Approved Log My Cutting Cycle Log - Testosterone, Masteron, Trenbolone

[bigstickel]

Hey everyone - super happy to have found this place. I have been into the cannabis boards since the early 2000s, looks like this place is the exact kind of community I am looking for.

Little background - I have 4 kids ages 11, 6, 3 & 1. Not making any excuses whatsoever, but due to the insanity that is my life - sleep is no where near as good as it needs to be & the diet can go off the rails sometimes. That being said, I always make it to the gym - my rest and fuel intake are just not always optimal.

I have lifted weights on & off since my early teens - I am 39 now. 2.5 years ago I stopped drinking & finally started taking my health seriously. Worked out for a solid year and half before deciding I wanted to do the enhanced deal. First cycle last year was test, 2nd was test & deca & now I am on my cut. Let's get all the deets rolling:

Current Stats:
Age: 39
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 168lbs(first thing in the AM)

Current Cycle(currently on week 10 of 16):
350 Test E
500 Mast E
280 Tren A (thinking about increasing this - have not experienced any sides yet)
60mcg Clen(titrated up from 20)
Reta - 2mg
GH - 4iu daily
Not taking any AIs or anything currently. I am not getting any side effects as far as I can tell. Do seem a bit emotional at times, but nothing gyno related at least.

I really have not experienced any sides at this time. Sleep is a little f*cked, but that is normal for me.

Diet (when on point) consists mainly of:
Breakfast - Normally 2 whole eggs & 6 whites. I bulk cook them every weekend in the air fryer. Depending on what is going on, I may have a piece of toast or two to go with that. If the morning is shot, I have a cup of coffee with a scoop of True Nutrion's beef collagen. Get a 30g of protein at least.
Mid morning - If on point, this would be my first chicken/rice/veggie meal. If no time or something happened, I usually will make a shake with isolate, some oats or banana (or both), Fairlife fat free milk & ice. Delish & works great in a pinch. I probably rely on these too much, but its what I need to do sometimes.
Lunch - Same as above.
Afternoon - normally some greek yogurt & a fruit/veggie.
Dinner - This will either be chicken/rice - or I just started eating white fish a few nights a week. I work out at night so being bloated/full at all from my last meal sucks & I noticed the fish never gives me that.
Post - This is always a shake - isolate & dextrose.

As noted - I probably rely way too much on protein shakes, but I do get the highest quality I can find. I also really like milk & will often supplement with that if I do not have time. Carb intake has been very inconsistent the last few weeks due to spring sports starting - but things levelled out this weekend so hopefully this week will get back to a little more consistency.

Training:
Up until two weeks ago, I was running an A/B push/pull/legs dealio. Pretty high volume, was getting there every 6 weeks. I have always dealt with like tennis elbow or whatever, and two weeks ago it got bad. I decided to take a week off from the gym & just did cardio. Got back in this week & I am going to slow down to probably 2 days on / 1 day off for the rest of the cut. Very happy with my upper body development, but as you can tell from the pictures - legs are lacking big time. I have come to conclusion that I just do not push hard enough & need to hit the legs with more intensity & volume. Not trying to push myself too much during this cut, so once that is over I am really going to start hitting the legs hard.

Yea so that is where I am at currently. One thing I should note is that prior to using gear, I already had slightly elevated BP. Not really hypertension, but it was on the higher end of the range. Normally right now I am running on average 130-140/70-85. I know that is high, I am thinking of grabbing Telmisartan to deal with that - let me know if anyone else has experience with it.

Anyways that is all I have for now. I will update every week. Really looking forward to becoming a member of the community. Peace out.

 

[bigstickel]

Forgot to mention I was at roughly 205lb at the end of 2025, so I came down a good amount. I had way too high a BF % the first cycle I was on.

 

[LevButlerov]

Hey everyone - super happy to have found this place. I have been into the cannabis boards since the early 2000s, looks like this place is the exact kind of community I am looking for.

Little background - I have 4 kids ages 11, 6, 3 & 1. Not making any excuses whatsoever, but due to the insanity that is my life - sleep is no where near as good as it needs to be & the diet can go off the rails sometimes. That being said, I always make it to the gym - my rest and fuel intake are just not always optimal.

I have lifted weights on & off since my early teens - I am 39 now. 2.5 years ago I stopped drinking & finally started taking my health seriously. Worked out for a solid year and half before deciding I wanted to do the enhanced deal. First cycle last year was test, 2nd was test & deca & now I am on my cut. Let's get all the deets rolling:

Current Stats:
Age: 39
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 168lbs(first thing in the AM)

Current Cycle(currently on week 10 of 16):
350 Test E
500 Mast E
280 Tren A (thinking about increasing this - have not experienced any sides yet)
60mcg Clen(titrated up from 20)
Reta - 2mg
GH - 4iu daily
Not taking any AIs or anything currently. I am not getting any side effects as far as I can tell. Do seem a bit emotional at times, but nothing gyno related at least.

