Gusto's Journal

[gusto77]

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Dbol is in full effect and it's time to start checking my attitude. Felt it come on strong today. With the exception of some acid indigestion all the little quirks seemed to have worked themselves out. No longer feel flu-ish, sleeping a bit better, joint pain is not kicking my ass, and the proviron seems to be working nicely.... Still not taking aromasin. May try to up the dosage to 100mgs again. If TNE was a chick I'd marry her lol. Am going out of town for a week and a half so quite a few cheat meals will be coming and if I can't find a gym that will let me pay for a week and a half membership I'm going to be getting creative with some 50 and 25 pound dumbbells and a 90 lbs ez curl bar.

Wide grip pull downs: 130 x 20, 170 x 17, 190 x 9, 170 x 14, 130 x 18

Bent barbell rows: 225 x 12, 275 x 4, 225 x 12, 11, 10

Seated cable rows: 4 x 20, 15, 8, 15 (forgot to annotate weights)

Parallel v bar pull downs: 150 x 14, 170 x 11, 190 x 8, 150 x 13

Dumbbell pullovers: 80 x 15, 15, 15

[gusto77]

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Cheat foods on Christmas Eve:

1/2 pecan roll

Big plate of spaghetti, lasagna, and garlic bread

Cherry pie with ice cream

Christmas Eve workout:

Ez bar curls: 95 x 8 (was tweaking my joints a bit so I switched to dumbbells)

Dumbbell curls: 50's x 10, 9, 8, 7, 25's x 20

Hammer curls: 50's x 8, 25's x 30, 28, 25, 25

Dumbbell skull crushers: 50's x 8 (hurting the elbows so I stopped)

Diamond push ups: 50

Lying one arm dumbbell extensions: 25's x 30, 28, 27, 27, 25

Leg raises: 4 x 40

Merry Christmas!

[gusto77]

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Christmas Day cheat foods:

Big plate of lasagna and Italian sausage

2 pecan rolls

Bunch of crackers

White mashed potato casserole

Workout today (12/ 26) moderately fast paced

Incline dumbbell press: 100's x 21, 12, 10

Incline hammer strength: 1 pps x 25, 2 pps x 17, 2 pps + 25s x 12, 2 pps + 35's x 9, 3 pps x 6

Decline hammer strength: 2 pps x 15, 12, 2 pps + 25's x 10, 2 pps + 35's x 8, 2 pps x 15

Cable crossovers: 20 x 25, 35 x 12, 30 x 20, 20, 18

Flat dumbbell bench: 60's x 15, 65's x 15, 70's x 12

Incline sit ups x 50

[gusto77]

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Woke up today with slightly sore puffy nipples with a small lump under the left one. Started aromasin at 12.5 ed and will hold off on caber unless it gets worse. Once it's under control will drop down aromasin to 12.5 eod.

Workout:

Hammer strength rows: 2 pps x 20, 3 pps x 15, 4 pps x 8, 3 pps + 25's x 12, 11

Hammer strength pull downs: 1 pps x 20, 2 pps x 12, 11, 11, 1 pps + 25's x 17, 16

Dumbbell pullovers: 90 x 15, 15, 15

One arm low cable rows: 50 x 15, 65 x 15, 80 x 12

Back extensions: 3 x 20, 20, 20

[gusto77]

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Hammer strength presses: 1 pps x 20, 2 pps x 20, 3 pps x 12, 9, 2 pps + 25's x 12, 2 pps x 18

Machine laterals: 30 x 25, 50 x 18, 70 x 14, 90 x 10, 70 x 15, 50 x 17

Bent dumbbell laterals: 20s x 25, 30s x 17, 16, 15, 20s x 20

Arnold presses: 35s x 20, 45s x 16, 60s x 10

Dumbbell shrugs: 100 s x 12, 12, 12

[gusto77]

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Not gonna lie... Working arms sucked today. My hands are constantly numb and I have painful pumps in my forearms. Nice to know the gh is gtg. I was able to knock out a low rep set of dumbbell curls with 60's which is a huge deal for me. Over the years no matter how big my arms have got I have always sucked at curling. Don't know if it's my short muscle bellies or short arms but curling with 60 pound dumbbells is a big step.

Alternating standing dumbbell curls: 60s x 4, 50s x 9, 8

Hammer strength preachers: 45 x 15, 55 x 12, 65 x 10, 75 x 7, 45 x 15

Machine curls: 45 x 15, 65x 15, 80 x 12, 95x 10, 45 x 15

Incline close grip bench: 135 x 12, 185 x 10, 225 x 6, 6, 5 (thanks to guns for recommending these. Still no where near the weight I used to use but no shoulder pain and like I said hand were NUMB )

Pressdowns: 6 sets of 12- 20 reps. Last set was full rack x 12 with triple drop set.

Machine dips: 210 x 15, 15 done forearms were throbbing and hands were numb

Father in lawns cooking me Chicago style deep dish pizza tonight so 2 pieces of that will be had.

[gusto77]

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Only had 40 minutes to workout today so kind of a short one but I went at a fairly fast pace and got a good burn in.

