[Sasan Heirati]

272 today. And man I feel it! First time since I start this push I am noticing my breathing getting heavier. Granted it’s not 300 lbs but for me this is heavy.

But I’m still loving it, a lot.

Chest day was great yesterday, apart from an elbow twinge during warm ups on smith bench, so decided on higher rep work. But session was solid throughout

Having a break from training from Friday till next Tuesday so did legs today and tomorrow hopefully delts and arms

Legs was awesome too. Will post both sessions below. Did horizontal leg press as my main compound today

Got a meal at the pub with a friend tonight so it’ll be either a big steak and fries or the biggest cheese burger they do lol 275 I’m coming

Chest calves
toe press 5 x 12-20
Flat smith 4 x 12-23
Incline panatta 4 x 5-10
Cable fly 3 x 8-15
Dip machine 3 x 10-20
Pec dec 2 x 8-12

Legs
Adductors 3 x 15-20
Abductors 3 x 15-20
Laying ham curls 4 x 6-10
Hammer leg press 4 x 6-12 (heavy)
Leg extensions 5 x 15-20
Standing ham curls 3 x 10-15

[Sasan Heirati]

Hi bud. As Louis said 200-250mg weekly will have your test levels in the super physiological range so plenty to grow with.

Test E has a half life of around a week. So you don’t need to pin as often as EOD unless it just feel better for you. 2 or even once weekly will give same results.

So That is what I initially had in mind start with 200mg /week. I’ll try EOD or twice/week and see which feels best. Also what should I expect 1st time pinning like headaches or fever etc.. any issues of those sorts?[/quote]

Sounds good always listen to your body… and I don’t think you’ll get any issues, maybe slight fever ish type feeling for a day or 2, some people get flu symptoms but you probably won’t. If you do just take some paracetamol it’ll pass.

Drink plenty of fresh water, more then you usually would.

I think I’ll be fine.

ENJOY IT, you should feel great once you get going [/quote]

And what all ancillaries to do along with cycle? Like AI inhibitors.. would they be needed ?[/quote]
On your dosage of test I doubt you’ll need an AI. But for insurance have some tamoxifen/adex on hand incase you see any estrogen side effects, mainly gyno. Some are very sensitive to it.
But again, you’ll probably be fine : )

[Sasan Heirati]

Hi everyone, i competed in CP division 3 months ago . I weighed in 79kg and my weigh cap is 79,5 , have to use diuretics to make weight , my best look i think is around 83kg so i decided to have massive offseason and compete in bodybuilding up to 90kg class .

Now i’m blasting with 125mg test , 150mg eq , 200mg primo EOD pin

I can affort 10iu gh a day so i’m confusing about timing now :

1/ split 5iu fasted AM and 5iu PM

2/ 5iu after train and 5iu before bed

3/ 1 dose 10iu after train or pre-bed

4/ 20iu eod to boost igf ?

Thanks for advises !

Start a new thread for this so everyone will see bud

10iu gh is excessive especially for you size and level

2-4iu before bed is plenty for growing

And I’d raise test a little higher too.
With eq watch out for you blood count / thickness / blood pressure

[Sasan Heirati]

Hi bud. As Louis said 200-250mg weekly will have your test levels in the super physiological range so plenty to grow with.

Test E has a half life of around a week. So you don’t need to pin as often as EOD unless it just feel better for you. 2 or even once weekly will give same results.

So That is what I initially had in mind start with 200mg /week. I’ll try EOD or twice/week and see which feels best. Also what should I expect 1st time pinning like headaches or fever etc.. any issues of those sorts?[/quote]
Sounds good always listen to your body… and I don’t think you’ll get any issues, maybe slight fever ish type feeling for a day or 2, some people get flu symptoms but you probably won’t. If you do just take some paracetamol it’ll pass.
Drink plenty of fresh water, more then you usually would.
I think I’ll be fine.
ENJOY IT, you should feel great once you get going

[Sasan Heirati]

Happy Olympia weekend guys!

Awesome Olympia this year. First one I’ve really enjoyed in a few years

Yesterday was arm day for me. Pretty much the same season as last week. Felt great, felt strong on the close grip smith bench press.

Rest day today so the usual family time and lots of tasty off plan foods 😉

Definitely feeling softer now, face feel super chubby lol but it always is at this point.

I’m happy holding 270 lbs right now, go into the new year and then start to maybe plan the next lean out phase.

Arms and calves yesterday

Toe calf press 6 x 15-20
Flat close grip bench 6 x 6-15
Dip machine 4 x 8-15
Ez bar extensions 4 x 12-20
Rope hammer curls 5 x 10-15
Db curls 4 x 8-12

[Sasan Heirati]

Hi bud. As Louis said 200-250mg weekly will have your test levels in the super physiological range so plenty to grow with.
Test E has a half life of around a week. So you don’t need to pin as often as EOD unless it just feel better for you. 2 or even once weekly will give same results.

[Sasan Heirati]

Hi guys so yesterday and today were pretty great gym wise.

Legs yesterday felt strong (again just relative to me) reached a nice 500kg for 25 reps on leg press.

Got a few question on IG, after i posted a video of the leg press set, regarding my form, now from that angle it looks shallow, but I have always done 90 degree reps, foot stance just outside shoulder, to trash my quads with continuous reps. Always worked for me. I physically can’t go lower due to my waist being fuller at this body weight, and even if I could it would raise my lower back off the back pad and knees would be under too much stress for myself since my knees aren’t great these days anyway. Longevity is important to me.
No need to risk anything anyway

For deeper reps to target more hams and gluts I would use the hack squat, wider stance, ass to the platform.

