Ruckin's test+dbol blast

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Wednesday 10/7
Morning weight 242

Training:
5 mile jog
Conditioning at rugby practice

Diet:
Breakfast: 6 eggs with onion and spinach, and a bag of steamed spinach
Lunch: 2 burger king dollar menu double cheeseburgers (without the buns). Estimated 600 cals
Dinner: 4 buffalo parm wings (they were fried, not smoked or baked, so I cheated a little...) And a cobb salad

I'm looking noticably leaner today despite my weight not changing. I'll take it. Gaining strength too. I'm only a week into the blast but I like how it's going so far.

 

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Thursday 10/8
Training: bench day, cycle 1 wk 1
Paused Push ups (plate on my back - no bench in home gym yet) bw+45x16x3
Dead hang chins 244x8x3

Diet:
Breakfast: 3 eggs/ham/cheddar/veggie scramble with a small bowl of fruit and ONE bite of a biscuit (this restaurant is known for their biscuits so I had to try it. Confirmed delicious)
Lunch: none (breakfast was kind of late and today was so busy I just didn't have time to eat lunch anyway)
Dinner: 1/2 rack of ribs with brussel sprouts and "kale slaw" (lol) and a glass of merlot

Really long day and I slept like shit last night, so I'm thrilled to have gotten in any workout at all. Let alone adding 2 total reps to each my weighted push ups and chins (I got 1 rep less on each of the first 2 sets of each exercise last week).

 

[Oldschool]

Thursday 10/8
Training: bench day, cycle 1 wk 1
Paused Push ups (plate on my back - no bench in home gym yet) bw+45x16x3
Dead hang chins 244x8x3

Diet:
Breakfast: 3 eggs/ham/cheddar/veggie scramble with a small bowl of fruit and ONE bite of a biscuit (this restaurant is known for their biscuits so I had to try it. Confirmed delicious)
Lunch: none (breakfast was kind of late and today was so busy I just didn't have time to eat lunch anyway)
Dinner: 1/2 rack of ribs with brussel sprouts and "kale slaw" (lol) and a glass of merlot

Really long day and I slept like shit last night, so I'm thrilled to have gotten in any workout at all. Let alone adding 2 total reps to each my weighted push ups and chins (I got 1 rep less on each of the first 2 sets of each exercise last week).

There you go again! Blowing your damn diet with a bite of biscuit!!!!! Fucking loser!

 

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Friday 10/9
Training: deadlift day, cycle 1 wk 1
Deadlift 275x5, 325x5, 365x13
Squat 225x10x3
Plate shrugs 45sx40x3

Diet:
Breakfast: 7 eggs w spinach, a bag of steamed kale, and large bowl of steamed broccoli
Lunch: none (big and late breakfast)
Dinner: 2 grilled chicken breasts with steamed broccoli, and 2 glasses of some dry wine

 

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There you go again! Blowing your damn diet with a bite of biscuit!!!!! Fucking loser!

Ugh I know. I suck. Fucked up again today with a couple glasses of wine. Might as well say fuck it and eat 3 pints of ice cream now

 

[Oldschool]

Ugh I know. I suck. Fucked up again today with a couple glasses of wine. Might as well say fuck it and eat 3 pints of ice cream now

One pint and call it a win?

 

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Saturday 10/10
Training: fitness day
30 hill sprints. The hill I use is pretty steep, about a 25-30° angle, but it's not long, maybe 40-50 feet or so. I walked back down to the bottom after the first 20 and jogged down after each of the last 10 for a strong/miserable finish.

Diet:
Breakfast: bag of steamed spinach
Lunch: chicken sausage, bacon, veggie, and cheddar omelette, and a bowl of fruit
Dinner: 3/4 lb grilled hamburger patty and a big bowl of brisket chili

One pint and call it a win?

Nah lol I actually don't have much of a problem resisting junk food when I'm not drunk or hungover. The two glasses of wine were slowly had over the course of 3+ hours, so I didn't really feel it. No problem at all just eating my chicken breast and broccoli and calling it a night, thankfully

 

[limitphobic]

Man this cycle log is fuego I’ll be following

 

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Sunday 10/11
Training: press day, cycle 1 wk 2
Press: 115x3, 135x3, 153x11 (estimated 1RM 209; up 2 lb from last week)
Dead hang pull ups 247x7,7,6
push ups bwx15x3

Diet:
Breakfast: bag of steamed spinach
Lunch: bowl of brisket chili and bag of steamed kale
Dinner: "plant-based protein" pasta (idk lol don't ask me) with turkey meatballs at my buddy's house I'm staying at for a little hunting trip. Also a few sips of wine and 6 snack packs of trail mix later (they were 210 cals each so 1300 total cals of trail mix. Probably just about eliminated any calorie deficit I had for the day...)


