[quote]PharmD Pete wrote:
Sounds like you made tremedous gain during your cycle. Congrats.
How much longer to you have on PCT?
What was your diet like during your “on” month?[/quote]
I am finishing my third week of PCT today. I have one more week to go.
I took in more than more maintance level of calories. I’m not a bodybuilder so I’m not as strict in this area. I have a goal of getting back into martial arts so I train for strength and power.
3/10/06
Deadlifts 185(7)/185(7)/185(7)
Reverse Dumbbell Lunges 55(6)/55(6)/55(6)
Lying Leg Curls 170(6)/170(6)/170(6)
Toe Press Machine 290(7)/290(7)/290(7)
Seated Calf Raises 110(7)/110(7)/110(7)
Seated Dumbbell Shrugs 65(6)/65(6)/65(6)
I moved up a full rep on each set of the deadlift. The hardest part of this exercise is doing it glove-free. My hands were killing me.
I’m going to party hard on Saturday, I hope that it doesn’t hurt my workout on Monday.
My natural month is going to involve CE2.
3/13/06
Incline Barbell Presses 185(5)/185(5)/185(5)/185(5)
Incline Dumbbell Presses 80(5)/80(5)/80(5)
Neutral-Grip Rows 90(5)/90(5)/90(5)/90(5)
Three-Point Dumbbell Rows 100(5)/100(5)/100(5)
Decline Sit-Ups 15(8)/20(8)/25(8)
I drastically changed my workout because of my weekend. I went out on Saturday and for the first time in my life, got wasted. I did shots all night long and vomited when I got home. There are many things about the night that I don’t remember. My girlfriend is moving back to Mexico so we partied hard. When I woke up Sunday morning, I felt like I had the flu. I could not eat anything all day. I was so weak. Then my girlfriend bought me some Gatorade and I felt better. Apparently, I was extremely dehydrated. Anyways, I knew my workout would be for shit on Monday so I changed the exercises for the purpose of my ego. I know strength coach Dave Tate would say all that matters is that you strain but I hate to see progress go backward due to my stupidity. Lesson learned.
ok, now anyone else, does it work? what gains can be expected? better than SD? im going to order one or the other.
3/14/06
Box Squats 225(5)/225(5)/225(4)/225(4)
Single-Leg Squats, Back Leg Elevated 40(6)/40(6)/40(6)
Back Extensions 55(6)/55(6)/55(6)
Shrugs 205(5)/205(5)/205(5)
I was a very nervous on how this workout would go. I stuck with this workout because I need to improve my leg strength. I would have been happier with 5 reps on all of my sets for box squats but my performance was ok considering this weekend’s events.
On the positive side, my shrugs went up by 2 reps on each set!
3/15/06
Dumbbell Bench Presses 80(8)/80(8)/80(8)
Incline Lying Triceps Extensions with EZ Curl Bar 70(5)/70(5)/70(5)
Supinated-Grip Pull-Ups 7/7/7
Seated Barbell Shoulder Presses - Bottom Half Only 95(8)/95(8)/95(8)
Machine Preacher Curls 90(7)/90(7)/90(6)+(1 rest-pause rep)
Dumbbell Side Bends 65(6)/65(6)/65(6)
I switched from Bench Presses with 225lbs for reps to dumbbell bench presses. Mentally, I needed a new activity. Physically, as well. I plateaued on the machine preacher curls so I added a rest-pause rep on the last set, for increased work production. I will give it one more week; taking into consideration how sick I was last weekend.
3/17/06
Deadlifts 185(8)/185(8)/185(8)
Reverse Dumbbell Lunges 55(7)/55(7)/55(7)
Lying Leg Curls 170(7)/170(7)/170(6)
Toe Press Machine 290(8)/290(8)/290(8)
Seated Calf Raises 110(8)/110(8)/110(8)
Dumbbell Shrugs 65(7)/65(7)/65(7)
My deadlifts went up by one rep on each set. I very pleased with that but it was not easy. Deadlifts never are. I took out the seated db shrugs and went back to standing db shrugs. My legs are recovering better so I will go back to standing.
