Shadow Pro Q&A 2.0

Shadow_Pro · August 28, 2014, 12:07am

[quote]Cam1203 wrote:
Hey shadow, can you tell me what the rough estimate of how much money you spent on your very first show? From food all the way down to drugs and supplements. Or did you even use gear for your first comp?
[/quote]

This was ages ago! Everything was far from perfect and if I remember correctly all I used was 50mg of winstrol everyday, I wish I had the resources then that I do now. Diet was also far from optimal, at that time I believed in low carbs and it smacked me in the face.

I didn’t spend a lot of money on it but that was a long time ago and I don’t remember the specifics.

CrewPierce · August 28, 2014, 6:08pm

Hi Shadow,
Question for you on nutrition, I’m in the off season and planning on doing a powerlifting show in a few months but keeping my diet clean as the last thing I want to do is get fat and have to try and lose all that before stepping on stage again.

Anyway I’m getting in 50% of my carbs peri workout from Plazma but find myself shaking like a leaf in the wind about 30 minutes post workout which I’m assuming is from my blood sugar crashing. At this time I’m usually starting to eat a whole food meal of chicken and rice as I workout late at night and this is my last meal for the day.

I would love to sneak in some MAG-10 between the workout finishing and my last meal but that would mean eating my whole food meal minutes before hitting the sack.

Any suggestions on what I can do to keep rice from flying off my spoon because my hand is shaking

Thank you for all your help on here and still being pleasant to folks this close to the show haha

Westside123 · August 28, 2014, 4:32pm

Hi Shadow,

Thanks a lot for doing this. Basically I have had gyno since puberty but didnt know it so my first cycle 2 years ago, aggrivated it and the worst ever was my second cycle of test and tren. Since then its a lot less noticeable and the lumps are between the size of a pea and small marble, and as long as my nips aren’t puffy. The problem is in order to keep them under control I have to use torem, letro and caber if using tren. Its really driving me nuts, I competed in my first Physique show in july and they looked fine cause I came off test I was on 525mast, 2.5mg letro and 60mg of torem for the show.

Current cycle is 50mg prop eod, 100mg tren eod, 60mcg t3, but even at 1.25mg letro ed , 60mg torem ed, and 0.5 mg caber eod they are still puffy, they dont hurt they just look shitty. I dont wanna always be running letro at 2.5mg becuase it crushes my sex drive and hinders gains apparently.

Do you think I should drop the torem and switch to nolva?
Should I up the caber? I am kinda at a loss here and up for opinions. Surgery is out of the question because in Canada healthcare wont cover it cause of the gear and I cant afford it

michell · August 28, 2014, 5:30pm

Shadow,

My girlfriend. It’s the first time she access to post and upload. She trust so much on you.

Her status:
164 cm
114,4 lb
40 years old
2 years of training. She actually is my partner of training from 1 year ago.

NUTRITION

MEAL 1
2 scoops Mag10

MEAL 2
1 scoop Whey iso
1/2 tbsp coconut oil
1 piece of fruit like kiwi, blueberries

MEAL 3
4 oz salmon
1 cup of rice
1/2 avocado

MEAL 4
1/2 Finibar

WORKOUT
2-3 scoops Plazma

MEAL 5
4 oz red meatr
1-2 cups basmati rice or pasta gluten free
1/2 avocado

SUPPS

Workout:
60 min before, 8 Micro Pa and 1/2 Finibar
30 min before 6 indigo
During, 2-3 plazma

Personal care:
Both she and me worked in some genetic test (23andme) to customize our supplementation:
Complex B minus
Ginger Extract
Mineral Pro Elite
Artichoke Extract
Liposomed Vitamin C
Liposomed Magnesium
DIM/Sulphoraphane
Selegiline

AAS:
5 mg oxandrolone, She actually is on from 8 weeks ago
She doesn’t take any fatburner. Her metabolism is firing 24/7

GOALS
Figure physique plus antiaging care. She needs put more muscle mass and she is open to use AAS according your principles. We were planning up oxandrolone to 10 but I’m not experienced. Even we though use some GH as my observation tells me females react so well to it. We don’t like break both her progress and bodycomposition using popular strategies as I watched some disasters as well. As you know both of us do things for ourselves. We don’t have any coach o reference.

michell · August 28, 2014, 7:39pm

It’s the Before and after.

