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

[Gallowmere]

PM Session

Tempo Bike:
5 minute warmup
10x40 sec 140 watts+10 pushups/20 sec rest
5 minute active rest
10x40 sec 140 watts+20 situps/20 sec rest

[Gallowmere]

AM Session

Fasted Tempo Bike:
5 minute warmup
10x40 sec 160 watts+10 pushups/20 sec rest
5 minute active rest
10x40 sec 160 watts+20 situps/20 sec rest

Note to self: trim off the winter rug of body hair before thinking you’re getting fat on a bulk. Up to 170.8, from my starting point of 163 in September. Getting a bit fluffy, but given my recent bloodwork revelations, I cannot bitch too much.

[Gallowmere]

AM Session

Fasted Aerobic Bike:
2x15 minutes at 110 watt/7.5 minutes active rest

Overhead work this afternoon.

[Gallowmere]

8s Intensification Overhead Day

Clean and Press: 5x45/3x95/7x3x110/10x110
Snatch to Klokov Press: 5x45/3x65/4xFx95-10/7/6/6
Landmine Rows: 12x45/12x90/12x135/7x160/6x160
Pullups: 5xF-13/11/6/8/7
Hammer Curls: 10x35/8x40/6x40

[Gallowmere]

8s Intensification Deadlift Day

Deadlift: 5x135/3x225/1x275/7x3x305/10x305
Leg Press: 12x135/10x225/10x315/5x405/3x10x455
Calf Press: 15x135/15x225/15x315/5x405/3xFx455-13/11/11
Unilateral HS Curl: 3xFx100-12/10/11
Unilateral Leg Ext: 3xFx100-10/9/10
Side Bends: 4x10x90

Tempo cardio this afternoon.

[Gallowmere]

PM Session

Tempo Bike:
5 minute warmup
10x40 sec 140 watts+10 pushups/20 sec rest
5 minute active rest
10x40 sec 160 watts+20 situps/20 sec rest

[Gallowmere]

AM Session

Fasted Tempo Bike:
5 minute warmup
10x40 sec 160 watts+10 pushups/20 sec rest
5 minute active rest
10x40 sec 160 watts+20 situps/20 sec rest

[Gallowmere]

AM Recovery Session

Fasted Aerobic Bike:
5 minute warmup
2x15 minutes at 110 watt/7.5 minutes active rest

Just ten hours until my first TRT appointment. We’ll see how this goes.

[cousinmuscles]

AM Recovery Session

Fasted Aerobic Bike:
5 minute warmup
2x15 minutes at 110 watt/7.5 minutes active rest

Just ten hours until my first TRT appointment. We’ll see how this goes.

Remember, you forgot how it is to have a libido, your relationship is in a crisis, you can barely get out of bed in the morning, your muscles ache at the slightest workload et.c.

[Gallowmere]

Remember, you forgot how it is to have a libido, your relationship is in a crisis, you can barely get out of bed in the morning, your muscles ache at the slightest workload et.c.

Yeap, and I’m even putting my bench session off until tomorrow, because I don’t want to go in there with what passes for a pump on me. Haha.

[Gallowmere]

8s Realization Bench Day

Bench Press: 5x45/5x110/3x135/2x155/1x165/8x+175-8 (+0 TM)
Dumbbell Row: 8x65/8x70/8x75/8x80/10x85
Incline DB Bench: 12x60/9x65/8x65/5x65
Unilateral Cable Rows: 10x75/6x90/7x90/6x90/7x90

Meh, same shit, different day.

Tempo cardio this afternoon.

[cousinmuscles]

How did the appointment go?

[Gallowmere]

How did the appointment go?

Doctor agreed with everything I had to say. Due to SoP though, he needs another confirmed low level. So, I had the draw for that about an hour and a half ago, and the doc will call me as soon as they get the lab results.

Assuming the confirmed low level, he’ll call me in a script as soon as they get the result. Then I go pick the stuff up, go back to them so they can tell me how to pin and see me do it (already watched a shitload of videos, but they need to see me do it properly, because apparently most people are retarded). After that, pull bloods in 6-9 weeks to see where I stabilize, and go from there.

