Amino89's 50 Day Log with the NHA Trio (STOKED, Activate Xtreme, and X-Factor)

[Amino89]

(Thanks PT for the awesome banner)​

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Activate Xtreme FAQ
X-Factor FAQ[/size]

[size=+2]About Me[/size]

(the above pics were taken a while back, but not much has changed. I will update pics at the end of the log if there are major improvements)

Background and Training
I've been lifting weights for about 5 years now, and just got serious about 3 years ago. I am 100% natural, drug-free. Most of my training is compound lifts, more of a powerlifting structure to my routines until recently. Training is usually between 45-60 min. depending on the body parts worked. Currently my routine looks something like this:

Day 1- Legs, Abs
Day 2- Chest
Day 3- Off
Day 4- Back, Shoulders, Trapz
Day 5- Arms, Abs
Day 6- Off
Day 7- Off

Cardio
I like to Low Intensity Cardio for the most part and HIIT on occasion. Cardio isn't really set, it usually depends on how much time I have but I try to get at least 3 days a week in.

Stats
19 years old
5'9
170 lbs.
9% bodyfat
Clean Bulking

Supplementation for this log
Multivitamin
Whey and/or Casein protein
Creatine Monohydrate
X-Factor
STOKED
Activate Xtreme

 

[Amino89]

I am 5 days in so far, was debating on doing a log. So today will be the 5th day and I'll update with the past 5 days workouts/ and feedback.

 

[Amino89]

Day 1, 2, 3, 4

Day 1- 6/23

Legs [45 min.]

Squats (break parallel)
225 x 10
315 x 10
335 x 10
135 x 20 ATG

Lying Flat Leg Curls
180 x 10
180 x 10
170 x 10
100 x 20

Leg Extension
200 x 10
200 x 10
100 x 20 (2 sec up, 3 sec down tempo)

Seated Calf Extension
250 x 25
250 x 25
180 x 25
180 x 25

Day 2- 6/24

Chest, Abs [45 min.]

Incline Barbell Bench Press
225 x 5
205 x 7
205 x 4
135 x 20

DB Flat Bench
90 x 8
90 x 6
75 x 10 (2 sec up, 3 sec down)

Incline DB Bench Press
75 x 7
65 x 9
55 x 10

10 min. Ab Circuit


Day 3- 6/25 [OFF DAY]

Day 4- 6/26

Back, Trapz [35 min.]

Seated Lat-Pull down
200 x 10
200 x 10
150 x 10 (Reverse-grip)
130 x 10 (Wide, 2 sec concentric, 3 sec eccentric)

BB Shrug
225 x 10
225 x 10
225 x 10
135 x 20 (Reverse-grip)

Seated Cable Row
200 x 10
205 x 10
210 x 10

Lower Back Extension
170 x 10

Pull-up (to failure)
8 (close)
5 (wide)

 

[Amino89]

Day 5

Day 5- 6/27

Arms, Abs [45 min.]

Reverse-Grip Bench Press (break parallel)
190 x 9
190 x 7
190 x 7

DB Seated Overhead Extension
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10

EZ Bar Curls
105 x 10
105 x 10
105 x 9

V-Bar Cable Push-down
100 x 10
110 x 10
110 x 8
70 x 20 (SuperSet)

Cable Curl
150 x 10
150 x 10

10 min. Ab Circuit

 

[Amino89]

Comments

Strength
Strength has been on the rise, I'm trying to regain some LBM and strength I lost during the school year and summer due to a load of classes I took the past 3 semesters.

Pumps
Pumps are good, vascularity is up.

Adverse Side Effects
None.

Aggression
First day of the stack I noticed the "alpha male" mentality kick in during the workout.

Overall
The past 5 days have been great so far, no noticeable weight change or other effects except for increase in sweating during WO's. I have been dosing STOKED 2 caps AM, 2 PM; AX 1 cap AM, 2 Pre-Wo, 1 PM; XF 1 AM, 2 Pre-Wo, 1 PM.

Did 45 min. Low Intensity Cardio today

 

[workingatit43]

Gotta love that alpha male feeling. Drive gave me that feeling

 

[Amino89]

Gotta love that alpha male feeling. Drive gave me that feeling

It's awesome today it really kicked in, definitely gets you motivated!

 

[Amino89]

Day 6, 7, 8

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Day 6 & 7 6/28-29

OFF Days

Day 8 6/30
Legs [50 min.]

Seated Leg Extensions
205 x 10
205 x 10
205 x 10
140 x 20

Standing Single Leg Curls
70 x 10
80 x 10
80 x 10
50 x 20

Seated Calf Raises
140 x 10 (3 sec up/2 down)
140 x 10 (")
140 x 20 (")
140 x 20 (")

DB Lunges
50 x 10
50 x 10
50 x 10

Seated Calf Extensions
200 x 25 (3 sec up/ 2 down)
200 x 25 (")
200 x 25 (")

 

[Amino89]

Weekly Update

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[size=+2]1 WEEK IN UPDATES! [/size]

[size=+1]Weight Gain:[/size]
1.5 lbs, so far I'm really happy with that considering I'm only a week in and diet has been real clean.

