It's time to get HUGE!

**Elvia1023** · 12-24-2020, 05:06 AM

Lot's of updates. I haver had some major issues with my left bi-cep tendon and my shoulders recently. Mainly just inflammation from hard training and pushing volume/frequency. I am a big fan of voltaren gel but I haven't used it since moving back. I bought a tub and put loads on all over my shoulders and arms last night and it made a massive difference. I will carry on applying it every day and I will also have a few days off the gym over Christmas to help matters as well.

I started 4mg Pitavastatin pre bed and so far it's fine. Well it causes some very mild stomach pain and my appetite has lowered but nothing too bad so far. One of the main side effects associated with statin use is muscle weakness. I am using 10,000IU vitamin D daily and I think that is a great way to help offset and possible issue a statin could cause in that regard. I have also doubled up my dose of ubiquinol since starting Pitavastatin as statins lower coenzyme q10. So far I am feeling good so I am pleased and I will carry on with the protocol and hopefully I can even improve my cholesterol profile as I grow.

I have trained the last 3 days and done pull, legs and push. Legs was brutal but I am recovering fast due to my diet (intra nutrition etc), sleep and my hormones building up. I am also limiting my working set to a few each body part so I keep an eye on the overall volume for every leg day. I am doing hack squats at least once every 2 rotations and I go to complete failure (stuck at the bottom) every time. Today was similar to the push workout listed above but instead of the last machine press we dome some barbell presses with slow negatives to finish chest off. Instead of the standing shoulder press we also done some plate loaded shoulder press and went up to 3pps (machine feels heavy). Ended the later with a drop set with 3pps, 2pps and 1pps.

I had my mate take some pics of me post workout but they have turned out much worse than I had hoped. He can't take pics and was taking in all the background. He said he can just zoom in afterwards and crop them but they haven't turned out well. I am very hairy as well but I wanted to get an updated pic. I was looking super full but it hasn't really come out in pics but I will get many more done over the next few months.

**Elvia1023** · 12-31-2020, 12:21 AM

My back went the other day so things haven't been great. It is what it is. I was feeling so good when training and for many months so I guess the additions added up over time and this was the result. When I look back I am left thinking no wonder but it has been fine for months so it was still a surprise. But sure I had done some relatively heavy barbell rows the day before. On the day I had done stiff leg deadlifts (very light weight) and heavy leg curls etc. Weirdly it actually happened in the gym mid set but it will be an accumulation of movements that done it. I had just done a crazy superset of leg press and hack squats. The leg press was heavy but the hack squat was fairly light but brutal to finish with. Anyway I was done and had rested awhile and my mate said are you doing another one and I thought fuck it do a 2nd so I done the leg press and straight over to the hack squat. On about the 8th rep I felt my back go so I just had to rack the weight and stand there hoping it wouldn't seize up too badly.

2 days later is is really bad and I can barely move. I know what to expect though and I know I will be fine in a few days. I will just rest and as the days go stretch it more and move more. I am applying voltaren gel to the area, using cold packs, doubled up my curcumin dose and taking some painkillers. I am feeling good and I know it's just a minor set back and I will be back better than ever. Obviously I just have to be careful and I will adjust my training accordingly so it doesn't happen again. I also went against my plan and decided to add 20mg dbol in and that was the 1st day so that could have been a big factor as well as I was getting so pumped up and the added pump in my lower back was too much for it too take. I am very careful with my form but for some of my working sets it's impossible to keep lower back completely out of certain movements. Going on this rate I am going to have to take an inch off my height because I can't straighten my back properly

So it's rest and lower calories as I want to start back in a lean state. I did feel sorry for myself yesterday and had 2 big bars of chocolate (xmas present) but I ate very little in the day so still woke up tighter. For the next few days just my standard meals but probably 3-4 instead of 5 but I have a few big steaks in my fridge so more fat but still lower cals. Gonna have my body primed for when I can hit the gym again. A minor set back and I am looking forward to getting back in the gym in the new year and going from there. I should be able to train in a few days so I will carry on my blast so nothing changes and I will still hit things just as hard but just do what I set out a few months ago and not sway from those rules again.

