Cuz’s log

[Cuz]

If I put 50 pounds on my squat pr in a week, I would be like "that's cool but oh shit how bad is what I'm taking messing me up??" Lol

Aint gonna live forever brother

[Cuz]

Doc called with lipids today. Reading were not fasted keep in mind
Total Cholesterol 150
Ldl I believe 70 or 75 going by memory he said under 90 was optimal
Triglycerides concerning. 355
Ask me if i had a shitty diet full of sugar i said I rarely eat sugar told him mostly carbs from rice oats and noodles not simple carbs. Said could be genetic disorder and will reevaluate them next time. Put me on a script called lovonza” not sure of the spelling but he said everything was fine minus triglycerides number

[wango]

Doc called with lipids today. Reading were not fasted keep in mind
Total Cholesterol 150
Ldl I believe 70 or 75 going by memory he said under 90 was optimal
Triglycerides concerning. 355
Ask me if i had a shitty diet full of sugar i said I rarely eat sugar told him mostly carbs from rice oats and noodles not simple carbs. Said could be genetic disorder and will reevaluate them next time. Put me on a script called lovonza” not sure of the spelling but he said everything was fine minus triglycerides number

A little surprised he didn’t order repeat blood work in 3 - 6 months to check. When I had an unexpected blood work request by my MD almost immediately after finishing a cycle, he freaked out as lipids, liver, and prostate levels were ugly. He’s a good guy & most importantly I trusted him because takes care of me so I told him about the cycle. He wasn’t happy but calmed a bit, rescheduled blood work, BUT had to report for a prostate exam.

BTW, your avi pic is sick. I recall pics of you since 2016 or 2017 and regularly since. Your progress has been phenomenal! Your delts were always insane, but good Gawd, your arms are at another level. Sorry to throw in anatomical terms at you, but that 3/4 side pose shows some truly freaky brachioradialis (outside forearm) & brachialis (runs beneath biceps but gets uncovered & attaches on upper outside forearm) development at an f’n pro level!

I’d be interested in Kel’s critique, but I don’t think I’m not too far off here. I’ve been studying physiques since the early 70’s.

[Cuz]

A little surprised he didn’t order repeat blood work in 3 - 6 months to check. When I had an unexpected blood work request by my MD almost immediately after finishing a cycle, he freaked out as lipids, liver, and prostate levels were ugly. He’s a good guy & most importantly I trusted him because takes care of me so I told him about the cycle. He wasn’t happy but calmed a bit, rescheduled blood work, BUT had to report for a prostate exam.

BTW, your avi pic is sick. I recall pics of you since 2016 or 2017 and regularly since. Your progress has been phenomenal! Your delts were always insane, but good Gawd, your arms are at another level. Sorry to throw in anatomical terms at you, but that 3/4 side pose shows some truly freaky brachioradialis (outside forearm) & brachialis (runs beneath biceps but gets uncovered & attaches on upper outside forearm) development at an f’n pro level!

I’d be interested in Kel’s critique, but I don’t think I’m not too far off here. I’ve been studying physiques since the early 70’s.

Appreciate the kind critique Wango and btw bloodwork will be followed up next visit in 6 months hopefully this script and fishoil will bring my triglycerides down

Ive always focused on arms and chest in my regime bc i like the round delt big arm type look sorta like Levrone? Remember his physique? Also Flex, and Phil. Gotta love bodybuilding ive turned more power building the last two years

[wango]

Appreciate the kind critique Wango and btw bloodwork will be followed up next visit in 6 months hopefully this script and fishoil will bring my triglycerides down

Ive always focused on arms and chest in my regime bc i like the round delt big arm type look sorta like Levrone? Remember his physique? Also Flex, and Phil. Gotta love bodybuilding ive turned more power building the last two years

My pleasure. Oh, I remember all of those guys & Levrone was special. Oh yeah, if you can pull off wide round delts and match those to some serious arms, I agree, amazing.

Keep crushing it Cuz!

