Andrewgen_Receptors' First Competition (Prep Log)

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Show Date: October 18th
Current Phase: Week 1 Check-In (Post-Gyno Recovery)

I realized I needed a real challenge—one that pushes me both physically and mentally.

Am I happy with how far I’ve come? Yes.
Do I want to do more? Absolutely.

So I signed up for my first bodybuilding show on October 18th.

This show isn’t just about aesthetics or standing on stage. For me, it’s a tool I’m using to:

  1. Build discipline
  2. Master consistency
  3. Get (and stay) lean

I don’t know a better way to dial in all three at once—so here I am.

About eight weeks ago, I had gynecomastia surgery.
I’ve been back in the gym for 4 weeks and dialed in on diet for 3.

Coach and I are calling this Week 1.

Regular training log here.

Right now I am training High Intensity PPL (all sets taken to failure) with added emphasis on Hamstrings.

I am very uneducated on bodybuilding as a sport - tips are welcome.

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Week 1 Check-in

Day Weight Cals Pro Carb Fat Train Cardio Fasted BG
Goal 2450 250 250 50 4-5x -
Monday 216 2386 262 219 46 Pull 95 -
Tuesday 215.1 2409 245 246 42 Legs 40 -
Weds 215.1 2409 245 246 42 Off 30 -
Thur 216 2409 245 246 42 Push 15 -
Friday 215.6 2316 244 242 33 Off 30 98
Sat 214.2 2858 271 351 33 Off 30 108
Sunday 214.7 2487 251 243 50 Pull 60 108
Avg 215.1 2481 250 262 40 4x 205 (tot.) 104.7

Fasted Blood Glucose just started on Friday - will be monitoring and adjusting with Reta and GH in the near future… needed a baseline.

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Gear / Supps
150mg test c
200mg mast e
140mg tren a
600mg l-carnitine (daily)
250mcg MT2 EOD
*All injections done daily at the moment
5mg cialis (daily)
20mg Adderall XR (daily)

I had one refeed day with an extra 100g carbs, but it was unneeded. We are moving those carbs to be evenly split through every day and holding off on refeeds until later.

I cant tell if its me being retarded in posing or if its my camera, but i always look lop-sided as fuck at the shoulders when flexed.
Posing practice will be mandatory.

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Super excited for you and this adventure! I’m here to watch this journey unfold and also to help with food stuff if you need it.

Go hard and have fun?!?!

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Extra long weekend is over… it was a nice break, but i got complacent with it. Gotta do better.

Leg Day🦵🏼
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 2:36pm

Air Bike

Straight Leg Deadlift
Set 1: 155 lbs x 5
Set 2: 265 lbs x 5
Set 3: 375 lbs x 6 [Failure]

Leg Press (Machine)
Set 1: 315 lbs x 5
Set 2: 495 lbs x 5
Set 3: 675 lbs x 16 [Failure]

Standing Leg Curls
“Arsenal, unilateral”
Set 1: 40 lbs x 13 [Failure]
Set 2: 40 lbs x 8 [Failure]
Set 3: 30 lbs x 11 [Failure]

Hip Abduction (Machine)

Leg Extension (Machine)

@hevyapp

Was short on time going into this so i hit the most important parts. If i were better at resisting the naked lady in my house, I’d have had more time.

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Sleep was horrendous Weds and Thurs night. Couple that with a stomach bug that hit the whole house and i chose to take a couple days off in recovery.

All good now.

Push (Garage Edition)
Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 11:57pm

Incline Bench Press (Smith Machine)
“Low incline”
Set 1: 225 lbs x 16 [Failure]
Set 2: 185 lbs x 14 [Failure]

Cable Fly Crossovers
“3010
Partials”
Set 1: 45 lbs x 21 [Failure]
Set 2: 45 lbs x 16 [Failure]

Face Pull
“3010”
Set 1: 55 lbs x 21 [Failure]

Seated Overhead Press (Dumbbell)
Set 1: 65 lbs x 16 [Failure]
Set 2: 65 lbs x 11 [Failure]

Standing Leg Curls
Set 1: 50 lbs x 23 [Failure]
Set 2: 50 lbs x 16 [Failure]

Lateral Raise (Dumbbell)
“3010”
Set 1: 30 lbs x 16 [Failure]
Set 2: 30 lbs x 11 [Failure]
Set 3: 30 lbs x 9 [Failure]

Triceps Rope Pushdown
“3010”
Set 1: 55 lbs x 14 [Failure]
Set 2: 55 lbs x 11 [Failure]

@hevyapp

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Honestly i was disappointed with my check in for this week and i was too much of a pussy to post it. I followed the plan, just had too many variables that threw off my progress. I’ll post it later when im on a desktop.

