Past my Prime? Journal

[crawfBigG]

Arms, Abs this afternoon. Workout was a grudge match again today. Got through it, managed a decent arm pump, worked in a couple different things than I've been doing.

Superset Rope Pressdowns and Straight Bar Cable Curls
5 sets

Superset Overhead Cable Machine (like a french press) and Preacher Curls
3 sets

Superset Assisted Dips and DB Hammer Curls
3 sets

Superset Rvs. Grip Pressdowns and Barbell 21s
3 sets

Hanging Leg Raises
3 sets

Ball Ab Crunches
3 sets

Felt better that I at least got it in. I swear I am looking less defined just within the last few days too. This natty BS sucks ass!

 

[crawfBigG]

Natty Day 22, 8 to go! Weight: 202.4. 30 min. fasted cardio this morning. Just finished legs. Holy shit. PCT is sucking ass now. I am weaker, less stamina, less energy, wow, my test levels must be like 0.5 right now, lol. Damn c'mon the end of this thing. I am getting weaker by the day, and softer looking despite being nails on the diet. I may have said all this already but it is pissing me off.

bar x 12 x 2 sets
135 x 15
185 x 15
225 x 15
275 x 15 - OMG this was hard as hell, crushed it last week with ease
315 x 0 - didn't even attempt it

Split Squats
3 sets - 10 reps each leg

Hacks
3 sets of 12

Leg Extensions
3 sets of 15

Lying Leg Curls
3 sets of 15

Seated Leg Curls
3 sets of 15

DB SLDLs
1 set of 12, attempted a 2nd set but my low back was feeling whacked so I racked it and ended this exercise

One Leg Lying Leg Curls
3 sets of 15

Leg Press Calf Raises
3 sets of 25

 

[crawfBigG]

Natty Day 23, 7 to go! Weight: 202.4. 30 min. fasted cardio this morning. Hit chest a meal after cardio. Not a bad workout. Didn't push it too hard, 4 days in a row, did some different stuff so I wouldn't realize how weak I am, lol...

Incline Bench
5 sets

Flat Flyes
3 sets

Assisted Dips
3 sets

Cable Crossovers
3 sets

Side DB Laterals
3 sets

Seated Military Press
3 sets

Rear Delt DB Raises
3 sets

 

[crawfBigG]

Natty Day 25, 5 to go! Weight: 202. 30 min. fasted cardio each of the last two mornings. Took yesterday off weights, back tonight, barring a natural disaster or any excuse my nattiness may come up with. Cracked my 2nd Geno cart this morning. I only got 11 days out of the other one, I guess I was pulling a tad more than 1 iu each day or I didn't put as much Bac water in as I thought, in any case the first one is gone. I need more money and more GH! I have some nutty plans for 2015 to maybe help make this happen. I'll probably have to take a step back at first to move forward in the long run but I'm willing to do that. Or maybe it's the worst decision I will ever make, lol. Regardless of how it goes, I'll deal with it. I can't post what it is at this point, but one day I will. Happy Monday guys..... uugghh!

 

[crawfBigG]

Natty Day 26, 4 to go! Weight: 202.4. 30 min. fasted cardio this morning. Did make it to the gym last night, proud of myself, lol. Good workout actually. Did some different stuff to keep myself from getting mind fucked by my loss of strength. So far my gym is not ultra packed with the Resolution Crowd, thank God! Same old guys doing the same old things which is just fine with me. Strangely I have become like a father figure in there all of a sudden it seems. The younger guys come up and tell me what they have been doing over the past couple workouts, progress or lack there of and such. It's really cool actually. OK maybe the Clomid is getting me all compassionate and girly....., I don't know. I guess in ways getting older is not a bad thing, depends on how you look at it.

Assisted Wide Pull Ups
3 sets

Assisted Close Pull Ups
3 sets

T-Bar Rows - my gym still has one of these, don't have to do the bar on floor thing
5 sets

Deadlifts - dropped back 10 lbs. from what I was using
3 sets of 20 - yep, got all of 'em, NATTY POWER BABY!

One Arm Seated Low Cable Rows
3 sets

Roman Chair Knee Raises
3 sets of 20

 

[macedog24]

Nice back workout crawfbigg! Counting down the days!

