What type of carrier oils and solvent level is your gear. I know a lot of guys taken high doses and feel like shit but love being big.
Honestly not sure, but I’ve used Direct for years now, so whatever he puts in there. But that’s where I was for a while, loved being big and just put up with feeling like shit.
At that point you really don’t need to even push it.
Even with low/moderate doses you’re still one of the strongest dudes here—thinking I remember you rowing 500lbs for reps or doing 4 plate incline/shoulder presses. All that on moderate doses is incredible.
Plus iirc you’re a firefighter? So you need a functional level of fitness as well. At that point I could see how 3g would be counterintuitive, even detrimental towards your career
Yep, that’s correct, the 495x8 row and 405 seated shoulder press videos can be found in the pic you took today thread. I’m doing a low dose “blast” right now of 140mg test and 100mg tren hex, and honestly less is more for me right now. I slimmed down on purpose over the summer to be more mobile and athletic for firefighting, and I still repped out the 180s on incline bench for sets of 10, 12 plates per side hack squats for 10, 10 plate t-bar rows. I lost a little strength but gaining it all back while being 40lbs lighter and on way lower doses. I think you’re right, I don’t need to push it anymore. I got so big that it was impacting my job performance and overall felt and looked unhealthy. I look ten years younger than I did last year. My biggest blast ever was a year ago when I did 300mg test and ramped tren from 350 to 700 and even 900 for a week. Gravity turned off and my strength and physique was ridiculous, but I was very unhealthy.
For me now, low doses, staying light (no bigger than 230), and functional workouts added in (hyrox wods, FFer gear workouts, running, rucking, weight vest Stairmaster), calisthenics
I feel a million times better going down to TRT/very low doses
I think it’s a bit more nuanced than that, lol. I have no idea what good health genetics means exactly as it pertains to this endeavor of bodybuilding. I needed a BP med since going on at 21. No matter how much cardio i do, or how lean i get
Yet, my grandparents lived to be in their 80’s. Only one didn’t, and it was cancer. Unfortunately, I have no idea if my bp is genetic prior to going on or not
My grandparents are still alive at close to 100 years old, both sides, and several great uncles are in their 90s and still downing a bottle of whiskey and a pack of cigs a day. So I have pretty good health genetics too.
But I think even with that, blasting for me isn’t a good idea. My bloodwork doesn’t go out of whack besides my liver and hematocrit, but I get so inflamed, bloated, and just look and biggest of all FEEL unhealthy. I think if your body feels unwell, that’s a pretty obvious sign despite bloodwork looking okay. And masking everything with ancillaries isn’t a good plan IMO.
I mean, I started taking Proviron at 50mg a day and my BP was 167 systolic just sitting around. I can take BP meds, but I could also just not take certain things. I don’t know why my body is increasingly more sensitive over the years
I talked with DanielTX a lot (RIP), and his death hit me pretty hard. He also had some good family genetics as far as longevity and resilience to lifestyle choices goes. He took every health precaution there was as far as ancillaries, and I believe he truly thought he’d be good to go. Unfortunately what happened happened, and it was a wake up call for me.
Thats a really impressive natural point, How were the results off of your first cycle and what was your first cycles? How educated and well did you execute diet and training to get to 220 and a 700lbs naturally? Sounds like you have some great genetics for being strong and big
Maybe you could find a setup where you can leverage more gh, insulin and sprinkle in some short esters or orals and adjust when you feel things going south. Im just brainstorming here
Thank you, I was always very strong naturally, and I also squatted 740 and benched over 500 naturally.
I was very educated to be honest, I started reading forums when I was 14-15 years old. Doggcrapp articles, elitefts, etc.
My father was a natural bodybuilder with ripped 19 inch arms who worked out after his blue collar work shifts. And around 15 I joined a hardcore gym and was taught how to lift by top level powerlifters, some who trained at Westside, and also who learned how to lift in prison (that’s where my affinity for volume comes from, prison yard programming mixed with HIT and powerlifting). I’ve followed a strict diet since my teen years too.
I have a lot of fast twitch muscle, and my lifting style is extremely explosive. My jumping/broad jumping/sprints are also high level
When I was 220lbs and deadlifting and squatting 700 I was trained by Josh Bryant/JailhouseStrong, and I was training under him directly for a few years. He really brought out my strength potential
I always wanted to try gear, but I was still making gains and looked great natural. Then I joined the Army and did ten years in SOF, and never wanted to do gear because I was scared I’d crash my test and not be able to get more while deployed or something. I hyped it up to something more than it was
My first cycle was when I got out of the Army a few years ago (the Army and Ranger School especially crashed my natural test), and honestly wasn’t too eventful. It was 500mg test and I didn’t gain as much strength as I thought I would, but my body mutated and I got way bigger. Got up to 250lbs from 220ish and a lot of it was muscle. This cycle was over a year. I added GH too from the get go at up to 10ius. I don’t take GH anymore because of the water retention. It’s intramuscular but I don’t need 10lbs of useless weight to carry around in a burning building.