3/17/06
That brings my PCT for Phera Plex to an end. My libido is still down and I have lost a few pounds. I will give Phera Plex another run but I am going to make changes to my next PCT. No Retain or AE PCT, this time. I will run nolva at 40mg ED for 4 weeks instead of 40mg ED for the first two weeks and 20mg ED for the last two weeks. I will add some tongkat ali for libido purposes and have a bottle of cia, just in case I need it.
Since my libido is not back to normal, I going to do a natural month of just 5g of creatine ethyl-ester ED. If my libidio is back by the end of the month, I will do another Phera Plex cycle.
On 3/18/06 and 3/19/06 I took EAS Creatine Monohydrate at 10g on both days because my Higher Power Creatine Ethyl Ester hadn’t come in yet. I will be using CEE for 4 weeks and determine if I can go back on Phera Plex again. I will be using 5g of CEE ED.
3/20/06
Bench Press 245(4)/245(4)/245(4)/245(4)
Incline Dumbbell Press 80(6)/80(6)/80(6)
Neutral-Grip Row 95(5)/95(5)/95(5)/95(5)
Supinated-Grip Bent-Over Barbell Row 135(6)/135(6)/135(6)
Decline Dumbbell Sit-Ups 25(9)/30(8)/30(8)
The gym was packed and I could not get on the incline bench but could get on the bench press. Go figure. The 100lb dbs were being used so I had to drop three-point db rows and do bent-over rows instead. I hate Mondays because that is when you get all the wannabes in the gym. Fridays are my favorite day to train because these fools are getting wasted.
Anyone done the PP/SD 8 weeks cycle?
The reason I’m asking is because both are suppressive and 8 weeks seems a long time to be downing this stuff as they reccomend based on the AE chart for ther cycles
Says PP for 4 weeks, Then SD and their liver product 4 weeks followed by their own PCT product.
Seems a bit much to be doing to yourself with OTC products.
3/21/06
Box Squats 225(5)/225(5)/225(5)/225(5)
Single-Leg Squats, Back Leg Elevated 40(7)/40(7)/40(7)
*Back Extensions 55(7)/55(7)/55(7)
**Barbell Shrugs 215(4)/215(4)/215(4)/215(4)
*Took one set off of Back Extensions and added it to **Barbell Shrugs. My hamstrings have really picked up in strength and size so I decided to pay a little more attention to my upper traps. I need to add strength and size to this area.
My Box Squats went up by 1 rep on my last two sets. The weight felt very heavy and this was the most that I have struggled with them. I’m thinking of changing this exercise to another. I think my CNS has had it with this one for a while.
[quote]Rockscar wrote:
Anyone done the PP/SD 8 weeks cycle?
The reason I’m asking is because both are suppressive and 8 weeks seems a long time to be downing this stuff as they reccomend based on the AE chart for ther cycles
Says PP for 4 weeks, Then SD and their liver product 4 weeks followed by their own PCT product.
Seems a bit much to be doing to yourself with OTC products.[/quote]
I know that I would not. 4 weeks of Phera Plex at 20mg ED has killed my libido. You would think I was doing a tren or deca only cycle.
I do not trust Anabolic Xtreme’s recommendations because they think you can fully recover with PCT or Rebound. What a joke! I took nolva and PCT and still experienced libido shutdown. I did not experience much testicular atrophy though.
I should probably get some tongkat ali to help with libido issues.
[quote]papi93 wrote:
Rockscar wrote:
Anyone done the PP/SD 8 weeks cycle?
The reason I’m asking is because both are suppressive and 8 weeks seems a long time to be downing this stuff as they reccomend based on the AE chart for ther cycles
Says PP for 4 weeks, Then SD and their liver product 4 weeks followed by their own PCT product.
Seems a bit much to be doing to yourself with OTC products.
I know that I would not. 4 weeks of Phera Plex at 20mg ED has killed my libido. You would think I was doing a tren or deca only cycle.
I do not trust Anabolic Xtreme’s recommendations because they think you can fully recover with PCT or Rebound. What a joke! I took nolva and PCT and still experienced libido shutdown. I did not experience much testicular atrophy though.
I should probably get some tongkat ali to help with libido issues.
