KingOfRome
Pig Disgusting Coomercel
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This cycle has largely been an experiment to see what I can handle and what affects me in what ways, so it's a bit chaotic. Here's what it ended up looking like:
There are honestly some mind-blowing numbers to report, so feel free to accuse me of e-statting or taking bad measurements. I have trouble believing some of them myself, and found myself redoing measurements several times to confirm them to be true. As I use a home gym setup with limited equipment, I'm forced to use unorthodox training for legs.
Firstly, I'll say this up front: You don't want to see my "after" pics. You. Don't. My bf% is a fairly high right now according to the Navy tape test, and I've been using several compounds known to cause both intramuscular and subcutaneous water bloat (deca and anadrol are especially notorious for this) so I'm quite bloated and puffy all over. (A complete lack of skin tightness all around also contributes to a soft unaesthetic look. My bf% has been as high as 40% or more in the past; stretch marks are everywhere.) The water retention is so bad that I've dealt with stage 3-4 pitting edema on my calves for the past several months. Doubling my Arimidex did nothing to change this, so it's probably progesterone-related. The cutting cycle I have planned for later will yield far more pleasing "after" pics.
I will be cruising on 350 mgs of testosterone a week via one injection of 0.2 ml Sustanon 500 every other day starting tomorrow, and continuing my Arimidex use, so please don't worry about PCT. I will not waste my time or willpower trying to recover my subpar natural test levels. As my bloodwork was perfect mid-cycle on 500 mgs test and 500 mgs deca, I see no reason to worry about it on 350 mgs of test even if it still puts me at supernatural levels.
There are honestly some mind-blowing numbers to report, so feel free to accuse me of e-statting or taking bad measurements. I have trouble believing some of them myself, and found myself redoing measurements several times to confirm them to be true. As I use a home gym setup with limited equipment, I'm forced to use unorthodox training for legs.
Firstly, I'll say this up front: You don't want to see my "after" pics. You. Don't. My bf% is a fairly high right now according to the Navy tape test, and I've been using several compounds known to cause both intramuscular and subcutaneous water bloat (deca and anadrol are especially notorious for this) so I'm quite bloated and puffy all over. (A complete lack of skin tightness all around also contributes to a soft unaesthetic look. My bf% has been as high as 40% or more in the past; stretch marks are everywhere.) The water retention is so bad that I've dealt with stage 3-4 pitting edema on my calves for the past several months. Doubling my Arimidex did nothing to change this, so it's probably progesterone-related. The cutting cycle I have planned for later will yield far more pleasing "after" pics.
I will be cruising on 350 mgs of testosterone a week via one injection of 0.2 ml Sustanon 500 every other day starting tomorrow, and continuing my Arimidex use, so please don't worry about PCT. I will not waste my time or willpower trying to recover my subpar natural test levels. As my bloodwork was perfect mid-cycle on 500 mgs test and 500 mgs deca, I see no reason to worry about it on 350 mgs of test even if it still puts me at supernatural levels.
I'm using the Bizcalcs Navy Tape Test Calculator (http://fitness.bizcalcs.com/Calculator.asp?Calc=Body-Fat-Navy) to estimate bf% through a formula based on height, neck circumference, and waist circumference. The margin of error on this test is around 3%.
Before:
150 lbs (ca. 68 kg)
9% bf
biceps 13.5 inches (ca. 34 cm)
neck 15 inches (ca. 38 cm)
waist 30 inches (0.76 m)
After:
213 lbs (ca. 96.6 kg)
17% bf
biceps 16.5 inches (ca. 42 cm)
neck 17 inches (ca. 43 cm)
waist 35.5 inches (ca. 90 cm)
This amounts to a total gain of 41 pounds (18.6 kg) of lean body mass and 22 pounds (9.98 kg) of body fat. Even if a quarter of the lbm is pure edema, that's still not horrible. Also know that this is coming off a layoff (surgery) where I had lost 10-15 lbs while maintaining roughly the same bf%, so it's not all brand-new lean mass.
Before:
150 lbs (ca. 68 kg)
9% bf
biceps 13.5 inches (ca. 34 cm)
neck 15 inches (ca. 38 cm)
waist 30 inches (0.76 m)
After:
213 lbs (ca. 96.6 kg)
17% bf
biceps 16.5 inches (ca. 42 cm)
neck 17 inches (ca. 43 cm)
waist 35.5 inches (ca. 90 cm)
This amounts to a total gain of 41 pounds (18.6 kg) of lean body mass and 22 pounds (9.98 kg) of body fat. Even if a quarter of the lbm is pure edema, that's still not horrible. Also know that this is coming off a layoff (surgery) where I had lost 10-15 lbs while maintaining roughly the same bf%, so it's not all brand-new lean mass.
I'm using the strengthlevel.com 1RM calculator (https://strengthlevel.com/one-rep-max-calculator) to come up with these estimates. Dumbbell lifts are measured by weight of one dumbbell, not two.
