Sarms1 Andarine (S-4) & Cardarine (GW-501516) Log

[travishibachi]

Hello guys I know I've been hinting at it the last few weeks but after receiving some generous Christmas money and making more at my job at the bar I decided to throw down on some sarms1 S-4 and GW. I just finished my cycle of ostarine from sarms1 provided to me so generously by Dylan gemelli and since ostarine is known for its bridging and recomp abilities I decided to go straight into this cycle. Both of these compounds are known for their abilities to increase endurance tremendously as well as their androgenic and anti-catabolic capabilities. Since I do a lot of my conditioning workouts in a fasted state I will be testing their potential for maintaining lean body mass as well as losing body fat and increasing strength simultaneously. I have also been doing a lot of my strength workouts in a fasted state but I will plan on going high carb on those days due to GW's reputation for increasing lipid metabolism and the extra glycogen is never a bad thing concerning maximal effort lifts such as squats, deadlift, overhead press etc. I hope you will enjoy my log as I am doing this for other's benefit as well as my own so that I can mark my progress on paper and not just a placebo effect. I appreciate any and all feedback you may provide so feel free to chime in on here!

Stats
Weight: 175 lbs
Body Fat: 8.53%
Height: 5'9"

Lifts
Deadlift: 455
Squat (ass-to-grass not parallel): 355
Bench: 245

Conditioning
Plank: 10:01
Mile: 5:56 currently (high school was 5:18)
5K: 18:45
Push up max: 65
Air squat (5 min AMRAP): 272

Supplements
Supps: Krill oil, astaxanthin, probiotic, Alive gummy multivitamin, creatine (5g/day), beta alanine (3.2g/day)

Cycle
S-4: 1-8 starting with 50 mg ED (2 doses split 4-6 hours apart assessing tolerance then bumping up)
GW-501516: 1-8 20 mg ED (split into 2 doses AM/PM)
HC Generate: 1-8

Mini PCT
HC Generate ES: 1-3

P.S. Now...my shipping experience this time around was a little crazy. Due to the busy holidays and USPS' inconsistent service my order was mis-routed to Connecticut. I myself live in Northern Kentucky just across the river from Cincinnati so obviously I wasn't getting my order. I contacted sarms1 about this fiasco and even though it wasn't their fault they sent my order out again with priority 2-day shipping, refunded the express shipping I had paid for instead of standard ground shipping--which is 5-7 business days--and gave me 20% off my next order. If you don't think sarms1 isn't interested in attracting new customers and maintaining current ones with their spectacular customer service then I don't know what to tell you.

Sarms1-10/10

 

[jbranken]

Looking ripped bro! Definitely in to follow a sarms1 log

 

[jigga14]

Interested to see how these sarms help in shredding you more than you already are.

 

[RickRock]

Looking great to start bro, and you will definitely look awesome by the end of this. S4 and GW is an amazing combo. I'm running it right now myself

 

[travishibachi]

Friday-Day 1

Today was the first day taking my S-4 and GW. From what I've heard it takes 2-3 days to kick in so I'm not expecting anything right away. After taking ostarine I'm very patient since that took 3 weeks to kick in so once it starts working it's all good. Here was the workout:

Warm up: 5 min invisible jump rope

Workout
Bench press: 10x10@135 (Rest 1 min)

1-arm pushups: 3x5/side (Rest 1 min)

Flutter kicks: 1x75 (4 ct)

Cooldown: 5 min jog on treadmill

Easy little workout. My sleep schedule has been messed up so I've been focusing on that instead of trying to go hard every workout. No sense in breaking myself down.

 

[travishibachi]

Saturday-Day 2

Worked out with my friend at the CrossFit gym he goes to and it's usually just bodyweight stuff for the noon class since new people go on Saturdays. Got a little sick since I took all 20 mg of my GW 30 minutes before the workout around 1130 am. I've read that the first few days can be unpleasant due to your body getting used to it so I will make sure to either eat something light if I take all 20 mg in one dose or just split the doses up 12 hours. It will be contingent on what time I work out really. Here was the workout:

Warm up: 10 min plyometric exercises/dynamic stretching

Workout (with partner)
10 min AMRAP of:
20 lunges
40 box jumps
60 double unders

(Rest 5 min)

