Q's Log

[Quester]

21 Sep 2018
Purpose: self-accountability, sharing experiences, and soliciting the input of others.
The first few pages will be reserved to document changes in routines, training, diet, supplements, pictures and other for the purpose of having current information easily accessible.
Background: recently in good shape, I started hitting it hard and aggravated a hernia I attained as a commercial diver. For the past year, I've been nursing it and under stress. Now I am just as out of shape as when I started community college in 2013, after crashing a semi at 65 mph.
Goal: to fulfill the expectations I set when I was much younger, and later, in 2013.
Current Pics: (this will be updated every few months)
21 September

The damn pics come in one at a time and with an added 90 degrees rotation.

Thats ok because that will be the first reserved post to this thread created.

[Quester]

This is where I post questions

[Quester]

I started exercising two weeks ago. Currently doing 30 min on Stairmaster or Eliptical (~500 calories) before breakfast and an afternoon workout of a Push/Pull splits. I'm still growing into the workout.

[Quester]

TRT
Wednesday eve/Sunday morn:
Test-C 80mg, Adex .25mg, HCG 500IU,
Everything is in range and test levels are around 900.



Supplements
Injectible Glutathione: .3mL eod and .5mL the day after drinking;
Melatonin 1mg, 2 hr before bed;
Vit Pill: Vit-D 800IU, B6 10 mg, Calcium 500mg, Magnesium 80mg, Zinc 10mg, Copper 1mg, Copper 1mg, Manganese 1mg, Boron 1mg, Daily;
Probiotic Daily;
Aspirin 162 mg before bed;

[Quester]

Current:
Reasonable diet while establishing a routine of working out and minimizing alcohol intake

[Obs]

Good luck.

Edit photos to be wider than they are tall via cropping and the usually stay upright

[Quester]

Supplementary

[Bio-Active]

Subscribed

[Quester]

and I don't know yet.

But, question: how do you post multiple pics , and wider rather than tall?

[Quester]

And, thanks to everyone!

[Quester]

Good luck.

Edit photos to be wider than they are tall via cropping and the usually stay upright

Lol, I'm not wide yet...

[Obs]

and I don't know yet.

But, question: how do you post multiple pics , and wider rather than tall?

If you use tapatalk i got no idea.
I just keep uploading directly from my computer after I have edited them

[BG]

Looking forward to your progress.

[Quester]

So, I'm not just jumping into changing every aspect of my life. I've seen that before and what happens is that if one thing goes wrong in one place it affects the other areas. The most important thing is consistently improving and improving the improvement process.

[BG]

Very good. One thing at a time and it will become normal. Thing is once you change one aspect you have to continue it then move onto the next never stopping the previous ones. Sooner or later you will be dialed in.

[tarmyg]

Injectible Glutathione: .3mL eod and .5mL the day after drinking

Interesting. Would not a higher dose of NAC suffice? Curious how you decided to use this compound.

[Obs]

Interesting. Would not a higher dose of NAC suffice? Curious how you decided to use this compound.

He is cutting out the middle man.
NAC is just a precursor to glutathione.

I recently had a discussion with a gastroenterologist on the subject.

The brightest thing he said the entire time was "We use acetylcystine to treat acetaminophen overdose."

I was proud of him. Really wanted to give him a gold star.

[Quester]

Hi Tarmyg,
Its for the reason OBS said.
The articles below are full text through PubMed
https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...464?via%3Dihub
"...Glutathione (GSH) is a tripeptide of glutamate, cysteine and glycine that contains an unusual γ-peptide bond between glutamate and cysteine (Fig. 1). Such a bond prevents GSH from being hydrolyzed by most peptidases. GSH is less easily oxidized than its precursors, cysteine and γ-glutamylcysteine."
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/...1002/tox.22017
"These data suggested the tissues with low GSH concentration are highly vulnerable to MCLR toxicity and GSH was critical for the detoxification in MCLR-induced hepatotoxicity in vivo."
GSH = Glutathione and MCLR = microcystin-leucine-arginine ... (MCLR)-induced hepatotoxicity
https://www.nutritionjrnl.com/articl...123-X/fulltext
Highlights

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  The consumption of alcoholic beverages injures the liver through concurrent tissue oxidation and suppression of reduced glutathione synthesis, activity, and recycling.
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  The acute consumption of any ethanol will increase the level of hepatic oxidative stress.
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  Ethanol potentiates the hepatic oxidative stress–steatosis–hepatitis–fibrosis–cirrhosis–carc inoma transformative continuum.
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  Even an acute single episode of ethanol consumption initiates metabolic pathways that achieve ultimate expression as hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis.
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  In the absence of abstinence, increasing hepatic antioxidant capacity may reduce the severity of ethanol-associated hepatic injury and its consequences.