I really have not experienced any sides at this time. Sleep is a little f*cked, but that is normal for me.

Diet (when on point) consists mainly of:
Breakfast - Normally 2 whole eggs & 6 whites. I bulk cook them every weekend in the air fryer. Depending on what is going on, I may have a piece of toast or two to go with that. If the morning is shot, I have a cup of coffee with a scoop of True Nutrion's beef collagen. Get a 30g of protein at least.
Mid morning - If on point, this would be my first chicken/rice/veggie meal. If no time or something happened, I usually will make a shake with isolate, some oats or banana (or both), Fairlife fat free milk & ice. Delish & works great in a pinch. I probably rely on these too much, but its what I need to do sometimes.
Lunch - Same as above.
Afternoon - normally some greek yogurt & a fruit/veggie.
Dinner - This will either be chicken/rice - or I just started eating white fish a few nights a week. I work out at night so being bloated/full at all from my last meal sucks & I noticed the fish never gives me that.
Post - This is always a shake - isolate & dextrose.

As noted - I probably rely way too much on protein shakes, but I do get the highest quality I can find. I also really like milk & will often supplement with that if I do not have time. Carb intake has been very inconsistent the last few weeks due to spring sports starting - but things levelled out this weekend so hopefully this week will get back to a little more consistency.

Training:
Up until two weeks ago, I was running an A/B push/pull/legs dealio. Pretty high volume, was getting there every 6 weeks. I have always dealt with like tennis elbow or whatever, and two weeks ago it got bad. I decided to take a week off from the gym & just did cardio. Got back in this week & I am going to slow down to probably 2 days on / 1 day off for the rest of the cut. Very happy with my upper body development, but as you can tell from the pictures - legs are lacking big time. I have come to conclusion that I just do not push hard enough & need to hit the legs with more intensity & volume. Not trying to push myself too much during this cut, so once that is over I am really going to start hitting the legs hard.

Yea so that is where I am at currently. One thing I should note is that prior to using gear, I already had slightly elevated BP. Not really hypertension, but it was on the higher end of the range. Normally right now I am running on average 130-140/70-85. I know that is high, I am thinking of grabbing Telmisartan to deal with that - let me know if anyone else has experience with it.

Anyways that is all I have for now. I will update every week. Really looking forward to becoming a member of the community. Peace out.

Forgot to mention I was at roughly 205lb at the end of 2025, so I came down a good amount. I had way too high a BF % the first cycle I was on.

welcome fully to the EVO family thank you for sharing @bigstickel you look good very strong shoulders and arms and real powerful build.

Cycle
since you're on the cycle already hard to say pull back but i would like to see bloods
when was the last time you did bloods on this?

Please share more day to day information with us.

Diet, Training, Cardio
Diet, please share foods and meals and when you eat them, macros would be good
Training, please share actual exercises reps sets and weights, as you go especially get stronger
cardio how much do you do? when etc
If you don't log what you eat or train now, open NOTES on phone and start recording it there and paste here. Or use an app like myfitness pal or cronometer. Very easy.

supplements
Are you taking high doses Vitamin C?
how much creatine do you use ed?
what digestive supps you use?
digestive enzymes?
multis?
probiotics?
psyllium husk?

are you listening to our podcast? if not, you should:
https://www.evolutionary.org/podcasts/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/evolutionary-bodybuilding-radio/id1798623410
https://open.spotify.com/show/53q1RFTgG4h6TQHsJ4xY6Z


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[rizzlekdizzle]

Hey man well done on getting enough Mast to go 500 a week!
Have you tried a daily cialis? For some that's all they need to lower BP and also comes with other benefits.
280 Tren A sounds good enough brother - I wouldn't go chasing sides.

 

[Yuri]

Welcome my brother- can’t wait to see this log progress

Do please take this in a positive and polite way, but before increasing the dose of such a toxic compound like tren I’d love you to consider being more accurate with your nutrition first, it’s such a low hanging fruit that will drive more fat loss and progress without messing up your blood work

Big evo energy your way

 

[Mobster]

Let's see you start meal prepping as a way of staying on point.

 

[stevesmi]

Hey everyone - super happy to have found this place. I have been into the cannabis boards since the early 2000s, looks like this place is the exact kind of community I am looking for.

Little background - I have 4 kids ages 11, 6, 3 & 1. Not making any excuses whatsoever, but due to the insanity that is my life - sleep is no where near as good as it needs to be & the diet can go off the rails sometimes. That being said, I always make it to the gym - my rest and fuel intake are just not always optimal.

