It's time to get HUGE!

**Newbienick** · 01-06-2021, 02:10 AM

Originally Posted by maxmuscle1

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.

. Appreciate it and great job as always.

Max
How is the gym situation there?

Green smoothies are the best... It's good to rotate greens in them. If you keep it under 50percent greens 50 percent fruit they don't taste like grass.

Go like spinach and kale with blueberries raspberries banana in fruit juice/ coconut water for a bit then swap greens eg do Swiss chard and romaine lettuce or celery.

Putting a bit of lime and mint in them makes them taste way better if you do want to Jack the veg up over 50 percent.

It's also a good way to use up veg that's starting to look a bit sad in the fridge.

**Elvia1023** · 01-09-2021, 02:10 AM

My back tightened up even more during my first few days rest so I extended things and now it's feeling much better. I have told myself I can't get lazy as it's very easy to do during lock down with no gym and minimal equipment. I could see myself getting in a bad routine which is rare for me as I always train no matter what. So I am going to start training tomorrow (it's 2am now) and I am going to start stretching daily and adding in various ab movements a few times weekly as well. I said to myself everyday when I wake up do 200(+) reps of something. So that could be press ups, ab crunches, bicep curls, lateral raises etc and just do that daily with additional training a few times per week in the evening. Basically just keeping my body active.

When consuming higher cals during lockdown it's so easy to get fat unless you are active. Obviously I am very limited with weight especially for leg movements but I can still grow and stay in decent condition as I do. I am also doing a power walk every day with Flex which usually lasts over an hour. All in all I can make this work I just need to stay driven and get the work done because it would be so easy for me not to do that. I always find it harder to motivate myself when I can't go to the gym but I have all the means necessary to get good results. I wish I had someone to throw some cold water over me in the morning because it takes me about 30 mins to get up but I am going to make sure I start tomorrow and get in the routine of training first thing everyday.

I have just been food shopping so got lot's of meat, fruit and rice etc. However yesterday I had very little fruit in which usually never happens for me. As a result my diet was really basic but still effective in regards to macros/bodybuilding. All day I had over 1kg rump steak, houmous (olive oil, garlic and peppers), 2 packs of rice, 1 bag of pasta, 2 pink lady apples, 1 avocado and some almond butter. I am switching over to 10% fat beef meatballs tomorrow after eating over 1kg of steak a few days running. I love steak but get bored of it when I have a lot but meatballs I can get down easily so will probably just stick to them from now on. The meatballs are pretty much the same macros as the steaks.

The gainer I bought does not taste nice. I figured strawberry milkshake would at least be ok but it's very sickening and sweet. It's not overly bad but it just means I won't be enjoying the shakes but will still add one in post workout. Definitely shouldn't have bought 6 tubs but they could be worse. No other changes but I did add in metformin pre bed at 500mg about 2 weeks ago but I don't think I mentioned it.

**Elvia1023** · 01-09-2021, 02:28 AM

Originally Posted by maxmuscle1

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.

. Appreciate it and great job as always.

Max
How is the gym situation there?

The gym situation is terrible here. They are all closed and should be until March but I am hoping February. A few weeks ago I was using Ghost Greens and now I am on Controlled Labs Orange Tried + Greens. The later is great because it contains a bit of everything and it covers as my multi vitamin and greens powder. Ghost greens I really liked and I will definitely buy it again. Supplements should always just supplement a healthy diet but one area I don't eat much of are greens. When I was having smoothies I would throw in various greens as it was easy as I don't enjoy eating them. Now I am not having any smoothies (left my blender in Switzerland) so it's just an easy way to make sure I am getting more greens in my diet.

The Ghost product is good because it contains some decent ones such as cracked cell wall chlorella, matcha and kale. I don't really need this part but it also contains fruit powders such as acai, pomegranate and camu camu. It also contains 100mg spectra per servings and pre/pro-biotics and digestive enzymes. I always add it to 10g glutamine and I think the combination is great for overall gut and digestive health. I notice a big difference in my stomach when I am taking in both consistently.

