Gallowmere's Obsession, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Deadlift

[Gallowmere]

178 starting point, taken yesterday. Will get a leg shot today at some point.

[Gallowmere]

10s Accumulation Squat Day

Back Squat: 10x135/5x225/8x280/3x10x260/17x260
GMs: 3x225-8/8/5
Barbell Shrugs: 4x365-11/11/10/10
Adduction: 3x175-40/40/30
Abduction: 3x175-40/40/30

That moment when you realize that you’re retarded and used your 8s Accumulation number for 10s block. I was wondering why 280 felt heavier than it should after six reps.

[Proximal]

Ultimately your transformation from your initial pics to what I know is going to be scary-good. One word, epic. Alright 2 - f***ing epic!

[Obs]

178 starting point, taken yesterday. Will get a leg shot today at some point.

Damn man you are kicking some seroius ass!

[Gallowmere]

Damn man you are kicking some seroius ass!

Amazing what the body can do when it doesn’t have the hormone levels of a corpse, eh? Hah.

[Gallowmere]

Random fuckoff session

Unilateral Calf Press: 2x85-25/30 2x105-23/25
Unilateral Calf Raise: 4x10-30/30/30/30
Unilateral Leg Press: 3x125-15/15/10

[Gallowmere]

Also, random thing: my obnoxious ass plantar fasciitis in my left foot hasn’t hurt at all since starting the cycle. Wonder if my low tendency to aromatize has kept my E2 still a bit low for my system with TRT doses.

[Obs]

Random fuckoff session

Unilateral Calf Press: 2x85-25/30 2x105-23/25
Unilateral Calf Raise: 4x10-30/30/30/30
Unilateral Leg Press: 3x125-15/15/10

What are these

[Gallowmere]

What are these

Just some single leg shit I decided to do on what used to be an off day for me. I literally never train calves directly, so I decided fuck it, why not?

[Gallowmere]

10s Accumulation Overhead Day

Overhead Press: 10x45/4x10x100/17x100
Pullups: 5x-11/10/9/7/4
Incline DB Press: 3x65s-7/9/7
Kroc Row: 3x90-15/15/11

Not bad at all.

[Gallowmere]

10s Accumulation Deadlift Day

Deadlift:
10x135/5x225/4x10x295/16x295
Pause Squat: 5x45/3x135/5x225-4/3/5/4/4
Neck Flexion: 3x10-11/13/9
Neck Extension: 3x25-15/13/11
Neck Lateral: 2x10-17/14

Jesus Christ, I’m not sure if I was dying, getting a chubby or both near the end of that amrap.

[Gallowmere]

10s Intensification Bench Day

Bench Press: 10x45/5x140/5x155/2x10x170/13x170
WG CS Row: 4x180-5/7/6/5
Pinch Grip Side Laterals: 16x10/14x15
Pullup: 5x-7/7/6/6/7
Chest Press: 15x225/3x275-8/7/7
Weighted Ab Crunch: 3x70-15/14/9

Bodyweight has started to spike a bit (182 from a 178 start), and lifts are steadily ticking up already.

[KennyJ]

10s Accumulation Deadlift Day

Deadlift:
10x135/5x225/4x10x295/16x295
Pause Squat: 5x45/3x135/5x225-4/3/5/4/4
Neck Flexion: 3x10-11/13/9
Neck Extension: 3x25-15/13/11
Neck Lateral: 2x10-17/14

Jesus Christ, I’m not sure if I was dying, getting a chubby or both near the end of that amrap.

Is there a youtube video that would show how to do these?
Neck Flexion: 3x10-11/13/9
Neck Extension: 3x25-15/13/11
Neck Lateral: 2x10-17/14

[Obs]

10s Intensification Bench Day

Bench Press: 10x45/5x140/5x155/2x10x170/13x170
WG CS Row: 4x180-5/7/6/5
Pinch Grip Side Laterals: 16x10/14x15
Pullup: 5x-7/7/6/6/7
Chest Press: 15x225/3x275-8/7/7
Weighted Ab Crunch: 3x70-15/14/9

Bodyweight has started to spike a bit (182 from a 178 start), and lifts are steadily ticking up already.

