Haven’t figured out neuro type yet, but I seem to get consistently better with volume. I don’t peak all that well. It seems sets of 5 and 3 do well for me. When I’m doing those it seems i am about max strength. Maybe I detrain a bit with peaking? Like when I’m doing sets of 5, I can hit heavy weight for 1 almost better than if I spend some time working in the double range.
I’ve been doing 4x5 with deadlifts, and this past week hit a 600 lb deadlift, which was a 25 lb pr. Last time I tried 585 I missed it, and that was doing like 3x2 working up to it in the previous weeks.
For what’s it’s worth, I know some pretty strong dudes, and they have consistently said stuff like 500 mg test doesn’t do much for them, allows for recovery, etc. I think the guys who really blow up in size and strength often were not very strong, or developed, and if they were, they typically are over responders with good genetics. It is typical to see a guy go from a 200 lb bench to a 250 bench in a first cycle. It isn’t typical to see a guy go from a 350 bench to a 400 bench with the first cycle (additionally the percentage gain is smaller).
Just wanted to make sure this doesn’t get lost in your comment and passed over without being acknowledged. *** Congratufuckinlations on the 600-pound pull man! ***
I tussled with 600 at silver dollar (18”) height when I was feeling’ froggy one day. I got it up but form was disgusting and I nearly blacked out. I can’t imagine pulling that off the floor.
Starting! At 3,200 and tapering down 10% each week. So…
3,200
2,900
2,600
2,300
2,000
Week 6, right here, I’ll reassess how things are going and probably stay at 2,000 for remainder.
The measurable goal is 20 pounds of fat. Assuming I lose zero muscle, this will put me at 10% body fat.
Qualitatively, if I become satisfied with my leanness at any point, I will end the cut on the spot and switch back to bulking. I HATE CUTTING and will not do it a day longer than I have to.
Hate to be ‘that guy’ but its not going to happen that way even with assistance. I don’t personally like your plan either. Sure there will be metabolic adaptation but your dropping too quick IMO. At you height, weight, and assuming decent activity level you should cut at 2700cals for 4-6 weeks. Then drop 2-300, rince repeat. Shoot for 16 week cut like the competitors do. Too quick and you will waste away positive muscle.
Just keep in mind that when you lose some muscle in a cut, it seems to come back quick and with little fat if you do things a little bit properly.
Because of that nugget of knowledge (it seems true for me at least), I now just cut on TRT, and blast to make muscle gains (at least this is going to be my strategy after the cut / recomp with high test didn’t work out as well as I thought).
3/22/21: So, cycle’s back on, with slight change. I’ll be running 300Test/wk, 400Primo/wk, pinning daily. Calories at maintenance right now, until I see how my body reacts to Primo, then start tapering down.
First shot last night. So far, I notice:
My armpits are sweating like crazy
My face is oilier.
My mood is waaaaaay better!
I’m immediately more vascular, which is really hard to comprehend. I just saw my bicep vein for the first time in almost a year.
Will keep y’all posted with thoughts and pics as always.
Well I am really late to the party but I wanted to post how much I enjoyed reading this cycle log. The advice the conversations were the best. Thanks Professor_Hulk for an excellent thread.
Now I need to go research the acronym NPP since I have never heard of that one. This is what happens when you leave the forum for a year or two.
EDIT: Nandrolone phenylpropionate ( NPP ), or nandrolone phenpropionate , sold under the brand name Durabolin among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS)
So how long has the acronym NPP been around for plain old deca?
Starting! At 3,200 and tapering down 10% each week. So…
thanks for the pep talk fellas! Challenge accepted!!!
False start, on the Professor, 5 yard penalty, still 1st down.