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So back to the grind this week, counting macros and striving for two-a-days. Didn’t get there yesterday, but did have a quality chest workout, with OHPs, DB flys, incline bench, and dips. Curiously, I lost nearly 10 lbs. while on my trip last week, probably from inconsistent eating and a lot of activity. This morning, back to 225, and hit legs albeit on the Smith. Got in a full eight sets topping out at 365 and using best possible form, putting the bar as far back as I can and using my glutes more than quads to push. Warmed up and finished with goblet DB squats. I didn’t puke, but I definitely was nauseous, so it was pretty good workout.
Separate note about a phenomenon I know others have noticed. I was alone in my gym, and in the final five or so sets (the highest and toughest), I started to get crazy emotional, a mixture of tears and blind rage against anyone and everyone who’s ever done me wrong, who’s had the benefit of my forgiveness without extending the same to me, who’s disregarded my feelings when they were inconvenient, who’s forgone morality when it suited them and inflicted gratuitous pain on me in the process–all of that came crashing in on me and truly powered me through the hard sets. It was a weird sort of reverie, and I only “came to” when done with the 365 set, after which I calmed the fuck down, gathered myself, and repped 325 and then 275, then hobbled back to my apartment. Not sure what’s going on, maybe an E2 spike, I don’t know. But it was intense.
Separate note about a phenomenon I know others have noticed. I was alone in my gym, and in the final five or so sets (the highest and toughest), I started to get crazy emotional, a mixture of tears and blind rage against anyone and everyone who’s ever done me wrong, who’s had the benefit of my forgiveness without extending the same to me, who’s disregarded my feelings when they were inconvenient, who’s forgone morality when it suited them and inflicted gratuitous pain on me in the process–all of that came crashing in on me and truly powered me through the hard sets. It was a weird sort of reverie, and I only “came to” when done with the 365 set, after which I calmed the fuck down, gathered myself, and repped 325 and then 275, then hobbled back to my apartment. Not sure what’s going on, maybe an E2 spike, I don’t know. But it was intense.
I dialed it back while I was traveling last week to 25mg ED, but this week, back to 100mg ED divided into two shots, one first thing in the morning and the second before any afternoon workout. It feels great, but I’m starting to think it is more of a PWO than it is a base compound. Still running test at 200mg/week and mast at 700mg/week. So far, have not accumulated any water weight. So all good so far. Because of my week off, I can’t assess any strength increases yet, but I definitely did not go backwards even with a week off.
As well you should. I have another 10 vials of Ment on hand so that I can continue to run it at 100mgED for quite a while. I really want to see how it compares over the length of a full cycle. Getting bloods done later this week.
You are such a kind soul for remembering and inquiring! I did not get over there to have my labs draw this week, so am planning to do so on Monday. Hoping for vastly improved AST/ALT values, though I intend to continue the daily Liv52 and 200mg Glutathione shots regardless.
Had a really positive set of workouts this week. Finally was able to start doing regular DB and EZ bar curls this week, now that my left medial elbow tendon has calmed down enough to do so. I found that single arm cable press downs on that arm really helped strengthen that tendon and get me back to normal.
The ment clearly kicked in hard this week, as I went straight back to near PRs on bench and squat and hit OHPs really hard yesterday as part of a non-DL back and bis day.
Today is leg day. Will do Smith Squats, Bulgarian Split Squats, and some seated quad and hamstring extensions, as well as the dreaded abs. Think I’ll skip the run afterward though. Maybe tomorrow for that.
Finally, hit 220.8 lbs on the scale this morning. Have been striving to match your daily protein intake and averaging about 260 g/day. Once I started doing so, ironically, my weight dropped five pounds. Add three pounds for what I know is Ment water, and I’m getting pretty skinny. Just gotta find a way to get rid of the excess belly skin I now have. Will post separately about that with a pic later for some guidance.
Be well, my friend.
Had a really positive set of workouts this week. Finally was able to start doing regular DB and EZ bar curls this week, now that my left medial elbow tendon has calmed down enough to do so. I found that single arm cable press downs on that arm really helped strengthen that tendon and get me back to normal.
The ment clearly kicked in hard this week, as I went straight back to near PRs on bench and squat and hit OHPs really hard yesterday as part of a non-DL back and bis day.
Today is leg day. Will do Smith Squats, Bulgarian Split Squats, and some seated quad and hamstring extensions, as well as the dreaded abs. Think I’ll skip the run afterward though. Maybe tomorrow for that.