 

[crawfBigG]

Nice back workout crawfbigg! Counting down the days!

Thanks Brother! Yes... almost there!

Natty Day 27. 3 to go! Weight: 201.4. NO Cardio this morning. I am going first thing to get my bloods done. I thought it would be Day 28, I was off by one. Hungry as shit right now, can't wait to get this over with, and also can't wait to see the results. Went with the LabsMD place (thank you Twisted), first time I have ordered them for myself. Very easy process so far. I ordered the female panel, lol, doesn't get everything my clinic does but for the price it covers a lot. No weights last night, plan to hit arms later today sometime. Getting new treads on the car today too, damn tires are expensive. So we'll see how it goes.....

 

[crawfBigG]

Natty Day 28. 2 to go! Weight: 200.4. 30min. fasted cardio this morning. Yesterday was a pretty good day I must say. I had a slew of stuff to get done and everything fell into place nicely. Days don't often go like that so it was very cool. On the bodybuilding front I made it to the gym for Arms, Abs. Pretty good workout. Pretty good intensity. I guess the natty thing is a lot in my head, I mean granted I'm going to get better results when I'm on, but I just mean lifting is lifting regardless of all the other stuff. Get your ass in there and work hard. Hard work pays off. Period.

Superset Rope Presses with Cable Curls
5 sets

Superset Overhead DB Extensions with Preacher Curls
3 sets

Superset Band Pressdowns with Pinwheel Curls (thank you Warriorblaze)
3 sets

Superset Rvs. Grip Pressdowns with One Arm Cable Concentration Curls
3 sets

Hanging Leg Raises
3 sets

Crunches
3 sets

Got another long day ahead. Don't see myself making it to the gym tonight. I have an interview after work today, wish my luck..... .

 

[crawfBigG]

Natty Day 29. 1 TO GO!! Weight: 200.4. 30min. fasted cardio this morning. No weights last night. Landed home in a heap after a 10 hour day at work, then an interview/meeting directly after at a different plant. Nice bit of a drive just to get there from my current job. It is not a bad trip from my home however. Different routes can make a huge difference. The interview went really well, just have some negotiating to do, time will tell. Just hung out with the family the rest of the evening. It was a mentally draining but good day. Feel pretty good at the moment. Should be hitting some legs tonight. My last NATTY workout!

 

[crawfBigG]

Natty Day 30. ZERO TO GO!! That month went by pretty quick really. I don't think I have counted down days on anything like that though since I was a young punk sitting in jail for various bone head acts of stupidity...... Weight: 200.4. 30min. fasted cardio this morning. Legs last night. Was rough but I gave it hell anyway. Gonna have to start listing actual numbers now so I can try to advance and get stronger on stuff. I pretty much know what I did on any given day but I do get senile now and then.

Squats
bar x 15
135 x 15
185 x 15
225 x 15
275 x 15
315 x 11 - got light headed and tomato face on rep 11, so racked it

Walking Lunges
2 sets with 30lb. DBs
1 set with 35lb. DBs

Hacks - our hack machine is so old, this thing is hard unloaded, lol
1 plate x 12
2 plates x 12
3 plates x 12

Leg Extensions - held contraction on almost all reps
100 x 12
120 x 12 x 2 sets

Lying Leg Curl
100 x 15
120 x 15, 12

Seated Leg Curl
3 sets of 15 - didn't pay close attention to the weight I was using on this, have to pay closer attention next time

SLDLs
135 x 12
205 x 12 x 2 sets

Standing Calf
220 x 33
280 x 20 x 2 sets

I get to pin tomorrow fellas!!!!!!!

 

[macedog24]

Celebrate good times come on!! It's over, time to get this party started.

 

[crawfBigG]

Yes sir!! Thanks. I pinned MedLab 100mg Tren A, 300 Test E, and 300 EQ by 7:30 am on Sunday! Weigh-in: 199.2. On a bulk losing weight..... ok Dave time to up the calories I think. He probably will soon. Thing is the whole lower weight thing is directly linked to the PCT so it may start going back up now that I'm back on with no diet changes. 30 min. fasted cardio each of the last two mornings. Hit chest, shoulders, abs yesterday after work.

