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

[Gallowmere]

10s Intensification Overhead Day

Overhead Press: 10x45/5x95/5x105/2x10x115/12x115
Pullups: 5x-9/8/9/7/10
Incline DB Press: 3x65s-12/12/10
Kroc Row: 3x90-15/15/14
CG Upright Row: 2x45-15/15

Feeling pretty goddamned awesome this week.
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[Chrisp83TRT]

10s Intensification Overhead Day

Overhead Press: 10x45/5x95/5x105/2x10x115/12x115
Pullups: 5x-9/8/9/7/10
Incline DB Press: 3x65s-12/12/10
Kroc Row: 3x90-15/15/14
CG Upright Row: 2x45-15/15

Feeling pretty goddamned awesome this week.
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Bro , your transformation is sick.. your before and now pics are awesome ..

You're killing it man

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[Gallowmere]

Bro , your transformation is sick.. your before and now pics are awesome ..

You're killing it man

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Thank ya.

I’m definitely curious to see where I end up at the end of this 12 weeks of 600mg. Kinda cool to have everything documented in stages from fatty, to skinny shit, to fairly lean but still a skinny shit, to a year of TRT, and then the first cycle.

[Gallowmere]

Bringing back the tempo work. Been far too long, and I want to see how this feels on cycle.

Tempo Bike:
5 minute warmup
4x40 sec 150 watts+10 pullups/20 sec rest-5
4x40 sec 150 watts+5 HLRs/20 sec rest
4 minute active rest
4x40 sec 150 watts+10 pushups/20 sec rest
4x40 sec 150 watts+20 McGill Situps/20 sec rest

[KennyJ]

Just curious and by no means telling you to use or not to use and you probably have it posted somewhere in here but are you running any type of AI at the moment? I personally hate to use them except when absolutely necessary

[Gallowmere]

Just curious and by no means telling you to use or not to use and you probably have it posted somewhere in here but are you running any type of AI at the moment? I personally hate to use them except when absolutely necessary

Running 25mg Aromasin per day for the moment. I have an order in for Nolva though, and once I have that in hand, I’m going to drop the Asin for the serm and see just how my body aromatizes at 600mg.

I’ll just run that at 10mg/day up to mid cycle bloods, assuming that no other E2 related symptoms crop up (blood pressure going completely stupid, etc.) and see what everything is looking like.

[KennyJ]

Running 25mg Aromasin per day for the moment. I have an order in for Nolva though, and once I have that in hand, I’m going to drop the Asin for the serm and see just how my body aromatizes at 600mg.

I’ll just run that at 10mg/day up to mid cycle bloods, assuming that no other E2 related symptoms crop up (blood pressure going completely stupid, etc.) and see what everything is looking like.

Personally I think you will like dropping it until way later in your cycle. I know everyone is different but that is a lot of Aromasin. By the way your progression so far is dang awesome

[Gallowmere]

Personally I think you will like dropping it until way later in your cycle. I know everyone is different but that is a lot of Aromasin. By the way your progression so far is dang awesome

Yeah, unfortunately every damned pill splitter I have just seems to disintegrate Aromasin tabs, and when I tried just taking 25mg eod, I quickly started getting mild but annoying ass nipple itching on the days I wasn’t taking it.

[KennyJ]

Yeah, unfortunately every damned pill splitter I have just seems to disintegrate Aromasin tabs, and when I tried just taking 25mg eod, I quickly started getting mild but annoying ass nipple itching on the days I wasn’t taking it.

If your interested in changing you can get that liquid aromasin from a research company and it makes it really easy to dose. I would hate to try and dose with a pill. Just figure I would let you know if you want to try it. Like I said I am in no way advising anything.

[Proximal]

Good side of the bell curve. You’re going to look sick when this is all said & done.

[Gallowmere]

10s Intensification Deadlift Day

Deadlift:
10x135/5x225/5x275/5x315/2x10x330/12x330
Pause Squat: 5x45/3x135/5x225-5/5/4/4/4
Neck Flexion: 3x10-18/15/12
Neck Extension: 3x25-20/20/20
Neck Lateral: 2x10-25/20

Apparently the lady hormones are finally doing their thing on my soft tissues. I had to double check the pin height for pause squats. I’m used to sitting into depth until my hips essentially hit maximum tightness. There was no maximum tightness. Just kept descending until I hit the pins and thought I had set them too high. Nope. Something something birthing hips. Hah.

[Gallowmere]

Tempo Day

Tempo Bike:
5 minute warmup
5x40 sec 150 watts+10 pullups/20 sec rest
5x40 sec 150 watts+5 HLRs/20 sec rest
5 minute active rest
5x40 sec 150 watts+10 pushups/20 sec rest
5x40 sec 150 watts+20 McGill Situps/20 sec rest

Feeling easier already.

