Currently on my last 4 weeks of a 500 Test C/350 NPP cycle that started off with 8 weeks of 50 mg ED Anavar. Eating around 3700-4k calories per day usually.
I track the following metrics:
1. Body weight
2. Just aesthetics via pictures in the mirror
3. Muscle measurements with a measuring tape: arms, forearms, thighs, calves, chest, shoulders, neck, hips, glutes, stomach/abs, wrists/ankles.
4. Caliper skin fold measurements, just measuring R/L love handle and stomach. The formulas they try to give you are worthless, but I find tracking skinfold size just to see the trend to be very beneficial. I know I haven't gained much fat during this cycle thanks to not only pics but also quantifying and tracking my skinfold measurements!
5. Lifts: weight and reps.
6. I also track my cycles and substances I take.
Personally, I just use excel to track all these things. I have one spreadsheet which tracks my cycles and schedule with PEDs and blood tests in great detail which has my body measurements on a separate tab too. The app I recommended in a different thread, Bearable, also allows me to track what meds/PEDs I take on which days, which is super slick to have that level of detail on top my spreadsheet with my cycles planned out. Then I have my workout program in a separate google doc which has the side benefit of tracking my lifts since all work done is documented in the spreadsheet.
So far for this cycle:
- I am up 24 lbs (sitting at 230 now) and still looking lean and mean! Still have pretty visible abs, but my love handles are puffing out a little bit
- Love handles have gone up a little from 20mm to 26mm. Abs stay the same around 18-20mm.
- Lifts have all gone up substantially (although I think I have sacroilitis right now, so can't deadlift or squat for the last 2 weeks. Running BPC-157 and TB-500 to help it heal).
- Chest has grown 2", thighs have grown 2", calves gone up .5", arms have gone up .5" flexed, forearms are up .5", glues are up 1.5"
Personally for myself I track the same metrics year-round. I take a photo and full body measurements of all muscles and skinfolds once per month. I don't have a body fat scale as they are garbage and worthless, and I've never done underwater weighing/a dexa scan, they're both a waste of money to me. I just started doing this reliably about 6-7 months ago. In a couple years I plan to make a nice graph to illustrate the progress and better quantify gains and weightloss from different cycles and substances or cruising. Should be an interesting little data set
Discussion Questions:
1. How do YOU measure your progress?
2. How long have you been doing so?
3. Do you track different metrics while on cycle vs off cycle?
4. Do you track different things while bulking vs cutting?
5. What tools do you use to track your metrics? Do you use an app? What app?
Just a note: I edited this multiple times to round out the information. All done now, the post is final, enjoy! Looking forward to seeing some of the responses.
I track the following metrics:
1. Body weight
2. Just aesthetics via pictures in the mirror
3. Muscle measurements with a measuring tape: arms, forearms, thighs, calves, chest, shoulders, neck, hips, glutes, stomach/abs, wrists/ankles.
4. Caliper skin fold measurements, just measuring R/L love handle and stomach. The formulas they try to give you are worthless, but I find tracking skinfold size just to see the trend to be very beneficial. I know I haven't gained much fat during this cycle thanks to not only pics but also quantifying and tracking my skinfold measurements!
5. Lifts: weight and reps.
6. I also track my cycles and substances I take.
Personally, I just use excel to track all these things. I have one spreadsheet which tracks my cycles and schedule with PEDs and blood tests in great detail which has my body measurements on a separate tab too. The app I recommended in a different thread, Bearable, also allows me to track what meds/PEDs I take on which days, which is super slick to have that level of detail on top my spreadsheet with my cycles planned out. Then I have my workout program in a separate google doc which has the side benefit of tracking my lifts since all work done is documented in the spreadsheet.
So far for this cycle:
- I am up 24 lbs (sitting at 230 now) and still looking lean and mean! Still have pretty visible abs, but my love handles are puffing out a little bit
- Love handles have gone up a little from 20mm to 26mm. Abs stay the same around 18-20mm.
- Lifts have all gone up substantially (although I think I have sacroilitis right now, so can't deadlift or squat for the last 2 weeks. Running BPC-157 and TB-500 to help it heal).
- Chest has grown 2", thighs have grown 2", calves gone up .5", arms have gone up .5" flexed, forearms are up .5", glues are up 1.5"
Personally for myself I track the same metrics year-round. I take a photo and full body measurements of all muscles and skinfolds once per month. I don't have a body fat scale as they are garbage and worthless, and I've never done underwater weighing/a dexa scan, they're both a waste of money to me. I just started doing this reliably about 6-7 months ago. In a couple years I plan to make a nice graph to illustrate the progress and better quantify gains and weightloss from different cycles and substances or cruising. Should be an interesting little data set
Discussion Questions:
1. How do YOU measure your progress?
2. How long have you been doing so?
3. Do you track different metrics while on cycle vs off cycle?
4. Do you track different things while bulking vs cutting?
5. What tools do you use to track your metrics? Do you use an app? What app?
Just a note: I edited this multiple times to round out the information. All done now, the post is final, enjoy! Looking forward to seeing some of the responses.
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