Third try's the charm.

yellowmoomba · 03-09-2004, 06:08 AM

ENJOY your week off!!

Monolith · 03-09-2004, 09:19 AM

Well, i had my first "ALCAR Dream" today. Talk about scary... i knew people were reporting really vivid dreams, bordering on indistinguishible from reality, but this was just way more intense then i was expecting.

I dreamt that the world's oxygen supply was burning off, and every scientific attempt at survival had failed. People were commiting suicide by the million, and the only people left were looting and murdering. I woke up just as i was getting attacked by a gang...

Weird dream to begin with, but imagine it being so real and so vivid that it doesnt have that dream-like haze to it. I literally woke up scared, and it took me about 10 mins to settle down. That's NEVER happened. I've NEVER had a dream scare me after i woke up. It was that real.

Thanks ALCAR...

yellowmoomba · 03-09-2004, 09:55 AM

? What's the ALCAR doing for you besides cool dreams????

Monolith · 03-09-2004, 10:27 AM

There are studies showing ALCAR doing everything from increasing melatonin levels to being a potent nutrient repartitioning agent. It's even been suggested that when stacked with choline, it increases lipolysis (and im getting a good amount of choline with my phosphatidylserine, anyway).

What really sold me on ALCAR vs. some other similar supplement was its effects on memory, anxiety, and depression, though... since ive always had some fairly severe depression and anxiety. And i've noticed a big improvement since i started supplementing with ALCAR and PS, a big enough improvement to be positive its not just a placebo.

Do a search for ALCAR at the avant forums, there a truckload of a good threads on it over there.

yellowmoomba · 03-09-2004, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Monolith
There are studies showing ALCAR doing everything from increasing melatonin levels to being a potent nutrient repartitioning agent. It's even been suggested that when stacked with choline, it increases lipolysis (and im getting a good amount of choline with my phosphatidylserine, anyway).

What really sold me on ALCAR vs. some other similar supplement was its effects on memory, anxiety, and depression, though... since ive always had some fairly severe depression and anxiety. And i've noticed a big improvement since i started supplementing with ALCAR and PS, a big enough improvement to be positive its not just a placebo.

Do a search for ALCAR at the avant forums, there a truckload of a good threads on it over there.

Wow !! There are too many damn suppliments that I want to try already now YOU bring in a few more!!!!

Monolith · 03-09-2004, 05:54 PM

Training for 3/9: Quads

Squats - barx6 135lbx6x8x6x5

Single leg extension - 60lbx8 100lbx10x7

Leg Press - 290lbx10 400lbx10

Kind of a shitty day... the hip flexors on my right side were bothering me all day, perfect timing for leg day.

I'm actually beginning to look forward to having next week off. I'm feeling pretty beat up, havent had time off in a while.

Monolith · 03-11-2004, 02:54 PM

Training for 3/11: Shoulders/Triceps

Single arm DB press - 45lbx7 35lbx8

Bent laterals - 30lbx8 25lbx9x7

Upright rows - 100lbx9.5x7.5

Cable side laterals - 25lbx10 20lbx9

---

CG smith bench - 90lbx10 180lbx4.5 160lbx5 140lbx5

Skullcrushers - 85lbx3 75lbx6x5

Single arm overhead DB ext - 25lbx6x4

---

Dropped my rest interval down to like 30s from 90s. Hadnt planned on it going into the gym, but just felt like mixing it up once i got there. Was helping a friend who just joined the gym with his form, so some of my RI's were a bit higher, but not much.

I'm also trying to put together a good nootropic stack. I've also gotten excellent results from my low 2g/ED dosing of alcar, so i'd love to see what 4-5g/ED does. I'll probably be making BSL happy in a week or two...

yellowmoomba · 03-12-2004, 06:58 AM

I bet your heart rate jumped up switching from 90s to 30s rests

Monolith · 03-12-2004, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by yellowmoomba
I bet your heart rate jumped up switching from 90s to 30s rests

lol, yeah... it felt like i wasnt even resting. id stop lifting long enough to put the weight down and write down my set, then id pick em up again.

Monolith · 03-12-2004, 07:48 PM

Training for 3/12: Back/Traps

CG assisted chins - +100lbx8 +50lbx6 +90lbx6

WG tbar row - 140lbx8.5 120lbx8

DB row -
+right - 65lbx11 60lbx10
+left - 65lbx10 60lbx9

DB pullovers - 55lbx11 50lbx8

DB shrugs - 80lbx10 100lbx8 drop 90lbx5

Rear BB shrugs - 135lbx15x12

yellowmoomba · 03-12-2004, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Monolith
lol, yeah... it felt like i wasnt even resting. id stop lifting long enough to put the weight down and write down my set, then id pick em up again.

