My first cycle ever! 500mg test enanthate a week. 6'4 265 pounds of muscle!

[FireGuy]

I can't believe you gained 18 pounds in roughly the first two weeks.

Pork chops, mac and cheese, chocolate milk, and a cinammon roll meal will do that to a guy.

[blastedlooger]

Pork chops, mac and cheese, chocolate milk, and a cinammon roll meal will do that to a guy.

Are you saying he is gaining crap weight? My diet has been fairly clean aside from the week chipotle had a buy one get one free deal. Chipotle isn't really that dirty either if you get the bowls. I might want to switch up my diet for the remainder of my cycle.

[Firstcycle]

3-11-2011

DYNAMIC EFFORT UPPER BODY/RE UPPER

Switched from db for reps to barbell for speed and ultra wide barbell for 3x8-10

DE BENCH 8x3 170. Flew up quickly, definitely under 3 second sets. What weight should I use next week? 180?

ultra wide grip bench press. First set had my index on the outer ring, but this led to shoulder pain. I did last 2 sets with middle finger on the rings.

185x10 paused, 195x9 paused, 205x9 paused. I pause on the bottom and lower slowly, explode to top.

chinups bodyweight(272)+10x8 +10x8 bwx9

face pulls medium height pulley cable 170x10 180x10

db military press standing 75x10 80x8

hammer curls 70sx10(strict form) 80sx8(not strict) grip gave out on these.

rope tri pushdown 210x10 230x8

"can opener" rotator cuff 30sx15 35x12

80 minute workout. Weight felt great.

Tomorrow is max effort lower body. Continuing paused box squats. Going for 250x4, 260x3 and 265x3 trying to add 15-25 pounds a week until form breaks down then slow progression. Will also do 3x10 natural GHR. I'm hoping to hit mid 300s before slowing down, and hopefully 405 before stalling.

[Firstcycle]

good stuff man.. it should really start kicking in during week 4 or so..

You think so? I hope so! I'm excited!

^^Haha hope so.. that's what the world looks like to me after 30 shots of whiskey

Lmao, that's hilarious.

I can't believe you gained 18 pounds in roughly the first two weeks.

I'd say a good deal of it is water weight, but the leanness is about the same so I'm happy

LOL!!! i was thinking the same thing bro

Thanks for stopping by

Pork chops, mac and cheese, chocolate milk, and a cinammon roll meal will do that to a guy.

80-90% of my meals are clean, the other 10-20% are "dirty" and typically post workout. I couldn't handle pure cleanliness in my calories. Thanks for stopping by.

My philosophy is the macros are more important than the actual food.

[FireGuy]

You think so? I hope so! I'm excited!

Lmao, that's hilarious.

I'd say a good deal of it is water weight, but the leanness is about the same so I'm happy

Thanks for stopping by

80-90% of my meals are clean, the other 10-20% are "dirty" and typically post workout. I couldn't handle pure cleanliness in my calories. Thanks for stopping by.

My philosophy is the macros are more important than the actual food.

There is actually some truth to that statement, you can stay in fairly decent condition just by keeping your calories at the right level regardless of the source. That said, are you implying you took into account the macro profiles of Pork Chops, Mac and Cheese, Chocolate Milk and a Cinnamon Roll and it fit into your daily allotment?

[Firstcycle]

I need to increase protein intake!

Yesterday's ME lower body went amazing.

Tomorrow is ME Upper body. Going for 320 pounds bench, then switching to incline or 2 board...hmm what do you guys think?

Ok, sleep then protein! Did 7th shot in left quad. 3-13-2011.

Will weigh myself tomorrow. I actually went from 272 bloated to 268 and looking a bit leaner.
I need to smash the weight up!

[Firstcycle]

There is actually some truth to that statement, you can stay in fairly decent condition just by keeping your calories at the right level regardless of the source. That said, are you implying you took into account the macro profiles of Pork Chops, Mac and Cheese, Chocolate Milk and a Cinnamon Roll and it fit into your daily allotment?

