Accutane: The journey so far.

So I got acne from steroids. not a big cycle 500 test 400 mast. I know this sounds stupid but I didn’t notice how bad it was until it was too late. Then I pulled all drugs which messed me up even more.

I wasn’t coached by anyone and was trying to do everything on my own, also because of lack of resources…

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Weight maintained this week @195.8lbs

Hey everyone, this is the beginning of my log here. I’ve always wished I could’ve looked back at the careers of pro bodybuilders and seen what they did and wished they’d documented everything.

I’ve learned tons from JP and Corinne from following the videos and logs here along other pros and amateurs who are big sources of information here and…

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Thank you all so much. Yesterday I definitely was under-nuorished compared to normal. Going from 6 meals 700+g carbs down to maybe 3 meals a day when sick took a hit on my glycogen stores. I did everything at 80% load and stopped at around 2RIR (never trained with RIR before) except for lateral raises and tricep extensions. Today I’ll go in for… Read more

I’ve been sick for maximum 3-4 days before but I’ve never been out of the gym for too long because of it so I just go in and pick up where I left off.
At the end of last year I got covid which fucked me for a good 2 weeks, right at the back end of that I got the flu which took me forever to get over and along with it I got food poisoning… Read more

I’m sure of my source since I’ve tested the primo and nandrolone from them with a couple of my buddies, haven’t specifically tested the EQ I’m using right now but I don’t see a reason why it would be fake.

That’s why I want to test my estrogen, just wondering when the best time to do that would be

@Hilly @maximilian3311@gmail.com

I’m on 750 test, 600 EQ split between Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday.

.5mg Adex every 4 days

Would it not matter how close to the test the dosage of Adex is?

I currently take half an Arimadex every 4 days. I don’t have any side effects from estrogen so I want to make sure I’m also not crushing it.

When should I draw bloods? The day before my next adex dose or right after? Does it matter when I draw bloods and would estrogen be more stable if I took a quarter of an adex every other day compared to… Read more

Before anything, can you write down what a typical leg workout is for you and how often you train them etc?

All looks good, cholesterol is surprisingly in range, none of my organs are stressed. The only sides I ever really get is acne flare-ups but I intend on nuking the problem soon with accutane. Never went without adex, I’ve tried aromasin but felt weird. 1mg of adex works good for me, just wanted to learn a bit more about how it acts on… Read more

I’ve come to find that I aromatise quite a bit. On 750mg test p/week I need about 2mg of arimadex. I’ve been splitting it Monday Thursday 1mg tablet each day. Not sure how long it helps you for so would there be any benefit to having .5mg 4x a week or is that not how arimadex works?

If you feel good on it, try considering just adding primo on top. Maybe even replace mast with primo and just increase the dose on the primo. It is a more expensive route to go but probably the one that’ll keep you feeling the same while not needing an AI still

Again, like everyone is saying here, fore that coach tbh. You do that you’ll feel like shit

I currently run a pull push legs off split, if any additional day off is needed I take it. Been trying to bring up mostly my chest as it is really lagging behind everything else. Thoughts on using 100mg of anadrol I addition to a current off-season cycle of test and EQ, dosing would be 100mg of anadrol 1hr pre workout on push days (every 4… Read more

I’ve stopped eating them as in 2 occasions I found whole blueberries in my stool

I’m trying to plan out my next prep as I have trouble keeping consistency with cardio with my job. I either work 9am-4pm or 3pm-11pm.
So typically I wake up at 7:30 and I’m in bed by 11:30-12:00

On the days that I work 9-4 it’s super easy to get 2 30min sessions of cardio, one fasted upon waking and one post-workout. But on the days I work… Read more

Hey @kuba1000@hotmail.co.uk , new to the log and trying to learn as much as I can, how low your drug dosages are made me look at my own protocols so thank you.

Do you have an A and B rotation for all your workouts? Or do you follow the exact same structure every time?

