[Daniel Breen]

Hello again, thank you for the replies

Yeah, I am on 300mg Test C and 600mg Mast E

I am just watching as Haematocrit has slowly risen, but it is not at a concerning point yet

At time of blood draw it was 300mg Test C and 500mg Mast E with daily injections

Here are the blood markers from 13.08.26

Just got more bloods pulled today

Full Blood Count

Haemoglobin — 172.0 g/L — Ref: 130.0–180.0
Haematocrit — 52.800% — Ref: 40.000–54.000
Mean Cell Haemoglobin (MCH) — 34.7 pg — Ref: 27.0–32.0 — High
Mean Cell Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) — 326.0 g/L — Ref: 320.0–360.0
Mean Cell Volume (MCV) — 106.5 fL — Ref: 76.0–100.0 — High
Red Blood Cell Count — 4.96 ×10¹²/L — Ref: 4.50–6.50
Basophil Count — 0.05 ×10⁹/L — Ref: 0.01–0.10
Eosinophil Count — 0.05 ×10⁹/L — Ref: 0.04–0.40
Lymphocyte Count — 1.35 ×10⁹/L — Ref: 1.00–3.50
Monocyte Count — 0.47 ×10⁹/L — Ref: 0.20–0.80
Neutrophil Count — 3.87 ×10⁹/L — Ref: 2.00–7.50
White Blood Cell Count — 5.79 ×10⁹/L — Ref: 4.00–10.00
Platelet Count — 189 ×10⁹/L — Ref: 150–450

Iron Status

Iron — 27.0 µmol/L — Ref: 5.8–34.5
Ferritin — 205.65 µg/L — Ref: 19.999–300
Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC) — 54.6 µmol/L — Ref: 44.8–80.6
Transferrin — 2.46 g/L — Ref: 2.00–3.80
Transferrin Saturation — 49.5% — Ref: 20.0–50.0

Heart Health / Lipids

Total Cholesterol — 2.96 mmol/L — Ref high: 5.00
LDL Cholesterol — 1.69 mmol/L — Ref high: 3.00
HDL Cholesterol — 0.98 mmol/L — Ref: ≥1.55 — Low
Total Cholesterol / HDL Cholesterol Ratio — 3.02 — Ref high: 5.00
Triglycerides — 0.63 mmol/L — Ref high: 2.30

Glucose / Diabetes

Glucose — 1.32 mmol/L — Ref: 4.00–7.00 — Low
HbA1c — 26.01 mmol/mol — Ref high: 42.00
Insulin — 7.7 pmol/L — Ref: 17.8–173.0 — Low

Kidney / Electrolytes

Chloride — 96.7 mmol/L — Ref: 95.0–108.0
Phosphate — 0.859 mmol/L — Ref: 0.800–1.500
Potassium — 3.88 mmol/L — Ref: 3.50–5.30
Sodium — 138.6 mmol/L — Ref: 133.0–146.0
Urea — 9.55 mmol/L — Ref: 2.50–7.80 — High

Liver Health

Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) — 49.0 U/L — Ref high: 55.0
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) — 56 U/L — Ref: 30–120
Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) — 71.0 U/L — Ref high: 40.0 — High
Gamma-Glutamyltransferase (GGT) — 30.3 U/L — Ref: 10.0–71.0
Total Bilirubin — 30.00 µmol/L — Ref high: 21.00 — High
Albumin — 47.2 g/L — Ref: 35.0–50.0

Nutritional / Bone Health

Vitamin D — 206 nmol/L — Ref: 50–375

Inflammation

C-Reactive Protein (CRP) — <0.30 mg/L — Ref high: 5.00

Pituitary / Adrenal

Cortisol — 485 nmol/L — Ref: 138–690
Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) — <0.30 IU/L — Ref: 1.50–12.40 — Low
Luteinising Hormone (LH) — <0.3 IU/L — Ref: 1.7–8.6 — Low
Prolactin — 208 mIU/L — Ref: 86–324
DHEA-S — 5.0 µmol/L — Ref: 4.3–12.2

Thyroid

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) — 2.390 mIU/L — Ref: 0.350–5.500
Free Thyroxine (FT4) — 14.30 pmol/L — Ref: 11.90–21.60
Free Tri-iodothyronine (FT3) — 3.13 pmol/L — Ref: 3.10–6.80
Anti-Thyroglobulin Antibody (Anti-Tg) — 19.90 IU/mL — Ref high: 115.00
Anti-Thyroid Peroxidase Antibody (Anti-TPO) — <8.00 kU/L — Ref high: 20.00

Hormonal Health

Testosterone — 82.100 nmol/L — Ref: 8.640–29.000 — High
Oestradiol — 163.0 pmol/L — Ref: 41.4–159.0 — High
Progesterone — 0.86 nmol/L — Ref high: 0.47 — High
Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG) — 16.70 nmol/L — Ref: 18.30–54.10 — Low
Free Androgen Index — 491.62% — Ref: 35.00–92.60 — High
Free Testosterone — 2.727 nmol/L — Ref: 0.175–0.687 — High

Couple of issues here but your blood count is not one of them IMO.

t3 is very poor and right at the bottom of range – needs addressing

free t3 the same

Bilirubin could be an issue – I would retest in 6-8 weeks

Glucose and insulin very low indeed.

