To Infinity.... and Beyond!

[akboom87]

Awesome man! That’s skull idea is pretty badass

 

[sammpedd88]

LOVE mudvayne. Saw them on the most recent tour with Static-X, Powerman5000, and Rob Zombie.

That was a kick azz concert

 

[Dustin07]

We are having the most bizarre false spring ever, we do every year but it's really really and absolutely beautiful. Bluebird skies, dry, and relatively WARM.

There's really not a sky in the cloud and I'm telling you it feels like 68f...

So my boy and I skipped our Sunday bench session for 4hrs of paintball today. It was an absolute blast.

Dip, dive, duck, dodge, and dip...

We're sweaty messes lol. Maybe I found his sport....

 

[akboom87]

We are having the most bizarre false spring ever, we do every year but it's really really and absolutely beautiful. Bluebird skies, dry, and relatively WARM.

There's really not a sky in the cloud and I'm telling you it feels like 68f...

So my boy and I skipped our Sunday bench session for 4hrs of paintball today. It was an absolute blast.

Dip, dive, duck, dodge, and dip...

We're sweaty messes lol. Maybe I found his sport....

Sounds like great weather and a blast playing paintball!

 

[Dustin07]

Sounds like great weather and a blast playing paintball!

man it was so great. During the covid era we had built some RC cars and used to race them at a local indoor track. we're thinking of selling all our old RC stuff now and parlaying that $$ into paintball gear.

I'm SORE today. lunging, squatting, (paused, lol), sprinting, etc for 20min wods at a time... my legs are more sore today than a normal squat or pull session.

 

[Hyde]

Patches O’Hoolihan would approve that venture

 

[BennyMagoo79]

We are having the most bizarre false spring ever, we do every year but it's really really and absolutely beautiful. Bluebird skies, dry, and relatively WARM.

There's really not a sky in the cloud and I'm telling you it feels like 68f...

So my boy and I skipped our Sunday bench session for 4hrs of paintball today. It was an absolute blast.

Dip, dive, duck, dodge, and dip...

We're sweaty messes lol. Maybe I found his sport....

Love this idea!!!

We even have an awesome paintball facility 5min up the road.

 

[Dustin07]

Love this idea!!!

We even have an awesome paintball facility 5min up the road.

it's one of those things you do like... once a decade and think its fun but then if you accidentally drink the koolaid you can see yourself becoming a regular.... it's a blast man.

 

[Dustin07]

Last meaningful weigh in for a couple weeks.

Feb 2023 - 189.X lbs
Dec 2023 - 207lbs peak
Today - 186.6lbs fasted

New fat guy pants look ridiculous on me already. New board shorts I bought last fall look like a toddler trying on Dad's shorts. Lol

This week has been a scheduling disaster between vacation prep, new customer onboarding details and normal work stuff so I took advantage of a crazy Monday/Tuesday with a 60hr fast.

Which I broke this morning with a pile of pork, chicken, and ground turkey

Goal is a meaningful session today and tomorrow, we head to the airport 2am Friday

I typically get 2-3 short hotel style sessions in while I travel but it's DB only, no barbells available.
lots of walking though, that's really our favorite pass time in Mexico.

obviously it's renpho so the BF% doesn't really mean much.

 

[Hyde]

Nice work on the successful fast - I know how those last couple days before vacay go; over in a blink of an eye and you are exhausted by the time you get on that plane! But it will be so good when you feel the warm air as you walk out of the airport at your destination. That’s when the vibe begins, as the kids would say.

 

[Dustin07]

Nice work on the successful fast - I know how those last couple days before vacay go; over in a blink of an eye and you are exhausted by the time you get on that plane! But it will be so good when you feel the warm air as you walk out of the airport at your destination. That’s when the vibe begins, as the kids would say.

Thanks man, it has been a fast, fun, and successful cut. It's let me mentally change gears a little bit and take a break with a timeline in place so that I can refresh and be ready to hit it hard in a few weeks. Working on setting up more properly planned out strength cycles starting Mar 1. The timeline strategy helps me mentally big time.

ahhhh yes looking forward to that warm breeze! picked up some small card games for patio time with the wife. I figure we will have a lot of down time so even just chilling by the pool defrosting will be nice.