The only issue the Ghost one isn't cheap but they sometimes have sales on. There are a few good brands such as Amazing Grass and Garden of Life that sell a variety of good products. I really liked Paradise Herbs ORAC-Energy Greens as well and you can get some good deals on that brand. I just checked and there is a deal on now for the 91g tub (ORAC Energy Greens) on iherb which is tiny so you are best ordering about 5 then you get 25% (HELLO25) discount on top for first time customers as well.

**Elvia1023** · 01-15-2021, 02:33 AM

I started doing exactly what I stated. The 1st day I trained for approx 1 hour which was basically non stop but with my light weights at home. I have 2 db's that weigh about 20lbs each and a plastic barbell that is about 35lbs. I am very limited to legs and have just kept it mainly to squats and calf raises for now. Tomorrow I will add in some movements for hips, glutes and some lunges and pistol squats. I will start doing some stiff leg deadlifts later on when my back is better. Upper body is no problem and I have been hitting that hard. Just light weight and high reps but some failure sets for lateral raises, front raises, bi-cep curls, skull crushers and press ups. The 2nd day was closer to 90 mins non stop and ended with loads of calf raises. I basically do hundreds of reps non stop just changing my foot positions and rom and rep speed. Most reps are full rom with a hard squeeze at the top and I come back and lift up on my heels to imitate a tibialis raise. I usually end up with a donkey calf raise using no weight but they burn hard the way I do them.

I included some seated db deadlifts the other day to work my lower back and it felt good. The next day I was fine but one day later I woke up and it was very tight so I have had 2 days off (excluding some press ups). Tomorrow I will have a big training session of no less than about 90 mins including more leg movements and multiple body weight movements and stretches. Part of my training looks more like a female aerobics class but it keeps me tight and loose

I am basically making the best of a bad situation. I know even with the light weights if I continue to do this whilst eating quality food incrementally I can grow gradually. Most importantly I can stay lean due to the sensible calories and the way I train. I am very limited in some areas but it will have to do for now. Then when the my gym reopens I can hit things hard and things should come to life then especially due to the new stimulus.

My AAS have been lower because instead of injecting every 3 days it's been closer to every 5 so I will improve that now. Deca is known for putting on water on you and it can do but there are many other factors. On high deca I am drier than I am on high test. I shaved my front (whole body was covered in thick hair) and was quite surprised just how dry I still look. My muscles have a nicer look to them on this much deca. On high deca I feel so much calmer as well. I don't get aggressive at all on high test but I just mean I am much more relaxed. My skin has cleared up and I am pretty much side effect free on these doses. The small addition of test and mast definitely compliment the high deca and keep everything running smoothly.

I am still using some insulin on longer training days even though I am just training at home. My workouts are very high volume with minimal rest so it works great. Although recently I have just dosed everything post workout because I wanted to have my shake after the insulin and I just dosed everything together.

1 scoop of EAA's, 1 scoop of Orange Triad with greens and 10g glutamine.
Steak with garlic butter, jasmine rice and 1 avocado.
TRAIN
10iu Apidra SoloSTAR, 2.5iu HGH and 2ml synthetine.
Weightgain shake (10g fat, 110g carbs and 55g protein) with 10g glutamine.
Chicken breast, jasmine rice and goji berries.
Beef meatballs, pasta and cherry tomatoes drizzled in olive oil.
1 scoop of EAA's, 1 scoop of Orange Triad with greens and 10g glutamine.
Beef meatballs, wild/wholegrain rice and 2 spoons of almond butter.

**Elvia1023** · 01-16-2021, 03:25 AM

I done something different today and basically trained on an empty stomach. Well if you don't count 1 banana 5 mins before starting which is nothing for me as I like to have at least 2 meals in me before training on a usual day. I would never normally use insulin in a fasted state because my body is primed to take in and utilize the nutrients I feed it but today was just set out differently (won't be repeated).

Today I trained harder than I have in a long time because it was non stop for over 90 mins. I was destroyed afterwards and pretty much out of breath the entire workout. Just set after set with light weight in my apartment and every 10 mins I would have about 30 secs rest. No order and just movement after movement swopping from upper and lower body. I done some stiff leg deadlifts and my back felt fine. I also done some squats and split squats. No seated db deadlifts as I didn't want too much volume on my lower back but they will be done in 2 days time. I was going to do calf raises at the end but I figured enough was enough. Tomorrow I will just perform 100's of calf raises then the following day another day like today.

