BUSTER B's TES E/TREN E/TBOL CYCLE

[Buster Brown]

Ok, weighed in this a.m. at 197.5 lbs. Little disapointed but not suprised. I really tried to be good during Christmas when I usually do my bad eating and would rather have gained nothing then weight from my poor food choices. Don't get me wrong, I did indulge but only for the meals and not the appetizers. Kind of a happy medium.
I know this is only my opinion and that there are many factors involved here but I "think" the L-Stane is doing a great job at cutting down the bloat as compared to L-Dex. Yes I have made some adjustments to my diet(more like a fine-tuning) which I know also effects bloat but whenever I have done Tes in the past, I always get the bloat.

[Buster Brown]

Ok, Chest/biceps today looked like this:
Flat bench: Warm-up 135/12 225/3 275/3 working sets: 315/3 with 1 neg. 275/8 with 1 negative 245/10 racked it for 10 seconds 2 forced reps
Incline Bench: 225/7 245/3 drop set 205/6 with 2 partials
Flat flyes: 50/8 x 2 both sets performed strict with an emphasis on the negative portion of the set.

Biceps:
Staright bar curls: 135/7, 135/6(emphasis on the negative for both sets)
Straight bar preacher curls 85/8, 95/5 drop set 70/6 empasis on the neg.
One arm concentration curls 30/10 x 2 both sets to failure and performed ridiculously slow.

This was a modified HIT style routine in that I allowed for a bot more rest in between sets on flat bench and inclines, all other sets performed with 60/90 second rest intervals. I will be starting my strict HIT routine again this coming week but it was fun to play with some heavier weight.

[OnTheSauce]

Seems such a short workout. My volume is much higher. Especially on cycle

[Buster Brown]

Seems such a short workout. My volume is much higher. Especially on cycle

Yeah, it may look like that on paper but let me tell ya, my Chest and Bi's are spent. I don't see the need for a bunch of build-up sets once I get past the initial warm-up. I feel volume should vary in direct correlation to intensity

[Buster Brown]

Back to hardcore HIT training today. Trained Legs today which I usually perform a few more warm-up sets then other body parts due to the big weight jumps. I wrap on squats from 405 up and wrap on hacks from 405 up.

Quads:
Leg extensions: 3 working sets 6-15 rep range (after each set pause for 10 seconds then blast again until failure)
Squats: 135/15 225/12 315/12 405/10 425/8 455/6 (last two sets had a bit more rest)
Hack Squats: 315/10 405/7 455/3 drop set 405/2 drop set 315/6
Hams:
Leg curls: 1 warm-up, 4 working sets ( partials to failure after competing last full rep each set) Would rather have done stiff-legged deadlifts but lower back was saying "no".
Calves:
Calf raises off of Hack squat machine: 5 working sets 15-6 rep range (partial reps after last full rep of each set)

[OnTheSauce]

455x6 is pretty damn solid.

[stpete]

^^^^ Agreed!

Good stuff, Buster.

Your weight will get there.

[Buster Brown]

Thanks guys, weighed in at an even 200 lbs. today (must have been the Phad Thai over New Years ) Performed 45 minutes of fasted cardio this a.m. wanted to get into a steady jog but neither on of my shins would allow it. Had to stick with a brisk walk at a 4.5 % incline. Today is a scheduled day off from the weights but I am going turn the day off into an ab training day. Nothing over-the-top just three exercises/3 sets to failure. Sometimes abs get rushed a little on the days I'm training other muscle groups.
Can I just say that so far I LOVE this 1:1 ratio of Tes/Tren . I think I will use the same ratio when I do a Tes P/Tren A cycle in the middle of the summer.

[Buster Brown]

Ok guys, here are a couple of pics. As if my photography skills weren't bad enough, I couldn't upload some of the pic's I wanted to. Trying to keep a sense of humor, I will take some more pics this weekend and try to get some better shots. No laughing!

[stpete]

Lookin good buddy.

Backs getting some serious size! Nice.

[jrlabat]

You are diff growing buster backs looking yikky bro !

[Buster Brown]

Lookin good buddy.

Backs getting some serious size! Nice.

Told ya those weighted chins were good for something. Going to try to take a few more today if I don't throw the camera against the wall! This is week 5 and it's the first week that everything has started to kick in!

[OnTheSauce]

Yeah man. Back looking real nice!

[stpete]

Told ya those weighted chins were good for something. Going to try to take a few more today if I don't throw the camera against the wall! This is week 5 and it's the first week that everything has started to kick in!

haha...just had to rub it in didn't ya?

[Buster Brown]

Ok, this production of photos was def worth its weight in entertainment value, here's a few more pics. I know, Iknow the leg shot looks kinda gay but it will have to work for now.

[Buster Brown]

Yeah man. Back looking real nice!

Thanks bro, some of the pictures came out ok, others...not so hot. Neither my wife nor I have a clue about photography so it was a little trial and error. Hopefully by the end of the cycle I can learn how to snap a decent picture.

[OnTheSauce]

Chest looks really good in those

[Buster Brown]

Chest looks really good in those

Thanks for the kind words, I'm really trying to bring up some of my lagging body parts (arms mainly) to try to get a little more balance. I have been considering more of a high-rep routine for chest for a little more shaping. I love HIT style training for arms and feel that with a little time and patience it will pay off.
Weighed in at 201 this a.m. and haven't gained any measureable amount of body fat (according to my cheap GNC fat calipers) at this point.

[OnTheSauce]

Drop sets made my arms grow.

[Buster Brown]

Drop sets made my arms grow.

I've just re-visited doing drop sets/ negatives/and partials which are all incorperated in HIT style and think they will pay off. Have you ever checked out Marcus's thread in the AR lounge: marcus's diary? I'm telling ya that thread inspired me to do stuff I haven't done since the early 90's or stuff I just plain forgot about.

[stpete]

Lookin good, buddy.

[Buster Brown]

Lookin good, buddy.

Thanks bro. I wish you were still running your log, that was alot of fun.

[marcus300]

Ok, this production of photos was def worth its weight in entertainment value, here's a few more pics. I know, Iknow the leg shot looks kinda gay but it will have to work for now.

Buster Brown, hey first time in here
You have made some visual changes which is what its all about and I can see you growing, good idea to concentrate on the lagging muscle and hit it hard and intesne with some compund movements, Apply HIT and you wont go wrong push and make every rep count otherwise there is no point in doing it. Once you have come to failure and I mean complete muscular failure then apply either forced and negs or dropsets or if rest pause feels better take that route but at all times on your working set go to failure and beyond and personally the shorter the workout the better, once you have done the damage no need to be in there any longer, go home and feed

looking good, well done

[Buster Brown]

Buster Brown, hey first time in here
You have made some visual changes which is what its all about and I can see you growing, good idea to concentrate on the lagging muscle and hit it hard and intesne with some compund movements, Apply HIT and you wont go wrong push and make every rep count otherwise there is no point in doing it. Once you have come to failure and I mean complete muscular failure then apply either forced and negs or dropsets or if rest pause feels better take that route but at all times on your working set go to failure and beyond and personally the shorter the workout the better, once you have done the damage no need to be in there any longer, go home and feed

looking good, well done

Thanks Marcus for all the help, your advice has got me out of the rut!

