Past my Prime? Journal

[crawfBigG]

40 min. fasted cardio this morning. Hit the streets again. And again it felt pretty good. I'll say one thing for not being able to lift much, my cardiovascular shape is improving. Hopefully I am not a beanpole by the time I get to really workout again! You know I won't really care if the outcome is that my shoulder feels good again and I go into the return to lifting pretty lean. Mentally it's harder to stay discipline with the diet not being able to train full throttle. Many days I feel compelled to just hit the drive thru, get a 12 pack and just do 12 oz. curls ed until this shoulder thing gets resolved. I know that is a stupid route to take but the urge is there. Gears: couldn't resist pinning something yesterday so broke the seal on a fresh batch of my HRT pharm HCG and hit 400iu and took .5 Adex this morning. No supp changes, although if my MCT Oil I ordered doesn't get here soon I am gonna be pissed...! I will be out after today. Not the biggest deal, I'll survive.. lol! Weigh in: 201.8. Might hit the gym tonight for some legs.

 

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40 min. fasted cardio this morning. Went to the gym last night (not legs) but did my shoulder rehab, some upper body work for my left side, some super light stuff for both sides. Just light, light curls, and tri extensions, nothing stupid. The PTs do have me doing some rows and lateral raises and such now so it's getting a little more fun. My shoulder is very weak still. My right arm shakes when put under any heavy strain. Hopefully it comes around given time. I am regaining some flexibility. Slowly. Followed the workout with 20 min. on a StepMaster. So despite the extra work.. still.... 201.8 this morning! I will adjust my macros here really soon. I am going to finish off my bag of potatoes I have and drop all starchy carbs from 4 of the 6 meals. I am only dropping one right now, my last meal. I'll probably drop all intra workout carbs too, don't know, we'll see how it goes. I have cut them in half already. Gears: Pinned 100 Tren A and 100 Test C last night, and .5 Adex. I had a vial of Tren A in the cabinet figured hell lets run 200 ew, that'll last about 5 weeks, which when gone will mean I dieted down for 8 weeks total. Works out kinda nice. It will help to keep me motivated too. So I'll run 300 Test C and 200 Tren A for the next 5 weeks just for sheer mental fortitude. Supps: I got my order yesterday but nothing really new. A new brand of Whey protein, I like to switch them up. It's basically the same shit just different brands on protein, vitamin/mineral, and BCAAs. I will be using a bit more MCT Oil as the carbs go down. I'll say it again today..... might hit the gym for some legs tonight......

 

[crawfBigG]

45 min. fasted cardio this morning. Hit legs in the gym last night. 201.6 weigh-in this morning. Revisiting what I said on my diet changes yesterday, starchy carbs will drop from 3 of the 6 meals, not 4. I forgot about my midday meal that is egg whites, one whole omega3 egg and ezekiel toast. I may cut the ezekiel in half but not totally eliminate just yet. Like Meadows always says get the most out of the least. Gotta give the cardio increase and additional depletion of carbs a few to settle in, keep some bullets in the holster. Anyhow workout went pretty good last night. I could feel all the cardio in my legs some though. A little shaky, not quite as strong, or as much muscle endurance. I lost one rep from my top two sets on front squat.

Lying leg curls – 5 x 12 - pyramid up

Squatting pull throughs – 4x10- pyramid up

Front squats
bar x 8
95 x 8
135 x 8
165 x 5
185 x 5
205 x 5
225 x 5
245 x 2
265 x 1
185 x 10

Back raise with band – Org. EFTS Band - 12,11,10,9 drop band 10 more

Walking DB lunge – 20s, 30s, 40s all x 8 reps each leg

Giant Sets
Pulldown Abs – 3x20
Single leg glute bridge - 3x8 each leg
Hip abduction mach. – 3x15

Gears: none, Supps: same. Friday fellas.... which don't mean a whole lot now that I work 7 days a week but at least a couple days out of the office after today.

 

[crawfBigG]

Crushed PT yesterday, LOL. My shoulder is getting a little stronger but has a long way to go. 45 min. fasted cardio this morning. weigh-in: 201.6. Gears: HCG 400iu and Adex.5 last night, Supps: same. Having me a cheat meal today dammit, damn I'm hongreee!!! Then Sunday I'll start the dropoff in carbs. Feeling pretty good so far.

