The Benjamin Button Cycle

[leanbody]

Originally Posted by MilkDaScow

As far as the recovery time, the cycle is still young and you probably haven't seen the full effects of the hormones quite yet. I'd recommend upping the calories and rest before I bumped up the dosage.

I love that you took our advice about changing the routine around. It's amazing to see the amount of weight you put up hitting the sets as hard as possible. I see good things to come of this for you lean.

Good Luck.

Good suggestion about the dose of test & Deca, Milk – I’ll wait a coupla weeks before I upp it – keep it at 500 & 400 and try to get more sleep. I am taking a green tea fat burner – 2 tabs at 6 am 2 at 12noon and I LOVE IT! It’s like speed – such a rush of caffine – great for the workouts but can’t sleep too good. I’ve got a TON!!!!! of stress now – at work & home – working 2 jobs ATM and it suks – no down time. This will be over in a month or so – thank god. In the meantime I hope to be sowing the seeds that will pay for my kids College education – or my next cycle – whichever comes frist – LOL

Originally Posted by mikea

I think you will be pleased with going high intensity/low volume

Dont take supplemental work anywhere close to failure tho, it will but a damper on strentgh gains quick as it will crash your cns.
Also look up DC extreme streching, as it will help you recover and get quality mass. That tho is the only thing i would prob take from DC(PLUS THE NUTRITION PART) at this point.

Just keep kicking that last weeks pr with all you got on those main moves

Hey Mikea; can you take a look at today's w/o and see what u think about the intensity of the supplemental exercises. i def took them to the max - but could have easily done more sets. When I get a chance i'm going to look up the extreme strecths so i am prepared for that next week!

TUESDAY feelin jacked!
Bros - thanks for the advice – I am moving in that direction and really stoked to try something new! I am still a little sore in the lats & Tris from Saturdays workout but stretched a lot and moved into the Repition Upper Body W/O. Nutrition is coming along – I am having a tough time getting enuf carbs – want to stay away from the simple carbs so only eating brown rice, bran cereal and sweet potatoes. Haven’t quite hit the 4K mark. Thot I’d start clucking yesterday – ate so damn much chicken breast! (3!)


Repetition Upper Body
*** 15 min cardio warmup + 10 mins stretching
REPETION LIFT
Incline Dumbbell Bench

30 x 50;
15 x 60;
10 x 70

SUPPLEMENTAL LIFT
Skull Crushers

10 x 80
10 x 90
10 x 100
6 x 110

VERTICAL PULLING
Lat Pulldowns

12 x 140
12 x160
8x 180
8x 200

MEDIAL DELT
SideLat raises Dumbell

15x15;15x20;10x25

ELBOW FLEXION
Reg barbell curls

15x65
10x85
5x100

ABDOMINAL CIRCUIT
3 sets: Incline crunches; Bench crunches; torso twists (machine@100); leg raises; machine crunches

AFTERNOON

60 mins Cardio Boxing

Also got night sweats going on – I’m drenched, blankets off; then I’m cold blankets on, etc. Hope that settles down. I had some before w/ the test but it’s worse w/ the test/Deca.

Weighed in at 209.3 today – up 2 lbs from last week! So 8+ lbs in 24 days…. Not bad.
Later dudes – thanks a ton for the advice!

[TheMilkMan]

Originally Posted by leanbody

Thot I’d start clucking yesterday – ate so damn much chicken breast! (3!)

hahahaha... I routinely go through 4-6 every day along with a fish meal and an egg meal. Red Meat is normally 2-3x a week, so I go with the good stuff and pay a pretty penny for a nice cut of beef.

[mikea]

Hey bro feel what you can do, for me i like to leave like a good 3 clean reps in tank when doing supp work.

Dont let your ego get carried away with supplemental work, concentrate on gettin the main lifts at a 5rep max bigger everytime and the sup work slowly improving at higher reps but never going to failure.

But its looking good bro!

[leanbody]

Originally Posted by mikea

Hey bro feel what you can do, for me i like to leave like a good 3 clean reps in tank when doing supp work.

Dont let your ego get carried away with supplemental work, concentrate on gettin the main lifts at a 5rep max bigger everytime and the sup work slowly improving at higher reps but never going to failure.

But its looking good bro!

Ego? what Fukkin ego you talkin about? BTW - Dont i look great? hahahahaha
Thanks for the clarification, Dude! - I was wondering how to balance that w/ the supp work- 'cause a coupla those I did go to failure or close. And Today I feel TOTALLY trashed! (Mind you I'm loving it - haven't been this sore in about 15 years! hahaha)

[mikea]

Oh cmon every man has an ego if there training

I hate supp work because i cant go crazy with it, because when i do, poof no more pr´s.

