Belated 4 weeks out update:
Pulled a somewhat slow 310kg / 683lbs deadlift single on wednesday last week, happy with it because last week 275 / 606 was a struggle.
Benched a 3x1 at 180/185/185kg / 397/408/408lbs, felt okay. Bench still doesn't feel as explosive as dbol the last time. I do notice I am stronger but its far less pronounced. I am making good progress on my secondary pressing movements (Feet up bench and larsen press), so I'm sure I am getting stronger. I'm just hoping the addition of anadrol the last 2 weeks will make my bench peak insane and add 5kg or so, but who knows maybe anadrol will not give me that pop either.
Squatted 320kg / 705lbs for 3 which is a 20kg triple PR and it moved great (about @8 id say), and then 330kg / 727lbs for a single after to match my comp pr and moved pretty well (and a 15 kg gym pr). Sadly only got 9 revolution on my wraps on the single (usually I get 10) because I couldn't finish the last revolution, so I thought fuck it and did it with 9. Not a great idea because after the single my right knee felt weird, felt like some tendonitis that I managed to shake off a few weeks ago returned immediately. So skipped backdowns and did some rehab stuff to make it feel better.
Decided I might get some faster recovery if I spam the GH, so took 10iu that night (instead of regular 6iu TD / 4IU RD), did 8iu the day after, and 6iu on my rest day after that. Maybe its placebo but at the moment (3 days after) knee feels alot better (~70-80%) and did some light squats and was able to train quads pretty well. Will do another 10iu tonight (after DL-lower) and 8iu tomorrow. If the knee is back to 100% or close to it I'll go back to 6iu TD / 4IU RD, with maybe 8iu on lower days.
So unsure what I'm going to do on squat next week. Initial plan was 325-330kg / 717-727 lbs for my heaviest triple of the prep and then depending on how that goes 335-345kg / 738-760lbs for the single, as I have 2 heavy squat sessions remaining. But if the knee doesn't feel close to 100% by next squat day I might only do the single or a slightly lighter one to give myself some more room to recover the knee and get a last big squat in at 2 weeks out.
Eventhough on bench I don't feel as strong as I'd expected from the Dbol, it seems to be doing wonders for my squat again (and nothing for my DL)
now at a bit over 3 weeks out
Deadlifted 320kg / 705 lbs for a good single, way faster than last weeks 310kg / 683lbs and the first time on the deadlift bar it felt kinda natural (or maybe it was the 30mg of var PWO). Only problem I'm having is that my thumbs keep tearing after my topset (I do hookgrip), so I got some thumb tape and will be trying that out.
BW is trending up still but less fast than before. Life feels heavy, and markers of cardiovascular fitness have gone down the drain, I'm okay with that for these last few weeks but will definetly be doing a big cut again after this prep is done. Speaking of, I'm about at the point where I'm ready for prep to be done, I love the heavy lifting but outside of the gym it's taking its tolls. Oh well, just a few more weeks of pushing.
Physique update last monday, clearly added some fat but feeling strong and big (thanks Dbol).
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