 

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I was thinking about my shoulder injury yesterday.... I am dying to get back but I know I gotta let this heal up correctly... so imagine you have a cut or wound somewhere on the outside of your body. What do you do to it? You clean it up. You put band aids on it. You leave it alone and baby it until it heals. You don't go jabbing a knife in it every couple days to see how it feels... LOL. That is basically how I have been treating my shoulder for the past 6 months.

Holy cheat meals.... 205 this morning on the scale...BOOM! I didn't even really go that overboard. Surprising. We went to this bar and grill, small barge boat on the water kinda deal yesterday. It was nice, cool breeze blowing. I had two beers, and a sampler platter of poblano poppers, chicken strips, and shrimp with various dipping sauces. All fried yeah but damn it wasn't that big of a meal. I think it was just that in total I had a lot of calories yesterday. At work my gym had this grand reopening event yesterday, so we had all these samples of protein bars and protein drinks out for the people to try. Well I was taking a bite or drink of something all throughout the day. It was all supplement type stuff, tons of protein but I probably piled up a ton of calories too. I just had a small child on the toilet this morning so I bet the scale tells a different story tomorrow. We'll see. So bout to go do my cardio, legs after work today. Gears: will pin 150 Test C and 100 Tren A, .5 Adex today. Supps: same.

 

[crawfBigG]

45 min. fasted cardio this morning. Weigh-in: 202.8. Missed my cardio Sunday morning. Right after posting, my dog wanted out so I took him out. I live in a condo so I gotta walk him a lot. Which it's fine I love walking my dog. Thing is he took all day, he was like totally into strolling that morning. We were out there 45 minutes. So I get back and I'm grabbing my stuff to rush out and do cardio, look at the clock and it's like shit, I don't have time to do this. I had to just get my shit together and get to work. I did get a pretty good leg workout in though after work. I did my shoulder rehab stuff in between sets throughout the session.

Supermans 2 x 12
Single Leg RDL 2 x 8
Band Hip Abduction 2 x 15

Seated Leg Curl - 3 jumps in weight, did 2 sets at each
6 sets - reps: 20,20,15,15,11,12

Squats - explosive reps
bar x 8
135 x 8
185 x 8
225 x 5
245 x 2
265 x 2 x 8 sets

Speed Deadlifts - supposed to do about 70% of max but just did about 50ish since I haven't been doing these to protect my shoulder, it's been a month + since i have done anything resembling a deadlift
2 warm ups
225 x 8 x 1

Hack Squats
1 warm up
2 sets of 18 reps

DB SLDL superset with Supermans
3 sets SLDL used 45s, 70s, 90s x 12, 3 x 15 on Supermans

Hanging Leg Raises
3 sets, reps: 12, 11, 9.5..lol

So the lower carbs kick in fully today. Time to be hungry as shit..... should yield some fat loss though. Gears: I might do a HCG 400iu and Adex .5 tonight when i get home. Supps: slight increase in MCT Oil to help energy with the lower carbs. PT today after work.

 

[crawfBigG]

45 min. fasted cardio this morning. Crushed PT again last night. My shoulder is getting stronger each week. Not fast enough for my liking but progress is progress. They actually had me doing lateral raises yesterday! I was thrilled...., even if it was 1lb. DBs! Probably no training tonight. I have a ton of stuff to get done after work tonight but should be back in action Wednesday on the weights. I am gonna be so psyched when I get to do an upper body workout again. Funny how much you realize you love something when it gets taken away. You appreciate it much more. Weighed in: 202.8? Gears: none today, Supps: same.

 

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45 min. fasted cardio this morning. weigh-in: 202.8. measured my waist this morning. I am down 1" from when I started 5 weeks ago. still a fatty but hey I'll take it. nothing exciting to report today, other than I will be working out today. Some left side work with my shoulder rehab stuff. Maybe work in some calves. It's better than nothing. Gears: 150 Test C and 100 Tren A shot later today, then .5 Adex. Supps: same. Hump Day!

 

[crawfBigG]

More intense 45 min. fasted cardio this morning. I felt good and upped the effort level today. Weigh-in: still 202.8, this seems to be my permanent weight, lol, I thought lower carbs this week which in turn is lower calories as I have not upped the MCT Oil use at all would = lower scale weight but not the case. Did my feeble upper body TRAINING last night and all of my shoulder rehab protocol at the gym. One thing I noticed last night is my range of motion is coming along. The stretches they have me doing were tough at first, painful. They still are painful but not as much and I am able to go further than before. Gears: none today, Supps: same. Lower body tonight.

