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I’ve been having a shake and cookie pre workout and its very easy to get down and sits very well.

Basically i’ll microwave 1/4 cup of rice flakes, 1/2 cup oats mixed in almond or oat milk. Let it cool and chill in the fridge. Add some more almond milk and a serving of chocolate whey (or i use ProPeptide which goes very thick) to a Nutribullet or blender, then chuck in the chilled cooked oat and rice flakes, a dollop of Peanut butter and blend. Keep adding liquids until its a drinkable consistency. You can also add crushed ice instead of further liquids if you want.

Add to that a small Cookie (i get them from Tesco in a pack of 5) then a bit after finishing all that a can of Monster. 45 mins later and i’ll train. Its proper tasty and as its such little volume for the calories it sits well with no performance drop offs during a almost 2 hours session.

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Run some blood work now Louis . mine , Hillys. Oscars, 3 of my staff and 3 of hillys clients all came back underdosed . 9 lots of blood work I have seen first hand now all off

I’ve been using the Test C and blood work is where i would expect on 200mg a week. But then i bought it about a year ago.

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Spotinjections.com as above

I’m a huge ventro gluteal fan , lats – this is about it

I used quads for years with no issues but many struggle n avoid

I can’t touch delts. Not even smallest amounts

Ventro, Glutes, Quads, Delts in that order. I don’t like delts though. Always getting squirter’s, big horrible lumps and just feels uncomfortable after.

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I used to get this a lot. Its simple really. Wake up and create a large energy demand which your pre workout likely wont have time to provide energy for. Then after the workout you have a high, quick carb, low fat meal which causes a big spike then crash off at the other side. Add to this any caffeine in the pre workout, along with the pre meal crashing and you’ll be sleepy as hell if you sit down for any period of time.

I swapped to eating a big meal before bed. When i wake up just protein and fat, train, post workout just protein and a small amount of carbs (if you have intra carbs then just protein). Then 90-120mins or so later have a larger balanced meal. Result is no sleepiness. Another trick is make note of the time you get sleepy. Then try and find something to do that’s standing or more involved then sitting. If you have flexible breaktimes then just go for a wander and grab a coffee.

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Dodger it’s tempting for sure , but atm I’m really enjoying the varied rep range work and the fitness component of my training , the 25-30 rep work is really fun

You can still smash those high rep sets. The conjugate method and Boss Barbel both use high rep and heavy/medium/light days.

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Jordan.

You not fancy moving onto more of a power lifter type set up now that you’re not looking to add more muscle mass? Just focus on getting crazy strong.

With such a solid base and being a great puller and presser you could get really competitive pretty quickly.

400kg pull, 240kg bench must be on the cards ? and get under a bar again.

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I just eat what I want now but aim for 25g of protein as a very min per meal and 5-7 meals a day depending on hunger and how long I’m awake.

But the science and logic always baffled me as to why it’s done the way it is. Science says slow digesting protein and the longer you have to wait before you can raise MPS again. But most still eat at set times.

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As a former sunbed abuser, I have to say, man I fuckin hate sun beds!

That being said if you’re gonna use them, here’s some advice!

Build your minutes slowly. Would recommend starting at 3 mins week 1 per session, 4 mins the week after, etc. you need to try avoid getting scalded here especially if you’re just starting.

Mix standing and lie down – lie down is super relaxing and I can genuinely fall asleep in them, but if you only use them you’ll end up with massive white patches under your arms

Make sure you’re really hydrated as these will dry you out and moisturise your whole body regularly to avoid peely, crispy skin

Wear eye protection, they will fuck your eyes up long term if you don’t

Honestly buddy I would beg you not to use them, the health repercussions can be so so bad, I would look into fake tan instead, but I completely understand the want to use them and it’s your choice. Please be careful if you are going to use them!

Last pro tip. If you work up to 10 mins on the lie down, turn off the fans, get the music on and imagine you’re lying on a beach somewhere. Little bit of summer bliss anytime of year! ?

I agree with you. Not worth it in my opinion. I tan easily and dont need more than 4 mins twice a week but i honestly dont bother. Far to many people i know with skin cancer now, and they all have one common theme. I love having a tan but i prefer to not have my lymph nodes drained into a bag besides me. Factor 15 as a minimum for me now, but its an individuals risk so it its what you want to do then the advise above is sound.

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Not a doctor so can’t say if small balls will complicate it. They don’t touch the balls to be fair. Just snip the tubes so can’t see it being an issue. Probably a advantage as more room in the sack to play with!

I had it done a few years back when on a cruise/TRT dose. Balls normal size as I use HCG. Very minor procedure and was deadlifting 48 hours after.

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I use hcg and have done for the last 6 years. 250iu 3x a week on blast dose a d TRT.

Can’t say sex drive has ever been an issue for me.

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1/2 iu daily will do the job nicely

Fat loss fasted
Recovery and generally wellness pre bed

4 iu in one hit is too much your wasting it

Thanks Kuba. 1/2 iu only? Not very much then.

Any preference on brand out of the options available to me?

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I would do 2 iu Daily 5 x a week

Thanks. Fasted or post workout? Or does it not overly matter?

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With DC style calves one set will be enough. I’ll often do a normal set before just to add some volume and warm up. But stop a rep or two short of failure. You’ll fail in the positive part of the movement first with DC. So I’ll aim to fail at that point at 8-10 reps. Then just get as high as I can, squeeze, control the negative and pause. When I get to the point I can’t move out of the pause at the bottom I’m done. Then i normally just hold the stretch for 15-20 seconds. So total reps I get is about 15, and those last 5 or so are just partials, and soooo fucking painful.

I do a main calve day with arms, and a top up three days after with my push session. The top up is where I’d put the DC set. I did go though a period of training them EOD but don’t feel I benefited from the additional frequency. One big session of 6-8 sets and a 1-3 set top up works better for me.

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Progression comes in many forms. If you do 140kg bench for 7 shoddy reps. Next session do 140kg for 3 perfect reps. But is that progression? In my opinion it is as those 3 reps will likely yield more stimulus than a shoddy 7. Next session do 130kg and shoot for 6-7 perfect reps. Then build on that.

Power Lifters train in blocks for a reason. They don’t just add 2.5kg onto each lift for years on end and expect to progress. Form will break down. Unless of course you are just a genetic freak who would have been strong as hell regardless.

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I get what OP is saying. I do put air into the vial to make drawing easier, but its not required. The air probably starts to get sucked in anyway once the pressure builds and the stopper has a couple of holes in.

If doing from multiple vials and total ml of oil is 2.5ml say. I would put the 2.5ml of air into the first vial. Draw (for example) 1ml of oil and then 1.5ml of air back out, next vial 1.5ml air in 1ml of oil out, and .5ml of air out again. Third vial same process, .5ml of air in, .5ml oil out. Then you have a barrel with 2.5ml oil in and each vial you have replaced the oil with air so don’t have a vacuum within the vial.

Typing it, it seems like a faff, but in reality it takes no more time than just drawings it out.