Monday 10/12
Training: squat day, cycle 1 wk 2
Squat 275x3, 315x3, 360x10 (estimated 1RM 480; up 16 from last week!)
Deadlift 225x10

Diet:
Breakfast: 4 eggs and 3 small sausage patties
Lunch: 12 oz sugar free red bull, 1 chicken breast and a bag of steamed kale
Dinner: ~3/4 lb sliced turkey breast and carrots with guacamole

I was absolutely beyond pumped to get that 10th rep on my top squat set. I didn't get much sleep the past couple nights and felt like complete garbage going into that workout. I was actually worried that I wouldn't even get 5 reps on that set, so to get under the bar and crank out 10 felt amazing. The red bull and liberal serving of trail mix the night before probably helped, but I was still shocked with my performance there. Thank you dbol!


10/13 (morning weight 248)
Training: 5 mile jog

Diet:
Breakfast: 6 eggs with spinach
Lunch: 2 avocados worth of guac with carrots and cucumber slices, and a bag of steamed spinach
Dinner: 10 oz grilled sirloin and broccoli

Man, weighing 248 this morning took me by surprise. Diet has been on point aside from that small trail mix binge and the glass of wine here and there, so I have to assume it's just a lot of water from the gear kicking in. The extra weight is definitely making running harder. It's crazy how much of a difference 10 lb in bodyweight makes when I run. Running at 230 feels like I'm flying almost effortlessly, while 250 feels like I can barely keep a pace faster than walking. Loving the strength gains from the dbol but I'm also looking forward to seeing how I look and feel after stopping it.

 

[limitphobic]

Sunday 10/11
Training: press day, cycle 1 wk 2
Press: 115x3, 135x3, 153x11 (estimated 1RM 209; up 2 lb from last week)
Dead hang pull ups 247x7,7,6
push ups bwx15x3

Diet:
Breakfast: bag of steamed spinach
Lunch: bowl of brisket chili and bag of steamed kale
Dinner: "plant-based protein" pasta (idk lol don't ask me) with turkey meatballs at my buddy's house I'm staying at for a little hunting trip. Also a few sips of wine and 6 snack packs of trail mix later (they were 210 cals each so 1300 total cals of trail mix. Probably just about eliminated any calorie deficit I had for the day...)


Monday 10/12
Training: squat day, cycle 1 wk 2
Squat 275x3, 315x3, 360x10 (estimated 1RM 480; up 16 from last week!)
Deadlift 225x10

Diet:
Breakfast: 4 eggs and 3 small sausage patties
Lunch: 12 oz sugar free red bull, 1 chicken breast and a bag of steamed kale
Dinner: ~3/4 lb sliced turkey breast and carrots with guacamole

I was absolutely beyond pumped to get that 10th rep on my top squat set. I didn't get much sleep the past couple nights and felt like complete garbage going into that workout. I was actually worried that I wouldn't even get 5 reps on that set, so to get under the bar and crank out 10 felt amazing. The red bull and liberal serving of trail mix the night before probably helped, but I was still shocked with my performance there. Thank you dbol!


10/13 (morning weight 248)
Training: 5 mile jog

Diet:
Breakfast: 6 eggs with spinach
Lunch: 2 avocados worth of guac with carrots and cucumber slices, and a bag of steamed spinach
Dinner: 10 oz grilled sirloin and broccoli

Man, weighing 248 this morning took me by surprise. Diet has been on point aside from that small trail mix binge and the glass of wine here and there, so I have to assume it's just a lot of water from the gear kicking in. The extra weight is definitely making running harder. It's crazy how much of a difference 10 lb in bodyweight makes when I run. Running at 230 feels like I'm flying almost effortlessly, while 250 feels like I can barely keep a pace faster than walking. Loving the strength gains from the dbol but I'm also looking forward to seeing how I look and feel after stopping it.

