Lean's Journey to Beast [testP + trenA]

[leanbody]

Sunday was my rest day i did great on the diet - pretty much hit it spot on.
Monday i was in long beach for work so I ate pretty well but not at the timing I would have preferred. had a great workout a Golds there after I finished work and saw an old dude (55?60?) who was totally ripped and BIG - he was a trainer - most excellent motivation - Hahahahaha

7am
1/2C oatmeal
1C strawberries
3 egg whites, 1 yolk

1130 am
6oz salmon
1C veggies
6 oz sweet potato

1-2:30 workout
Large Muscle milk

6pm
4 oz chicken
1C brown Rice
1 C veggies

8:30pm
6 oz tilapia
1C veggies

10:30 pm 1c Cottage cheese
7 cashews
1C strawberries

Workout (forgot the print out again!)
Shoulders & Abs

smith machine military press (I assume the bar is 10lbs)
15 x 60
12 x 70
12x70
12x70

DB overhead Press
4sets - 12 x 45

Lat raises
4sets 10 x 15lbs (felt it on my elbow so i took it easy)
Machine lat raises
4 sets of 10
front raises with a 25lb plate (these felt GREAT!really got a burn in my shoulders)
4 sets of 10

Shrugs (did these just cause there was a cool machine there I'd never seen)
3 sets 20 x 3plates ea side

Lying Ab crunch machine (forgot the weight)
sets of 15,20,20,17

Crunches on the swiss ball
3 sets of 15 (these felt awkward and i even fell off backwards - LOL)

Leg lifts
sets of 20,20,15,12 (very tough at the end)

[leanbody]

hey guys haven't posted in a while...
Sunday AM
great workout this morning - sunny & bright outside, gym was uncrowded - everyone has a candy hangover from Halloween! I am feeling strong as a bear - hate that my damn elbow tendon is fukked up! My right bicep was alway 1/2" bigger than my left - now it will be 1" as the left atrophies :-(

Back & Biceps
Lat Pulldowns (wide grip) these didn't feel great - first time in 2 months after injuring my elbow tendon. did 60% of the weight I did 2 months ago.
15x150
15x150
7x150 8 x110
only 3 sets

Bent over Rows did these in the Max Rack (like a smith machine but more movement) assumed 10lbs for the bar
12x60
12x80
12x100
12x100
felt great!

Seated Pulley rows
15xx100
15x110
15x120
8x130 7x130

Hammer curl bar (straight bar felt weird on my elbow)assumed 20lbs for the bar
10x70
12x50
12x60
12x70

Seated DB Curls (alternate)
15x20
15x25
10x25 5x20
7x25 3x20 5x15

Preacher Curls (ez bar)
12 x 60
10x60 2x60
6x60 2x60
6x60 burnt!

Diet was good today
no deviations except that the times were a bit screwed by the time change

45 mins cardio in the afternoon - moderately winded and uber sweaty so i think I hit 130 for 80% of the time!
Tomorrow - rest day so no workout. Think I'll do cardio all the same early in the am.

[Massive123]

Are you seeing any sides from the tren ace? Have you noticed any fat loss?

[leanbody]

Originally Posted by Massive123

Are you seeing any sides from the tren ace? Have you noticed any fat loss?

i had a ton of sides from the tren at first but they are mellowing out now. I dropped the tren to 25mg ed and added in 25mg Masteron, still at 100mg testP. I have noticed some fat loss - mostly size - lost an inch around my waist, but more impressive - NO water gain from this cycle - bone dry - no puffiness. So when I am fully clothed, no one has said a thing - way different than the deca test cycle!

[Massive123]

Yeah dry gains are so much better all around. I got big on deca/test but I don't think I'd run it again. I can't wait for tren in the spring. What sides did you experience from the tren? Did they worsen when you shot eod so you switched to ed?

[leanbody]

Originally Posted by Massive123

Yeah dry gains are so much better all around. I got big on deca/test but I don't think I'd run it again. I can't wait for tren in the spring. What sides did you experience from the tren? Did they worsen when you shot eod so you switched to ed?

Funny thing because the sides really subsided after my body got used to it. I had the tren sweats at night (still get those to a lesser degree) Wild fukkin dreams! acne (this went away)
and Prolly the worst of all - low libido - fina dick. I know that doesn't happen to everyone - and I'm 50 so maybe it's partially my age, but I was expecting to be the stud I was on Test/deca... Not so for me. it's been okay tho - my wife is not really in the mood these days so she's still happy and i just am not putting energy in that direction atm.

