5/18/22
Sleep: 5h 58m (good quality!)
ANS Recovery: -2.3
Weight: 218.2lb
Daughter fully graduated from level 1 to level 2 in gymnastics - where she is the youngest by at least 3 years. I told the wife that this is a result of her catching 90%+ of MY genetics, which she was not amused by…
No weights today but plan to hit day 1 of Prowler Challenge + ab work
4char
What would you say your goals are? Short term and long term.
@rugby_lifting
short term: to get a bit more lean and sustain a 6 pack that doesn’t require lighting features to be visible. Also to improve cardio, sleep and my relationship with food, all while keeping my GPA over 3.5 
Long term: sustain a FFMI >30 (arbitrary) while being 6 pack lean. Eventually i will do a test cycle to see what my response is, but have no intention of blasting regularly. If i happen to be a hyper responder, i would consider competing - but that’s not for at least another year (after graduation and moving).
I also want to fix my sleep and be more consistent from day to day. I’ve been considering going on TRT and low dose HGH for some time to help with both of these (along with other symptoms). I heavily scrutinize everything i do (which is super unhealthy) so i haven’t come through to an actual decision yet, but I’ve been leaning towards TRT for a bit now.
I’m going to need to update my log intro lol
5/20/22
Sleep: 6h 27m (good quality, woke up tired though)
Weight: 217.3lb
4char
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5/24/22
No training tonight. Getting brain gainz because class. Be home by midnight, so YES I’m going off diet.
Chic-Fil-A better make sure they have enough chicken nuggies for me 
4char
LOVE rest pausing assistance! Saves time and I can really push the sets hard! I think you’ll love it, given your experience with DC training!
Rest pause for hamstrings worked wonders for me. Got so much more out of it than straight sets.
5/25/22 Prowler Challenge Day 3
4x40yd @ 90lb (60s rest)
3x40yd @ 90lb (90s rest)
3x40yd @ 90lb (120s rest)
Finished in 20mins total
My lungs broke after the 4th round so i kind of just suffered my way through it afterwards… may need to add 30s to all programmed rest periods but we’ll see. Got a pretty big exertion headache after this.
4/26/22
Sleep: 5h 43m (good quality)
ANS Recovery: -7.6
Weight: 218lb
4char
Definitely a good day for hitting 8 reps on 260 haha sick work brother
Sorry for me being 531 nazi but with a correct training max you should never be able to do just 3 reps in 90% week… 7-8 is actually normal way for it to go… Week 1 is around 10, week 2 is 7-8 and week 3 should be at least 5.
6/1/22
Sleep: 5h 28m (okay quality)
ANS Recovery: -3.2
Weight: 217.8lb
Haven’t trained since last entry. Partially due to parents being in town but moreso because i came down with some cold/flu immediately after overextending myself on prowler work… lungs did not approve.
Anyways, I’m back to work today and will be training later. Having thoughts of bailing on 5/3/1 temporarily so i can keep progressing on my cut. All the failure training, LP, or peaking programs are wreaking havok on my sleep, hormones and dietary urges. I want to come back to 5/3/1 but it’s not agreeing with trying to cut.
I’ve found a similar thing when trying to push LP. LP I think is my minds default programming when I am lazy. I just see what I did last week and try to add weight or reps. This works a few weeks, then I start to get worn out, the workouts become intimidating, and I get more fatigue.
I’ve found undulating programming to work well for me in regards to recovery. If I am feeling worn out, usually that means the next workout is a speed / explosive day, and that isn’t as taxing on me. I get to recover a bit more and then I am good.
If you want, I can paste in what I am doing (I have it in an excel). It is a bit hard to understand though haha.
How is the TRT quest going?
I appreciate the offer but I think I’m just going to run the ole PPL program and let it ride for a bit so I can get in some more frequent training without it being so demanding. I’ll get in a heavy compound movement each day and just bro it out.
I had my blood drawn last week, awaiting results currently. Once I get them and have my talk with the provider, I’m going to push for 200mg/wk | 100mg E3.5D SubQ injections. I don’t particularly care about the ester so whatever they offer - I’d rather avoid Prop and I won’t do Sust (not that I think they’d put me on that anyways). Yes, I know its backwards to go into a clinic treating it like a grocery store. I didn’t ask for any specific Dr there because I kind of already know what I want and have been reading/researching enough that I don’t believe I need specialist care tbh; I’ll be using a PA for my first visit and potentially following visits, depending.
Once I get my T dialed in, I’m considering looking into HGH or GH Peptides - unsure on cost/benefit or potential sides for peptides… I have a few months before this becomes something I need to address anyhow.
Always a good idea to push for more, and you don’t necessarily have to take it. Good to build up a little extra in case you are a week off on reordering your Test. With Defy, I found they were very strict on when you could re-order. If you were off by a week, it meant with their shipping times that you would likely miss an injection, or pay the $50 expedited shipping fees (which made it go from 2 weeks to 1 week, expedited my ass haha).
In the US, it seems Cyp is the standard. Enth isn’t even available, and Prop is something you would have to ask for. I haven’t heard of anyone getting Sust here (at least not for awhile). Defy will Rx Cyp. unless you ask for Prop (I believe).
Have you done your physical yet? I found that to be awkward saying it was for a TRT clinic. I was about 30-31 at the time. Drs can be kinda judgemental. The Dr. I used at the time was one of those judgemental ones. I don’t go to him anymore.
I was given a 6 month extension on getting it done so not yet. My primary at the VA had my bloods taken and evaluated for TRT. When my numbers came back at 335ng/dl, she said I “was still in range”… will make for an interesting follow up when I tell her I went to someone who would actually treat me lol.
Did they allow for any overlap or was it put on hold such that refills couldn’t be ordered until your current script ran out?
I think they allowed a 1 or 2 week overlap. I could be wrong? Maybe it was a set time interval and my dose just made it inconvenient? IDK. I remember that if I was a little lazy and was just like a week off from the first day I could put the order in, that it was pushing it with their standard shipping (very slow ~2 weeks, I’ve had UGL Test show up faster haha). I would usually just pay the extra $50 for fast shipping (which was still a whole week).