I have lifted weights on & off since my early teens - I am 39 now. 2.5 years ago I stopped drinking & finally started taking my health seriously. Worked out for a solid year and half before deciding I wanted to do the enhanced deal. First cycle last year was test, 2nd was test & deca & now I am on my cut. Let's get all the deets rolling:

Current Stats:
Age: 39
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 168lbs(first thing in the AM)

Current Cycle(currently on week 10 of 16):
350 Test E
500 Mast E
280 Tren A (thinking about increasing this - have not experienced any sides yet)
60mcg Clen(titrated up from 20)
Reta - 2mg
GH - 4iu daily
Not taking any AIs or anything currently. I am not getting any side effects as far as I can tell. Do seem a bit emotional at times, but nothing gyno related at least.

I really have not experienced any sides at this time. Sleep is a little f*cked, but that is normal for me.

Diet (when on point) consists mainly of:
Breakfast - Normally 2 whole eggs & 6 whites. I bulk cook them every weekend in the air fryer. Depending on what is going on, I may have a piece of toast or two to go with that. If the morning is shot, I have a cup of coffee with a scoop of True Nutrion's beef collagen. Get a 30g of protein at least.
Mid morning - If on point, this would be my first chicken/rice/veggie meal. If no time or something happened, I usually will make a shake with isolate, some oats or banana (or both), Fairlife fat free milk & ice. Delish & works great in a pinch. I probably rely on these too much, but its what I need to do sometimes.
Lunch - Same as above.
Afternoon - normally some greek yogurt & a fruit/veggie.
Dinner - This will either be chicken/rice - or I just started eating white fish a few nights a week. I work out at night so being bloated/full at all from my last meal sucks & I noticed the fish never gives me that.
Post - This is always a shake - isolate & dextrose.

As noted - I probably rely way too much on protein shakes, but I do get the highest quality I can find. I also really like milk & will often supplement with that if I do not have time. Carb intake has been very inconsistent the last few weeks due to spring sports starting - but things levelled out this weekend so hopefully this week will get back to a little more consistency.

Training:
Up until two weeks ago, I was running an A/B push/pull/legs dealio. Pretty high volume, was getting there every 6 weeks. I have always dealt with like tennis elbow or whatever, and two weeks ago it got bad. I decided to take a week off from the gym & just did cardio. Got back in this week & I am going to slow down to probably 2 days on / 1 day off for the rest of the cut. Very happy with my upper body development, but as you can tell from the pictures - legs are lacking big time. I have come to conclusion that I just do not push hard enough & need to hit the legs with more intensity & volume. Not trying to push myself too much during this cut, so once that is over I am really going to start hitting the legs hard.

Yea so that is where I am at currently. One thing I should note is that prior to using gear, I already had slightly elevated BP. Not really hypertension, but it was on the higher end of the range. Normally right now I am running on average 130-140/70-85. I know that is high, I am thinking of grabbing Telmisartan to deal with that - let me know if anyone else has experience with it.

Anyways that is all I have for now. I will update every week. Really looking forward to becoming a member of the community. Peace out.

@bigstickel Diet is looking terrific and so is the training. I absolutely love the deep information you've got here. I see a lot of guys also using Cialis and that is helping them with their blood pressure. It might be something you could do maybe every other day.

 

[ceo]

Hey everyone - super happy to have found this place. I have been into the cannabis boards since the early 2000s, looks like this place is the exact kind of community I am looking for.

Little background - I have 4 kids ages 11, 6, 3 & 1. Not making any excuses whatsoever, but due to the insanity that is my life - sleep is no where near as good as it needs to be & the diet can go off the rails sometimes. That being said, I always make it to the gym - my rest and fuel intake are just not always optimal.

I have lifted weights on & off since my early teens - I am 39 now. 2.5 years ago I stopped drinking & finally started taking my health seriously. Worked out for a solid year and half before deciding I wanted to do the enhanced deal. First cycle last year was test, 2nd was test & deca & now I am on my cut. Let's get all the deets rolling:

Current Stats:
Age: 39
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 168lbs(first thing in the AM)

Current Cycle(currently on week 10 of 16):
350 Test E
500 Mast E
280 Tren A (thinking about increasing this - have not experienced any sides yet)
60mcg Clen(titrated up from 20)
Reta - 2mg
GH - 4iu daily
Not taking any AIs or anything currently. I am not getting any side effects as far as I can tell. Do seem a bit emotional at times, but nothing gyno related at least.

I really have not experienced any sides at this time. Sleep is a little f*cked, but that is normal for me.