Before she started train and eat like me, took Biotest supplements and be passionate with it.

michell · August 28, 2014, 5:28pm

BTW

Someone wonders I posted nutrition plans using Biotest supplements and my Level is 0

Well, I have to juggling to order. Outside USA it’s difficult cause Biotest doen’t send to my Country and paying more than USA website. It’s only brand trust for many years ago.

It’s one of my usual orders

michell · August 28, 2014, 5:27pm

I have a doubt about me:

My gyno increased and I used 40 nolva. I’m not sure if I should use letro or increase nolva to 60. Gyno really notes in my left side. It doesn`t hurt or pain but I feel the tissue increased a lot. I’m scared but if I have to use letro:

How long time and how much?
I should have any change in my body composition? I tell you cause I put so effort to reach such condition 5 weeks out I don`t want to ruin my prep.

Thanks

CrewPierce · August 28, 2014, 6:10pm

[quote]michell wrote:
BTW

Someone wonders I posted nutrition plans using Biotest supplements and my Level is 0

Well, I have to juggling to order. Outside USA it’s difficult cause Biotest doen’t send to my Country and paying more than USA website. It’s only brand trust for many years ago.

It’s one of my usual orders [/quote]
Holy crap! 1) how can you afford that and 2) can I come work for you? haha that’s an awesome order!

Shadow_Pro · August 29, 2014, 12:02am

[quote]CrewPierce wrote:
Hi Shadow,
Question for you on nutrition, I’m in the off season and planning on doing a powerlifting show in a few months but keeping my diet clean as the last thing I want to do is get fat and have to try and lose all that before stepping on stage again.

Anyway I’m getting in 50% of my carbs peri workout from Plazma but find myself shaking like a leaf in the wind about 30 minutes post workout which I’m assuming is from my blood sugar crashing. At this time I’m usually starting to eat a whole food meal of chicken and rice as I workout late at night and this is my last meal for the day.

I would love to sneak in some MAG-10 between the workout finishing and my last meal but that would mean eating my whole food meal minutes before hitting the sack.

Any suggestions on what I can do to keep rice from flying off my spoon because my hand is shaking

Thank you for all your help on here and still being pleasant to folks this close to the show haha[/quote]

Can you post your whole diet,supplement and drug use. It could be something to do with any these factors.

If it’s hypo symptoms as you described then increasing your Plazma during the workout and sipping it 10-15 min post workout could help resolve the issue.

You can have the MAG-10 and eat the solid meal 20-30min after, you don’t need to wait longer. After you give me more info I’ll probably be able to give you more suggestions.

Shadow_Pro · August 29, 2014, 12:06am

[quote]Westside123 wrote:
Hi Shadow,

Thanks a lot for doing this. Basically I have had gyno since puberty but didnt know it so my first cycle 2 years ago, aggrivated it and the worst ever was my second cycle of test and tren. Since then its a lot less noticeable and the lumps are between the size of a pea and small marble, and as long as my nips aren’t puffy. The problem is in order to keep them under control I have to use torem, letro and caber if using tren. Its really driving me nuts, I competed in my first Physique show in july and they looked fine cause I came off test I was on 525mast, 2.5mg letro and 60mg of torem for the show.

Current cycle is 50mg prop eod, 100mg tren eod, 60mcg t3, but even at 1.25mg letro ed , 60mg torem ed, and 0.5 mg caber eod they are still puffy, they dont hurt they just look shitty. I dont wanna always be running letro at 2.5mg becuase it crushes my sex drive and hinders gains apparently.

Do you think I should drop the torem and switch to nolva?
Should I up the caber? I am kinda at a loss here and up for opinions. Surgery is out of the question because in Canada healthcare wont cover it cause of the gear and I cant afford it[/quote]

I would definitely switch the torem to nolvadex. Increasing the caber would be an option only of the gyno is related to progesterone. Unfortunately, if you are prone to gyno and already have preexisting symptoms then your only option is to stay on high doses of letro the whole time you’re on or do the surgery. Once the symptoms are very bad, your best option is the surgery.

Shadow_Pro · August 29, 2014, 12:14am

[quote]michell wrote:
Shadow,

My girlfriend. It’s the first time she access to post and upload. She trust so much on you.

Her status:
164 cm
114,4 lb
40 years old
2 years of training. She actually is my partner of training from 1 year ago.