Besides that everything was looking great and I was starting to feel really good so it's just a 1 week set back and I can't see it ruining anything as long as I am careful with what movements I use in the future. The only downside to high dosed deca so far is some minor acne on my face but that will go away soon as it usually happens during any fluctuations of hormones for me.

**JohnMcc** · 12-31-2020, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by Elvia1023

My back went the other day so things haven't been great. It is what it is. I was feeling so good when training and for many months so I guess the additions added up over time and this was the result. When I look back I am left thinking no wonder but it has been fine for months so it was still a surprise. But sure I had done some relatively heavy barbell rows the day before. On the day I had done stiff leg deadlifts (very light weight) and heavy leg curls etc. Weirdly it actually happened in the gym mid set but it will be an accumulation of movements that done it. I had just done a crazy superset of leg press and hack squats. The leg press was heavy but the hack squat was fairly light but brutal to finish with. Anyway I was done and had rested awhile and my mate said are you doing another one and I thought fuck it do a 2nd so I done the leg press and straight over to the hack squat. On about the 8th rep I felt my back go so I just had to rack the weight and stand there hoping it wouldn't seize up too badly.

2 days later is is really bad and I can barely move. I know what to expect though and I know I will be fine in a few days. I will just rest and as the days go stretch it more and move more. I am applying voltaren gel to the area, using cold packs, doubled up my curcumin dose and taking some painkillers. I am feeling good and I know it's just a minor set back and I will be back better than ever. Obviously I just have to be careful and I will adjust my training accordingly so it doesn't happen again. I also went against my plan and decided to add 20mg dbol in and that was the 1st day so that could have been a big factor as well as I was getting so pumped up and the added pump in my lower back was too much for it too take. I am very careful with my form but for some of my working sets it's impossible to keep lower back completely out of certain movements. Going on this rate I am going to have to take an inch off my height because I can't straighten my back properly

So it's rest and lower calories as I want to start back in a lean state. I did feel sorry for myself yesterday and had 2 big bars of chocolate (xmas present) but I ate very little in the day so still woke up tighter. For the next few days just my standard meals but probably 3-4 instead of 5 but I have a few big steaks in my fridge so more fat but still lower cals. Gonna have my body primed for when I can hit the gym again. A minor set back and I am looking forward to getting back in the gym in the new year and going from there. I should be able to train in a few days so I will carry on my blast so nothing changes and I will still hit things just as hard but just do what I set out a few months ago and not sway from those rules again.

Besides that everything was looking great and I was starting to feel really good so it's just a 1 week set back and I can't see it ruining anything as long as I am careful with what movements I use in the future. The only downside to high dosed deca so far is some minor acne on my face but that will go away soon as it usually happens during any fluctuations of hormones for me.

I hope your back helps up quickly so you can get back to the grind bro, Happy New Year

**Elvia1023** · 01-03-2021, 02:55 AM

Originally Posted by JohnMcc

I hope your back helps up quickly so you can get back to the grind bro, Happy New Year

Thank you. I am feeling much better. Probably back in the gym too soon but I am feeling good

**Elvia1023** · 01-03-2021, 02:56 AM

I have trained 2 days in a row now. If I had a doctor it would definitely be against his orders but I know my body well. I just have to be extra careful as my back is still not 100% but it's getting there. I mainly kept it to machines but I have had 2 really good workouts. First day was push and a typical day but I kept the weight moderate and slowed down all reps with most working sets being approx 15 reps. Today for pull it was more of the same but fairly high volume and lot's of sets. I might have tomorrow off but will see how I feel but it will be legs when I do train. Legs will be much more careful with calves being pretty normal but hams will just be some light-moderate weight unilateral seated leg curls. Then some hip adductors and abductors. For quads probably just some lighter weight leg press and multiple harder sets of leg extensions with low-moderate weight and high reps. So legs will be adjusted a lot and all about getting a great pump and being safe until my back is 100%.

