30 solid pounds in 6 months

[Elvia1023]

I have been training pretty much everyday and at relatively high volume. I am usually in the gym approx 2 hours most days. The Diclofenac gel has done wonders and my arm continues to get better. I still can't do any pulldowns without pain but I have been able to do fairly heavy (3 plate per side) rows and some bi-cep work. Training has been a complete mix but more higher reps for a change.

Last week I started tapering test p down from 50mg to 10mg and I just stopped it. I have been running 50mg tren a and 50mg proviron per day. In addition to that I inject 125mg test c twice weekly. I am never 100% as it's not like I compete but I have been dieting hard recently. It's been a struggle this week and truth be told I have felt like shit. I am not used to low carbs. I was feeling a bit off even before the low carbs and I think it's the hormones even though they are not high.

I actually decided tonight to just go on low test. I figured why feel like shit for the sake of getting a little leaner. I am not competing or have some big photo shoot so I figured fuck it. I don't feel healthy on tren either. When I lowered my test I started getting bad night sweats. I would wake up drenched and would have to move as the bed sheets were soaked.

So from today it will just be 250mg test c per week with my synthetine/syntheselen pre workout. That combo has made a big difference to my overall energy and mental clarity. Another reason for this is I have noticed my stomach is bloated/watery quite a bit. When I went away I drank a lot and felt very toxic and carrying on the tren afterwards has not helped so I just want to get off anything toxic and give my body a break. I predict the water will fall off me even though those drugs are known to give a drier appearance. After I get back I will carry on with 150mg test per week and have a break from everything. Over the next week I will still be dieting but in a healthy way.

 

[Elvia1023]

So I am down to just 250mg test per week now. Pre workout I also use synthetine and syntheselen. Today I only dosed them at 1.5ml each in a 3ml syringe. Although it goes against my logic of getting energy back I found some old DNP in my cupboard and decided to try it at 200mg per day. It's an old batch of Geno's Euro DNP. I actually have 2 little bags with about 20 caps total from different times. One bag has 8 caps in and I figured just run 200mg for 8 days.

The DNP hit me fast. Last night I was lying there radiating heat and when I woke up my bed was soaked. Before the DNP I had already decided to have some treats in the form of a 3kg watermelon and a box of cereal (shitload of carbs in total). Anyway I woke up and my stomach was much tighter so I was pleased about that. I also took a cleanse product before bed which has helped as I have had to go the toilet a few times within hours of getting up.

Training today was almost impossible but I pushed though. The DNP has hit me fast and my energy was non existent. I took 1 scoop of 5150 as well which didn't do much at the time (feel great now though ). Although 20 mins in I done my first crazy drop set for seated calf raises and that put some life back into me. The type of drop set I wanted it to burn as much as possible and afterwards I was hurting but up for more. It didn't last long though and I was struggling soon after. I think the 5150 effected my breathing a bit as well which didn't help. I still pushed it and had a great training session and I know for a fact I won't be able to walk tomorrow as my hamstrings are destroyed. My full workout consisted of...

Walk to the Gym pressing into the floor (20 mins)
Seated Calf Raises supersetted with standing calf raises (3 sec pause at the bottom)... 4 sets of each for higher reps.
Seated Calf Raises... 3 working sets of approx 10 reps. Then 3 drop sets all with 2 drops and just crazy intensity. I drop the weight then I push down do reps then I let go and do normal reps then push down again then drop the weight and repeat so 2 drops still consists of approx 50-100 reps for each set.
Machine Tibialis Raises... 2 warm ups and 4 working sets.
Standing Leg Curl Machine... 4 warm up sets and 4 working sets for each leg.
One legged DB stiff leg deadlifts... these are much better for my lower back. I get a great stretch and feel it all in my hams. 3 warm up sets and 3 working sets for each leg.
Lying on the floor DB Leg Curls... 1 warm up set and 3 working sets.
Hamstring Extensions... basically back extensions but with full focus on hamstrings... 3 working sets going up in weight.
Back Stretches.
Walked home (struggled).

My meals in the evening are mainly protein based. Post workout I had chicken and green lentils with a cereal bar afterwards. The cereal bar is only 100 calories and about 15g carbs. I may have more lentils with beef in a minute. My diet is more relaxed now (greek yoghurt, cottage cheese, fruit etc) but still very restricted especially in the evenings.

