Monday, December 2, 2002
This is my post-cycle, post Thanksgiving, Post. Some notes: I felt huge all weekend long. Most of my shirts are fitting rather tight and I look pretty good ??? not bad for gaining 2 ½ inches on the ole belly. Yet, my muscles are kind of flat. I expect that will go away as I drop some of the water and a bit???o the fat. I think this stuff worked great. It helped me blast through plateaus and made significant strength and size gains. If the gains are real (i.e. stay after I diet down), which I believe they are, this product is great. The extra food and protein I believe helped as well.
I???d like to retain this strength/size over the next month whilst I recover and I???d like to lose about 8 pounds or so (half water half fat). Then over the next two, 3 week cycles, get into some strength zones that I have only dreamed of previously. I???d like to do that w/o gaining as much fat so my cals are going to be more in the mid 3000 range, which I believe will be plenty for my slow metabolism. Here are my final comparisons from week 1 to week 6.
Overall Progression:
................Before............After
Weight.......208..............222
Arms.........16 3/4.............18
Stomach......39................41 1/2
Waist...........37................38 1/2
Forearms.....13 1/4..........14 1/4
Incline.......130 x 4...........140 x 7
....Dumbbell
Bench.......315 x 4...........315 x 8
Close Grip..245 x 7..........295 x 7
Pullup.......BW x 12..........+25 x 7
Deadlift......405 x 4..........445 x 2
Barbell Row..265 x 6........275 x 7
1 1/4 Squat..365 x 4........385 x 5
Military Press....................245 x 4
Curl............135 x 7..........160 x 8
The secondary movements all increased significantly as well.