My first cycle - log

[NixonBCali]

Amazon delivered my blood pressure monitor today, I'm always impressed by how fast they deliver. Pinned my left quad today, actually not as bad as my right one was and I have no idea what I did differently, if anything at all. BP is 128/76 so slight hypertension but nothing too bad. Today is a rest day for me but the wife had some metabolic conditioning stuff to do this morning at 5am so I tagged along. Nothing crazy, just threw in some more traps/calves/abs for about 45 minutes.

Weighed and pinched this morning as well. I know I'm still holding some water but the added fiber has been helping with the bloat a LOT!

3/31/16
Body fat - 15.42%
Weight - 219.4lb
Lean mass - 185.57lb
Fat mass - 33.83lb
Caliper Measurements -
Abdominals - 22.5mm
Chest - 8.5mm
Thigh - 18mm
Tricep - 10mm
Subscapular - 18.5mm
Midaxillary - 14.5mm
Suprailiac - 10mm

4/07/2016
Body fat - 15.56%
Weight - 222.8lb
Lean mass - 188.13lb
Fat mass - 34.67lb
Caliper Measurements -
Abdominals - 22mm
Chest - 8.5mm
Thigh - 18.5mm
Tricep - 9.5mm
Subscapular - 17mm
Midaxillary - 15mm
Suprailiac - 12.5mm


Breakdown so far -
3/24/16 at 17.22% Lean 175.82 & 36.58 body fat weight
3/31/16 at 15.42% Lean 185.57 & 33.83 body fat weight
4/07/16 at 15.56% Lean 188.13 & 34.67 body fat weight

The numbers are fluctuating a bit but all pinches and weigh-ins have been on same day of the week at same time of day. I'm going to change diet to 45% Protein/ 40% Carb /15% Fats for the next two weeks and see how that changes things. I'm still using 3,000 calories and will keep that the same as I like where my strength and energy are right now and I don't want that body fat number to go up any higher. I might have to throw in some morning LISS cardio just to help a little; I've got a treadmill in the garage so it's convenient also.

 

[bxbomber]

Great log
-bx

 

[NixonBCali]

Haven't updated in a few, been busy. Pinned left delt just now, I'm right handed but I have a helluva time pinning one handed, and can't aspirate worth a crap either. Today was pin #6 and it was the first time I bled. About 10 seconds after I pulled out the pin, I felt blood going down to my elbow. Anyways, all is well. Today is some shoulders/tri's. One more week with this routine and then I'm changing it up and eating more and going heavier. My body is healing faster than ever before right now. I don't think I've had DOMS very much at all since starting this cycle. Maybe the dbol water retention is helping? I dunno but it's nice.

Energy levels are still blah. I can get in a great workout, sex is amazing right now. But I still get moments of absolutely sluggishness and feeling really tired during the day. My sleep is slowly improving at night, but I need to get to bed earlier. I think this is the leanest I've ever looked while weighing the most. I am really happy with how this is going.

Also Thursday will be 3 weeks without a single beer. That's huge for me!


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[NixonBCali]

So I've got 41, 10mg Dbol pills left and 9 days left until I stop taking them. I've been taking 3-10mgs a day split up but I've also tried once or twice at 4-10mgs split up with awesome pumps in the gym.

Contemplating finishing the dbol at 4.5 pills a day just to finish them off. Any thoughts on this? It shouldn't make a negative difference right? It just seems pointless to continue running 3 a day and have 11 pills leftover until whenever/if ever I add dbol again to a cycle.


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[NixonBCali]

Week three is coming to an end and week four starts Thursday. Had a great leg day today and every lift had an increase in weight. Week four will be my last week with this current regimen which I'm looking forward to because it's more volume and I'm needing that for some more size. I feel like a bloated pig all day lately, I keep trying to take decent post workout pics but my bloated stomach is killing me haha. Today was first day of the increase from 30mg dbol to 45mg and the lower back pumps were almost too much to handle. I was doing deadlifts and could barely bend down to add/remove plates. It was actually pretty funny. Came home and had a serious mass protein shake from Optimum Nutrition a quick shower and then decided to go do some LISS cardio for 30 minutes. I was running behind on a meal since my leg session took so long so I grabbed a chipotle chicken bowl for dinner and just had my 226g cottage cheese before bed (no wonder I'm bloated). I ended up going over on my fats and carbs and under on my protein, tomorrow will be back on track for sure. I'm gonna try and do my weekly weigh-in in the morning as well since Thursday will be too hectic.

