DIVINITUS

BTW...way to stay with the log. Very informative and good reading for someone considering this product.

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highpockets

Just wanted to check in and let you all know I'm still here. As a reminder, this is my off or light week after running another 9 week session of P/RR/S.

I've been working out with light weight and lower sets this week giving my central nervous system a break. I've also been working on my lifting routine getting ready for another round of P/RR/S to begin next week. The past few cycles I've stuck with Eric's routine of working chest and delts together, however I feel like I would like to split chest and delts to see if I can't put a bit more effort into shoulder days. In the past I also used a dedicated day for arms which I am not a big fan of. I prefer compound movements, so I will incorporate some isolation exercises for arms on push/pull days.

I exchanged a few IM's with Eric and here is what we came up with.

monday: chest/tris/abs
tuesday: quads/hams/calves
wednesday: HIIT (10 minutes)
thursday: lats/lowback/bis/abs
friday: delts/traps/calves
saturday: HIIT (10 minutes)
sunday: off

This is my last week on my PCT and then I'm going to just stay on my normal supplementation of Protein, Multi, Fish Oil, for awhile before trying another round of 1-Andro Rx. Next time around on the 1-Andro, I'm going to ramp up to 800mg/day sooner than I did on this last cycle. I believe at 230+ lbs. I'll be O.K. doing this.

Consumption has been pretty normal. I've remained within my ranges on my macros and have kept below maintenance on total calories. I've noticed that since I have been lifting light this week my appetite has increased. I've fought off some temptations to eat by sucking on almonds. The other weird thing that I will never be able to explain is that when I got to the club yesterday, I was not looking forward to my weigh in. I just felt heavy! I had eaten a pretty big dinner the night before and had a late breakfast, so I was expecting to weigh a little heavy. I get on the scales and 'low an behold' I have finally broken the 233lb barrier that I've been stuck on for awhile. Pre-workout weight was 232.4 lbs.! Sometimes just the opposite happens to me. I feel light and tight and crapola, I'm up 2 lbs.! Mysterious!

Check-in with you later!

DIVINITUS

Having trouble sorting throught the data and finding it because of your routine, but could you just highlight the strength gains you've made with certain lifts, i.e., squat, bench, etc.? I know you were cutting, but just trying to get an idea of what 1-Andro did for you in terms of raw numbers...

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highpockets

Okay DIVINITUS, here's what I know; I did some pre-testing on my max for 3 different movements, BB Bench 305 lbs., Leg Press 568 lbs., Deadlift 355 lbs.
Now I did not pre-test squats because in the beginning of this log I was not performing them due to bad knees. Note: I did start squats shortly after beginning the log. I have not performed my post cycle maximums on these lifts yet, but I will shortly.

Now in the lifting program I was using Power/Rep Range/Shock, I will highlight 5 lifts from my Power Week since this is the week in which you really see your strength gains. My beginning body weight of this cycle was 246.5 lbs. I am now at 231.2 lbs., 15.3 lbs. lighter.

From March 17th:
DB Bench 3 x 6, 90 lbs.
Weighted Dips 3 x 6, body weight
Squats 3 x 6, 185 lbs.
Rack Deads 3 x 6, 315 lbs.
Incline DB Press 3 x 6, 70 lbs.

From April 6th:
DB Bench 3 x 6, 95 lbs. (5 lb increase)
Weighted Dips 3 x 6, body weight + 35 plate. (35 lb increase)
Squats 3 x 6, 245 lbs. (60 lb. increase)
Rack Deads 3 x 6, 335 lbs. (20 lb. increase)
Incline DB Press 3 x 6, 80 lbs. (10 lb. increase)

From April 27th:
DB Bench 3 x 6, 100 lbs. (5 lb. increase)
Weighted Dips 3 x 6, body weight + 45 lbs. (10 lb. increase)
Squats 3 x 6, 245 lbs. (same weight)
Rack Deads 3 x 6, 365 lbs. (30 lb. increase)
Incline DB Press 3 x 6, 85 lbs. (5 lb. increase)

Overall strength gains:
DB Bench 10 lb. increase
Weighted Dips 45 lb. increase (taking into consideration my loss in body weight)
Squats 60 lb. increase
Rack Deads 50 lb. increase
Incline DB Press 3 x 6, 70 lbs.

