Hyde’s Strength Odyssey
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Segansational
Well-known member
I also never really noticed some of the weight increments like 336 vs 335#. So are you using microplates, or are you lifting in kg and converting the numbers for all of us on here?!
Anderson_09
Member
Man, that’s one hell of a journey! Love seeing the consistency and dedication over the years
gphagan1
Legend
Great bench work….man it’s really cool to see you sustaining your strength while dropping weight. We all know you’ll be hitting 198 lbs PRs, and now we’re just all waiting to celebrate when you go hit elite at the competition, because it’s gonna happen.11/10/26
BW 218.2
Bench, Texas Powerbar
45x15
155x10
265x5
309,331,336x1
303 4x3
270x6,5,7,6
CG Shouldersaver
250 3x8
The cycle is “kicking in,” as the boys like to sayDefinitely felt stronger & WAS stronger than last week; no problem at all jumping straight from 1 to 2 reds on bench. Great lift today.
Hyde
Legend
Easy, like an opener!
It’s been kilos again on bench & deads for a couple weeks now since prep began. I also use kilos on squat almost year round at the barbell club. Anytime you see numbers besides 0 or 5 at the end of some sets, you know it’s all calibrated kilo plates and I’m converting for you.
I’m fluent in kg, and jive
Great bench work….man it’s really cool to see you sustaining your strength while dropping weight. We all know you’ll be hitting 198 lbs PRs, and now we’re just all waiting to celebrate when you go hit elite at the competition, because it’s gonna happen.
I truly believe that God willing, as long as I make weight and have no accident or injury, I am strong enough to make this happen.
Hyde
Legend
11/11/26
Roll feet, thighs, tspine
Mash psoas & hip flexors
Scap Pushups
Cat Camel
Shoulder & hip stretch
Glute Activation
Session #1:
3 min Assault Bike
Bird Dogs
Hang from pullup bar
Deadlift, Texas Deadlift Bar
45,155x8 RDL
265x3
375x1
+belt
452,507,562,600x1 BW PR
Session #2:
HS CSR
140x10
180,270x3
360x8,8,10
V-grip Chin-ups
18,16,16
DB Rear Delt Flyes
30,35,40x3
45 2x10
Rope Cable Tri Pressdown
20x70,30
The first anniversary of my Dad’s death was Monday and his birthday would be tomorrow, so that has been on my mind in a positive way - I often feel like he’s watching over me. When I saw myself in the mirror this morning, I said to myself, “You look like a 600lb deadlifter today.” Then a Rolling Stones song he always loved came on the radio right before I got to the gym, and I knew what needed to be done. It’s 32 days out, so getting my big pull done now sets me up to recover well before my biggest squat 3 weeks out. Taking this now, I also know I should have whatever I need in me to make it happen on meet day.
Roll feet, thighs, tspine
Mash psoas & hip flexors
Scap Pushups
Cat Camel
Shoulder & hip stretch
Glute Activation
Session #1:
3 min Assault Bike
Bird Dogs
Hang from pullup bar
Deadlift, Texas Deadlift Bar
45,155x8 RDL
265x3
375x1
+belt
452,507,562,600x1 BW PR
Session #2:
HS CSR
140x10
180,270x3
360x8,8,10
V-grip Chin-ups
18,16,16
DB Rear Delt Flyes
30,35,40x3
45 2x10
Rope Cable Tri Pressdown
20x70,30
The first anniversary of my Dad’s death was Monday and his birthday would be tomorrow, so that has been on my mind in a positive way - I often feel like he’s watching over me. When I saw myself in the mirror this morning, I said to myself, “You look like a 600lb deadlifter today.” Then a Rolling Stones song he always loved came on the radio right before I got to the gym, and I knew what needed to be done. It’s 32 days out, so getting my big pull done now sets me up to recover well before my biggest squat 3 weeks out. Taking this now, I also know I should have whatever I need in me to make it happen on meet day.
sammpedd88
Well-known member
Kilo lingo takes a bit to learn lol!Easy, like an opener!
It’s been kilos again on bench & deads for a couple weeks now since prep began. I also use kilos on squat almost year round at the barbell club. Anytime you see numbers besides 0 or 5 at the end of some sets, you know it’s all calibrated kilo plates and I’m converting for you.