Superset-
DB Split squats
Lying leg curls

Back squats

Deadlifts

Superset-
Standing calf raises
Leg press

Superset-
Seated calf raises
Standing pallof press

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[NixonBCali]

This mornings check in was so much better than I expected!

3/24/16 at 17.22% Lean 175.82 & 36.58 body fat weight
3/31/16 at 15.42% Lean 185.57 & 33.83 body fat weight
4/07/16 at 15.56% Lean 188.13 & 34.67 body fat weight
4/13/16 at 14.64% Lean 190.87 & 32.73 body fat weight

It's also chest/back attack today. I love push/pull routines, you can go hard and heavy and eat a little extra! Tomorrow is first pin of week four and last week of dbol. I have to go through my next phase of training later today and perhaps I'll post it up. Gotta get meal 2 in real quick before training.


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[NixonBCali]

Finally got my Bac water in today, what a pain in the butt that was to mix. I've never used ampoules before, even after a tutorial I broke the damn thing *crunch* glass shards from the top falling into the damn amp. Turned it over, shook them out until nothing was left but the HCG but at least for whatever brand I just used, too easy to crush and not snap off. Started 250iu twice a week from here on out until just before PCT. I've read too many stories from both sides of the argument and just decided to play it safe from near the beginning, rather than wait until it's too late at the end and the boys don't work anymore.

Today was a killer day in the gym -
SS -
Cable Cross Over 4 x 8-8 Dropset 202 10 secs
Today: 35-30/40-35/40-35/40-35lbs
Underhand (pronated) straight bar pull downs 4 x 8-8 Dropset 202 90 secs
Today: 145-130/145-130/145-130/145-130
SS -
DB Neutral Grip Press 4 x 8-8 Dropset 202 10 secs (can't do bench with any other grip due to shoulder)
Today: 65-55/75-65/80-70/90-70lbs
Seated Rowing V 4 x 8-8 Dropset 202 90 secs
Today: 145-130/160-145/190-160/220-205lbs
SS -
60 Degree Incline DB Curls
Today - 25-20/30-25/30-25/35-25-20
Cross Body Hammer Curls
Today - 30-25/30-25/35-20/35-25
SS -
Preacher Curl 4 x 8-8 Dropset 202 30 secs
Today: 85-75/85-75/85-75/95-75
Straight Bar Forearm Curls - 20 front rotation/20 back rotation
Today - 60lb x 4 sets

Roman Chair Leg lifts - 3x10
Decline Crunches - 3x10
Reverse Crunches - 3x10

Tomorrow is first pin of week 4, gonna throw in some more trap/calves/abs/cardio to keep going, even though it's my day off.

Sidenote: I'm sleeping like crap lately, I can't fall asleep so I stay up reading on forums until 10-11pm, then when I do fall asleep I wake up to pee around 12:30-1am then wake up again like every 2 hours. I can't remember the last time I slept straight through the night......zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[NixonBCali]

Rest day today but about to go hit some traps and calves and if my last meal settles, some abs.

This mornings pin to the right delt didn't go so well. I'm sure it happens to everyone at least once but...I aspirated and had a little blood. So I pulled all the way out and then told myself, well it's your blood and the whole delt has been alcohol swabbed so move over a little and pin. Maybe I should have tossed it? Or maybe I should have at least swapped needles, but no I didn't. Let me tell you that 25g needle went in dull and took its sweet time settling into my delt. Inject went smooth but damn my shoulder is sore now. I'm thinking it was the dull needle. There was still blood in the needle (where it meets syringe) when all was said and done so I don't think I actually re-injected my own blood. I'm not sure what proper practice is but I didn't want to waste any gear.
I've got an order from a new source shipping tomorrow, I might switch to that Test E when it arrives after my blood work at week 5.

If I've got Test that I've been using and don't finish the vial, how long will it store for? Does it even matter that I used it? It should be gtg in the vials.

Alright, off to the gym.


