Hyperdrive
New Member
Hey everyone, you can call me Hyper and I'm excited to be joining the community. Let me start by saying I've been weight training for over 20 years, have a dialed in diet and I've always had a passion for fitness, performance, and pushing my limits. I'm 41, 6'1, 180lbs currently ~10% bodyfat give or take.
I've had Type 1 Diabetes since I was a child. It's been a constant battle, but I've never let it stop me from pursuing my goals. In fact I think it's a big reason why I focus on fitness so much, kind of a "fuck you" to the doctors who were telling 12 year old me that my life would be short and shitty due to my diagnoses. No way was I going to let that stop me from enjoying my life. It's not a death sentence...just a unique challenge. Sports was big for me when I was young as I was full of energy and competitive all the time (Hence the username) In high school, I was an athlete, pretty much played every sport recreationally with football being the main focus. At my school, you weren't even allowed to try out for the football team if you couldn't bench 200, no joke, tryouts the first hour or so is everybody lifting and them washing you out if you can't hit the plate minimum. I started working out the summer before freshman year and luckily by the time I was a freshman I was benching 200 easy so I made the team which helped me a ton with getting strong as an ox despite my condition over the next 4 years. To this day people are always surprised when I tell them I am diabetic because of how fit I look. I even got to continue that into a little bit of college before life took a different turn. I really have been interested in helping people who are sick and in curing diseases in this modern age in general, so I studied to become an RN and after grad I found my place at my local Children's Hospital. I am part of the Flight Nurse team, which is unarguably the most fulfilling and exciting part of my job, getting on a helicopter and transporting kids to our hospital who are usually on the brink, and need specifically our advanced and robust facilities (We are one of the largest in the entire country and also the most tech forward.) I love my job, and it's always been nice to have the nurses around especially the ones who found me attractive which was....well a lot of them to say the least
I fell in love with a nurse, pretty early on, we got married, and we had a great relationship for a while. But after a divorce, I'm now single and free. I'm ready to level up, both in life and in my fitness journey.
After the divorce I struggled for a few years where my physicality hit. My diabetes started to take its toll. I began to notice muscle loss, fatigue, and around 2-3 years ago a massive drop in testosterone. I started TRT last year, and it changed my life. I felt stronger, more energetic, and more like myself again. After a year of researching, I'm ready to take the next step my first real cycle. I'm doing this with maximum focus on improving health, performance, quality of life, while using supporting ancillaries to make sure I'm not just chasing gains, but also protecting...scratch that...IMPROVING my long-term well-being. I get blood tests every 3-4 weeks. My biomarkers on TRT are immaculate. They have actually improved since before it. I attribute a lot of that to my easy access to testing and the frequency at which I do it. It's very easy as I am a diabetic and have a great team of doctors I have had for a long time now - all of whom are aware that I take a very pro-active approach to my health and test as many things as possible, very often. They are often very impressed with my bloodwork considering my condition and how long I have had it. I've been pinning myself my whole life because of the T1 so that definitely makes it easier for me than some people new to this as I have long gotten over my fear of needles otherwise I wouldn't be here to type this.
I chose Meso because of its primary focus on harm reduction. I respect the community here, how things are run, and I'm here to contribute, help where I can, and learn from the incredibly knowledgeable veterans here. Here's to all the gains gentlemen, thank you for having me
tldr; fitness enthusiast, type 1 diabetic, flight RN, and now just a guy ready to push his limits in his 40s with some safe blasting on AAS.
I've had Type 1 Diabetes since I was a child. It's been a constant battle, but I've never let it stop me from pursuing my goals. In fact I think it's a big reason why I focus on fitness so much, kind of a "fuck you" to the doctors who were telling 12 year old me that my life would be short and shitty due to my diagnoses. No way was I going to let that stop me from enjoying my life. It's not a death sentence...just a unique challenge. Sports was big for me when I was young as I was full of energy and competitive all the time (Hence the username) In high school, I was an athlete, pretty much played every sport recreationally with football being the main focus. At my school, you weren't even allowed to try out for the football team if you couldn't bench 200, no joke, tryouts the first hour or so is everybody lifting and them washing you out if you can't hit the plate minimum. I started working out the summer before freshman year and luckily by the time I was a freshman I was benching 200 easy so I made the team which helped me a ton with getting strong as an ox despite my condition over the next 4 years. To this day people are always surprised when I tell them I am diabetic because of how fit I look. I even got to continue that into a little bit of college before life took a different turn. I really have been interested in helping people who are sick and in curing diseases in this modern age in general, so I studied to become an RN and after grad I found my place at my local Children's Hospital. I am part of the Flight Nurse team, which is unarguably the most fulfilling and exciting part of my job, getting on a helicopter and transporting kids to our hospital who are usually on the brink, and need specifically our advanced and robust facilities (We are one of the largest in the entire country and also the most tech forward.) I love my job, and it's always been nice to have the nurses around especially the ones who found me attractive which was....well a lot of them to say the least
I fell in love with a nurse, pretty early on, we got married, and we had a great relationship for a while. But after a divorce, I'm now single and free. I'm ready to level up, both in life and in my fitness journey.
After the divorce I struggled for a few years where my physicality hit. My diabetes started to take its toll. I began to notice muscle loss, fatigue, and around 2-3 years ago a massive drop in testosterone. I started TRT last year, and it changed my life. I felt stronger, more energetic, and more like myself again. After a year of researching, I'm ready to take the next step my first real cycle. I'm doing this with maximum focus on improving health, performance, quality of life, while using supporting ancillaries to make sure I'm not just chasing gains, but also protecting...scratch that...IMPROVING my long-term well-being. I get blood tests every 3-4 weeks. My biomarkers on TRT are immaculate. They have actually improved since before it. I attribute a lot of that to my easy access to testing and the frequency at which I do it. It's very easy as I am a diabetic and have a great team of doctors I have had for a long time now - all of whom are aware that I take a very pro-active approach to my health and test as many things as possible, very often. They are often very impressed with my bloodwork considering my condition and how long I have had it. I've been pinning myself my whole life because of the T1 so that definitely makes it easier for me than some people new to this as I have long gotten over my fear of needles otherwise I wouldn't be here to type this.
I chose Meso because of its primary focus on harm reduction. I respect the community here, how things are run, and I'm here to contribute, help where I can, and learn from the incredibly knowledgeable veterans here. Here's to all the gains gentlemen, thank you for having me
tldr; fitness enthusiast, type 1 diabetic, flight RN, and now just a guy ready to push his limits in his 40s with some safe blasting on AAS.