 

[Dustin07]

Bench
3 x 10 x 95
5 x 135, 185, 205
2 x 225, 245, 265

Slingshot
1 x 275

Raw
5 x 225
10 x 195
20 x 135

Inclines
10 x 95
5 x 115, 135, 155
3 x 3 x 165
10 x 135

DB laterals
10 x 22.5s, 32.5s, 32.5s

Superset with DB forwards
3 x 10+

Machine dips
3 x 10+12

Tri extensions
3 x 10-15

SS with EZ bar curls
3 sets



Notes
Actually went a tiny bit heavier than I had planned as a last pump session preTravel.

Weight
186.6lbs (fasted before carbload)

Some moments I feel good with my shirt off. Some moments I feel incredibly small and weak. What a mind F.

In other news
Some girl started doing bent over DB rows with no bra and an oversized shirt and her tit dun fell right out.

 

[Dustin07]

Man abs were cracka lackin' post workout. Such a head game between the polar opposite spectrums in this game .

 

[akboom87]

Nice work on the fasting and a great mini cut! Hope you and the wife have a great well deserved vacation!

 

[Hyde]

In other news
Some girl started doing bent over DB rows with no bra and an oversized shirt and her tit dun fell right out.

And some people still try to say there’s no God… some days, you win some

 

[gphagan1]

I know you and your wife are going to have a great time…….Enjoy, and eat.

 

[Dustin07]

Nice work on the fasting and a great mini cut! Hope you and the wife have a great well deserved vacation!

Thanks man, appreciate the support! Looking forward to the week off and hitting the ground running when I get back!

And some people still try to say there’s no God… some days, you win some

She's out there doing the Lords work. I don't even think it was an accident cause she kept going. From the time I did inclines, laterals, forwards, dips, extensions, etc she was still at that one bench going back and forth between bulgarians and bent over rows lol

I know you and your wife are going to have a great time…….Enjoy, and eat.

This place we are going to is our all time favorite but we visited it during covid in the past so it was quiet... it will be a learning experience to see what this little island is like during a non covid era. either way.... the ceviche was always AWESOME so I'll be having it daily!

 

[gphagan1]

Thanks man, appreciate the support! Looking forward to the week off and hitting the ground running when I get back!



She's out there doing the Lords work. I don't even think it was an accident cause she kept going. From the time I did inclines, laterals, forwards, dips, extensions, etc she was still at that one bench going back and forth between bulgarians and bent over rows lol



This place we are going to is our all time favorite but we visited it during covid in the past so it was quiet... it will be a learning experience to see what this little island is like during a non covid era. either way.... the ceviche was always AWESOME so I'll be having it daily!

Ceviche? Is that the dish that’s like Mexico’s sushi soaked in lime? If it is, I’ve tried it, and it is very good.

 

[Dustin07]

Ceviche? Is that the dish that’s like Mexico’s sushi soaked in lime? If it is, I’ve tried it, and it is very good.

Yessir and I've found that it's different in different regions based upon their fresh seafood available! On the Caribbean side of MX where we are going (Isla Mujeres) they have a ton of these small lobsters that are like half size, and Conch, which tastest amazing, as well as grouper and some other interesting fish. Since I'm a PNW boy, my life is salmon, halibut, cod, and trout. for shelfish, we usually have muscles and oysters. we don't even have catfish really in Washington.

but down on the Caribbean side of MX we enjoy these chunks of conch (it's a huge snail), with various white fish in a citrus "cooked" bowl, sorta like a seafood salsa, with fresh chips. prices really really vary in mexico. it could be $4-5 a few blocks out, or $18-20 in a touristy zone, but we are doing all inclusive so I will get my $65/day worth of food and beverage

it's sold usually as an appetizer but we like to crawl and try many different things and places while we are out so typically one ceviche with a shot of tequila or una cerveza is enough for a small meal for me.

