GoTriSports Darkside Labs Halo-Bol Log

Hello everyone! I have been selected by Darkside Labs to run a log of their first supplement called Halo-Bol. I am posting this now so people can hear about it and sub if they are interested. Here is some info on how this log will run:

Starting Stats:
Height: 5"11
Weight: TBA (will be listed the day I start the cycle)
BF %: TBA (Will be listed the day I start the cycle)

Start Date: Monday November 24th, 2008
End Date: Tuesday December 23rd, 2008

Supplements used:
Darkside Labs Halo-Bol
Anabolic Innovations Cycle Support, 60 Servings, Peanut Butter
Fish Oil
Multi-Vitamin
Anabolic Innovations Post Cycle Support, 120 Capsules

Diet: Will try to fit in 3,000 Calories per day. Will end up roughly being a 40/40/20 split but the percentages are not being strictly followed. I will make an attempt to put up diet average macros at the end of each week if possible.

Workout:

Monday: Horizontal Plane: (Back/Chest)
T-bar rows- 5x5 (use lots of weight, form not important)
Seated Single Arm Cable rows â?????? 3x10
Flat barbell Bench Press- 4x6 (low rep, heavy weight)
Low incline DB press- 3x8
Cable Flyâ??????s- 3.8
Standing Calf raises (single leg) â?????? 3x10
Cable Crunch- 3x12


Tuesday: Quad Dominant Leg and Bicep day
Squats- 5x5 (low reps, heavy weight)
Sissy Squats- 3x8 (possibly front squats)
Stability Ball Leg Curl- 3x20
Standing DB curl- (set 1- 8 reps, Set 2- 7 reps, set 3- 6 reps)
30 Minutes HIIT Cardio (6 minutes of sprints, 24 of Steady State Cardio)

Wednesday: OFF

Thursday: Vertical Push: (Back/Shoulders)
Pull ups- 5x5 (weighted) If they get too hard, do negatives
Single Arm Lat pull downs- 3x10
Push Press- 3x6
Seated Calf Raises- 3x12 (3 second hold at the bottom)
Decline Sit ups- 3x10 (weighted)
Planks- Left side 1:30, Right side 1:30, front 1:30 (3 sets)
20 Minutes HIIT Cardio (6 minutes of sprints, 14 SS cardio)

Friday: Hamstring dominant, Quad accessory, triceps
RDLâ??????s- 4x6
GHRâ??????s- 3x8
Split Squats- 3x8
Dips (weighted)- 3x8
cable pressdown- 3x8

Saturday: off

Sunday:
Some form of SS cardio (Possibly hill repeats?)


If there is anything anyone else would like to know let me know. I am going to start taking the Cycle Support now and the workouts and taking of the Halo-Bol will being on November 24th

Good luck man, you have come a long way.

I'm in.
good luck bro

Ok everyone I am just ONE WEEK from starting my Cycle on Darkside Labs Halo-Bol. Darkside Labs -Pro-Hormones & Performance Designer Supplements

I have started on my cycle support and am going to start my new lifting routine this today so I can be ready and have a weeks worth of experience on the routine before I begin the cycle. So todays workout will look like this:

T-Bar Rows:
x5 -
x5 -
x5 -
x5 -
x5 -

Seated Single Arm Cable Rows (Each arm 3 sets)
x10 -
x10 -
x10 -

Flat Barbell Bench-
x6 -
x6 -
x6 -
x6 -

Low Incline DB Press
x8 -
x8 -
x8 -

Cable Fly
x8 -
x8 -
x8 -

Standing Calf Raises (single leg)
x10 -
x10 -
x10 -

Cable Crunch
x12 -
x12 -
x12 -



I will update the actual weights used later tonight after I actually do the workout

Sorry for having to make a new post, but it wont allow me to edit my last post for some reason. In the future I will just wait until I am finished with my workout and post it all at once!

Today was pretty fun. I enjoy starting a new routine, especially with some lifts I have never done before! Overall it was a good day, but I spent some time playing with weights to get the right weight and all.