 

[crawfBigG]

Kept the pace again on 45 min. fasted cardio this morning. Arrived at 3:50 am. Weigh-in: 200.8! I got on the scale again to make sure it wasn't fibbing. First time it has moved in a while. Crazy thing is I ate more yesterday. I had a little bit of extra calories and carbs yesterday around training to make sure I hit the workout with some ooomph! Pretty much went full bore despite shoulder, felt a little something funny in there for a second but I think I came out unscathed. Not that I was directly hitting it with work but I did some more deadlifting which does indirectly affect it some.

Lying Leg Curls - pyramid up
4 sets - reps: 20,15,12,12

Deficit Deadlift - don't know how much, I put 2 - 35 pound plates on the ground and lifted off of those, probably about 1 1/2"
135 x 8
185 x 8
225 x 5
265 x 5
295 x 5
315 x 3
335 x 3
300 x 1 x 4 - 15 seconds rest between each single

Band Good Mornings
4 sets of 20

DB Weighted Back Extensions - DB in each hand
25s x 12
35s x 12
45s x 12

DB Bulgarian Split Squats
20s x 10 each leg
25s x 10 each leg
30s x 10 each leg

Giant Sets
Pulldown Abs 3 x 20
Hip Abductor Machine 1 x 20, 1 x 18, 1 x 16
Single Leg Glute Bridge 3 x 10 each leg

Loved it, good workout. I could tell I had a bit more carbs in me, had a little more giddy up. PT today after work. Gears: 400iu HCG, .5 Adex, Supps: broke into my new protein that came in but basically the same stuff. I ordered some more intra HBCD/HydroCasein custom mix from True Nutrtion yesterday and some Fat Burner caps, my Lean Out is getting low, and some BCAA Boost, my ON Amino Energy is getting low too. I also laid out a little dough to get some extra gears in.... will update that later when this little recomp is over or whenever I decide to break it out, hell gotta get it in hand first, lol....

 

[crawfBigG]

4:15am. 45 min. cardio this morning. Crushed it, sweat drops left on treadmill. Weigh-in: 200.8. Not much to report this morning. Gotta go to work. Clean up the gym mainly. Should be interesting though, this will be the first Sat. going in since it turned 24 hour. Have a great Saturday folks!

 

[crawfBigG]

45 min. fasted cardio this morning. Had to force myself over there to do it this morning. Didn't feel real motivated but once I got going it was good. Felt awesome afterwards! Weighed in: 201.8. Gears: shot 100 TrenA and 150 TestC Sat. night, .5 Adex., 400iu HCG tonight, .5 Adex. Supps: same. PT today after work. I did an awesome workout yesterday after work as well as 45 min. of fasted cardio that morning before going in. It went like this:

Shoulder rehab work - 20 mins.

Giant Sets
Supermans 2 x 12
DB Single Leg RDL 25 x 8, 35 x 8
Band Abduction Hips 2 x 15

Glute Ham Raises
3 x 10, used a 10lb. plate on the last 2 sets

Front Squats - explosive, 45 sec rest between sets
bar x 8
95 x 8
135 x 5
165 x 2
185 x 2 x 10 sets

Snatch Grip Deadlifts 3.5" off floor
135 x 6
185 x 6
225 x 6
245 x 6
265 x 6 x 2 sets

Single Leg Leg Extensions
4 sets of 12-15 - pyramid up

DB SLDL superset with Supermans
50s x 8 - 15 Supermans
70s x 8 - 15 Supermans
90s x 8 - 15 Supermans

Weighted Sit ups
25 x 15
45 x 15 x 2 sets

 

[crawfBigG]

45 min. cardio this morning, fasted, DAMN HONGREE is what I should say. Starting to really feel the dieting now. Off and on hungry all day, a little edgy at times, legs feel empty if that makes any sense. I might re-incorporate some carbs for a week or two if things don't start progressing more soon. What I probably really need to do is increase the torture, less calories and more cardio. We'll see how it goes, I'll stand pat for now. Part of my frustration is from the steady influx of scamming going on these days, WTF. Without mentioning any names I have made 3 orders in the last 4-5 weeks and have nothing to show for it except an empty wallet! . It sure isn't helping my attitude or progress. I have never had this much bs happen from a board. I am not a long time vet of this stuff but shit I mean usually things have went pretty well, no issues, all of a sudden I have no faith in anyone. My last order I am still holding out faith but I am on the verge of going back to some sources I used to use before that aren't on this board simply for sanity reasons, lol.... OK my rant is over.

