Finding The Right Priorities

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This will be my progress log where i will share my journey in strenght building. I started loging some stuff on pharma forum where i kind of wanted to minimize my gear use slowly till the end of 2021, but i kinda managed to do it much sooner. I also tweaked my back a bit a month ago, so my training had to been reset and started over from a bit lighter weights, so it presented a perfect timing to drop all the unnecessary gear.

Very briefly about me - im 6’2, used to be around 220lbs super lean. ex-fighter, now a hand to hand combat instructor. When i hit my 30, i decided that i wont be able to become much better at fight stuff, so it decided to go the strenght road. Like we all, i lost a good year on bullshit training cuz i didnt know much about it. Now its been almost a year im on 531, still made a lot of mistakes - overtraining or maxing too often, etc. During this last year i also started force feeding and now i am at 260lbs. Gained a lot of size, also some fat - not that much strenght tho. Last few months tho i think i have found somewhat working principles to construct my training and i have had some nice progress in benching.

Anyways, my goals as of today are - lose some fat, keep the muscle and gain strenght. Since i have to forcefeed myself to be at 260, i wont be doing any special diet - i will just eat when i want to, and what i want to, without pushing the other half of the food in me if i dont want to. I believe that will be enough to lose 10-20lbs of fat in 6-9 months while still progressing in strenght as my size and muscle mass is much larger than my strenght is.
I will be doing 531 training - one day on, one day off. On the off days i will be doing cardio and 30min stretching. If ill need a rest day - i will take it.

My best numbers so far are :
Deadlift : 222,5kg x 3 and 235kg x 1 - beltless, no wraps or straps
Squat : 182,5kg x 5 and 200kg x 1 - no belt, no wraps, no sleeves
OHP : 100kg x 4 - no sleeves or wraps and no belt
Bench : 170kg x 1 - at the end of the training session, so not a true max - no sleeves or wraps.

I wont be posting every week - i will only update if and when something changes or if i do a new max or PR or smth.

EDITED LATER FOR NEW INFO :

30th December of 2021 new Squat PRs - 185kgs x 5 and 200kgs x 1.
20th January of 2022 new Squat PR - 190kgs x 5
1st of July 2022 new OHP PR - 100kgs x 5
19th of July 2022 new Bench PRs - 160 kgs x 3 and 180kgs x 1
22nd of July 2022 new OHP PR - 110kg x 1
27th of September 2022 new Bench PR - 155kg x 5
28th of September 2022 new Squat PR - 187,5kg x 5

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Deleted the training plan since no longer doing it

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I just started wearing a belt after tweaking my lower back for the 14847283838th time

Gotta say, it appears to help. Doesn’t appear to have made any difference regarding strength… Maybe I can deadlift X amount of weight for one more repetition

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Just a quick update -

I have finished 3 weeks of 531 now.
I have dropped around 6-7lbs, my cardio has definetly improved. Upper body strenght decreased by a few reps on top set amraps, so i will reset those days also.
Lower body is fine altho it was reseted a lot due to back issues. Anyways, no more back issues for now, and still lifting everything beltless.
I believe i will see how i progress now in around 6 weeks, as next 3 will be just adjusting new Training Max and the 3 weeks after that i will be able to see if i can still improve something. If not, i will go back into bulking mode.
Training maxes are shit now, so i dont think there will be any trying of PRs anytime soon sadly.
If in 3 weeks my 95% Deadlift would be happen for 5 reps, then by my calculations it would be around my best existing PR, so i have no wish to just DO it again… i will wait for some increase.
Same with squats - if 5 reps happen, then by my calculations, i could go for 210kg(462lbs) PR but that is barelly on the line, and i do not wish to test it so close to possible failure, so i wont do it then. If all goes well and my reps dont decrease i might go for 210kg after 6th week top set AMRAP on squat day, but that is so far along, there is no point to dream about it now.

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Another 3 weeks done. I am down from 260 to 246 as of now. Cardio is going good, i can do 40mins on stairs with a pretty good level, but i plan on working on increasing that as much as i can.
Anything besides my cardio has gone to shit. 531 sets feel heavy so i wont increase my TMs. I will play it weak and safe till i decide to stop my cut(2 and a half weeks tops).

I did play around with sets and reps and found that i really like Wendlers “Rule Of 50” which is just doing 5x10 weights but goal is to complete 50 reps in as little sets as possible, which kind of makes the first sets around 15 reps. The intensity is very good and the quality of reps are good because weight is not that heavy. I will use my last cutting weeks to get used to that intensity, because due to neurological adaptations to new type of stress i can increase my performance on my hypertrophy work.

My training looks like this now :

Bench 531
BB Rows - 50reps
DB OHP - 50reps
Lat Pulldowns - 50reps
DB Bench - 50reps
Superset of Triceps Rope Pushdowns and BB Curls - 50reps each.

Deadlift 531
Box Squat - 50reps
Hyperxtensions with a plate - 50reps
Superset of Abductor and Adductor machine 1 amrap set each
Superset of Reverse grip Pulldowns and Dips - 50reps each

OHP 531
BB Rows - 50reps
DB Bench Press - 50reps
Lat Pulldowns - 50reps
Incline DB Bench - 50reps
Superset of Triceps Rope Pushdowns and BB Curls - 50reps each.