I also weighed myself and got my BF% done so here are the results:
Weight: 191 Lbs.
Height: 5"11
BF% - 11.6%


T-Bar Rows: (First time I have ever done these and I love them!)
x5 - 190
x5 - 210
x5 - 210
x5 - 210
x5 - 215

Seated Single Arm Cable Rows (Each arm 3 sets)
x10 - 80 (In for each arm individually)
x10 - 80
x10 - 80

Flat Barbell Bench- (My bench is terrible....)
x6 - 185
x6 - 185
x6 - 185
x6 - 185

Low Incline DB Press
x8 - 140 (70's in each arm)
x8 - 140
x8 - 150

Cable Fly
x8 - 70 (35 on each arm)
x8 - 70
x8 - 70

Standing Calf Raises (single leg)
x10 - 45 (holding a 45lb plate)
x10 - 45
x10 - 45

Cable Crunch
x12 - 100
x12 - 100
x12 - 100


Decent workout overall. I felt pretty weak today, but I guess that can be expected when starting a new routine with a few lifts I had never done. However when I left I felt really good, so I feel really good about the new routine. I cannot wait to start my cycle. My diet for today will end up like this:

Calories: 2452
Protein: 255g
Carbs: 154.5g
fat: 96g

I plan on increasing calories by about 500 once the actual cycle starts

Day 2:

It is always lots of fun starting a new routine. I loved my first day workout and today was just as fun! here is how it went:

Quad Dominant legs / Bicep

Squats:
x5 - 285
x5 - 285
x5 - 285
x5 - 285
x5 - 285

Sissy Squats: (First time I have ever done these and I LOVE them! However since it was my first time I did them without weight, next time I plan on bringing a back pack and putting a 45lb plate in there)
x8 - bodyweight
x8 - bodyweight
x8 - bodyweight

Stability Ball Leg curl:
x20
x20
x20

Standing EZ bar Curl
x6 - 100
x6 - 100
x6 - 100
x6 - 100

Standing DB curl
x8 - 45 lb each hand
x7 - 45 lb each hand
x6 - 50 lb each hand

Then I went over to the boat house of the college crew team and did some erging. I did a 5k. 250m sprint followed by 750m SS rinse and repeat until a 5k is done. Great workout! Felt awesome! I got the Halo-Bol in the mail today and I want to go ahead and start taking it but I am forcing myself to wait until monday and have a fresh week to start on!

Good luck bro. The routine looks pretty good.

Todays Workout:

Went well, I felt like I had plenty of energy (probably because I was off yesterday!)

Anyway today was a Vertical Push/Pull (Back/Shoulders) day!

Weighted Pull ups:
x5 - 25lb
x5 - 25lb
x5 - 25lb
x5 - 10 lb
x5 - 10 lb (These started kicking my ass near the end so I had to lower the weight)

Single Arm Lat Pull down:
x10 - 75lb (Left arm, then right arm)
x10 - 75lb
x10 - 75lb

Push Press:
x6 - 165 lb
x6 - 165 lb
x6 - 165 lb
x6 - 165 lb

Seated Calv raises: (I will preface this with the fact that my calves are much stronger than anything else in my body. I think it is because I used to be so fat haha)
x12 - 510 lb
x12 - 510 lb
x12 - 510 lb

Decline Sit up: (love these)
x10 - 60lb (held DB to my chest)
x10 - 60lb
x10 - 60lb

Planks: (I need something extra for core so I throw planks in)
1:30 - Left, Right, Front
1:30 - left, right, front
1:30 - left, right, front


Overall I'm fairly pleased. I certainly hope to gain some serious strength on this cycle. I am just dying to start the Halo-Bol, just a few more day and I get to being!

Sorry I was really busy all weekend and did not post my workout for friday! here is how it went!

Hamstring dominant, quad accessory, and triceps

RDL's
x5 - 245
x5 - 245
x5 - 245
x5 - 245
x5 - 250

GHR's (First time I have ever done these)
x8 - Unweighted
x8 - Unweighted
x8 - Unweighted
I will be doing weights with them next time, I was just getting used to the motion this workout

Split Squats
x8 - 75 lb DB in each arm
x8 - 75 lb DB in each arm
x8 - 75 lb DB in each arm
(This was really hard for my grip, I am thinking of maybe replacing these with front squats next week, what do you think?)