Weigh-in: 201.8, Gears: none ( I don't have any, lol...), Supps: same. I don't even know what I am doing tonight. I finished up my 8 sessions of PT last night and see my doc on Thursday to figure out what to do moving forward. I'll say one thing, my shoulder is better, but it ain't ready yet as much as I hate to admit it. I think I will go to the gym just to get something in, a little upper body left side work and rehab or cardio, or a little of both.

My son is coming out Wednesday night to visit, we'll get some training in together on Thursday so that should be cool. He's 23 now and loves bodybuilding too. Looking forward to this, I haven't seen him in a few months.

 

[crawfBigG]

45 min. fasted cardio this morning. Weigh-in: 202.8. Gears: 150 Test C, 100 Tren A, .5 Adex later today. Popped a dose of Raloxifene this morning. Tren always gets my nips growing, even at low doses. I feel I'm taking enough Adex. I really should get bloods. One of my downfalls for sure. I just don't have a lot of extra cash right now. Anyway Ralox or Tamox has always kept things in check in the past so I always go back to it. I have Prami on hand too. Supps: same. Guess I need to up the torture level some my weight is very steady, not really moving the last 2 weeks. Today makes 5 weeks total and I have really only lost 3.5 lbs. real pounds since starting this. My waistline and abs look much better though. I really should have been on the skin fold check through this, at least every two weeks. I haven't done it since day one. I know I'm better than then but what has happened over the last two weeks? I don't really know. On that note I'm checking it tonight. Don't think about it, do it, right? It doesn't go anywhere if it just stays in your head.

I did some rehab work and tried to do some actual upper body movements last night, not just my left side. It was crazy, my shoulder was like it had been mummified or something. Just doing the range of motion of some of the exercises I have done for years felt like an accomplishment. For instance I got on the assisted pull up and dip machine. I used the assistance and just did a few sets of each. My shoulder was making all kinds of popping and cracking noises, it was crazy. By set 3 of each though things were much smoother. It's gonna be a long road back. It felt great though to just do what I did. After hitting a bunch of different things, I did 20 minutes on the StepMill.

I am psyched, I am off work for the next two days after today. I haven't had a day off since the 4th of July! Have a great day folks!

 

[crawfBigG]

Did not get my cardio in this morning. Wife handed me a bunch of little duties like... kid off to school, laundry and some other little stuff so she could go into work early today and get caught up. She is off tomorrow so her and I can have a day together while I'm off too. I was a little ticked cause if I had known she was going to do that I would have gotten up earlier and got it in. But oh well, it ain't that big of a deal. A day away might be good. Take one for the team. I was shocked when I got on the scale this morning. 198.6! Boom! Maybe my diet is working still. I am about to do those caliper checks right now, I didn't get that done either yesterday. My son showed up and we got to talking and next thing you know the night is over. I got a little froggy on my shot last night. I finished off a couple vials that were really low and before I knew it I damn near had a full syringe. So it went 100 Tren A, 100 Test C, and 200 Sust, .5 Adex. I go see the doc today, then we're going to do legs, should be fun. Have a good day people!

 

[crawfBigG]

45 min. fasted cardio this morning, weigh-in: 202. Had a great leg workout with my son yesterday. We were both laying on the floor through the last few sets. DONE.

Giant Sets
Supermans – 2x12
DB Single Leg RDL – 2x8 each
Band Hip Abduction (band around knees) – 2x15

Glute Ham Raises
4 x 8

Speed Squats - explosive
135 x 8
185 x 8
225 x 2 x 12 sets 30 sec. rest between

Dead Stop Leg Press - one second pause at bottom of each rep
2 warm up sets of 10
30 reps 3 pps
25 reps 4 pps
20 reps 5 pps

Serrano Split Squats
3 x 8 each leg

DB SLDL superset with Bird Dogs
70s x 8 - 12 ea side BDs
90s x 8 - 12 ea side BDs
100s x 8 - 12 ea side BDs