I'm certain I'll take a million dumb food pictures while I'm down there like usual lol

They do have a sushi place (it's OK, but sorta weird) and italian places etc but they always crack me up cause I'm in Mexico... I want Mexican food, ha! Admittedly we do have reservations at two different sports bars on the island for the superbowl though on Sunday..... lol

 

[gphagan1]

Yessir and I've found that it's different in different regions based upon their fresh seafood available! On the Caribbean side of MX where we are going (Isla Mujeres) they have a ton of these small lobsters that are like half size, and Conch, which tastest amazing, as well as grouper and some other interesting fish. Since I'm a PNW boy, my life is salmon, halibut, cod, and trout. for shelfish, we usually have muscles and oysters. we don't even have catfish really in Washington.

but down on the Caribbean side of MX we enjoy these chunks of conch (it's a huge snail), with various white fish in a citrus "cooked" bowl, sorta like a seafood salsa, with fresh chips. prices really really vary in mexico. it could be $4-5 a few blocks out, or $18-20 in a touristy zone, but we are doing all inclusive so I will get my $65/day worth of food and beverage

it's sold usually as an appetizer but we like to crawl and try many different things and places while we are out so typically one ceviche with a shot of tequila or una cerveza is enough for a small meal for me.

I'm certain I'll take a million dumb food pictures while I'm down there like usual lol

They do have a sushi place (it's OK, but sorta weird) and italian places etc but they always crack me up cause I'm in Mexico... I want Mexican food, ha! Admittedly we do have reservations at two different sports bars on the island for the superbowl though on Sunday..... lol

Cool, that’s what I thought….yeah, post all the food porn and scenery you can.

 

[BennyMagoo79]

In other news
Some girl started doing bent over DB rows with no bra and an oversized shirt and her tit dun fell right out.

A little ray of sunshine!

 

[SkRaw85]

I’ve had deep fried conch fritters before, ceviche style sounds amazing! Def post some pics in the coming weeks

 

[Dustin07]

Just saw this while scouring the Yucatan Peninsula for IPA for my incredibly picky buddy who came down with us

Dude needs to learn how to drink dos Equis and tequila

 

[SkRaw85]

Just saw this while scouring the Yucatan Peninsula for IPA for my incredibly picky buddy who came down with us

Dude needs to learn how to drink dos Equis and tequila View attachment 240211

Wow

 

[akboom87]

Definitely wouldn’t drink that pass me that dressed Dos Equis!

 

[Segansational]

Yessir and I've found that it's different in different regions based upon their fresh seafood available! On the Caribbean side of MX where we are going (Isla Mujeres) they have a ton of these small lobsters that are like half size, and Conch, which tastest amazing, as well as grouper and some other interesting fish. Since I'm a PNW boy, my life is salmon, halibut, cod, and trout. for shelfish, we usually have muscles and oysters. we don't even have catfish really in Washington.

but down on the Caribbean side of MX we enjoy these chunks of conch (it's a huge snail), with various white fish in a citrus "cooked" bowl, sorta like a seafood salsa, with fresh chips. prices really really vary in mexico. it could be $4-5 a few blocks out, or $18-20 in a touristy zone, but we are doing all inclusive so I will get my $65/day worth of food and beverage

it's sold usually as an appetizer but we like to crawl and try many different things and places while we are out so typically one ceviche with a shot of tequila or una cerveza is enough for a small meal for me.

I'm certain I'll take a million dumb food pictures while I'm down there like usual lol

They do have a sushi place (it's OK, but sorta weird) and italian places etc but they always crack me up cause I'm in Mexico... I want Mexican food, ha! Admittedly we do have reservations at two different sports bars on the island for the superbowl though on Sunday..... lol

Sounds pretty amazing, enjoy my friend! I was down in Key West once and I saw they advertised fried conch a lot. Never tried though!

Seem to recall maybe last time you made it to Mexico you found a local hardcore gym, didn't you?

 

[SkRaw85]

Sounds pretty amazing, enjoy my friend! I was down in Key West once and I saw they advertised fried conch a lot. Never tried though!

Seem to recall maybe last time you made it to Mexico you found a local hardcore gym, didn't you?

I feel like we saw pictures of the outside jailhouse-strong-esque training facility in his thread before?

 

[Dustin07]

Ahahaha yes in Sayulita it was definitely jailhouse style, the one here is more like.... To say they have one.... DBs and treadmills mostly.