Before (13/1/2020):
Dip: 259 lbs (ca. 117.5 kg)
Dumbbell Shoulder Press: 58 lbs (ca. 26.3 kg)
Dumbbell Bulgarian Split Squat: 62 lbs (ca. 28.1 kg)
Pullup: 186 lbs (84.4 kg)
Dumbbell Row: 96 lbs (43.5 kg)
Good Morning: 215 lbs (97.5 kg)
After (3/5/2020):
Dip: 406 lbs (184.2 kg)
Dumbbell Shoulder Press: 89 lbs (40.4 kg)
Dumbbell Bulgarian Split Squat: 84 lbs (38.1 kg)
Pullup: 258 lbs (117 kg)
Dumbbell Row: 187 lbs (84.8 kg)
Good Morning: 343 lbs (155.6 kg)
Before (13/1/2020):
Dip: 259 lbs (ca. 117.5 kg)
Dumbbell Shoulder Press: 58 lbs (ca. 26.3 kg)
Dumbbell Bulgarian Split Squat: 62 lbs (ca. 28.1 kg)
Pullup: 186 lbs (84.4 kg)
Dumbbell Row: 96 lbs (43.5 kg)
Good Morning: 215 lbs (97.5 kg)
After (3/5/2020):
Dip: 406 lbs (184.2 kg)
Dumbbell Shoulder Press: 89 lbs (40.4 kg)
Dumbbell Bulgarian Split Squat: 84 lbs (38.1 kg)
Pullup: 258 lbs (117 kg)
Dumbbell Row: 187 lbs (84.8 kg)
Good Morning: 343 lbs (155.6 kg)
Over the first couple weeks or so of the cycle, I had dehisced surgical wounds that were not yet completely healed. I noticed a marked increase in the speed of wound recovery after injecting.
The first 30 pounds (13.61 kg) of weight gain included an increase in body fat percentage to 16%, and occurred over the first four weeks of the cycle despite caloric intake being far lower over this period. This experience taught me the value of frontloading.
The last 10 pounds (4.54 kg) of weight gain occurred over the last four weeks and came concurrently with a slight body fat percentage decrease. I attribute this largely to trenbolone.
Injecting test caused noticeable improvements in focus, memory, energy, motivation, and mood within one day. It also came with an improved ability to grow facial hair.
Anadrol was included solely for the reason that my cousin had a wedding coming up, and I wanted to make more efficient use of all the high-calorie bulking foods that would have been there had the wedding not been canceled over the coronavirus.
Trenbolone was included because I suspected that the product was fake and wanted to confirm if it was, and I also wanted to take advantage of its unique property of de novo lipogenesis inhibition on the chance it was real. Another reason is I'm moving to another town very soon, and with the coronavirus keeping the gyms shut down, I don't know how long it will take me to reestablish my home gym setup, which I will need to do before I begin my cut, for which I had gotten the trenbolone originally.
The 500 mg trenbolone frontload was an accident, and was meant to be a 250 mg frontload to kickstart a 200mg per week injection protocol. I continued double dosing at 400 mg per week to maintain stable blood levels. After a very rough adjustment period, the side effects of trenbolone became fairly mild. It was a mistake I don't regret. It is now my favorite compound, and every cycle/blast I conduct for the foreseeable future will have a place for it.
The first 30 pounds (13.61 kg) of weight gain included an increase in body fat percentage to 16%, and occurred over the first four weeks of the cycle despite caloric intake being far lower over this period. This experience taught me the value of frontloading.
The last 10 pounds (4.54 kg) of weight gain occurred over the last four weeks and came concurrently with a slight body fat percentage decrease. I attribute this largely to trenbolone.
Injecting test caused noticeable improvements in focus, memory, energy, motivation, and mood within one day. It also came with an improved ability to grow facial hair.
Anadrol was included solely for the reason that my cousin had a wedding coming up, and I wanted to make more efficient use of all the high-calorie bulking foods that would have been there had the wedding not been canceled over the coronavirus.
Trenbolone was included because I suspected that the product was fake and wanted to confirm if it was, and I also wanted to take advantage of its unique property of de novo lipogenesis inhibition on the chance it was real. Another reason is I'm moving to another town very soon, and with the coronavirus keeping the gyms shut down, I don't know how long it will take me to reestablish my home gym setup, which I will need to do before I begin my cut, for which I had gotten the trenbolone originally.
The 500 mg trenbolone frontload was an accident, and was meant to be a 250 mg frontload to kickstart a 200mg per week injection protocol. I continued double dosing at 400 mg per week to maintain stable blood levels. After a very rough adjustment period, the side effects of trenbolone became fairly mild. It was a mistake I don't regret. It is now my favorite compound, and every cycle/blast I conduct for the foreseeable future will have a place for it.