Squat 531
GoodMornings - 50reps
Reverse Nordic Curls - 50reps
Superset of Abductor and Adductor machine 1 amrap set each
Superset of Reverse grip Pulldowns and Dips - 50reps each

EOD is cardio and stretching. The day before upper body day, after cardio i also add ab work(dont want to do abs before lower body days) - curls, leg raises, ab machine curls, etc.

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Not much i can write about now - only starting to raise my calories. I have a clear plan of how i will eat and how will i progress on gaining weight slower than i did last year, and after a week or two i will be able to assess my strenght so i can calculate my training max.

What i can share at this point is my still half fat 245lb 6’2 “progress picture” as - this is the biggest i have gotten so far, also after losing around 15lbs.

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I made a few mistakes on bulking last year, so i will try not to repeat them. Will also probably do a few mini cuts here and there, but since its not training related i will do an update as soon as i will understand where i am at when not on caloric deficit.

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Small update and rant :
Since i lost some strenght due to comming off lots of drugs, i was trying to get back my strenght and refused to drop the training max enough. Got almost stapled in a squat session and next day had bad overtraining symptoms(i have had these many times). So i decided to do Rhoades 5x531 since it used lower TM and had heavier warmup sets before the amrap - in hopes that i wont be able to lift as much as i wanted anyways, and it will help me with overtraining.
Anyways, that doesnt work for me as apparently i can push too much absolutely everything, and even tho TM is lower, the total work done is anyway a bit much and i am dead after a deadlift session again now…

I have tried so many things out of 531 books and it just seems that my body is not made for heavy weight. Any time i do like 2 heavy sets of barbell work, i come down with headache, flu, no libido and just crazy muscle pains - sometimes even fever.
It seems that the ONLY thing i can do strenghtwise is to do maximum of 1 heavy set. Basically - all i can do is top set of 531 and that cant be anywhere near to 1-3 reps… the 1+ week has to be at least 5 reps, and then just do bodybuilding stuff. So this is what i will be doing from now…again.
I just hate it how any time i do more than 1 set of deadlifts, around 5 good heavy reps, my body just halfway dies right after that.

So im back to the drawing board.

The good thing is that since i went on low dose test, these last few training sessions before i got sick again, some weights on strenght movements actually went up. I think this is the first time since like april or may, when something went up instead of down.

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Current training that doesnt seem to destroy me :

Bench 531
2x12 DB OHP
2x12 Incline DB Press
3x8-10 Lat Pulldowns
2x12 Leg Extensions
2x12 Leg Curls
2x12 Triceps Pulldowns with rope
2x12 Barbell Curls

Deadlift 531
2x12 Box Squats
2x12 Sumo deadlifts
Adductor and Abductor work
2x12 Reverse Grip Lat pulldowns
2x12 Weighted Dips
2x12 DB Trieps extensions
2x12 Drag Curls

Ohp 531
2x12 DB Bench
2x12 Incline DB Press
3x8-10 Lat Pulldowns
2x12 Leg Extensions
2x12 Leg Curls
2x12 Triceps Pulldowns with rope
2x12 Barbell Curls

Squat 531
2x12 GoodMornings
2x12 Lunges
Adductor and Abductor work
2x12 Reverse Grip Lat pulldowns
2x12 Weighted Dips
2x12 DB Trieps extensions
2x12 Drag Curls

Not much volume but im following the current scientific consensus that 10 sets per muscle a week is enough. Since i can easily overtrain and i also do high intensity cardio EOD, this allows me to not feel wrecked after the gym.

Nothing to update on strenght. Slowly progressing but nowhere near my PRs.
Will be experimenting with a new blast(posted on pharma forum) so that may help even tho thats not the goal of this blast. Just wanted to mention that, so when im back on a cruise i know which training data to compare.

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After reading this link(which mod just deleted and left this sentence moronic empty…anyways it was a bout a dude who went on test-tren trt for a year and had good bloodwork etc) i also decided to try a LONG cycle of small dose test and tren. So im now on 200mg test and 100mg tren a week. Was hoping for tren to just increase my libido, but it doesnt. What it does tho, is increased my strenght by solid 10% on all lifts. Not really happy about this, cuz i dont really want strenght thats not maintainable, but then again - who cares, as i hope that this dose would be doable for longer than a typical blast.

I also bought my first powerlifting belt.
Well, its the most horrible thing i have ever had. I have bruises on my ribs now, lol. And i was all sweatty and tired every time i got into it tight enough. I know, i know - takes time to get used to it, so i will. Just sayin - today doing deadlifts i hated that thing.

Aaanyways, the training is the same as i wrote above, with some changes due to a nation wide lockdown again, so im back in my own gym, and i had to make a few changes here and there, but its nothing worth writing about.

If this 100mg tren thing holds up, i might be able to do my best deadlift tripple for a fiver in 3 weeks. Will see.