Primed and ready for Realization week, starting tomorrow with bench. Then a viewing Friday night, a funeral Saturday morning, then squats either Saturday evening or Sunday morning.

[Gallowmere]

10s Realization Bench Day

Bench Press: 10x45/5x125/3x150/1x175/10+x190-10 completed (+0 TM)
Seated Cable Row: 3x175-12/13/10
Pulldowns: 4x130-15/14/11/12
PecDeck: 4x100-11/11/11/9
CCLR: 3x20-12/10/8
Side Laterals: 3x20s-16/14/12

Not enough to move up my TM, but still a notable improvement over last time.

[Gallowmere]

Tempo Bike:
5 minute warmup
5x40 sec 150 watts+10 pullups/20 sec rest
5x40 sec 150 watts+5 HLRs/20 sec rest
5 minute active rest
5x40 sec 150 watts+10 pushups/20 sec rest
5x40 sec 150 watts+20 McGill Situps/20 sec rest

Now to go cook food for the day and get ready for the funeral.

[Gallowmere]

10s Realization Squat Day

Back Squat: 10x135/5x225/3x260/1x305/10+x325-11 completed (+5 TM)
GMs: 3x225-9/8/8
Barbell Shrugs: 4x365-12/12/12/12
Adduction: 3x175-40/40/40
Abduction: 3x175-40/40/40

Considering what all we dealt with this weekend, I’ll take it.

[Gallowmere]

10s Realization Overhead Day

Overhead Press: 10x45/5x85/3x100/1x120/10+x130-12 completed (+5 TM)
Pullups: 4x-9/10/9/6
Incline DB Press: 3x70s-14/12/11
Kroc Row: 3x90-16/16/16
CG Upright Row: 2x45-20/20
French Press: 2x45-9/10

[Gallowmere]

Fuckoff session

Unilateral Calf Press: 3x125-25/30/30
Unilateral Calf Raise: 3x20-30/30/30
Flex Side Plank: 3x-10/10/10
Face Pulls: 2x35x47/26x73
Cable Fly: 3x94-25/20/14

[Gallowmere]

10s Realization Deadlift Day

Deadlift:
10x135/5x245/3x295/1x345/10+x370-12 completed (+10 TM)
Pause Squat: 5x45/3x135/5x225-6/5/5/4/4
Neck Flexion: 3x10-20/17/15
Neck Extension: 3x25-25/23/23
Neck Lateral: 2x10-20/25

Finally puts my deadlift training max over 500. Definitely interested to see what the next 12 weeks holds.

[Gallowmere]

Tempo Bike:
5 minute warmup
5x40 sec 150 watts+10 pullups/20 sec rest
5x40 sec 150 watts+5 HLRs/20 sec rest
5 minute active rest
5x40 sec 150 watts+10 pushups/20 sec rest
5x40 sec 150 watts+20 McGill Situps/20 sec rest

[Gallowmere]

8s Accumulation Bench Day

Bench Press: 10x45/5x135/4x8x165/15x165
Seated Cable Row: 4x175-17/16/16/14
Pulldowns: 15x130/3x175-9/8/7
French Press: 3x45-15/11/8
Side Laterals: 3x20s-18/17/15

Up to 189.2 this morning. Dropping the AI is definitely letting the water come in, and I’m stronger is every training aspect.

[KennyJ]

Gallowmere, how's it going man. Just thought I would check and see how you have felt since dropping the aromasin? I figure you are enjoying even more bulk.

[Gallowmere]

Gallowmere, how's it going man. Just thought I would check and see how you have felt since dropping the aromasin? I figure you are enjoying even more bulk.

Doing great. Weight is definitely jumping faster, and my performance is better in all respects. I’m also hearing more and more evidence that makes me happy that I’m going this route.

[Gallowmere]

8s Accumulation Squat Day

Back Squat: 10x135/5x225/3x275/4x8x285/15x285
GMs: 3x245-9/8/7
Barbell Shrugs: 4x405-9/8/8/7
Adduction: 3x180-45/45/34
Abduction: 3x180-45/45/38

[Gallowmere]

Fuckoff day

Unilateral Calf Press: 3x145-27/26/25
Unilateral Calf Raise: 3x20-35/35/32
Flex Side Plank: 3x-13/12/11
Face Pulls: 3x73-30/30/28
Cable Fly: 3x94-26/20/16

190.7 this morning.