10 min AMRAP of:
20 ball slams@20#
40 double unders
60 situps

AMRAP 1: 5 rds, 28 box jumps
AMRAP 2: 4 rds, 23 situps


I'm still working on my double unders so my friend did all the double unders for both AMRAPs while I did all the lunges and ball slams. I was feeling a little sluggish and sick which resulted in me throwing up after the workout haha. I attribute this to me eating about 30 boneless wings at Buffalo Wild Wings the night before...so lesson learned. Don't eat crap food before doing a ton of bodyweight reps the next day. We still ended up finishing first among all the groups so at least me losing control of my stomach wasn't in vain ha. I ended up passing out once I got home for like 4 hours and then went to work so Saturday went by pretty quick. Sunday will most likely be a rest day.

 

[travishibachi]

Sunday-Day 3

Today is day 3...still haven't noticed either kicking in but I'm in no rush...my cycle is 8 weeks I've got nothing but time! Gonna do a 7 minute plank since I haven't done one over 5 minutes in about a week. I really don't know how I did one for 10:00 but I do know I was sore as shit afterwards. Also, I ordered the Ohio bar from Rogue Fitness so hopefully it arrives Monday or Tuesday for deadlift and cleans! One guy left a review on Rogue's site and said his barbell snatch went up 15 lbs when he first started using this bar so hopefully my cleans go up a good 10 lbs this week. Pumped!

Plank-7:00

 

[meathead96]

Lookin solid bro. I'm in for this one. I'v been using sarms1 s4 for 4wks now and its legit!

 

[gymrat827]

this will be good.....you can move so weight bud. i use to be higher on bench but lower on DL + squats before my hernia + back fusion.....which i really dont want to do...lol



GL

 

[travishibachi]

Lookin solid bro. I'm in for this one. I'v been using sarms1 s4 for 4wks now and its legit!

Thanks, bro! Can't wait to start seeing some gains.

 

[travishibachi]

this will be good.....you can move so weight bud. i use to be higher on bench but lower on DL + squats before my hernia + back fusion.....which i really dont want to do...lol



GL

Thanks, bro! I've been working hard that's for sure. I have two herniated discs (L-4, L-5) as a result of breaking my femur in high school so I know how that goes. I've never been that good at bench since I've got gorilla arms....but it works out nicely for deadlift haha. Gotta take care of your back I tweaked mine trying to pull 385 the first time...so dumb. Had been repping out doubles at 365 and let my ego get in the way. Now I'm much more disciplined when it comes to going heavy and I try not to 1RM more than once a month and then reset from there. We shall see what kind of strength I get out of this S-4!

 

[meathead96]

Thanks, bro! I've been working hard that's for sure. I have two herniated discs (L-4, L-5) as a result of breaking my femur in high school so I know how that goes. I've never been that good at bench since I've got gorilla arms....but it works out nicely for deadlift haha. Gotta take care of your back I tweaked mine trying to pull 385 the first time...so dumb. Had been repping out doubles at 365 and let my ego get in the way. Now I'm much more disciplined when it comes to going heavy and I try not to 1RM more than once a month and then reset from there. We shall see what kind of strength I get out of this S-4!

So easy to get injured when strength goes up and you max out. I know I've done it myself too. Be careful bro. No need to lift the world lol.

 

[travishibachi]

So easy to get injured when strength goes up and you max out. I know I've done it myself too. Be careful bro. No need to lift the world lol.

That's why I don't like doing 1 rep maxes anymore. I've moved on to heavy doubles and triples which is difficult but not overtaxing. Plus, if you get more reps at the same weight that still means you're getting stronger. I really like the Wendler strength program all my power lifts have gone up.

 

[travishibachi]

Monday-Day 4

Today was day 4. Monday is usually strength and my friend worked out at his house with me today so we did a good strength and conditioning workout. Here was the workout:

Warm up: Air squats x 25, bench press 135x10

Workout
Thick bar bench press: 8x3 on min@185
(Rest 2 min)

5 rounds(recording each rd time) of: 5 deficit handstand pushups, 10 ring pullups, 20 reverse lunge in front rack@95# (10 lunge/leg)
(Rest 1 min between rounds)

Rd 1-2:02
Rd 2-2:01
Rd 3-2:05
Rd 4-2:04
Rd 5-2:02

Part 2 (later at night for long cycle)
Air squats: 2x100 for time
Rd 1-2:32
Rd 2-2:22

The first part of the workout was god awful due to all the lunges...the air squats were easy although I definitely need to roll out my quads. And my Rogue Ohio bar arrives tomorrow looks like deadlift/cleans are on the agenda in a few hours fuck yeah! Time for bed.