Dips (weighted)
x8 - 45lb plate hanging from me
x8 - 45lb plate
x8 - 45lb plate

Cable Pressdown
x8 - 75
x8 - 75
x8 - 75
These felt absurdly weak




Stay tunes for me to post my workout for today later!

today the cycle begins! I am SO excited to get going on this, we shall see how I do! Wish me luck!

Good luck!

Alright everyone today was my first day on the Halo-Bol! The workout went pretty well. I think some of the effects I felt today were placebo effect feelings but I still felt awesome!

The only weird thing is that as I was walking to the gym I was really starting to feel some anxiety! I don't even know why or what it was about I was just feeling anxious, once I got in the gym and lifting though I felt amazing and lifted hard! Here is how the actual workout went!

T-Bar Rows
x5 - 210
x5 - 210
x5 - 210
x5 - 220
x5 - 220

Seated Single Arm cable rows
x8 - 80
x8 - 80
x8 - 85

Flat Bench Press
x6 - 185
x6 - 185
x6 - 185
x6 - 190

Low Incline DB press
x8 - 75
x8 - 75
x8 - 75

Cable Fly
x8 - 70
x8 - 70
x8 - 70

Standing calf raises
x10 - 55lb (DB held in hand)
x10 - 55lb
x10 - 55lb

Cable Crunch
x12 - 100
x12 - 100
x12 - 100

Overall it was awesome. I felt like I was sweating a lot more today than normal and I just felt like a monster all day. Again, since I just started the cycle today I am sure I was feeling placebo effects! However the placebo effects made the workout feel great, so I am fine with that for now!

I just added a few more pictures to my album so we have more to compare after the cycle. I just put up calves, quads, and an attempted lat spread!

Alright! So today was day 2 of my cycle and I felt great at the gym! I will admit I was a little sore all day from yesterday but that did not slow me down in the gym at all. Because I am hoping for great results from this cycle it is really easy to stay motivated in the gym! Here is how the workout went!

Quad Dominant Legs, Hamstring accessory, Biceps

Squats:
x5 - 285
x5 - 285
x5 - 285
x5 - 285
x5 - 295 (This one was killer but felt awesome!)

Sissy Squats: So today for these I brought a backpack, strapped it to myself tight and put weights inside
x8 - 25lb
x8 - 25lb
x8 - 25lb

Stability Ball Leg Curl
x20
x20
x20

Standing EZ Bar Curl
x6 - 100
x6 - 100
x6 - 100
x6 - 100

Standing DB curl
x8 - 50
x7 - 50
x6 - 50

After the workout I did some erging. I did a 3.5k today. Sprint the first 500, steady state for 1.5k then went as hard as I could for 1k and cooldown 500. It was good and I felt really great afterwards!

I am headed back to my home late tonight because it is thanksgiving break here at college. I will be using my old gym at home (I like it better than the one I use here). I hope to keep my diet in check over thanksgiving, I am not too worried though, lots of turkey will do me some good =)

Sorry it has taken me SOOO long to update. Over the Thanksgiving break at school I went home and had to use a different gym and had little to no free time to update my workouts.

Over the break I did not monitor my exact macro intake but I have been monitoring macros strictly for a long time so I was still conscious of my eating and made sure not to go too wild. I ate fairly clean especially considering I was on vacation!

Here were my workouts:

11-27-08
Vertical Push / Pull (Back/shoulders)

Pull ups
x5 - 25lb
x5 - 25lb
x5 - 25lb
x5 - 20lb
x5 - 15lb

Single Arm Lat Pull down
x10 - 75lb
x10 - 75lb
x10 - 80lb

Push Press
x6 - 165lb
x6 - 165lb
x6 - 170lb
x6 - 170lb

Seated Calv Raises
x12 - 510lb
x12 - 510lb
x12 - 510lb

Decline Sit ups:
x10 - 60lb
x10 - 60lb
x10 - 60lb

Planks:
Left, Right, Front - 1:30
Left, Right, Front - 1:30
Left, Right, Front - 1:30




11/28/08
Hamstring Dominant, Quad Accessory, Triceps

RDL:
x5 - 245
x5 - 245
x5 - 245
x5 - 250
x5 - 250

GHR's - I might go back to using no weights next week because I want to make sure I am using good form on these
x8 - 10lb
x8 - 10lb
x8 - 10lb