[Gallowmere]

PM Session

Tempo Bike:
5 minute warmup
10x40 sec 140 watts+10 pushups/20 sec rest
5 minute active rest
10x40 sec 140 watts+20 dead bugs/20 sec rest

[Gallowmere]

8s Realization Squat Day

Vertical Jumps: 3x3
Back Squat: 5x135/5x165/3x195/2x230/1x245/8x+260-9x completed (+2.5 TM)
Good Mornings: 3x10x155
RDL: 3xFx225-14/9/8
1400 Machine Crunches: 20x120/20x135/18x150/13x150

Second blood test confirmed trash tier test levels. Script in, and awaiting pickup of my Test E.

[cousinmuscles]

Congrats!

[Gallowmere]

Congrats!

Thank ya.

And boom goes the natty card, courtesy of 50mgs of Watson Test-E to the quad.

[Gallowmere]

PM Recovery Session

Aerobic Bike:
5 minute warmup
2x15 minutes at 110 watt/7.5 minutes active rest

[Gallowmere]

AM Session

Fasted Tempo Bike:
5 minute warmup
10x40 sec 160 watts+10 pushups/20 sec rest
5 minute active rest
10x40 sec 170 watts+20 dead bugs/20 sec rest

Holy shit that felt effortless, especially given that I hit squats yesterday. I don’t give a fuck if it is a form of placebo (test is pharma, but it’s not like I should be getting anything out of it 15 hours in), I’ll take it.

[MuscleScience]

Thank ya.

And boom goes the natty card, courtesy of 50mgs of Watson Test-E to the quad.

Is that every couple of days?

[Gallowmere]

Is that every couple of days?

Every 3.5. He wanted to start me at 100mg/week, check bloods after 6 weeks and adjust up or down as needed, depending upon how it affects me. Middle of the road dosing to start, and all of that.

[Gallowmere]

AM Recovery Session

Aerobic Recumbent Bike:
5 minute warmup
3x10 minutes at 100 watt/5 minutes active rest

Overhead work this afternoon.

[Gallowmere]

8s Realization Overhead Day

Clean and Press: 5x45/5x75/3x90/2x105/1x115/8x+120-9 completed (+2.5 TM)
Snatch to Klokov Press: 5x45/3x65/1x85/2xFx105-8/4
Landmine Rows: 12x45/12x90/12x135/10x160/8x160
Pullups: 5xF-17/12/8/10/9
Hammer Curls: 10x35/8x40/7x40

PRed literally everything. No changes to food, sleep or anything else. Dafuq?

[Gallowmere]

8s Realization Deadlift Day

Deadlift: 5x135/5x210/3x250/2x295/1x315/8x+335-8 completed (+0 TM)
Leg Press: 10x135/10x225/10x315/5x405/3x10x455
Calf Press: 15x135/15x225/15x315/5x405/3xFx455-17/15/12
Unilateral HS Curl: 3xFx115-6/7/7
Unilateral Leg Ext: 3xFx115-7/8/7
Side Bends: 4x8x100

Need for more kcals confirmed. Between the scale slipping down slightly, and my goddamned lifting belt moving all over the place this morning, 3150 is clearly not enough.

Tempo cardio this afternoon.

[Gallowmere]

PM Session

Tempo Bike:
5 minute warmup
6x40 sec 150 watts+10 pushups/20 sec rest
5 minute active rest
6x40 sec 150 watts+20 dead bugs/20 sec rest

[Gallowmere]

AM Recovery Session

Fasted Aerobic Bike:
5 minute warmup
2x15 minutes at 110 watt/7.5 minutes active rest

Second pin this morning; went for ventroglute and zero issues. I know I don’t really need to use the big sites (or even IM) for this TRT dose, but I figure screw it, get them broken in on small amounts of oil, in case I decide to run cycles in the future.

[Gallowmere]

5s Accumulation Bench Day

Bench Press: 5x45/3x95/1x135/5x5x155/12x155
Dumbbell Row: 8x70/8x80/8x85/9x90/8x95
Incline DB Bench: 8x65/8x70/6x75/5x75
Cable Rows: 10x145/10x160/8x175/8x175/7x175



Something something post bench vanity picture. More of a mile marker, as this 5s block will be my first with full TRT dose in effect. At 3400 kcals/day.