Diet (when on point) consists mainly of:
Breakfast - Normally 2 whole eggs & 6 whites. I bulk cook them every weekend in the air fryer. Depending on what is going on, I may have a piece of toast or two to go with that. If the morning is shot, I have a cup of coffee with a scoop of True Nutrion's beef collagen. Get a 30g of protein at least.
Mid morning - If on point, this would be my first chicken/rice/veggie meal. If no time or something happened, I usually will make a shake with isolate, some oats or banana (or both), Fairlife fat free milk & ice. Delish & works great in a pinch. I probably rely on these too much, but its what I need to do sometimes.
Lunch - Same as above.
Afternoon - normally some greek yogurt & a fruit/veggie.
Dinner - This will either be chicken/rice - or I just started eating white fish a few nights a week. I work out at night so being bloated/full at all from my last meal sucks & I noticed the fish never gives me that.
Post - This is always a shake - isolate & dextrose.

As noted - I probably rely way too much on protein shakes, but I do get the highest quality I can find. I also really like milk & will often supplement with that if I do not have time. Carb intake has been very inconsistent the last few weeks due to spring sports starting - but things levelled out this weekend so hopefully this week will get back to a little more consistency.

Training:
Up until two weeks ago, I was running an A/B push/pull/legs dealio. Pretty high volume, was getting there every 6 weeks. I have always dealt with like tennis elbow or whatever, and two weeks ago it got bad. I decided to take a week off from the gym & just did cardio. Got back in this week & I am going to slow down to probably 2 days on / 1 day off for the rest of the cut. Very happy with my upper body development, but as you can tell from the pictures - legs are lacking big time. I have come to conclusion that I just do not push hard enough & need to hit the legs with more intensity & volume. Not trying to push myself too much during this cut, so once that is over I am really going to start hitting the legs hard.

Yea so that is where I am at currently. One thing I should note is that prior to using gear, I already had slightly elevated BP. Not really hypertension, but it was on the higher end of the range. Normally right now I am running on average 130-140/70-85. I know that is high, I am thinking of grabbing Telmisartan to deal with that - let me know if anyone else has experience with it.

Anyways that is all I have for now. I will update every week. Really looking forward to becoming a member of the community. Peace out.

Bros, is this gonna be an awesome vlog? I'm looking forward to it. I didn't even know you could cook eggs in the air fryer. You gotta tell me more about that. Wouldn't it be hard to do that or do you put it on a pan? @bigstickel

 

[ROIDDERS]

Hey everyone - super happy to have found this place. I have been into the cannabis boards since the early 2000s, looks like this place is the exact kind of community I am looking for.

Little background - I have 4 kids ages 11, 6, 3 & 1. Not making any excuses whatsoever, but due to the insanity that is my life - sleep is no where near as good as it needs to be & the diet can go off the rails sometimes. That being said, I always make it to the gym - my rest and fuel intake are just not always optimal.

I have lifted weights on & off since my early teens - I am 39 now. 2.5 years ago I stopped drinking & finally started taking my health seriously. Worked out for a solid year and half before deciding I wanted to do the enhanced deal. First cycle last year was test, 2nd was test & deca & now I am on my cut. Let's get all the deets rolling:

Current Stats:
Age: 39
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 168lbs(first thing in the AM)

Current Cycle(currently on week 10 of 16):
350 Test E
500 Mast E
280 Tren A (thinking about increasing this - have not experienced any sides yet)
60mcg Clen(titrated up from 20)
Reta - 2mg
GH - 4iu daily
Not taking any AIs or anything currently. I am not getting any side effects as far as I can tell. Do seem a bit emotional at times, but nothing gyno related at least.

I really have not experienced any sides at this time. Sleep is a little f*cked, but that is normal for me.

Diet (when on point) consists mainly of:
Breakfast - Normally 2 whole eggs & 6 whites. I bulk cook them every weekend in the air fryer. Depending on what is going on, I may have a piece of toast or two to go with that. If the morning is shot, I have a cup of coffee with a scoop of True Nutrion's beef collagen. Get a 30g of protein at least.
Mid morning - If on point, this would be my first chicken/rice/veggie meal. If no time or something happened, I usually will make a shake with isolate, some oats or banana (or both), Fairlife fat free milk & ice. Delish & works great in a pinch. I probably rely on these too much, but its what I need to do sometimes.
Lunch - Same as above.
Afternoon - normally some greek yogurt & a fruit/veggie.
Dinner - This will either be chicken/rice - or I just started eating white fish a few nights a week. I work out at night so being bloated/full at all from my last meal sucks & I noticed the fish never gives me that.
Post - This is always a shake - isolate & dextrose.

As noted - I probably rely way too much on protein shakes, but I do get the highest quality I can find. I also really like milk & will often supplement with that if I do not have time. Carb intake has been very inconsistent the last few weeks due to spring sports starting - but things levelled out this weekend so hopefully this week will get back to a little more consistency.

