First cycle log

[StillMind]

On the plus side, gyno has started going away. I don’t feel anything hard underneath anymore, there’s is only fat. I haven’t started my AI yet either. Should I throw in some Tamoxifen for the next few weeks before my AI? Starting that about week 3 or 4.

 

[StillMind]

Today’s was a fun day lifting, I got my father in law back into the gym. Felt like lifting with the boys all over again. Tomorrow he’s going to start lifting with me in the mornings at his gym. Should see some really solid gains having a lifting partner.

Also started focusing on the squeeze on the lats and lower back on deadlifts. Felt great for back day. I wanted to do rack pulls, but by time it was free we were already burning out.

9/3/18 Back


Chin ups varying grips perfect form
8 / 8 / 8

Behind the neck pull down

• 40x15 / 70x12 / 100x12

Straight leg dead lift (lat Sqz)

• 135x15 / 215x12 / 315x8

Bent over row

• 135x12 / 135x12 / 135x12

Lat pulldown

• 100x12 / 130x12 / 160x10

Lat machine row

• 75x12 / 100x10 / 50x15

Dumbbell row

• 50x12 / 50x12 / 50x12

Lateral dumbbell circles

• 15x10 / 15x10 / 15x10

Concentration curls

• 30x12

Arnold curls

• 20x12 / 30x12 / 30x12

Dumbbell tricep extension

• 30x12 / 30x12 / 30x10

Cable crunches (highest this gym goes)

• 95x12 / 95x12 / 95x12

 

[StillMind]

Leg feels like a needle moved around in it. Another good lift at the new Gym. Always best when it’s just you and trainers there.

Feeling more aggressive/alpha in life. Energy is staying high from 6am to almost 10pm. Libido is through the fucking roof. Lifts and stamina are going up. Muscles are looking fuller. Just need to weigh myself to see if there’s a scale difference.

9/4/18 Arms


Hammer curls

• 40x12 / 45x10 / 50x8

Dumbbell seated skull crusher

• 50x12 / 60x10 / 80x8

Military press

• 65x12 / 85x10 / 105x8

21s

• 50x21 / 50x21 / 50x21

Push downs (machine only goes to 95 but feels like the other gyms 180ish)

• 50x12 / 72.5x10 / 95x8

Lateral raises

• 20x12 / 25x10 / 30x8

Concentration curls

• 25x12 / 30x10 / 35x8

Dumbbell hammer extensions

• 25x12 / 30x10 / 35x8

Front raises

• 25x12 / 30x10 / 35x8

 

[StillMind]

Great news! Tipped the scale at 198 @ 12% from 193.5 @ 11.4%. Stamina is coming back. Hour plus, nonstop workouts are becoming a regular thing.

Felt a little annoyed yesterday but nothing major. Towards the end of the day though, my nipples started itching. Reread through advice I’ve been give and multiple posts. Popped 6.25mg of Aromasin and 20mg of Tamoxifen last night. Then took another 20mg of Tamoxifen this morning with my NAC. Figure I’ll run it for four days and see how I feel. Nipples shrunk back down and aren’t a bother today.

Today’s workout

9/5/18 Legs


Leg extensions

• 50x15 / 100x15

Squat alternate close to reg stance

• 135x10 / 185x8 / 205x8 / 225x8

Barbbell calf raises SS donkey raises

• 225x12ss20 / 225x12ss20 / 225x12ss20

Leg press high and wide

• 90x12 / 270x12 / 450x10

Leg curls

• 110x12 / 150x8 / 175x8

Decline crunches

• 45x12 / 45x12 / 45x12

 

[StillMind]

Today’s update

Weighed in at 200 @ 11.2 dehydrated this morning. Nothing to update about side effects. Everything is being managed well.

9/6/18 Chest & Back


Flat bench (down slow, pause, burst up)

• 135x10 / 155x8 / 175x8

Wide grip pulldown

• 100x12 / 130x10 / 160x8

Incline dumbbell Press

• 60x12 / 70x10 / 80x6

Machine hammer row

• 100x12 / 150x10 / 200x8

Dumbbell flat bench fly

• 25x12 / 30x10 / 35x10

Hammer grip lat pulldown

• 100x12 / 130x10 / 160x8

Plate press incline

• 45x12 / 45x12 / 45x12

Dumbbell pullover

• 45x12 / 55x10 / 65x8

 

[StillMind]

Weighed 199 this morning at 10.8%, which makes sense since my calories were at 3200 yesterday. My workout felt like it was way too short at an hour and fifteen minutes.

Injection went smoother this morning, no pip nor soreness. This time I gripped it like a hammer and used my thumb for the plunger. Only issue is my hand shook a little while pressing down. Practice makes perfect.

Current side effects noticed are that I’m always running hot and I’m feeling the alpha test spike. Don’t really mind either, I’m just needing a few hits to mellow me back out.

Overall, feeling great. Mood is always positive and haven’t had any issues for the last week or so. I feel like TRT will be a good way to go for quality of life after this.