You are gonna love this

[Gallowmere]

Is there a youtube video that would show how to do these?
Neck Flexion: 3x10-11/13/9
Neck Extension: 3x25-15/13/11
Neck Lateral: 2x10-17/14

Not that I’ve seen. I basically just lay across a bench, using my beanie as a pad, and hold plates against my head while going through the ranges.

[Gallowmere]

You are gonna love this

Oh, I already am. Exactly how much, I’ll find out here in a few hours when the gym opens. Squat day incoming.

[Obs]

Do you use any type of preworkout?

[Gallowmere]

Do you use any type of preworkout?

Usually yes, but I’m considering phasing it out as the gear kicks in.

Back before I even started TRT, I’d stack ephedrine and Nutrex concentrate, which basically gave me the old school PWO from before the ephedra ban.

Since then, I dropped the E about a year ago, and just kept the NutCon in.

[KennyJ]

You are gonna love this

If he means what I think you're just gonna love this cycle period. Looks like you have everything dialed in and looking at your pic you waited until the perfect time with your base and vascularity dude you are about to get seriously jacked!

[Gallowmere]

If he means what I think you're just gonna love this cycle period. Looks like you have everything dialed in and looking at your pic you waited until the perfect time with your base and vascularity dude you are about to get seriously jacked!

Yeah, I found out last February that I needed TRT (natural levels between 50-120, caused by a childhood case of mumps), so decided to make myself wait until I had been on said TRT for at least nine months before starting my first cycle.

Amusingly, I accomplished more with the test and E2 levels of a dead body, than some people seem to with passable hormone levels. Obs and a couple of other guys have been long time supporters of my efforts, and waiting to see exactly what would happen on my first cycle or three.

[KennyJ]

Yeah, I found out last February that I needed TRT (natural levels between 50-120, caused by a childhood case of mumps), so decided to make myself wait until I had been on said TRT for at least nine months before starting my first cycle.

Amusingly, I accomplished more with the test and E2 levels of a dead body, than some people seem to with passable hormone levels. Obs and a couple of other guys have been long time supporters of my efforts, and waiting to see exactly what would happen on my first cycle or three.

Yea I went back and saw your pics from the very beginning until now and I'm not trying to sound weird but man you have made an incredible transformation already

[Gallowmere]

Yea I went back and saw your pics from the very beginning until now and I'm not trying to sound weird but man you have made an incredible transformation already

Not weird at all. It would take a blind person, or some severe cognitive dissonance to miss the improvements that I’ve made over the last few years.

In a way though, it saddened me. Even when I had almost literally no test, I had people asking me what I was taking. I was 165 lbs. at 5’10” and because I had abs, a few guys thought I was on. I just...what the fuck has even happened to the world?

[KennyJ]

Not weird at all. It would take a blind person, or some severe cognitive dissonance to miss the improvements that I’ve made over the last few years.

In a way though, it saddened me. Even when I had almost literally no test, I had people asking me what I was taking. I was 165 lbs. at 5’10” and because I had abs, a few guys thought I was on. I just...what the fuck has even happened to the world?

Myself wasn't actually ready to cycle but I've had muscle there before from cycling a few years ago. I'm just working with very light weights to keep from hurting myself and I'm probably not going to come off except to get on TRT and then I just plan on cycling whenever I want and working myself up at my own pace. I'm not really worrying about what anyone else thinks because I'm 46 years old and I needed to start a change now. I spent a very few months in the gym easing into it and I'm just gonna be as careful as I can until I feel I can just go hard. Just being honest

[KennyJ]

I look forward to following this thread and see where your at in a few months. I think your about to see some major progress. I say that from seeing how you have your training and diet in order and if you can do what you did with no help just think about what it's gonna be like now. Happy for you.

[Gallowmere]

10s Intensification Squat Day

Back Squat: 10x135/5x240/5x270/2x10x295/13x295
GMs: 3x225-8/8/8
Barbell Shrugs: 4x365-12/12/12/10
Adduction: 2x175-40/40
Abduction: 2x175-40/40

[Gallowmere]

Random fuckoff session.

Unilateral Calf Press: 4x105-25/25/35/31
Unilateral Calf Raise: 4x20-25/30/35/30
Unilateral Leg Press: 3x125-20/20/20

Will probably keep doing these on Sundays instead of it being a rest day.