 

[odin]

Here is the old school leg press machine. If you see the handle with a hook hanging you use that to pick up the silver plates and place them in the machine. It took me ages putting them back at the bottom

Never seen a leg press like this before. It would be great to train in a gym like that.

 

[Elvia1023]

Never seen a leg press like this before. It would be great to train in a gym like that.

I love my gym now. It's a complete mix of old and new. That leg press feels great. Only issue is taking the weights back off at the end. I am going to train legs 2moro and will be using it again.

 

[Elvia1023]

I really struggled the 1st few days on DNP but things are better now. All the aas would have left my system and it's made dieting much easier. I am sure relaxing me diet for a few days helped but tren makes me crave food/carbs but now that's gone.

DNP really is an amazing drug and the difference in the last 2 days has been great. I decided to up to 400mg and I am going well. I modified my training due to the complete lack of energy in the gym. I would push through but it was pretty unbearable trying to train like I usually do. I started a new pre workout yesterday and have trained twice on it so far and it's amazing. It's very strong with many useful stimulants and focus enhancers so my training has been hard and fast paced.

I do this for fun but it's a shame I don't have another 2 weeks as dieting is easier for me now. I have lost some size which I knew I would but it will just make the rebound more fun. It would be impossible now to eating what I am eating now.

I received my EAA's so have added them in throughout the day and that has made a big difference as well. Humapro sweet tea taste really nice. I also have 6 tubs of EAA's by Musclerage and 2 tubs of All Day You May by 5% Nutrition. Incidentally 5%'s new Knock the carbs out bars are very nice and I have been having 1 as a meal everyday. I also added Fiberlyze by Species Nutrition.

The hotel I have booked is nice with a buffet restaurant so there is no way I am dieting on holiday as adding the breakfast and dinner options cost quite a lot. So I will definitely get my moneys worth I could very easily have 2500 cals for breakfast and 5000 cals for dinner each day. Maybe I get there and change my mind but there is no way I am dieting but I just may not go that crazy. I will also be training everyday when away as the hotel has a great gym (I love training in new gyms). I am tempted to carry on dieting on trt when I get back then rebound hard.

The next few days will be the similar then I will get some new pics done. I was looking much harder in the gym tonight but I trained alone and don't take my phone. I am using 1.5ml synthetine and 1.5ml syntheselen pre workout now and very happy. I also added 1 scoop of Full as Fuck by 5% pre workout today and could notice a big difference in pumps.

 

[Elvia1023]

Re1gn preworkout has been great for me. I trained shoulders and tri-ceps yesterday and pushed it. I have probably just done one of the hardest workouts of my life. I trained legs and on 400mg DNP I struggled but pushed through. Here is my entire workout and I went fast but slowed down at the end...

Walked to the gym.
Standing Calf Raises... 8 sets of 15-10 reps going up in weight and using a 2 sec stretch on the negative for every rep.
Seated Calf Raises... supersetted the last 4 sets of the above with 4 sets to failure (approx 15 reps).
Standing Calf Bodyweight Raises... ended each of my 4 supersets (above) with these with full stretch at the top and bottom.
Machine Tibialis Raises... 1 warm up set and 2 working sets of high reps.
Machine Glute Raises... 3 sets of 20-15 reps with each leg.
Hip Adductors... 3 warm up sets and 2 working sets with 15 sec rest between those 2 sets.
Standing Leg Curls... 4 warm up sets and 2 working sets of approx 10 reps.
Unilateral DB Stiff Leg Deadlifts... 2 warm up sets and 2 working sets with each leg.
DB Stiff Leg Deadlifts... 1 working set of high reps with 20kg db's.
Lying on the Floor DB Leg Curls... 1 warm up set and 2 working sets.
Hamstring Extensions (back extensions ham focused)... 1 working set.
Horizontal Leg Press (ham/glute focused)... 2 warm up sets and 2 working sets with feet hide and wide pushing with heels.
Superset of leg extensions, hack squats (close feet) and leg press (wide feet)... 1 warm up set and 3 working sets. All working sets were 15 reps for each movement but I would fail on the 3rd exercise every time and would rest pause it to get to 15.
Horizontal Leg press quad focused... 2 working sets of approx 20 reps.
Hack Squat... 1 working set.
Knee Extension using standing leg curl machine... 1 warm up set and 2 working sets for each leg.
Leg Extensions... 5 sets going up in weight pushing as much blood as possible into muscle.
Leg and Back Stretches.