[Quester]

I lost 6 lbs. this month with lots of room for improvement in all areas.

[Quester]

Also, the belly is staying in more from the increased tone and smaller meals. One diet goal is to learn to increase caloric content while maintaining small and healthy meals.

[Obs]

Hi Tarmyg,
Its for the reason OBS said.
The articles below are full text through PubMed
https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...464?via%3Dihub
"...Glutathione (GSH) is a tripeptide of glutamate, cysteine and glycine that contains an unusual γ-peptide bond between glutamate and cysteine (Fig. 1). Such a bond prevents GSH from being hydrolyzed by most peptidases. GSH is less easily oxidized than its precursors, cysteine and γ-glutamylcysteine."
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/...1002/tox.22017
"These data suggested the tissues with low GSH concentration are highly vulnerable to MCLR toxicity and GSH was critical for the detoxification in MCLR-induced hepatotoxicity in vivo."
GSH = Glutathione and MCLR = microcystin-leucine-arginine ... (MCLR)-induced hepatotoxicity
https://www.nutritionjrnl.com/articl...123-X/fulltext
Highlights

• •
  The consumption of alcoholic beverages injures the liver through concurrent tissue oxidation and suppression of reduced glutathione synthesis, activity, and recycling.
• •
  The acute consumption of any ethanol will increase the level of hepatic oxidative stress.
• •
  Ethanol potentiates the hepatic oxidative stress–steatosis–hepatitis–fibrosis–cirrhosis–carc inoma transformative continuum.
• •
  Even an acute single episode of ethanol consumption initiates metabolic pathways that achieve ultimate expression as hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis.
• •
  In the absence of abstinence, increasing hepatic antioxidant capacity may reduce the severity of ethanol-associated hepatic injury and its consequences.

Thats a great post.
I never could explain it like that because I am dumb.

[Quester]

Thats a great post.
I never could explain it like that because I am dumb.

No your not, but I could easily fill a whole youtube video of tree cutting fails and a few sequels if I wasn't using all my brain power while simply hanging a birdhouse or shooting at squirrels.

[Quester]

I'm down to 225, from a starting point of 339, basically 1 pound a week. I've been doing 30 minutes 4-7 times per week up until two weeks ago. After Thanksgiving, 30-60 minutes 10-12 times a week. Always fasted. I'll probably gain back a few pounds before new year but I'll be back to the fasted cardio every morning and weights in the afternoon. I've found a real great gym that is kinda like a dungeon. I'm one of the smallest humans in there and everyone is polite and keeps to their selves.

[Obs]

I'm down to 225, from a starting point of 339, basically 1 pound a week. I've been doing 30 minutes 4-7 times per week up until two weeks ago. After Thanksgiving, 30-60 minutes 10-12 times a week. Always fasted. I'll probably gain back a few pounds before new year but I'll be back to the fasted cardio every morning and weights in the afternoon. I've found a real great gym that is kinda like a dungeon. I'm one of the smallest humans in there and everyone is polite and keeps to their selves.

Thats kick ass!

[Proximal]

I'm down to 225, from a starting point of 339, basically 1 pound a week. I've been doing 30 minutes 4-7 times per week up until two weeks ago. After Thanksgiving, 30-60 minutes 10-12 times a week. Always fasted. I'll probably gain back a few pounds before new year but I'll be back to the fasted cardio every morning and weights in the afternoon. I've found a real great gym that is kinda like a dungeon. I'm one of the smallest humans in there and everyone is polite and keeps to their selves.

And you’re doing this WITH school? You are amazing!

[charger69]

I'm down to 225, from a starting point of 339, basically 1 pound a week. I've been doing 30 minutes 4-7 times per week up until two weeks ago. After Thanksgiving, 30-60 minutes 10-12 times a week. Always fasted. I'll probably gain back a few pounds before new year but I'll be back to the fasted cardio every morning and weights in the afternoon. I've found a real great gym that is kinda like a dungeon. I'm one of the smallest humans in there and everyone is polite and keeps to their selves.

I love the dungeons. Your progress is incredible. I would like to recommend To change to HIIT. It will consume less time and give better results.