[leanbody]

Originally Posted by mikea

Oh cmon every man has an ego if there training

I hate supp work because i cant go crazy with it, because when i do, poof no more pr´s.

Hahahaha - Oh yeah, thank god for ego - otherwise I'd be sitting on the sofa eating bonbons!

I'm just getting tuned into this concept of supp work - thanks for the advice - i am def going for the PR's!!! Today I did what I would call a weenie leg workout - no max at all, but it felt good - my quads and glutes are still a little sore from Monday. i was dyin to do deads or box squats, but stuck with some simple moves. Friday (tomoorroe) is a rest day so i am hoping to be 100% recovered fro Sat am workout - can hardly wait - got to beat 3 x 245 on the bench! hahaha


Repetition Lower Body
superset:
Leg Press
15 x 1 plate
15 x2 plate
15 x 3 plates (3 sets)

Ham curls
15 x 100 (5 sets)

Freemotion Squat machine
15 x 100 (5 sets)

Shrugs on standg Calf machine
12 x 140 (5 sets)

15 mins stretching

[mikea]

Dont feel bad about going ligth every once and a while. Great for recovery, muscles and cns.

[leanbody]

Originally Posted by mikea

Dont feel bad about going ligth every once and a while. Great for recovery, muscles and cns.

Great advice dude - maybe a day late! hahahaha


I am laffin my fukkin ass off - i hit the wall yesterday - yup that's right - pushed my body to the absolute edge! (but didn't fall off thank god!)


Had a moderately light leg w/o in the am - then went to my cardio boxing class - we did a new routine that was like 40 mins non stop sparing/punching the bag - about 35 mins into it I had such a painful pump and cramps in my bi's tris and forearms I had to stop!!! I thot my skin was going to burst! Too bad i didn't take a measurement - i bet i had 20" guns - LOL I could hardly use my arms at all and it hurt to bend them - so i went home iced them and talked my wife into a massage! asperin, more icing thru the night - today they are ok - but i NEVER had an experience like that! So fukkin funny!

So today is a rest day and maybe tomorrow too (although i had planned to do the max effort upper body workout)

anyways - that's what u guys have to look forward to! Fortunately i have learned that at my age it's not good to "work thru the pain" - best to listen to my body!


Later dudes - Kick some ass today!

[leanbody]

Sunday PM - Feel like I got my ass kicked this weekend - I'll post it elsewhere, but I have such a massive charlie horse in my quad from my deca I can't do shit with my legs!!!

Anyways still had a decent upper body w/o on Sat and did some cardio and traps today.

Max Effort Upper Body (Saturday)
***2 sets warm up before everything
MAX-EFFORT LIFT
regular barbell bench press

7 x 155;
5x 185;
5x 205
5x 225
5 x 250 (upped this 5 lbs w a spotter - really only 3 all me)

SUPPLEMENTAL LIFT
Incline dumbbell bench press

10 x 55
10 x 70
5 x 80

HORIZONTAL ROW
T bar rows

10 x 70
10 x95
8x 115
8x 115

REAR DELT/UPPER BACK
reverse flyes"

3 sets 10-15 x 100

WEIGHTED ABDOMINAL EXERCISE
Hanging leg raises

15 BW
12 BW +15
10BW+20
10BW +25

Juice
Pinned 250 test & 200Deca Fri pm
200iuHCG Sun Pm


Later dudes - got to get into a hot tub!

[leanbody]

Hey guys
went in and did abs and trap yesterday. Quad still hurts like hell from the Friday Deca injection - swoloen and warm to touch - hope this goes away fast -- it was leg day today but i am too sore so - nothing but maybe some cardio later. Keep u posted.

[TheMilkMan]

Originally Posted by leanbody

swoloen and warm to touch

Not good. Is there redness around the injection area??? If so, you may want to head to a Dr. to get yourself some anti-biotics.

[leanbody]

Originally Posted by MilkDaScow

Not good. Is there redness around the injection area??? If so, you may want to head to a Dr. to get yourself some anti-biotics.

Good advice as always dude! so I took my sore quad to an "urgent Care " clinic and fessed up that I pinned test into my leg and now it's red & swollen - was expecting a lecture.............

No abcess, no antibiotics....
Doc said - "as long as you're going to inject that stuff, do you want a prescription for Pharma grade instead of UGL?"


