The Powerlifter's road to 1150lbs / 500kg - TBOL/TEST/TREN/MAST

[DonQKong]

Ended up on the sauce last night. Beers in abundance, chips, everything no-no. Slept a few hours.

Hit the gym today, and determined to dial back to 90% and run max reps from there. Warmed up thoroughly, rotator style, got the heat gel out, and could hardly squeeze out 2 at 120kg/290lbs. Painful. Dialled back to 105 kg / 240 lbs but was so pissed off, I just pushed out a half-arsed set and moved on.

Then did some skullcrushers, dips, power-ups, abs. Performed strongly.

Last day on DNP today, here's what I look before the water falls off, weighing just under 100kg / 220 lbs. That's my 14% look. Got a really slim waist shining through at around 12-13%.

 

[DonQKong]

Weighed 100kgs/220lbs and change today.

Total headfuck again doing squats. My theoretical max is 190kg/420lbs and I took 10kgs/20lbs off that seeing my failure last time. Got it off the rack, was warm and felt good, but halfways down, bailed out and went up again. Tried another and same thing happened.

Pyramid down, hit parallel at 170kg. Continued pyramid down to 100kg/220lbs.

Fuck!

It may be my weight. I've lost 8kgs/20lbs, which does decrease my max. But the most important factor, I think, is I need to get used to the heavy weight. Pushing out a theoretical max through lower weights and more reps is a different mental strain than actually having that weight on my shoulders.

Maybe I should go heavier on the Cheque Drops the last week, to get the aggro up.

 

[DonQKong]

Dropped a couple of pounds overnight.

In warming up this morning for DL, the elliptical machine felt heavy,
So I thought I'd just pyramid up to 180kg/430lbs and see how many reps I'd get out. It came an inch off the floor and fell down again. Weak as fuck. Have been coughing a lot the last days, may be coming down with something . Don't have time for that!

Left the gym , popped a sibutramine, might as well lose some weight until I recover from whatever bug I have.

 

[DonQKong]

Shook the DNP water off, landed at 98.6kg / 217 lbs. 7 days left. Can I make 95 kg / 210 lbs? That's when the magic happens for me.

Anyways, gym. Bench and accessories today. Warmed up on the elliptical 10 minutes as always. Rotator cuff exercises. Crunches. Vacuum. Then moved over to bench. Was doing 115kg / 250 lbs at max, and 60%, 80% on the pyramid on the way up. It fucking hurts !

And then it dawns on my that I'm not only hurting in my shoulders, but in both my flippin biceps too. You remember those pull-ups I started with a few weeks ago to get some arms back? That's where the devil lies... So should I back off the pull-ups to get strong or continue with the pull-ups to focus aesthetics.

I have the same problem with my weight really. Being heavy means lifting heavy and new PRs, but with beach season on my door, do I want to be strong or look lean?

Right now, I am leaning on stripping down a few more kilos, screw my 1150lbs goal and continue this fall when my abs are less of a worry.

Pyramid down to 220lbs/100kgs. Skullcrushers. Dips. Pull-ups. Good 75 minutes in the gym. Loving it.

Popped a sibutramine, so I guess my body says "get lean"

 

[DonQKong]

Bloated today. Weird. I did play around with some 6-7 different subq shots yesterday - melotanin, hcg, hgh etc. Maybe that screwed me. Or maybe the barbequed hot dogs lol.

Squatting 5*3*1. Went up to a moderate 175kg/400lbs and knocked out two of them. Will try one more time in 3 days, see if I can do 3 or 4 reps, then increase to 180. Dream would be 185 1 RM. What separates 185 from 190 is a mental minefield, but you never know. Just a few more days left now though.

Felt a stinging intense pain in my right knee (the good one), and ran down to 100kg/220lbs before I packed up. 45 quick minutes.

 

[DonQKong]

Fucked up day. DLs, 5*3*1 with 180kg/430lbs at top. And the fucker goes two inches off the floor and drops down again.

Now 180 is what I lifted before I even started this cycle, something is so fucked up here. It goes off the ground, which is a new thing for fails for me. When I fail, it usually doesn't get off the ground. So either I'm not tight enough on the way up or I am overtrained or what the fuck. I need to post in the powerlifter forum about this.

I can't be overtrained. I'm even on 100mg Turinabol the last weeks. I eat well. I feel good. But my DL, which used to be my prime lift, just sucks hairy asswarts.

Still had a good session at the gym, pyramid down and ended repping out 105kg/230lbs like I was on crystal meth.

 

[DonQKong]

Kicked ass today. Felt ill, dripping nose, nauseous from the TBOL, lightheaded, a bit down from the crap week its been workout wise. One week left of the cycle, not looking forward to getting off. And then boom !

Did 5/3/1 up to 175kg/385lbs on squat. Knocked out 3 straight ones at the top, sat down, gave it some thought and went back in:

Squat - 180kg/400lbs * 1 (PR)

Fucking smashed it, good form, it was heavy but it had good flow. I can do 190, I have it.