Training:
Up until two weeks ago, I was running an A/B push/pull/legs dealio. Pretty high volume, was getting there every 6 weeks. I have always dealt with like tennis elbow or whatever, and two weeks ago it got bad. I decided to take a week off from the gym & just did cardio. Got back in this week & I am going to slow down to probably 2 days on / 1 day off for the rest of the cut. Very happy with my upper body development, but as you can tell from the pictures - legs are lacking big time. I have come to conclusion that I just do not push hard enough & need to hit the legs with more intensity & volume. Not trying to push myself too much during this cut, so once that is over I am really going to start hitting the legs hard.

Yea so that is where I am at currently. One thing I should note is that prior to using gear, I already had slightly elevated BP. Not really hypertension, but it was on the higher end of the range. Normally right now I am running on average 130-140/70-85. I know that is high, I am thinking of grabbing Telmisartan to deal with that - let me know if anyone else has experience with it.

Anyways that is all I have for now. I will update every week. Really looking forward to becoming a member of the community. Peace out.

Seems like your diet is pretty good. The only thing I would suggest is post-workout, instead of having a shake full of sugar. Go with a legit meal instead. And yes I agree with you. You do rely too much on shakes. Real food is always better. Even the supplement grifters online who sell protein powder for a living will admit that. @bigstickel

 

[bigstickel]

Already loving this place - nothing but positivity off the bat!

@LevButlerov - I will get my full detailed diet/training/cardio/supplement regimen. Give me till Friday, spring break with the kids & I am going nutty already lol. I am all over the podcast, that is actually how I found the site! Thank you! I actually just got my mid cycle bloodwork done this AM. I have it from the beginning, will attach both in here.

@rizzlekdizzle - Thanks bud. Yea I have a tendency to over purchase when I get into something. I probably have enough gear of almost every compound to last a few years lol. Probably more actually. I just started the Cialis yesterday - 5mg in the AM before fasted cardio. Not sure if it was just the placebo effect, but we well see. Thanks for the advice on the Tren - that is what I needed to hear lol.

@Yuri - No offense taken at all! You could have said that in a much dicker way haha - nothing sort of gentlemanly with that response lol. I probably made it seem a little worst than it is, but I know right now my diet is my main limiting factor - that and sleep haha. Thank you man!

​

@Mobster - You & Steve are the reason I am here! Honored to get you commenting on my first log. Thank you!

@stevesmi - Much thanks for the kind words. Just started Cialis yesterday - lets see how it goes!

@ceo - Yea man, I have been doing it this way for a few years now. I basically fill up the air fryer until I cannot fit anymore (usually a dozen eggs give or take 1-2), set it to 250 on bake mode for 18 minutes. Once done I throw them in an ice bath for like 10-15 minutes, than peel from them. So much easier than boiling them. Super stoked about this log - can't wait to start getting more info on here.

@ROIDDERS - Yes I know about the shakes, working on that one! For the post workout carbs - I saw a quick youtube video from John Meadows and all he had post workout was half a cup of rice & a spoonful of honey. I was thinking about giving that a try - what do you think?

So once again I just wanted to reiterate how excited I am to have found this community. Between the career, kids & workouts at night - I do not really get much of a chance to interact with like minded individuals lol. Thanks again guys. will get the rest of my info up ASAP!

 

[Ulter]

Hey everyone - super happy to have found this place. I have been into the cannabis boards since the early 2000s, looks like this place is the exact kind of community I am looking for.

Little background - I have 4 kids ages 11, 6, 3 & 1. Not making any excuses whatsoever, but due to the insanity that is my life - sleep is no where near as good as it needs to be & the diet can go off the rails sometimes. That being said, I always make it to the gym - my rest and fuel intake are just not always optimal.

I have lifted weights on & off since my early teens - I am 39 now. 2.5 years ago I stopped drinking & finally started taking my health seriously. Worked out for a solid year and half before deciding I wanted to do the enhanced deal. First cycle last year was test, 2nd was test & deca & now I am on my cut. Let's get all the deets rolling:

Current Stats:
Age: 39
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 168lbs(first thing in the AM)

Current Cycle(currently on week 10 of 16):
350 Test E
500 Mast E
280 Tren A (thinking about increasing this - have not experienced any sides yet)
60mcg Clen(titrated up from 20)
Reta - 2mg
GH - 4iu daily
Not taking any AIs or anything currently. I am not getting any side effects as far as I can tell. Do seem a bit emotional at times, but nothing gyno related at least.

I really have not experienced any sides at this time. Sleep is a little f*cked, but that is normal for me.