I’m fluent in kg, and jive
I truly believe that God willing, as long as I make weight and have no accident or injury, I am strong enough to make this happen.
I for one am very excited for you for the upcoming meet. I know others following your thread feel the same way but from a PL competitor to another I know what your mind is going through and you have your sights set on something that is very realistic for you in this moment. Keep doing what you’re doing and you’re going to make it happen!
akboom87
Well-known member
Heck yeah! That’s awesome PR and sounds like he was probably watching you and rooting for you
Looking lean and mean that left arm you can really see the veins popping out
gphagan1
Legend
That’s awesome….congrats on that huge PR. No doubt your Dad was watching and is very proud. And no doubt that Rolling Stone song was a sign to go for it.
Hyde
Legend
I did the midweek carb spike meal again yesterday morning as my first & preWO meal (since I was off work) before pulling. ~1,000 calories and 170g carbs. Makes it tougher to understand what is going on with bodyweight, but performance for that day had to take priority anyway.
Extra Creamy Carbonara Buldak, 170g ff Greek with 120g mixed berries, and a plain Thomas bagel w/ 2tbsp apple butter.
About 2 hours before actually pulling.
50mg Var half an hour before that, and 75 Tren base and 200 Mast E right before eating so the base would have time to get in my blood by training.
Extra Creamy Carbonara Buldak, 170g ff Greek with 120g mixed berries, and a plain Thomas bagel w/ 2tbsp apple butter.
About 2 hours before actually pulling.
50mg Var half an hour before that, and 75 Tren base and 200 Mast E right before eating so the base would have time to get in my blood by training.
gphagan1
Legend
That’s the kind of fuel you need for a 600 lbs Deadlift.
MrKleen73
Legend
I did try the Rose version of the Buldak's last week during my reload. It was good, definitely not as spicy as the other selections. I really enjoyed it. At first when i say the yogurt, I thought you put it in the buldaks, which I am sure would have actually been pretty good.
Hyde
Legend
The Rose is probably my favorite; I love their extra savory nature, also a tad sweet, nice cream - I love red sauces with a splash of crème. But these Extra Creamy are a close tie, a bit sweeter & creamier. Both hit things just right for me!
Again, the regular Carbonara are disappointing and not what you want, just IMO.
Heaviest conventional pull should be about 4 weeks out, assuming you will taper pulling down (90-95% the following week, 80-85% 2 weeks out, 50-65% a week out).
You can more or less flip flop the order of the 90 & 100% efforts if you want, but seeing as the majority of top squatters takes their heaviest squat around 3 weeks out, I don’t prefer to max deadlifts in the same week as maxing out squat.
I can tell you this: people rarely underperform taking a max pull further out, but they routinely underperform in deadlift going too heavy too close.
Sumo can be moved closer, women will need to pull much closer, natties who are newer need to pull closer because they won’t retain motor pattern skill as long, and generally weaker lifters can max closer because they don’t have much to recover from. Younger lifters can generally get away closer too - but I will tell you my buddy who is a genetic phenom has **** the bed for years on deadlift until he finally listened to me. Guy was convinced he needed to be doing things like taking 90% 7-10 days out, and then at the meet he didn’t understand why it wasn’t there. I kept telling him and he kept pulling less at comp than training, over and over, but he was early 20s and a personal trainer/coach so he knew everything.
I finally just stopped trying to convince him, and eventually he got tired of failing, pushed his pulls further back, and discovered I had always been right
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink…
Hyde
Legend
11/13/26
BW 219.2 yesterday
10 min Assault Bike
Bench, Texas Powerbar
vs 1 chain/side
45x5
vs 2 chain/side
45,99,155x5
199 3x3
243x3
287x2
1-Boardpress
265,287x8
298x6
JM Press
155x8
199 2x6
DB Laterals
30x15
35x12
Band Pullaparts
Mini x34,33,33
Shoulder Ext Rotation
20 min Assault Bike,
w/ 2x15-sec sprints
Pleased with my strength today; I think I might be stronger than last prep at this point 30 days out based on training log. Top double on bench had to be at least 330-340 at lockout, which moved quite easily.
