Crystal's 1st Cycle Log. Anavar Only.

[OdieM]

Hip thrust work hips and lower back? I see females doing them all the time in the gym and always wanted to ask if I could jump in for a set

 

[GearGodess]

Hip thrust work hips and lower back? I see females doing them all the time in the gym and always wanted to ask if I could jump in for a set

Mostly booty magic with those!
My Odie! I've missed you... happy to see you

 

[GearGodess]

Day 3

Bumped up to 10 mg split twice a day. So far so good. Had so much energy during my workout and felt like I could've done more, but stopped myself as I didn't want to regret it later, ha.

I forgot to mention in my first post that I'm at about 18-20% body fat. I never measured but that's just my guesstimate.

Training today looked like:

Band hip thrust
3x10

Walking lunge
30lbs. 2x50 (25 per leg) *Struggled with these as I don't do weighted lunges often enough, but managed to finish them.

Reverse hyper
3x10

Lateral band walk (sumo walk) 2x20

Bench press
65lbs. 2x10

One arm hammer strength row 2x20 55lbs.

Facepulls
2x15 plate 4 (not sure how to weigh these as the plates are just in numerical order)
1x20 with 6 second hold on last rep, plate 3

Body weight dips
1x10 (PR, as I've only been able to do 7 in a row previously!) superset with
seated calf raise
75lbs 1x20 - total of 3x

Rope pull downs
1x9 plate 3,1x12 plate 2, 1x12 plate 2

Cable low row
2x18, plate 4

Abs
leg lifts and crunches

Here are some starting pics. Sorry for all the scribbling. Trying to be incognito but I have a feeling I'm still recognizable to those who know me, lol.
On the other hand, if they see me on here, they must be doing or researching the same thing. Right?!

Wish the scribbling on my front facing photo didn't cover some muscle definition on my biceps. Oh well.

Someone is a touch too modest... WOW what a beautiful taper in your back... you have a great base for greatness... watch out figure girls!!! You may need to take this further than just one and only experiment with var... you have great potential.

 

[Trapmonster]

You have a petite figure. See what I did there? Probably not the best choice of words. Who the hell calls a chick buff? You are definitely not from the south or you would know how to talk to a lady. I'm a married man now so I can't say what I really think of Crystal but it's definitely not BUFF.

My girl takes buff as a big compliment, so it depends on who you talk to I guess

 

[Happycamper]

My girl takes buff as a big compliment, so it depends on who you talk to I guess

Me too...I love being called buff. Lol.

 

[Crystal234]

Subbed.
Your legs look great!
Looks like you're doing everything right ma'am.

Thanks so much!

 

[Crystal234]

I'm always late but I'm definitely in. Great legs, and a solid build. Excited to see how far you take this.

Thank you and better late than never! I appreciate the support.

 

[Crystal234]

Hip thrust work hips and lower back? I see females doing them all the time in the gym and always wanted to ask if I could jump in for a set

Haha, they are the perfect glute exercise. Quads get a bit of a workout, too.

 

[Crystal234]

Someone is a touch too modest... WOW what a beautiful taper in your back... you have a great base for greatness... watch out figure girls!!! You may need to take this further than just one and only experiment with var... you have great potential.

Thank you. I would love to compete in figure one day but pregnancy has ruined my lower abs (stretch marks) and I have a tiny bit of stretched out skin. Nothing too bad, but it will be more noticeable once I lean out. I also have slight diastasis recti (ab separation) due to multiple pregnancies. *sigh*

 

[Crystal234]

Day 5

Feeling great and starting to see a bit more strength in my lifts!

I had so much energy and endurance during today's workout. Loving this so far!

barbell squats
1x6, 135lbs.
1x6, 145lbs.
1x6, 145lbs.

barbell hip thrust
1x6, 145lbs.
1x6, 155lbs.
1x6, 165lbs.


45 degree hyper
2 x 10, 45lb. dumbell


seated hamstring curls
2 x 10, 100lbs.

seated leg extension
1x10, 120lbs.
1x10, 140lbs. 


band side lying clam
2 x 20 (nice burn!)

dumbbell shoulder press
1x10, 25lb. dumbells
1x10, 30lb. dumbells

dumbell side lateral raise
2x10, 15lb. dumbells

front plate raise
2x7, 25lbs.


one arm dumbell row
2 x 10, 30lbs.

cable lat pull-down wide grip
2x10, 60lbs.

seated calf
2x20, 80lbs.

When I first started my cycle, my monthly visitor showed up (sorry guys!) and I was feeling gross and bloated. Now that it's gone, I can tell that I'm actually leaning out a tiny bit.

I know it's only day 5, but my abs seem a little more visible, unless my mind is playing tricks on me. Either way, I'll take it!

 

[Trapmonster]

Honestly, the first 2 weeks of noticeable gains is all due to the change in diet. So that means your off to a good start

 

[OdieM]

Honestly, the first 2 weeks of noticeable gains is all due to the change in diet. So that means your off to a good start

Not true at all. We're talking about women and orals. Maybe you should read up a bit on the difference between half life's, esters and orals. Also there's a reason women run shorter cycles then us and at less then a 1/4 of the dose a man would take. Really not busting your balls, it's common knowledge.

 

[Trapmonster]

Not true at all. We're talking about women and orals. Maybe you should read up a bit on the difference between half life's, esters and orals. Also there's a reason women run shorter cycles then us and at less then a 1/4 of the dose a man would take. Really not busting your balls, it's common knowledge.