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[NixonBCali]

Update***

Yesterday was bad.. I started off on such a good note, woke up feeling great but doing our taxes really just depressed us. We had a very rough 2015 and knew tax season would be bad but weren't expecting to owe as much as we do. Oh well, all we can do is move forward and make payments when we can; after all it's only money. We ended up having a delicious refeed lunch at our favorite BBQ joint nearby and I had a tall beer; only beer I've had in over 3-weeks. When we got home we were going to just chill and digest for a bit and then go kill some weights but both of us just crashed, I mean literally just exhausted and crashed. Tried to take a nap for 30 minutes, it turned into an hour. I woke up and ended up crawling into bed for about another 30 minutes and then we got up to eat some dinner. I think something wasn't right with the beer (maybe a dirty tap?) or the food because my stomach just went downhill fast. I think I've been eating too clean and the shock may have been the culprit. So dinner was barely anything and then we went to bed. Slept like a baby all night so I think my body just really needed the rest. Since starting this cycle I've consistently met my macros while training 6 days a week (planned) and sometimes doing extra trap/calves/abs on my off days (less than 45 minutes). I think yesterday was a culmination of stress, taxes, heavy food, and too many days in the gym without proper rest. If you've followed my log you'll remember I've been sleeping like crap the past week or so. I think it all hit me at once.


Today though...OMG amazing workout. Seriously one of my best days since starting this cycle. I went heavier on every single set, and through in extra reps. When I got done with my routine, I had more fuel in the tank so I added in some close grip presses superset with some machine dips (body weight dips kill my shoulder). Even through in some ab work to really end it all. I'm sitting at 226lb right now and feeling bigger than ever, but it's messing with my mind a little. I didn't plan on buying new clothing but I feel like fat guy in all my shirts, and my stomach protrudes slightly so mentally I'm feeling like a fat ass. I have 8 more weeks on this bulk with only one more week of Dbol so I'm hoping some of this water weight drops off once I drop the Dbol and the Test finally kicks in properly. I'm really excited to do blood work in week 5 and see how things are going. I've found the better my diet and water intake are, the more profound the effects of the Dbol are, so I make sure to get in about 1 gallon of water everyday and about 3 meals before training. I wish I could train in the morning like my wife likes to do, but I have to eat first and i'm stronger in the afternoon. I've got some food porn to share so I'll post that in a minute along with a pic of todays pump from shoulders/tri's.

 

[NixonBCali]

Yesterday's lunch cheat meal. Burnt End Burger from a local BBQ joint. Amazing!

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[NixonBCali]

Had a nice shoulder and tricep pump today. **broken link removed**


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[NixonBCali]

Today was leg day, had a pretty carb heavy sandwich about 90 minutes before the gym but some preworkout helped curb the carb & dbol sleepiness.

Superset
DB Split squats
50-45lbs for 4 sets of 8 drop 8 reps

Lying Leg curls 128-118lbs 4x8-8

Superset
Leg Press machine
Maxed out at 18 for 12 reps, drop to 17 for 12 reps. Repeat 4 times
Seated Calf raise
115-90/125-115/125-115/125-115


Deadlifts by themselves, longer rest
135 warm up -
185-135/205-155/225-155/245-175. (8 reps drop 8 reps)

Decline leg lifts superset with machine calf raises to finish the day. Could not get a squat rack to save my life today. I really need to hit a different gym on leg day.

250iu hcg pin this a.m.


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[NixonBCali]

Got a few goodies in. Gonna try this Test out after bloods in week 5. Anavar is for the wife, and the Viagra is for both of us. Let's see how it compares to the Cialis I've tried.

Order shipped Thursday and arrived today, awesome T/A. Packaging is very professional, vials are vacuum sealed and bubble wrapped

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[NixonBCali]

Today was the first day of the next phase of my training. It's not moving into some heavier movements with triple drop sets. Today was shoulders and biceps and it felt great. I have been hitting lacking areas on my days off but yesterday I took the whole day off and felt like a lazy ass who lost all muscle mass haha. Diet has been great today, and it's the last day of my Dbol too. Pinned 250iu hcg this morning and had 50mg Dbol to finish off so I did 20 a.m., 20 preworkout, and 10mg now.