It took me ages to get showered as my legs were shaking. I tried to get a taxi but my internet wouldn't work so I had to walk home and what normally takes 15 mins took double. Literally destroyed but after a few hours I feel great but I can already feel my hams and glutes will be sore 2moro.

 

[Elvia1023]

I am really liking the humapro aminos and had them again intra training. My preworkout has also been great to get me through training whilst the DNP leaves my system. Earlier was another big workout that consisted of back and chest. I was in the gym for 2 hours. I will get some pics taken before I go away.

Postwork I had steak with green lentils. I sometimes use green lentil packs that you can microwave and they taste amazing but they are not cheap. Right now I am drinking 2 scoops of All day you may in 2 litres of water. Pre bed will be soem cottage cheese and 2 hard boiled eggs.

I have already decided I am gonna grow and get as big as possible (staying relatively lean) after this break. I am lifting heavy now most days but still have to be careful with certain movements. I am hoping my bi-cep tendons continue to get better (at about 95% now) so I can hit the weights hard for my growth cycle. I will start at 300mg test and 300mg deca and move up slowly. I will increase food gradually but keep most things pretty basic. No idea what my max doses will be but I assume no more than 900mg test and 900mg deca. I may dose primo (if I can be bothered with the injs) and lower test and deca as 500-600mg is a nice amount for both for me and fatigue hits in when I go higher with test.

 

[Viking]

Re1gn preworkout has been great for me. I trained shoulders and tri-ceps yesterday and pushed it. I have probably just done one of the hardest workouts of my life. I trained legs and on 400mg DNP I struggled but pushed through. Here is my entire workout and I went fast but slowed down at the end...

Walked to the gym.
Standing Calf Raises... 8 sets of 15-10 reps going up in weight and using a 2 sec stretch on the negative for every rep.
Seated Calf Raises... supersetted the last 4 sets of the above with 4 sets to failure (approx 15 reps).
Standing Calf Bodyweight Raises... ended each of my 4 supersets (above) with these with full stretch at the top and bottom.
Machine Tibialis Raises... 1 warm up set and 2 working sets of high reps.
Machine Glute Raises... 3 sets of 20-15 reps with each leg.
Hip Adductors... 3 warm up sets and 2 working sets with 15 sec rest between those 2 sets.
Standing Leg Curls... 4 warm up sets and 2 working sets of approx 10 reps.
Unilateral DB Stiff Leg Deadlifts... 2 warm up sets and 2 working sets with each leg.
DB Stiff Leg Deadlifts... 1 working set of high reps with 20kg db's.
Lying on the Floor DB Leg Curls... 1 warm up set and 2 working sets.
Hamstring Extensions (back extensions ham focused)... 1 working set.
Horizontal Leg Press (ham/glute focused)... 2 warm up sets and 2 working sets with feet hide and wide pushing with heels.
Superset of leg extensions, hack squats (close feet) and leg press (wide feet)... 1 warm up set and 3 working sets. All working sets were 15 reps for each movement but I would fail on the 3rd exercise every time and would rest pause it to get to 15.
Horizontal Leg press quad focused... 2 working sets of approx 20 reps.
Hack Squat... 1 working set.
Knee Extension using standing leg curl machine... 1 warm up set and 2 working sets for each leg.
Leg Extensions... 5 sets going up in weight pushing as much blood as possible into muscle.
Leg and Back Stretches.

It took me ages to get showered as my legs were shaking. I tried to get a taxi but my internet wouldn't work so I had to walk home and what normally takes 15 mins took double. Literally destroyed but after a few hours I feel great but I can already feel my hams and glutes will be sore 2moro.

I am tired just reading that!

 

[TheOtherOne55]

Been following silently for a minute now Elvia...love the updates

 

[Elvia1023]

Been following silently for a minute now Elvia...love the updates

Thanks matey. Wait till I start properly after my break. I should be injury free as my bi-cep tendon is feeling much better. Gonna start a new log and push the size

 

[Elvia1023]

Here are two pics after a few weeks of dieting. I am a bit flat here as I barely ate today. I have a boomerang/video I want to post but they keep failing.