DB Side Bends
3 sets of 20 = pyramid up

I was shocked at my doctor's appt. He comes in asks how it's feeling, has me push against his hands in various positions to test the rotator cuff strength, he sits down and says..... "Well I think you are ready to go!" I'm like really?... He said "look you have arthritis, your shoulder will never be the same." He said "4 more weeks of therapy but just once a week now, and to go back to doing my upper body work" but to ease in very slowly. He said he felt it better to just get back to what I like to do but carefully and get the strength back in the muscles before they atrophy too much. He said it is just something I am going to have to manage and keep an eye on and don't let it get as bad ever again. If it gets flared up again, back off, don't keep pushing it. I feel happy but puzzled because it still feels quite jacked up to me. I am going to follow his advice but I am going at it with a snail's pace, we'll see how it goes....

 

[crawfBigG]

45 min. fasted cardio this morning, weigh-in: 205.8. Uuuuhm... my cheat meal yesterday kinda became a cheat event! After lunch at Olive Garden I picked up a few cold ones, got a little buzz going then followed them with a couple bowls of Lucky Charms, and some Len and Larry's Muscle Brownies. Things really aren't good for you but damn they taste good, 20g protein yeah but 24g of sugar too. I crushed like 4 of those! I was due for a breakdown. Back on the wagon today. I'll probably hit some light arms later. Gears: 400iu HCG, .5 Adex last night, I still been doing a dose of Ralox every morning. Supps: same. Have a good weekend!

 

[crawfBigG]

Did train some arms and calves this afternoon.

Rope Pressdowns superset Cable Curls
DB Tate Presses superset Spider Curls
Pronated Kickbacks superset Hammer Curls
Standing Calf Raises superset Wrist Curls

Nice little pump, felt good, nothing crazy, nothing heavy, just tried to get some blood in there. Pinned 150 Test C and 100 Tren A, .5 Adex tonight. Watching some movies with the wifie now taking it easy.

 

[crawfBigG]

45 minutes fasted cardio this morning. weigh-in: 202.2. And today I did my first official chest and shoulders workout, if you want to call it that. Incredibly light weights but it felt good.

Shoulder prehab work - 6 sets and some stretching

Incline DBs
4 sets, reps: 20,20,15,12

DB Rear Delt Raises superset with DB Front Raises
3 sets of 15 each exercise

Side Raises superset Behind the Neck Press with just the bar
3 sets 15 reps on SL, 10 reps on BTNP

Smith Machine Flat Bench - 95 lbs.
3 sets of 20 reps

Assisted Dip Machine
3 sets of 15

Flye Machine superset with Overhead Rope Extensions
3 sets, reps: 20s on both exercises

Had a pump, woohoo, and my elbow hurts now, hard to believe from just that. I guess that what happens after 6 weeks of nothing. No gears tonight, supps: same. Back to the regular grind tomorrow. Enjoying some preseason football now while I cook up a bunch of meals.

 

[crawfBigG]

55 min. fasted cardio. 10 more minutes, felt like more than that, in any case I got it in. Weigh-in: 201.6.

I can tell I have been doing cardio, better endurance, feel pretty good overall. If I can get this shoulder healed up I will be psyched. It's really holding me back. Progressing in other areas is my only choice so I suppose achieving that is something. Keep grinding and allow time to continue the healing process. If anything I am learning patience, which is an important aspect of life also. Being all philosophical this morning, WTF. KILL SOME F'IN WEIGHTS people!!! There that's better. Don't know what I am doing tonight, maybe just more cooking, my elbow still feels pretty sore. We'll see.....

 

[crawfBigG]

55 min. fasted cardio this morning. weigh-in: 201.6. gears: tonight HCG 400iu, .5 Adex, no supp changes. No gym last night. Cooked up some more meals. Stocked for a few days now. Back, Bis tonight. I had a little jerk in my back this morning while stretching after cardio. Still feels funny. Have to work around that tonight. Elbow feels a lot better though. Keep nose to the grindstone. Tomorrow will be 6 weeks of dieting. My body is so stubborn, loves to hold on to the fat, I am looking better though, minus upper body atrophy from not training, but for now that can not be helped. It will come back, muscle memory is real. My skin fold testing the other day went well. My love handle pinch was the biggest drop of all which is expected, quite a dramatic change. I had a lot there to get rid of.

