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Well y'all, it's finally here. My first PED cycle. As stated in the thread title, the goal here is recomposition. I know there are other SARMs that may be better suited for recomp, but I've seen great results with LGD used as such, I also feel more comfortable with the safety of LGD. Especially by itself. After two months of research and a month on here asking tons of questions, I started my standalone LGD cycle today. Thanks to everyone who answered the questions I've had and the questions I will have. Greatly appreciate it. I dosed 3 mg's this morning roughly an hour before I measured in with my trainer. I took a bunch of pictures today that I may post later on in this log, perhaps at the end. Not sure how public I want to be with my PED use. I would blur my face and post them, but I have fairly distinctive tattoos. Let's go ahead and start with beginning stats:
About Me
29 years old. Been lifting off and on since about 18 years old. Was always slightly overweight growing up. Severe asthmatic, often kept me away from activity. Got serious about lifting about a year and a half ago. Have made significant progress, but I haven't had as much time to devote to training and diet as I would like due to being a full-time student with a 4.0 GPA taking honors courses. I'm a very busy person.
Day One Body Measurements and Stats
(All done with tape, calipers and calculations by my trainer)
Weight: 239.5 LBS
Body Fat Percentage: 15.4%
Lean Mass: 202.7 LBS
Fat: 36.8 LBS
Right Bicep: 16.5"
Left Bicep: 16"
Waist: 41.75" (yep, carry most of my body fat here)
Right Quad: 26.25"
Left Quad: 26"
Cycle Layout
I feel as though a lot of people are very rigid in what they plan to take. Personally, I'm going to start out light and work my way up, I plan to be somewhat fluid. I'll add on if I feel I can handle it, I'll back off if I don't. Will probably look something like this:
LGD-4033 (sarms1)
Week 1: 3 mg/ED
Week 2: 4 mg/ED
Week 3-8: 5 mg/ED
Not opposed to going to 6-8 mg/ed if everything is going well. I may also go from 3 mg to 5 mg next week. I do get a bit confused here. If I start feeling sluggish or suppressed, do I take more LGD? Or back off of the dosage? This is a bridge I'll cross once I get there, but feel free to let me know what you think now.
Also planning to run 5 caps of HCGenerate daily (once it gets here, already ordered), but I'm giving it a few days before I start taking it. I want to see how the LGD makes me feel before adding in HCGenerate. If I have any adverse side effects, I'd like to know specifically what is causing them. Clearly I'm very cautious. I'm VERY sensitive to medications, historically. Meds that are supposed to take weeks to work sometimes start working immediately on me. I'd rather start light and put more on if I like whats happening than be chalked full of a substance that I don't deal well with and stuck with it.
PCT Plans
Again, I plan to be fluid here as well. I already have Nolva and Clomid on the way from AG-Guys, will be ordering HCGenerate ES a little later in my cycle (Since I have regular HCGenerate, won't need the ES for a while). I've read a TON of stuff on here, other boards and have asked a bunch of questions from you all. I plan to continue to read up as the end of my cycle approaches. I've seen some people say I absolutely need to run a nolva/clomid/HCGenerate 4 week PCT, others have said I could be fine with just HCGenerate.
From everything I understand and have read, Nolva and Clomid are HEAVY drugs, with potentially more adverse side effects that the LGD itself. I really don't want to deal with an estrogen rebound or emotional disturbances. Since SARMs are minimally suppressive (although LGD is the most suppressive), I may not even take either one. Or I might just run one or the other. Basically, I'm going to go with the lightest PCT that I can get away with and keep my gains. I will truly take all of the input you all will give me here. I will most likely get bloods drawn in the final week of my cycle to see where I stand.
Diet
I plan on eating 3000-3300 calories per day, consisting of 40% carbs, 40% protein, 20% fat. This breaks down to roughly 300-330 grams of carbs and protein (each) and 66-73 grams of fats. This is probably where I struggle the most. As someone who has a full-time class load with CHALLENGING classes, works at night waiting tables and always has homework to do, I truly don't have a lot of time to prep meals. I do my very best though, especially when I can often be away from home for 16 hours at a time. I would love some suggestions for some meal ideas to meet this caloric and macronutrient goal. Sure, I can slam a bunch of shitty food and easily hit 3300 cals a day, but trying to find that many CLEAN calories quickly and conveniently will be a challenge. As I said, I'm busy as fuck. Right now, I'm eating a good amount of chicken and whole grain couscous. I will absolutely need to start eating more. I will most likely have to work in some meal supplementation and more shakes.
Other Supplements
Basic stuff. Musclepharm assault black before the gym, usually with a scoop of creatine and some extra beta alanine. I take BCAA intraworkout, whey isolate after. Whey isolate is generally what I consume as far as shakes go, but I always have a pure casein shake with glutamine right before bed. Nothing exceptional here.
What To Expect From This Log
This probably won't be tremendously detailed. I am on this forum very often, but I don't have time to log what I do in every workout. I will most likely be updating weekly or as I notice changes happening, especially with how I feel physically/mentally. I weigh in and measure with my trainer every 3 weeks. So I will most likely be giving lengthy updates then. If I have any immediate questions or concerns, I will most likely be posting a new thread to address them so its is done so in a more timely manner.
