TrenboloneTax: Hybrid Cycling / Lifting Log aka Make Hulk Bike Fast

[JG91]

My RHR is 80 right now, up 12 points since I started the blast in late August. Was 68 in August.

The GH + Reta impacts it quite significantly. Obviously the additional AAS load too.

I think the impact of reta on HR is downplayed. In my sleep normally I'm in the 50s somewhere. On 3 mg reta I was low to mid 60s and now at 5 mg (first time at this dose, been on 3 mg for a while) I was low 70s last few nights.

I'm hoping the HR will drop down as my body gets used to the new dose but we'll see.

 

[Superchicken]

Looking absolutely swole in this pic. Damn dude! Surprised you can even fit on a bike.

This made me lol. I have 2 late and mid teen sons, so our house is rife with shit talking. My husband’s 6’2” and at 250lbs, we wouldn’t stfu about how he looked like Bowser on the bike. He started getting up early thinking he’d avoid the roasting. Hubs was deep into his ride, when the oldest popped out from his hiding spot at 6am playing Mario Kart music You big dudes are something else!

 

[Ateam2023]

pretty chill workout today
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what device/app did you use to get those readings?

 

[Trenbolonetax]

what device/app did you use to get those readings?

Apple Watch, not perfect but better than nothing!

 

[Trenbolonetax]

I think the impact of reta on HR is downplayed. In my sleep normally I'm in the 50s somewhere. On 3 mg reta I was low to mid 60s and now at 5 mg (first time at this dose, been on 3 mg for a while) I was low 70s last few nights.

I'm hoping the HR will drop down as my body gets used to the new dose but we'll see.

The HR increase on tirz for me at first was pretty wild. But since I’m not GLP1 naive the switch to Reta wasn’t that bad.

It’s worst when I’m full no doubt.

 

[twreck555]

Just stopped by to see... Jesus fucking christ dude you just keep growing, it's mind boggling lol

 

[Trenbolonetax]

Just stopped by to see... Jesus fucking christ dude you just keep growing, it's mind boggling lol

Getting big is my specialty lol appreciate it brother. I need to pop into your thread and see how things are going with you!

 

[twreck555]

I'll google it right now, but it's better to have a lower pulse pressure with diastolic higher? Why?

Rather have 130/80?

EDIT: Nvm. Quick google

So... correct me if you got more up to date information but I've always been under the impression that:

Diastolic pressure is more of an indicator of overall fluid balance, with a low diastolic indicating volume depletion such as dehydration or blood loss, and a high diastolic indicating fluid overload, from endocrine kidney or cardiac pathology usually.

Whereas pulse pressure is more of an indicator of sympathetic tone, whether that's drug induced or from a physiological state or possibly as a compensatory mechanism.

Thus an otherwise healthy person could be volume depleted and have a low diastolic while still having a normal systolic because their body compensates by increasing sympathetic tone and thus increasing cardiac output.

I've also been under the impression that diastolic pressure is a stronger prognostic indicator than systolic or pulse pressure. Did you learn something different in your Google search?

Now granted my knowledge base is much more geared towards emergency medicine and thus acute states rather than chronic, so the pathophysiology of ongoing hypertension isn't as familiar to me as say, the physiological responses to trauma.

 

[twreck555]

@Trenbolonetax do you ever do forearm specific exercises? What exercises do you think are best for forearms?

I do. Lots of them actually, mostly for climbing so finger strength specific rather than for hypertrophy.

One forearm exercise that i love which is geared towards hypertrophy are finger rolls:

Stand in a squat rack with a Barbell resting in the safeties just a bit lower than your hands with your hands at your sides. Pick up the barbell with your wrists supinated, hands facing away. Let your hands open slowly and let the bar roll down until it's only on your fingertips, then close your grip so the bar rolls back up into your palm. Repeat.

You can move a surprising amount of weight this way for relatively high reps, and should quickly feel as if your forearms are about to explode.

Other more specific exercises to look into:

Hang boards
Campus board
Tindeq recruitment pulls using tension block or similar
Finger deadlifts with tension block
Classic wrist curls
Reverse wrist curls
Pronation/supination using the mace or similar device

That should get you started

 

[Trenbolonetax]

So... correct me if you got more up to date information but I've always been under the impression that:

Diastolic pressure is more of an indicator of overall fluid balance, with a low diastolic indicating volume depletion such as dehydration or blood loss, and a high diastolic indicating fluid overload, from endocrine kidney or cardiac pathology usually.

Whereas pulse pressure is more of an indicator of sympathetic tone, whether that's drug induced or from a physiological state or possibly as a compensatory mechanism.

Thus an otherwise healthy person could be volume depleted and have a low diastolic while still having a normal systolic because their body compensates by increasing sympathetic tone and thus increasing cardiac output.

I've also been under the impression that diastolic pressure is a stronger prognostic indicator than systolic or pulse pressure. Did you learn something different in your Google search?

Now granted my knowledge base is much more geared towards emergency medicine and thus acute states rather than chronic, so the pathophysiology of ongoing hypertension isn't as familiar to me as say, the physiological responses to trauma.

I didn’t google very deep. Basically came to conclusion that people with more muscle tend to have higher pulse pressure. That’s enough for me. What am I gonna do about it? I’m sure systolic will lower a bit after this blast. Maybe I’ll get to 120/66.

I’m not convinced that if my diastolic was 80 I would be healthier than if it was where it is now (66). Despite what the studies say. Just my retarded opinion don’t roast me too hard people. Maybe I’ll explain my reasoning with broscience a different day but I want to look at some more info before I try and do that.

My simpleton understanding of systolic and diastolic is pressure during vs pressure in between beats. That’s about as far as it goes.

 

[twreck555]

I didn’t google very deep. Basically came to conclusion that people with more muscle tend to have higher pulse pressure. That’s enough for me. What am I gonna do about it? I’m sure systolic will lower a bit after this blast. Maybe I’ll get to 120/66.

I’m not convinced that if my diastolic was 80 I would be healthier than if it was where it is now (66). Despite what the studies say. Just my retarded opinion don’t roast me too hard people. Maybe I’ll explain my reasoning with broscience a different day but I want to look at some more info before I try and do that.

My simpleton understanding of systolic and diastolic is pressure during vs pressure in between beats. That’s about as far as it goes.

I'm not familiar with any increase in risk associated with having diastolic less than eighty.

Greater than eighty maybe.

Greater than ninety certainly

 

[Trenbolonetax]

I'm not familiar with any increase in risk associated with having diastolic less than eighty.

Greater than eighty maybe.

Greater than ninety certainly

Pulse pressure would suggest that I have increased risk with my diastolic as low as it is compared to systolic.

I want to do a deeper dive into the studies that prove this out and a learn a little more to figure out how much I should care if at all. Based on my own interpretation and taking into consideration the methodology, study design, population studied, etc.