I will now move my test dose down from 250mg to 150mg per week. I go away tomorrow for 1 week and will eat a ridiculous amount of food. Then back for a short break before I try to get huge

 

[Elvia1023]

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That is a boomerang/video from tonight.

 

[Elvia1023]

My vascularity was quite prominent tonight but it hasn't come out much in the pics. I used 1.5ml Synthetine/Syntheselen and 1 scoop of Full as Fuck pre workout and they worked well even though I was very depleted. FAF is a great product especially on an empty stomach.

 

[Elvia1023]

I was on 250mg test and added in DNP for just over a week before I went away. I wasn't eating much either and why I was flat in my last pic (posted above). I think that was 1-2 days after DNP but not too sure. I think I done about 4 days at 200mg and another 4-5 days at 400mg. My original plan was do just do 200mg but 400mg was great for me.

I went on holiday for 1 week and had a nice time. The hotel didn't have all inclusive so I booked the breakfast and dinner option. I was going through over 3000 calories per meal. I would say about 70% carbs but still eating plenty of protein. I also took some humapro aminos and drank them in 2 litres of water when sunbathing etc. For dinner I would have 3-4 plates of food, 2 plates of desserts and 1 plate of fruit to finish most days. Breakfast was a massive full English breakfast to start then usually yoghurt with museli, nuts, figs, raisins etc. Lot's of chocolate sauce on churros, pancakes and even fruit. My vascularity come out big time but after a week of that I was getting softer.

The hotel had a great gym and I trained hard about 5 days. My bi-cep tendons are ok and the pain came back a little as I didn't take the gel away but nothing too bad. I have an issue with my left hip but nothing serious.

My plan was to go on 150mg test but I haven't injected anything since coming back and feel fine so far. I had about 4 days off the gym when I got back but have just been 3 days in a row with today being an off day. I have told myself to deload but I have been pushing it (too hard) when in the gym. A lot of the time I do 15 rep sets and move up in weight but often go quite heavy so I am failing before 15 on the final set. Although some sets have just been all out and failing closer to 8-10 reps. I will try to deload a bit more over the next 2 weeks in preparation for my new training and aas cycle.

I have decided not to go with higher test and deca (mentioned above) as I know I will feel like crap on that stack. Instead I will still start low (probably 300mg total) and move up slowly over time. My max doses will be approx 500mg test, 400mg and 700mg primo. I will go more into why later on. I will also have orals on hand for plateaus. I could grow on 500mg test. I feel as long as I have a simple base of hormones I don't need much to grow as it's food and the utilization of that food that are fundamental in growing. But I will be going for it so adding all the other stuff in just to assist everything.

I am eager to go for it now but gonna try and rest my body a bit before I start. When I state rest my body I just mean no crazy workouts like my 2 hour leg workout the other day. They feel great at the time but in this hormonal state recovery takes much longer.

I will also try 2iu hgh twice daily and just push through the fatigue (very sensitive) and hope my body adapts. I usually quit after 1-2 weeks but I will see if I can run it for a few months straight at that dose.

Syntherol will be dosed in small amounts in multiple body parts but mainly arms and calves. I will stay relatively lean but gonna push the size like never before. Hopefully it will make for good viewing. Nothing fancy and just the basics but I am ready to push the food and the weights.

 

[Elvia1023]

I trained hard tonight. I have decided to keep up with the hard training but just lower my days in the gym each week. Truth be told I struggle to take it easy in the gym so this is my way around it. I get to the gym with the thought of not going to failure and just doing pump sets but soon think fuck that My recovery is not the same so I will probably train eod for the next couple of weeks.

I trained shoulders, chest and tri-ceps. My main movements for shoulders were Smith presses, machine lateral raises and rope front raises. Chest was DB presses, machine flyes and seated presses. For tri-ceps I done dips and extensions. My strength is down but still done 2 1/2 plates for Smith presses, full stack for 27 reps (slow reps) on machine lateral raises, 100 pound db's (extra slow reps) for chest press and the full stack for machine flyes.