@hilly @Clare

Thank you so much I think taking those supplements might actually help me in prep. I’m of the mindset that I want to take the least I can all the time and rely the most as possible on food but on prep I do tend to get a bit lazy and fruits and variety in my diet and therefore micronutrients, fish oils, and such might be…

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I usually cut 500-700 calories off the get go and still don’t drop much in the first couple of weeks as it takes a while for my body to move.
I don’t do cardio due to my life being a version of LISS from the moment I get out of bed to bed time with 15k steps on a slow day and no time sitting down other than between sets so my calories are… Read more

I usually start with a 500-700 calorie cut from my maintenance putting me at 3k cals and just kinda hold weight. Expenditure is around 15k steps a day with 12+ hrs of standing.

My vitamin D intake is low during the summer since I live in the US and get at least 80mins of bright sunlight every day. Im pretty sure I actually am deficient in vitamin C tho, I just recently added pineapple to my diet to fix it but I’ve never had it in a cut thank you for the suggestion 🙏

So I’ve noticed something weird about me. Every time I go into a calorie deficit it seems like my body completely shuts down my whole immune system to the point where every other week I’m sick to the point I won’t train for 4-5 days.

Does anyone else feel this way during prep? Any tips to avoiding this. My job puts me in daily contact with a… Read more

I agree with everything said here. One more strategy is to back off for 2-3 weeks. Go into a severe deficit even and let appetite come back to you and then start going up but don’t do any shakes, don’t do any cheese or mutant xxxtreme and eat.

Also try splitting those 4 meals into 5 or 6. I know you have the mid night shake but honestly… Read more

My goal is cutting and the current calories are doing the trick. I’m 187lbs right now, about 13-14% bf. Goal is 160lbs in 11 or so weeks, and then go into a well planed off-season because I have gotten too fat this past one.

I’m not sure about my sodium levels, not sure if that’s too much sodium or not enough sodium, It is extremely hot some…

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Too much reliance in protein powder. But overall it is really good for lifestyle I guess. The problem comes in when you’re a bit more advanced and have digestion issues or something and can diagnose them because you eat about 1000 different ingredients a day and if you go through different recipes all the time then your sodium, potassium levels… Read more

Bellow 10g seems to be the ideal. You could even do steak and rice which is my choice and if you get lean steak it’ll still be at most 8g of fats.
I guess the only scenario it would make sense to add 20g fats there is if it’s also your last meal before bed and you tend to wake up hungry in the middle of the night because of a blood sugar crash… Read more

I do oats, add 5x weight of oats in lukewarm water. Microwave for about 3 mins (700 watt) take out, stir, add protein powder, stir, add frozen blueberries or freeze for 10 mins and then add peanut butter or wheat germ or whatever toppings. That’s how I like it but honestly if I wasn’t so lazy with good prep I would 100% make them on the… Read more

Not sure why you only have 30g of Fat on a training day. I mean fat is also an energy source. Hopefully you’re only counting direct macros and not overall macros.
But chicken thighs, canned tuna, buying really cheap whey in 10lb bags although they can cause issues with lactose digestion and such, eggs 🥚. You can get a shit ton of eggs for… Read more

I’ve seen a lot of people recently use coconut water / pomegranate juice to have extra potassium and a better balance between the two in their intra shakes.

What would be a good ratio in terms of mg of one to the other?

thanks

I’m not sure it posted it twice when I wrote it in the site and I couldn’t delete it

Hey Jamie. Thanks for the response. my pre-workout meal is 90mins pre workout, but 60 mins before intra drink which I currently drink omw to the gym. I’ve tried even training “fasted” with an intra twice because of shitty work schedule due to Covid once upon a time and it still upset my stomach quite a lot.

I normally have my intra workout in a…

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Hey Everyone 🙂

I’ve been experimenting with my peri-workout nutrition and I find that if I drink any EAAs intra workout I will get bloated. Also Dextrose is a no-no for me but cluster dextrose by itself works perfectly.

