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Distilled Water said:
Easy your trying to get and stay under the 200 mark and im trying to get and stay over the 200 mark :lol: Did you get my PM?
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:) yeah, sure did, I need to send out as well, I keep forgetting... I had to travel mon + tues this week too, my work schedule is keeping me spinning.

I really am only trying to get below 200 so as to get my bodyfat to a reasonable point before doing some more bulking. I want to be below 20% for sure, and i'd prefer 15-16% before I do a hormonal cycle. Right now i'm right about at 20-21% i'd guess.
 
EasyEJL said:
:) yeah, sure did, I need to send out as well, I keep forgetting... I had to travel mon + tues this week too, my work schedule is keeping me spinning.

I really am only trying to get below 200 so as to get my bodyfat to a reasonable point before doing some more bulking. I want to be below 20% for sure, and i'd prefer 15-16% before I do a hormonal cycle. Right now i'm right about at 20-21% i'd guess.
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I got you.

It may be to early to answer but how do you think X-Factor would work with a TKD diet? I'd be hitting close to 225-250gr of fat (250protein 100carbs around workout) a day coming from Virgin Cocobut Oil, MCT and egg yolks (extra AA)
 
It would seem to fit that model. in talking to jjohn about it, people have done it with a CKD before. I can definitely feel a soreness difference with x-factor, and it has seemed to help with fat loss, so should work well in a lean bulk too
 
Distilled Water said:
Maybe a ph/ps run paired with some napalm and clen to get ride of that annoying fat?
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i believe albuterol with benedryl at night during PCT could greatly increase fat burning while also promote and keep mass gained from a cycle whether it be hardcore or not hardcore

something to consider
 
I've definitely considered the albuterol route. Just no longer sure where would be safe to buy it from. I guess I have to check canadian pharmacies :)
 
forgot to add

day 26 of x-factor. 199 on scale. taking another day off as I still feel like caca from the upper respiratory infection. I think I may be able to work out tomorrow. if not, i'll take it easy thru the weekend too, and hit monday hard. I hate to be missing days after x-factor has kicked in, but I don't want to end up really ill.
 
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Inflammation is any disturbed function of a body part, whether it be swelling, redness, heat, or any other form of irritation. There are several negative types of inflammation. One type is Naturally Inhibit Inflammation. In this case, the inflammation is caused by overproduction of free radicals in the body. Primarily caused by histamine, a biological agent that swells veins and capillaries so severely that they leak blood plasma into tissue, this can be harmful in the regulation of blood flow into muscle tissues.

Another type of inflammation is edema, or swelling. Edema is caused by the leakage of blood into surrounding tissues of the body, which leaves a person with a swollen look. Edema is also a medical condition which causes chronic puffy eyes. It's important to bodybuilders to reduce venous congestion in parts of the body so that there is no tenderness or pain during or post workout.

A third type of inflammation (most commonly found in workouts) is postoperative inflammation. Highly common in bodybuilders, athletes, and trainers, postoperative inflammation is similar to the other two types of inflammation, where muscles are swollen and veins are dilated. Sport-related injuries weaken vascular walls around muscle tissues, which hurts the blood flow of the body.

Just a side note: For bodybuilders, the best advice is to consume anti-oxidant nutrients and stay in healthy shape. Most of all, don't over-train. There's also a new study connecting nitric oxide to help reducing muscle inflammation. Nitric oxide in reasonable amounts is supposed to increase mind-muscle connection, memory, pain sensory and information processing.


All-in-all, inflammation is a condition to be wary of as a bodybuilder when working out. When your body says "no", you should listen to it. Pumps and vascularity are a treasured thing amongst weight-lifters, but there are also diabolical effects associated with it. Eat, sleep, and lift responsibly people :thumbsup:




That's my take on it. May or may not be what you were looking for, but I tried to be thorough. Hope you guys learned something!


Oh, and if you didn't get it by reading the article, inflammation is very important to bodybuilders.
 
thanks, its a little better now, pretty much out of the chest, still in the head tho. So I decided to skip today as well and just finish getting better. that means monday will be back at gym regardless of how I feel as I can't miss that long :)

Day 27 of log and..... 197 on scale. Out of random thoughts, I took out my tape and measured across the belly button i'm at 38 7/8 now, thats 1 1/8 inches shorter than the start of this log :) Also digging back to the start of the PAL transformation (at right around 200 lbs) measured at 1" above navel (more or less my narrowest) then I was 37.5, today I am 36 1/8..

so definitely WAY leaner at todays just under 200 than I was 12 weeks ago at the same weight :)

And right there is the value of keeping logs. Forget about anyone else, its worth it so YOU can look at em yourself.
 