[/quote]
That’s what I though too.
It’s a fucking damn shame that these supp companies can be so irresponsible with their marketing and lack of true information to the customer about how harsh these compounds can be.
3/23/06
Dumbbell Bench Press 85(8)/85(8)/85(8)
Incline Lying Triceps Extensions EZ+70(6)/EZ+70(6)/EZ+70(6)
Chin-Ups 5/5/5
Seated Shoulder Presses - Bottom Half of ROM 95(10)/95(10)/95(10)
Machine Preacher Curls 90(7)/90(7)/90(7)
DB Side Bends 65(7)/65(7)/65(7)
The db bench presses were fairly easy. I was thinking of jumping up to 90’s on my last set but wanted to conserve some energy for my other exercises. I’m thinking of taking out incline skullcrushers and adding close-grip bench presses. I didn’t have the feel to for this workout, yet. I might wait to reach a plateau on the incline skullcrushers. I just don’t like to the stress that extensions put on the elbows sometimes. The problem with an upper body workout is that I don’t want to overstress my shoulders with another movement that has range occuring at the shoulder joint. I’ll just have to see on this one.
3/24/06
Deadlifts 195(6)/195(6)/195(6)
Reverse Dumbbell Lunges 60(6)/60(6)/60(6)
Lying Leg Curls 170(7)/170(7)/170(7)
Toe Press Machine 310(6)/310(6)/310(6)
Seated Calf Raises 120(5)/120(5)/120(5)
Dumbbell Shrugs 65(8)/65(8)/65(8)
I went up another ten pounds on each set of my deadlifts this week. I really like deadlifts. Actually, I hate doing them but I like how I feel after finishing my sets. You really see someone deadlifting in the gym so it makes you unique. I’m looking forward to the heavy dumbbells that I will be using for shugs. DB shrugs have always been one of my favorite exercises, if not my favorite.
Since my libido is still not back to normal, I purchased a bottle of clomid and will be running a dose of 100mg ED for 6 days. The reason for this is that I ran nolva at 40mg ED for 2 weeks and at 20mg ED for 2 weeks. After that, I was still struggling with libido so I ran nolva at 20mg ED for 8 days (what was left in the bottle). I still was having those damn libido problems.
My PCT was nolva-only. If I ran nolva at 20mg ED and clomid at 100mg ED, I would have only 6 days left to complete my regular PCT. So that is why I am going to do the 6 days of clomid (at 100mg ED). That is probably pretty confusing so if anyone needs further explanation, I will repost a better explanation. I will still have a lot of clomid, left-over, if I need it.
I was going to do a Phera-Plex cycle this spring, I just finished using Novedex-XT(Gaspari), it`s fairly mild, and seems to benefit you as much or more after your finished taking it, as it does while your taking it?! Has anyone tried the Alpha Male after the Phera-Plex cycle?
[quote]SLERG wrote:
I was going to do a Phera-Plex cycle this spring, I just finished using Novedex-XT(Gaspari), it`s fairly mild, and seems to benefit you as much or more after your finished taking it, as it does while your taking it?! Has anyone tried the Alpha Male after the Phera-Plex cycle?[/quote]
My brother used clomid and Alpha Male for his PCT. The clomid for restoring natural test levels and helping with blood lipid profiles. The Alpha Male was used for returning libido. This can be an issue with Phera Plex, during PCT.
3/27/06
Incline Barbell Presses 195(4)/195(4)/195(4)/195(4)
Incline Dumbbell Presses 85(6)/85(6)/85(6)
Neutral-Grip Rows 100(5)/100(5)/100(5)/100(5)
Supinated-Grip Bent-Over Rows 145(5)/145(5)/145(5)
Decline Sit-Ups 30(8)/35(8)/35(8)
I was able to get back on the incline barbell press this week. I increased the weight by 10 pounds on each set. The CEE seems to be working very nicely. No bloat or stomach discomfort. The only negative is the battery acid taste. Does anyone know what 5g of CEE would be equivalent to in g of Creatine Monohydrate? For example 5g of CEE would equal 10g of Creatine Monohydrate. I speaking in terms of absorption.
Did I hear someone say " Anaconda"?!