Are you sure about the shorter part? From what I have seen women normally run var 8-12 weeks and primo up to 16 weeks, so I disagree there. While there are some that take a 6 week cycle the same can be said for a short cutting cycle with short esters. And yes I know about esters and half lives and orals. But even so, results really do not come in as early as the first week, let's be realistic here.

Edit: also smaller doses equals slower results, but in my experience orals dont normally start to show results until the end of week 2

 

[gr8whitetrukker]

Thank you. I would love to compete in figure one day but pregnancy has ruined my lower abs (stretch marks) and I have a tiny bit of stretched out skin. Nothing too bad, but it will be more noticeable once I lean out. I also have slight diastasis recti (ab separation) due to multiple pregnancies. *sigh*

That's alright! My wife looks great after 2 kids. Better than she did when we started "dating" and that goes WAY back before HS. That's what I tell her and I mean it. Sexy ass mom body mmm

 

[OdieM]

Are you sure about the shorter part? From what I have seen women normally run var 8-12 weeks and primo up to 16 weeks, so I disagree there. While there are some that take a 6 week cycle the same can be said for a short cutting cycle with short esters. And yes I know about esters and half lives and orals. But even so, results really do not come in as early as the first week, let's be realistic here.

Edit: also smaller doses equals slower results, but in my experience orals dont normally start to show results until the end of week 2

I've noticed here lately that these girls are running longer then normal cycles but really it's very bad to run an oral that long. Low dose or not. So yeah I'm sure. Also you said 2 weeks. The shit is in and out of your system in 8 hours. It's not rocket Science.Var is as effective to women as dbol is to a male. By week 2 on dbol I'm blowing up. I've seen some outstanding transformation from women running 5-10mg. I can point you in the direction of some reading material if you wish. Bill has a good article here.

 

[GearGodess]

Are you sure about the shorter part? From what I have seen women normally run var 8-12 weeks and primo up to 16 weeks, so I disagree there. While there are some that take a 6 week cycle the same can be said for a short cutting cycle with short esters. And yes I know about esters and half lives and orals. But even so, results really do not come in as early as the first week, let's be realistic here.

Edit: also smaller doses equals slower results, but in my experience orals dont normally start to show results until the end of week 2

Our small doses are equivalent to your male doses when looking at results... so I completely disagree with you on that one. I have talked to some that with certain compounds, they "felt it" the very next day, orals are short half lives, they kick in pretty quick. It's the diet and training that determines how fast you will "see it".

I've noticed here lately that these girls are running longer then normal cycles but really it's very bad to run an oral that long. Low dose or not. So yeah I'm sure. Also you said 2 weeks. The shit is in and out of your system in 8 hours. It's not rocket Science.Var is as effective to women as dbol is to a male. By week 2 on dbol I'm blowing up. I've seen some outstanding transformation from women running 5-10mg. I can point you in the direction of some reading material if you wish

As for the length... there is really no exact, 'must do this' way of doing things... females can run cycles ranging from 6 weeks up to 20 weeks with certain compounds. There is nothing wrong with that my dear.

 

[Happycamper]

I've noticed here lately that these girls are running longer then normal cycles but really it's very bad to run an oral that long. Low dose or not. So yeah I'm sure. Also you said 2 weeks. The shit is in and out of your system in 8 hours. It's not rocket Science.Var is as effective to women as dbol is to a male. By week 2 on dbol I'm blowing up. I've seen some outstanding transformation from women running 5-10mg. I can point you in the direction of some reading material if you wish. Bill has a good article here.

What is the cycle length you normally see? 8-12 weeks is what I have seen as well, as the doses are small and we often taper up and taper down throughout the cycle.

 

[GearGodess]

What is the cycle length you normally see? 8-12 weeks is what I have seen as well, as the doses are small and we often taper up and taper down throughout the cycle.

it really depends on the compound... var you can easily run 12 weeks... dbol or winny is fine at 6 weeks, some even are ok with 8 weeks... injectibles like EQ or Primo are always run for a long period of time and can go up to 20 weeks.

 

[Trapmonster]

I've noticed here lately that these girls are running longer then normal cycles but really it's very bad to run an oral that long. Low dose or not. So yeah I'm sure. Also you said 2 weeks. The shit is in and out of your system in 8 hours. It's not rocket Science.Var is as effective to women as dbol is to a male. By week 2 on dbol I'm blowing up. I've seen some outstanding transformation from women running 5-10mg. I can point you in the direction of some reading material if you wish. Bill has a good article here.

I've read them, and yes while I think 10 weeks is long, the toxic levels will never reach the saturation men will because of the low dose. I do admit the dose has to be that low and it will be similar to the results as a man taking a higher dose. I know the half life of orals is 8-12 hours but no way in hell did I look better after a day or 2 of taking an oral. You basically confirmed what I said, look at your post "by week 2" so a whole week, plus a few days over, by then yes you will see results. Did I not say by the end of week 2? Look at my post above. I've also read bill Roberts article, and as a matter of fact of been reading up on women and steroids for the last 6 months or so because I wanted to have an understanding of the effects on women before I fed var to my fiancé. You on the other hand have admit that you don't know much on the subject nor does your wife use, so experience wise on women you don't have much to go by, just your experience as a man. Like GG agreed initially it's about the diet, yes the orals will help with the results but in the first week I can honestly say it's the diet.

Edit: not wanting to argue, just stating facts.

 

[Happycamper]

it really depends on the compound... var you can easily run 12 weeks... dbol or winny is fine at 6 weeks, some even are ok with 8 weeks... injectibles like EQ or Primo are always run for a long period of time and can go up to 20 weeks.

Sorry, my question was directed at Odie as he was saying the var cycles here are longer than he's seen recommended.