Diet (when on point) consists mainly of:
Breakfast - Normally 2 whole eggs & 6 whites. I bulk cook them every weekend in the air fryer. Depending on what is going on, I may have a piece of toast or two to go with that. If the morning is shot, I have a cup of coffee with a scoop of True Nutrion's beef collagen. Get a 30g of protein at least.
Mid morning - If on point, this would be my first chicken/rice/veggie meal. If no time or something happened, I usually will make a shake with isolate, some oats or banana (or both), Fairlife fat free milk & ice. Delish & works great in a pinch. I probably rely on these too much, but its what I need to do sometimes.
Lunch - Same as above.
Afternoon - normally some greek yogurt & a fruit/veggie.
Dinner - This will either be chicken/rice - or I just started eating white fish a few nights a week. I work out at night so being bloated/full at all from my last meal sucks & I noticed the fish never gives me that.
Post - This is always a shake - isolate & dextrose.

As noted - I probably rely way too much on protein shakes, but I do get the highest quality I can find. I also really like milk & will often supplement with that if I do not have time. Carb intake has been very inconsistent the last few weeks due to spring sports starting - but things levelled out this weekend so hopefully this week will get back to a little more consistency.

Training:
Up until two weeks ago, I was running an A/B push/pull/legs dealio. Pretty high volume, was getting there every 6 weeks. I have always dealt with like tennis elbow or whatever, and two weeks ago it got bad. I decided to take a week off from the gym & just did cardio. Got back in this week & I am going to slow down to probably 2 days on / 1 day off for the rest of the cut. Very happy with my upper body development, but as you can tell from the pictures - legs are lacking big time. I have come to conclusion that I just do not push hard enough & need to hit the legs with more intensity & volume. Not trying to push myself too much during this cut, so once that is over I am really going to start hitting the legs hard.

Yea so that is where I am at currently. One thing I should note is that prior to using gear, I already had slightly elevated BP. Not really hypertension, but it was on the higher end of the range. Normally right now I am running on average 130-140/70-85. I know that is high, I am thinking of grabbing Telmisartan to deal with that - let me know if anyone else has experience with it.

Anyways that is all I have for now. I will update every week. Really looking forward to becoming a member of the community. Peace out.

@bigstickel It's good that you're taking your health seriously. The blood pressure thing is definitely something to keep an eye on. It can fluctuate quite a bit so you want to monitor it as much as you can.

 

[waggat]

Hey everyone - super happy to have found this place. I have been into the cannabis boards since the early 2000s, looks like this place is the exact kind of community I am looking for.

Little background - I have 4 kids ages 11, 6, 3 & 1. Not making any excuses whatsoever, but due to the insanity that is my life - sleep is no where near as good as it needs to be & the diet can go off the rails sometimes. That being said, I always make it to the gym - my rest and fuel intake are just not always optimal.

I have lifted weights on & off since my early teens - I am 39 now. 2.5 years ago I stopped drinking & finally started taking my health seriously. Worked out for a solid year and half before deciding I wanted to do the enhanced deal. First cycle last year was test, 2nd was test & deca & now I am on my cut. Let's get all the deets rolling:

Current Stats:
Age: 39
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 168lbs(first thing in the AM)

Current Cycle(currently on week 10 of 16):
350 Test E
500 Mast E
280 Tren A (thinking about increasing this - have not experienced any sides yet)
60mcg Clen(titrated up from 20)
Reta - 2mg
GH - 4iu daily
Not taking any AIs or anything currently. I am not getting any side effects as far as I can tell. Do seem a bit emotional at times, but nothing gyno related at least.

I really have not experienced any sides at this time. Sleep is a little f*cked, but that is normal for me.

Diet (when on point) consists mainly of:
Breakfast - Normally 2 whole eggs & 6 whites. I bulk cook them every weekend in the air fryer. Depending on what is going on, I may have a piece of toast or two to go with that. If the morning is shot, I have a cup of coffee with a scoop of True Nutrion's beef collagen. Get a 30g of protein at least.
Mid morning - If on point, this would be my first chicken/rice/veggie meal. If no time or something happened, I usually will make a shake with isolate, some oats or banana (or both), Fairlife fat free milk & ice. Delish & works great in a pinch. I probably rely on these too much, but its what I need to do sometimes.
Lunch - Same as above.
Afternoon - normally some greek yogurt & a fruit/veggie.
Dinner - This will either be chicken/rice - or I just started eating white fish a few nights a week. I work out at night so being bloated/full at all from my last meal sucks & I noticed the fish never gives me that.
Post - This is always a shake - isolate & dextrose.

As noted - I probably rely way too much on protein shakes, but I do get the highest quality I can find. I also really like milk & will often supplement with that if I do not have time. Carb intake has been very inconsistent the last few weeks due to spring sports starting - but things levelled out this weekend so hopefully this week will get back to a little more consistency.

