Crystal's 1st Cycle Log. Anavar Only.

[Crystal234]

You have a great ass !!!!!!!

Gracias!

 

[Robfromga]

Probably not as my husband already put a ring on it, haha.

Lol. Good for him!

 

[Sabian]

Day 6

Today's workout was rather interesting as a portion of it was totally unplanned. I was warming up like usual, getting ready for my lifting session when a girlfriend of mine convinced me to join a 30 minute HIIT speed cycling class with her. Holy smokes, I was in Hell for the first 10 minutes and the other 20 were sort of a blur, haha. It did get easier as I was already numb from the pain.

I followed up the ride in Hell with:

band hip thrust (doubled up)
3 x 20

conventional deadlift
2 x 8, 135lbs.

RDL's
2x15, 80lbs.

standing hip abduction
2 x 20, 185lbs.

flat bench press
bar x 10
1x6, 70lbs.
1x8, 70lbs.

inverted row
2 x 10

plate-loaded lying down leg curls
2x10, 25lbs.

Post workout notes: I am freakin' sore! I think I messed up my knee a bit towards the end of my heavy squat session yesterday. I saw my right knee buckle in a bit when I started getting tired. Woke up with it feeling stiff and slightly puffy. Wearing a knee brace now, hoping it will help a bit.

I made a post recently asking for advice on how to not tweak my shoulder while doing the flat bench. I got some great advice from a handful of members here, and put those tips to use. Needless to say, I was pain free the entire time. Thank you so much to those of you who helped me out. I really appreciate it!

Rest day for the next two days and I'm so looking forward to it!

Post workout pic. I apologize in advance if this is offensive to some of you. I tried finding my most modest bottoms, yet revealing enough to show my most recent glute gainz. I know it's nothing spectacular, but I'm very proud of my progress, as this hasn't been easy. I'm not naturally blessed in the glute or leg department, so I've been putting in extra work.
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It's still very early in my cycle but I definitely see more fullness in my muscles. I'd love to shed a bit of fluff, especially around my midsection but I guess we can't have our cake and eat it too. Can we? They say anavar is supposed to burn visceral fat asides from being able to gain LBM, so hopefully that will be the case for me sooner or later.

Wow!! You look great

 

[Crystal234]

Wow!! You look great

Thank you!

 

[jaymaximus]

@Crystal234 will you marry me?

Probably not as my husband already put a ring on it, haha.

Damnit. Ive been coming back in here to see your answer. I was hoping Meso was turning into love connection.

Did you even bring it up to your husband? Just see how he feels before you make that probably not a definite no.

 

[Crystal234]

Damnit. Ive been coming back in here to see your answer. I was hoping Meso was turning into love connection.

Did you even bring it up to your husband? Just see how he feels before you make that probably not a definite no.

Hahaha, I'll be sure to let you know if he changes his mind.

 

[Robfromga]

Wait wait...so I've got a chance? Hell, I better shave!

 

[Crystal234]

Day 7 4/9/16
Rest day. Enjoyed taking time off as my body really needs it.


Day 8
I decided to bump up my dosage to 12.5mg per day. Split in half, morning and evening. I do not plan on going up any more than this. 12.5mg is definitely the max. Hoping to run this for at least another 8 weeks and will taper down. Of course, this all depends on how my body reacts to this dosage.

My appetite has decreased a bit more since upping my dosage this morning. I managed to force-feed myself yesterday and got all my macros/cals in. Not fun but I did it.

Today is another rest day and I really had to fight the urge to hit the gym this morning. I was cursing my husband as he was heading out the door, laughing at the fact that I had to stay my butt home while he got to smash some weights at the gym. Bastard, lol. It doesn't help that I had this huge burst of energy once the var started kicking in.
Tomorrow seems so far away. Grrrrrrr.

 

[Devika]

Rest is just as important as what you do at the gym. Definately needed!
My body has been loving taking a day off in between trainings. Really makes a huge difference.
I haven't noticed any increase of energy after taking the var. I usually take a dose right before bed and I don't feel anything.