So new weekly protocol is (this is mine of course, my clinic would be 200mg of Test C ew):

600 Test E
600 Eq
300 Tren A
.5 to 1 mg Adex daily start on the low end and see how it goes
1-2 iu GH every morning
150mg T4 every morning
Nolva as needed, I am still doing a 10mg dose every morning right now, I still have some minor gyno I'm chipping away at, I need to see the boob doctor, lol

My workout yesterday:

10 min. Shoulder Rehab work

Incline DBs
25s x 15
40s x 12
60s x 10
70s x 10
80s x 10
80s x 15

Flat DB Flyes
30s x 15
40s x 12
50s x 12

Stretch Push Ups
3 x 20

Cable Crossovers
3 sets of 20

Side laterals
15s x 20
20s x 20 x 2 sets

Standing Military
bar x 15
95 x 12 x 3 sets

Cable Rear Delts
1st pin x 20 x 3 sets

Hang. Leg Raises
3 sets of 20

Shoulder felt a little rough during this workout so I didn't push it too hard. Things should get much better as the gearz start to kick in. Good to be fully back guys!

 

[macedog24]

Glad to have ya back! Nice looking workout.30 days flew by.

 

[crawfBigG]

Glad to have ya back! Nice looking workout.30 days flew by.

Glad to be back and really it did go by pretty quick. I hope my body soaks up the gear now and takes off.

30 min. fasted cardio this morning. Weight: 200.4. No weights last night. I thought about going but I was still sore from my last two workouts so I thought I would wait until today. So back tonight. Pinned .25mL HCG last night (too lazy to figure up the exact amount that is, just follow my protocol directions, lol), will pin 100mg Tren A tonight before gym. Can't wait for the hormones to start kicking in again. Almost done with my Genos. Probably get some Greys from PL soon, still have a few Green Tops left. Showed my bloods to Dave and he seems fine now with resuming the cycle. All systems go!

 

[crawfBigG]

Got the back workout in tonight. Felt a little frisky and pinned an additional 1 iu of Genos immediately post workout. 100mg Tren A before.

Wide Pulldowns
80 x 20
110 x 15
140 x 15
170 x 15
190 x 14

Meadows Rows
1-25 x 10
2-25s x 10
3-25s x 10
4-25s x 10
4-25s + 10 x 10

Kayak Rows
55 x 8 each side
65 x 8 each side x 2 sets

Deadlifts Conv.
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 3
315 x 3
225 x 20 x 2 sets

Back Extensions with DBs
25s x 12 reps x 3 sets

Pull Down Abs
70 x 25
90 x 25 x 2 sets

About to eat my last meal, then hit the sack. Arms tomorrow. Oh yeah!

 

[crawfBigG]

30 min. fasted cardio this morning. Weight: 200.4. 2 iu Genos this morning to finish them off. Pinned 300 Test E, 300 Eq. Arms, Abs this afternoon.

Superset Straight Bar Cable Curls and V-Bar Tri Pressdowns
5 sets

Superset DB Curls with Tate Presses
3 sets

Superset Rope Curls with Band Pressdowns
3 sets

Superset Barbell 21s with Rvs. Grip Pressdowns
3 sets

Hanging Leg Raises
3 sets

Been using Maximum Pump Extreme from IML last few workouts, excellent pump today!

 

[crawfBigG]

30 min. fasted cardio this morning. Weight: 204. Boom, that's a nice little jump, don't know where that came from, we'll see if it sticks. 2 iu Green Tops this morning. HCG pin tonight, maybe some foam rolling and stretching, no weights till Friday. Have a good Thursday fellas!

 

[crawfBigG]

30 min. fasted cardio this morning. Weight: 204. No foam rolling or stretching last night. I started getting a headache at work and it went full blown when I got off. I don't get headaches often but when I do they are pretty bad usually. Pain killers and ice pack on head for a while and it finally subsided. I hope it doesn't come back today. Feel pretty good right now. Legs tonight! 100mg Tren A also! MedLab Tren A is my new go to pre workout.....

 

[crawfBigG]

About to go do my morning cardio. Weight: 203.2. Pretty good workout last night. I felt a bit tired but grinded out a decent one despite. I'm sore this morning so something went right. I was winded too, that might be the Tren already exploiting it's effects that way, not sure. Anyway....