HDl – increase omega intake as well as tBJP love heart and heart care [/quote]
Hi Hilly,

Thank you for the response

Since that set of bloodwork I have increased omega intake to 7g split am and pm

Introduced T4 100mcg

Introduced supplement needs liver stack a few days ago when my EM hepatic ran out

That’s I’ve seen my Bilirubin at 30 twice in last 8 years

However, the lowest it has ever been was 17.2 on any test since 2018, was born with Jaundice, doctors think it’s Gilbert’s syndrome

Mainly floated around 23-26

[Daniel Breen]

Hello again, thank you for the replies

Yeah, I am on 300mg Test C and 600mg Mast E

I am just watching as Haematocrit has slowly risen, but it is not at a concerning point yet

At time of blood draw it was 300mg Test C and 500mg Mast E with daily injections

Here are the blood markers from 13.08.26

Just got more bloods pulled today

Full Blood Count

Haemoglobin — 172.0 g/L — Ref: 130.0–180.0
Haematocrit — 52.800% — Ref: 40.000–54.000
Mean Cell Haemoglobin (MCH) — 34.7 pg — Ref: 27.0–32.0 — High
Mean Cell Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) — 326.0 g/L — Ref: 320.0–360.0
Mean Cell Volume (MCV) — 106.5 fL — Ref: 76.0–100.0 — High
Red Blood Cell Count — 4.96 ×10¹²/L — Ref: 4.50–6.50
Basophil Count — 0.05 ×10⁹/L — Ref: 0.01–0.10
Eosinophil Count — 0.05 ×10⁹/L — Ref: 0.04–0.40
Lymphocyte Count — 1.35 ×10⁹/L — Ref: 1.00–3.50
Monocyte Count — 0.47 ×10⁹/L — Ref: 0.20–0.80
Neutrophil Count — 3.87 ×10⁹/L — Ref: 2.00–7.50
White Blood Cell Count — 5.79 ×10⁹/L — Ref: 4.00–10.00
Platelet Count — 189 ×10⁹/L — Ref: 150–450

Iron Status

Iron — 27.0 µmol/L — Ref: 5.8–34.5
Ferritin — 205.65 µg/L — Ref: 19.999–300
Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC) — 54.6 µmol/L — Ref: 44.8–80.6
Transferrin — 2.46 g/L — Ref: 2.00–3.80
Transferrin Saturation — 49.5% — Ref: 20.0–50.0

Heart Health / Lipids

Total Cholesterol — 2.96 mmol/L — Ref high: 5.00
LDL Cholesterol — 1.69 mmol/L — Ref high: 3.00
HDL Cholesterol — 0.98 mmol/L — Ref: ≥1.55 — Low
Total Cholesterol / HDL Cholesterol Ratio — 3.02 — Ref high: 5.00
Triglycerides — 0.63 mmol/L — Ref high: 2.30

Glucose / Diabetes

Glucose — 1.32 mmol/L — Ref: 4.00–7.00 — Low
HbA1c — 26.01 mmol/mol — Ref high: 42.00
Insulin — 7.7 pmol/L — Ref: 17.8–173.0 — Low

Kidney / Electrolytes

Chloride — 96.7 mmol/L — Ref: 95.0–108.0
Phosphate — 0.859 mmol/L — Ref: 0.800–1.500
Potassium — 3.88 mmol/L — Ref: 3.50–5.30
Sodium — 138.6 mmol/L — Ref: 133.0–146.0
Urea — 9.55 mmol/L — Ref: 2.50–7.80 — High

Liver Health

Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) — 49.0 U/L — Ref high: 55.0
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) — 56 U/L — Ref: 30–120
Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) — 71.0 U/L — Ref high: 40.0 — High
Gamma-Glutamyltransferase (GGT) — 30.3 U/L — Ref: 10.0–71.0
Total Bilirubin — 30.00 µmol/L — Ref high: 21.00 — High
Albumin — 47.2 g/L — Ref: 35.0–50.0

Nutritional / Bone Health

Vitamin D — 206 nmol/L — Ref: 50–375

Inflammation

C-Reactive Protein (CRP) — <0.30 mg/L — Ref high: 5.00

Pituitary / Adrenal

Cortisol — 485 nmol/L — Ref: 138–690
Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) — <0.30 IU/L — Ref: 1.50–12.40 — Low
Luteinising Hormone (LH) — <0.3 IU/L — Ref: 1.7–8.6 — Low
Prolactin — 208 mIU/L — Ref: 86–324
DHEA-S — 5.0 µmol/L — Ref: 4.3–12.2