 

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45 minutes fasted cardio this morning. My dog kinda sidetracked my morning some, and I had to be into work early this morning because of my PT appt. this afternoon, but considering, I was happy to squeeze in what I did. I was soaked with sweat and feeling it, so... the minus 10 minutes ain't that big of a deal. Weigh-in: 204. WTF. I did consume some higher sodium content food yesterday (pickles, banana pepper rings out of the jar) so I'm guessing some water weight, cause it sure wasn't extra food or anything, my ass is starving. Well not starving, but I am definitely ready to change gears for a bit and add back in some calories and carbs. I will do just that if I ever get my other packs I ordered. That or reach the 8 week mark. That was going to be the max extent of this little mini-diet. Got some NPP, Test, GH all on the way. Hoping to put back on some of the muscle I've lost in the shoulder, chest, guns regions with higher reps, lighter weights, should be interesting. I figure my body may respond fairly well seeing as I have been doing close to nothing.

Anywho I did hit some back and bis last night, very light and easy I may add, considering the mini-strain I had going on in my lower back. It was tight as shit at first. I took a muscle relaxer and some ibuprofen last night before bed. It feels decent this morning.

Nautilus Pullover-3 sets

Assisted Wide Chins-3 sets

Rvs. Grip Pulldowns-3 sets

Straight Arm Pressdowns-3 sets

Seated Incline DB Curls-pause on negative-3 sets

Rope Hammer Curls-3sets

Nautilus Bicep-3 sets

20 mins. on the StepMill

Was really pleased to get this in. I felt iffy on even trying to workout at first, but as I went along, I was very glad I showed up, if felt great!

Gears tonight: 150 Test C, 100 Tren A, .5 Adex. No training, probably just take the dog for a nature trail.

 

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Well my dog has decided that 3:45 am is an ok time to get up and get Dad to take me for a walk. He used to just saw logs when I would get up to do cardio, things have changed.... It's all good though. 55 minutes fasted cardio this morning after dog walk. weigh-in: 201.8. No training last night, did do the nature trail as reported, man it was balmy, the humidity is blazing around here lately. Prepped some meals. Pinned some gearz. Went to PT. Overall it was a pretty good day. My energy felt good yesterday which hasn't been the case the last few days. I think it was more mental than physical. Whichever I liked it. Legs tonight. Low back still feeling a bit tweaked so I'll do what I can do whilst working around that. Looking forward to it. Always love the gym nights....

 

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55 min. fasted cardio this AM. Weigh-in: 198.8. Did my little wimpy leg session last night. Better than nothing I suppose. May have actually been good for recovery because my back tweak feels substantially better this morning.

One Leg Leg Extensions
4 sets, reps: 20,16,15,15 - pyramid up

Hands Free One Leg Leg Press
empty x 10 each leg
1 plate total x 10 each leg
2 plates total x 10 each leg
3 plates total x 10 each leg
4 plates total x 10 each leg
5 plates total x 10 each leg

Seated Leg Curls
4 sets, reps: 20,15,15,15 - pyramid up

Lying Leg Curls
4 sets, 15 reps each

Abductor, Adductor Machine
3 sets of 20 each way

20 minutes elliptical

Felt good when I was finished. Feeling drained though. Diet is kicking my ass now. Went home and made another one of those brownie things, it was better this time. I cooked it a bit too long the night before. Gears tonight: 400iu HCG, .5 Adex. I've been told my packs should be showing up soon, so I'll be letting my mailbox determine my fate. The minute that shit gets here, we're shifting gears. This is the challenge for me. THIS is where I always screw up. THIS is one area I really need to improve. When training, gearing, eating to gain, stay in control. I always get too fat, get too loose with the diet. If there is one thing I have learned over the last few years that I have really focused in on this shit, it's this fact. I suck ass at bulking, more specifically eating the right way during these phases. I am no longer going to even use the word bulk. Gain some muscle without getting too fat. That will be immediate and most important goal in my near future. This time I gotta do it right. Usually what happens. I diet down, look decent, then begin train, eat to gain, look good at first, scale stops moving, eat everything in sight, get too fat, have to diet it all back off and end up exactly where I started........ Well..... not this time!!!!

 

[crawfBigG]

55 minutes fasted cardio this morning. weigh-in: 201. Did some chest and shoulders last night. Felt ok, shoulder still has a ways to go healing wise, didn't hit it too hard.