About pinning eod vs ed - seems to me that my levels will be more constant ED and on top of that if i pin eod it is twice the quantity of juice with is 1.5 ml ed so 3.0 eod - alot for one site IMO. I like the smaller shots...

[leanbody]

Sat Nov 7
Hey dudes;
Sat workouts are always the best - usually lots of sleep the night before and plenty of time to do my thing. My tennis elbow seems to be 90% gone - unfortunately so does a lot of the strength in my lats! I will give it another month and then I'm going to start back in with the WG Pull ups - I am sure i can only do 2 or 3 atm ;-(

BTW I've added in 1 hour cardio a day and 1 ECA stack a day to try to get the BF down. Seems to be working. Abs are starting to show.

Back & Biceps
Lat Pulldowns (wide grip)felt waybetter than last week - no funkiness in my elbows but damn! i'm down to 150 now and 2 months ago I was doing 210...:-( Guess that's what an injury does...
15x150
15x150
15x150
10x150 5 x 150 I did feel these in my lower back - Maybe i should wear a belt?

Bent over Rows with the big barbell
4 sets 12x85 - BRUTAL!

Seated Pulley rows
15x110
15x120
15x120
15x120 - lower back was feeling it again - did them all but REALLY had to concentrate on form 'cause it was not easy. I got sloppy around rep 10

Hammer curl bar assumed 20lbs for the bar
15x60
12x60
8x60 4x60
8x60 7x60

Seated DB Curls (alternate)
15x25
15x25
10x25 5x20
10x25 5x20

Preacher Curls (ez bar)
12 x 50
12x60
6x60 2x60
6x60 burnt toast!

Then just cause i like to flex in the mirror...;-)
cable concentration curls
3 sets 12 x 30

Standing cable curls (just so i could see that my right arm is 1/2" bigger than my left :-(
3 sets 10 x 35 (put 40 on the left arm.... hoping to catch up.

CARDIO
60 mins 10-11 pm watching UFC mma Strikeforce (doesn't get much better than that for cardio!)
120 - 130 BPM

Diet was okay -
8am
1/2 C oatmeal
1 C berries
1scoop protein powder
1/2 slice whole wheat toast w/ 1 T Peanut Butter & 1T sugar free jam (I thot I needed more food for the workout)

11am
shake 1 scoops protein powerd and 2 scoops Vitargo ( I drank 1/2 between Back & biceps)
1 apple

1pm
4oz chicken
1C green beans
1C brn rice
1C chicken Broth (Made soup out of it)

4pm
6oz Tilapia
1 sweet potato
Green beans

7 pm CHEAT!
2 x 2"x3" pieces of homemade lasagna (Low carb Pasta, lots of ground beef and sausage, tomato sauce, cheese)
2C salad
1/2 8" diameter goat cheese pizza
1 x 5" diameter chocolate chip cookie
1/2 Klondie Bar
(So I felt a little sick after snarfing all that in 45 mins - but it was delicious - also gained 2lbs from it! - Sat am 203.4 sun am 205.5)

11pm
1 C cottage cheese w/ strawberries
1 scoop protein powder w/ 1 T PB

[1badmofo]

Good log bro. I'm going act like MILKMAN and ask you to reign in the volume on the bi's! BTW, I think it's only us older guys who get extra sleep on Fridays. I actually like working out Friday evenings best, because the gym is empty.

[leanbody]

Originally Posted by 1badmofo

Good log bro. I'm going act like MILKMAN and ask you to reign in the volume on the bi's! BTW, I think it's only us older guys who get extra sleep on Fridays. I actually like working out Friday evenings best, because the gym is empty.

hahahaha - okay you made me laugh! and it's the married guys who get a good nights sleep on Saturday too - LOL

The volume on the bis was rediculous - but wtf - it was the first time I did them in 2 months after injuring my elbow. it was mostly an ego workout! hahahahaha

[Dlove]

Are diets are almost identical Lean. I eat tons of berries. I just went to the local ginseng farm here last week and bought stright ginseng berry juice, due it's foul tasting to say the least.

I like to see your eating a lot of fish. That and rare game meats I can always feel the protein nice in my chest and arms.

Hey I know you like doing arm work, I was curious you ever superset bi's and tri's? It's a wicked pump and would probably be insaine on tren. Basically pick up a straight bar and do Barbell curls then jump on the bench immediately and hit JM's. The blood flow going back and forth will swell your arms up like a SOB. You probably already tried this and I just wasted time writing, hope not lol. Hope all is well bigman.

[Dlove]

I wanna see you doin some clean and press this week and farmers walk.