Leg ext warm up: 60, 60

Leg press: 1 pps x 30, 2 pps x 25, 3 pps x 20, 4 pps x 15, 5 pps x 12, 6 pps x 10, 7 pps x 7

Hack squats: 1 pps x 25, 2 pps x 20, 3 pps x 12, 12

Hammer strength one legged curls: 45 x 15, 15, 15

Seated calf raises: 1 pps x 20, 20, 20

[gusto77]

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Gym is going good. Strength gains are coming and gaining decent weight. I'm not bloating nearly like I expected. Think it's a combo of not eating quite enough the AI and the hgh kicking in concurrently with the dbol. My appetite still isn't what it should be and I think this cycle will turn out to be more of a lean bulker than a huge mass bulker. I'm fine with it though... I'm happy where my strength is going and I feel like I'm looking pretty jacked. Time will tell. Ate quite a few cheat meals over the last week during family events but I'm back on track now.

2 January workout:

Incline barbell press: 245 x 6, 255 x 5, 265 x 4, 275 x 3, 285 x 2, 315 x 1 , 225 x 12

Decline hammer strength: 2 pps x 20, 3 pps x 15, 4 pps x 10, 7, 3 pps x 11

Incline hammer strength: 2 pps x 15, 3 pps x 10, 4 pps x 7, 6, 3 pps x 9

Pec deck: 30 x 20, 50 x 20, 90 x 15, 110 x 12, 130 x 10 with triple drop set

Incline sit ups: 2 x 50

3 January workout:

Hammer strength rows: 2 pps x 20, 3 pps x 15, 4 pps + 10s x 10, 4 pps + 35s x 7

Bent barbell rows: 135 x 20, 225 x 12, 245 x 10, 265 x 6, 135 x 20

Wide grip pull downs: 100 x 20, 130 x 15, 160 x 10, 190 x 7 with triple drop set

Hammer strength reverse grip pull downs: 1 pps x 20, 2 pps x 15, 13, 3 pps x 7, 6, 1 pps x 20

[gusto77]

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Battling a cold so took today off

[gusto77]

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Dropped my hgh dose to just under 3 iu/ day in 2 doses. Taking half first thing in the AM and the other half right before bed. I know I've heard 37 y/I may be too young to be doing the right before bed dose but I've been having trouble sleeping and I heard hgh sleep is stellar so I gave it a shot and slept like a baby. I know I may be crushing my freebie pulse at night but I figure good rest equals good growth. If anyone experienced is reading this I'd love to hear your thoughts. The reason I dropped my dose is I've developed carpal tunnel in my right hand and the pain at night was getting rough. I am taking B6 as well.
Strength is creeping up and I am quite bloated according to my friends who haven't seen me in a few weeks.

6 Jan 14

Standing dumbbell curls: 65s x 3, 55s x 9, 55s x 8

Incline dumbbell curls: 30s x 15, 35s x 12, 40s x 8

Concentration curls: 30s x 15, 35s x 12, 40s x 10

Cable press downs: 50 x 20, 70 x 20, 90 x 15, 12, 70 x 15

One arm lying dumbbell ext.: 40s x 15, 45s x 12, 50s x 9

That's all I did for arms. Elbows still burning and right hand completly numb with painful forearm.

7 Jan 14

Seated barbell press: 205 x 6, 185 x 9, 8, 135 x 13

Arnold press: 60s x 15, 70s x 8, 65s x 10

Machine laterals: 30 x 20, 50 x 15, 70 x 15, 90 x 12, 110 x 6, 80 x 15

Dumbbell laterals (done very strict with 1 sec contraction at top): 20s x 15, 15s x 15, 15s x 15

Reverse pec dec: 50 x 20, 70 x 15, 90 x 15, 110 x 12, 12

Hammer strength shrugs: 2 pps x 15, 15, 3 pps x 12, 12

Incline sit ups x 50

[jamescb77]

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I think you are making a good choice. Studies have shown that 2 injections split through the day create a higher igf1 level than one bolus injection. I prefer mine am/pm also.

[gusto77]

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Had to cut my workout a little short today as I was running late for work. No matter though I got some good heavy sets in and I'm pleased with my strength progress in this area. If you remember I had some knee issues and took a fairly long break from leg training.

Leg ext warm up: 60, 60, 60

Squats: 135 x 15, 225 x 12, 275 x 8, 315 x 6, 365 x 2, 135 x 15

Leg press: 1 pps x 20, 2 pps x 20, 3 pps x 20, 4 pps x 15, 5 pps x 12, 6 pps x 10, 7 pps x 8, 8 pps x 4

Leg ext: 60 x 20, 90 x 20, 120 x 15, 150 x 9

Calf presses: 3 pps x 20, 4 pps x 15, 5 pps x 12, 11

[guns01]

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i like to add in 3 or 4 more sets of extensions after my warmups pyramiding up the weight each set. this let's me make sure i am really good and warmed up when i hit squats second. i like them numbers they are looking good

[gusto77]

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i like to add in 3 or 4 more sets of extensions after my warmups pyramiding up the weight each set. this let's me make sure i am really good and warmed up when i hit squats second. i like them numbers they are looking good

I keep telling myself I am going to do lighter sets of 50 like you suggested but I am a big *****. LOL. I get lactic acid buildup in my legs so quickly that by the 20th rep I'm burning even on light sets.

[guns01]

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I keep telling myself I am going to do lighter sets of 50 like you suggested but I am a big *****. LOL. I get lactic acid buildup in my legs so quickly that by the 20th rep I'm burning even on light sets.

what i do is pump them puppies for say 15 rest and take a couple deep breaths in the contraction then i go at it again. starting off with some good drop sets of 10 is a good start, that way the weight is coming down and you get a few seconds break changing the weights. these tricks i use made all my body parts blow up and yes they are brutal and suck major ass. i even get silly and do ascending into descending sets when i am feeling extra extra froggy