Rehab work 15 minutes

Slight Decline DB Twist Press
4 sets - pyramid up

Smith Incline Press
4 sets

Side Laterals superset with Bradfords + 1
4 sets

Assisted Dips
3 sets

20 minutes Elliptical

Will be having a cheat meal today, yes, when I get off work. Looking forward to that, and time with the family. Gearz tonight: 150 Test C, 100 Tren A, .5 Adex. Have a great Saturday!

 

[crawfBigG]

45 minutes cardio this morning.... and.... Had a fucking revelation today. I don't know what happened but for like a moment in regards to training and diet I had clarity. This is hard to explain but I am at war with myself all the time trying to figure how my body works best. What foods, what splits, what drugs, etc. Well the answer is, there is no fucking answer. Your body is a metabolic unit that is constantly changing. You just have to get in rhythm with it and fucking know what to do. I probably sound like a babbling idiot right now but when you don't have a mentor it is a total self experiment to find combos of methods that work well with you. And I have to say it's awesome and fun as fuck trying. lol. Anywho, felt alpha good at the gym today. I guess it was the extra carbs from yesterday but like I had a great workout! I felt like a fucking machine and vascularity was good too. I think the Tren A I have right now is spot on. I mean dosing as low as I am and I can feel that shit. It's awesome. It's like this. My shoulder is fucked, my low back is tweaked, my right knee is slightly injured, has been for years, having a moment, and I barreled my workout today. It's the tren. No fucking question.

Anywho I again dusted off my Parrillo books from the 80s, best book on the market hands down and I paid $2.00 for it, lol. Bodybuilding....
Anywho I have been using his diet, and today I started his training, straight out of the book, Parrillo's old ass is a genius, I'm telling you. I worked for him for about 3 years, and I watched him make top pros BETTER. Just like Chris Aceto.... Mighty Mike Quinn, Franco Santorielli, most notably, but our gym also was frequented by Ron Love, "Flying" Brian Pillman, and many more, it escapes me right now...
Anywho....

Workout 1 for beginners.... lol..

Oh yeah, my revelation... it's time to change gears, my body is primed to grow right now, so I am WISELY opening the floodgates to spend a short bit growing leanly...

Standing DB Curls - bicep fascia stretch, then flex after every set
4 sets 8-15 reps
final set, lighter weight 15-25 reps

Spider Curls - bicep fascia stretch, then flex after every set
4 sets 8-15 reps
final set, lighter weight 15-25 reps

Close Grip Cable Curls - bicep fascia stretch, then flex after every set
4 sets 8-15 reps
final set, lighter weight 15-25 reps

Lying Tricep Extensions - tricep fascia stretch, then flex after every set
4 sets 8-15 reps
final set, lighter weight 15-25 reps

Rvs Grip Tricep Pressdowns - tricep fascia stretch, then flex after every set
4 sets 8-15 reps
final set, lighter weight 15-25 reps

Db Kickbacks - tricep fascia stretch, then flex after every set
4 sets 8-15 reps
final set, lighter weight 15-25 reps

Lying Leg Curls
5 sets - 10-20 reps
final set, lighter weight 15-25 reps
Ham stretch after set 2 and 4, and flex

Squats
bar x 12
135 x 12
185 x 10
225 x 10
275 x 7
135 x 32
Quad stretch and flex between every set

Leg Press - repetitive sets, do 10 load or unload, immediately do 10 more, and so on....
set 1 - empty 10, 2 tot. plates 10, 4 tot. plates 10, 6 tot. plates 10, 8 tot. plates 10
set 2 - 10 tot. plates 10, 8 tot. plates 10, 6 tot. plates 10, 4 tot. plates 10, 2 tot. plates 10

Roman Chair Sit Ups
60 reps

Seated Calf
2 sets of 100, not 100 straight but as soon as I could get them done, fight the pain, don't f'in leave that seat till you get a hunny...

Crushed it.... please body stay healthy, get better, get strong, we're ready for this shit......

 

[crawfBigG]

I'm start blasting some stuff, still waiting on a couple packs but I think I can get going:

Couple pics preworkout yesterday. I got a great pump going during but I wanted to concentrate on the workout not take more pics.... lol... still a long way to go but considering everything, I have made a smidge of progress:

 

[mnmsnowbeast]

Dude you are not to old to train heavy and smart,hell I won my states championship at the ripe old age of 39 beating all contestants 1/2 may age,and even now at 59 I am still throwing 100lb dumbells around and still curling 130 lb barbell for sets of 10 reps,and I have had 8 major surgeries,mostly cervical and hernier,and it still don't stop me,so keep a positive attidude,and things will work out,i just uploaded some pics from my wins at the age of 39 thru 44 so you still have time too lol..good luck.