Tempo cardio this afternoon.

[Gallowmere]

PM Session

Tempo Bike:
5 minute warmup
10x40 sec 140 watts+10 pushups/20 sec rest
5 minute active rest
10x40 sec 140 watts+20 dead bugs/20 sec rest

Squats in the morning.

[Gallowmere]

5s Accumulation Squat Day

Vertical Jumps: 6x3
Back Squat: 5x95/3x135/1x185/5x5x230/10x230
Good Mornings: 3x12x135
RDL: 3xFx205-12/11/10
1400 Machine Crunches: 20x135/20x150/15x150

Recovery cardio this afternoon.

[Gallowmere]

PM Recovery Session

Aerobic Bike:
5 minute warmup
2x15 minutes at 110 watt/7.5 minutes active rest

[Gallowmere]

AM Session

Fasted Tempo Bike:
5 minute warmup
10x40 sec 160 watts+10 pushups/20 sec rest
5 minute active rest
6x40 sec 170 watts+20 dead bugs/20 sec rest

[Gallowmere]

AM Recovery Session

Fasted Aerobic Bike:
5 minute warmup
15 minutes at 110 watt/7.5 minutes active rest
10 minutes at 110 watt/5 minutes active rest

Overhead work this afternoon.

[Gallowmere]

5s Accumulation Overhead Day

Clean and Press: 5x45/3x65/1x85/5x5x105/12x105
Snatch to Klokov Press: 5x45/3x65/1x85/3xFx105-7/6/2
Landmine Rows: 10x45/10x90/10x135/10x160/10x160
Pullups: 5xF-17/13/9/10/9

[Gallowmere]

AM Session

Fasted Tempo Bike:
5 minute warmup
8x40 sec 140 watts+10 pushups/20 sec rest
5 minute active rest
8x40 sec 140 watts+20 dead bugs/20 sec rest

Deadlifts this afternoon.

[Gallowmere]

5s Accumulation Deadlift Day

Deadlift: 5x135/3x225/1x275/5x5x295/9x295
Leg Press: 10x135/10x225/10x315/5x405/3x10x455
Calf Press: 15x135/15x225/15x315/5x405/3xFx455-18/16/15
Unilateral HS Curl: 3xFx85-17/16/14
Abduction: 32x120/28x140/21x170
Side Bends: 4x8x100

Note to self: adduction/abduction machines are easily maxed bullshit, unfit to challenge even the glutes of tiny women.

[Gallowmere]

AM Recovery Session

Fasted Aerobic Bike:
5 minute warmup
2x15 minutes at 110 watt/7.5 minutes active rest

[Gallowmere]

5s Intensification Bench Day

Bench Press: 5x45/3x95/2x145/2x160/3x5x170/8x170
Dumbbell Row: 8x70/8x80/8x90/8x95/10x100
Incline DB Bench: 8x70/8x75/6x75/5x75
Cable Rows: 10x160/10x175/9x175/8x175/7x175

Tempo cardio this afternoon.

[Gallowmere]

PM Session

Tempo Bike:
5 minute warmup
8x40 sec 140 watts+10 pushups/20 sec rest
5 minute active rest
8x40 sec 140 watts+10 ab wheel rollout/20 sec rest

Squats in the morning.

[BG]

5s Accumulation Bench Day

Bench Press: 5x45/3x95/1x135/5x5x155/12x155
Dumbbell Row: 8x70/8x80/8x85/9x90/8x95
Incline DB Bench: 8x65/8x70/6x75/5x75
Cable Rows: 10x145/10x160/8x175/8x175/7x175



Something something post bench vanity picture. More of a mile marker, as this 5s block will be my first with full TRT dose in effect. At 3400 kcals/day.

Tempo cardio this afternoon.

Good job!

[Gallowmere]

5s Intensification Squat Day

Vertical Jumps: 5x3
Back Squat: 5x95/4x135/1x185/2x215/2x240/3x5x255/8x255
Good Mornings: 12x135/8x155/6x185
RDL: 12x185/12x225/10x275
Weighted Crunches: 20x45/16x70/3x90