Leg Extensions
80 x 20, 110 x 20, 140 x 16, 160 x 14

Squats
bar x 15, 135 x 15, 185 x 15, 225 x 15, 275 x 15, 315 x 9

DB Split Squats
30 x 10 each leg, 40 x 10, 55 x 20 - was wimping out on the first two

Seated Leg Curls
105 x 20, 120 x 16, 135 x 14

One Leg Lying Leg Curls
60 x 10 reps each leg x 3 sets

Seated Calf
70 x 3 sets of 50 reps

Pretty good workout. Took a few sets to near puke stage, lol. Disappointed by my Squat reps, maybe lacked from the pre exhaust of leg extensions. I was doing Squats first in previous workouts. By the time I got to Hams I was pretty wasted but pushed through with continued decent intensity.

 

[crawfBigG]

About to go do my morning cardio. Weight: 203.2. No weights yesterday. Chest, Shoulders today after work. Will pin 300 Test E, 300 Eq., 100 Tren A this morning. Got a little package too:

 

[crawfBigG]

Good workout today, shoulder held up pretty well as I gave it a little hell!

Shoulder Rehab/Prehab warmup - 10 minutes

Incline DBs
25s x 20
40s x 15
65s x 12
75s x 10
85s x 10
95s x 13 - heaviest, hardest set I have done since shoulder injury

Standing Military superset with Assisted Pec Minor Dips
95 x 12 - 15 dips
115 x 12 - 15 dips
135 x 12 - 15 dips

DB Rear Delt Hang & Swing superset with Side Laterals
25s x 35 - 15s x 15
35s x 30 - 15s x 15 x 2 sets

Cable Face Pulls with Band
30 x 30
40 x 30
50 x 50 - wimping out on 1st 2 sets

Stretch Push Ups
25, 17, 17

 

[crawfBigG]

30 min. fasted cardio this morning. Weight: 205.6. Tired this morning. Want to go back to bed. Good ole Monday. No weights tonight. No gearz. Just HCG shot and Adex. And cook up shit tons of food.

 

[crawfBigG]

20 min. fasted HIIT cardio this morning. Weight: 206. My dog decided to get up with me this morning so I was out with him at 3:15 am which cut my time a bit short so I just upped the intensity and did HIIT style. It felt really good actually. I didn't know if my old bones could still run or not, lol. Back tonight! Ready. 100mg Tren A pre-workout.

 

[crawfBigG]

No cardio this morning. I'll do when at the gym this afternoon. Wanted to sleep in some, been feeling like I need to. Weight: 203. Excellent back session last night, felt great.

Assisted Pull Ups
100 x 15
80 x 15
60 x 12, 11

T Bar Rows
1 plate x 12
1.5 plates x 12
2 plates x 12
2.5 plates x 12
3 plates x 12
3.5 plates x 12

Conv. Deads
135 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 5
315 x 5 x 3 sets
225 x 20

One Arm DB Rows
70 x 10
85 x 10
95 x 10

One Arm Low Cable Rows (Matt Porter vid where I saw this, first time I tried it, will go up next time)
40 x 10
50 x 10
60 x 10

Hanging Leg Raises
3 sets of 20

Gave it some hell. Finally starting to get back in the groove, last few workouts have been good. Arms later today. Will pin 300 Test E and 300 Eq also at some point today.

 

[crawfBigG]

22 min. HIIT cardio this morning. Never did do any cardio yesterday. Had a great arm workout though. Weigh-in: 204.6.

DB Curls 20s x 20, 30s x 20, 40s x 15, 45s x 14

EZ Bar Cable Curls - can't recall weight used, guy kept talking to me throughout my sets, did 3 sets, triple drop on last set

Rope Cable Hammer Curls 60 x 12, 80 x 12, 100 x 10 drop 70 x 12 drop 40 x 10

One Arm DB Preacher Curls 20 x 12, 20 x 15, 20 x 20

Rope Pressdowns 80 x 25, 100 x 20, 110 x 20

V-Bar LTEs Cable 60 x 15, 80 x 15, 100 x 12 drop 70 x 12 drop 40 x 12

Pronated DB Kickbacks 12 x 15, 15 x 15, 20 x 12

JM Presses bar x 15, 65 x 15, 85 x 15, 105 x 15 - these used to hurt my shoulder like a bitch but not too bad yesterday

No weights tonight, no gearz, just HCG and Adex.