9/7/18 Arms & Shoulders


Hammer curls

• 40x12 / 45x10 / 50x8

Ez bar skull crushers

• 60x12 / 70x10 / 80x8

Smith machine behind the neck press

• 95x12 / 115x10 / 135x8

Arnold curls

• 30x12 / 35x10 / 40x8

Rope pull down apart

• 35x12 / 42.5x10/ 50x8

Lateral raises

• 25x8 / 30x8 / 35x8

Hercules curls

• 20x12 / 30x10 / 35x8

Single arm cable pull down

• 20x12 / 25x10 / 30x4 failure

Reverse pec deck

• 100x12 / 115x10 / 130x8

 

[StillMind]

So far, so good. Everything has been smooth sailing. No pip or soreness today. Got a nice pump on today’s leg day.

9/8/18 Legs


Deadlifts

• 135x10 / 225x10 / 315x8 / 135x10

Single leg smith squat

• 95x12 / 115x10 / 135x10

Smith calf raises on platform

• 225x20 / 225x10 / 225x8

Smith sissy squat

• 135x10 / 135x10/ 135x10

Leg press

• 180x15 / 180x15

Leg extensions

• 100x12 / 125x10 / 150x10

Abductor

• 100x12 / 125x12 / 150x12

Adductor

• 100x12 / 125x12 / 150x10

 

[FourOneDeuxFitt]

So far, so good. Everything has been smooth sailing. No pip or soreness today. Got a nice pump on today’s leg day.

9/8/18 Legs


Deadlifts

• 135x10 / 225x10 / 315x8 / 135x10

Single leg smith squat

• 95x12 / 115x10 / 135x10

Smith calf raises on platform

• 225x20 / 225x10 / 225x8

Smith sissy squat

• 135x10 / 135x10/ 135x10

Leg press

• 180x15 / 180x15

Leg extensions

• 100x12 / 125x10 / 150x10

Abductor

• 100x12 / 125x12 / 150x12

Adductor

• 100x12 / 125x12 / 150x10

Sissy squats are a favorite of mine. If I could make a recommendation to you to give a shot next leg day after warming up and hitting deadlifts try hitting leg extensions then followed by your adductor work before going into squats and finish with sissy squats... tell me how that pump feels. Also, your squats should feel a hell of a lot smoother as well with the quads full of blood and adductors primed up.

 

[StillMind]

Sissy squats are a favorite of mine. If I could make a recommendation to you to give a shot next leg day after warming up and hitting deadlifts try hitting leg extensions then followed by your adductor work before going into squats and finish with sissy squats... tell me how that pump feels. Also, your squats should feel a hell of a lot smoother as well with the quads full of blood and adductors primed up.

Definitely giving that a try, haven’t ever thought to do that order before.

 

[FourOneDeuxFitt]

Definitely giving that a try, haven’t ever thought to do that order before.

Learn it from Meadows. He’s big on doing adductor work before squats and some isolation work as well. Most of his leg days start out and end with a hamstring variation. Which, in my case is great because they definitely need work.

 

[StillMind]

Learn it from Meadows. He’s big on doing adductor work before squats and some isolation work as well. Most of his leg days start out and end with a hamstring variation. Which, in my case is great because they definitely need work.

Okay, so adductors/abductors then extensions and curls, hit the main lifts and finish off with leg curls?

 

[FourOneDeuxFitt]

Okay, so adductors/abductors then extensions and curls, hit the main lifts and finish off with leg curls?

Extensions and curl, adductor/abductorS, compounds, Dumbbell SLDL. Give that a shot.

 

[StillMind]

9/10/18 Chest & Back


Flat bench TUT

• 135x12 / 155x10 / 185x5 / 155x7

T Bar row

• 95x12 / 145x12 / 195x10

Dumbbell incline press

• 60x12 / 70x10 / 80x5

Lat pulldown wide grip assisted

• 8 / -25x10 / -25x10

Dips

• 10 / 10 / 10

Hammer pulldowns

• 75x12 / 125x12 / 150x10

Peck deck

• 115x12 / 145x10 / 175x8

Machine hammer row

• 115x12 / 145x10 / 175x8

Cable crunch SS decline bench

• 95x12 / 95x12 / 95x12
• 135x12 / 155x12 / 155x12

 

[StillMind]

Extensions and curl, adductor/abductorS, compounds, Dumbbell SLDL. Give that a shot.

I’m going to give that a shot Wednesday. Trying to get these babies to grow.

 

[StillMind]

Today’s lifts

9/11/18 Arms & Shoulders


Rotating curls

• 35x12 / 45x8 / 45x8

Seated dumbbell extension

• 60x12 / 70x10 / 80x8

Arnold press

• 40x12 / 45x10 / 50x8

Ez bar curls

• 50x12 / 60x10 / 70x8

Push downs reverse

• 50x12 / 65x10 / 80x8

Lateral raises

• 20x12 / 25x10 / 30x8

Concentration curls

• 30x8 / 30x8 / 30x8

Standing dumbbell extensions

• 30x8 / 30x8 / 30x8

Front raises

• 25x8 / 30x8 / 35x8

 

[StillMind]

What do you guys recommend on AI for right now. I’m halfway through week three.