From the above results, you can see I definitely had significant strength gains, and all this at the ripe old age of 48. I'm stronger now than I have ever been in my life. I've lost 4 inches from my waist and am much more defined.

I've been working with Built as of late on re-designing my lifting program to eliminate some of the higher rep weeks of P/RR/S. I want to make sure I can retain as much muscle as possible as I push for my goal of 10% body fat. I'm taking a 3 week break from cutting and will maintain my current body weight preparing for another cut to my ultimate goal of 225 lbs. maybe 220. My playing weight during my basketball career was 225, but I think if I can get to 220 I should get to about 10% body fat and look pretty good. Six months ago I was a wreck at 275 lbs.

I hope this helps! Give me a shout if you have any further questions. 1-Andro Rx will absolutely be in my diet once again a bit later in the summer.

highpockets

6/2/2009

Still here and working out, Im just going through a transformation of my workout. This is the first full week of going from P/RR/S to a lower volume heavier workout that Built has customized for me, which includes 2 days of leg workouts per week.

I'll be checking on my max's soon.

I'll also post my new workout once I get real comfortable with it and work out any kinks. It's basically a horizontal push pull, vertical push pull and legs split.

I'm maintaining my current weight for a few weeks until I start cutting again for my goal. Current weight is 228lbs.

I'm already planning my next 1-Andro cycle. Talk to you all soon.

rahaas

Still reading. Looking forward to seeing how you do on your new routine.

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DIVINITUS

Good stuff! Thanks for the info on strength gains...it's getting me pumped

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highpockets

Update June 10th, 2009:

Alright, it's been a couple of weeks since starting my new routine that Built customized for me and I'm really adapting to it quite nicely in my opinion. The lower volume and heavier weights really has me feeling stronger and fuller as I'm maintaining my current weight of 228 to 230 lbs. In addition 2 days per week on my legs has them feeling much better. I have a quad dominant day and a ham/glute dominant day. Here's what I'm currently undertaking:

Day 1:
T-bars 5x5
One-arm dumbbell rows 3x8
Barbell bench 5x5
Dumbbell bench 3x8
standing calves, one leg at a time, 3x10
abs, 3x8 weighted

Day 2:
Squats 5x5
Front squats 3x8
Walking lunges 3x10-12 steps on each leg
BB bicep curls, 3x6
Alternating DB hammer curls, 3x8

Day 3 Rest

Day 4:
Weighted chins 5x5
One-arm lat pulldowns 3x8
Hang & cleans 5x5
Hang, clean & press 3x8 (optional)
seated calves, 3x12-15
abs, 3x8 weighted

Day 5:
Regular deadlifts 5x5
Good mornings 3x8
Front squats 3x8
Close grip press or dips, 3x8

Day 6, Day 7 rest

Now on occasion I throw in Farmers Walks on a leg day (love what these have done for my grip strength) and also some DB shrugs or rack pulls as I'm trying to improve my traps.

Everything is going great and kudos to Built for helping me out with this. I will update again with the weight amounts that I'm using once I get another full week under my belt.

DIVINITUS

Hey man...any new info? I have been on 1-Andro now for exactly 15 days and I was wondering a couple of things. I started right off with 600mg a day and I really haven't noticed any strength gains yet. How long was it for you until you noticed gains? I have been cutting, very similar to what you were doing, although my routine is a more basic compound based, heavy weight low volume routine. Any words?

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highpockets

The 1-Andro Rx should be kicking in at anytime now. It wasn't until the 3rd week of my cycle that I saw serious gains. Hang in there! Like I said you should get results very soon.

DIVINITUS

Well...I just started noticing strength gains last week, my 3rd week on the 1-Andro. The one thing I will say is i did have some headaches the first week and I have snapped at my girlfriend bad a few times. I definitely have irritability issues on this stuff! I need something to calm me down...

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