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[Quester]

Dungeon, yeah me too. It feels real comfortable not to have a bunch of commercialism, trendy-shit, talking, texting, standing around, appeals to get involved in some life saving charity bullshit, rah-rah-rah we can all do it together, "hey bro, ...," "excuse me but I was using that," camping on equipment, laughing, orange is the new black, kim cardashian, ten machines dedicated to my inner and outer thighs, pop music, or dumbassed tin-skinned front desk idiots.
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Charger, I gained back all of the fat over the break but I'm sure I can take it off fast.
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[Quester]

Started the comp today.
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Fatsed Cardio folowed by 4 egg whites and 1/2 cup oatmeal w/ 1 cup blueberries, unsweetened.
Going back later for workout

[charger69]

Started the comp today.
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Fatsed Cardio folowed by 4 egg whites and 1/2 cup oatmeal w/ 1 cup blueberries, unsweetened.
Going back later for workout

4 egg whites?? I eat at least double of everything.


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[Quester]

4 egg whites?? I eat at least double of everything.

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Okay, but I'm fat.

[charger69]

Okay, but I'm fat.

No your not!!


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[Quester]

evening workout was pull day
pull downs, rows, pull-aparts, shrugs, hammer curls and bicep curls
Low-fat cream of mushroom and steak for dinner. It was left over from New Year and NOBODY WASTES STEAK!

[Proximal]

Nice start to the New Year Q!

[Quester]

My course schedule lightened up this semester, and in this coming summer. I've cut back on cardio but increased my workouts to 1 hr and 6-days a week. I also started doing martial arts which should make up for the decreased cardio. So, I'm doing 1 hr / day of martial arts and 20 minutes of cardio, at wake up, 5 x week. And, the best news, I'm drinking once per week while enjoying a decreased caloric intake. I have no illusion of winning the competition but I'm on the right track to accomplish my goal.

[Obs]

My course schedule lightened up this semester, and in this coming summer. I've cut back on cardio but increased my workouts to 1 hr and 6-days a week. I also started doing martial arts which should make up for the decreased cardio. So, I'm doing 1 hr / day of martial arts and 20 minutes of cardio, at wake up, 5 x week. And, the best news, I'm drinking once per week while enjoying a decreased caloric intake. I have no illusion of winning the competition but I'm on the right track to accomplish my goal.

The comp is yours if you want it. I saw your progress last time and it was beyond impressive

[Quester]

I completely dropped my Semorelin/GHRP-2/GHRP-6 combo. For a long time now, I've had extreme trouble sleeping around the times that I workout, high irritability and been under stress. Somehow it didn't occur to me that it was my S/G2/G6 combo that I would take on the workout days but not when I wasn't. I was writing in the insulin /peptide thread about the way it builds up cortisol and then the light went on. WTF!?! was I doing! I'm going to get a semorelin/Ipamorelin combo to replace it. I just through the shit in the trash and I expect to see my workouts and their effects to really improve. I've been hitting it harder all week and have had no trouble.

[Obs]

I completely dropped my Semorelin/GHRP-2/GHRP-6 combo. For a long time now, I've had extreme trouble sleeping around the times that I workout, high irritability and been under stress. Somehow it didn't occur to me that it was my S/G2/G6 combo that I would take on the workout days but not when I wasn't. I was writing in the insulin/peptide thread about the way it builds up cortisol and then the light went on. WTF!?! was I doing! I'm going to get a semorelin/Ipamorelin combo to replace it. I just through the shit in the trash and I expect to see my workouts and their effects to really improve. I've been hitting it harder all week and have had no trouble.

Interesting combo.
I know nothing about any of them.

[Quester]

Interesting combo.
I know nothing about any of them.

-Basically, one turns on the faucet and the other increases the amount of water coming out.
-GHRP-6 increases not only growth hormone but also cortisol, ACTH and prolactin. Ipamorelin, also a GHRP, doesn't raise cortisol, ACTH or prolactin.

[Quester]

Met some good people last night and had a great day today. I almost got in a head-on crash after leaving the gym because I was feeling a little amped but it was a miss and I'll be more cool.

[Obs]

I have been chewed up today.
My damn shoulders and biceps now hurt so bad all day I could barely lift my saw.

I am worried about my left shoulder still.
I dont know what I would do if I tore something.

Its time to rejuvinate.
Making myself cease work to eat at least three times tomorrow.