treetrunk progress / training log (as promised)

[treetrunk]

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A little intro of myself.... I did 6 years in the Army as an 11b did one tour to Afghansitan, I was in outstanding shape when I got out (little, but outstanding shape lol) I weighed right around 200 at 6'3". I got back and got out of the Army and went through a divorce, struggled with depression, etc.... through the mix of all that I got lazy and gained a SHIT ton of weight, My peak weight was 293 pounds. I knew I had to change my life....

My initial focus was to drop weight PERIOD! I cleaned my diet up and started doing cardio out the wazoo.... I was able to get myself down to the mid 230's that's when I decided to get back into weight training. I was hitting it hard and got introduced into the AAS world, my first cycle simply consisted of 500mg Test E per week.

I am currently on my second cycle and am weighing right at 250 lbs at 13% bf. I am running 300mg Test E. 2x per week, and ran 50mg Dbol for the first 25 days. I also JUST started running a two week on two week of cycle of CLEN. My diet is extremely clean (I'll have to get my nutrition plan and type it out for you guys) I want to keep dropping thay BF% and lean waaaaaay out.

Current Training schedule:
Monday: Back and Biceps
Tuesday: Legs
Wednesday: Chest and Triceps
Thursday: Back and Forearms
Friday: Legs
Saturday: Shoulders
Sunday: Off/ rest day / or workout of choice

I throw 30 minutes of cardio in every night at home as well, I have a stair climber, treadmill, elliptical, and stationary bike that I rotate through.

I have found a home here at BoP and am excited to keep this log updated and take in knowledge and advice from you guys (even if I'm doing something wrong) I have brought myself a long long way and have HUGE goals for thus year. Hopefully 2015 brings me big gains as well as all of you! Haha.

[treetrunk]

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[Syber]

Good job mate its really hard getting out of depression and forcing your self to change your life for the positive

Looks like you've done a great job so far keep it up!

O and respect for serving 6 yrs in the army bro!

[treetrunk]

Thanks brother! I appreciate it!

[Discobiky]

I feel ya brother i was the same two and a half years ago ,overweight ,depression ,anxiety. working out saved my life. Keep it up champ i look forward to checking out your progress.

[Thirsty]

Man, I can relate to your story... Awesome work so far! Keep killing it, you are doing great. I'll be following along. Glad you found the right path, and BOP! You will feel very much at home here.

[treetrunk]

Put in an order for some of MJR's T3 yesterday morning. Going to run that for the last six weeks of my cycle. Debating on whether or not to up my test to like 700mg a week while on the T3, I'm at 600mg a week now.... I don't want to run the T3 off cycle because of muscle loss.

[kubes]

Nice log brother. Looking forward to seeing you blast your goals. I will be following along. Nice work brother

[treetrunk]

Thanks kubes, I appreciate it brother!

[Thirsty]

Put in an order for some of MJR's T3 yesterday morning. Going to run that for the last six weeks of my cycle. Debating on whether or not to up my test to like 700mg a week while on the T3, I'm at 600mg a week now.... I don't want to run the T3 off cycle because of muscle loss.

What dose are you planning on running the T3 at? Have you thought about running Clen along side?

[treetrunk]

What dose are you planning on running the T3 at? Have you thought about running Clen along side?

My initial plan was to taper up from 25mcg for the first 5 - 6 days then up to 50mcg (25mcg am 25mcg pm) for 5 - 6 days up to 75mcg (split between 3 doses throughout day) for 5 - 6 days, then run 100mcg (split between 4 doses throughout day) for around 15 days then taper back down in the same fashion....

I should've mentioned I'll be continuing to run 2 weeks on 2 weeks off cycle of clen as well, so yea I'll be stacking them hopefully get good results.

I'm open to suggestions if anyone has a dosing plan that would work better. This will be my first time running T3.

[Thirsty]

Sounds like you have a pretty good handle on it. T3 half life is 2.5 days, so you should be able to get away with dosing once a day. Some find that 25mcg actually lowers their total metabolism, great for a bulk, not so great for your cutting purposes, this would suggest starting a little higher at 50mcg to judge how it's working for you. A bit of conflicting info here on effective length of Clen cycle while on T3. I'm still not slowing down, now into week 3. As to total effectiveness, personally I'm losing 1-2 pounds more a week than I would on the same diet and cardio plan. (I assume you have made some tweaks to those last two items to maximize your results)

Some interesting reading if you are interested:

http://brotherhoodofpain.com/showthread.php?17838-Tools-for-Fat-Loss-Triiodothyronine-(T3)&highlight=tools+loss

http://brotherhoodofpain.com/showthread.php?18055-More-on-T3

http://brotherhoodofpain.com/showthread.php?5683-T3-AND-CLEN-CYCLE-INFO

Best of luck! Keep us posted.

