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Hy-Maint
I wanted to give some background on myself, my goals, and my diet.
I am 41. 5’3”. I haven’t weighed myself in a while…probably moving towards 130 now. I don’t know my bf. I do not compete. I don’t really have any aspirations to compete in bodybuilding. I am afraid it would suck all the fun out of lifting for me. I am a perfectionist and I know in my head I would never be good enough. It would drive me nuts.
About 10 years ago I quit smoking cold turkey after 18 years of being a smoker. I knew I would gain more weight, so I also bought a treadmill and the book Body for Life. It took a year, but I lost 52 lb’s, learned how to eat right and joined a gym.
I became a cardio queen. I was always afraid to lift heavy because I had always been taught you will turn into a guy- lol. About 2 years ago I started lifting seriously. Learning to lift has been easy. Learning how to eat to gain has been hard. Letting go of the mindset that I need to be as thin as possible has been challenging, and I have remained a size 2 for the past 9 years even with the lifting and eating. (my upper body has gone to a s/m)
I follow a bb’ing and pl’ing routine. I try to work in the 10 rep range for the most part, but I have started training in the 15 rep range, and I stick to 5x5 on my big lifts- always. Some say I need more variety, and I agree to a point, but what I have been doing has been working so I don’t change my routine often. I like to think of it as the Tortoise and the Hare. Slow and steady wins it- lol. My goal? Hypertrophy! Strength is secondary because my passion is PL’ing, but in the end my entire goal is to be big.
Currently, I am 6 days in the gym 1 day off. I have been doing that for 10 years. Cardio is minimal anymore since I have a hard time gaining mass and I have high hamstring tendonitis that running always seems to aggravate. I have had lots of injuries too. Right now my right shoulder is acting up, but thankfully, nothing too serious.
My cycle- first let me say my source put this together for me. I trust him and I am NOT looking for input on this at all. I am putting it out there as a tool and as education. It’s hard to find women who will talk about what they run and all the sides that come with it. Liquid var: 25 mg’s daily, primo (its real) 100 mg’s split 2x’s a week, deca (my source has said I shouldn’t do this, but for now I am not seeing any problems running very low dose) 50 mg’s 1 or 2’x a week depending on where I pin. It makes the injection site sore for 2 days after I do it.
Sides- so far they have been pretty usual. No period for about 3 months but that is the var for sure. I have just started running the other stuff…this is 2nd week now. I just had my first ever yeast infection. This is pretty common from the gear. I am going to start supplementing acidophilus to help w/ this. My voice cracked big time, but that was from the winny I was taking back in March. I can no longer hit the high notes when I sing- lol. It’s pretty funny trying though. (I won’t take winny again, btw. I saw no bene’s and my voice changed).
Breakouts- yes. Mostly back and shoulders, but this past week has been on the face. This is the tough part for women I think. I keep my skin hydrated with water and hand cream. I also use Cetaphil in the shower. This tip was given to me by my dermatologist. It helps.
As for hair loss due to the primo- I haven’t seen any yet, but I have really fine hair to begin with so it might be hard to tell unless I start coming up with complete bald patches. At that point I would sh*t myself. But this is what we signed up for. I’m putting chems into my body and I am suppressing my natural hormones. We know what the sides are before we start taking them. I simply keep an eye out for any of the other issues like clit enlargement, voice deepening- sides that I cannot live with. At that point I would back off. So far neither of those. As for the sex drive? Don’t know…I am, unfortunately, a sexual camel right now.
Diet…this has been the most difficult thing for me. I eat clean most of the time- chix, brown rice, eggs, sweet taters, broccoli, yogurt, cottage cheese, fish, tuna, lean meat, turkey burger, fruit. I can dirty bulk without gaining weight. I smash entire pizzas, footlongs, multiple cheeseburgers, cereal, my peanut butter balls (see recipe on FG), peanut butter protein shakes, and much more. It really is the hardest piece of the puzzle.
My goal is to start training w a pl’ing team in the near future. I want to gain more mass. I want to continue injury free and I would love to cycle forever- lol. Oh, and one final thing- I plan on getting implants in the next year. Bb’ing has killed mah boobies.
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