift the weights necessary.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top