Is there anything wrong with porkchops? The serving size I had was roughly 40g protein and 300-320 calories. I monitor total calories, total protein, and make sure carbs are around activity levels and fat around bed/non activity. I hope this is a good answer, but I apologize if it is not! Thank you so much for posting in here fireguy, it means a lot

[FireGuy]

Is there anything wrong with porkchops? The serving size I had was roughly 40g protein and 300-320 calories. I monitor total calories, total protein, and make sure carbs are around activity levels and fat around bed/non activity. I hope this is a good answer, but I apologize if it is not! Thank you so much for posting in here fireguy, it means a lot

It wasnt so much the pork chops as it was the other three things added in. I bet if we were to add the macros of that meal we would have over 50 grams of fat, over 100 grams of carbs of which 50 grams of those were simple sugars. High fat plus loads of simple sugars equal expanding waistline.

I really didnt intend to turn your log into a diet thread. We all have our own goals and they should be respected. My point is when on cycle too many guys get infatuated with weight gain end up putting on way more bodyfat than intended. They see the scale moving north and convince themselves it's "mostly muscle" or they are "just holding water due to the test". In reality it's usually lots of excess bodyfat that ends up taking excessive dieting to burn off afterwards which leads to loss of hard earned muscle.

[Firstcycle]

It wasnt so much the pork chops as it was the other three things added in. I bet if we were to add the macros of that meal we would have over 50 grams of fat, over 100 grams of carbs of which 50 grams of those were simple sugars. High fat plus loads of simple sugars equal expanding waistline.

I really didnt intend to turn your log into a diet thread. We all have our own goals and they should be respected. My point is when on cycle too many guys get infatuated with weight gain end up putting on way more bodyfat than intended. They see the scale moving north and convince themselves it's "mostly muscle" or they are "just holding water due to the test". In reality it's usually lots of excess bodyfat that ends up taking excessive dieting to burn off afterwards which leads to loss of hard earned muscle.

Interesting. I am always up for diet discussion! Would you recommend the carbs come from oatmeal and such instead? Or rather I just take out the fat intake of that meal?

[Firstcycle]

saturday 3-12 ME lower body

paused box squats below parallel 135x5 205x2 230x1 for warmups then 260x3 and 265x3 for working sets. flew up quite quickly. going for 280x3 285x3 next week.

bench stepups 50s x6 x6

natural glute ham raise. bodyweight plus 2.5's in hands for 3 reps unassisted then bodyweight for unassisted/assisted 7...total 10 reps. 3 sets of 10 on these.

standing pulldown 160x20 170x15 170x15

wrist curls prnoated full ROM 185x15 205x12 205x8(grip gave out here)

all in all great workout. about 40 minutes or so. hit a buffet up afterwards for high protein

[Firstcycle]

3-14 MAX EFFORT UPPER BODY

well a few notes. I stalled on flat bench. going for incline or 2board flat next week. possibly close grip...but incline is leading in my thoughts. what do you guys recommend? weighed in at 274 today...didn't look quite as bloated but maybe I'm just getting used to it? i had to wait about 30 minutes for the bench(mondays suck) so that could have kicked me out of groove but probably just b/c i went 4 weeks in a row with same ME exercise. I need to start rotating every 2-3 weeks.

flat bench 150x5 230x2 230x2
280x2(flew up fast) 320x1(failed off chest but locked out easily)

floor press db 80x15 80x15

tbar row 3platesx10 4platesx9 4p+25x8 4p+35x9(probably going for 5p+10x8 next week)

seated power clean 25x10 25x9 25x9 25x9

bb shrugs 315x15 335x12 365x9

zottman curls 50x8 50x8 50x8.

aside from the bench, it was a great workout. I am still stalling on bottom so working on dynamic work, wide grip paused, and floor pressing. does incline next week sound good to you guys? my incline 5 weeks ago was 255x3. maybe go for 260x3 and 275x1?

I don't feel as bloated but who knows. any advice guys?