197 again today so I guess thats fairly real :D Day 28 of x-factor, only 22 days to go, but this is where it will start to make noticeable muscular gains. Can't wait to hit the gym monday.
 
EasyEJL said:
197 again today so I guess thats fairly real :D Day 28 of x-factor, only 22 days to go, but this is where it will start to make noticeable muscular gains. Can't wait to hit the gym monday.
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nice bro. keep up the slow and steady gains and loses
 
4 week recap - 198 on scale today means 2lbs a week consistently. They are pretty dang well all fat pounds, as strength and definition continue to improve. Waist is down a little over an inch. I didn't measure the rest, i'm pretty sure not a huge amount of change elsewhere yet :)
 
EasyEJL said:
4 week recap - 198 on scale today means 2lbs a week consistently. They are pretty dang well all fat pounds, as strength and definition continue to improve. Waist is down a little over an inch. I didn't measure the rest, i'm pretty sure not a huge amount of change elsewhere yet :)
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Incredibly interesting results!
 
day 30 of x-factor

Still not feeling 100% but back in the gym regardless

Chest, biceps
Bench press bb 3 sets 6 reps 155x2 135z6 135x4 135x4
Incline press bb 2 sets 10 reps 110x7, 95x10
Vertical bench press (machine) 90x6, 80x10 (only pause was to lower weight)

Barbell curls 90x2 70x7 70x6
Dumbbell curls (seated) 25x10, 25x10
EZ-barbell curls (narrow grip) 20 x bar + 20, failure at 20

So kinda weak on chest, a little weak on biceps but not by much. Really good bicep pump. I still have the head cold, but since i'm not really running a fever or coughing out chunks of my lungs its worth being in the gym :) I do need to eventually do some "chest concentration" to help my chest more, but I think i'll wait till i'm at a low enough bodyfat to see how my chest looks. Thankfully i'm all about vanity so if it looks good I don't care too much if I can't press bodyweight :D
 
my pump felt extreme all day btw, chest as well. Snug. Not sure what other word fits. not sore at all just a nice tight pump.
 
Easy doin good bro!!! Whats your goal? Weight wise,health wise?

~tripdog out~
 
TripDog said:
Easy doin good bro!!! Whats your goal? Weight wise,health wise?

~tripdog out~
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Mid-short term goal is to get down to the 10-12% bf range, i'm probably around 20 right now. Longer term is to stay in that bf range while getting size/weight up a little. I probably would be pretty happy with 190 on the scale at that bodyfat. According to wrist measurements i'd be considered small framed, but I think thats wrong according to how weight/muscle "sits" on me.

And then just maintain it :) Its kinda sad in some ways, but even where i'm at now (heck where I was at 2-3 months ago, around 25% bf) I still look better than half the guys who are in their 20s. We keep season passes to busch gardens and their waterpark Adventure Island, and the last time I was there I really saw it. out of every 100 15-25 year old guys, 40 of them were fatter than me, 30 were skinnier but had the muscle tone of a wet towel, and maybe 30 looked "good". When I was growing up, it wasn't like that. America really is fattening up.
 
EasyEJL said:
America really is fattening up.
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Oh yeah, this is so true. It doesn't seem to be as bad in Canada, but people really have to start to start to care for themselves. Now people work 60 hrs a week, have bad nutrition, and burn themselves into depression, all of this because they think they'll be happier. Sad. I'm done :)
 
day 31, legs

Squats (free weights, barbell) 145x 1/2 (I was too optimistic) 125x3 125x2 115x5

Leg press (machine) 2x10 2 plates per side on sled

Hack squats (machine) 14 reps 200lbs these were just to parallel


then I did some abductor/adductor reps, and some leg raises.

Still have a good pump, but not exactly doms in my chest/biceps
 
EasyEJL said:
Mid-short term goal is to get down to the 10-12% bf range, i'm probably around 20 right now. Longer term is to stay in that bf range while getting size/weight up a little. I probably would be pretty happy with 190 on the scale at that bodyfat. According to wrist measurements i'd be considered small framed, but I think thats wrong according to how weight/muscle "sits" on me.

And then just maintain it :) Its kinda sad in some ways, but even where i'm at now (heck where I was at 2-3 months ago, around 25% bf) I still look better than half the guys who are in their 20s. We keep season passes to busch gardens and their waterpark Adventure Island, and the last time I was there I really saw it. out of every 100 15-25 year old guys, 40 of them were fatter than me, 30 were skinnier but had the muscle tone of a wet towel, and maybe 30 looked "good". When I was growing up, it wasn't like that. America really is fattening up.
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You'll get there! Great progress in these last few months for ya, only a sign of more good things to come.

