khaos
New member
This is going to be a log detailing my journey back to fit and beyond. A little backstory..
I am 27 years old. Lifted weights since I was 17 off and on until 23. During that period I had multiple injuries, many due to car accidents. Consequently, I spent a lot of time on pain medication. Little did I know that long term opioid use will lower testosterone. Anyways at 23 I started lifting seriously and got into pretty good shape. When I was 25 I was having all the symptoms of low testosterone so I got tested. My levels consistently came back below 200 so I was put onto trt.
After getting trt dialed in a ran a couple of mild cycles at 400mg/wk and had amazing results. Shortly before I turned 27 I injured my back badly. I had herniated 3 disks and injured my sciatic nerve. Needless to say I had to stop lifting for a while as I was literally stuck in bed. During that time I went from 209 lbs at 11% body fat to 165 and chubby.
The last 3 months I have been lifting again keeping the weights light and being very careful not to injure myself again. Slowly adding weight back to the bar and prioritizing form. It is a marathon for me at this point and not a race. I have managed to get my weight down to 158 and at the same time dropping a TON of body fat. I am in much better shape now and ready to start slow adding back calories. I have been off of the testosterone since my injury last fall, but I am about to start back on it. I wanted to get body fat down first and build a foundation while practicing lifts and perfecting form first.
I am thinking of running 400mg test C a week for 16 weeks then dropping back down to my usual 140mg a week trt. I still have plenty of adex on hand and I can get a refill from my dr as well.
Anyways, I will be posting workouts, progress, thoughts and anything else that crosses my kind that I would like to journal. I'm looking forward to each new day that passes and getting into even better shape than I was before!
I am 27 years old. Lifted weights since I was 17 off and on until 23. During that period I had multiple injuries, many due to car accidents. Consequently, I spent a lot of time on pain medication. Little did I know that long term opioid use will lower testosterone. Anyways at 23 I started lifting seriously and got into pretty good shape. When I was 25 I was having all the symptoms of low testosterone so I got tested. My levels consistently came back below 200 so I was put onto trt.
After getting trt dialed in a ran a couple of mild cycles at 400mg/wk and had amazing results. Shortly before I turned 27 I injured my back badly. I had herniated 3 disks and injured my sciatic nerve. Needless to say I had to stop lifting for a while as I was literally stuck in bed. During that time I went from 209 lbs at 11% body fat to 165 and chubby.
The last 3 months I have been lifting again keeping the weights light and being very careful not to injure myself again. Slowly adding weight back to the bar and prioritizing form. It is a marathon for me at this point and not a race. I have managed to get my weight down to 158 and at the same time dropping a TON of body fat. I am in much better shape now and ready to start slow adding back calories. I have been off of the testosterone since my injury last fall, but I am about to start back on it. I wanted to get body fat down first and build a foundation while practicing lifts and perfecting form first.
I am thinking of running 400mg test C a week for 16 weeks then dropping back down to my usual 140mg a week trt. I still have plenty of adex on hand and I can get a refill from my dr as well.
Anyways, I will be posting workouts, progress, thoughts and anything else that crosses my kind that I would like to journal. I'm looking forward to each new day that passes and getting into even better shape than I was before!