Finally, hit 220.8 lbs on the scale this morning. Have been striving to match your daily protein intake and averaging about 260 g/day. Once I started doing so, ironically, my weight dropped five pounds. Add three pounds for what I know is Ment water, and I’m getting pretty skinny. Just gotta find a way to get rid of the excess belly skin I now have. Will post separately about that with a pic later for some guidance.
Be well, my friend.
I have done tren, and ment is infinitely easier on the body than tren. No night sweats, no anger issues, no prostate issues, and I find the notorious E2 issues to be manageable. Yes, there are moments when I’m overly emotional (e.g., I cried when Corey Kluber threw his no-no the other night, I was so happy for the kid), but Adex at .5mg to 1mg ED does the trick.
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Happy with the progress. Keeping the ment at 100mg/ED until I run out. Should make it through July. If progress continues at the current rate (the second derivative doesn’t change), I’m going to be a happy boy. Of course, could all come to a screeching halt this next week if the liver values are still bad.
Here’s a progress pic. Very pleased for being only three weeks in.
So an update: Had a particularly great albeit oddly structured couple of workouts toward the end of last week: One day, I did nothing but hack squats on the machine until I couldn’t walk, with work sets at 405. Felt like a monster. Next day, I had what started off as a “fluff and buff” chest workout end up being serious, hitting every major chest exercise, even my bugagoo: incline DBs. So I felt justified in celebrating my wife’s recent renegotiation of her contract at her school (more money, significantly less class preps) and ate Mexican and yes, stupidly, drank some tequila. Don Julio blanco, then reposada, then anjeo. I knew better: alcohol and ment really do not mix at all, and I’m still awaiting my latest liver values to see if they’ve improved, so I had absolutely no business drinking.
But I did, and I paid for it with three fucking days–yes, three fucking days–of squirting my guts out. Oh, and major DOMs from the hack squat workout to boot. I have been absolutely miserable. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Lesson: Don’t drink on ment AT ALL. It will fuck you up, at least, it does me.
On top of all the foregoing, I apparently hurt my arthritic left shoulder the last time I did real squats. I guess I just gripped the bar too closely to my shoulders and over-rotated the damn thing. So I’ve had to start doing a lot of rotator cuff/pure shoulder exercises (which I should be doing anyway) and use BPC-157 3xED. Doing these exercises is, for me, quite a humbling experience: because my left shoulder is so fucked up, I can’t really do more than 15-20 lbs. on that side for typical delt work. All of which has reminded me to check my ego at the gym door and do what I need FOR ME to progress.
In any event, sorry for the rambling update. One change to the protocol that I have made is getting away from the longer esthers for test and mast. It doesn’t matter how I try to manage them, they always release in an unpredictable way for me, triggering E2 spikes and acne. So only propionate for me from here on out. So the current protocol is:
50mg Ment 2XED
50mg Test Prop ED
50mg Mast Prop ED
3iu non-pharm HGH 2-3XED
200mg Glutathione ED
BPC-157 and HCG as needed
.5mg of Adex EOD
10mg Cialis ED
I will run this for another eight weeks, then swap out the Ment for Tren Ace at 50mg ED for 4-6 weeks. Then cruise.
But I did, and I paid for it with three fucking days–yes, three fucking days–of squirting my guts out. Oh, and major DOMs from the hack squat workout to boot. I have been absolutely miserable. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Lesson: Don’t drink on ment AT ALL. It will fuck you up, at least, it does me.
On top of all the foregoing, I apparently hurt my arthritic left shoulder the last time I did real squats. I guess I just gripped the bar too closely to my shoulders and over-rotated the damn thing. So I’ve had to start doing a lot of rotator cuff/pure shoulder exercises (which I should be doing anyway) and use BPC-157 3xED. Doing these exercises is, for me, quite a humbling experience: because my left shoulder is so fucked up, I can’t really do more than 15-20 lbs. on that side for typical delt work. All of which has reminded me to check my ego at the gym door and do what I need FOR ME to progress.
In any event, sorry for the rambling update. One change to the protocol that I have made is getting away from the longer esthers for test and mast. It doesn’t matter how I try to manage them, they always release in an unpredictable way for me, triggering E2 spikes and acne. So only propionate for me from here on out. So the current protocol is:
50mg Ment 2XED
50mg Test Prop ED
50mg Mast Prop ED
3iu non-pharm HGH 2-3XED
200mg Glutathione ED
BPC-157 and HCG as needed
.5mg of Adex EOD
10mg Cialis ED
I will run this for another eight weeks, then swap out the Ment for Tren Ace at 50mg ED for 4-6 weeks. Then cruise.
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