Yeah I’ve heard dbol will make the weight numbers look pretty by water retention but you’ll lose a good 5-10lbs (possibly. Only exp. I have with dbol is its prohormone). Those gym numbers are looking great and the diet is looking cLEAN. Question though, why is bench press lower weight but squats are high weight? Just curious. I didn’t see anything in this thread about your gym experience unless I looked over it

 

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Yeah I’ve heard dbol will make the weight numbers look pretty by water retention but you’ll lose a good 5-10lbs (possibly. Only exp. I have with dbol is its prohormone). Those gym numbers are looking great and the diet is looking cLEAN. Question though, why is bench press lower weight but squats are high weight? Just curious. I didn’t see anything in this thread about your gym experience unless I looked over it

Well I'm not even doing regular bench press at the moment due to having no physical bench in my home gym yet. So I've just been doing weighted push ups as a substitute until I get my bench, and I've yet to come up with a good way to load more than 45 lb on my back when doing those. I would be doing a little higher weights and lower reps on bench if it weren't for the lack of equipment right now.

 

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Wednesday 10/14 (morning weight 243)
Training:
3 mile "jog" walking 1/4 after each mile
Conditioning at rugby practice

Diet:
Breakfast: 6 eggs with spinach
Lunch: 1/4 lb sliced turkey and bag of steamed kale
Dinner: 6 oz grilled sirloin, a couple handfuls of sunflower seeds, and broccoli

Idk what the deal was today but I was just DRAGGING ASS in my workouts. I was barely able to run a mile lol. Looking forward to that deload in a week and a half.

 

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Thursday 10/15
Training: bench day, cycle 1 wk 2
Paused Push ups (no bench in home gym yet) bw+45x20,3 (rest-pause set)
Dead hang chins 246x8,8,9

Diet:
Breakfast: 6 eggs with spinach
Lunch: 2 grilled 1/4 lb hamburger patties with a bag of steamed kale and broccoli
Dinner: grilled chicken breast and broccoli

So I sliced the top of my right index finger open right down to the bone this afternoon. I was cutting open a box and didn't have my hand completely out of the way like a total idiot. The slice is about an inch long and was gushing blood everywhere. I don't have health insurance at the moment, so no way in hell I was going to the hospital if I wasn't literally dying lol. And I think I have the bleeding stopped for now, so I wrapped it in a rubbing alcohol soaked paper towel and thankfully made it through the bare minimum of the workout planned for today. Doing chin ups with one index finger extended out and not gripping the bar wasn't fun, but surprisingly I was able to pump out an extra rep on my last set, so I'm pretty happy with that. Two lbs bodyweight heavier than last week and still got one rep more.

Not sure that I'm going to do about the deadlifts I'm supposed to do tomorrow. There's no way I can do normal gripping with this gash on my finger, so I'm thinking best case scenario is that I use my emergency straps to get the bar gripped and do deadlifts anyway.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed this wound heals up without infection. Any advice would be much appreciated

 

[Btcowboy]

Thursday 10/15
Training: bench day, cycle 1 wk 2
Paused Push ups (no bench in home gym yet) bw+45x20,3 (rest-pause set)
Dead hang chins 246x8,8,9

Diet:
Breakfast: 6 eggs with spinach
Lunch: 2 grilled 1/4 lb hamburger patties with a bag of steamed kale and broccoli
Dinner: grilled chicken breast and broccoli

So I sliced the top of my right index finger open right down to the bone this afternoon. I was cutting open a box and didn't have my hand completely out of the way like a total idiot. The slice is about an inch long and was gushing blood everywhere. I don't have health insurance at the moment, so no way in hell I was going to the hospital if I wasn't literally dying lol. And I think I have the bleeding stopped for now, so I wrapped it in a rubbing alcohol soaked paper towel and thankfully made it through the bare minimum of the workout planned for today. Doing chin ups with one index finger extended out and not gripping the bar wasn't fun, but surprisingly I was able to pump out an extra rep on my last set, so I'm pretty happy with that. Two lbs bodyweight heavier than last week and still got one rep more.

Not sure that I'm going to do about the deadlifts I'm supposed to do tomorrow. There's no way I can do normal gripping with this gash on my finger, so I'm thinking best case scenario is that I use my emergency straps to get the bar gripped and do deadlifts anyway.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed this wound heals up without infection. Any advice would be much appreciated

Yeah deads and hand injuries tough to work around, but there is always a way lol... could tape it?

 

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Yeah deads and hand injuries tough to work around, but there is always a way lol... could tape it?

