LadyLift
New Member
Ok...so I'm joining the Anavar Club....long time listener first time caller...
I appreciate input from experienced ladies, but my goal here is to document this for other women to gain knowledge and perspective from. This will not be my last...this is only the beginning for me and I plan to add in/experiment with other compounds in the future. I would like to lessen the stigma associated with women/bodybuilding/and AAS....so I plan to document my experience...good and bad.
Planning my first cycle on Var
Goals: build muscle
here are my stats:
36yrs old
5'6"
150lbs
bf% unconfirmed but at around 20%
I have been training for 2+ years
I have been "bulking" a good excuse for eating, sleeping and lifting through the winter....ill admit it. I just rebounded from a miserable experience prepping for competition as a natural competitor...I overtrained and crash dieted...it has been 5-6 months since I have been off the prep.
I do not wish to "cut" but rather excel my muscle building and recovery time as I like to train hard and lift heavy. I hope to eventually compete again..but it will NOT be in the immediate future
currently run a split routine...focused on building guns and widening my back and building shoulders. For this reason I try to hit back and bi-tri twice during the week if my schedule allows.
I never do the exact same workout twice...although some may be very similar
Mon - Quads
Tues - Chest Triceps
Wed- Shoulders
Thurs - Back Biceps
Fri - Hams Glutes
Sat - Bis -Tris
Sun - Back - Abs
This is just a "general" outline...My schedule always changes and so I never know which day will fall as a "rest" day often I have two or even three occaisionally... I switch workouts around on my schedule to fill in and keep each body part worked evenly. I also run 4miles at least twice a week.
I do a non-weighted ab exercise each day as a warm up in addition to warming up the specific body part to be used
Plan to run a 12 week cycle starting at 5mg 2x a day working up to 20 mg(total daily) if sides are tolerable
Diet...oh lets talk about diet...
right now I'm holding on to the "low carb" notion that was introduced to me during contest prep. However I am NOWHERE near the extreme that I was....I have reintroduced carbs but stick with rice, oatmeal, sweet potatoes and my occaisional indulgence on kamut/wheat cereal mmmmmm
so breakdown looks like this:
2,400 cal a day
carbs 20% = 121g
Protein 50% = 300g
Fat 30% = 80g
This is just what I have found works better for my body...I occaisionally indulge in carbs and consider this my "cheat meal" or "refeed" or just plain ol' YUM
I eat a LOT of protein and overall a LOT of calories for a woman...don't beat me up over this....lol!
Im just being honest....I'm not going to sit here and tell women that I'm eating 1500 calories because that is what they are going to try to emulate. Do what works for you! Right now I am seeing Excellent results with muscle growth and strength. BF% has risen...but it needed to from my previous 12%
When I start getting too "fat" I will adjust my diet but at this point I'm seeing muscle growth and strength/recovery improvement...I'm not trying to cut right now...so I don't see any reason to change it.
Also, it is my understanding that I need a higher calorie diet with AAS anyhow...I don't plan to alter the diet but just keep it as it is.
Before pics to follow.......
I appreciate input from experienced ladies, but my goal here is to document this for other women to gain knowledge and perspective from. This will not be my last...this is only the beginning for me and I plan to add in/experiment with other compounds in the future. I would like to lessen the stigma associated with women/bodybuilding/and AAS....so I plan to document my experience...good and bad.
Planning my first cycle on Var
Goals: build muscle
here are my stats:
36yrs old
5'6"
150lbs
bf% unconfirmed but at around 20%
I have been training for 2+ years
I have been "bulking" a good excuse for eating, sleeping and lifting through the winter....ill admit it. I just rebounded from a miserable experience prepping for competition as a natural competitor...I overtrained and crash dieted...it has been 5-6 months since I have been off the prep.
I do not wish to "cut" but rather excel my muscle building and recovery time as I like to train hard and lift heavy. I hope to eventually compete again..but it will NOT be in the immediate future
currently run a split routine...focused on building guns and widening my back and building shoulders. For this reason I try to hit back and bi-tri twice during the week if my schedule allows.
I never do the exact same workout twice...although some may be very similar
Mon - Quads
Tues - Chest Triceps
Wed- Shoulders
Thurs - Back Biceps
Fri - Hams Glutes
Sat - Bis -Tris
Sun - Back - Abs
This is just a "general" outline...My schedule always changes and so I never know which day will fall as a "rest" day often I have two or even three occaisionally... I switch workouts around on my schedule to fill in and keep each body part worked evenly. I also run 4miles at least twice a week.
I do a non-weighted ab exercise each day as a warm up in addition to warming up the specific body part to be used
Plan to run a 12 week cycle starting at 5mg 2x a day working up to 20 mg(total daily) if sides are tolerable
Diet...oh lets talk about diet...
right now I'm holding on to the "low carb" notion that was introduced to me during contest prep. However I am NOWHERE near the extreme that I was....I have reintroduced carbs but stick with rice, oatmeal, sweet potatoes and my occaisional indulgence on kamut/wheat cereal mmmmmm
so breakdown looks like this:
2,400 cal a day
carbs 20% = 121g
Protein 50% = 300g
Fat 30% = 80g
This is just what I have found works better for my body...I occaisionally indulge in carbs and consider this my "cheat meal" or "refeed" or just plain ol' YUM
I eat a LOT of protein and overall a LOT of calories for a woman...don't beat me up over this....lol!
Im just being honest....I'm not going to sit here and tell women that I'm eating 1500 calories because that is what they are going to try to emulate. Do what works for you! Right now I am seeing Excellent results with muscle growth and strength. BF% has risen...but it needed to from my previous 12%
When I start getting too "fat" I will adjust my diet but at this point I'm seeing muscle growth and strength/recovery improvement...I'm not trying to cut right now...so I don't see any reason to change it.
Also, it is my understanding that I need a higher calorie diet with AAS anyhow...I don't plan to alter the diet but just keep it as it is.
Before pics to follow.......
I guess I'm not a cool chick 