I also added in a pre and post workout insulin dose today and I will do the same in 2 days. Although in 2 days I won't train "fasted" so it will be better for me.

1 scoop of Orange Triad with greens and 10g glutamine.
6iu Apidra SoloSTAR, 2.5iu HGH and 2ml synthetine.
Banana.
INTRA 30g EAA's (including 8g leucine), 90g HBCD's, 5g creatine and 10g glutamine.
10iu Apidra SoloSTAR.
Chicken breast, jasmine rice and goji berries.
Chicken breast, basmati rice and red grapes.
Weightgain shake (9g fat, 100g carbs and 50g protein).
Beef meatballs, jasmine rice and tomatoes.
1 scoop of EAA's, 1 scoop of Orange Triad with greens and 10g glutamine.
Chicken Breast, wild/wholegrain rice, 1 avocado and 1 spoon of almond butter.

More chicken breast today and I enjoyed it. I oven bake at 175 degrees for 35 mins. Before I bake I drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and cover it with my spice mix. It comes out tasting great (very moist).

**Elvia1023** · 01-19-2021, 04:28 AM

All I seem to do in lockdown is go on the computer and take Flex out on walks. Everywhere is closed and my family have covid so I haven't done too much recently. I have a girl coming over one night to train with me. I had another girl over the other night and saw a mate a few days but haven't done anything recently. I love training but I find it hard getting motivated to train in my kitchen with my light db's so I just load up on preworkout and don't think and just make it count. I have been training daily but sometimes it's just a quick workout so overall volume is nothing crazy but other days it's 90 mins non stop and fucking hard.

Today I trained legs for about 45 mins. Nothing too crazy but it felt good. Lot's of squats, split squats, stiff leg deadlifts (standard and unilateral) and calf raises. As a result I didn't use any insulin but I did take 2.5iu HGH and 2ml synthetine preworkout. I also dosed my AAS preworkout to make sure it was done as I keep leaving it for 5-6 days and it should be every 3 days so I am on that from now. My AAS were dosed at 450mg deca, 60mg test e and 60mg mast e. I feel really good on this stack and things are moving along nicely.

Even when the gym's were open I didn't do any cardio because I walk quite a lot because Flex loves to be outside. He doesn't like the rain so he hasn't been out as much recently but today was ok so we went on 2 big walks and 2 x 10 min ones.

1 scoop of Orange Triad with greens and 10g glutamine.
Beef meatballs, jasmine rice and blueberries.
1 hour power walk with Flex.
Beef meatballs, long grain rice and pineapple.
2.5iu HGH, 2ml synthetine, 450mg deca, 60mg test e and 60mg mast e.
TRAIN
Chicken breast, jasmine rice and a pink lady apple.
1 hour power walk with Flex.
Chicken breast, long grain rice and red grapes.
1 scoop of EAA's, 1 scoop of Orange Triad with greens and 10g glutamine.
Chicken Breast, pasta and extra mature cheddar cheese (melted on top of pasta).

I also drank a 500ml Biotiful kefir morello cherry yoghurt drink throughout the day as well. With my evening tea I always have 2 squares of 85% dark chocolate as well. I am enjoying my chicken meals recently and as I posted the other day they are oven baked and drizzled with olive oil and cover with my spice mix (salt, pepper, onion powder, red bell pepper, garlic, chilli flakes and mustard seed).

**maxmuscle1** · 01-19-2021, 02:50 PM

Originally Posted by Elvia1023

All I seem to do in lockdown is go on the computer and take Flex out on walks. Everywhere is closed and my family have covid so I haven't done too much recently. I have a girl coming over one night to train with me. I had another girl over the other night and saw a mate a few days but haven't done anything recently. I love training but I find it hard getting motivated to train in my kitchen with my light db's so I just load up on preworkout and don't think and just make it count. I have been training daily but sometimes it's just a quick workout so overall volume is nothing crazy but other days it's 90 mins non stop and fucking hard.