Sounds fun!!

The good thing about thosed days is you are in and out of the gym in 45 minutes

Monolith · 03-13-2004, 02:55 PM

Training for 3/13: Hams/Calves/Abs

SLDL - 135lbx10 225lbx6x6x5

One leg ham press - 90lbx10 160lbx10x10

Lying curl - 110lbx10 120lbx8

---

Standing calf - 90lbx10 230lbx10x8 205lbx8

---

Cable machine crunch - 40lbx12x8 30lbx8x8

Cable side bends - 120lbx10x10

---

Ham press felt pretty good. Got some weird looks, though... lol.

Monolith · 03-13-2004, 04:29 PM

I've been reading up on Avant's Sesathin, and the stuff looks great. I'm probably gonna add it to my diet (along with that nootropic stack ive been working on) when i get back.

Last journal update till friday.

Monolith · 03-19-2004, 09:09 PM

Just got back.

FL weather was awesome. Had a damn good time... definitely missed my brown rice and chicken, though.

Looking forward to getting my diet back in order.

**Jodi** · 03-20-2004, 01:09 AM

Welcome back

I hope you had fun

Monolith · 03-20-2004, 12:33 PM

Thanks.

Yeah... it was good times. I've got a couple pictures i'll try to post, later.

One sucky thing is that the day i left for vaca, i got sick. I took obscene amounts of vitamin C, echinacea, and some zinc... and i'm pretty much over it now. But i feel so incredibly weak. I'm gonna be pissed if my weights suck on monday.

Monolith · 03-20-2004, 12:38 PM

Alright, i placed a gigantic order with BSL last night.

Some of their new low carb whey
Some multivitamins
50g of phosphatidylserine
2 jars of lecithin
a kilo of NAC
fish oil
a kilo of piracetam
a kilo of ALCAR

I'm also gonna be getting some Sesathin and Leptigen Rebirth to test for Avant (cant wait

)

Also bought some calipers from mike.

So all in all... i should be set for quite a while. Now i just need to start thinking about how im going to modify my diet for the leptigen. An early thought i had was just to move to a High/No/No variation of carb cycling.

Monolith · 03-20-2004, 04:14 PM

Here's a pic of yours truly i cropped down real quick:

Plz excuse the unexcited look on my face, it was taken during a pretty boring trip to Epcot (we were a little too old to be there).

yellowmoomba · 03-20-2004, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Monolith

....

So all in all... i should be set for quite a while. Now i just need to start thinking about how im going to modify my diet for the leptigen. An early thought i had was just to move to a High/No/No variation of carb cycling.

High/No/No ?? I don't think I could do a No carb day ever......

Good luck!! Welcome back!

Monolith · 03-20-2004, 06:33 PM

haha, yeah. Well, the leptigen should deal with the hunger and still keep my leptin levels up, even with the deep caloric restriction on the 'no' days.

Anyway, im still not sure how im going to work it. I love my brown rice, 2 days without it might be too much...

Monolith · 03-21-2004, 05:57 PM

omg... im so antsy. finally get to hit the gym tomorrow... i feel like im having withdrawals

ive still got a stuffed up nose, though. i was hoping id be over this stupid cold by tomorrow, but it looks like ive still got a touch of it. hopefully my energy wont suffer too much...

i dont think i ever want to take a week off again

atherjen · 03-21-2004, 06:51 PM

Id be DEAD right now if I had taken a week off from the gym!

Hope that cold goes away for good!
good luck with that diet too! too no carb days doesnt sound fun!

btw, nice pic!

Monolith · 03-22-2004, 03:08 PM

Training for 3/22: Chest/Biceps (yay, im back!

)

DB Bench - 60lbx8 85lbx4 80lbx5x3

Incline DB Bench - 70lbx5 65lbx4x4

Flys - 45lbx5 40lbx5

---

Alternating seated DB curl - 45lbx5 35lbx7

Cable Curl - 120lbx7.5 100lbx6

Conc Curl - 20lbx12 (forced 2 on left arm)

------------

Felt really good to be back in the gym. I swear i was almost euphoric when i walked in.

My weights really sucked, though. I was sick all last week, and i think i still have a touch of it, because my nose is still runny. Lost some moderate weight in the chest, and some major weight in the bi's. My cable curl's SUCKED. I'm hoping (read: PRAYING) that some of it had to do with my still being sick, and that by next week i'll be all set.

I think this is one of the first time's i've ever actually looked forward to leg day (tomorrow)... i just want to get back to the gym.

Monolith · 03-22-2004, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by atherjen
Id be DEAD right now if I had taken a week off from the gym!