NUTRITION

MEAL 1
2 scoops Mag10

MEAL 2
1 scoop Whey iso
1/2 tbsp coconut oil
1 piece of fruit like kiwi, blueberries

MEAL 3
4 oz salmon
1 cup of rice
1/2 avocado

MEAL 4
1/2 Finibar

WORKOUT
2-3 scoops Plazma

MEAL 5
4 oz red meatr
1-2 cups basmati rice or pasta gluten free
1/2 avocado

SUPPS

Workout:
60 min before, 8 Micro Pa and 1/2 Finibar
30 min before 6 indigo
During, 2-3 plazma

Personal care:
Both she and me worked in some genetic test (23andme) to customize our supplementation:
Complex B minus
Ginger Extract
Mineral Pro Elite
Artichoke Extract
Liposomed Vitamin C
Liposomed Magnesium
DIM/Sulphoraphane
Selegiline

AAS:
5 mg oxandrolone, She actually is on from 8 weeks ago
She doesn’t take any fatburner. Her metabolism is firing 24/7

GOALS
Figure physique plus antiaging care. She needs put more muscle mass and she is open to use AAS according your principles. We were planning up oxandrolone to 10 but I’m not experienced. Even we though use some GH as my observation tells me females react so well to it. We don’t like break both her progress and bodycomposition using popular strategies as I watched some disasters as well. As you know both of us do things for ourselves. We don’t have any coach o reference.

[/quote]

How many times a week does she train?

If she wants to use GH, something like 1iu everyday can work for anti aging but nothing more than that. If she wants to increase the anavar to 10mg it’s fine, I don’t see an issue here.

I would also drop her carbs quite a bit. For a girl that weighs 114, even with a fast metabolism it’s a it too high. Cut the fruits out of meal 2 and the rice out of meal 3. This would be a good start.

Supplement use looks good.

Shadow_Pro · August 29, 2014, 12:16am

[quote]michell wrote:
BTW

Someone wonders I posted nutrition plans using Biotest supplements and my Level is 0

Well, I have to juggling to order. Outside USA it’s difficult cause Biotest doen’t send to my Country and paying more than USA website. It’s only brand trust for many years ago.

It’s one of my usual orders [/quote]

Holy shit, now there’s a nice picture! I agree with you there, for me it’s the only trusted brand as well.

Shadow_Pro · August 29, 2014, 12:19am

[quote]michell wrote:
I have a doubt about me:

My gyno increased and I used 40 nolva. I’m not sure if I should use letro or increase nolva to 60. Gyno really notes in my left side. It doesn`t hurt or pain but I feel the tissue increased a lot. I’m scared but if I have to use letro:

How long time and how much?
I should have any change in my body composition? I tell you cause I put so effort to reach such condition 5 weeks out I don`t want to ruin my prep.

Thanks

[/quote]

Keep nolva at 40mg and add letro at 2.5mg eod. It won’t ruin your prep, it will only make you drier. However, it will probably hurt your sex drive and cause some joint pain. You don’t need to change anything in your diet because of it either.

michell · August 29, 2014, 9:49am

[/quote]

How many times a week does she train?

If she wants to use GH, something like 1iu everyday can work for anti aging but nothing more than that. If she wants to increase the anavar to 10mg it’s fine, I don’t see an issue here.

I would also drop her carbs quite a bit. For a girl that weighs 114, even with a fast metabolism it’s a it too high. Cut the fruits out of meal 2 and the rice out of meal 3. This would be a good start.

Supplement use looks good.
[/quote]

She trains everyday.

Legs - Heavy
Legs - Pump
Glutes
Shoulder - Heavy
Shoulder - Pump
Back
Arms

Instead do any kind of cardio, we increased frequency of training. In fact it’s the way she are evolving faster and faster. And plazma, indigo and microPa let her pushing hard and recover so good.

She is on anavar for 8 weeks right now. How long time a female is able to be on? and how long time should rest between cycles?

Depending on you answer we increase it to 10 or not.

How do you split anavar dose for her?
Whats the best timing to take 1 UI of GH?
Legs are her weak point (she has a lot of course, just is a newbie in 40s trying to learn how to focus on training). She used to has fat around knees and specially above. What is you recommendation for a improve female legs? Would your HIIT protocol 2:2 on starimaster be a good tool?

Thanks!

CrewPierce · August 29, 2014, 1:48pm

[quote]Shadow Pro wrote:

[quote]CrewPierce wrote:
Hi Shadow,
Question for you on nutrition, I’m in the off season and planning on doing a powerlifting show in a few months but keeping my diet clean as the last thing I want to do is get fat and have to try and lose all that before stepping on stage again.

Anyway I’m getting in 50% of my carbs peri workout from Plazma but find myself shaking like a leaf in the wind about 30 minutes post workout which I’m assuming is from my blood sugar crashing. At this time I’m usually starting to eat a whole food meal of chicken and rice as I workout late at night and this is my last meal for the day.