Pumps:
Pumps have been awesome, almost too good lol. Especially today, lunges were compromised a bit when bringing the weights down. Vascularity is still good.

DOMS:
None yet.

Mood/Alpha Male Mentality:
Really starting to get a feel for this part of the stack, today alpha male mentality started to really kick in right before lunges.

Sleep:
Sleep has been good, nothing out of the ordinary...pretty normal so far.

Strength:
I'm starting to feel a bit of a rise in strength, nothing too pronounced yet.

Libido:
Good, nothing spectacular yet.

Side Effects:
Increased sweating intra workout.

Overall:
Overall I'm pretty happy with what I've experienced in the past week. Today was the first day getting back into lunges so weights were a little low. Didn't do Squats or SLDL's today because I have Deadlifts this Thursday for Back day. Based off the other guys that ran the STOKED/ AX stack it seems results really start to kick in at the end of the 2nd week so I'm looking forward to that, and XF kicking around the 2nd bottle. Thanks again for everyone that has been following along!

 

[nni]

yeah actX will give pumps, but week 2 or 3 is where the money is.

 

[workingatit43]

Great looking log and your worlouts are sick bro

 

[Amino89]

yeah actX will give pumps, but week 2 or 3 is where the money is.

Nice! Looking forward to it.

Great looking log and your worlouts are sick bro

Thanks bro!

 

[Amino89]

Day 9

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Day 9 (7/1)

Chest, Abs [50 min.]

Incline Bench Press
135 x 10
225 x 6 PR, up 1 rep
205 x 7
205 x 6 PR, up 2 reps
135 x 10

Weighted Dips (break parallel)
BW + 105 x 7 PR, up 1 rep
BW + 115 x 5 PR, up 1 rep
BW + 135 x 3 PR, up 1 rep

DB Flat Bench
90 x 7
90 x 5
Static Stretches 40 x 60 sec.

10 min. Ab Circuit

 

[Amino89]

Day 10

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Day 10 (7/1)

Arms [45 min.]

Reverse-close grip bench
135 x 10
195 x 8 PR, up 5lb
195 x 6 PR, up 5lb (only did 2 work sets because chest was too sore)

Seated DB Overhead Extension
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10

DB Curl
50 x 10 PR, up 5lb.
50 x 10 PR, up 5lb.
50 x 8 PR, up 5lb.

V-Bar Cable Press-downs
110 x 10 PR, up 5lb.
110 x 10
110 x 7

Seated Preacher Curl
85 x 10
85 x 10
85 x 10

 

[Amino89]

Comments

Strength
Strength has skyrocketed the past 2 workouts, I'm up 5 lbs for most exercises. Definitely loving the PR's.

Pumps
Arms felt extremely pumped today, when I got to push-downs arms looked blown up inch or so. Pumps lasted about 1 hour post-workout. Vascularity still very good.

Adverse Side Effects
Increased sweating intra-workout.

DOMS
DOMS have been INSANE. Legs are still very sore from Mondays' workout, I'm very surprised calves are still sore, I'm usually all healed up within a day. May need to use BCAA or EAA's next week if it is this bad. Chest and front delts are extremely sore from yesterdays workout.

Mood
Alpha Male mentality has been very pronounced.

Overall
Overall I'm very satisfied with the effects thus far, today gave in to some pizza so not as clean as I had planned, back on track tomorrow. Stay tuned for tomorrows Back workout.

 

[Rob Awesome]

Seth... you better start buying new, bigger clothes. You're going to get hyoooooge

 

[workingatit43]

Seth... you better start buying new, bigger clothes. You're going to get hyoooooge

Maybe it is time to ask Mike for a clothing allowance

 

[Amino89]

Seth... you better start buying new, bigger clothes. You're going to get hyoooooge

Maybe it is time to ask Mike for a clothing allowance

Haha, thanks guys, just got back into Deadlifts today after a 6 month off time from them. Back pumps were insane today, stay tuned for the update later tonight.

 

[Amino89]

Day 11

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Day 11 (7/3)

Back, Trapz, Rear Shoulders [55 min.]

Barbell Deadlifts (no straps, only chalk)
135 x 10
225 x 10
315 x 10
315 x 5

Seated Lat Pull-down
200 x 10
200 x 10
150 x 10 (Reverse-grip)

DB Shrugs
75 x 10
75 x 10
75 x 10

Reverse-Pec Dec
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10

Pull-ups to failure
11
5 (wide-grip)
Static stretching

 

[Amino89]

Comments

Strength
Strength was nothing to spectacular today, no PR's to report.

Pumps
Back pumps were intense, very painful. Pumps continued to last about an hour or so post-workout, and vascularity has been consistently good.

