A bit of training / cycle history :
Background
I've been training and eating consistently for about 10 years now with maybe 4-5 years of PED usage in there and a few long breaks from PED's. When I first started, I just wanted to be bigger. I was an extremely skinny kid and graduated high school at 6'4" 135 lbs. Through most of my early to mid 20's I hovered in the 150's and would have small starts at trying to get serious about training and eating but was very inconsistent.
I eventually started training consistently and learning how to eat properly about 10 years ago but my main goals at the time were to just be bigger and stronger so I kind of gravitated towards power building routines with lots of squatting and deadlifting and got decently strong for my weight but not that impressive looking. A few years into this I started experimenting with PED's and started off with the typical 500 mg Test cycle for 12 weeks. I definitely put on a good amount of muscle in this phase and just kind of started experimenting with other compounds and slowly training and eating more like a bodybuilder rather than a powerlifter. During this phase I also had 2 children, both of which I had to come completely off PED's for as my sperm count was basically nothing even on just Testosterone. For my son, I was off everything for probably just over a year but we had other issues trying to conceive my daughter and I ended up off everything for close to 3 years. I did continue training and eating decently while I was off so I didn't lose everything.
PED Usage
Once we were done having children, I was able to go back on and I currently blast and cruise and have been doing so since early 2022. Over time, I've found the compounds that seem to work best for me with the least sides. For bulking that is typically Test/NPP or Deca/Primo and cutting Test/Tren/Mast. I don't experience a ton of side effects from any of these with Tren probably being the harshest obviously but I usually run it for short periods of time and at this point have just ran it between 210 and 350 mg / week. In general, my total compound usage on a cycle at this point has been around 1g to 1.5g total. I will probably plan to go higher on this bulk but will stick to Test/NPP/Primo for my bulking and if I'm feeling pretty good but progress is stalling I might throw in short runs of Anadrol but in general I usually avoid orals as they can mess up my appetite. I've also been using moderate doses of generic GH (4-8 IU) from probably one of the most well known sponsors here.
Training
For training over the last couple years, I've been running some of John Meadows programs and then kind of modifying some of his principles to suit my own needs. I'm currently running a modified PPL where I train 5 days a week. It looks something like this:
Monday : Pull or Push (alternating ea week)
Tuesday: Legs
Wed: Off
Thursday: Pull
Friday: Push
Saturday: Legs
Sunday: Off
I'm running it this way because it's what fits my schedule the best and I'm trying to emphasize leg growth so I'm ensuring I get 2 leg days in a week.
Nutrition
I use my fitness pal and log everything I eat. I've done it a number of different ways in the past. Sometimes I would just eat the same meal 6 times a day but now my diet is pretty similar day to day but has a fair amount of variety from meal to meal. On my last bulk I incorporated some carb cycling and would have high carb days topping out at about 800 carbs and lower days around 300-400 carbs. Protein was usually around 300g/day and fat would make up the remainder of the calories. When I stopped bulking at around 250 lbs I was eating around 5500 calories a day and not really gaining anymore weight.
Here is a sample of what I ate yesterday. This was the highest total calorie day of the last week because it was a leg day.
8:00 AM Morning Smoothie (306 cal, 42g carbs, 5g fat, 30g protein)
- Greens Powder
- Various Fruit
- Frozen Spinach/Kale
- 1 scoop whey isolate
10:00 AM Breakfast (592 cal, 30g carbs, 17.1g fat, 73.5g protein)
- Ezekiel 4:9 Tortilla
- 2 Pasture Raised Eggs
- 16 tbsp Egg Whites
- Flame Grilled Fajita Veggies
- 120g Ground Turkey Breast
12:00 PM Lunch (554 cal, 75g carbs, 1g fat, 50g protein)
- 250g Wild Pacific Cod
- 140g Wildbrine Kimchi
- 350g Sweet Potato
2:30 PM Lunch 2 (763 cal, 82g carbs, 17g fat, 72g protein)
- Canned Salmon Salad (170g canned wild alaskan pink salmon, diced onions and celery, 30g nonfat greek yogurt, dijon mustard)
- 400g Yellow Potatoes (Salmon salad used as topping for potato)
- 120g Frozen Atlantic Pink Salmon (cooked sous vide)
- 120g Flame grilled vegetables
5:00 PM Dinner (599 cal, 90g carbs, 1g fat, 51g protein)
- 250g Wild Pacific Cod
- 100g Aged Basmati Rice (dry weight)
- 6 tsp Organic Coco Aminos
7:30 PM Pre-Workout Snack (634 cal, 76g carbs, 10g fat, 60g protein)
- 200g Plain Nonfat Greek Yogurt
- 120g Low Fat Kefir
- 1 scoop vanilla hydro whey
- 80 wild frozen blueberries
- 40 grams sprouted rolled oats
- 30g Ancient Grans Granola
9:00-11:00 PM Intra Workout Drink (240 cal, 43g carbs)
- 20g Karbolyn
- 1 scoop Granite Supplements Recovery (EAA/HBCD)
- 11 ounce Organic coconut water
11:00 PM Post Workout Shake (473 cal, 60g carbs, 1.5g fat, 51g protein)
- 30g Hydro Whey
- 30g Micellar Casein
- 60g Rice cereal
Totals - 4161 cal, 506g carbs, 54g fat, 389g protein
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