Training:
Up until two weeks ago, I was running an A/B push/pull/legs dealio. Pretty high volume, was getting there every 6 weeks. I have always dealt with like tennis elbow or whatever, and two weeks ago it got bad. I decided to take a week off from the gym & just did cardio. Got back in this week & I am going to slow down to probably 2 days on / 1 day off for the rest of the cut. Very happy with my upper body development, but as you can tell from the pictures - legs are lacking big time. I have come to conclusion that I just do not push hard enough & need to hit the legs with more intensity & volume. Not trying to push myself too much during this cut, so once that is over I am really going to start hitting the legs hard.

Yea so that is where I am at currently. One thing I should note is that prior to using gear, I already had slightly elevated BP. Not really hypertension, but it was on the higher end of the range. Normally right now I am running on average 130-140/70-85. I know that is high, I am thinking of grabbing Telmisartan to deal with that - let me know if anyone else has experience with it.

Anyways that is all I have for now. I will update every week. Really looking forward to becoming a member of the community. Peace out.

Hey mate, welcome to Evo.

Nice start to your log.

You look pretty good in the photos.

The PPL training, were you doing that 6 days a week prior to cutting back to 2 on 1 off? PPL isn't bad for focusing on legs.

Can you list some typical workouts including weights used.

Might be that diet is the area where you can make the most improvements. Do you track you meals? What are your current daily macros?

 

[LevButlerov]

@LevButlerov - I will get my full detailed diet/training/cardio/supplement regimen. Give me till Friday, spring break with the kids & I am going nutty already lol. I am all over the podcast, that is actually how I found the site! Thank you! I actually just got my mid cycle bloodwork done this AM. I have it from the beginning, will attach both in here.

awesome looking forward to it @bigstickel EVO family welcomes you!

 

[Yuri]

Big things happening bro, we are excited to follow your journey

 

[bigstickel]

Ok peeps - today was a great food intake day. See below for my food/supp intake. Dont hate me, but I basically pulled all the supp info from ChatGPT, so they might not be optimal, let me know what ya'll think.

Immediately after waking prior to fasted cardio (4:30-5AMsh)- 24 ounces of water w/ 1/4 tsp LoSalt, pinch of sea salt, tbsp ACV, 2.5 taurine & 1.5g L-Tyorsine. Supps washed down are nattokinase(6000FU), Beet Root Powder(2g), grape seed extract(300mg). I walk for anywhere between 20-45 minutes depending on what time I got up. 10% incline & I try and keep my HR between 115-130.
Post Cardio (6AMsh) - 2 large eggs, 4 large egg whites(these are hardboiled, so I just cut them in half and scoop the yolks out), 1/2 serving True Nutrition Beef Collagen mixed into a 10oz cup of black coffee. Roughly 15g of protein in that serving. Supps - NAC(600mg), Astralagus(1000mg), Vitamin C(1000mg), Chelated Zinc(30mg) & my multivitamin(I use Jym Supps for that).
Mid-Morning (9AMsh) - 50 grams of oats cooked with 1.5 cups Fairlife fat free milk & 1 scoop True Nutrition cold filtered Isolate(love this stuff), & 1 clementine.
Lunch (12PMsh) - 130g grilled chicken, 120g white rice & 2tsp olive oil. Supps are Berberine(500mg), Citrus Bergamot(1000mg), Red Yeast rice(1200mg), CoQ10(200mg), Curcumin(500mg).
Mid-PM (3PMsh) - 110g grilled chicken, 100g white rice & 2tsp olive oil.
Dinner (6-7PMsh) - 120g tilapia, 100g sauteed green beans, 40g Cream of Rice with 2tbsp Hershey's no sugar choc syrup & 1 tbsp almond butter.
Preworkout Drink -1.5g L-tyrosine, 6g citrulline malate, 1tbsp glycerol.
Intra Drink (usually at the gym between 8:30-9pm) - 30gHBCD, 15g EAAs, 2.5g taurine, 5g creatine, 1/2tsp LoSalt.
Post - 50g isolate, 3 scoops dextrose, 2g L-Carnitine & pinch of salt. Supps are just 10g collagen & 500mg Vitamin C.
Bedtime - magnesium(500mg), ashwqngdha(500mg) & glycine(3g)

I take 2 fish oil pills with each meal as well.

Macros come out to roughly 250g protein, 240g carbs & 47g fat for right around 2,400 calories. Drinking at least 4 liters of water as well. Going to run to the gym, will get this weeks workout with sets/reps/weights by Friday. Thanks!

 

[Noah Wixx]

Let's see you start meal prepping as a way of staying on point.

that is the way

 

[LevButlerov]

Ok peeps - today was a great food intake day. See below for my food/supp intake. Dont hate me, but I basically pulled all the supp info from ChatGPT, so they might not be optimal, let me know what ya'll think.