I've been thinking about going up to 10 again and see if I can tolerate it for 4 weeks and then come back to 5 mgs. We'll see.

 

[Crystal234]

Rest is just as important as what you do at the gym. Definately needed!
My body has been loving taking a day off in between trainings. Really makes a huge difference.
I haven't noticed any increase of energy after taking the var. I usually take a dose right before bed and I don't feel anything.

I've been thinking about going up to 10 again and see if I can tolerate it for 4 weeks and then come back to 5 mgs. We'll see.

Yes, you are right. I attempted to do some ab work earlier but cut I short as I wasn't feeling it since I was just at home. Glad I took these two days of rest. Do you train every other day or just keep it to three per week?

I only feel the burst of energy from var in the morning. Evening, I feel a weird head change but not the feeling of being on speed, like I am in the morning, ha.

Good luck with hoping your does back to 10. Hopefully all will be fine.

 

[RodgerThat]

Rest days are were true mental toughness comes in! But because your resting doesn't mean you can't move, try yoga or mobility workouts, light steady state to get the blood flowing then long static stretching. Feed your body and make sure it doesn't get rusty that's what rest days are for. Also no need to taper off the var at the end of cycle as it'll be out of your system within days of ceasing

 

[Devika]

I train every other day.
Sometimes I do cardio and abs on my "rest days" but I kinda slacked off this week bc I thought maybe the lack of rest was affecting my squats, since I can't seem to pass 165
Taking a rest day in between def took me out of my comfort zone bc I was so used to working out 6x a week.
However, I wanted to experiment a completely different routine and I gotta say I'm pretty pleased with the results.
I think the hardest part was finding things to do that did not involve the gym lol

 

[OdieM]

Rest days are were true mental toughness comes in! But because your resting doesn't mean you can't move, try yoga or mobility workouts, light steady state to get the blood flowing then long static stretching. Feed your body and make sure it doesn't get rusty that's what rest days are for. Also no need to taper off the var at the end of cycle as it'll be out of your system within days of ceasing

Agree, most of the times on my rest days I still go to the gym and do cardio and abs that day. I make sure I have at least one day a week where I do nothing though. Always waking up the morning after rest day looking great and wished I could always look like that. Rest is key but don't over do it.

 

[Crystal234]

Rest days are were true mental toughness comes in! But because your resting doesn't mean you can't move, try yoga or mobility workouts, light steady state to get the blood flowing then long static stretching. Feed your body and make sure it doesn't get rusty that's what rest days are for. Also no need to taper off the var at the end of cycle as it'll be out of your system within days of ceasing

@RodgerThat
Very true, but I forced myself to do absolutely nothing in case my body needed it, ha. I think from now on, I will still do active rest days on the weekends.

I hear a lot of back and forth regarding whether females should taper off or not. I read a recent article linked here on Meso that said we should taper off. I'll find the link and tag you.

 

[Crystal234]

I train every other day.
Sometimes I do cardio and abs on my "rest days" but I kinda slacked off this week bc I thought maybe the lack of rest was affecting my squats, since I can't seem to pass 165
Taking a rest day in between def took me out of my comfort zone bc I was so used to working out 6x a week.
However, I wanted to experiment a completely different routine and I gotta say I'm pretty pleased with the results.
I think the hardest part was finding things to do that did not involve the gym lol

Having one rest day in between workouts is doable but what killed me is having to take 48 hours off to rest. I wanted to see if my body really needed the whole 48 to reset. Will be doing some cardio and abs on the weekends, instead.

I'm the same as you and used to working out 6x per week. Still trying to get used to this new schedule.

 

[Crystal234]

Day 9

I noticed today that my muscles are starting to have the hard var look that everyone talks about. Loving it so far.

