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Intro :
Today I end up my third cycle after 13 weeks which is 3 weeks earlier than planned due to having injured my lower back after a successful (debatable) 1RM attempt à 300kg with poor form and without any kind of strength programming (I know pretty dumb right, you can roast me in the comments haha).
For people interested I’ll link the video of my 300kg deadlift (you can hear my back pop at the lockout of the lift, which is why I hope it’s not a disk related injury but rather a lower back muscle/tendon strain, cause if it was a disk related issue I think it would have happened during the pull from the floor or at the middle part of the movement where there is maximum amount of tension on the spine.
Here is the link to my injurious 300kg pull :
Some other solid lifts :
I will dedicate the following week to 2 weeks to rehabilitating my lower back muscles and will likely switch from free weights to machines for exercises that require a lot of leg drive and stabilization and hope it is just a minor strain and that it will be fine relatively quickly.
For the future I will NEVER max out again on any of the 3 main lifts without having done proper strength programming beforehand and I will put more effort into filming my sets and working on my weaknesses and perfecting my technique.
Protocol : 500mg of test E per week and 250mcg of arimidex 3 times per week
Starting point :
Here is my before photo from last cut at 93kg
Results
Here is my after photo at 103kg
I know it's not the same lighting and I have more body fat in the second picture and it’s not perfect to draw a conclusion but it’s all I have.
I got around 15 to 30kg stronger on all my compound lifts.
I put on 1cm on my arms. I now have 42,8 cm arms (16.85 inches).
I put on 10kg but I estimate about 5 to 6kg to be fat and an additional 1 to 2kg to be temporary water/glycogen retention that will go away when lowering the dose back to TRT (125mg per week) for my cut.
I expect to be around 2 to 3kg heavier when my cut is done (with the same bodyfat percentage and possibly a bit leaner even compared to my before picture).
That would be around 3kg of lean mass gain while still keeping the dose at 500mg per week for just a 13 week cycle.
I will update this post when my cut is done.
I really focused on improving my chest and arms on this cycle and I think it worked well even though I still want them to get improved relative to other body parts.
Next cycle might still be 500 test, I still think I can put on additional 2 to 3 kg of lean mass without increasing the dose.
Today I end up my third cycle after 13 weeks which is 3 weeks earlier than planned due to having injured my lower back after a successful (debatable) 1RM attempt à 300kg with poor form and without any kind of strength programming (I know pretty dumb right, you can roast me in the comments haha).
For people interested I’ll link the video of my 300kg deadlift (you can hear my back pop at the lockout of the lift, which is why I hope it’s not a disk related injury but rather a lower back muscle/tendon strain, cause if it was a disk related issue I think it would have happened during the pull from the floor or at the middle part of the movement where there is maximum amount of tension on the spine.
Here is the link to my injurious 300kg pull :
Some other solid lifts :
I will dedicate the following week to 2 weeks to rehabilitating my lower back muscles and will likely switch from free weights to machines for exercises that require a lot of leg drive and stabilization and hope it is just a minor strain and that it will be fine relatively quickly.
For the future I will NEVER max out again on any of the 3 main lifts without having done proper strength programming beforehand and I will put more effort into filming my sets and working on my weaknesses and perfecting my technique.
Protocol : 500mg of test E per week and 250mcg of arimidex 3 times per week
Starting point :
Here is my before photo from last cut at 93kg
Results
Here is my after photo at 103kg
I know it's not the same lighting and I have more body fat in the second picture and it’s not perfect to draw a conclusion but it’s all I have.
I got around 15 to 30kg stronger on all my compound lifts.
I put on 1cm on my arms. I now have 42,8 cm arms (16.85 inches).
I put on 10kg but I estimate about 5 to 6kg to be fat and an additional 1 to 2kg to be temporary water/glycogen retention that will go away when lowering the dose back to TRT (125mg per week) for my cut.
I expect to be around 2 to 3kg heavier when my cut is done (with the same bodyfat percentage and possibly a bit leaner even compared to my before picture).
That would be around 3kg of lean mass gain while still keeping the dose at 500mg per week for just a 13 week cycle.
I will update this post when my cut is done.
I really focused on improving my chest and arms on this cycle and I think it worked well even though I still want them to get improved relative to other body parts.
Next cycle might still be 500 test, I still think I can put on additional 2 to 3 kg of lean mass without increasing the dose.