Today I trained legs for about 45 mins. Nothing too crazy but it felt good. Lot's of squats, split squats, stiff leg deadlifts (standard and unilateral) and calf raises. As a result I didn't use any insulin but I did take 2.5iu HGH and 2ml synthetine preworkout. I also dosed my AAS preworkout to make sure it was done as I keep leaving it for 5-6 days and it should be every 3 days so I am on that from now. My AAS were dosed at 450mg deca, 60mg test e and 60mg mast e. I feel really good on this stack and things are moving along nicely.

Even when the gym's were open I didn't do any cardio because I walk quite a lot because Flex loves to be outside. He doesn't like the rain so he hasn't been out as much recently but today was ok so we went on 2 big walks and 2 x 10 min ones.

1 scoop of Orange Triad with greens and 10g glutamine.
Beef meatballs, jasmine rice and blueberries.
1 hour power walk with Flex.
Beef meatballs, long grain rice and pineapple.
2.5iu HGH, 2ml synthetine, 450mg deca, 60mg test e and 60mg mast e.
TRAIN
Chicken breast, jasmine rice and a pink lady apple.
1 hour power walk with Flex.
Chicken breast, long grain rice and red grapes.
1 scoop of EAA's, 1 scoop of Orange Triad with greens and 10g glutamine.
Chicken Breast, pasta and extra mature cheddar cheese (melted on top of pasta).

I also drank a 500ml Biotiful kefir morello cherry yoghurt drink throughout the day as well. With my evening tea I always have 2 squares of 85% dark chocolate as well. I am enjoying my chicken meals recently and as I posted the other day they are oven baked and drizzled with olive oil and cover with my spice mix (salt, pepper, onion powder, red bell pepper, garlic, chilli flakes and mustard seed).

I have the 85% organic dark chocolate and I like it. Especially with all the benefits w low sugar. The way you did the chicken The other day, it comes out so juicy

Max

**Chandlerjohnson325** · 01-19-2021, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by maxmuscle1

I have the 85% organic dark chocolate and I like it. Especially with all the benefits w low sugar. The way you did the chicken The other day, it comes out so juicy

Max

Honestly have never eaten a pink lady apple! Honest where I’m from on the occasion we get Macintosh apples and they are like no other!!!

No one likes juicy chicken we want that stuff like shoe leather gotta cut it with a sawzall like a steak from Applebee’s hahaha

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**Chandlerjohnson325** · 01-19-2021, 08:35 PM

Originally Posted by Elvia1023

All I seem to do in lockdown is go on the computer and take Flex out on walks. Everywhere is closed and my family have covid so I haven't done too much recently. I have a girl coming over one night to train with me. I had another girl over the other night and saw a mate a few days but haven't done anything recently. I love training but I find it hard getting motivated to train in my kitchen with my light db's so I just load up on preworkout and don't think and just make it count. I have been training daily but sometimes it's just a quick workout so overall volume is nothing crazy but other days it's 90 mins non stop and fucking hard.

Today I trained legs for about 45 mins. Nothing too crazy but it felt good. Lot's of squats, split squats, stiff leg deadlifts (standard and unilateral) and calf raises. As a result I didn't use any insulin but I did take 2.5iu HGH and 2ml synthetine preworkout. I also dosed my AAS preworkout to make sure it was done as I keep leaving it for 5-6 days and it should be every 3 days so I am on that from now. My AAS were dosed at 450mg deca, 60mg test e and 60mg mast e. I feel really good on this stack and things are moving along nicely.

Even when the gym's were open I didn't do any cardio because I walk quite a lot because Flex loves to be outside. He doesn't like the rain so he hasn't been out as much recently but today was ok so we went on 2 big walks and 2 x 10 min ones.

1 scoop of Orange Triad with greens and 10g glutamine.
Beef meatballs, jasmine rice and blueberries.
1 hour power walk with Flex.
Beef meatballs, long grain rice and pineapple.
2.5iu HGH, 2ml synthetine, 450mg deca, 60mg test e and 60mg mast e.
TRAIN
Chicken breast, jasmine rice and a pink lady apple.
1 hour power walk with Flex.
Chicken breast, long grain rice and red grapes.
1 scoop of EAA's, 1 scoop of Orange Triad with greens and 10g glutamine.
Chicken Breast, pasta and extra mature cheddar cheese (melted on top of pasta).