Before you ask, yes, I’ve tried 6 different big brands of EAAs and none of them sit well…

What I currently do is Eat my…

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Hey Everyone 🙂

I’ve been experimenting with my peri-workout nutrition and I find that if I drink any EAAs intra workout I will get bloated. Also Dextrose is a no-no for me but cluster dextrose by itself works perfectly.

Before you ask, yes, I’ve tried 6 different big brands of EAAs and none of them sit well…

What I currently do is Eat my…

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Matt Jansen says that at the end of a contest diet it might make a difference. Probably not a big deal in the off season or anything but if an Olympia winning coach who is mostly on point all of the time says so I’ll believe it. He’s saying it out of experience and he’s got years on me

I haven’t used a pre-Workout in about a year. You don’t need it. Mentally taking that scoop might help you but it’s mostly placebo most of the time unless you’re really desensitised to caffeine. Make sure you’ve got a good Intra and that’ll help you out more than a pre, especially at that time.

Look at the end of the day the most important thing is that you get all of your food in, whether you spread it out through four or six meals is honestly personal preference period I myself prefer six meals because it’s easier to die jest, and I feel like I do perform better throughout the day not being loaded or anything while eating 6000+… Read more

Short answer. Yes. It’s actually the only spot I ever pin. I just raise my arm above my head so my lat is stretched and forwards and do it

I think the name of the game is experimenting. I’ve tried lowering cals and shifting carbs to fats but ended up with worse recovery and looked a bit soft after each rest day.
Now what I do is simply remove my Intra workout and lower my carbs in the post workout meal and I run better with that.
The method you described works well, specially if… Read more

test E but I’d rather do smaller shots as big shots would also leave even my lats sore

I agree that your protein is too low. 50g of cooked chicken just doesn’t sound like enough. Also if I ever have digestion problem in someone liquid egg whites, unsweetened almond milk (because of the gum in it), oats, and dark chocolate are out immediately. Substitute oats for grits or something lighter, go without the milk.

Also, nothing to do… Read more

I’ve tried pinning pretty much everywhere, even lower quads (will never do that again as I couldn’t even bend my knee for like 4 days) and everywhere gives me bad pain except for lats, I barely feel it no matter the dose. I’ve been pinning lats and shoulders but my shoulders hurt a lot still and it doesn’t look like I’ll get used to it. I’ve… Read more

I agree with everyone. You could start growing as you are right now but then you’d have to run a mini cut in a couple of months so I would get down to a true 10-12% so you can, in the long run, spend the most time actually bulking as possible

It looks pretty damn good. The only alteration I would make is to your post. Perhaps having the rice cakes and jam right after the gym, like in the parking lot, and then having the rest of the meal 20-30mins later or whenever appetite picks up again.
Other than that I would just play around with your carb intake as it seems like most of your… Read more

Thank you so much. Let’s say that would be my first cycle. At the end of it I would obviously stay the same weight for at least a month. But after would I hop back on something for the mini cut or would the mini cut be done at trt levels still?

For protein I would stick with EAAs Intra. Definitely don’t have an iso or something lol. And for carbs, dextrose, cluster dextrin I would say minimum to make a difference 20, most I would take is 50 but I only ever do 25g because my digestion isn’t good enough to get 50g while training hard. The higher you go the more you want to throw… Read more

Perfect. Make sure your pre isn’t a high fat meal because if you use an Intra you want the carbs in it to be fast absorbing and if you’re still digesting peanut butter there might be bloating from it.
It depends on how much water you can take in during your workout and how many carbs you want to use. I don’t get bloating from drinking carbs… Read more

How long between your pre and the start of your session and how long are your sessions?

Starting my first cycle at a very low dosage of 200mg Test E p/week.
This was my first Leg day of this block, found a new gym so I have to start writing all the weights down and such because of how different the machines are to free weights I have in my home gym.

Legs – 1:30m rest time unless specified

Good girls – setting 9
2 * wu
120 *… Read more