Starting a “new” routine based closely off of Big Paul’s advanced high volume program. I’d follow it as written but right now I’m not recovering fast enough to follow it as written. I’ll increase the volume on it once i start seeing signs my recovery is keeping up.

Tren - out
Eq - in

BP Pull Thickness
Monday, Jun 02, 2025 at 3:57pm

Dumbbell Row
“2x RIR1-2”
Set 1: 75 lbs x 19
Set 2: 75 lbs x 13

Shrug (Dumbbell)
“Hunched
1x20”
Set 1: 80 lbs x 17 [Failure]

Iso-Lateral Low Row
“2x RIR1-2”
Set 1: 225 lbs x 21
Set 2: 225 lbs x 14 [Failure]

Rope Cable Curl
“2x RIR1-2”
Set 1: 66 lbs x 16
Set 2: 66 lbs x 15 [Failure]

Bicep Curl (Dumbbell)
“2x RIR1-2”
Set 1: 30 lbs x 12
Set 2: 25 lbs x 11 [Failure]

Wrist Roller
“Extra Work”
Set 1: 5 lbs x 1

Toes to Bar
“2x RIR1”
Set 1: 8 reps
Set 2: 4 reps

@hevyapp

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I will follow your progress.

As you might know of me, I like to hit a tune-up contest before the one I am targeting. Familiarity helps reduce the anxiety of being on stage.

Also, as you know I detest getting weaker as I cut. Just something to consider. But just as there is muscle memory, IMO there is fat reduction memory. That is, once you get a low percent body fat, it is easier to reach that level the next time without losing as much muscle.

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I’m honored to have you on board.

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I almost skipped training today… I’m glad i didn’t.

Legs (Glute and Ham focus)
Tuesday, Jun 03, 2025 at 2:33pm

Straight Leg Deadlift
“1x Fail”
Set 1: 155 lbs x 5
Set 2: 265 lbs x 5
Set 3: 375 lbs x 8

Standing Leg Curls
“2x RIR1-2
Arsenal”
Set 1: 40 lbs x 16
Set 2: 40 lbs x 12

Leg Press (Machine)
“High and Wide
1xFail”
Set 1: 585 lbs x 17 [Failure]

Split Squat (Dumbbell)
"2x RIR1-2
drop weight significantly
Set 1: 100 lbs x 5

Calf Press (Machine)
“1x20”

@hevyapp

Took a bit longer than i anticipated so i cut it short.

Lower back is pretty tight/cramped from those SLDLs.

All carb sources were swapped to low GI alternatives.
Bagel >> oatmeal and 75g fruit
Rice >> quinoa

We also lowered carbs and increased fats
C 250 >> 200
F 50 >> 70

These were all in attempt get my blood glucose under control. I’ll also be starting up retatrutide tonight… going to start slow at 1mg/wk. Will monitor fasted glucose and likely start GH this coming week.

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Pull (Width)
Wednesday, Jun 04, 2025 at 2:20pm

Lat Pulldown (Cable)
Set 1: 155 lbs x 13
Set 2: 155 lbs x 12

Lat Pulldown (Cable)
Set 1: 155 lbs x 12

Bent DB Shrug
Set 1: 75 lbs x 20

Bicep Curl (Cable)
Set 1: 88 lbs x 15
Set 2: 88 lbs x 15

Wrist Roller
“Extra Work”
Set 1: 5 lbs x 1

Bicep Curl (Dumbbell)
Set 1: 25 lbs x 15
Set 2: 25 lbs x 15

Toes to Bar
Set 1: 9 reps

@hevyapp

+15mins LISS

Woke up 5 mins before my alarm went off.
Good night of sleep for the first time in weeks.
Feeling good, solid workout. Pretty sure i was supposed to do Push, but I already dominated this pull day.

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I have no advice to give you. However, I offer you good wishes. Lotsa luck, dude.

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This is awesome Andrew. It’s on my bucket list to get rid of this bullshit too.

Sometimes I wonder why God even made that a feature for some men.

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I think its a hormonal thing that happens primarily in puberty. Steroids (particularly Deca) exacerbated mine.

There’s estrogens in the water supply, microplastics in everything we eat, and kids are getting fatter. All of these will increase estrogen - and reduce testosterone in boys. I think its not unreasonable that this causes gynecomastia in teens a lot more often than in decades past.