I would love to sneak in some MAG-10 between the workout finishing and my last meal but that would mean eating my whole food meal minutes before hitting the sack.

Any suggestions on what I can do to keep rice from flying off my spoon because my hand is shaking

Thank you for all your help on here and still being pleasant to folks this close to the show haha[/quote]

Can you post your whole diet,supplement and drug use. It could be something to do with any these factors.

If it’s hypo symptoms as you described then increasing your Plazma during the workout and sipping it 10-15 min post workout could help resolve the issue.

You can have the MAG-10 and eat the solid meal 20-30min after, you don’t need to wait longer. After you give me more info I’ll probably be able to give you more suggestions.
[/quote]

I’m not currently taking any drugs but my diet and supplement use is:

Meal 1: 50 grams whey isolate with 4 Flameout

Meal 2: 1 cup egg whites
1 whole egg
40 grams of carbs from grits
multi vitamin

Meal 3: 8oz 95% lean grass fed beef
40 grams of carbs from quinoa

Meal 4: same as meal 3

Pre-workout: 1 scoop whey isolate with cinnamon and freeze dried coffee - I have a long ass commute 45min or more from my office to my house so I drink this in the car mostly to stay awake during rush hour

         Finibar 30 minutes before heading to the gym with Micro-PA

Workout: 3 servings Plazama

Meal 5: 8oz chicken
40 grams of carbs from brown rice
multi vitamin
2 more Flameout

Currently 213 pounds with just under 10% body fat (I get it tested every week), 30 years old this weekend (blah).

Thank you for your help!

doom44 · August 30, 2014, 12:48am

Hi Shadow, is IFBB pro show have any drug test? If yes, how you guys pass the drug test?

olyfts2241 · August 30, 2014, 1:19am

Hi Shadow –

I am an MPD competitor 12 weeks out of nationals. I believe I have a legitimate shot at the top 5 and pro-card based on my win this year in a large regional show. I stayed lean in my offseason and have full abs and minimal lower back fat.

I have been on 900mg test cyp and 150mg tren ace for the past 6 weeks (weeks 18-12) with 5iu hgh/day split am and pre-workout.

I was wondering if you could provide your recommendations on my proposed PED plan for the next 12 weeks leading up to the show. Here it is:

Weeks 12-6
Test Cyp - 900mg/week
Tren A - 150mg/week
NPP - 600mg/week

Weeks 6-0
Test Prop - 900mg/week
Tren A - 400mg/week
Mast P - 400mg/week
Var - 75/day split 2x daily
Proviron - Taper up from 50mg/day to 150mg/day in final week

Will continue using HGH at 5iu/day split 2x day
On week 10 I will start adding in T3 at 25mcg and incrase by 12.5mg based on progress, same with Clenbuterol (starting at 40 working up in 20mcg increments)

In terms of AI’s I will use 1mg Adex EoD until 5 weeks out, then 1mg ED. Will bump to 2 mg ED in final 2 weeks.

Since I am quite lean right now I was thinking about running pre-workout insulin/gh for the next 4-5 weeks and add in an oral like Dbol, Tbol or Drol to see if I can get a bit of extra size.

Let me know what you think!!

Shadow_Pro · August 30, 2014, 7:23am

She trains everyday.

Legs - Heavy
Legs - Pump
Glutes
Shoulder - Heavy
Shoulder - Pump
Back
Arms

Instead do any kind of cardio, we increased frequency of training. In fact it’s the way she are evolving faster and faster. And plazma, indigo and microPa let her pushing hard and recover so good.

She is on anavar for 8 weeks right now. How long time a female is able to be on? and how long time should rest between cycles?

Depending on you answer we increase it to 10 or not.

How do you split anavar dose for her?

Whats the best timing to take 1 UI of GH?

Legs are her weak point (she has a lot of course, just is a newbie in 40s trying to learn how to focus on training). She used to has fat around knees and specially above. What is you recommendation for a improve female legs? Would your HIIT protocol 2:2 on starimaster be a good tool?

Thanks!

12 weeks would be the max and at least 3/4 of that time off, so 8 weeks off.
Before workout and before bed 5 & 5
60-90 min preworkout
The Stairmaster would be a great tool for her as well. Also, high frequency training for females and beginners specifically is good idea. Even 3 times a week would work well.

Shadow_Pro · August 30, 2014, 7:31am

[quote]CrewPierce wrote: