4th cycle, 3rd week, sust and deca
I'm currently in my 3rd week of my 4th cycle, stacking sustenon 250 with Deca and Russian (Akripin) D-bol. So far I have been on 250mg of sust, 200mg of Deca EW, and 25mg of d-bol ED. While this is my fourth cycle, it is my first cycle in over five years, three and a half of those years being spent doing no training at all. I have been back training for about four and a half months and now think, after starting this cycle, that I have started a cycle too early and should have given my body time to get back to the levels I left off at. It is too late now and so I plan to continue the cycle to it's end then stay off for about nine months. I will also point out that this is the first cycle in which I will be noting my gains and losses.
I have gained 14lbs in body weight since starting the cycle, and today increased each dumbbell in a military press by 11lbs (I last did the exercise 2 weeks ago). My muscles are hard as hell, and I'm upping the dose to 500mg of sust EW this week (I'm tapering, a "pyramid cycle", even though it's frowned upon by many so no more comments on it please).
16/06/04 - Have noticed today that I have testicular shrinkage. This is the first time this has happenned to me on a cycle, at least it's the first time that I've noticed. This is obviously a well known side effect, so on the bright side of things it's more proof that my juice is real. I have pct so now, given the fact that I still have at least 5 weeks to go, I will look into the best time to start it, a little earlier than planned given the signs of these "sides". I know these are normal and well documented side effects (also well documented is the fact that these "sides" are reversible) and so still plan to go on with my pyramid.
20/06/04 - Up'd dose of sust on Friday by 250 mg, it is now Sunday. Trained legs on Friday and added 120 lbs on leg press to the weight which I did last. This may seem like a large increase, but I am still 140 lbs out from the weight I was doing four years ago, so while the juice is obviously boosting me, my muscles are remembering the load they used to be able to take. Since the jab and training on Friday, my legs have become noticeably larger and are obviously getting back to their old size. Yesterday and today however I am feeling a little woosy in my head. This I am putting down to the increase in dose of the sust. I am supposed to be starting 50 mg ED of Oxy's tomorrow, but am not sure if this is a good idea or not. I will decide tomorrow. As of tomorrow my peak two weeks start in my pyramid.
21/06/04 - Woke up this morning after a good sleep. Head felt quite clear, but I still decided against taking the Oxy's. I am however still going to go ahead with my 200mg jab of Cypionate mid week (Wednesday) as I will only be doing this for two weeks. Some would say it's a waste, pointless etc, but I know from previous experience I get a good kick from Cyp, and that is what pyramiding is all about! Hit the gym and did chest. Added 44 lbs to my Bench Press but fell two reps short of where I had maxed out with my highest weight last week. 22 lbs heavier was no problem, managed 6 reps easily. Also increased my Dumbbell flat press by 11 lbs each DB, but again fell short by two reps from where I maxed out last week. Did all presses today, so don't know if I increased on flyes and pec deck which I did last week. These new weights are all Personal Bests, surpassing the weight I was lifting when I finished training three and a half years ago, so hopefully that means that new muscle is now being developed not just old muscle being re-awakened, in my chest at least.
22/06/04 - Back workout. Got back to max weight of 3 and a half years ago on one arm rows today. First time since I started back, an improvement of 44 lbs on the last time I did this exercise two weeks ago. I think I might have been able to better it, but my lower back injury meant that I did not want to push it as it started to pain with the strain when I got to 4 reps with each arm (at least it's symmetrical). My pull downs were the heaviest I have done, lifting the whole stack for 4 reps in 3 consecutive sets, don't know what sort of weight that is, but it's 20 blocks (warm ups to some of the guys (and gals) on this forum!).
23/06/04 - Shoulder workout. Pre-exhausted my delts this week with lateral raises. This is the first time in the four months I have been back training that I have done this exercise, and can't remember what weight I was lifting x years ago, so have nothing to gauge the progress by. However, even exhausting them I managed to lift 22 lbs more in a seated military press with a barbell than I had done with a barbell two weeks ago for a fairly comfortable 6 reps. I went 22 lbs heavier and managed 3 reps, but every one was with aid from my spot and he said the last one he was giving a lot of help behind. Due to my lower back problems I can only perform seated shrugs so I knocked out ten sets of these. I used the same weight I used last week, but was much comfier shrugging it and managed to hold the squeeze for each rep for 4 sets of 6 reps with this weight. So there is a little improvement in the trap area, but the session I gave them last week was a sham so the reason for the lesser improvement no doubt lays here. Also had my shot of Cyp today. Have been in a good mood all day, and I remember a similair effect the last time I took it. Hope it's the real deal.
24/06/04 - Started out with Bi's (after the usual 25 mins of bikes and rowers) and from the outset felt sluggish. This is something I was feeling in the first week or two of doing this cycle, I didn't notice it last week, but this week it has been creeping up on me throughout the week and today by the end of my session I felt like crumpling on the floor and failed to even start my final set when I set out to do it. That said, I did show slight improvement. I managed an extra rep 4 sets in a row with the same weight I maxed out at 1 rep on last week (seated dumbbell curls) and the form and handling of the weight was a lot better this week too. With tri's I managed a weight for 8 reps easily when I did it for 6 reps last week and the particular exercise I did this on was my final exercise for tri's! It was actually one of my last sets for the day (before I failed).
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