I ordered some insulin from scrioxx so I received that yesterday and tried it today for the first time. I tried 6iu preworkout and I am going to stay at that dose. I had started taking in 60g HBCD's intra training so I will just remain at that amount. With the 60g carbs I add in approx 20g EAA's, 10g glutamine and 5g creatine. Shortly after I dosed the slin I had 1 banana and took my preworkout and headed to the gym. I will stay at this amount for the foreseeable future then I will likely add in 10iu humalog post workout to go with my post workout meal that always consists of at least 100g carbs.

Everything else is the same and I am just happy to be back in the gym and will start building some quality size now. Things will start coming to life now and I hope to make some impressive changes. I will probably get more blood work done at the end of the month as I am curious how everything will look with all the things I have in place. I stopped pramipexole the other week as it's not the best thing to use and I am not taking any AI so I am curious how my estrogen (estradiol) and prolactin are looking. Moreover I want to see what difference the addition of 4mg Pitavastatin daily has made to my cholesterol profile. I am pleased with the pitavastatin so far because it hasn't given me any really noticeable side effects.

1 scoop of EAA's, 1 scoop of Orange Triad with greens and 10g glutamine.
Steak with garlic butter, jasmine rice and goji berries.
6iu Apidra SoloSTAR and 2.5iu HGH then 1 banana.
INTRA 2 scoops of EAA's, 60g HBCD's, 5g creatine and 10g glutamine.
Chicken breast, jasmine rice, chopped dates and goji berries.
Steak, long grain rice, blueberries and 2 squares of 85% dark chocolate.
1 scoop of EAA's, 1 scoop of Orange Triad with greens and 10g glutamine.
Steak, wild/wholegrain rice and 1 avocado.

Just 4 wholefood meals today but I will be back to 5 tomorrow.

**Elvia1023** · 01-05-2021, 01:42 AM

You have to laugh. I am back in the gym and everything is going great and they announce a national lockdown with immediate effect. They didn't give any notice but it was obvious it was coming. Most of the UK is in lockdown and my region was in tier 3 which means many restrictions but the gyms are still open. Reading all the info about rising figures etc it was obvious it was going to come any day. That's why I had trained 4 days in a row even though my lower back is still not 100%. Things were going great though and I pushed it hard in the gym today.

Yesterday was legs and my back felt a bit tight so I was very careful with exercise selection. I posted earlier what movements I had planned and I stuck to them. So calves trained very hard and consisted of the usual 2 movements with multiple failure sets. Then it was just seated leg curls for hams and focusing on form and slow/high reps and getting a great pump/burn. Then hard hip ab/adductors and I finished with multiple hard sets of leg extensions with moderate weight and squeezing as hard as possible at the top of every rep. It was all just about pump and making sure my back was safe that day.

Today was a typical push day but very high volume. I knew there was a government announcement at 8pm so it was a case of when the lockdown will be put into effect. So training volume was high and I enjoyed it. I started with a variety of incline bench db front and lateral raises (performing a hybrid of both as well). Some heavy seated shoulder press and I went up to 3pps. Then peck deck, machine press, db flyes and more presses. Full weight rack for both machines but the db flyes were done just to get a great stretch before my heavy pressing set. I only went up to 20kg db's but the hardest form and 3 sec pauses at the bottom of every rep and around 15-20 reps per set. Then some presses with 3pps for my heavy set. Tri-ceps were the full weight rack for cable pushdowns using a variety of techniques then some db lying extensions with 24-14kg db's. Stretches to finish as always.

On both days I used 6iu Apidra SoloSTAR and 2.5iu HGH preworkout. A banana preworkout and an intra shake with 20g EAA's, 60g HBCD's, 5g creatine and 10g glutamine. Post workout was meat and rice both days.

I have ordered 6 tubs of weightgainer and it should be here tomorrow. I got a great deal and it's main carb source is carb10 (pea starch) but it also contains hbcd's, gluten free oat flour and organic buckwheat flour. It has a blend of proteins but mainly whey isolate and for fats it has flaxseed powder and mct's. Overall it's a decent looking blend so hopefully I digest it ok as I ordered 6 tubs (was going to do 8)

Per serving it's 10g fat, 110g carbs and 55g protein so it's very similar to my standard meals and a nice ratio for me. It has to be done because I can't be bothered adding in more meals so I am going to just use 1-2 shakes per day with 4-5 whole food meals. I will start with 4+1, then 4+2 then 5+2 so just a very simple way for me to increase calories over time. I eat the same meals constantly so it's an easy way for me to move up gradually as I grow.