I also drank a 500ml Biotiful kefir morello cherry yoghurt drink throughout the day as well. With my evening tea I always have 2 squares of 85% dark chocolate as well. I am enjoying my chicken meals recently and as I posted the other day they are oven baked and drizzled with olive oil and cover with my spice mix (salt, pepper, onion powder, red bell pepper, garlic, chilli flakes and mustard seed).

It’s amazing how we get tired of the same old foods but if you just change up the spices it alone is enough to make us interested in it again! Sometimes going with a different cooking method however that might effect the nutritional side of it!

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**Elvia1023** · 01-22-2021, 04:45 AM

Just more of the same. I have trained everyday. Volume is varied and today was about 45 mins. For legs movements I used my barbell and performed mainly calf raises, stiff leg deadlifts and hip thrusts. For upper body I done something different and put all my weights from both db's onto 1 db so it was about 40lbs. I would do 3 unilateral sets to failure on each side for every movement. So db bi-cep curls for 1 set to failure with my right arm, 1 set to failure with left arm, right arm, left arm etc. No rest between sets (6 in total) so quick and very intense. I done bi-ceps curls, tri-cep extensions, lateral raise and shoulder press. An example for bicep's it was 19, 18, 16, 15, 10 and 9. My left arm was 1 rep behind every set due to the tendon but it still felt great.

Next I done 1 arm back rows and these feel amazing the way I set up. I hold my kitchen worktop and lean downwards and I pull up/back with my elbows. Just a really good connection and I can tell even with light weight I can improve my lats if I do these frequently which is the plan. This may sound strange but over the years I have learnt with certain muscles (calves, lats etc) I can improve them more with lighter weight and 100% connection compared to very heavy weight with what would be considered decent form (looking towards) but 75% connection due to the load. Obviously the goal is 100% connection and execution with the heaviest weight possible. My 40lb db is very far from the highest weight possible but I still think I can progress with it and when I hit the gym again I can push the weight up. The reps were very controlled with squeezes and about 21, 17 and 14. I finished with a few quick sets of abs and then done some stretches.

A lot of people think they can't train hard with minimal equipment but the above is one example of how you can push it even with just 1 dumbbell. Do 3 set to failure with each side with no rest in between and that can be done for various movements.

1 scoop of EAA's, 1 scoop of Orange Triad with greens and 10g glutamine.
Beef meatballs, jasmine rice and blueberries.
TRAIN
Chicken Breast, basmati rice and pineapple.
1 scoop of EAA's and 10g glutamine.
Beef meatballs, jasmine rice and goji berries.
Chicken breast, garlic/red pepper houmous and basmati rice.
1 scoop of EAA's, 1 scoop of Orange Triad with greens and 10g glutamine.
Beef meatballs, garlic/red pepper houmous and jasmine rice.
Dry Roasted Peanuts.
2.5 IU HGH

As people know I suffer from anxiety and on my current stack I feel fantastic. Absolutely no anxiety at all and I feel great. Lockdown is shit but in regard to well being I am gtg and haven't experienced any bad side effects. My skin is looking really good as well.

I posted how I am experimenting with a statin to see the difference in my cholesterol profile as I blast. I have no intention of staying on this statin I just want to see what it does and I will be getting more blood work soon to see how everything is looking. Regardless of the results I will be dropping the statin at the end of my blast and will try to maintain cholesterol markers off it by basically not taking anything (certain orals) that will destroy my cholesterol. Obviously I will eat a decent diet, do cardio and take certain supplements to assist everything as well. I have experienced no side effects whatsoever but the muscle weakness does concern me. I do ensure I use certain supplements when using the statin to help matters and they include a multi vitamin/mineral, vitamin d, vitamin c, creatine, ubiquinol, calcium and eaa's.

My current bed time drugs/supps are 4mg Pivasta (Pitavastatin), 80mg Valsartan, 500mg Metformin and 5mg Melatonin.