Hey guys I’m pretty new here and this is my first cycle ever so I wanted to make this log to track my progress post some pictures and also to hear out any pointers for what I’m doing specifically. I guess this can be sort of my introduction as well.
I’m 27, 185lbs 5’ 10” and been lifting natural for roughly 8ish years on and off, but quite religiously the past 2. I’m decently strong. 265 bench, 315 squat, 405 deadlift. These are probably wimpy numbers to a lot of you guerillas out there but I have pretty good endurance, I’m able to run half and even full marathons depending on where I’ve been training in that span of time. For now I’m going to bury the cardio hatchet and focus on muscle, strength and physique though.
The past 8 months I had fallen off the train hard with my diet, I was up to 198lbs at the highest only a month ago, now down to 185. This is mainly a cutting cycle but I’m going to up my food intake the last 4 weeks to get some modest strength gains in while I can. Is this normal or even worth trying? 4 weeks of cutting and 4 weeks of gains? I feel like a cookie dough ball. Skinny arms, square squishy torso haha.
Im already 2 weeks in to my cycle at 100mg EOD of test P and 30mg Stano ED. I wanted to see what effects test would have on me so I used prop just to start out with. I just started pinning 2 x a week 250mg Test C and a longer ester 200mg Mast with a shorter mast ester 100mg. I understand better now that bloods are important but I didn’t get my bloods done before cycle to understand my baseline but I will get bloods done after PCT.
I have really zoned in my diet the past 3 weeks. I don’t really track macros, fats, carbs etc too much honestly but I am staying at around only 1800 calories a day. Mostly grilled chicken, vegetables and protein smoothies. Occasionally if I need to eat out for work I’ll get the healthiest thing possible on the menu from some place like chipotle or subway. I.e. bowl with light rice, lettuce meat no cheese or steak egg and cheese flatbread with white egg. No drinking, this used to be a huge problem for me.
Since I still go to the gym at least 5x a week the weight loss has been pretty steady of course but I am wondering if maybe I’m over doing it with the calorie deficit. Some guys on here are cutting at 2500 calories a day. That’s nuts to me, I feel like my metabolism has already slowed way the hell down for that to even work. Let me know what you guys think.
I’m 27, 185lbs 5’ 10” and been lifting natural for roughly 8ish years on and off, but quite religiously the past 2. I’m decently strong. 265 bench, 315 squat, 405 deadlift. These are probably wimpy numbers to a lot of you guerillas out there but I have pretty good endurance, I’m able to run half and even full marathons depending on where I’ve been training in that span of time. For now I’m going to bury the cardio hatchet and focus on muscle, strength and physique though.
The past 8 months I had fallen off the train hard with my diet, I was up to 198lbs at the highest only a month ago, now down to 185. This is mainly a cutting cycle but I’m going to up my food intake the last 4 weeks to get some modest strength gains in while I can. Is this normal or even worth trying? 4 weeks of cutting and 4 weeks of gains? I feel like a cookie dough ball. Skinny arms, square squishy torso haha.
Im already 2 weeks in to my cycle at 100mg EOD of test P and 30mg Stano ED. I wanted to see what effects test would have on me so I used prop just to start out with. I just started pinning 2 x a week 250mg Test C and a longer ester 200mg Mast with a shorter mast ester 100mg. I understand better now that bloods are important but I didn’t get my bloods done before cycle to understand my baseline but I will get bloods done after PCT.
I have really zoned in my diet the past 3 weeks. I don’t really track macros, fats, carbs etc too much honestly but I am staying at around only 1800 calories a day. Mostly grilled chicken, vegetables and protein smoothies. Occasionally if I need to eat out for work I’ll get the healthiest thing possible on the menu from some place like chipotle or subway. I.e. bowl with light rice, lettuce meat no cheese or steak egg and cheese flatbread with white egg. No drinking, this used to be a huge problem for me.
Since I still go to the gym at least 5x a week the weight loss has been pretty steady of course but I am wondering if maybe I’m over doing it with the calorie deficit. Some guys on here are cutting at 2500 calories a day. That’s nuts to me, I feel like my metabolism has already slowed way the hell down for that to even work. Let me know what you guys think.