[Gallowmere]

8s Accumulation Overhead Day

Overhead Press: 10x45/5x95/4x8x115/14x115
Pullups: 5x-13/9/11/10/8
Incline DB Press: 2x70s-13/10
Kroc Row: 2x95-16/16
CG Upright Row: 2x50-20/20
French Press: 2x50-15/14

[Gallowmere]

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

[Gallowmere]

8s Accumulation Deadlift Day

Deadlift:
1x135/225/275/315/4x8x325/13x325
Pause Squat: 1x45/95/135/185/225/4x245-3/3/2/2
Neck Flexion: 3x10-25/19/12
Neck Extension: 3x25-25/25/25
Neck Lateral: 2x10-30/26

[Gallowmere]

8s Intensification Bench Day

Bench Press: 1x45/95/135/3x150/3x170/2x8x185/13x185
Seated Cable Row: 3x175-19/17/15/11x190
Pulldowns: 15x130/3x145-13/12/12
French Press: 3x45-20/17/17
Side Laterals: 2x20s-20/16

All of the PRs, apparently.

[Gallowmere]

8s Intensification Squat Day

Back Squat: 1x135/185/225/245/3x265/3x295/2x8x320/14x320
GMs: 1x135/185/225/3x245-10/9/6
Barbell Shrugs: 1x225/315/4x405-10/9/10/8
Adduction: 3x180-45/45/45
Abduction: 3x180-45/45/45

Kinda starting to scare myself a bit, and goddamn I’m enjoying it.

[Obs]

8s Intensification Squat Day

Back Squat: 1x135/185/225/245/3x265/3x295/2x8x320/14x320
GMs: 1x135/185/225/3x245-10/9/6
Barbell Shrugs: 1x225/315/4x405-10/9/10/8
Adduction: 3x180-45/45/45
Abduction: 3x180-45/45/45

Kinda starting to scare myself a bit, and goddamn I’m enjoying it.

you are scaring me tooo

[Gallowmere]

you are scaring me tooo

Haha, all I can say is that if there’s some magical “kick-in” at week six, I’m curious to see how my Realization numbers are gonna look. xD

[Obs]

Haha, all I can say is that if there’s some magical “kick-in” at week six, I’m curious to see how my Realization numbers are gonna look. xD

Thay will look insane.
Anyone who does what you have as long as you have, is doomed for greatness

[Gallowmere]

Thay will look insane.
Anyone who does what you have as long as you have, is doomed for greatness

Really, I’ve only been at it for about two and a half years now. That barely qualifies as “intermediate” from a training age perspective. It’s just been really fucking cool to ride this absurd chain of “noob gains” the whole time, that came first from starting training, then finding out I needed TRT the whole time, then going into my first cycle.

[Gallowmere]

Fuckoff session

Unilateral Calf Press: 3x145-27/27/26
Unilateral Calf Raise: 3x20-40/40/40
Face Pulls: 3x81-26/26/27
HS 1310 Abs: 3x178-21/19/17
Side Bends: 50x20/2x40-35/35

[Gallowmere]

8s Intensification Overhead Day

Overhead Press: 1x45/75/95/3x105/3x120/2x8x125/12x125
Pullups: 5x-14/10/8/11/15
Dante Row: 4x132-16/15/15/13
Chest Press: 4x132-25/20/15/13
CG Upright Row: 3x66-20/18/18
French Press: 3x66-16/16/15

[Gallowmere]

Tempo Bike:
5 minute warmup
10x40 sec 150 watts+10 pushups/20 sec rest
5 minute active rest
10x40 sec 150 watts+20 McGill Situps/20 sec rest

[Gallowmere]

8s Intensification Deadlift Day

Vertical Jumps: 5x3
Deadlift:
1x135/225/275/3x300/3x340/2x8x365/11x365
Hex Deads: 1x135/225/275/5x315-8/7/7/7/7
Neck Flexion: 3x10-21/20/21
Neck Extension: 3x25-28/26/25
Neck Lateral: 2x10-33/31

Could had ripped a couple more, but decided to leave a little in the tank for the switch to hex deads as accessory.

[Gallowmere]

Fuckoff session

Unilateral Calf Press: 3x165-20/19/17
Unilateral Calf Raise: 3x20-35/37/37
Face Pulls: 3x90-24/25/25
HS 1310 Abs: 3x178-23/23/25
Side Bends: 3x40-32/35/35

[Gallowmere]

8s Realization Bench Day

Bench Press: 1x45/95/5x125/3x150/2x175/1x190/8+x200-10 completed (+5 TM)
Seated Cable Row: 4x190-14/13/12/12
Unilateral Pulldowns: 15x85/3x115-15/13/11
French Press: 3x55-16/15/13
Side Laterals: 3x20s-20/17/16
HLR: 3x-8/10/12

First progress on bench in a long time.

[Obs]

How long do you rest between sets on yoir progressive OL routines