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Been having elevated BP for a bit now, and the weird thing is that i do feel it. It used to be 123-133, now its 130-145. Not really happy about this and the only thing that could do this is my 100mg tren a week. I will give it another 1,5-2 weeks and see, maybe my body will get used to it, and if no, i will just do a normal blast for 12 weeks, instead of doing this low dose test-tren bullshit long term.
I will also start a nofap challenge since nothing seems to be improving my libido - ill just do an experiment with that and do my best to not see anything female related on the internet, lol.

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Just some crossfit girls for you.

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Haha, you are still on them? :d

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Anyways, all stuff thats about me and my training will be from now on posted in this topic. There are 2 older ones, of someone is interested :

  1. Me getting of a 2 year long blast - Summer Blast and Coming Off 2 Years of Tren
  2. Me playing with insulin(not much to see here tho) - Insulin Diary by Hank

Aaaanyways, after my first experiment with dumping blood, i managed to get 200ml out. Bloodwork after that said 56 hematocrit, which is bad. All the other markers are fine tho.
So after a bit i dumped 350ml again, and bloodwork came back 54 hematocrit - no longer underlined red, at least.
Iron is absolutely normal. Ferritin is low. But as far as i understand, as long as iron is enough, ferritin will come back up.

Due to the fact of my shit BP, i will be dumping some more blood, in hopes of getting out some 300-350ml and then my hematocrit should be around 52, which would be very nice for me.

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You could try aspirin. @readalot lowered his quite a bit with 325 mg/day.

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I am taking 200mg a day already.
This high hematocrit problem started when i went off a blast, and started doing ED injections of test, so i am off those now. Im doing EOD like i was all my life.
My hematocrit was worse on 250mg of test than it was on test, tren, eq and winny, in 5 times larger doses.
Since my BP is up, i dont want to let my heart pump that jelly that much, so i will at least try to lower my hematocrit.
I dont feel any worse or weaker after dumping 200-250ml twice a week so far. Just did 250ml again. Will probably repeat one last time in a few days and then do another bloodwork in hopes it showing 50-51… Then i will see how fast it goes to shit again.

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Will give 531 FSL a try this one week while still in a lockdown. Gyms open on 16th of november, so i can just try stuff now.

I never liked the idea of FSL as it seems waaay too light but then an idea hit me. Maybe i cant do much cuz im always taking everything into the extremes. Maybe i need to do this lighter work and just fuck off? Idk, will see.

I also think i should test for TM for different exercises to make sure i am not going too hard on them OR just pick very easy exercises to go full retard on, lol.

Anyways, did a Squat 531 + FSL today, and felt really good, training was short and i dont feel destroyed after it.

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Ok, so after yesterdays FSL try for squats today i actually am feeling some slight soreness in legs but in a very good way. Its like “yep, we did good stuff” but its not interfering with my conditioning in any way - its very pleasant feeling, so i guess that light 5x5 volume actually did count as some volume.

My low dose tren trt seems to be failed as i have no libido increase from low dose tren, and my BP has gone to shit. I have to take arginine/citruline/beta alanine with water a few times a day and i also supplement with a natural supplement calldeds “heart potion” found in pharmacies, that contains exracts of natural shit thats good for heart and BP.
Since this feeling sucks, as most times my BP is 129-134, and sometimes if i dont take my supps its up to 150, i will be treating this 200mg test and 100mg tren as a blast. Since first 2 weeks i was just playing with it, i take next 10 weeks as a serious blast, only on very low dose of stuff. Will see how it goes. Anyways, i dont think my body can handle more tren so this is the highest dose i am ok with. Strenght is up as i already mentioned so maybe its enough for me.
So monday starts week 1 out of 10 on my 200mg test and 100mg tren “blast”.

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Yeah, fuck this.
I think im too old for tren. My BP gets as high as 150 and never lower than 130. I also feel it in my head and eyes and all that from just 100mg a week. I guess by body doesnt want it anymore.
I will be switching to a bit higher test and NPP, as i always wanted to try that and a quick google search said its a bit better for BP.

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So im back from the guy who sells me stuff. I was thinking to do like 500 test and 300 npp or something, but… he really liked the idea of me doing super small dosages like i tried with tren - 200 test, 100 tren.
So he suggested me just switching tren to npp, and just do 200 test and 100 npp, so thats what im going to do.
I will also drop the HGH and do MK677 instead as its just cheaper and i dont think there is a difference if you wanna bulk.
I wonder if our expert on npp @Professor_Hulk can comment something :slight_smile:

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How to know that your pre-workouts or PUMP supps are good? If you dump blood after you drink em, its all bubbly, haha.
Anyways, today for the first time i got my blood work back where RBC, HCT and all that stuff is PERFECT.
Never in my life had i seen HCT 51… it was 54-57 usually.
Took around 2 litters of blood dumped in 1 month, but im finally there. Iron is still fine btw.
Will see this again in a month to see how bad it gets and how fast.

On the training side - i tried doing all the assistance exercises 5x10 with 45 second rest. Super light weights, so first sets dont really count, but i like the pump and pain in last sets. I will try sticking to this and see how it goes.

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