 

[meathead96]

There you go with these crazy ass workouts again lol

 

[travishibachi]

There you go with these crazy ass workouts again lol

Sorry, bro! Haha

 

[travishibachi]

Tuesday-Day 5

Today was supposed to be conditioning but I'm pretty sore from yesterday and my new bar arrived! This thing is so sexy...and she's better than a girlfriend because she never talks, always does what I want to do and will always look good with some minor love and care. She's perfect. In fact, so perfect that I pr'd again on my power cleans. Nice little strength workout today.

Warm up: Power clean 135x10

Workout

Wendler program power cleans: 3@60%, 3@70%, 3(or more)@80% 1RM (Rest 2 min)

175: 3
185: 3
195: 10! (PR)

Flat back front lever(60 sec total): 53/7

1-leg box jumps@24": 10
1-leg box jumps@24" w/36" gap: 10

Cooldown: 10 min boxing

Pr'd on my power cleans and got 10@195. Last Wendler strength cycle I got 10@185 so my weight and reps just keep going up it's awesome! I felt like shit today too cuz my legs were extremely sore from the weighted lunges...maybe the S-4 is starting to kick in? My jumping has also improved greatly. I've been doing 1-leg box jumps@24" but I kept taking a step back and got up to almost 40" away from the box so my jumping has gone up both in height for my non-dominant leg and my coordination is going up too. It's not so much the jumping part either but the landing or eccentric part of jumping that requires the most strength since you're absorbing a large amount of force, many times your own bodyweight. I also went apeshit on the punching bag during my boxing cooldown. I got bored just hitting it lightly so I lit it up with around 75 punches rapid fire haha. I was out of breath for maybe 30 seconds and then felt fine. Is the GW starting to kick in? I don't know but I'm curious to find out tomorrow!

 

[brapbrap07]

What time intervals do you guys take your S4 in reference to the gym?

 

[travishibachi]

What time intervals do you guys take your S4 in reference to the gym?

I take my GW and S-4 about 30 minutes before I work out and I take my S-4 doses 4 hours apart...so for example 12 pm and then 4 pm. 4-6 hours apart is the recommended split time for S-4 due to its half-life.

 

[travishibachi]

Wednesday-Day 6

Today was strength...I'm very sore from Monday and Tuesday so I wasn't sure if I was going to lift today or rest. Then my friend text me and said he forgot his workout clothes so he would just be working out at the house again. It's good when we work out together because we push each other but at the same time both of us like to go "balls-to-the-wall" so our workouts end up being a little ridiculous. A light/recovery workout turns into something terrible haha. Here was the workout:

Warm up: deadlift 225x5, 295x5, dynamic stretching,plyometric exercises

Workout
Thick bar deadlift: 6,5,4,3,2,1@315# (Rest time is equal to how long it takes partner to complete...so virtually no rest alternating ha)

(Rest 2 min)

Bodyweight ladder 1,2,3...10,9,8...1 of: 20# med-ball flutter kicks(2 ct), burpees, box jumps@24"

Time-22:00

Reps
Deadlift: 21@315
Flutterkicks: 100
Burpees: 100
Box jumps: 100

Cooldown: 5 min boxing, 2 min hang (I always try to hang after deadlift for decompression)


Deadlift was super easy for some reason considering how sore I was from the previous 2 days. The conditioning part of the workout was terrible because I've had a runny nose the past few days so my breathing is all out of whack. I also slipped doing box jumps halfway through and took a chunk out of my knee that started bleeding pretty bad. I put a piece of paper towel over it and taped it on with some athletic tape and then finished the workout. Ton of reps for just a bodyweight workout but I plan on taking tomorrow off to do some mobility stuff and maybe a light recovery workout. Can't believe I gashed my knee on the box! Hurt like a motherfucker haha. I still can't tell if the GW and S-4 have kicked in yet since my workouts are very challenging but I'm just going to keep going hard and taking rest when I need to. Stay tuned!