Yeah I might try that. It's a good idea. Another option I'm considering is just doing RDLs with lighter weight AND with the straps, to really minimize the amount of grip needed. I really need this to heal as fast as possible, so as much as it'll hurt my ego, I really don't want to risk ripping the cut back open by pulling heavy weight. I'll play it by ear tomorrow though.

 

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Friday 10/16 (morning weight 242)

Training: deadlift day, cycle 1 wk 2
Deadlift 295x3, 345x3, 385x11 (estimated 1RM 526; up 3 lb from last week)
Squat 225x10x1
Plate shrugs 45sx40x3
Situps BW+45x15x3

Diet:
Breakfast: 5 eggs with 4 slices of bacon and spinach, and a bag of steamed spinach and broccoli
Lunch: small grilled chicken breast and broccoli
Dinner: 2 grilled 1/4 lb hamburger patties and broccoli



Wow that bacon and eggs breakfast was the most satisfying meal I've had in a while. First time I've cooked my own bacon since I was a little kid. I can't believe I what I've been missing out on all this time. I've had bacon before of course, but not homemade myself like that. I was in heaven. Lol

VERY pleasant surprise, I was able to workout almost completely normally today despite my finger being sliced open so deep lol. I've been doing hook grip on my deads for around a year now, and because of that, since my index finger isn't wrapped around just the bar, it didn't need to close as far. So I was able to fully grip the bar without my finger bending so much that the wound was pulled apart/open.

 

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Saturday 10/17
Training: fitness day
30 hill sprints, same as last (and every) week, walked back down to the bottom after the first 20 and jogged down after each of the last 10.
10 minutes stretching

Diet:
Breakfast: 5 eggs with spinach and 4 slices of bacon, and a bag of steamed kale
Lunch: brisket burrito bowl (w/cauliflower rice), a handful of corn chips with buffalo dip, 3 craft beers, and a bag of steamed spinach
Dinner: 5 grilled 1/4 lb hamburger patties, 2 big sausages, and lots of assorted veggies



I guess today turned into a bit of a cheat day. I was on a date at a brewery all afternoon so that's why I had the beers for lunch, and at a cookout/party watching rugby and football all night, hence the excessive amount of meat for dinner.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

No more Sober October?

 

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Sunday 10/18
Training: press day, cycle 1 wk 3
Press 125x5, 145x3, 162x9 (estimated 1RM 210; +1 lb from last week)
Dead hang pull ups 248(bodyweight)x7x3
push ups 3x15
Rear delt rows 135x12,12,15
Situps BWx30

Walked 4 miles to make up for the beer yesterday

Diet:
Breakfast: 5 eggs with 4 slices of bacon and spinach
Lunch: 1 large grilled chicken breast and a bag of steamed spinach
Dinner: 14 oz grilled ribeye and broccoli



I didn't cook it very evenly but wow was that steak delicious. I'm loving this whole meat/veggies-only diet. It's almost too easy and I can see my fat melting away. The "trying" to avoid drinking is the only part I'm struggling with.

No more Sober October?

Yeah I clearly haven't been doing a good job with that lol. Although I will say, I haven't come anywhere close to getting drunk this month, so that's something. Definitely failing my original commitment to not drink at all though... It's just not worth having to bother explaining to people why I'm not having a beer when I'm in social settings where that would seem odd. I'd rather just hold a drink and milk it for as long as possible instead of having to drag through that conversation a bunch of times.

Yesterday was definitely just straight up cheating though, I will admit. 3 beers was way more than I needed to have. I was out with a new lady I'm very interested though, so I'm ok with having broken sober October a little in order to have had a nicer time with her.

 

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Monday 10/19 (morning weight 245)
Training: squat day, cycle 1 wk 3
Squat 295x5, 335x3, 380x3...
Deadlift 225x10x3
Plate shrugs 45sx40x3
Situps BW+45x15,15,17

Diet:
Breakfast: 6 eggs with 3 slices of bacon and spinach, and a bag of steamed kale
Lunch: 4 small protein bars (They were free, I couldn't resist. 600 calories total) and broccoli
Dinner: 3 medium grilled chicken breasts and broccoli

Woke up this morning looking the leanest I have so far this blast, and by far the leanest I ever have weighing at least 240.

First really bad workout I've had so far, so I guess I can't complain too much. My lower back was just so tight on my squats, I was barely able to get up even that first rep. I was expecting to get 8-9 reps going into the workout though, so that was very disappointing. The planned deload next week will help. Not sure what happened today.