Hell YeSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

so i guess i won the lotto today

[TheMilkMan]

Originally Posted by leanbody

Doc said - "as long as you're going to inject that stuff, do you want a prescription for Pharma grade instead of UGL?"


Hell YeSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

so i guess i won the lotto today

Bullshit!!!! You lucky bastard... How many mg/wk, how many weeks, and how many renewals?

[mikea]

Why you so happy, just go to the pharmacy and buy all the HG you want, oh but you live in America hehe

Good on ya mate!

[leanbody]

Hahahaha - Milk is that jealousy of the 49 year old guy I hear? LOL I guess there is some benefit to this - maybe I can get a discount on the price thru AARP! Mikea - you are da lucky bastard to walk into the pharmacy in Bangkok and get that shit!


I'm going to fill it today - so will find out the cost, etc. But it's 200mg/ml Test C - 20 ml and then i need another office visit $250 or phone consult $59.00 to get a refill. i am thinking that it prolly won't be a problem. Hmmm wonder if I can just place an order - "oh and I need some tren, and masteron for a future cycle and then maybe I'll try som EQ...." okay so it prolly won't work like that... but after 2 or 3 shitty weeks (at work and with sore quad) it was nice to have something go SO FAR my way!!!

So i did a really great shoulder workout this am - did 6-8 sets but went only up to 6 reps and kept the weight increasing till i hit only 3 or 4. I'm passing on the cardio boxing today (3 classes missed now) and am looking forward to getting into it Sat and doing a hella massive leg w/o in the next few days. I guess it's good to rest a bit since the quad is so sore - that's what my common sense tells me....

BTW - passed a couplea HUGE deadlines last week - mental stress goiong down a bit - whew!

[TheMilkMan]

Originally Posted by leanbody

I'm going to fill it today - so will find out the cost, etc. But it's 200mg/ml Test C - 20 ml and then i need another office visit $250 or phone consult $59.00 to get a refill.

I'm thinking that if you have some decent insurance, it should cover it without much cost to you.

I'd sit it the Test C for now and do the phone consult for $59 to get it refilled, so long as the cost of the prescription isn't too much. Then you'd have 40mg of Test C 200mg/ml, which would be 8,000mg total. Enough to run a little over 13 weeks at 600mg/wk... that sounds like music to the ears.

[mikea]

Hey lean, keep loggin those exercises dont get lazy

BTW have you considered on going HRT? I mean when my hormone levels drop, i for shure am gonna get on!

[leanbody]

Originally Posted by mikea

Hey lean, keep loggin those exercises dont get lazy

BTW have you considered on going HRT? I mean when my hormone levels drop, i for shure am gonna get on!

Hey Mike - Thanks for the nice kick in the ass - much appreciated! got to get logging again. It was not a great week w/ the quad but I got in a decent amount of weight time. Mostly it's hard to get enuf food - I'm holding steady at 209/210 Today was quick:


30 mins cardio on the stairmaster/treadmill

Deadlift (forgot my belt so went easy)
15 x 95
7x 115
7x135
5 x 155
Romanian dLs
10 x 95
7x 115
7x135
7 x 155

Calf raises
15 x 1 plate
12 x 2 plates
10 x 3plates
10 x 4 plates


Milk - got a ? for you - I keep getting these tiny bruises where I inject the HCG. I inject into belly fat, it goes in fast & easy. 2 mls =250 iu 2 x a week - I added some sterile water so I had at least 2ml to inject. Sound rite?

[mikea]

What 250iu in 2ml, shit man why that many?

I make it so 500iu of hcg is 10iu on slin pin, thats 1/10 of a ml. Thats prob why your getting bruises because you pushing a big amount of stuff in!

[leanbody]

Originally Posted by mikea

What 250iu in 2ml, shit man why that many?

I make it so 500iu of hcg is 10iu on slin pin, thats 1/10 of a ml. Thats prob why your getting bruises because you pushing a big amount of stuff in!

Great feedback - thanks bud. I figured that if I didn't dilute it then it would be too difficult to gauge the amount I was injecting. I am thiinking that I over estimated. Next amp I'm going to make greater concentration. Meanwile - call me "leopard man" for my spots!


OK - 8 am here - I'm off to lift - feelin great - will report massive gains when I get back! Thanks for the extreme motivation M&M!!!!!!

[mikea]

Use a insulin pin mate, super easy to calculate and dont have to push a lot of water in!

Man i wish i could lift 8am, would get a lot more shit done!