[Dont wanna be old]

Will be following along .
Legs 2x/week , what a animal !
Go by feel on the 600mg , if your not happy bump up to 750mg .
You have a lot going on so just find out what feels right .
Good luck
DWBO

[treetrunk]

Sounds like you have a pretty good handle on it. T3 half life is 2.5 days, so you should be able to get away with dosing once a day. Some find that 25mcg actually lowers their total metabolism, great for a bulk, not so great for your cutting purposes, this would suggest starting a little higher at 50mcg to judge how it's working for you. A bit of conflicting info here on effective length of Clen cycle while on T3. I'm still not slowing down, now into week 3. As to total effectiveness, personally I'm losing 1-2 pounds more a week than I would on the same diet and cardio plan. (I assume you have made some tweaks to those last two items to maximize your results)

Some interesting reading if you are interested:

http://brotherhoodofpain.com/showthread.php?17838-Tools-for-Fat-Loss-Triiodothyronine-(T3)&highlight=tools+loss

http://brotherhoodofpain.com/showthread.php?18055-More-on-T3

http://brotherhoodofpain.com/showthread.php?5683-T3-AND-CLEN-CYCLE-INFO

Best of luck! Keep us posted.

Perfect! Thanks for the reading material Thirsty, I appreciate it man, that second thread was really helpful. T3 should be here hopefully today or tomorrow. Usually doesn't take long coming from MJR.

[treetrunk]

Will be following along .
Legs 2x/week , what a animal !
Go by feel on the 600mg , if your not happy bump up to 750mg .
You have a lot going on so just find out what feels right .
Good luck
DWBO

Haha, DWBO I have good old Kfizzle to thank for the two times a week leg training! However, if I posted a pic of the beginning of my cycle to 4 weeks into my cycle, you'd shit when you seen the leg growth from just four weeks! So it's working, SUCKS but it's working. Lmao.

And that will be my plan is to just kind of play it by ear on my test dosage. Thanks brother!

[treetrunk]

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Here is week one photo to week four photo DWBO, and I'm gonna hop on the pain train tonight and tear the legs up again! Daaaamn. Lol.

[treetrunk]

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Here you go fellas! Weighed in at 245 this morning. Cutting and putting good lean muscle on, feeling good today! I like seeing that number!

[Thirsty]

Quality work there Brother! Keep it up!

[treetrunk]

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MJR order has landed, time to start my T3 run!!

[PAiN]

Great work brother!!!! Keep it up! I will be following along.

[treetrunk]

Thanks brother!

[studmuffin]

Looking good Brother!

[treetrunk]

Thanks brother!!

[JayDiesel]

Im gonna follow keep doin work. Personal I wouldnt bump up test on this cycle but thats all on you bro. This is getting me motivated to start a log and get my ass goin again

[Thirsty]

This is getting me motivated to start a log and get my ass goin again

All the cool kids are doing it...

[JayDiesel]

All the cool kids are doing it...


Seems to keep people on track knowing they have people following

[treetrunk]

After reading some of the literature Thirsty gave me, I'm gonna leave my Test dosage right where it's at... thanks brother.

Weighed myself at 241 today and was at 12.5% body fat, down from 251 and 13% body fat 3 weeks ago. Was expecting my body fat percentage to have dropped a little more than that, but the lower I get that number the slower it seems to drop. Haha. Making progress though. On day 3 of running my T3 gonna run a couple more days at 50mcg and then bump up to 75mcg for 5 days.

[treetrunk]

Seems to keep people on track knowing they have people following

Definitly keeps me motivated brother! Not to mention the tips and knowledge I gain from it... my log is still pretty new and fresh and I have already got pointed in some good directions and have definitly had some motivational pushes!

[Thirsty]

Making good progress my friend! T3 hit me hard at about day 7. Get ready to sweat!

[treetrunk]

Haha I've been waiting for it man!

[studmuffin]

12.5% body fat is damn good brother!

[treetrunk]

12.5% body fat is damn good brother!

Thanks brother, I can't complain considering where I started! But you know that "never satisfied" feeling. Haha. Gotta keep hitting it, I'm excited to see what kind of results I get out of this T3.

[Thirsty]

Keep a close eye on muscle mass as you find your comfort level with the t3. Around 75-100 you may crank your metabolism up so high it goes after muscle as well as fat deposits. If you notice weakening, back the dose off, and let the cardio and diet take up the slack.

[treetrunk]

Will do man, that has been my only worry about running the T3. Definitly don't want to give up any of my muscle, I'll keep a close eye on it for sure when I jump up to 75 / 100. You have any issues at that dosage Thirsty ?

[Mfire]

Awesome progress, I can relate and my story is about the same. Keep chipping along and putting in the time, you will achieve greatness

[treetrunk]

Thanks Mfire, I appreciate it brother!!

[treetrunk]

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Here's a little update / progress pics for you guys.... see if anyone can point out any of the differences I noticed... my "posing" got a little bit better as well so that helps with some of it...

[Thirsty]

nice work brother!

[benoit23]

good work bro back is def tightening up!

