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

[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?