Thyroid

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) — 2.390 mIU/L — Ref: 0.350–5.500
Free Thyroxine (FT4) — 14.30 pmol/L — Ref: 11.90–21.60
Free Tri-iodothyronine (FT3) — 3.13 pmol/L — Ref: 3.10–6.80
Anti-Thyroglobulin Antibody (Anti-Tg) — 19.90 IU/mL — Ref high: 115.00
Anti-Thyroid Peroxidase Antibody (Anti-TPO) — <8.00 kU/L — Ref high: 20.00

Hormonal Health

Testosterone — 82.100 nmol/L — Ref: 8.640–29.000 — High
Oestradiol — 163.0 pmol/L — Ref: 41.4–159.0 — High
Progesterone — 0.86 nmol/L — Ref high: 0.47 — High
Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG) — 16.70 nmol/L — Ref: 18.30–54.10 — Low
Free Androgen Index — 491.62% — Ref: 35.00–92.60 — High
Free Testosterone — 2.727 nmol/L — Ref: 0.175–0.687 — High

[Daniel Breen]

Thank you for the response. Hematocrit climbing a bit over last while so was considering trialling it

[Daniel Breen]

Excited to see the new set up/approach and the progress over the coming months

[Daniel Breen]

I know that Theo Leguerrier is documentinf quite enough his journey, he is well known but not a leader in bb atm.

His content is on youtube in french but you can translate with subtitles in youtube options.

Marco ruz is also documenting his journey on youtube i think (in 212) in french

They both olympians but not big leaders for now.

That’s the only two i know cause I am french so

Thank you Allison, I appreciate it

Both of them have phenomenal physiques will definitely give them a follow 👌

[Daniel Breen]

Thought I might add some good books I read last year

Mindset
The power of now
Essentialism
Surrounded by liars
The courage to be disliked
Psycho-cybernetics
Surrounded by idiots
The elephant in the brain
The obstacle is the way
7 habits of highly effective people
4,000 weeks
The social leap
The happiness hypothesis
Food intelligence
The courage to be happy
Thinking fast and slow
Die with zero
The sports gene

[Daniel Breen]

258.5 pull

Drop in weight after rest with less steps and Clen removed , sleep was excellent pissed a lot of water and the look today is best yet

Back to original plan today.

Feeling incredible this morning so these two days really did the job nicely

Usual routine work block, steps , stretch & posing before m1 at 6:30

2 single arm pull down
2 assisted pull up
2 Tbar
2 extreme row
2 single arm prime row
1 shrug Kelso
1 reverse fly
3 bicep

Hi Kuba, what is your morning stretching routine?

[Daniel Breen]

Hi all just reporting back on this, wanted to give it a week or so to assess and then the heatwave came too

Doesn’t seem be a passing water issue anyway, didn’t need to use the toilet every time I woke up, even went to sleep 15/20 minutes earlier one night as a test and ended up waking about 15/20 mins earlier

Averaging between 6hrs 15-6hrs 30 a night overall for month of June compared to 7hrs 15-30 back in December

[Daniel Breen]

Thank you for the additional replies Allison, Claire and Hilly

I do have a habit of overthinking these things to try optimise all the foundational parts of my set up

Plan to reduce fluids further later on today probably only another 700-900Ml for the remainder of the day (4pm writing this)

Will try the additional salt in final meal and possibly on next food bump add the kiwi in the evening too

Baking soda may be on the cards too haha

Thank you all again

[Daniel Breen]

Hi all,

Thank you for the reply’s

I do taper my fluid down through the day, usually that drink at 7pm is just to take my supplements

Will try cutting it back earlier today and see if it’s any help

Although this morning I’m awake without the need to use the toilet

[Daniel Breen]

Hi Hilly,

Final meal training day is:
– 70g oats
– 10g chia seeds
– 1.5 scoop protein powder

Final meal rest day
– 80g oats
– 10g milled flax seeds
– 80g banana
– 1.5 scoop protein powder

Salt intake daily
– 4g sea salt
– 6g low salt

Roughly 1.5g of that mix goes into final meal

Yeah mate no issue with falling asleep, I used to need to read to help fall asleep now it’s just roll over and give it a few minutes

Often enough I wake up needing to pee but sometimes I’ll just wake up

Cut fluids off at by 7:30 last pee just before I go to sleep

[Daniel Breen]

Hey buddy, I always like to use the same amount of test to mast so if you’re running 300mg then I would likely run 300mg of mast. However if you haven’t done many cycles I would start with a lower dose of 150-200mg.

Thank you for the reply Louis, yeah first time running a DHT, been test only to this point

So I’ll take this into account and the two messages from the lads above

Have a good weekend mate

[Daniel Breen]

Thank you both for the reply’s

I appreciate it lads

Have a good weekend 👍

[Daniel Breen]

Thank you for the response Hilly

Will do some experimenting

[Daniel Breen]

Thank you both for the responses, I appreciate it.

I’ll give that a shot Kuba

Currently I was having the 10g glutamine with water during morning walk before I have my pre etc.

Creatine 5g in pre and 5g in intra.

Have some performance fuel there so can swap that with the sustain.