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Day One
Really don't feel or notice any difference. Dosed around 10 AM, worked out around 11:30. I'm purposefully trying to not read into every little thing that happens in my body or "look for" things to see if the LGD is working. I can probably drive myself nuts that way or placebo/psychosomatically fuck myself up. So I'm just going to let it ride. The ONLY thing that I may have noticed was post workout. Usually, I'm drained after my workout, I'm shaking, weak, completely depleted. I felt fine. Like I didn't even work out. I understand LGD takes time to really start working, so again, could be in my head.
About Me
29 years old. Been lifting off and on since about 18 years old. Was always slightly overweight growing up. Severe asthmatic, often kept me away from activity. Got serious about lifting about a year and a half ago. Have made significant progress, but I haven't had as much time to devote to training and diet as I would like due to being a full-time student with a 4.0 GPA taking honors courses. I'm a very busy person.
Day One Body Measurements and Stats
(All done with tape, calipers and calculations by my trainer)
Weight: 239.5 LBS
Body Fat Percentage: 15.4%
Lean Mass: 202.7 LBS
Fat: 36.8 LBS
Right Bicep: 16.5"
Left Bicep: 16"
Waist: 41.75" (yep, carry most of my body fat here)
Right Quad: 26.25"
Left Quad: 26"
Cycle Layout
I feel as though a lot of people are very rigid in what they plan to take. Personally, I'm going to start out light and work my way up, I plan to be somewhat fluid. I'll add on if I feel I can handle it, I'll back off if I don't. Will probably look something like this:
LGD-4033 (sarms1)
Week 1: 3 mg/ED
Week 2: 4 mg/ED
Week 3-8: 5 mg/ED
Not opposed to going to 6-8 mg/ed if everything is going well. I may also go from 3 mg to 5 mg next week. I do get a bit confused here. If I start feeling sluggish or suppressed, do I take more LGD? Or back off of the dosage? This is a bridge I'll cross once I get there, but feel free to let me know what you think now.
Also planning to run 5 caps of HCGenerate daily (once it gets here, already ordered), but I'm giving it a few days before I start taking it. I want to see how the LGD makes me feel before adding in HCGenerate. If I have any adverse side effects, I'd like to know specifically what is causing them. Clearly I'm very cautious. I'm VERY sensitive to medications, historically. Meds that are supposed to take weeks to work sometimes start working immediately on me. I'd rather start light and put more on if I like whats happening than be chalked full of a substance that I don't deal well with and stuck with it.
PCT Plans
Again, I plan to be fluid here as well. I already have Nolva and Clomid on the way from AG-Guys, will be ordering HCGenerate ES a little later in my cycle (Since I have regular HCGenerate, won't need the ES for a while). I've read a TON of stuff on here, other boards and have asked a bunch of questions from you all. I plan to continue to read up as the end of my cycle approaches. I've seen some people say I absolutely need to run a nolva/clomid/HCGenerate 4 week PCT, others have said I could be fine with just HCGenerate.
From everything I understand and have read, Nolva and Clomid are HEAVY drugs, with potentially more adverse side effects that the LGD itself. I really don't want to deal with an estrogen rebound or emotional disturbances. Since SARMs are minimally suppressive (although LGD is the most suppressive), I may not even take either one. Or I might just run one or the other. Basically, I'm going to go with the lightest PCT that I can get away with and keep my gains. I will truly take all of the input you all will give me here. I will most likely get bloods drawn in the final week of my cycle to see where I stand.
Diet
I plan on eating 3000-3300 calories per day, consisting of 40% carbs, 40% protein, 20% fat. This breaks down to roughly 300-330 grams of carbs and protein (each) and 66-73 grams of fats. This is probably where I struggle the most. As someone who has a full-time class load with CHALLENGING classes, works at night waiting tables and always has homework to do, I truly don't have a lot of time to prep meals. I do my very best though, especially when I can often be away from home for 16 hours at a time. I would love some suggestions for some meal ideas to meet this caloric and macronutrient goal. Sure, I can slam a bunch of shitty food and easily hit 3300 cals a day, but trying to find that many CLEAN calories quickly and conveniently will be a challenge. As I said, I'm busy as fuck. Right now, I'm eating a good amount of chicken and whole grain couscous. I will absolutely need to start eating more. I will most likely have to work in some meal supplementation and more shakes.
Other Supplements
Basic stuff. Musclepharm assault black before the gym, usually with a scoop of creatine and some extra beta alanine. I take BCAA intraworkout, whey isolate after. Whey isolate is generally what I consume as far as shakes go, but I always have a pure casein shake with glutamine right before bed. Nothing exceptional here.
What To Expect From This Log
This probably won't be tremendously detailed. I am on this forum very often, but I don't have time to log what I do in every workout. I will most likely be updating weekly or as I notice changes happening, especially with how I feel physically/mentally. I weigh in and measure with my trainer every 3 weeks. So I will most likely be giving lengthy updates then. If I have any immediate questions or concerns, I will most likely be posting a new thread to address them so its is done so in a more timely manner.
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Day One
Really don't feel or notice any difference. Dosed around 10 AM, worked out around 11:30. I'm purposefully trying to not read into every little thing that happens in my body or "look for" things to see if the LGD is working. I can probably drive myself nuts that way or placebo/psychosomatically fuck myself up. So I'm just going to let it ride. The ONLY thing that I may have noticed was post workout. Usually, I'm drained after my workout, I'm shaking, weak, completely depleted. I felt fine. Like I didn't even work out. I understand LGD takes time to really start working, so again, could be in my head.