[leanbody]

Wed Nov 11
Had a GREAT workout this morning! Stoked to see my weight at 203 this morning and I don't feel like it is coming off as muscle. Best part was prolly the veins in my forearms during the workout - i usually see 1 or 2 but today i had about 5-6 popping out - can only assume that this is because the BF is going down!

Also have to give myself a big pat on the back for passing up cupcakes, burgers and pizza at my son's birthday party yesterday!!!! Took my salmon, cauliflower and sweet potato to In 'n Out and ate it with the kids - no big deal!

Thanks to Tad the diet coach....I am doing 1-2 extra sets on every exercise.... not logging miy warmup just working sets! so the intensity is crancked up a bit too.

Chest & Triceps
Incline Press
15x185
12x185 5x135
5x185 6x135 4 x135
5x185 4x165 2x145 5x125 4x105 6x85 sort of a widowmaker 26 reps!

Flat Dumbell Fly hard as hell after the inclines!
15x50
10x50 5x40
6x50 9x40
6x55 8x45

Bench Press DB Damn i felt like a weenie - 50lbs felt SOOOOOO heavy after the first 2 exercises!
9x50 2x45 4x30
4x50 5x40 6x30
7x55 4x45 4x30
2x55 3x45 10x30

Dips (preexhaust)
2 sets of 12
Rope push Downs
15x120
10x120 5x100
5x120 5x100 5x100
10x120 5 x120

Overhead tricep extensions with the hammer curl bar
12x60
10x60
8x60 7x60
5x60 4x60

Reverse Push Downs
4 sets 15 x 100

Bench dips with 45lbs on my lap
set of 12 10 8 Tris were fried! ;-)


Thurs Diet
ate pretty much on the diet forgot the apple until an hour after I finished my 1st lunch... so ate it as a snack.
Tonite family birthday dinner at the local ice cream soda fountain - sounds like salmon & sweet potato to me....

10:30 60 mins cardio

[leanbody]

Originally Posted by Dlove

Are diets are almost identical Lean. I eat tons of berries. I just went to the local ginseng farm here last week and bought stright ginseng berry juice, due it's foul tasting to say the least.

I like to see your eating a lot of fish. That and rare game meats I can always feel the protein nice in my chest and arms.

Hey I know you like doing arm work, I was curious you ever superset bi's and tri's? It's a wicked pump and would probably be insaine on tren. Basically pick up a straight bar and do Barbell curls then jump on the bench immediately and hit JM's. The blood flow going back and forth will swell your arms up like a SOB. You probably already tried this and I just wasted time writing, hope not lol. Hope all is well bigman.

Hahaha - yeah - i'll have to try that on my next ego day! i haven't done it on the tren so it will be a new experience. Today i did chest and tris and the pump was insane - i actually had some serious vascularity going on!

[leanbody]

Thurs Nov 12 Body Temp = 98.1 i have a nice sweaty sleep pattern going these days - I must have turned into a metabolic furnace at night - Maybe it's the ECA or maybe its the 60 mins of cardio 1/2hr before bed. Duno

Weight 202.1

AM workout

Quads & Calves
Leg extensions turned up the volume on these - felt like my quads were going to explode afterwards!
15 x 130 5x100
14 x 130 6x100
14x130 8x90
12x130 9x100 4x60

Squats went balls to the wall on these too - mybe a bit too much grunting....i had my ipod turned up pretty loud...hahaha
15x145 5x145
20x155
20x165 (+ 20lbs over last week!)
12x175 8x145

Walking Lunges
4 sets of 30 steps w/ 30lb dbs in my hands

Standing Calf raise
30x300
20x300 10x210
10x300 7x210 12x100
superset with
Seated Calf Raise
4 sets 30x60 last few sets broken up, not straigth 30 reps

Awsome workout - i love this routine - so simple only 5 exercises but really trashed my legs!

[mikea]

Whats up young man!

Ok wtf Lean ``just 5 exercises``, are you kidding me? Up the intensity(quality) and down the volume(quontaty)!!

You should be doing 20reps at over 220pounds, or working towards it at your weigth.

[leanbody]

Originally Posted by mikea

Whats up young man!

Ok wtf Lean ``just 5 exercises``, are you kidding me? Up the intensity(quality) and down the volume(quontaty)!!

You should be doing 20reps at over 220pounds, or working towards it at your weigth.

Hey man - nice to hear from you! how's it going? you still with that new trainer (Powerlifter was he?)

Thanks for the comment - but wtf 220 x 20 reps? what exercise u talkin about?

I'm tring to lean out some - to earn my name "leanbody" hahahaha - i think I'm down to 11% now - still going to do this for another month or so. Don't feel like i'm wasting muscle tho - keeping some size.

Take care, bro!