I was absolutely hungry as hell yesterday, even eating almost 2,500 calories entirely on diet from typical foods - I suspect it was from the max pull day prior. Which is funny, because how many calories can you possibly burn pulling a handful of singles over long rests, but I believe the body just demands recovery resources after it feels wrung out. And I had to go to bed early I was so exhausted.
Then woke up to pee after a nice 3 hours and couldn’t fall back asleep again the rest of the night, because Tren E
BW 219.2 yesterday
10 min Assault Bike
Bench, Texas Powerbar
vs 1 chain/side
45x5
vs 2 chain/side
45,99,155x5
199 3x3
243x3
287x2
1-Boardpress
265,287x8
298x6
JM Press
155x8
199 2x6
DB Laterals
30x15
35x12
Band Pullaparts
Mini x34,33,33
Shoulder Ext Rotation
20 min Assault Bike,
w/ 2x15-sec sprints
Pleased with my strength today; I think I might be stronger than last prep at this point 30 days out based on training log. Top double on bench had to be at least 330-340 at lockout, which moved quite easily.
I was absolutely hungry as hell yesterday, even eating almost 2,500 calories entirely on diet from typical foods - I suspect it was from the max pull day prior. Which is funny, because how many calories can you possibly burn pulling a handful of singles over long rests, but I believe the body just demands recovery resources after it feels wrung out. And I had to go to bed early I was so exhausted.
Then woke up to pee after a nice 3 hours and couldn’t fall back asleep again the rest of the night, because Tren E
Hyde
Legend
Starting 75mg Var/day today, 1 month out. Hoping that will help curb some hunger (acid reflux is bad for digestion after all), and adding 525mg/wk is definitely going to further raise strength. The Var/Tbol combo worked well last prep for final month, but this should be a little less glycogen weight.
I’m a little concerned about the extra water weight I’ve been holding this week. I took 4iu GH the first week, 3iu this week, and I believe I’ll be doing 2iu starting next. Bringing that down as well as no mid week carb spike and no test prop should help me get a more accurate reading next week.
Mast should basically be at the blood levels I’ll have it at taking 400 next week (took 600 these first 2 weeks), and estrogen seems to have caught up sufficiently so I can stop any test Prop (I had added 80 the last 2 weeks while test c was being raised) & just take 300 test c next week. Tren E will be 70/wk for the remainder.
The 5mg Cardarine I was taking ran out the other week, but I found 8x old Medfit Zeus sublingual tabs that have 20mg GW in them (and 10mg LGD, plus a couple pixie dusted things). So I also started half a tab today preWO that I’ll use before every session. 16 halves is the perfect number to bring this next 4 weeks home - I don’t think 5mg LGD will be noticed, but the 10mg GW is definitely helpful. Got a lot done today.
I’m a little concerned about the extra water weight I’ve been holding this week. I took 4iu GH the first week, 3iu this week, and I believe I’ll be doing 2iu starting next. Bringing that down as well as no mid week carb spike and no test prop should help me get a more accurate reading next week.
Mast should basically be at the blood levels I’ll have it at taking 400 next week (took 600 these first 2 weeks), and estrogen seems to have caught up sufficiently so I can stop any test Prop (I had added 80 the last 2 weeks while test c was being raised) & just take 300 test c next week. Tren E will be 70/wk for the remainder.
The 5mg Cardarine I was taking ran out the other week, but I found 8x old Medfit Zeus sublingual tabs that have 20mg GW in them (and 10mg LGD, plus a couple pixie dusted things). So I also started half a tab today preWO that I’ll use before every session. 16 halves is the perfect number to bring this next 4 weeks home - I don’t think 5mg LGD will be noticed, but the 10mg GW is definitely helpful. Got a lot done today.
Hyde
Legend
I don’t know if the drop from 3 to 2iu will do that much, BUT I can be drier than I am now and still be safe, so that’s the plan. I was drier last week before the estrogen caught up as much with no issues. It’s not like 3iu is doing a lot more than 2iu for fatloss, nor am I growing right now.