Things are still progressing nicely, weekly check in is tomorrow morning and I'm curious how it will be as I've had about 3 meals this week that aren't on my plan. Sometime time plays a factor and sometimes I just get bored with chicken and rice and need a good hearty burger or a chalupa. I've still been staying away from alcohol, haven't done much cardio this week either (I was only doing a couple days at 30-40minutes anyways). So I took a pic today and it's almost identical to the before pic but there are some nice results and changes that I'm seeing. Basically everything has become stronger, every lift I'm doing I'm increasing the weight every session. I have almost zero DOMS which I didn't even expect but it's pretty awesome actually. Sleep has been improving steadily, however I'm hot most of the time. The other night I slept for two hours and woke up covered in sweat, last night I must have been grinding my teeth, so I popped some extra vitamin C today. Not sure if any of that is cycle related.

Here is the progress pic, delts are fuller, chest seems to be filling out, traps are taking shape. I'm happy with the progress

Left is April 4th @ 222.8lbs and 15.56% BF

Right is April 20th @ 229.9lbs and about 14% BF (I'll update these numbers tomorrow morning)

Had to edit the photo with a smiley, I didn't realize the wife was butt naked and bent over the bed in the background....

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[NixonBCali]

Leg day in the books today.

Leg Press - 5 sets 7-7-7
5 plates, 4 plates, 3 plates
8 plates(total), 7 plates, 6 plates
10 plates, 9 plates, 8 plates
12 plates, 11 plates, 10 plates
14 plates, 13 plates, 12 plates

Bulgarian split squats - 3x20(each leg) did body weight with controlled form

Incline neutral grip DB press.
3x20 with 45lb DB's

Flat bench neutral grip DB press. 5x6-6-6
50-40-30
60-50-40
70-60-50
70-60-50
70-60-60

Cable crossovers - 2x15 3010 tempo. 40lbs and 50lbs

New routine is 5 days a week so this was less than an hour and pretty intense. I am supposed to do machine hack squats today but there isn't a hack squat rack/machine and I was a bit short on time. I need to find a substitute to hit the same muscles...barbell hacks are just awkward for me so I either need to perfect those, or find an alternate. Maybe I'll throw in some walking lunges or drop set leg extensions.

Getting week 5 blood work done Monday morning before my Monday pin.


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[NixonBCali]

Last pin of week 5 this morning, left glute, I still suck at pinning left handed. My hand trembles so much and I can't twist as well to the left as I can to the right so I have to use a mirror. I need to work on my flexibility. Getting blood work done tomorrow morning and I'm excited to see how the numbers come back. Strength continues to progress every workout it seems. Weight is maintaining even being off the dbol. Let's see how much water weight falls off this week because my last pinch was Sunday morning and I weighed in at 228.1lbs and 13.11% BF. I started this cycle at 212.4lbs and 17.22% BF. I definitely feel the added weight and size, some of my tshirts/tanks don't fit any more. I'm still hanging on to this but of belly fat and lower back fat, I don't post many back pics because I'm self conscious about it.

Today was a killer shoulder workout, just got done actually and my delts were so pumped I could barely do a double bicep pose, it was painful to lift my arms.

Lean away lateral raise - 3x20 with 20lb DB's

Overloaded lat raises - 5x7-7-7
Crazy dropset had my shoulders pumped! 45-40-35lbs for all sets

3010 tempo lat raises - 3x15 with 20lb DB's

Straight bar cable bicep curls - 3x20 with 45lb setting

EZ curl bar bicep curls - 5x6-6-6
75-70-65/75-70-65/80-75-70/80-75-70/80-75-70

Supinated cable rows 3010 tempo - 2x15 with 75lb setting (highest setting I could find on a machine at this gym...ugh) Slow and controlled made it effective though.

Ab wheel - 3x20



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[NixonBCali]

Even though I'm eating in a surplus, some of these pinches need to drop more, I am not proud of this but to be thorough and honest with myself I'm documenting everything. **broken link removed**


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[NixonBCali]

Blood work done, 4 vials taken. Looking forward to these results. Last night I had some weird bout of low blood sugar or something. Felt light headed and had shakes. It was weird, diet was same as usual so not sure if I missed something and don't realize it? It's been a crazy week so maybe I missed a meal and don't realize it, still shouldn't have had me like that though. Just an odd night.


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[NixonBCali]

Blood test results from yesterday's draw came back this morning. Feel free to chime in with any feedback, it's appreciated.

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[Fit2Serve]

might be the most detailed log I have ever seen. well done on that!
stick with the transformation. and TENNY was spot on, you will understand one day. have fun with it! you will learn ALOT from this experience.
-F2S