[kelkel]

It really is neat though how on some days you hit the gym and everything just works and feels perfect. Wish we could figure out the trick to make it happen more frequently. And I'm not referring to just AAS.

[Cuz]

What are your numbers for HDL and Triglycerides?

Trig were 355. Im taking 4 grams of prescription fish oil see if it helps idk

[Cuz]

Ended up putting another 40lb on squat PR but it was not to uspa depth it was about 4-6 inches high to a uspa depth where your hip joint has to be below the knee ehh fuck it it was heavy.

About 3 weeks is all can stand of the tren and drol didnt make it quite 3 weeks had to abort the cycle just fucked with my head to much couldnt deal with it anymore fuckin sucks but oh well i know im closing in on my size and strength genetic limit here so being cautious with the extra AAS

And then theres always the itch to compete

[Cuz]

What are your numbers for HDL and Triglycerides?

Double post

[kelkel]

Trig were 355. Im taking 4 grams of prescription fish oil see if it helps idk

Damn! That's oddly high. Does it normally run around there for you?

[Cuz]

Damn! That's oddly high. Does it normally run around there for you?

One report a couple years ago yeilded a high number but not that high. Gonna monitor the bloodwork fairly closely

[Cuz]

Due for bloods January 6th. I have decided to take the new year off from blasting or any heavy aas use. Gonna try and bring up glutes and hams calves along with back width and core. Due to always having a really small frame im very narrow in the clavicles but cutting inches off the waist and trying to widen my lats a tad will cure that hopefully. It will probably change but gonna plan on a show summer 2024. Top 5 is the goal.

[kelkel]

Due for bloods January 6th. I have decided to take the new year off from blasting or any heavy aas use. Gonna try and bring up glutes and hams calves along with back width and core. Due to always having a really small frame im very narrow in the clavicles but cutting inches off the waist and trying to widen my lats a tad will cure that hopefully. It will probably change but gonna plan on a show summer 2024. Top 5 is the goal.

Define that a bit more. My TRT is 200 mgs pw plus deca and I feel great. If I never cycled again I'd feel just fine at that dose.

[Cuz]

Define that a bit more. My TRT is 200 mgs pw plus deca and I feel great. If I never cycled again I'd feel just fine at that dose.

Im doing 200migs every 5 days and feel better now that im leveling out I think. Little cautious of addin the deca but could try it Im guessing you’re runnin 100 a week

[kelkel]

Im doing 200migs every 5 days and feel better now that im leveling out I think. Little cautious of addin the deca but could try it Im guessing you’re runnin 100 a week

200. 100 didn't do much for my knees.

Don't think you can't make gains on lower doses. You definitly can as long as your training and nutrition are on point.

[Cuz]

Bloodwork on trt

[Cuz]

Blood donation today. Not sure how i went from 16 hemoglobin reading to an 18.8 in a matter of days like wtf idk strange.

11 days in on npp , 3 days back on MK, the fucking scale is low ugh hadnt been this light in a quite a while. Trying to cut fat on trt only does not work for me at all. Fuck all this damn guess work im hiring a coach very soon. Im planning on doing a strict bulk for a year to where i can get and then show prep but i tell u if im not happy with the show results im definitely retiring afterwards. Not from lifting but just eating what i want and when i want

Starting to think this npp has either expired and sit too long in my cabinet or its bunk. Definitely brings some pip with it tho so idk

Keeping the mental health “healthy” and finding motive is the hardest thing these days

[Cuz]

8 weeks in 300 test 300 npp and 200 anadrol weekly. 233 fairly lean not ripped by any means but got a few striations in the delts.
Honestly not even counting macros id be much better if i had a better diet

Pr on bench press tonight 475. Trying to stay healthy and get to 500. Pretty sure I could with tren but damn as I age the brown stuff gets harder and harder to take

[Cuz]

Slept like absolute shit last night. Have a back day due but fuck without sleep there is no point. Really really need to over load on carbs and protein today

[kelkel]

8 weeks in 300 test 300 npp and 200 anadrol weekly. 233 fairly lean not ripped by any means but got a few striations in the delts.
Honestly not even counting macros id be much better if i had a better diet

Pr on bench press tonight 475. Trying to stay healthy and get to 500. Pretty sure I could with tren but damn as I age the brown stuff gets harder and harder to take

Impressive number! I'm curious if structuring your warm-ups differently would help get you there? Tell me your rep scheme on the way up to 475?