Hope that cold goes away for good!
good luck with that diet too! too no carb days doesnt sound fun!

btw, nice pic!

haha, i appreciate the little white lie... i was sick, miserable, and slightly sunburnt in that pic

It was just the easiest one to crop (the others were filled with some R-rated material

)

yellowmoomba · 03-22-2004, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Monolith
haha, yeah. Well, the leptigen should deal with the hunger and still keep my leptin levels up, even with the deep caloric restriction on the 'no' days.

Anyway, im still not sure how im going to work it. I love my brown rice, 2 days without it might be too much...

Does leptigen really work that well???

Good to see you back at it!!

atherjen · 03-22-2004, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Monolith
haha, i appreciate the little white lie... i was sick, miserable, and slightly sunburnt in that pic

It was just the easiest one to crop (the others were filled with some R-rated material

)

I wasnt lying!

hmmm R rated material... thats ok too!

Monolith · 03-22-2004, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by atherjen
I wasnt lying!

hmmm R rated material... thats ok too!

haha, well, not exactly R rated... just some "interesting" pics of drunken people.

03-09-2004, 06:08 AM	#241
yellowmoomba YM Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 5,448 Photos: 2	BODYBUILDING SUPPLEMENTS High Quality Supplements For Bodybuilders and Athletes. www.ironmaglabs.com ENJOY your week off!!
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03-09-2004, 09:19 AM	#242
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	Well, i had my first "ALCAR Dream" today. Talk about scary... i knew people were reporting really vivid dreams, bordering on indistinguishible from reality, but this was just way more intense then i was expecting. I dreamt that the world's oxygen supply was burning off, and every scientific attempt at survival had failed. People were commiting suicide by the million, and the only people left were looting and murdering. I woke up just as i was getting attacked by a gang... Weird dream to begin with, but imagine it being so real and so vivid that it doesnt have that dream-like haze to it. I literally woke up scared, and it took me about 10 mins to settle down. That's NEVER happened. I've NEVER had a dream scare me after i woke up. It was that real. Thanks ALCAR...
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

03-09-2004, 09:55 AM	#243
yellowmoomba YM Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 5,448 Photos: 2	? What's the ALCAR doing for you besides cool dreams????
	My Journal "You are born small and weak... you die small and weak... how you look in between is up to you."

03-09-2004, 10:27 AM	#244
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	There are studies showing ALCAR doing everything from increasing melatonin levels to being a potent nutrient repartitioning agent. It's even been suggested that when stacked with choline, it increases lipolysis (and im getting a good amount of choline with my phosphatidylserine, anyway). What really sold me on ALCAR vs. some other similar supplement was its effects on memory, anxiety, and depression, though... since ive always had some fairly severe depression and anxiety. And i've noticed a big improvement since i started supplementing with ALCAR and PS, a big enough improvement to be positive its not just a placebo. Do a search for ALCAR at the avant forums, there a truckload of a good threads on it over there.
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

03-09-2004, 05:54 PM	#246
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	Training for 3/9: Quads Squats - barx6 135lbx6x8x6x5 Single leg extension - 60lbx8 100lbx10x7 Leg Press - 290lbx10 400lbx10 Kind of a shitty day... the hip flexors on my right side were bothering me all day, perfect timing for leg day. I'm actually beginning to look forward to having next week off. I'm feeling pretty beat up, havent had time off in a while.
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

03-11-2004, 02:54 PM	#247
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	Training for 3/11: Shoulders/Triceps Single arm DB press - 45lbx7 35lbx8 Bent laterals - 30lbx8 25lbx9x7 Upright rows - 100lbx9.5x7.5 Cable side laterals - 25lbx10 20lbx9 --- CG smith bench - 90lbx10 180lbx4.5 160lbx5 140lbx5 Skullcrushers - 85lbx3 75lbx6x5 Single arm overhead DB ext - 25lbx6x4 --- Dropped my rest interval down to like 30s from 90s. Hadnt planned on it going into the gym, but just felt like mixing it up once i got there. Was helping a friend who just joined the gym with his form, so some of my RI's were a bit higher, but not much. I'm also trying to put together a good nootropic stack. I've also gotten excellent results from my low 2g/ED dosing of alcar, so i'd love to see what 4-5g/ED does. I'll probably be making BSL happy in a week or two...
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

03-12-2004, 06:58 AM	#248
yellowmoomba YM Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 5,448 Photos: 2	I bet your heart rate jumped up switching from 90s to 30s rests
	My Journal "You are born small and weak... you die small and weak... how you look in between is up to you."