AI and SERMs have been

9/4 - 9/12 20mg of Tamoxifen
9/4 6.25mg Aromasin
9/8 6.25mg Aromasin
9/10 12.5mg Aromasin
9/12 6.25mg Aromasin

I started taking AI the day after my injections. Then went to Day of injections at 12.5mg after noticing by the night injection my nips were getting itchy and my moods were off. My energy crashed the last two days after doubling dosage. Went back to 6.25mg today and feel fine. 6.25mg two to three times a week seems to be the sweet spot for me. I won’t really know for a few more weeks till my blood test.

Any weigh in would be helpful. And the Tamoxifen is to see if I can shrink down my gyno. So far it has been working.

Today’s lifts

9/12/18 Legs

Leg extensions

• 102x10 / 126x10 / 149x10

Leg curls

• 133x10 / 167x10 / 199x10

Adductors

• 100x10 / 130x10 / 160x10

Abductors

• 100x10 / 130x10 / 160x10

Squats

• 185x8 / 205x8 / 225x8

Straight leg deadlift

• 225x8 / 225x8 / 225x8

Leg extensions

• 78x8 / 78x8 / 78x8

Leg curls

• 97x8 / 97x8 / 133x8

 

[StillMind]

9/13/18 Chest and Back


Chest press machine

• 90x12 / 180x10 / 230x8

Lat pulldown machine

• 90x12 / 180x10 / 230x10

Incline dumbbell press

• 60x8 / 70x8 / 80x7

Bent over row

• 135x8 / 185x8 / 185x8

Dumbbell fly flat bench

• 25x8 / 30x8 / 35x8

Single arm lat pulldown machine

• 90x8 / 90x8 / 90x8

Decline cable fly

• 25x10 / 30x10 / 35x7

Cable pullover

• 100x12 / 140x10 / 160x8

Cable crunch SS double crunch

• 200x12ss12 / 200x12ss12 / 200x8ss12

 

[StillMind]

9/14/18 Arms & Shoulders


Hammer curls

• 40x12 / 45x10 / 50x8

Dumbbell skull crushers

• 70x12 / 80x10 / 90x8

Dumbbell press

• 50x12 / 55x10 / 60x8

Preacher curl machine

• 95x12 / 110x10 / 125x8

Cable push downs

• 160x12 / 180x10 / 200x8

Lateral raises

• 25x8 / 30x8 / 35x8

Concentration curls

• 35x8 / 35x8 / 35x8

Overhead rope extension

• 120x8 / 100x10 / 80x12

Cable lateral raises (end on drop set)

• 35x12 / 40x10 / 25x10

Leg lifts

• 12 / 12 / 12

 

[StillMind]

Must have ate and rested good this weekend. Weighed in at 204 around 11.8%. Have been feeling a little lethargic again. So I cut out AI completely and am continuing Tomaxifen daily till I can find balance.

Really blown away from my LBM increase from 171 to 180 in 4 weeks and no real fat increase. My bf did rollercoaster, but I don’t mind as long as I stay under 12%.

Going to keep moving the scale for the next two weeks and hopefully hit 210 around 11-12%. Then take my Anavar for October and finish out between 210-215 under 10% by week 10. I’ll determine on finishing at that point or squeeze out an extra two weeks on test only for a total of 12 weeks.

Welcome to week four

9/17/18 Legs


Leg extension

• 115x12 / 138x10 / 161x8

Leg curls

• 152x12 / 183x10 / 214x8

Adductors

• 100x12 / 130x10 / 160x8

Abductors

• 100x12 / 130x10 / 160x8

Squats

• 135x8 / 205x8 / 235x8

Straight leg deadlifts

• 225x8 / 295x8 / 315x8

Leg extensions

• 102x8 / 102x8 / 102x8

Lying leg curls

• 50x8 / 80x8 / 80x8

Decline lying leg lifts

• 12 / 12 / 12

Side plate crunch

• 45x12 / 45x12 / 45x12

 

[StillMind]

Spoke too soon on the AI. Nipple started getting itchy by about 6pm, took 6.25mg of Aromasin. That dose seems to get the job done.

Starting to feel the test. Where I’d normally fail, it kicks in and the reps just keeps going. That and as long as I eat clean, my body fat drops and muscle gets packed on in its place.

9/18/18 Chest & Back


Bench press

• 135x12 / 185x8 / 185x6 / 185x6

Bent over row

• 135x12 / 185x10 / 185x10

Hammer incline press

• 40x12 / 50x10 / 60x8

Lat pulldown

• 180x12 / 230x10 / 250x8

Decline cable fly

• 25x12 / 30x10 / 35x8

Cable row

• 135x12 / 150x10 / 165x8

Dumbbell fly

• 30x10 / 30x10 / 30x10

Behind the neck pulldown

• 135x12 / 150x10 / 165x8

Abcoaster

• 20x12 / 20x12 / 20x12