[Buster Brown]

Weighed in at 202 lbs. this a.m. Love this cycle, everyday feels like my birthday! Did Chest and Bi's today via HIT style training using strict 1 minute rest between sets. I think I owed Pat a decent chest workout so here goes:
Chest:
Incline press: 135/12 (1 min) 205/12 (1 min) 225/12 (1min) 245/5 1 forced/1neg (1min) 225/5 rest 10 sec. 1 rep/1 neg
Flat: 225/8 1 neg (1 min) 245/5 1 forced/1 neg (1 min) 225/8 drop 205/6 2 partials
Weighted dips: 80/6 2 neg (1min) 60/5 2 neg (1min) 40/10 2 neg.
Incline Flyes: 40/12 (1min) 50/8 x 2

Biceps:
Straight Bar: 135 drop 115 drop 95 (can't remember the exact rep count.... min.4 max 12 reps) All three drop sets 1 min rest in between
115 drop 95
85 drop 65
Preacher Curls: 90 X ? x 3 each set taken to failure with partials done at the top to finish off each set (1 min rest in between)
Incline dbl curls: 2 working sets to failure 10 rep range (1 min rest in between)

abs: 3 sets of crunches with 15 lb. medicine ball done to failure each set (45 sec rest between sets)
3 sets of reverse crunches done to failure (45 sec rest between sets)
30 min. cardio @ 4.5% incline and 4.2 mph. Damn my shins are starting to kill me.

[Squats33]

If your shins hurt, use an elliptical. Pick a good incline and do 60% max heart rate. I usually go full resistance and keep a steady pace for 40 minutes.

[Buster Brown]

If your shins hurt, use an elliptical. Pick a good incline and do 60% max heart rate. I usually go full resistance and keep a steady pace for 40 minutes.

That's exactly what I am going to do starting today. I have never had an issue with my shins. Usually I jog at a steady pace but after lifting weights I tend to cramp up due to the H20 intake so that's why I started walking at a steep incline.

[Buster Brown]

Legs today:
Leg extensions : 4 sets 6-15 rep range
Leg press: 4 plates 20
6 plates 15
8 plates 12
10 plates 8
Squats: 135/12
225/5 feel set
315/5 feel set
405/10
455/8
480/6 *felt like I had maybe 1 more in me but my lower back was starting to really tighten up.
Stiff leg dead lifts: 135/12 185/10 225/8 255/6
Calves: 5 working sets of calf raises off of smith machine 15-8 rep range
30 minutes on eliptical

[Buster Brown]

Shoulder day:
Standing Military press 135/12 (1 min rest) 185/8 (1 min rest) 205/5 drop 175/6 with 2 partials
Seated dmbl. Military 70/12 (1 min rest) 80/12 (1 min rest) 90/10 drop 50/5 with 2 partials
Rear Delts 2 working sets ( 1min rest) 8-10 reps 1 set of cables each arm to failure w/ 2 forced reps, 2 negatives
Lateral raises Standing single arm: 2 working sets followed up with 1 set of cables same as above
Standing Front Raises: 2 working sets followed up with 1 set of cables same as above

Triceps:
Nosebreakers: 3 working sets 6-10 reps ( partials on last set)
Overhead tricep presses: 3 working sets 6- 10 reps
Tricep pushdowns: 3 working sets ( last set drop)

[Granovich]

Looking good bro!!!
nice gains and your workout routine is awesome!!!
cant wait to see this thing to the end
just out of curiosity how many cycles you ran ? im sorry if you mentioned it before i probably didnt see it

[Buster Brown]

Looking good bro!!!
nice gains and your workout routine is awesome!!!
cant wait to see this thing to the end
just out of curiosity how many cycles you ran ? im sorry if you mentioned it before i probably didnt see it

Thanks for the kind words. In my 20's (I am 42 now) I ran several Tes, Tes/Deca cycles and stopped at age 27, maybe 4 or 5 cycles total. Last spring/summer I ran my first tes only cycle in 15 yrs. to re-test the waters.

[OnTheSauce]

Beast for 42. Wouldn't have guessed that old

[stpete]

^^^^^ Easy there, patrick. That old? We're not old, we're just "older." haha....44 here.

Nice Avi there BB.

Nice work, keep it up buddy. You're doing great!

[Buster Brown]

^^^^^ Easy there, patrick. That old? We're not old, we're just "older." haha....44 here.

Nice Avi there BB.

Nice work, keep it up buddy. You're doing great!