03-12-2004, 07:48 PM	#250
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	Training for 3/12: Back/Traps CG assisted chins - +100lbx8 +50lbx6 +90lbx6 WG tbar row - 140lbx8.5 120lbx8 DB row - +right - 65lbx11 60lbx10 +left - 65lbx10 60lbx9 DB pullovers - 55lbx11 50lbx8 DB shrugs - 80lbx10 100lbx8 drop 90lbx5 Rear BB shrugs - 135lbx15x12
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

03-13-2004, 02:55 PM	#252
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	Training for 3/13: Hams/Calves/Abs SLDL - 135lbx10 225lbx6x6x5 One leg ham press - 90lbx10 160lbx10x10 Lying curl - 110lbx10 120lbx8 --- Standing calf - 90lbx10 230lbx10x8 205lbx8 --- Cable machine crunch - 40lbx12x8 30lbx8x8 Cable side bends - 120lbx10x10 --- Ham press felt pretty good. Got some weird looks, though... lol.
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

03-13-2004, 04:29 PM	#253
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	I've been reading up on Avant's Sesathin, and the stuff looks great. I'm probably gonna add it to my diet (along with that nootropic stack ive been working on) when i get back. Last journal update till friday.
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

03-19-2004, 09:09 PM	#254
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	Just got back. FL weather was awesome. Had a damn good time... definitely missed my brown rice and chicken, though. Looking forward to getting my diet back in order.
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

03-20-2004, 01:09 AM	#255
Jodi Super Moderator Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22,151 Photos: 1	Welcome back I hope you had fun
	Essence EFA

03-20-2004, 12:33 PM	#256
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	Thanks. Yeah... it was good times. I've got a couple pictures i'll try to post, later. One sucky thing is that the day i left for vaca, i got sick. I took obscene amounts of vitamin C, echinacea, and some zinc... and i'm pretty much over it now. But i feel so incredibly weak. I'm gonna be pissed if my weights suck on monday.
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

03-20-2004, 12:38 PM	#257
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	Alright, i placed a gigantic order with BSL last night. Some of their new low carb whey Some multivitamins 50g of phosphatidylserine 2 jars of lecithin a kilo of NAC fish oil a kilo of piracetam a kilo of ALCAR I'm also gonna be getting some Sesathin and Leptigen Rebirth to test for Avant (cant wait ) Also bought some calipers from mike. So all in all... i should be set for quite a while. Now i just need to start thinking about how im going to modify my diet for the leptigen. An early thought i had was just to move to a High/No/No variation of carb cycling.
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

03-20-2004, 04:14 PM	#258
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	Here's a pic of yours truly i cropped down real quick: Plz excuse the unexcited look on my face, it was taken during a pretty boring trip to Epcot (we were a little too old to be there).
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

03-20-2004, 06:33 PM	#260
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	haha, yeah. Well, the leptigen should deal with the hunger and still keep my leptin levels up, even with the deep caloric restriction on the 'no' days. Anyway, im still not sure how im going to work it. I love my brown rice, 2 days without it might be too much...
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

03-21-2004, 05:57 PM	#261
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	omg... im so antsy. finally get to hit the gym tomorrow... i feel like im having withdrawals ive still got a stuffed up nose, though. i was hoping id be over this stupid cold by tomorrow, but it looks like ive still got a touch of it. hopefully my energy wont suffer too much... i dont think i ever want to take a week off again
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

03-21-2004, 06:51 PM	#262
atherjen DS Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: MS Posts: 5,757	Id be DEAD right now if I had taken a week off from the gym! Hope that cold goes away for good! good luck with that diet too! too no carb days doesnt sound fun! btw, nice pic!
	" To dream anything you want to dream: That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything you want to do: That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits: that is the courage to succeed." NPC Southern Classic, June 3rd NPC Cajun Classic, June 10th NPC Mississippi State July 22nd

03-22-2004, 03:08 PM	#263
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	Training for 3/22: Chest/Biceps (yay, im back! ) DB Bench - 60lbx8 85lbx4 80lbx5x3 Incline DB Bench - 70lbx5 65lbx4x4 Flys - 45lbx5 40lbx5 --- Alternating seated DB curl - 45lbx5 35lbx7 Cable Curl - 120lbx7.5 100lbx6 Conc Curl - 20lbx12 (forced 2 on left arm) ------------ Felt really good to be back in the gym. I swear i was almost euphoric when i walked in. My weights really sucked, though. I was sick all last week, and i think i still have a touch of it, because my nose is still runny. Lost some moderate weight in the chest, and some major weight in the bi's. My cable curl's SUCKED. I'm hoping (read: PRAYING) that some of it had to do with my still being sick, and that by next week i'll be all set. I think this is one of the first time's i've ever actually looked forward to leg day (tomorrow)... i just want to get back to the gym.
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg