Thread: 40 year old Bro here any suggestions?

Been lifting 10 years plus and never really taken a break, I just love it!
Gains stopped after second year put on 50 Lbs all natural. So I'm bigger and stronger but the body fat has remained the same @ 19%. If I diet I just lose all over, basically shrink everywhere.
My goals are to drop some BF and retain the muscle. Ran T-bol at 20 mgs ed for a week got headaches and nausea so I canned it. Made me feel ill.
So got my hands on some Primo Orals I ran for a month but once I hit 80 Mgs a day started to get headaches and anxiety..which is weird. Anxiety?
Like you feel all jittery and jumpy and worried. Didn"t like that at all.
So I dropped it.
Glad I didn't run any pins at least with orals when your testing its out of your system quickly.
So am I fucked? Am I just sensitive? Thinking of trying so VAR this time around may stack with Low Primo 50 ed Var 30 ed?
PB is borderline high but I would love to run some test. Affraid of the elevated PB at my age. Any suggestions? Anyone get Anxiety or headaches from Var?

Here is my advice and i will post my before and after pics. It seemed to work for me quite well im in my 40s not quite 50 but im sure it will apply also.

Before i touch on what works though i want to touch on the subject your brought up about shrinking and losing muscle. this is more of a mind fuck then what is actually happening to your body. You have been carrying a lot of body fat and water combined with your muscle for many years and what happens is when you put your clothes on they are tight and you look large in them.

When you lose your fat the clothes make you seem very tiny and you look small in them, untill you take your clothes off and see that actually you more ripped and defined then before. You look better now with your clothes off. Your muscle is still there and actually looks better now, its just not mixed with a bunch of shit like fat and water now.

Nothing that makes me more disgusted at my gym then seeing fat guys with there sleeves rolled up. lol wtf do they think they are showing off. how much pancakes and sugar then can consume, im not impressed and certainly the ladys are not impressed. telling me you pay no attention to your diet and rolling your sleeve up is as bad as overweight women wearing cut off shirts and having huge bellys hanging out. That is not muscle that is globs of fat.

When i was fat i was ashamed and covered that shit up!

Here are my june 1 photos and me at start of sept, down 60 pounds of fat and up 10 pounds of muscle. I did this on 250 test a week as my only supplement.

3 month transformation

Diet is your key, you can do cardio for hours a day and until your diet is on lockdown your either wasting your time or seeing little changes. Eat good sun to thurs very strict 500 calories under your maintenence. then on fri and sat to reset your mind and body eat whatever the fuck you want. just dotn get to stupid. keep it in moderation. I precook all my chicken or steaks on sunday for the whole coming week in advance.

I prefer doing 1 pound of protein per LBM. pay attention to that last part. its not bodyweight, because that can fuck the diet up. Personally i think 1.5 per lbm is just to much your either cutting or buiking not both. So if your cutting you want to maintain or slightly grow while maximizing fat loss at the fastest rate possible. going 1.5 will slow your progress by adding uneeded calories.. You will not lose any muscle and if you do its very little. Can always be put on later when the fat is gone. Cutting for long periods is a real mind fuck by going 1.5 per day your turning a 2 month transformation cut into a 4 month cut. thats fucked up!

Eat a huge breakfast, yes huge even if your cutting. From there your jacked with energy for the day and at that point you keep your meals small and lesson them throughout the day. Keep carbs low but dont elminate them. Eat your carbs at breakfast, then also add some just after your workout. then cut them off for the day.


Keep a food journal this is probably the most important thing of all WITHOUT A DOUBT!!!! Every piece of food that goes in your mouth must go in here. There are so many things a food journal does for you i would need a whole separate topic just to cover it.

Weigh your food to learn your calories, after a couple of weeks you dont have to do it anymore because you know roughly how much it is.

Eliminate television from your life, besides the internet for news and all other things is 1000 times better. everytime you find yourself wanting to watch tv go for a walk. most of my cardio was walking i walked alot. Do your normal weight lifting routine but expect a slight strength loss over the months its expected from the lower calories just accept it. Personally i dont even look at how much weight i lift or even have a clue. im a bodybuilder not a powerfliter i lift what will change my body the way i want it to look, so i lift how im feeling that day. If im feelign super strong then ill lift alot that day.

Pic a goal photo of someone you want to look like when your done cutting put it near your fridge or pantry to remind you not to reach for shit in those cubboards.

For maximun fat loss combined with walking add cardio at moderate pace. i never went hard im to old and would get sore the next day or mentally burnt out if i pushed to much. i need to make sure i keep coming back. I like to mix up the machines every day and would also spend time swimming to keep it fresh.

Best of luck, your success lies in the kitchen you will be ripped and proud in no time.