Slept like absolute shit last night. Have a back day due but fuck without sleep there is no point. Really really need to over load on carbs and protein today

Man I've learned how important sleep is recently. The low iron struggle I've been dealing with contributes to sleep apnea. Getting it somewhat straightened out has made me feel so much different now. Sleeping better and feel like I'm growing again. Not tired all the time is wonderful.

Download an app caled "Mintal Tracker" and start using it. It's free and tracks your sleep patterns, snore times, everything. Really impressive free item. Surprised the crap outta me.

[Cuz]

I always warm up with 135 x15-20 then another set if i feel i need it.
Then 225 ill hit 10-12
315 i always do 3 and 405 i always do 1. I feel my cns is ready after this point to go on to the heavy weights. My form is pretty good but not perfect i feel like i got a few lbs left in the tank if i can get enough leg drive.

The hardest thing for me Kel is my long arms and actually getting my lower chest the most powerful part into the lift to get enough speed out of the hole where the triceps can finish driving through. Im trying it again sunday or monday and shooting tren everyday up until then and i will probably have to come off whether i hit it or not.



Yeah im gonna download that asap. Im the exact opposite my iron is probably borderline right now since ive been on npp for almost 9 weeks and drol for 5

[kelkel]

Ok, not a bad rep scheme. Probably not necessary to do so many with 225. You can cut that in half in my opinion. Goal is only to be warmed up, not fatigued at all. It may be prudent to go to 455 for one rep before your final jump up as well.

Next, examine your form. Are you gripping the bar, sliding up under it, planting your feet and sliding back down into them? This gives you a coiled feeling and exacerbates the arch, thus shortening the ROM. If locked in properly you should not be able to lift your ass off the bench at all.

[Cuz]

Ok, not a bad rep scheme. Probably not necessary to do so many with 225. You can cut that in half in my opinion. Goal is only to be warmed up, not fatigued at all. It may be prudent to go to 455 for one rep before your final jump up as well.

Will do about 6 of the 225. 455 makes a tad nervous as a feeler

Next, examine your form. Are you gripping the bar, sliding up under it, planting your feet and sliding back down into them? This gives you a coiled feeling and exacerbates the arch, thus shortening the ROM. If locked in properly you should not be able to lift your ass off the bench at all.

Main thing i gotta work on . I dont have my feet far enough back it seems.

[Chark]

How we doing Cuz?

[Cuz]

How we doing Cuz?

Hey bud! Was doing good actually lowered my dose back down to 200 test and 200 npp changed my diet up a little and looking full up until about two days ago. Sick as fuck now pretty sure i got covid but test says negative even tho my coworker test positive and i have same symptoms but what ever man . Gonna try and get rid of this shit kept my calories forced down up until today just been bed bound today but will update later

Feel tremendously better as far as cycling goes on 200 test 200 npp i thrown in some var here and there as well. Right front delt took some damage on a 495 bench so i been rehabilitated and doing good slow bodybuilding reps mainly

Tried doing squats a couple nights ago and was just feeling to shitty couldnt make it through but feel like i got the meds i need now to get better thanks for checkin in

[Cuz]

These 12 hour shifts and bodybuilding just dont pair well. Tried squating tonight had to abort lower back just too pumped even on leg press it was all i could do to manage. Fuck it try it again next time. Got a visit with my hrt doc Tuesday so just cruising on 150/150 test and npp . Seem to be getting some pumps lately the more food I eat the better the pump

[Cuz]

Labs
Total t 1081
E 41
Hematocrit 42
Hemoglobin 14.2

Donated too much this year
Planning a summer blast also.