Just to explain if anyone was interested

Delts today also felt awesome. My main lift on this day right now is the Atlantis shoulder press, I grab it at the neutral grip angle to take the stress off my right shoulder injury, and I work up to 5-6 plates per side for 6-8 reps

Both sessions below

Had an off plan meal today when we took our son to a play, Nando’s chicken burger and fries with halumi fries and pitta homous, was YUM

Legs
Laying ham curls 3 x 6-10
Leg press 6 x 15-25
Leg extensions 4 x 15-20
Standing ham curls 3 x 8-12
Abductors 3 x 15-20
Adductor 3 x 12-15
Abs- rope crunches 4 x 8-12

Delts traps calves
Standing calf raises 5 x 15-30
Atlantis shoulder press 6 x 6-8
Panatta side raises 5 x 12-20
Reverse pec dec 4 x 15-20
Db shrugs 3 x 8-12

[Sasan Heirati]

Solid chest session today. Pec injury felt a lot better, didn’t go as hard / heavy as I have been just to be sure, I’ll go harder next week. Did predominantly incline panatta press as my main compound instead of smith. As I can use a neutral grip on that so less strain on that pec tendon. Plus I really like machine

Food / appetite back to 100%. That added plate full of chopped fruit in the evening feels extra anabolic 😉 lol

Chest and calves

Toe press on leg press 6 x 15-25
Panatta incline press 6 x 6-12
Flat smith press (light) 3 x 15-20
Cable fly 4 x 8-12
Dip machine wide grip 4 x 12-20
Pec dec 2 x 8-12

[Sasan Heirati]

what is up guys, small checkin from me, the last 4 weeks i have been enitrely back in Bodybuilding mode , just nothing makes me as happy training that way, progressing lifts that way, pushing that way. Been a great month of training and i have regained a huge amount of strength very very quickly.

Not sure on what my goals are next year other than keep focusing on what makes me happy, whatever that may be .

im still grappling a couple times a week, its fun , but it just doesnt come close , for me, to lifting

Love this mate

[Sasan Heirati]

Back training yesterday went SO SO. The weekend in Glasgow saw me under eat even though I ate a lot, and also sleep is never great when I’m away so it’s probably down to that

Got a full days worth of my regular meals in yesterday so provided my pec injury is better I should have a solid chest session today

Back day with abs

Rope crunches 6 x 10-20
Rope pull downs 3 x 8-15
Rope face pulls 3 x 8-15
Chest support bent over row 6 x 6-10
Seated chest support tow 3 x 8-12
Seated cable tow 3 x 8-15
Pull downs wide grip 4 x 6-12
Reverse pec dec 3 x 12-20

[Sasan Heirati]

So spend the last 3 days on Scotland. Work visit as well as a catch with an old friend. Worked out well since my body definitely started telling me it needed a couple days rest.

10 years ago I never took time off unless I was forced to. Now I find if I am training hard, every 3-4 weeks I need at least a few days full rest sometimes a full week

I never done Deloads. I can’t do them and I don’t like them so I just take more rest days. Personally think resting is way more effective

Ended the week last Thursday with delts and arms. I don’t usually couple them together but since I was traveling I wanted to train them both in one day

Weekend full of fun foods and some
Relaxing.

Back to it today with a big back season.

Diet is still the same, but the be added a big plate of mixed fruits to my evening for added calories and more importantly nutrients. Plus I love snacking on fresh fruit at night

[Sasan Heirati]

Glad to have you back updating, Sas! Are you planning on doing any more training/nutrition videos with the new ‘winter bulk’ phase?

Hey Stephen thanks bud!

I might do one towards the back end of December / January yes.

Would you like to see an update ? [/quote]

Would be amazing mate! Followed your progress for ages… always checking the app to see if you’ve done another video 😂[/quote]
Thanks man that means a lot 😀 I appreciate your support. I’ll definitely get planning for some sort of content in the new year

[Sasan Heirati]

Hi bud. Can you do t bar or barbell rows ?
Db pull overs laying on the bench can stimulate lats if done right too.
On lat pull down you can do various grips to vary the angle and also lean all the way back to make it more upper back too

Leg press is ok to do every session. Rotate bb squats with smith (front as well as back squats) can do single legged leg presses, lunges etc etc

[Sasan Heirati]

Great leg session today. Everything just felt so good, strong, pumped, and confident. I didn’t something totally out of the norm for me and went straight into leg press just to see what I could lift as a work set. Won’t do that every week at it’ll eat away at my knees but it felt good just going heavy. For me anyway I’ll post my top lift below

Food wise I’ve started have a bowl / plate full of mixed fruits between my last 2 meals to boost calories and more importantly nutrients. Feels good so far.
I just throw in apple, apricot, peach, clementine and some berries maybe. Nice sweet kick too whilst I relax

Leg day

Leg press 6 x 10-25. Heaviest being 500kg for 17 reps.

Leg extensions 5 x 15-20

Standing leg curls 4 x 6-10

Laying leg curls 3 x 8-13

Adductors 3 x 10-20

Abductors 3 x 10-20

[Sasan Heirati]

Paused reps are just a way to increase intensity. Yes you might get less reps or have to decrease load compared to explosive / faster reps but that doesn’t mean less stimulus

Wether you pause or don’t, the lengthened will always have a little more in the tank compared to shortened.

I think you’re overthinking a little buddy.
Use controlled, proper range of motion, consistent reps and go to failure. Job done : )