Feel awesome, look awesome, loving it.

 

[jJjburton]

dude seeing you lift and feel bad pain lift then feel bad pain.....I think you should look at your form a little. Form will make those pains go away. But i don't know much about you. I just know how that goes and you should make sure you don't get a bad injury and then setback.

 

[DonQKong]

So its two weeks since last injection and its time to wrap this baby up.

Weight Start 100 kg at 20% BF End 97 kg at 12%
Bench Start 125kg End 135kg (injury) --> Up 8%
Squat Start 160kg End 180kg --> Up 12%
Deadlift Start 180kg End 180kg --> Up 0%

So my all time went from 465kg to 495kg, which puts me at a 1090 total. Way under my goal, but I could have done it if I didn't fuck up on my weight the first weeks and didn't hit the shoulder injury.

Look good, feel good!




Going forward, I've decided to cruise on 150 test e a few months and have 3 days of 5IU growth under the belt. Will run the HGH until I start next cycle. Hope to do primo for 16 weeks with a low dose test and HGH this fall.

All in all, a good learning experience and can't wait to get back after 8-10 weeks cruising

DQ

 

[Oregongearhead]

Shook the DNP water off, landed at 98.6kg / 217 lbs. 7 days left. Can I make 95 kg / 210 lbs? That's when the magic happens for me.

Anyways, gym. Bench and accessories today. Warmed up on the elliptical 10 minutes as always. Rotator cuff exercises. Crunches. Vacuum. Then moved over to bench. Was doing 115kg / 250 lbs at max, and 60%, 80% on the pyramid on the way up. It fucking hurts !

And then it dawns on my that I'm not only hurting in my shoulders, but in both my flippin biceps too. You remember those pull-ups I started with a few weeks ago to get some arms back? That's where the devil lies... So should I back off the pull-ups to get strong or continue with the pull-ups to focus aesthetics.

I have the same problem with my weight really. Being heavy means lifting heavy and new PRs, but with beach season on my door, do I want to be strong or look lean?

Right now, I am leaning on stripping down a few more kilos, screw my 1150lbs goal and continue this fall when my abs are less of a worry.

Pyramid down to 220lbs/100kgs. Skullcrushers. Dips. Pull-ups. Good 75 minutes in the gym. Loving it.

Popped a sibutramine, so I guess my body says "get lean"

@DonQKong --Dont abandon the pull-ups just switch to chin-ups or try them with a plank under you so you can bounce or touchdown slightly . I was having problems doing pull-ups because of my weight and rotator cuff but once I switched to chins (palms facing) I got stronger and my back development took a new turn . My rotator cuff is better too .

This was last year when @weighted chinup was doing them and it made an impression . Now I start almost all my back work with a couple sets of maxed-out chins then i move on to Bent-over-Rows.

My other back day is deadlifts only ....

 

[Wunderpus]

@DonQKong --Dont abandon the pull-ups just switch to chin-ups or try them with a plank under you so you can bounce or touchdown slightly . I was having problems doing pull-ups because of my weight and rotator cuff but once I switched to chins (palms facing) I got stronger and my back development took a new turn . My rotator cuff is better too .

This was last year when @weighted chinup was doing them and it made an impression . Now I start almost all my back work with a couple sets of maxed-out chins then i move on to Bent-over-Rows.

My other back day is deadlifts only ....

Great advice OGH! Also, you can buy a long band (Elite FTS is an option) and run it under your feet, sort of mimicking assisted pull-ups... But, it's a completely natural movement instead of the linear movement assisted machines require. I have girls start with this... Amazing how well it works. I'll even do it for high rep pull ups!

 

[Oregongearhead]

Great advice OGH! Also, you can buy a long band (Elite FTS is an option) and run it under your feet, sort of mimicking assisted pull-ups... But, it's a completely natural movement instead of the linear movement assisted machines require. I have girls start with this... Amazing how well it works. I'll even do it for high rep pull ups!

Chin/pull-ups are still my foal , they pull me down to Earth and remind me how fat I am . So I must defeat them because if they are that hard then they hold something valuable if I conquer them , the sacred V-back .

 

[Wunderpus]

Chin/pull-ups are still my foal , they pull me down to Earth and remind me how fat I am . So I must defeat them because if they are that hard then they hold something valuable if I conquer them , the sacred V-back .

Heavy deads and pull/chin ups are 100% the biggest factor in the shape of my back compared to when I didn't do many.. No DOUBT they had a huge influence. It's crazy, man. i'm down about 10 pounds and I can rep out a few more pull ups... Crazy what that extra weight does.

 

[Oregongearhead]

Heavy deads and pull/chin ups are 100% the biggest factor in the shape of my back compared to when I didn't do many.. No DOUBT they had a huge influence. It's crazy, man. i'm down about 10 pounds and I can rep out a few more pull ups... Crazy what that extra weight does.

I was lazy on deads and chins until this last year when I saw how poor my deadlift was (compaired to squat). And I knew the pull-bar helps the deadlift (and vice versa) now I dont miss a week without both...