Wanted to create a thread to share and track my progress, learn from you guys, and use this thread as a tool to keep myself accountable during my first cycle.
Stats: 31, 5'6, 165
Bodyfat: high
Background: Lifting off and on for 15 years, not knowing how to train for most of it (failure every set, watching established IFBB pros do high-rep sets not realizing they were maintaining and did not get to where they are that way etc.) Eating over the years has been solid but solid in the way a health-enthusiast might like, but not a bodybuilder. My macros were roughly moderate protein, low carb, and healthy fats without counting calories. My approach for the longest time was simply lift weights and eat mostly clean and you'll look alright. I've taken more seriously over the past few years but I have a metric fuck-ton to learn. I think that understanding that you really don't know shit is a great way to keep yourself open to continuous learning.
Anyway, onto the cycle. My goal is to take advantage of virgin receptors and gain as much size as I can during this cycle.
Sticking to the basics:
Weeks 1-12: 250mg Test E every 3.5 days
Weeks 1-14: 250iu hCG every 3.5 days; 10mg Nolva ED
Weeks 15-18: Clomid 75/50/50/50; Nolva 40/20/20/20
Monitoring BP & pre, mid, post PCT bloodwork
I'm currently 5 days after first pin. Week 1 diet has been only slightly modified from a post our very own GearHeaded suggested. I won't break down my calories/macros at this point but the main change i've made in the last two months has been: not being afraid of carbs and reducing fats correspondingly, and increasing my calories to ~300-600 above mifflin st-jeor maintenance. I will have to watch myself in the mirror and track better to get a better idea of my actual maintenance to eat above it enough but not get super fat.
GearHeaded sample diet (amounts omited for simplicity) :
Meal 1: whey, milk, oats, spoon peanut butter, banana
Meal 2: ground beef, eggs, cream of rice, apple
Meal 3: chicken, rice, mixed veggies, olives
Meal 4: whey, bagel
Meal 5: steak, potato, salad veggies, olive oil
Meal 6: salmon, shrimp, butter, rice, avocado, carrot
I also highly suggest GH's whole chicken crock pot recipe. It's cheap, tasty, easy to make, and gives you a few meals.
GH crock pot recipe: Whole chicken, 6 potatos, 5 carrots, 2 cups celery, 1/2 cup onion, half stick butter, chicken broth
Pics attached is my pre-cycle bloodwork and a few I snapped prior to beginning. I didn't take 10 photos trying to get the right lighting as I wanted them to be pretty indicative of what I actually look like. I plan to update this thread as time permits and progresses and continue to improve, taking everything I can from this goldmine of a forum. Thanks fellas.
Chark
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