[Cuz]

Some current pics

Today was calves/quads

3-4 sets standing calf machine
2 sets seated calf raise

6 sets hack squats rest pause
No failure sets today, focused on contracting and pump
Didnt go heavy either. Changing my training up some this year

Feel pretty damn good on 280 mg test this week and 25 mg mk677 daily.

[kelkel]

Labs
Total t 1081
E 41
Hematocrit 42
Hemoglobin 14.2

Donated too much this year
Planning a summer blast also.

Labs look good.
Where's your Free T at?
H & H look good.

I like my hema right about there or mid 40's.
Remember, as we get older donating too frequently can impact iron levels.

ps: Tough to take a back shot by yourself ain't it!

[Cuz]

Labs look good.
Where's your Free T at?
H & H look good.

I like my hema right about there or mid 40's.
Remember, as we get older donating too frequently can impact iron levels.

ps: Tough to take a back shot by yourself ain't it!

They always call with my labs and I forgot to ask the nurse the other shit. I need to run by and pick it up and see for myself

Back poses are so hard to hit the angle is everything

[Cuz]

Superb day in the gym yesterday.

Chest and arms. You know the most important gym bro exercises
Hit a rep Pr, and my arms seem to be growing. Im just destroying them so they have no choice

Possibly legs again today upper body is beat up from yesterdays session

[Cuz]

Blood this week
Last injection was 90 mg test c and 60 mg npp. Dianabol at 10mg non training days and 20mg training days

Gfr came up 11 points since January thanks to astragulus.
Cholesterol was high but it was expected and It wasnt a fasted state .

Iron levels very low was prescribed a ferratin pill. Really feelin weak these days despite being pretty heavy

Planning a summer cycle with tren and EQ

[Cuz]

Either planning tren mast EQ or NPP mast EQ

Still debating on whether I want to do it or not. Gonna give EQ a try for sure

Would be nice to have some insulin and growth thrown in there as well and take it to the pro level

[almostgone]

Blood this week
Last injection was 90 mg test c and 60 mg npp. Dianabol at 10mg non training days and 20mg training days

Gfr came up 11 points since January thanks to astragulus.
Cholesterol was high but it was expected and It wasnt a fasted state .


Iron levels very low was prescribed a ferratin pill. Really feelin weak these days despite being pretty heavy

Planning a summer cycle with tren and EQ

It's about time for me to add an iron panel to my lab panels. Kel's mentioned to me several times how easy it is to get depleted especially as we get older.

My RDW and MCV are always messed up ( RDW high and MCV low). LOL, I'm just trying to keep my HCT and HGB levels at a decent place so my Dr is semi-happy.

That's great news on the eGFR. I'm still staying on astragalus myself. I don't think it was a coincidence that mine slowly started coming up around 6 weeks after I started on it.

Are you on any BP meds, Cuz, or was the BP reading taken when you were aggravated?

[Cuz]

It's about time for me to add an iron panel to my lab panels. Kel's mentioned to me several times how easy it is to get depleted especially as we get older.

My RDW and MCV are always messed up ( RDW high and MCV low). LOL, I'm just trying to keep my HCT and HGB levels at a decent place so my Dr is semi-happy.

That's great news on the eGFR. I'm still staying on astragalus myself. I don't think it was a coincidence that mine slowly started coming up around 6 weeks after I started on it.

Are you on any BP meds, Cuz, or was the BP reading taken when you were aggravated?

Yes sir im on a Bp/diuretic pill. It does pretty well . I think the estrogen may have crept up on me causing it to spike with the dianabol . High test and dianabol usually makes my bp high one reason i dont run it much anymore. But thats just my theory I think perhaps if I had checked it towards the end of the dr visit it would have been 130s….instead of checking it as soon as I walked in and set down.

