First cycle log

[StillMind]

Switching it up to 3 days on 1 off for recovery.

11/2/18 Legs


Leg press

• 160x12 / 200x12 / 240x12

Lying leg curl

• 80x12 / 110x12 / 140x6

Leg ext

• 125x12 / 125x12 / 125x12

Seated calf ext

• 80x12 / 100x12 / 140x12

Abductors

• 130x12 / 160x12 / 190x12

Adductors

• 130x12 / 160x12 / 190x12

11/1/18 Arms & Shoulders


Arnold curls

• 30x12 / 30x12 / 30x12

Lying dumbbell ext

• 30x12 / 30x12 / 30x12

Smith seated shoulder press

• 95x12 / 95x12 / 95x12

Concentration curls

• 30x12 / 30x10 / 27.5x10

Seated dumbbell ext

• 30x12 / 30x12 / 30x12

Seated lateral raise

• 20x12 / 20x12 / 20x12

10/31/18 Chest & Back


Dumbbell press

• 70x12 / 80x10 / 90x8

Dumbbell row

• 105x12 / 115x10 / 120x8

Chest press machine

• 180x12 / 230x10 / 280x8

Lat pull down machine

• 180x12 / 270x12 / 320x10

10/29/18 Legs


Squats

• 275x5 / 295x5 / 315x4 / 335x1

SLDL

• 225x8 / 315x5 / 315x5

Leg ext drop set

• 150x10 / 125x10 / 100x10

Leg curl drop set

• 145x10 / 115x10 / 85x10

10/28/18 Arms & Shoulders


Arnold press

• 45x12 / 55x10 / 65x8

Curls

• 45x12 / 55x10 / 65x7

Skull crushers

• 100x12 / 110x10 / 120x7

Lateral raises

• 30x12 / 35x10 / 40x8

Bent over concentration curls

• 30x12 / 35x10 / 40x8

Rope pull down

• 160x12 / 180x10 / 200x8

Front raises

• 30x12 / 35x10 / 40x8

Hercules curls

• 35x7 / 25x12 / 30x10

Lying dumbbell ext

• 30x12 / 35x10 / 40x8

Leg lifts ss Cable crunches

• 12ss200x15 / 12ss200x15 / 12ss200x15

 

[Worf]

Thanks man, It’s been a lot of hard work. With my diet, I do mini cuts when my body fat gets a little too high but overall it’s all been bulk. I’ll have a little bit of weight to cut off when I come off.

When finishing a cycle or blast, is it best to finish out working on strength or pump/size?

I mean thats really personal preference, goal dependent. If youve put on more strength than expected maybe switch gears to hypertrophy training. Not sure how many weeks you have left. If its just 2-3 I would keep on trucking the way you are. When you come off maintenance and recovery are the game. Personally Id rather plan a cycle depending on goals. Hypertrophy only , strength/size, cut/maintain, recomp, etc. There will often be overlap but trying to cut, bulk, and powerlift is going to be next to impossible outside a 15 year old newbie gains or trt recomp (either of which take year(s) not months). Have a goal for the duration 8 weeks, 10, 12 weeks, 13, 15 weeks or whatever. This will change the compounds you take, pct, calorie intake, training style etc. For a first cycle I think youre doing really good, dont get too excited and try to do too many different things all at once. Steroids arent magic.

 

[StillMind]

I mean thats really personal preference, goal dependent. If youve put on more strength than expected maybe switch gears to hypertrophy training. Not sure how many weeks you have left. If its just 2-3 I would keep on trucking the way you are. When you come off maintenance and recovery are the game. Personally Id rather plan a cycle depending on goals. Hypertrophy only , strength/size, cut/maintain, recomp, etc. There will often be overlap but trying to cut, bulk, and powerlift is going to be next to impossible outside a 15 year old newbie gains or trt recomp (either of which take year(s) not months). Have a goal for the duration 8 weeks, 10, 12 weeks, 13, 15 weeks or whatever. This will change the compounds you take, pct, calorie intake, training style etc. For a first cycle I think youre doing really good, dont get too excited and try to do too many different things all at once. Steroids arent magic.

For this cycle I wanted a bulk but finish at similar body fat that I started. Today is the start of week 11, going to cruise at 150-200 after week 12. I do want to try Mast some time, but for now my cycles will probably be Test and Var.

Steroids definitely aren’t magic. But properly eating, sleeping, lifting and taking steroids is definitely magic. When I eat mostly lean meat, I packed it on quick and if my diet slipped, so did my LBM. Learned a lot this cycle for the next.


11/5/18 Arms & Shoulders


Dumbbell curls

• 40x12 / 50x10 / 60x8

Rope pull down

• 160x12 / 180x10 / 200x7

Arnold press

• 50x12 / 55x10 / 60x8

21s

• 55x21 / 55x21 / 55x21

Lying dumbbell ext

• 30x12 / 35x10 / 40x8

Lateral raises

• 30x8 / 35x8 / 40x8

11/4/18 Chest & Back


Dips

• 12 / 12 / 12

Pull ups

• 12 / 12 / 12

Incline bench press

• 185x6 / 185x8 / 185x7

Lat pull down

• 150x12 / 180x8 / 150x10

Dumbbell press

• 75x12 / 85x10 / 95x8

Cable row

• 165x12 / 195x10 / 225x8

Decline cable fly

• 30x12 / 30x12 / 30x7

T bar row

• 195x8 / 220x8 / 245x8

 

[StillMind]

Hit some bumps in the road over the last week or so. Took some time off to travel, came back sick and have missed quite a few workouts. Monday was my last injection at 250mg/2xWk, finishing out week 12. skipped yesterday’s and am going down to 100mg Monday and Friday for a bit.

11/12/18 Chest & Back


Bench press

• 135x12 / 205x8 / 225x6

Bent over row

• 135x12 / 205x8 / 225x6

Dumbbell incline press

• 70x12 / 80x10 / 90x6

Lat pull down close hammer grip

• 180x12 / 210x8 / 240x6

Dumbbell fly

• 30x12 / 35x10 / 40x6

Cable row

• 180x12 / 210x10 / 240x6

Side plate crunch SS lying leg lift

• 45x12ss12 / 45x12ss12

11/6/18 Legs


Cycle

• lvl 10 5 min

Deadlift

• 225x12 / 275x10 / 315x8

Barbell calf raise

• 225x20 / 275x15 / 315x12

Leg ext

• 138x12 / 173x10 / 206x8

Leg curls

• 167x12 / 230x10 / 246x8

 

[StillMind]

11/20/18 Legs

Cycle
• lvl 10 x 5 min
Clean jerk

• 95x8 / 115x4 / 135x2 / 185x1

Single leg press

• 150x8 / 200x8 / 250x8

Leg ext

• 206x8 / 173x10 / 138x12

Leg curls

• 205x8 / 175x10 / 145x12

Barbell calf raises

• 225x12 / 225x12 / 225x20

11/19/18 Arms & Shoulders


Hammer curls

• 40x12 / 50x10 / 60x8

Dumbbell skullcrushers

• 80x12 / 90x10 / 100x8

Seated military press

• 65x12 / 95x10 / 115x3

21s

• 45x21 / 45x21 / 45x21

Rope pull down

• 140x12 / 160x10 / 180x8

Lateral raises

• 25x12 / 30x10 / 35x8

Bent over concentration curl

• 30x10 / 30x10 / 30x10

Lying tricep ext

• 30x10 / 30x10 / 30x10

Front raises

• 30x10 / 30x10 / 30x10

 

[Worf]

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