I hit the 199 mark yesterday, so i should be able to easily obtain the 200 mark by the end of the week :woohoo:
 
EasyEJL said:
We keep season passes to busch gardens and their waterpark Adventure Island, and the last time I was there I really saw it. out of every 100 15-25 year old guys, 40 of them were fatter than me, 30 were skinnier but had the muscle tone of a wet towel, and maybe 30 looked "good". .
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soooooooooooo.................you go to the waterpark to check out,and compare guys :toofunny: hahahaha just messin :rofl:
 
EasyEJL said:
Mid-short term goal is to get down to the 10-12% bf range, i'm probably around 20 right now. Longer term is to stay in that bf range while getting size/weight up a little. I probably would be pretty happy with 190 on the scale at that bodyfat. According to wrist measurements i'd be considered small framed, but I think thats wrong according to how weight/muscle "sits" on me.

And then just maintain it :) Its kinda sad in some ways, but even where i'm at now (heck where I was at 2-3 months ago, around 25% bf) I still look better than half the guys who are in their 20s. We keep season passes to busch gardens and their waterpark Adventure Island, and the last time I was there I really saw it. out of every 100 15-25 year old guys, 40 of them were fatter than me, 30 were skinnier but had the muscle tone of a wet towel, and maybe 30 looked "good". When I was growing up, it wasn't like that. America really is fattening up.
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Keep at it dude great progress!! Chest cold clear up yet?
 
scale says 200 today? anywho, doesn't really matter. still have good pump/stiffness across back + shoulders, some soreness but still not what I consider doms. overall thats a plus tho :D
 
day 34 of xfactor

even post thanksgiving, 198 on scale :D

relocated shoulder/triceps day since yesterday was thanksgiving.

Behind the neck press (free weights, barbell) 80x8 80x5 70x5 Standing upright rows (free weights, EZ-barbell) 55x12 55x8
Front overhead press (machine) 100x14

Lying triceps press (free weights, EZ-barbell) 75x8 75x5 75x4
Overhead triceps press (free weights, EZ-barbell) 55x12, 55x8
Triceps pushdown (machine, cable) 110x14

Not a bad workout overall. I took 3 superdrol NG this morning preworkout (with 4 rpm) and I noticed the difference. I'm not sure about taking 510mg of DHEA all at once tho. Got a really good pump feel across shoulders + tris. I think next time i'll do the behind the neck press in the power rack, I almost lost it on that 2nd set trying for rep #6. Hardly anyone uses the power rack in my gym, so its usually empty.


Tomorrow will be back + calves, then i think sunday i'll start doing cardio again, and try to get into all 7 days a week in the gym. These SAIS workouts are nice as they are pretty fast, and I feel like i'm getting a good workout from it. Only 16 x factor days left.
 
Looking great easy!

Still thinking of doing the hormonal cycle early next year?

Think you want to do another cycle of this in the future?

keep me posted!
 
whitedevil74 said:
Fantastic log. What are your thoughts on SDNG thus far? I think it may have some nice synergy with X-factor.
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My jury is still out :) The first week, 2 taken together pre-workout felt good. By the end of the second week, it started to loose any effect, and I started adding in RPM for additional pre-workout stim. The only heightened hormone level sign i've noticed was some oily skin, and that could be just from the arachidonic acid as well. Probably had I dosed at 4 a day the whole time it would have worked out better. I might try it again in the future, probably as a solo though to really be able to be sure.
 
MESSPLAY said:
Looking great easy!

Still thinking of doing the hormonal cycle early next year?

Think you want to do another cycle of this in the future?

keep me posted!
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I should be starting halodrol-50 sometime mid-late december, and adding prostanazol in january. Basic plan is 6 weeks of halodrol, 4 weeks of prostanazol. Thats subject to change :)

I likely will do x-factor again, but I think i'd do a 3 bottle 60 day cycle, so the 1250mg/day. Mostly so that the kick in time is shorter. I did the ridiculous amount of eggs for the first few weeks to try and get that, but it may be that more of the AA is lost in cooking than I was led to believe (and I wasn't feeling eating 16 raw eggs a day)
 
EasyEJL said:
I likely will do x-factor again, but I think i'd do a 3 bottle 60 day cycle, so the 1250mg/day. Mostly so that the kick in time is shorter. I did the ridiculous amount of eggs for the first few weeks to try and get that, but it may be that more of the AA is lost in cooking than I was led to believe (and I wasn't feeling eating 16 raw eggs a day)
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I thought you were hard boiling them? Doesn't that somehow preserve more of the AA, or am I just way off here?
 