 

[crawfBigG]

Dude you are not to old to train heavy and smart,hell I won my states championship at the ripe old age of 39 beating all contestants 1/2 may age,and even now at 59 I am still throwing 100lb dumbells around and still curling 130 lb barbell for sets of 10 reps,and I have had 8 major surgeries,mostly cervical and hernier,and it still don't stop me,so keep a positive attidude,and things will work out,i just uploaded some pics from my wins at the age of 39 thru 44 so you still have time too lol..good luck.

Thanks. I know there are many, many people that have achieved great things in their forties and fifties. I am by no means giving up, it's just my shit has been banged up all year. I have cried in my beer a bit but I will not give up. I know things will get better. Healing just takes time and patience. Thanks for chiming in..... always welcome comments...

Weigh-in: 202. Been in an insulin induced coma most of the day from reintroducing carbs to most of my meals. lol. Skipped morning cardio today for sanity purposes mostly but hit a workout this evening. It reinstates the desire when I skip a day now and then. Guilt mostly, lol, but it works. So I put the fat burners caps back in the cabinet for now. I think gear wise I'll just up my test this week from where it is and maybe switch to aromasin instead of adex. I want that damn NPP I ordered, it should be in any day, when it gets here, that's what I want to use in the higher ratio, see how it treats me. We'll see...

Tonight: Mostly all upper body stuff so I took it easy on the direct affecting shoulder movements, as I said it is still quite messed up so I ain't gonna push it too hard....

Workout 2..

Bench Press - superset with Parrillo Dips (basically pec minor dips)
4 sets 8-15 reps
final set, lighter weight 15-25 reps
10 reps on all PDs

Inc. DB Press - chest fascia stretch, then flex after every set
4 sets 8-15 reps
final set, lighter weight 15-25 reps

Cable Crossovers - chest fascia stretch, then flex after every set
4 sets 8-15 reps
final set, lighter weight 15-25 reps

Behind the Neck Press (just the bar) - rehab ROM stretch
4 sets 10 reps

Seated DB OH Press - shoulder traction stretch, then flex after every set
4 sets 8-15 reps
final set, lighter weight 15-25 reps

DB Side Laterals - shoulder traction stretch, then flex after every set
4 sets 8-15 reps
final set, lighter weight 15-25 reps

T-Bar Rows
4 sets - 10 reps
final set, drop set, 25 total reps
Lat fascia stretch, then flex after every set

Wide Grip Pulldowns
4 sets - 10 reps
final set, drop set, 25 total reps
Lat fascia stretch, then flex after every other set

Close Grip Pulldowns
4 sets - 10 reps
final set, drop set, 25 total reps
Lat fascia stretch, then flex after every other set

BB Bent Rows
4 sets of 10

Pull Down Abs
3 sets of 25

30 min. elliptical

Felt pretty good, got me out of the coma thank God, I could have went to sleep at any given moment today, it was crazy.... I finally feel pretty normal sitting here right now.

 

[crawfBigG]

Weigh-in: 206. 30 min. fasted cardio this morning. Gearz tonight, not sure yet but I'm pinning something, lol...

Still in a coma but feeling a little better. The recent inclusion of Prami may have something to do with the coma also. I don't feel ultra hungry now though, so that is kinda nice. I just want to take a chunk of a few weeks, month or maybe a little more depending on how it goes and put some size back on, reset my metab, get the carbs back up, not get fat, and then return to dieting. Losing this bodyfat is something I want to get done, and then keep most of it off, never let myself get as far out of condition as I usually do. I know at some point when I want to get really lean, like comp lean, I'll just have to buckle it down and starve for a while. But until that day is sitting on my calendar, I won't take it that far. I need to put some size on in places to be more symmetrical also. So I plan to just juggle diet and training with all goals geared those two directions, which does require juggling imo. Basically body recomposition with improvements in weak areas. Hell I guess that is everyone's goal right, lol....

Tonight I plan to just go to the gym, hit some rehab work on my shoulder and do a bit more cardio.