[leanbody]

Yo Dudes - fukkin awsome weekend - lots of sleep sex, and exercise ! this Benjamin Button Cycle is working - I think I am down to age 42 so far.....;-) - so here's the weekend:

Westside training for Skinny Bastards Workout
Max Effort Upper Body (Saturday)

MAX-EFFORT LIFT
regular barbell bench press

15 x 135;
7x 185;
7x 215
5x 255

DC EXTREME STRETCH 45 secs w/ 45's (tough as hell!)

SUPPLEMENTAL LIFT
Slight Incline dumbbell bench press

10 x 55
8 x 65
8 x 75
8 x 85

HORIZONTAL ROW
Chest Supported Rows

3 x 9 x 40

T bar Rows

10 x 70
10 x95
8x 115

REAR DELT/UPPER BACK
Cable "scarecrows"

3 sets 12

[U]Reverse pec deckU]

3 sets 10 x 90

DC EXTREME LAT STRETCH 40secs hanging from Chin up bar - followed by a second strecth at 7 sec and a third at 4 secs! hahaha - dunno how i'll get yp to 3 mins! LOL


WEIGHTED ABDOMINAL EXERCISE
Captains Chair leg raises

3 sets 15
ONcline crunches BW + 10 3 sets 10
Ab machine 3 sets 10 x 100
Lying ab machine 3 sets 15 reps

F'n awsome workout - felt really like i was pushing myself!

AFTERNOON

60 mins Cardio Boxing -= Awsome workout - sparred with a guy who was 230 and a real boxer - felt like being hit by a fukkin freight train - Hahaha - good thing is was just practice with pads - one blow to the head and it would be sleepy time. i have a new goal - got to learn to swing like this guy - it's not strentgh just form. I can taste it!

++++ LOWER BODY - (Sunday) +++++
MAX-EFFORT LIFT
Sumo deadlifts

15 x 95
10x115
10 x135
7 x 155
5x 175

UNILATERAL MOVEMENT
Barbell step-ups I am loving these - hard as hell for me!

2 x 10x 95 (ea leg)
2 x 6 x 115

HAMSTRING / POSTERIOR CHAIN MOVEMENT -
Romainian deads

15x115
10x135
10x155
10x175
10 x 175

[U]
Leg curls

3 sets 10x120

GRIP TRAINING
Didn’t do these - gotta get into it!.


Pinned 250 test & 200Deca Fri pm
200iuHCG

Upped my cals + 700 in the last 2 days - weight is up to 212!!!!


GUYS! do you think I am putting in too many reps, sets or exercises? Thanks!

[leanbody]

Originally Posted by mikea

Use a insulin pin mate, super easy to calculate and dont have to push a lot of water in!

Man i wish i could lift 8am, would get a lot more shit done!

Mike - Yup going for the slin pin now - so tiny I never feel it! mixing up some new HCG this weekend - less H2o...

7-8 am is the golden hour for me to start my workouts - love being fresh in the am all my energy still w/ me - gets my day started in a great direction. I used to w/o at nite - but always was low on energy - too quick to find excuses to not push myself at night.

[gogetter]

Great log leanbody, very detailed.

here is what i do for HCG, just my 2 cents.

i add 5ML of water to my 5000iu HCG making 1000iu per ML. i take 250iu twice a weeks which turns out to be 25 units on an insulin syringe

[leanbody]

Originally Posted by gogetter

Great log leanbody, very detailed.

here is what i do for HCG, just my 2 cents.

i add 5ML of water to my 5000iu HCG making 1000iu per ML. i take 250iu twice a weeks which turns out to be 25 units on an insulin syringe

Thanks for the info bud - I will def be doing it differently. I think I just about finished the weak solution. great bruises - at least they don't hurt - just colorful - LOL!

Had a long day doing finish carpentry today and running to Home Depot! 9:45 pm - I'm exhausted! That's what you college guys have to look forward to - no more papers to write but plenty of home-work! ;-)

here's the calorie intake today:
Calories 3,992
Fat 110.3 984 25 %
Saturated 29.8 267 7 %
Carbohydrate 303.9 1,178 30 %
Dietary Fiber 37.4
Protein 426.2 1,749 45 %

At 425 gms I am happy w/ the protein - but need to eat more carbs. Having just finished a CKD, it's hard to get in the habit of eating lots of carbs. i need to eat more bread and throw in a whole wheat tortilla here & there. I'm real;ly not hungry at all so it's kind of like force feeding - Today I shreded up 1 1/2 chick breasts into chicken broth with whole wheat pasta - a different way to injest the protein w/out so much chewing! - I might get massive jaw muscles!

Tomorrow it's the upper body Rep day!

Later dudes - Happy Sunday....