I was so ancy to get in a much needed workout this morning, after taking 48 hours of rest. Way too long! However, I must admit that I felt stronger today and even hit a few PR's.

barbell back squats
warmup 45lbs, 2x15
145lbs 1x8
155 1x7 <----PR!
155 1x7

barbell hip thrust pyramid
135lbs. 1 x 10
185lbs. 1 x 8
235lbs. 1 x 6 with a 10 second hold on last rep. <---PR!

45 degree hyper
45lbs 2x10

kettbell deadlifts
80lbs. 2x15

lat pull down
#6 plate, 1x10
#7 plate, 1x10 <----PR!
Burned out with #4 plate, 1x16

bb bench press
bar x 12
75lbs. 1x8
75lbs. 1x8

SUPERSET THESE TWO EXERCISES X3
cable glute kickbacks
#3 plate, 1x10
cable side abductions
#2 plate, 1x10

body weight chin ups
2x6


*Additional notes*
I started experiencing the crazy muscle pumps while working out. They're pretty strong but not so much that they are painful. As I'm sitting here typing, my muscles feel really tense. It's kind of hard to explain. Almost as if they are on the verge of cramping up, ha.

Libido is still high. It has gone up a bit more since I have upped my dose yesterday. No complaints here. Clit sensitivity is still present. Again, no complaints.

I'm starting to see my body recomp. It's quite fun to wake up in the morning and check yourself out in the mirror to see if there are any slight changes. I may be holding on to a little bit of water, though. Will try to up how much I drink and see if it subsides.

Thinking about buying one of those handheld body fat monitors. They aren't accurate, but at least I'll have something to go by.

And, that's all for now folks.

 

[OdieM]

Why did you throw in the set of bench press? Just think it's kinda odd considering your workout was a back and butt workout. Plus I find that it's good to work a big muscle with a little muscle. Such as back with bis and chest with tris.

 

[Crystal234]

Why did you throw in the set of bench press? Just think it's kinda odd considering your workout was a back and butt workout. Plus I find that it's good to work a big muscle with a little muscle. Such as back with bis and chest with tris.

@OdieM I posted the original layout on my very first post of this log. It has all the workouts that I'm supposed to do for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

It does seem kind of odd that chest is in there today, but if you look at the plan, it is primarily focused on glute building and I think he just adds in a couple chest and back exercises to make sure that upper body isn't totally neglected.

I heavily modified the program by changing reps/sets and substituting exercises, and also adding in extra workouts (mainly upper body) because I feel like it isn't enough. I'm so used to doing split body part workouts. If you don't mind, please take a peek at my first post and let me know what ya think.

I am in it for the glute gains, but I sure as hell don't want to neglect my upper body. I'm wondering if I should just go back to split body parts. =/

 

[OdieM]

@OdieM I posted the original layout on my very first post of this log. It has all the workouts that I'm supposed to do for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

It does seem kind of odd that chest is in there today, but if you look at the plan, it is primarily focused on glute building and I think he just adds in a couple chest and back exercises to make sure that upper body isn't totally neglected.

I heavily modified the program by changing reps/sets and substituting exercises, and also adding in extra workouts (mainly upper body) because I feel like it isn't enough. I'm so used to doing split body part workouts. If you don't mind, please take a peek at my first post and let me know what ya think.

I am in it for the glute gains, but I sure as hell don't want to neglect my upper body. I'm wondering if I should just go back to split body parts. =/

Ahh, gotcha. I had read your intro before but guess I didn't see the oddly 1 set of upper body in there. You are going for a full on booty transformation. I would say that's a first for Meso. We will need LOTS of pics of the transformation. I'm kidding.

Even when I'm not happy with a particular body part I don't focus on just that body part everyday. Not saying your not happy with your ass because quite frankly it is amazing. Just saying like your earlier conversation that rest is needed for muscles. Im not the ass guru though and I know very little about what works for women. Seems to be working for you so if it ain't broke don't fix it.

 

[Wendylifts]

Damn those hip thruster numbers! Fantastic!


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