The legs need work.

[Obs]

You are lean and mean!
Great work man

[Gallowmere]

You are lean and mean!
Great work man

I’m actually starting to get a bit of that water retention starting to happen, fluffing me up a bit. It really hit me today when I kicked back in an epsom soak a few hours ago and realized that I float now. That was never a thing before. Hah.

[KennyJ]

I’m actually starting to get a bit of that water retention starting to happen, fluffing me up a bit. It really hit me today when I kicked back in an epsom soak a few hours ago and realized that I float now. That was never a thing before. Hah.

Those muscles are filling with water huh? You can actually feel your skin stretched tight over the muscle when that starts. If I had to guess you're feeling stronger than you ever have aren't you?

[Gallowmere]

Those muscles are filling with water huh? You can actually feel your skin stretched tight over the muscle when that starts. If I had to guess you're feeling stronger than you ever have aren't you?

Oh definitely. I’m hitting rep PRs across the board. I’ll be interested to see how it carries into my higher intensity blocks later on.

[KennyJ]

Oh definitely. I’m hitting rep PRs across the board. I’ll be interested to see how it carries into my higher intensity blocks later on.

If I had to guess you're about to really take off from here on. Just don't injure yourself

[Gallowmere]

If I had to guess you're about to really take off from here on. Just don't injure yourself

That’s actually why I reset myself to the higher volume lower intensity block to start the cycle. I’ll be following the same progression model that I have for over a year. It will keep the ego in check while still letting me shine a bit on the amrap sets at varying percentages. My actual training maxes only increase every three weeks, based on performance.

[Gallowmere]

Also, weighed in at 185 this morning, up from 178 the day of start. I am definitely curious to see two things: my mid-cycle bloods, and my first couple of Realization weeks.

[Gallowmere]

10s Intensification Overhead Day

Overhead Press: 10x45/5x95/5x105/2x10x115/12x115
Pullups: 5x-9/8/9/7/10
Incline DB Press: 3x65s-12/12/10
Kroc Row: 3x90-15/15/14
CG Upright Row: 2x45-15/15

Feeling pretty goddamned awesome this week.
185:

[Chrisp83TRT]

10s Intensification Overhead Day

Overhead Press: 10x45/5x95/5x105/2x10x115/12x115
Pullups: 5x-9/8/9/7/10
Incline DB Press: 3x65s-12/12/10
Kroc Row: 3x90-15/15/14
CG Upright Row: 2x45-15/15

Feeling pretty goddamned awesome this week.
185:

Bro , your transformation is sick.. your before and now pics are awesome ..

You're killing it man

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[Gallowmere]

Bro , your transformation is sick.. your before and now pics are awesome ..

You're killing it man

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Thank ya.

I’m definitely curious to see where I end up at the end of this 12 weeks of 600mg. Kinda cool to have everything documented in stages from fatty, to skinny shit, to fairly lean but still a skinny shit, to a year of TRT, and then the first cycle.

[Gallowmere]

Bringing back the tempo work. Been far too long, and I want to see how this feels on cycle.

Tempo Bike:
5 minute warmup
4x40 sec 150 watts+10 pullups/20 sec rest-5
4x40 sec 150 watts+5 HLRs/20 sec rest
4 minute active rest
4x40 sec 150 watts+10 pushups/20 sec rest
4x40 sec 150 watts+20 McGill Situps/20 sec rest

[KennyJ]

Just curious and by no means telling you to use or not to use and you probably have it posted somewhere in here but are you running any type of AI at the moment? I personally hate to use them except when absolutely necessary

[Proximal]

Good side of the bell curve. You’re going to look sick when this is all said & done.

[Gallowmere]

Just curious and by no means telling you to use or not to use and you probably have it posted somewhere in here but are you running any type of AI at the moment? I personally hate to use them except when absolutely necessary

Running 25mg Aromasin per day for the moment. I have an order in for Nolva though, and once I have that in hand, I’m going to drop the Asin for the serm and see just how my body aromatizes at 600mg.

I’ll just run that at 10mg/day up to mid cycle bloods, assuming that no other E2 related symptoms crop up (blood pressure going completely stupid, etc.) and see what everything is looking like.