[Thirsty]

see if anyone can point out any of the differences I noticed...

Your tats are getting smaller, and you haven't changed your socks.

[treetrunk]

Lmfao! Damn, differences I didn't even notice! Thanks Thirsty... hahaha. I'll see if I can find some colorful socks or somethin for next time. Lmao.

[treetrunk]

good work bro back is def tightening up!

Thanks Ben! I appreciate it man! I didn't think I was getting anywhere with my lats until I had my wife take these!

[studmuffin]

Looking great Brother!

[Syber]

looking good bro swear your legs look bigger!(in a good way haha)

[treetrunk]

looking good bro swear your legs look bigger!(in a good way haha)

Haha, thanks brother! Been hitting them twice a week, legs are sore 80% of the time but dammit I'm getting somewhere with them! Lol.

[Syber]

haha maybe I should start doing them twice!

[treetrunk]

On day 8 of T3 and sweating like a whore in church... down to 236 lbs today but still feel strong as shit, so far I'm loving this stuff! Getting vascular and veins popping out more than normal so I can tell I'm leaning out.

[treetrunk]

Effective tomorrow, I'll be carb cycling @ 0 carbs / 100 carbs / carb load / repeat. I am also going to be running helios for spot reduction around my lower torso / love handles to try and reduce a little bit more fat around that area...

[Thirsty]

On day 8 of T3 and sweating like a whore in church... down to 236 lbs today but still feel strong as shit, so far I'm loving this stuff! Getting vascular and veins popping out more than normal so I can tell I'm leaning out.

Always nice to see progress! Keep it up buddy!

[treetrunk]

Started my first injection of helios this afternoon, I took .6ml and spread it throughout 6 injection sites at my lower stomach area. Stuff was smooth! We will see where were at in a couple weeks with the helios! Just giving you guys an update, between T3, helios, and carb cycling I should be leaned out to where I want to be. Also got 200 count of tbol in the mail today that I'm trying to decide what I'm gonna do with hahaha.

[benoit23]

Always wondered about that Helios stuff

[treetrunk]

Always wondered about that Helios stuff

I'll let you know how it works ben! Stuff was super smooth, I'm hoping I get as good of results as I've read about it. I think key is making sure I hit different injection sites every time so I don't get spotty fat loss...

[benoit23]

I'm just a huge skeptic when it come to "spot" anything be it reduction or growth lol so fed would like to know

[Thirsty]

Very interested in your experience!

[treetrunk]

Very interested in your experience!

I'll keep progress / changes posted in here Thirsty! I'm anxious to see how well / not well this helios works brother...

[Trader]

Man you got some big arms there.

[treetrunk]

Thanks brother! I'd like to put a little more size on them! Hell who am I kidding? I want to put more size on every muscle. Lol.

[Thirsty]

I'm just a huge skeptic when it come to "spot" anything be it reduction or growth lol so fed would like to know

I'd almost be tempted to make sure I hit the same spot every time in an inconspicuous area... inside of the thigh for example to see if I developed a "dent" or asymmetry to prove / disprove the spot fat loss claim.

[treetrunk]

Not a bad idea....

[Thirsty]

Not a bad idea....

I suppose that depends on how well it works? But then you could always do the same on the other side to even things out if you discover you are getting efficient pinpoint fat loss.

[treetrunk]

This 200 count of tbol is just tempting me every time I get in my stash. Might have to run this for the last 20 days of my cycle! Lol.

[studmuffin]

Hit that tbol Brother! I am on Rejuv's superdrol and I love it.

[treetrunk]

Not going the direction I want to go exactly fellas... I caught some nasty stomach bug and have been out of commission for about 5 days now... I'm at 230 pounds because I haven't been able to keep shit down!! Dammit...

[Thirsty]

Sorry you are feeling rough buddy. Get some R&R in! How's the Helios treating you by the way, this would be two weeks right?

[treetrunk]

Sorry you are feeling rough buddy. Get some R&R in! How's the Helios treating you by the way, this would be two weeks right?

It has been treating me real well man, I backed off a little early when I started feeling like shit man. I didn't get any "spotty" fat reduction. I lost it well overall brother. Ill be running it again in two weeks for sure, i am a fan. Ill upload some pre and post pics when i get a chance. I'm feeling 100% today, so I'll be able to start hitting it hard again in the gym, that shit was rough!

[treetrunk]

Kind of went MIA for a little while, sorry bout that fellas. I got sicker than shit, dropped down to 230 and lost some serious motivation. I'm currently off cycle and on PCT, planning my next cycle out. For now I am on a HUGE diet @ right around 6,800 calories a day. I'm about one week in to this diet and actually feel amazing! I can't wait to get back on cycle on top of this lol. Just thought I'd give you Bros a little bit of an update since I dropped off for a while. http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/25/4e81ceaaca4a9046c3117ac5f0fd9e9e.jpg

[treetrunk]

Oh, my current weight is 242, forgot to add that in there.