 

[Dustin07]

From a training log perspective, I finished off in december:

1 week XPG Epiandro gel
About 4 weeks of Ultra hard
1.5 weeks of super epi (iconic)
And rolled into this trip with only my SNS optimize T. I brought just more than enough for the trip to run it daily.

All good in the hood.

Fully restocked for a few more runs of muscle addiction epi though later.

 

[Hyde]

Looks like a beautiful spot at the beach!

 

[Dustin07]

Cool, that’s what I thought….yeah, post all the food porn and scenery you can.

Tuna carpaccio is on the all inclusive menu!

Had two styles of ceviche today, mostly fish. Haven't found conch yet so I need to figure that out.... Tomorrow we are taking a golf cart out to tour the island and I'll be ok the hint.....

 

[Dustin07]

Looks like a beautiful spot at the beach!

Man.... You ain't joking. And it's WARM. I needed that. Slightly longer days. We have had a lot of wind and a tiny bit of rain but around 80F+. Thawing out rapidly....

 

[Segansational]

Wow, amazing view and the food too! Enjoy. Saw your post about what you've finished up. I've got a few bottles of Icon One I may put into the mix soon...

 

[gphagan1]

Tuna carpaccio is on the all inclusive menu!

Had two styles of ceviche today, mostly fish. Haven't found conch yet so I need to figure that out.... Tomorrow we are taking a golf cart out to tour the island and I'll be ok the hint.....


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The views and the food look great…..got me itching to go on our vacation in June.

 

[Dustin07]

Mas ceviche hoy. We are at Isla Brewing on Isla Mujeres today.


Y tortas por mis amigos

 

[BennyMagoo79]

Damn dude, that food looks amazing!!!

Looks like a fantastic holiday trip!

 

[SkRaw85]

I’m a fat $lut for tortas! That looks delectable.

 

[MrKleen73]

Just saw this while scouring the Yucatan Peninsula for IPA for my incredibly picky buddy who came down with us

Dude needs to learn how to drink dos Equis and tequila View attachment 240211

Trump would be pissed to know they put him on such a weak assed IPA. I mean 4.5% that is an insult not only to him but other IPA's.

 

[Dustin07]

The gym is sparse but it's vacation and the view is decent.

I've never actually used a smith style machine that allows full ROM before. The bar can move in both planes allowing a full bench press bell curve, crazy!

Not worth logging the workout, just hitting a pre pool pump

 

[Dustin07]

Dinner wasn't bad.....

I still can't believe this all inclusive. The quality is phenomenal.

Mussles, seafood tartare, and tuna steak.

 

[MrKleen73]

Food looks awesome, and what a cool smith machine!

 

[Hyde]

We used to go to a Gold’s Express that had one of those open-plane Smiths. We never lifted with it, but it is awesome to roll your hamstrings to work things out if you sit on the racked bar. I mean it was a loss to us genuinely when we no longer had access to it.

 

[SkRaw85]

All inclusive?!?! Keep feeding till you splode!

Looks like yall are having a Baja blast down there! Happy for ya

 

[Dustin07]

All inclusive?!?! Keep feeding till you splode!

Looks like yall are having a Baja blast down there! Happy for ya

Dude it's my home away from home..

Today I'm in board shorts and a regular white v neck like undershirt style t shirt at the farmacia getting toe nail clippers cause I look like a fuckin vulture with 6 inch talons.

Many times to mx and this girl starts making the hard sell on steroids. Never happened before. Idk if I look like a steroid user to her or if I look like a soyboy who needs them but when I buy my nail clippers she pulls out a pamphlet for me

Most of it stuff I understand. Dbol, tren, test, clen and some others. But everything on her list was injectables only, no tabletas or of course TDs.. of she had tablets I might have splurged on the tren or dbol, taken it home and let you guys either walk me through it or talk me out of it. But buying all injectable just didn't interest me..

Told my wife about it and honestly I think if it was tablets or topical even she would have been ok with it. But injecting, since we are Seattle kids, still just like.... Makes you think of all our childhood music heroes injecting opioids until they died.


But good dio I want steroids so bad lol

 

[Dustin07]

But basically everything was $168/month worth. I actually don't know if that's a good price for tren and dbol or not...