 

[crawfBigG]

20 min. fasted HIIT cardio this morning. Weight: 206.6. 100mg Tren A tonight, then Legz!!!

 

[crawfBigG]

What up? I didn't make it in at all yesterday. My leg workout on Friday was not as good as I had hoped, instead it kinda sucked. My low back was feeling tight and crampy. Energy was so-so. Saturday I skipped cardio in the morning in favor of sleep. Today I am about to head over and do cardio, then work, then lift (upper body). No weights on Saturday. We went and saw American Sniper after I got off work, theater totally full for a matinee, awesome movie! I cheated on my diet some yesterday and to some extent it was a good thing because I missed a couple of meals so the extra calories filled in the gaps, and tasted damn good.... Popcorn at the movies, afterward Cracker Barrel. I got eggs, sausage, pancakes, holy cow it was good. Sugar Free syrup if that helps anything. I have decided to switch up my training some. I have been following the same little program for about 10 rotations now and I'm starting to get diminishing returns. I'm going to go back to a more hybrid routine like I was doing with Julia before I hurt my shoulder, just modifying things to keep that bad boy healing up. I jumped into this type of routine Friday night since my back was just feeling whacked. I just took it easy somewhat.

2 warm ups on Leg Extension and some stretching

Squats 135 x 15, 185 x 15, 225 x 15, 275 x 14, 315 x 7 (was real disappointed with this but it just wasn't there)

Pause Squats 225 x 5 x 3 sets

RDLs 1 warm up 135, 225 x 10 x 3 sets

Wide Pulldowns 4 sets of 15 light

DB Hammer Curls 3 sets of 15 - 20s, 30s, 40s

Will pin 300 Eq, 300 Test E, 100 Tren A before I leave for work this morning. Lovin' this MedLab gear. Also my fingers are like sausages since I started in on those Greys...lol. 2iu every morning. Wow.

 

[crawfBigG]

25 min. fasted cardio this morning. Weight: 207.2. Workout sucked yesterday also. Here it is...

15 min. Shoulder Rehab work/warm up

Incline DBs 30s x 15, 50s x 12, 65s x 10, 75s x 8, 85s x 8, 95s x 8 x 3 sets

Standing Military 95 x 20 x 3 sets

Close Grips 95 x 15, 20, 25

Flat DB Flyes 35s x 12, 45s x 12 x 2 sets

Cable LTEs 3 sets of 20

Rope Pressdowns 3 sets of 15

very painful workout...

Other than the Incline DBs this workout sucked, my shoulder joints felt like someone had been working them over with a meat tenderizer. The pain hindered the entire rest of the workout. Depressing.....

 

[crawfBigG]

25 min. fasted cardio yesterday morning, none this morning. Lower body workout yesterday, well I guess you can say that. Some rows and stuff too. Will hit a workout this afternoon, upper body mostly. Gonna work in some of that mobility stuff I saw on BMs thread also. Pinned 100 Tren A last night, 300 Eq, 300 Test E this morning. Weigh-in: yesterday: 208.2, today: 207.4.

Glute Ham Raises - bw x 8 x 3 sets

Front Squats - bar x 12, 135 x 10, 185 x 6, 205 x 5, 225 x 5 x 3 sets

Barbell Bent Rows - 135 x 10, 185 x 8, 205 x 8, 225 x 8 (solid reps here, nice and controlled)

Farmer's Walk - 70s x 50 steps, 80s x 50 steps, 90s x 50 steps x 2 sets (forearms PUMPED)

Roman Chair Sit Ups - 3 sets of 15

One Leg Leg Press Calves - empty x 25 each leg, 1 plate total x 22 each leg, 2 plates total x 20 each leg drop to empty x 20 each leg

Workout felt really good. Felt like the gear is starting to really kick in now. Muscles feel hard, ready to do work. At least they did last night. I hope it continues. TBC.......

 

[macedog24]

Awesome work crawfbigg, way to kill that farmers walk