There are many "easy" methods to use to keep increasing calories without having to keep increasing meals. I will do the above and if I need more I will add some fats to certain meals in the form of a spoon of almond/cashew butter. Then if I still need extra I will just increase my pre bed meal and add some calorie dense foods to it. Just little ways to keep increasing without going past 7 meals for me as that is max for me as I do this for fun so don't want to be miserable trying to force food down me throughout the day as that never ends well.

**Keule206** · 01-05-2021, 01:49 PM

Our gyms are closed from 8.11.2020 and i think i have to wait another month, it´s really hard to stay motivated.
If you haven´t the possibility to working out in the gym....only at home with your DB, you will also
increase the kcal, or will you wait when the gyms will open again?

**Elvia1023** · 01-06-2021, 12:35 AM

Originally Posted by Keule206

Our gyms are closed from 8.11.2020 and i think i have to wait another month, it´s really hard to stay motivated.
If you haven´t the possibility to working out in the gym....only at home with your DB, you will also
increase the kcal, or will you wait when the gyms will open again?

Sorry to hear about your gym. It looks like it will be about 2 months without the gym for me which is a fair amount of time. My plan is to still grow but I am very limited to what I can do at home. I can still make it work though. Lot's of hard workouts were I get as pumped up as possible. I honestly think if you have a great diet and drugs in place then of course training is vitally important but as long as you stimulate the muscles and train hard you can still get good results without big weights. Sure I want to be lifting big weights but I think I can make it work. My home workouts can get pretty intense and I do multiple failure sets.

The one area that is more of a struggle at home are my legs because I use certain machines to enable me to train very hard but keep my back safe. There are only so many bodyweight squats you can do

My legs really do need a bit more abuse to grow so it's a shame I don't have a hack squat and leg extension etc as my quads really need that if I want them to grow how I planned. I can't replicate that at home especially with a 15kg barbell. I guess some pistol squats and light weights lunges will have to do for now. My calves should be ok with my crazy sets I do with the light barbell. Basically about 500 reps (I don't count) non stop just changing foot positions every so often and using different techniques. I also plan to take Flex on longer walks (we walk very fast) and also do bodyweight ab movements approx 3 times per week so combined with the training I can stay fairly lean/sharp as I grow.

**Elvia1023** · 01-06-2021, 12:36 AM

No gym's are open but I will start training at home soon. Just giving my body a short rest to allow my back to heal and because I trained 4 days in a row. I have still been using some painkillers but only once daily (after breakfast) and I won't use anymore from now on. They have definitely lowered my appetite so I kept it to 4 meals today but I increased the portion sizes so things balanced out. Calories will start increasing but I don't mind keeping things like this for the next few days.

My nutrition was very basic today but still effective. I had over 1kg of rump steak divided into 4 meals. 2 were with rice (approx 90g carbs each) and 2 were with pasta (about 120g carbs each). I also drizzled some organic extra virgin olive oil on the pasta meals. For the rice meals I added goji berries. I have also had a small amount of black grapes and blueberries. No vegetables today but I will have 2 servings of greens powder by the end of the day. I will also add an avocado to my last meal as well. Tomorrow I should receive my weightgain powder and I will add that in straightaway.

I might train arms and calves tomorrow depending upon how I am feeling. During the last lockdown I had planned to start syntherol but I didn't but now I definitely will. It will be good for me to have something to concentrate on as I will be very limited in what I can do as I have minimal equipment. It's time to get my arms to blow up. I still train hard at home I just use light weights but pretty much don't stop start to finish. As a result I will still carry on using 6iu insulin preworkout which I had only just started before the lockdown. It's annoying because the gym's should be closed for about 2 months but I will just make the best of a bad situation.

**maxmuscle1** · 01-06-2021, 01:06 AM

Let me know what greens powder you take. I have been freezing fresh spinach w my fruit for my daily smoothie and was thinking if I could find one cheap and not bad tasting; I could add it in. Every once in a while i get some green juice from the shoppes.