I have relaxed my diet but I always eat the same sort of foods. But I am consuming a lot of dairy now. I am also going through a lot of cereal such as fruit museli. I had 2 massive bowls the other night and looked pregnant afterwards. The rest of the time my cals are not that high and I am just cruising in a dietary sense. I do have to watch out when coming off though as I always notice fat and water comes on fast when/if I up the cals. I had a treat the other night having about 1000 cals of extra mature cheddar cheese and that certainly didn't help my stomach All in all as long with the hard training I am holding up well and look fairly lean.

On holiday I had to buy some pants. If people have followed me they know I have a wide waist even when very lean. It can look very small in pics but it's not (distention issues and wide hips). I tried on 36 inch waist pants and they were over 2 inches too big on the waist so I was pleased with that... thank you dnp I had to settle for 36 inch strethy fit cargo pants with a drawstring around the waist because nothing fit me

I should receive my aas soon and I am excited to get started. I think it's time to finally break 20 inch arms and calves

 

[Elvia1023]

My diet has been relaxed for this break so I am not really concerned with macros each meal or as a whole in the day. When I was training yesterday I noticed my sweat smelt really badly of ammonia. That means your body is using amino acids for fuel and is obviously something we want to avoid. As a result I have decided to make sure I have carbs pre workout and I will also add 30g HBCD's whilst training. I have rice packs that contain 80g carbs so had one of those with steak for my pre workout meal today. As a result no ammonia smell and I will continue with the same intra nutrition.

Tonight I trained back and bi-ceps for about 2 hours. A good mixture of reps and techniques and I had an amazing session. I won't write it all down but will mention some details. When I train arms I often perform many supersets and lot's of random movements so it's hard to write it down in it's entirety anyway.

For back I often start with rear delts and that included reverse pec deck and seated machine high rows. I kept the weight on the high rows to just 2 x 15kg plates a side but done higher reps and pauses on every one. I do a lot of partial range of motion reps for reverse pec deck as it targets the rear delts very effectively. I will use a heavy weight for the partials then lower and do full rom reps to finish off. I still have issues with pulldowns and my bi-cep tendons so done a variety of low-moderate weight sets and also some assisted pull ups for the same reason. Lot's of standing unilateral cable rows pulling from high and low and squeezing the lats hard on every rep (went fairly heavy). Heavy weight machine rows going up to 4 plates a side. That machine is very heavy so 4 plates feels more like 6 on other machines so the reps were very low. 2 sets of seated cable rows holding in the contracted position for 10 seconds and on the 2nd set holding in the stretched position. Then I done 2 plate a side shrugs focusing on form.

Tonight I done more volume for bi-ceps than usual. A good variety of movements. The main one was incline bench hanging ez bar curls. I started with standing cable curls. I also done some concentration hammer and standard curls. Some heavy weight db hammer curls. Very heavy weight partial rom db curls. Reverse curls for 2 sets spaced apart. For forearms I done the above but also a number of sets using the gorilla grip machine. I went up to 50kg for high reps on that and it's great for grip strength. It's also known as the Bruce Lee Grip Machine. Then 2 sets of barbell twists supersetted with hanging from a bar to failure. I finished with about 10-15 mins of back, leg and hip stretches.

I did feel a bit crap before training and my sex drive has lowered a lot but that's no surprise being off everything. I am going to stay off until I get my new supply and I will probably start straightaway as I am eager I have lost some fullness but still lean due to the higher volume training so things are good. Post workout I had a massive bowl of special k with milk. I might cook a steak now with pan fried cashew nuts in spices.

 

[squatster]

Great to see your doing well

 

[Viking]

My diet has been relaxed for this break so I am not really concerned with macros each meal or as a whole in the day. When I was training yesterday I noticed my sweat smelt really badly of ammonia. That means your body is using amino acids for fuel and is obviously something we want to avoid. As a result I have decided to make sure I have carbs pre workout and I will also add 30g HBCD's whilst training. I have rice packs that contain 80g carbs so had one of those with steak for my pre workout meal today. As a result no ammonia smell and I will continue with the same intra nutrition.