MrKleen73
Legend
Yeah sounds like you have the lock on the "assistance" and cutting the short ester test will lower estro some things should shape up to give you an idea of what your weight is without holding extra water. You hit 215 as your depleted low last week right?
sammpedd88
Well-known member
Tren is the friend that you like having around when you need it but always shows up at the worst time too!11/13/26
BW 219.2 yesterday
10 min Assault Bike
Bench, Texas Powerbar
vs 1 chain/side
45x5
vs 2 chain/side
45,99,155x5
199 3x3
243x3
287x2
1-Boardpress
265,287x8
298x6
JM Press
155x8
199 2x6
DB Laterals
30x15
35x12
Band Pullaparts
Mini x34,33,33
Shoulder Ext Rotation
20 min Assault Bike,
w/ 2x15-sec sprints
Pleased with my strength today; I think I might be stronger than last prep at this point 30 days out based on training log. Top double on bench had to be at least 330-340 at lockout, which moved quite easily.
I was absolutely hungry as hell yesterday, even eating almost 2,500 calories entirely on diet from typical foods - I suspect it was from the max pull day prior. Which is funny, because how many calories can you possibly burn pulling a handful of singles over long rests, but I believe the body just demands recovery resources after it feels wrung out. And I had to go to bed early I was so exhausted.
Then woke up to pee after a nice 3 hours and couldn’t fall back asleep again the rest of the night, because Tren E
gphagan1
Legend
11/13/26
BW 219.2 yesterday
10 min Assault Bike
Bench, Texas Powerbar
vs 1 chain/side
45x5
vs 2 chain/side
45,99,155x5
199 3x3
243x3
287x2
1-Boardpress
265,287x8
298x6
JM Press
155x8
199 2x6
DB Laterals
30x15
35x12
Band Pullaparts
Mini x34,33,33
Shoulder Ext Rotation
20 min Assault Bike,
w/ 2x15-sec sprints
Pleased with my strength today; I think I might be stronger than last prep at this point 30 days out based on training log. Top double on bench had to be at least 330-340 at lockout, which moved quite easily.
I was absolutely hungry as hell yesterday, even eating almost 2,500 calories entirely on diet from typical foods - I suspect it was from the max pull day prior. Which is funny, because how many calories can you possibly burn pulling a handful of singles over long rests, but I believe the body just demands recovery resources after it feels wrung out. And I had to go to bed early I was so exhausted.
Then woke up to pee after a nice 3 hours and couldn’t fall back asleep again the rest of the night, because Tren E
Man that is really impressive that you are looking stronger than you did at the last meet at a lighter body weight. And yeah I feel you on that Trensomnia, it can really be a baitch.
I always like seeing your layout and plan with your anabolics. It’s always so well thought out and makes sense.
Hyde
Legend
Yes, the previous Monday and last Saturday (5 days later) were both 215.0lbs. But having to squat heavy Sunday evening meant more cals and carbs last Sunday, so no low weight this week. Been 217-221, often 219.x.
I am documenting my AAS for every day and weekly for this run, so I’ll post that summary after the meet so anyone curious can read not just the weekly total, but also how it was actually broken up.Man that is really impressive that you are looking stronger than you did at the last meet at a lighter body weight. And yeah I feel you on that Trensomnia, it can really be a baitch.
I always like seeing your layout and plan with your anabolics. It’s always so well thought out and makes sense.
sammpedd88
Well-known member
I’m really interested in seeing it
Hyde
Legend
This is the exact schedule of the last 2 weeks:
10/31 - 120 Tren e, 70 test c
11/1 - 200 mast e, 25 var, 50 test c
11/2 - 200 mast e
11/3 - 30 test p, 10 Trest a, 75 var
11/4 - 100 test c, 50 Tren b
11/5 - 50 test p, 200 mast e
11/6 - 80 Tren e, 50 var
11/7 - 200 mast e, 100 test c, 40 test p, 5 Trest a
11/8 - 200 mast e, 50 Tren b, 50 var
11/9 - 100 test c, 20 test p
11/10 - 100 test c, 20 test p, 50 var
11/11 - 200 mast e, 75 Tren B
11/13- 70 Tren e, 75 var, 5 LGD
Note the first week generally had 4iu GH daily Mon-Fri, and 3iu this week. The Trest was a tiny bit left from an old vial that I have now killed. Also note that frontloads are dumb, unless you ARE on a very short timeline like this, which is suboptimal.