Split Squats: Again these are killer on my grip =(
x8 - 75lb in each arm
x8 - 75 lb in each arm
x8 - 75lb in each arm

Dips:
x5 - 60lb DB
x5 - 60lb
x5 - 60lb
x5 - 60lb
x5 - 60lb

Cable Pressdown: (not sure why I was able to do so much more weight than last time, it probably has to do with being in a different gym)
x8 - 120lb
x8 - 120lb
x8 - 120lb

Oh yeah, I thought I would also add that I took my BP the other day just to see if the Halo-Bol was having any effect on it and the results were great.
My Bp was
111/66
That is pretty darn low so at least so far I have not seen any increase in BP.

Hope you had a great thanksgiving bro! I figure you should start to notice something in about a week or so.

Hey everyone! Sorry again about taking a few extra days to post up my last two workouts. Finals week in college gets pretty stressful and busy. However, I have not let it get in the way of my workouts and diet!

I am not feeling any serious effects from the halo-bol yet. My workouts have been feeling good but the strength and body change have not really started to show much. I pushed myself really hard in the gym this week so far and have a few lifts go slightly heavier but nothing extreme. However, I have only been taking the Halo-Bol for a week and a half now, I am not expecting much for another week or so.

One side effect I have noticed is joint pain. Mostly in my left knee and left shoulder. It is not really a problem while I lift, but when I wake up in the morning and go to sleep at night I can feel a little pain. It is nothing serious though. I think I will increase my fish oil intake and see if that makes a change


Workout 9:
Horozontal Push/Pull (back/chest)

Tbar Rows:
x5 - 210
x5 - 210
x5 - 210
x5 - 210
x5 - 220

Seated Single Arm Cable Rows:
x8 - 80
x8 - 85
x8 - 85

Flat BB Bench Press:
x6 - 185
x6 - 185
x6 - 190
x6 - 190

Low Incline DB Press:
x8 - 80
x8 - 80
x8 - 80

Cable Fly:
x8 - 70
x8 - 70
x8 - 70

Standing Calv Raises:
x10 - 65
x10 - 65
x10 - 65

Cable Crunch:
x12 - 100
x12 - 100
x12 - 100





Workout 10:
Quad Dominant legs /Biceps

Squats:
x5 - 285
x5 - 285
x5 - 285
x5 - 290
x5 - 295

Sissy Squat:
x8 - 25
x8 - 25
x8 - 25

Stability Ball Leg Curl
x25
x25
x25

EZ Bar Curl:
x6 - 100
x6 - 100
x6 - 100
x6 - 100

Standing DB Curl
x8 - 50
x7 - 50
x6 - 50

Maybe tendon pain from the increased weights? How's the soreness doing?

katt said:

Maybe tendon pain from the increased weights? How's the soreness doing?

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The pain could be from the increase in weights, im not totally sure. If it stays where it is at now I won't really have to worry about it because it is not too severe, but if it progresses in to more serious pain it might possibly effect my lifts. Again, I will just have to wait and see!

Also, I have minor DOMS pretty much every day, but nothing extreme. If I have been sitting for a while and get up my legs always feel really tight and sore. I feel some soreness in my chest as well.

However, I still say that these are all minor so far and really dont have any effect on my lifting and everyday functioning. Sometimes I actually enjoy the DOMS (as long as they are minor) because it is just a reminder that I worked out hard the day before!

Today's workout was the best I have had yet. I felt strong, focused, and very intense in the gym. Hopefully this is the start of the Halo-Bol really starting to kick in. If this is just the beginning and it gets better I am going to see awesome results I think!

Workout 11
Vertical Push/Pull (Shoulders/Back)

Pull ups
x5 - 25
x5 - 25
x5 - 30
x5 - 30
x5 - 35 (Was totally surprised I got this!)

Single Arm Lat Pull down
x10 - 80
x10 - 80
x10 - 80

Push Press
x6 - 170
x6 - 170
x6 - 175
x6 - 180

Seated Calv Raises
x12- 520
x12- 520
x12- 530

Decline Sit Ups (No idea where the strength for this came from today)
x10 - 75
x10 - 85
x10 - 95

Planks:
Left, Right, Front- 1:30
Left, Right, Front- 1:30
Left, Right, Front- (To exhaustion.... L=1:32, R=1:43, F=1:45)

Overall this may have been the best workout I have ever had. I felt awesome the whole time and was very pleased with some strength gains. Earlier in the day I was feeling some join pain but once I got to the gym I felt all better. Also, I did some Qigong today about an hour before my workout, not sure if that made any difference but it was fun haha!