 

[Electrake]

Makes you think of all our childhood music heroes injecting opioids until they died

RIP all the grunge greats. Well, most of them. My mom used to party with Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell, and she claims Layne Staley would make an appearance, in Bothell.

 

[Dustin07]

We used to go to a Gold’s Express that had one of those open-plane Smiths. We never lifted with it, but it is awesome to roll your hamstrings to work things out if you sit on the racked bar. I mean it was a loss to us genuinely when we no longer had access to it.

It's a little confusing cause it seems like it moves freely in every direction, which removes my complaints about smith machines, but begs the question: why not just use a barbell and a rack?

 

[Dustin07]

RIP all the grunge greats. Well, most of them. My mom used to party with Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell, and she claims Layne Staley would make an appearance, in Bothell.

Everyone legit loved Layne. All the guys I knew who hung with Chris, Kurt, Layne and Eddie always said Layne and Andrew were really great guys and Eddie was a douche.

Fast forward a few decades and the nice guys are dead but the "douches" are alive and $$$$

So I have no opinion. But I still feel our artists died far too young and music peaked in the '90s imo

 

[gphagan1]

Dude it's my home away from home..

Today I'm in board shorts and a regular white v neck like undershirt style t shirt at the farmacia getting toe nail clippers cause I look like a fuckin vulture with 6 inch talons.

Many times to mx and this girl starts making the hard sell on steroids. Never happened before. Idk if I look like a steroid user to her or if I look like a soyboy who needs them but when I buy my nail clippers she pulls out a pamphlet for me

Most of it stuff I understand. Dbol, tren, test, clen and some others. But everything on her list was injectables only, no tabletas or of course TDs.. of she had tablets I might have splurged on the tren or dbol, taken it home and let you guys either walk me through it or talk me out of it. But buying all injectable just didn't interest me..

Told my wife about it and honestly I think if it was tablets or topical even she would have been ok with it. But injecting, since we are Seattle kids, still just like.... Makes you think of all our childhood music heroes injecting opioids until they died.


But good dio I want steroids so bad lol

Yeah you wouldn’t have wanted to try the oral Tren. The methylated oral Tren is supposed to be some pretty nasty stuff and very risky, so I’ve always avoided that one. You may could eventually opt for some Anavar or Turinabol with maybe some TD 4-Andro to get your feet wet.

 

[Hyde]

Dude it's my home away from home..

Today I'm in board shorts and a regular white v neck like undershirt style t shirt at the farmacia getting toe nail clippers cause I look like a fuckin vulture with 6 inch talons.

Many times to mx and this girl starts making the hard sell on steroids. Never happened before. Idk if I look like a steroid user to her or if I look like a soyboy who needs them but when I buy my nail clippers she pulls out a pamphlet for me

Most of it stuff I understand. Dbol, tren, test, clen and some others. But everything on her list was injectables only, no tabletas or of course TDs.. of she had tablets I might have splurged on the tren or dbol, taken it home and let you guys either walk me through it or talk me out of it. But buying all injectable just didn't interest me..

Told my wife about it and honestly I think if it was tablets or topical even she would have been ok with it. But injecting, since we are Seattle kids, still just like.... Makes you think of all our childhood music heroes injecting opioids until they died.


But good dio I want steroids so bad lol

Tren does not come in oral form. Like GPHagan said, the only oral Tren is Methyltren - a very different compound. Good power drug that is generally very toxic to the body. I have used it in peaking for the strongman contest I ripped my bicep off, but otherwise only now take it the actual day of a contest as it gives me a very positive, aggressive mindset. One of the harshest AAS there is.

Dbol is about as cheap as it gets. Depending on dosage used vs how much you buy, you can probably get it for 25 cents a day. 20-25mg is a solid dose. 10mg/day would probably make you blow up, as a first real oral cycle. It has a lot of side effects to deal with.

You don’t want injectable Dbol. The injectable Dbol I just used to help bench 405 was Mexican, and it was great. But the solvents they have to use to keep orals in solution mean a lot of PIP - and especially systemic inflammation that is very bad for your cardiovascular system & the entire body. It’s not very sustainable, and as soon as I hit my bench after 12 days of it I threw away the last 4 doses I had.

Turinabol or Var would be what you want like he said. Probably especially Tbol for you. But those are often faked with Dbol