Thanks bro, I like to think of it as we're just hitting our prime!......at least I tell myself that (haha)

[Buster Brown]

Did Back, traps, and 30 min. cardio today. Switched up the back routine a bit just to keep'em guessing. I try to put a big emphasis on the negative portion of the exercise in that the negative is twice as slow as the positive even on the warm-ups. I feel this is critical to a great workout.

Back:
Bent over rows: 135x12 (1 min rest) 225x10 (90 sec rest) 275x5 with 3 partials
Wide grip pulldowns: 120x10 (1 min rest) 150x10 (1 min rest) 175x6 with 3 partials (90 sec.rest) 200x5 with 3 partials dropset 150x5 with 3 partials
One arm dumbell rows: 70x12, 80x10, 90x6
Cross bench pull-overs (not one of my favorites) 50x12, 70x8, 80x6, one set of wide grip pull overs done off of lat machine for a finisher.
Traps:
Behind the back shrugs super-setted with seated dumbell shrugs 135x12 with 90x5, 225x10 with 90x5, 315x8 with 80x6, 405x4 drop315x5 drop225x6 (tried to count to two when holding weight in the up position on all sets)

[Buster Brown]

Ok, will be changing things up starting today. I have decided to start incorperating one of my favorite tools into the mix to start taking a little more advantage to my "new" found strength. Like anything, even the best workout needs to be changed/tweaked here and there so this it what the first heavy exercise I do each workout will look like:
Say it's chest day so Flat Bench would look like this: set 1 (warm-up 12 reps) set 2 and set 3 will be feel sets for 2 to 3 reps, set 4 (working set 3 to 6 reps), set 5 (working set 6-8 reps), set 6 (working set 10-12 reps) This will also include the regular bells, lights, and whistles of negatives, forced reps, and rest/pause which will vary. This principle will be applied to the first compound movement only, after that I will employ HIT style training for the remainder of the workout.

[Buster Brown]

Weighed in at 205 this a.m. Waaaaaayyyyyyyyy to much pasta and meatballs yesterday but it was a birthday and you still have to take some time to live.
Managed to get a chest workout in but no cardio. I def need to step up my cardio a bit, happy with the gains but don't want to contend with anymore fat then I have to in order to bulk correctly. What I mean by that is basically I prefer a clean bulk over a dirty bulk.

Chest:
Flat Bench: warm-up, feel set, feel set, 315x3 with 1 negative (wanted to go for forced rep but no spot) 275x10 with 1 negative, 255/10 rest 10 sec 2 reps
Incline: 250x5, 225x8 with 1 negative
Weighted dips: 90x8 with 2 negatives, 90x3 with 1 neg., 70x9 with 1 neg.
Flat flyes: 40x12, 50x8x2 (really focus on the negative portion of each set)
Biceps:
Preacher curls: 3 working sets, drop set on last set.
Standing Alt Dbl curls: 3 working sets
Bent over concentration curls with straight bar: 3 working sets

[Buster Brown]

Did legs yesterday along with 30 minutes cardio (treadmill set at incline). Here it is:
Leg extensions: 1 warm-up set followed by 3 working sets (12-5) rep range
Squats: 135x15, 225x5, 315x5, 405x12, 455x10, 500x6 All sets/reps performed with 20" box
Leg press: 6 plates x 15, 8 plates x 12, 10 plates x 10
Super set calf raises with leg curls: 4 working sets. Started to lose a little bit of ambition, should have taken my ECA stack!!!

[jrlabat]

500 pounds squat is yuckky bro !! How much learner you think you got though this cycle so far ??

[Buster Brown]

500 pounds squat is yuckky bro !! How much learner you think you got though this cycle so far ??

Hard to say. I dropped creatine at the start of the cycle and swear I lost 3 lbs. of pure water around my mid-section. According to my fat calipers, I have stayed about the same or maybe a half click/click in my favor. Now that I'm over 200 lbs. I'm not feeling as lean and will really watch my diet like a hawk. Just started carb cycling in an effort to maximize lean gains.