You can get it done for 6k at the cheapest I saw it. I paid more like 16k because I went with the highest rated plastic surgeon I could find in LA.

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:rofl:

I don’t even blame people for being a fat fuck, it’s fun as hell eating whatever you want.
I’m definitely a lot more tame with my eating habits compared to college.

Wanna know what my Chick-Fil an order was? 4 sandwiches w/ 2 packets of mayo and 2 large Mac and cheeses.

Being a person of some humility I don’t think I’ll ever say a fucking boiled egg tastes better than a slice of pizza because Ooga booga carnivore something. (Yet ironically I would aim to eat more of the boiled eggs).

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I’d get a supersized double quarter pounder twice a week for years.
Later I got more tame and would only do a 30 piece nugget from chic fil a.
Now I basically just eat at home :joy:

This world does make it easy to get fat, especially if no one gives you some guidance on how to avoid it. I had to learn all this later in life (as many people did), I’m just making sure my daughter knows it so she doesn’t have to fight and claw for the body she wants as I have.

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:oncoming_fist:

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Excited to see the journey, curious as to the drug change, why the switch from tren to eq?

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Eq was already going to be taken, but my sleep was hurting badly with the tren. Had trouble falling and staying asleep, I’d be waking up tired and off-cycle.
Outside of the sleep issues, i actually enjoyed being on tren. I found most of the side effects that people warn of were quite mild… of course, i never went over 140mg weekly, either. Mild dose = mild sides.

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Yesterday - 2hrs LISS
Went on a date yesterday so i was off diet by 1 small drink and 7 fries.

Today
Push (Chest Focus)
Sunday, Jun 08, 2025 at 2:27pm

Chest Press (Machine)
Set 1: 225 lbs x 12
Set 2: 225 lbs x 9 [Failure]

Cable Fly Crossovers
Set 1: 55 lbs x 15
Set 2: 45 lbs x 15
Set 3: 35 lbs x 15

Face Pull
Set 1: 120 lbs x 15
Set 2: 120 lbs x 15
Set 3: 120 lbs x 15

Shoulder Press (Dumbbell)
Set 1: 75 lbs x 12

Lateral Raise (Dumbbell)
Set 1: 25 lbs x 15
Set 2: 25 lbs x 15 [Failure]
Set 3: 20 lbs x 15 [Failure]

Triceps Pushdown
Set 1: 65 lbs x 15
Set 2: 65 lbs x 15 [Failure]

Triceps Extension (Dumbbell)
Set 1: 50 lbs x 15
Set 2: 50 lbs x 15 [Failure]

@hevyapp

+15mins LISS

Started Berberine with Ceylon Cinnamon yesterday at 1200mg and 100mg respectively. Blood glucose was not responding to diet changes or retatrutide (might be because baby dose). Will have to check tomorrow for changes.

Scale dipped down to 213.1 so I’m finally seeing something happen. Mirror looks like it agrees with the scale today.

Check in tonight after i rake in some double time hours!

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Week 3 Check-In

Week 3 Weight Cals Pro Carb Fat Train Cardio Fasted BG
Day of Week Goal 2450 250 200 70
Monday June 2 216.4 2464 253 202 65 Pull Thick 30 -
Tuesday June 3 215.1 2464 253 202 65 Legs G+H 35 101
Wednesday June 4 214.5 2464 253 202 65 Pull Width 25 101
Thursday June 5 214.9 2464 253 202 65 Off 25 107
Friday June 6 215.1 2464 253 202 65 Off 15 105
Saturday June 7 214.7 2464 253 202 65 Cardio 120 103
Sunday June 8 213.1 2464 253 202 65 Push Chest 15 105
Avgs 214.8285714 2464 253 202 65 265 (tot) 103.6666667

I cheated a bit on saturday… had one small mixed drink (probably 100cals or less) and like 7 french fries. didn’t log.

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Gear / Supps
250mg test c
200mg mast e
300mg Equipoise (frontloaded, is likely now saturated)
600mg l-carnitine (daily)
1mg Retatrutide
*All injections done daily at the moment
1200mg berberine
5mg cialis (daily)
20mg Adderall XR (daily)

Saw the whoosh we’ve been waiting for both yesterday (213.1) and today (211.2 - not included for week 3). I won’t lie, I needed to see that change. Scale and mirror were getting to me, now they aren’t. All good things!

Blood glucose is still being difficult, but we’re waiting and monitoring. Retatrutide and Berberine should start making a dent here soon. When they do, its go time for GH!

Oh, and we’ve changed all carb sources to slower acting carbs…
Bagel >> Oatmeal
Rice >> Quinoa

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