Tonight I trained back and bi-ceps for about 2 hours. A good mixture of reps and techniques and I had an amazing session. I won't write it all down but will mention some details. When I train arms I often perform many supersets and lot's of random movements so it's hard to write it down in it's entirety anyway.

For back I often start with rear delts and that included reverse pec deck and seated machine high rows. I kept the weight on the high rows to just 2 x 15kg plates a side but done higher reps and pauses on every one. I do a lot of partial range of motion reps for reverse pec deck as it targets the rear delts very effectively. I will use a heavy weight for the partials then lower and do full rom reps to finish off. I still have issues with pulldowns and my bi-cep tendons so done a variety of low-moderate weight sets and also some assisted pull ups for the same reason. Lot's of standing unilateral cable rows pulling from high and low and squeezing the lats hard on every rep (went fairly heavy). Heavy weight machine rows going up to 4 plates a side. That machine is very heavy so 4 plates feels more like 6 on other machines so the reps were very low. 2 sets of seated cable rows holding in the contracted position for 10 seconds and on the 2nd set holding in the stretched position. Then I done 2 plate a side shrugs focusing on form.

Tonight I done more volume for bi-ceps than usual. A good variety of movements. The main one was incline bench hanging ez bar curls. I started with standing cable curls. I also done some concentration hammer and standard curls. Some heavy weight db hammer curls. Very heavy weight partial rom db curls. Reverse curls for 2 sets spaced apart. For forearms I done the above but also a number of sets using the gorilla grip machine. I went up to 50kg for high reps on that and it's great for grip strength. It's also known as the Bruce Lee Grip Machine. Then 2 sets of barbell twists supersetted with hanging from a bar to failure. I finished with about 10-15 mins of back, leg and hip stretches.

I did feel a bit crap before training and my sex drive has lowered a lot but that's no surprise being off everything. I am going to stay off until I get my new supply and I will probably start straightaway as I am eager I have lost some fullness but still lean due to the higher volume training so things are good. Post workout I had a massive bowl of special k with milk. I might cook a steak now with pan fried cashew nuts in spices.

What are barbell twists? I thought they were more for abs and obliques

 

[Elvia1023]

Great to see your doing well

Thank you. That means a lot. I hope you are doing well yourself. I read your log the other day but need to get up to date.

What are barbell twists? I thought they were more for abs and obliques

I know what you mean. I literally just mean have a barbell in front like you are going to do a barbell curl and twist the bar in your hands. I go forwards for 1 set then rotate to backwards for another. So you twist it left hand to right and so on so it keeps moving around. It's brutal especially when you add weight to the bar. I try to do it for 1 min per set if I can. Great forearm exercise to bring out details imo.

 

[Elvia1023]

I trained legs yesterday and they are really sore now and I can tell tomorrow I will be struggling to walk. Very basic and intense.

Seated Calf Raises... many sets going up in weight finishing with 2 crazy drops sets.
Standing Leg Curls... 10 sets of 10 reps with each leg.
Squat Machine... 3 sets of 10 reps.
Hack Squat... 10 sets of 10 reps.
Leg Extensions... 10 sets of 10 reps.
Standing Knee Raises... 5 sets of 10 reps with each leg.

The 10 sets of 10 rep movements I used a moderate weight I could probably get 30 reps with. The difference is I rested 10-30 secs between each set so it was brutal. I slowed down the reps and focused on form. By the 7th set I was struggling badly. For the leg curls I barely rested between all 20 sets and just rotated legs. I started the squat machine but my lower back felt tight so I decided to use hack squats instead. For the hack squats I didn't rest the weight for the last 5 sets so it was brutal. For the knee raises I used the standing leg curl machine and like the leg curls had next to no rest between all sets.

For calves I would estimate about 10 sets as well. The last 2 I used 10 x 10kg plates so 5 per side. I had my mate help with some assisted positive reps with the 5 and 4 plate sets. I done many partials reps throughout as well. I also had my mate push down hard and hold the negative stretch for approx 20 secs at the end of the 4 and 2 plate sets. The other drop set was a basic drop set with many partial reps included. Just 2 brutal sets that hurt but I like training calves like that. They are really sore now which is unusual so I am happy. I will never had great calves but continue to improve them over the years.

Today was a day off and 2moro I plan to train chest, shoulders and tri-ceps and looking forward to it.