Throughout my past 10 years and this was being my lightest weight around 165, during those ten years my gfr was never over 74…so its not an aas related thing in my opinion now obviously blasting aas isnt going to help your gfr but given my history I really see no link there

Im gonna continue 15 grams daily astragulus and see if it increases anymore

[almostgone]

Yes sir im on a Bp/diuretic pill. It does pretty well . I think the estrogen may have crept up on me causing it to spike with the dianabol . High test and dianabol usually makes my bp high one reason i dont run it much anymore. But thats just my theory I think perhaps if I had checked it towards the end of the dr visit it would have been 130s….instead of checking it as soon as I walked in and set down.

Throughout my past 10 years and this was being my lightest weight around 165, during those ten years my gfr was never over 74…so its not an aas related thing in my opinion now obviously blasting aas isnt going to help your gfr but given my history I really see no link there

Im gonna continue 15 grams daily astragulus and see if it increases anymore

I've been down to 4g astragalus for a little while now, but like you I'm trying it as a maintenance med for a bit ( I was @ 12g for a while). I was down to bouncing between CKD 3A/3B. Dr sent me for an ultrasound and it showed cysts on my kidneys.

Started astragalus, was referred to nephrologist and by then my levels has started creeping up. Told him I was trying astragalus and he wanted to do another ultrasound in 6 weeks. 6 weeks later, the.cysts on kidneys were barely visible.At the next visit he asked me what supplement I saud was using. Said he usually doesn't see cysts reduce and eGFR go up like that.I went from the high 30s/low 40s to staying between 65 and 70 for a while now. So, I think I dodged having to biopsy/ cysts drained, etc.

All of that in bold above.....same here. I usually ask them to give me 5 minutes or so and I do the box breathing routine and that gets me relaxed. I have very limited patience in traffic/people texting/driving/being a dumbass in general so it doesn't take much to get my BP all jacked up.

[Cuz]

I've been down to 4g astragalus for a little while now, but like you I'm trying it as a maintenance med for a bit ( I was @ 12g for a while). I was down to bouncing between CKD 3A/3B. Dr sent me for an ultrasound and it showed cysts on my kidneys.

Started astragalus, was referred to nephrologist and by then my levels has started creeping up. Told him I was trying astragalus and he wanted to do another ultrasound in 6 weeks. 6 weeks later, the.cysts on kidneys were barely visible.At the next visit he asked me what supplement I saud was using. Said he usually doesn't see cysts reduce and eGFR go up like that.I went from the high 30s/low 40s to staying between 65 and 70 for a while now. So, I think I dodged having to biopsy/ cysts drained, etc.

All of that in bold above.....same here. I usually ask them to give me 5 minutes or so and I do the box breathing routine and that gets me relaxed. I have very limited patience in traffic/people texting/driving/being a dumbass in general so it doesn't take much to get my BP all jacked up.

Wow your gfr damn near doubled thats incredible im starting to question the potency of the astragulus brand im using sheesh
Very good news AG, i like the cranberry as well its not as beneficial but still really has some cleansing properties to it imho.

Id definitely suggest an iron panel as well if you haven’t already

[almostgone]

Wow your gfr damn near doubled thats incredible im starting to question the potency of the astragulus brand im using sheesh
Very good news AG, i like the cranberry as well its not as beneficial but still really has some cleansing properties to it imho.

Id definitely suggest an iron panel as well if you haven’t already

Definitely on the iron panel. After Kel mentioned a few years ago, I started doing one at least annually.

[Cuz]

Getting away from HIT. Going volume/ pump work. Joints feel better already. Feel like im growing.

Got back today. I’ll probably do 10 sets in all depends on energy.

Felt like absolute dogshit I believe from iron pills. Cant live like that , stopped for two days and feeling normal.

[kelkel]

Getting away from HIT. Going volume/ pump work. Joints feel better already. Feel like im growing.

Got back today. I’ll probably do 10 sets in all depends on energy.

Felt like absolute dogshit I believe from iron pills. Cant live like that , stopped for two days and feeling normal.

Why were you taking iron? Ahh ok. Just saw your prior post.