Hey everyone, I'm HELSRL, and I'm very new to the forums. First of all, I just want to say a big thanks to VikingLab for giving me the opportunity to test the product. This will be my first time running anything and I'm anxious to try it. I have been training for about 4 years now. In this last year I got married and had a baby (11 months ago). I trained consistently throughout my pregnancy, probably harder than I have ever trained, while taking precautions instructed by my doctor. My husband and I try to stay on the same training protocol, obviously with a few tweaks. My husband (SRLHEL) will be running this trial with me. As far as diet goes, we keep it pretty clean. I will admit that my biggest downfall is diet. I love to train and have no problems with consistency in the gym, I just have a very difficult time forcing myself to meet my macros and stick with our meal plan.
Like I said, our diet does stay pretty clean. We prep our meals together but obviously make portion adjustments to fit our individual macros.
Protocol for the THERMOBLENDS:
Day 1-2 20mcg
Day 3-4 40mcg
Day 5-6 60mcg
Day 7-8 80mcg - this or 60mcg will be my max as I believe it will supply me with the benefits and keep sides to minimum (hopefully)...
Day 8-14 80mcg
*Possible Plans*
I have been considering doing a VAR cycle and may eventually end up adding it but as of now I will only be doing the Thermo Blend.
Var cycle: Start off with 0.5mg every day then ramp up to 10mg per day and look to stick with that for 6-8 weeks, as well as taking NAC for liver support.
While doing the Thermo Blend I will also be adding Taurine to my daily stack. I will be sticking with around 2-3 grams per day. (we will be heading to pick this up later today or tomorrow). This will be in addition to 1.5 gallons water per day.
Diet:
Meal 1:
1 Russet Potato (made into hash browns)
1 Omega-3 Egg with yolk
3 servings of egg whites (3 tablespoons per serving)
10 ounces of fat free milk
2 scoops of Whey tech chocolate protein
Meal 2 & Meal 3 (repeat)
3 ounces boneless/skinless chicken breast
3/4 cup white rice
90grams of steamed broccoli
80grams of avocado (Meal #3 only)
Meal 4-Post Workout
4 ounces baked Salmon
150grams baked sweet potato
1 tablespoon butter, as well as some cinnamon to flavor the potato
2 tablespoons Jif creamy peanut butter
This stays consistent from week to week for the most part, but we may add in some other sort of fish in place of Salmon.
Training
3 on/1 off and 2 on/1 off
switching from push/pull legs, and adding in calves and ab protocol.
This is the training is from my husband's coach (he uses it) and do not want to give out specifics of his plans. But we change a few things to feet more of my gluteus and hams...
Just note that the training is dialed in.
We have been doing fasted high intensity cardio in the mornings as well as additional cardio in the evenings after weight training. We will now drop the HIIT cardio and just do two sessions of probably level 3.0 on a treadmill with an incline of 3% for cardio roughly 30-40mins.
Please be respectful as I post pictures. I am very aware I am not anywhere near where I used to be or would like to be. Before becoming pregnant, my days were dedicated to hours and hours at the gym and it paid off. During my pregnancy I still dedicated that time but of course could not push the limits as I had previously done. I am now able and willing to put in the work necessary to see the results I want.
Thanks again VikingLab for this opportunity and I look forward to using your product!