Adverse Side Effects
Increased sweating intra-workout.

DOMS
Nearly every bodypart is sore now, looking forward to getting some good sleep, and eating good for the 3 day weekend.

Mood
Alpha Male mentality was through the roof today, especially when picking the 315 up for deadlifts.

Overall
Today was the first day getting back into Deadlifts since about 6 months, so I'm looking forward to getting those #'s back up again. I purposely crammed all my workouts in the past 4 days so I could have a 3 day weekend since I'll be out of town most of it. So other then low-intensity cardio there will be no weight lifting updates until Monday. Overall this week has been great, strength has been way up, and I'm looking forward to seeing how much I've went up since the past week. The weekly update will be on Monday night.

 

[workingatit43]

Great workout bro hope your going to post after photo's

 

[Amino89]

Great workout bro hope your going to post after photo's

Thanks! Most likely will if it's close to 10 or more, or a noticeable diff

 

[Amino89]

Day 12, 13, 14, 15

Day 12-14 (07/04, 07/05, 07/06)

OFF Days (enjoyin that 3 day weekend )

Day 15- (07/07)

Legs [55 min.]

Squats (break parallel)
225 x 10
325 x 10
330 x 10
335 x 10

Standing Single Leg Curls
80 x 10 PR! up 5lb.
80 x 10
80 x 10

Leg Extension
210 x 10 PR! up 5lb.
210 x 10 PR! up 5lb.
210 x 10 PR! up 5lb.

Seated Calf Raise
145 x 20 (2 sec. up, 2 sec. down tempo)
145 x 20 (")
145 x 20 (")

Seated Calf Extension
205 x 25 (", ran out of time to finish last 2 sets up, gym closed)

 

[Amino89]

2 Weeks In! Update!

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[size=+2]2 WEEK IN! UPDATES! [/size]

[size=+1]Weight Gain:[/size]
-1.5 lbs (start weight 170, todays weight 168.5), I'm not sure what happened last week I was up 1.5 lbs. this week I'm down 3 lbs. from that and 1.5 from my starting point. It appears I have leaned out a bit. Calories were clean and in the 3000-3300 range, but low intensity cardio was a bit high. Most of it unintentionally as I did a lot of walking through town when I was away for the 3 day weekend. I'm going to up the Calories to 3500 and ease up on the low-intensity cardio and see if I can get back to gaining some weight.

Pumps:
Today was the first workout since the last update, and pumps were insane! Legs felt blown up, and I could feel them pulsating. The pump aspect has been very good for this stack.

DOMS:
After the much needed rest DOMS have all cleared up, tomorrow is probably a different story though after I just got done crushing legs.

Mood/Alpha Male Mentality:
Probably the most pronounced effect from the supplement is the mood changes. Alphaness is in full effect, and confidence through the roof.

Sleep:
Sleep has been good, I've noticed dream recall has been much better the other day I could recall 3 dreams I had in 1 night.

Strength:
Today there were a couple PR's, strength has been on the rise so far.

Libido:
I haven't noticed a big jump in libido like I thought I would, not bad just not to much to note.

Side Effects:
Increased sweating intra workout, a bit more oily skin.

Overall:
Overall I'm very happy with the results so far. I'm gonna bump up the calories a bit and see how strength and weight gain comes along. Looking forward to this week to see how the XF kicks in.

 

[workingatit43]

Are the DOMS as intense as some say with the x-factor?

 

[Amino89]

Are the DOMS as intense as some say with the x-factor?

DOMS were very intense last week, I'd say yes lol....very painful. Seems they have eased up though after the 3 day rest.

 

[Amino89]

Day 16

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Day 16 (07/08)

Chest, Abs [50 min.]

Incline Bench Press
135 x 10
225 x 4
205 x 7
205 x 6
135 x 10

Weighted Dips (break parallel)
BW + 105 x 7
BW + 115 x 5
BW + 115 x 4 PR

DB Flat Bench
90 x 8 PR, up 1 rep
90 x 5
90 x 4

Push-ups
25

10 min. Ab Circuit

 

[Amino89]

Comments

Strength
Hit 2 PR's today, worked a long day and didn't get as many Calories as I would of liked, but pretty happy with today's workout.

Pumps
Today pumps were absolutely awesome, chest was so pumped the weight pushed up like a rubber band effect when I was doing dips.

Adverse Side Effects
Increased sweat intra-workout.

DOMS
Legs were sore today, but not near as bad as before, DOMS have eased up a bit.

Mood
Alpha male mentality sky high like usual, after the first couple sets the alphaness really starts to kick in.

 

[workingatit43]

Glad to hear the DOMS are not as bad as before. Gotta love that alpha male feeling

 

[Amino89]

Glad to hear the DOMS are not as bad as before. Gotta love that alpha male feeling

Me 2 bro, it was hard to get out of bed at times lol. Alpha male mentality is awesome.