I'm headed out to the gym here in a few minutes, I hope today's workout is alright, I had a presentation today in my athletic training class on navicular stress fractures and I was up until about 4 AM working on it. Class was at 8:00 AM so I only slept for about 3.5 hours. Once class was over I slept another 2 hours, but I am not sure how I will do today. Hopefully the sleep won't effect the workout. WIll let ya know in a few hours!

well, the sleeping issues I had the night before really did seem to mess up my workout. I was just tired and sluggish the entire time. Felt terrible. However, lifts were still fine, I just felt like I wanted to die!

RDL
x5 - 245
x5 - 245
x5 - 245
x5 - 250
x5 - 250

GHR's
x8 - unweighted
x8 - unweighted
x8 - unweighted

Split Squats:
x8 - 75 DB in each hand
x8 - 75
x8 - 75

Weighted Dips
x5 - 60
x5 - 60
x5 - 60
x5 - 65
x5 - 65

Cable Pressdown: (Back at the other gym, and now these are weak again)
x8 - 75
x8 - 75
x8 -75


I pretty upset actually because I cheated on my diet a little bit. I had two pieces of cake. Now to be honest I ate a little less than normal throughout the day so my macros were not crazy out of control but still... way too much sugar and I almost NEVER eat. But I will hop right back on track with the diet and hopefully not see any negative results from my two pieces of cake =(

any update on weight and bf% ?

Good looking log keep up the good work!

Looking solid brother.
Don't sweat the two pieces of cake, it's not a big slip.
Just keep pushing

Alright, so yesterday before my workout I decided to hop on the scale for the first time since I started the cycle. I feel like I have been gaining weight but I had not check yet. I stepped on the scale and was quite pleased. I was up at 196. That is up 5 pounds, and I am only half way through the cycle. Unfortunately I didn't have a way to do BF% testing so I will have to wait and see on that for now. However, I do not feel like I am gaining any body fat. I doubt my BF has dropped but I think it is maintaining its level before I started the cycle.

On Sunday I was supposed to be off but some people had been asking me to go to the gym with them and help them with a core/abs day that they an be working on over the break so they are ready for Crew when we get back from break. I went with no intention of actually working out, but i ended up spending about 45 minutes on core/ab stuff. It felt great so I don't mind. My abs usually react pretty well to a long intense ab day every once in a while.

ANyway, as for my workout yesterday I felt awesome. I felt more explosive than normal on some exercises, particularly bench press. Usually I bench at a steady pace but the first 3 or 4 reps of each set just seemed like a joke and the bar felt like it was just floating up. But then around rep 5 and 6 I would hit a wall and it would be tough to finish out the set. Here is how the workout went down:

T bar Rows:
x5 - 215
x5 - 215
x5 - 215
x5 - 220
x5 - 220

Seated single arm cable rows: (usually do sets of 8, did 10 today for some reason)
x10 - 85
x10 - 85
x10 - 85

Flat BB bench Press: (I hope to get 205 next week)
x6 - 190
x6 - 190
x6 - 190
x6 - 195

Low incline DB Press:
x8 - 85
x8 - 85
x8 - 85

Cable Fly: (I felt like I could have increased weight here, but I am doing these more for the stretch than the actual work)
x8 - 70
x8 - 70
x8 - 70

Standing Calv Raises:
x10 - 70
x10 - 70
x10 - 70

I decided to skip the ab part today. my core is pretty sore from the day before (It included planks, decline sit ups, hanging knee raises, revearse crunches, 6 inches, stability call sit ups). So I was feeling the hurt in my abs. So I will include the cable crunches that I normally would have done yesterday in todays quad/bicep workout.

Also, I think today for some interval training I am going to hit the pool and do some one lap sprints. We will see how it goes! Will update tonight hopefully!

(PS: With the increased fish Oil I have not been feeling any join pain)

Any updates bro?