Distilled Water said:
I thought you were hard boiling them? Doesn't that somehow preserve more of the AA, or am I just way off here?
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its supposed to, but I'm not 100% sure. I should have been buying the pasteurized in the shell eggs and eating them raw, but that was still kinda nasty. I figure next time i'll just use more x-factor, its easier. and not any more expensive either, than $3 worth of eggs a day.

btw at 197 on the scale today :D
 
that's gotta 9 pounds of fat loss because from what i've been reading you've increased weight on sets and you're feeling leaner.

Are you going to do a caliper test at the end of the cycle?

What was your original goal for weight loss/muscle gain at the start of the log?
 
EasyEJL said:
its supposed to, but I'm not 100% sure. I should have been buying the pasteurized in the shell eggs and eating them raw, but that was still kinda nasty. I figure next time i'll just use more x-factor, its easier. and not any more expensive either, than $3 worth of eggs a day.

btw at 197 on the scale today :D
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Yea anytime I try raw eggs I instantly puke. I have however been eating hard boiled eggs (I dont know if it helps I gotta eat em so what the hell....)

197, thats good. I also had a head cold for the last few days that hasnt allowed me to breathe outta my nose so I wasn't eating as much because I felt like I was gonna pass out, lol. Im stil prolly cruseing around 200.
 
MESSPLAY said:
that's gotta 9 pounds of fat loss because from what i've been reading you've increased weight on sets and you're feeling leaner.

Are you going to do a caliper test at the end of the cycle?

What was your original goal for weight loss/muscle gain at the start of the log?
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Yeah, actually I got calipered at my gym right before, and also a bod pod test right at the beginning as well. The calipers were at 24, and the bodpod at 27. I'll get the same girl to do the calipers sometime that 2nd week in december to see.

I didn't really have a goal this time around :) Just more fat loss really. Nothing specific. I've done poorly so far in guessing and judging what is reasonable in what span, so I figured i'd go with nothing in particular as goal. I've been holding to right about 1000 cals below maintenance (give or take 200 day to day) so right about at 2300.

I'm really just shooting for getting to a low enough bodyfat where i'm happy with how it looks. I sort of have 10% in my head as a number, but I may be satisfied at 12%. hard to say yet, I haven't seen that bodyfat range in more than 20 years :D
 
day 37 x-factor

Chest, biceps
Bench press bb 3 sets 6 reps 155x4 145x4 135x4
Incline press bb 2 sets 10 reps 110x9, 110x7
Vertical bench press (machine) 80x14 (only pause was to lower weight)

makeup day for missing friday :P
Front latpulldown 160x6 160x5 160x4
Seated cable rows (machine, narrow grip) 2 sets 10 reps 140x11 150x10
Dumbbell rows (one arm at a time) 1 set 20 reps 40x16

Barbell curls 80x6 but almost fell over 70x5 70x5
Dumbbell curls (seated) 25x11, 25x11
EZ-barbell curls (narrow grip) 20 x bar + 20, failure at 20

it sucked to do the back exersizes in the middle in some ways. but felt good overall, my upper body is cranked right now :D

198 on the scale, so basically flat for last week. Not a bad thing given that it was thanksgiving, plus I ate poorly saturday too :D Today's preworkout stim pack was 3 rpm + 3 superdrol ng, and felt nice.
 
oh yeah, doms are rising. my triceps were still sore today from working out on friday. I don't want to think what the rest of me will feel like tomorrow...
 
EasyEJL said:
oh yeah, doms are rising. my triceps were still sore today from working out on friday. I don't want to think what the rest of me will feel like tomorrow...
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I was right, I didn't want to know. :) its pretty bad, worst in forearms. even by evening i was sleepy from my body trying to heal. This morning I decided not to do legs as I got up late. I'll either do em tomorrow, or save them to do fridays with back

but......

196 on the scale today

Thats back to 10 year low, where I managed to get to and my losses petered out before I started my bulk that went a little sour back in august. I'm feeling good that i'll see down to maybe 193 by the end of this log.
 
Nice job on the weight reduction so far Easy. From your lifting #'s, sounds like you've got a nice recomp going on.
 
For sure! I'm pretty sure I will run x-factor again in the future. I've missed the fish oil, and a few other things, but its got its benefits :)
 
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