Immediately after waking prior to fasted cardio (4:30-5AMsh)- 24 ounces of water w/ 1/4 tsp LoSalt, pinch of sea salt, tbsp ACV, 2.5 taurine & 1.5g L-Tyorsine. Supps washed down are nattokinase(6000FU), Beet Root Powder(2g), grape seed extract(300mg). I walk for anywhere between 20-45 minutes depending on what time I got up. 10% incline & I try and keep my HR between 115-130.
Post Cardio (6AMsh) - 2 large eggs, 4 large egg whites(these are hardboiled, so I just cut them in half and scoop the yolks out), 1/2 serving True Nutrition Beef Collagen mixed into a 10oz cup of black coffee. Roughly 15g of protein in that serving. Supps - NAC(600mg), Astralagus(1000mg), Vitamin C(1000mg), Chelated Zinc(30mg) & my multivitamin(I use Jym Supps for that).
Mid-Morning (9AMsh) - 50 grams of oats cooked with 1.5 cups Fairlife fat free milk & 1 scoop True Nutrition cold filtered Isolate(love this stuff), & 1 clementine.
Lunch (12PMsh) - 130g grilled chicken, 120g white rice & 2tsp olive oil. Supps are Berberine(500mg), Citrus Bergamot(1000mg), Red Yeast rice(1200mg), CoQ10(200mg), Curcumin(500mg).
Mid-PM (3PMsh) - 110g grilled chicken, 100g white rice & 2tsp olive oil.
Dinner (6-7PMsh) - 120g tilapia, 100g sauteed green beans, 40g Cream of Rice with 2tbsp Hershey's no sugar choc syrup & 1 tbsp almond butter.
Preworkout Drink -1.5g L-tyrosine, 6g citrulline malate, 1tbsp glycerol.
Intra Drink (usually at the gym between 8:30-9pm) - 30gHBCD, 15g EAAs, 2.5g taurine, 5g creatine, 1/2tsp LoSalt.
Post - 50g isolate, 3 scoops dextrose, 2g L-Carnitine & pinch of salt. Supps are just 10g collagen & 500mg Vitamin C.
Bedtime - magnesium(500mg), ashwqngdha(500mg) & glycine(3g)

I take 2 fish oil pills with each meal as well.

Macros come out to roughly 250g protein, 240g carbs & 47g fat for right around 2,400 calories. Drinking at least 4 liters of water as well. Going to run to the gym, will get this weeks workout with sets/reps/weights by Friday. Thanks!

the supp info fis what? the supps you took or waht chatgpt told you?

 

[ballin2504]

Hey everyone - super happy to have found this place. I have been into the cannabis boards since the early 2000s, looks like this place is the exact kind of community I am looking for.

Little background - I have 4 kids ages 11, 6, 3 & 1. Not making any excuses whatsoever, but due to the insanity that is my life - sleep is no where near as good as it needs to be & the diet can go off the rails sometimes. That being said, I always make it to the gym - my rest and fuel intake are just not always optimal.

I have lifted weights on & off since my early teens - I am 39 now. 2.5 years ago I stopped drinking & finally started taking my health seriously. Worked out for a solid year and half before deciding I wanted to do the enhanced deal. First cycle last year was test, 2nd was test & deca & now I am on my cut. Let's get all the deets rolling:

Current Stats:
Age: 39
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 168lbs(first thing in the AM)

Current Cycle(currently on week 10 of 16):
350 Test E
500 Mast E
280 Tren A (thinking about increasing this - have not experienced any sides yet)
60mcg Clen(titrated up from 20)
Reta - 2mg
GH - 4iu daily
Not taking any AIs or anything currently. I am not getting any side effects as far as I can tell. Do seem a bit emotional at times, but nothing gyno related at least.

I really have not experienced any sides at this time. Sleep is a little f*cked, but that is normal for me.

Diet (when on point) consists mainly of:
Breakfast - Normally 2 whole eggs & 6 whites. I bulk cook them every weekend in the air fryer. Depending on what is going on, I may have a piece of toast or two to go with that. If the morning is shot, I have a cup of coffee with a scoop of True Nutrion's beef collagen. Get a 30g of protein at least.
Mid morning - If on point, this would be my first chicken/rice/veggie meal. If no time or something happened, I usually will make a shake with isolate, some oats or banana (or both), Fairlife fat free milk & ice. Delish & works great in a pinch. I probably rely on these too much, but its what I need to do sometimes.
Lunch - Same as above.
Afternoon - normally some greek yogurt & a fruit/veggie.
Dinner - This will either be chicken/rice - or I just started eating white fish a few nights a week. I work out at night so being bloated/full at all from my last meal sucks & I noticed the fish never gives me that.
Post - This is always a shake - isolate & dextrose.

As noted - I probably rely way too much on protein shakes, but I do get the highest quality I can find. I also really like milk & will often supplement with that if I do not have time. Carb intake has been very inconsistent the last few weeks due to spring sports starting - but things levelled out this weekend so hopefully this week will get back to a little more consistency.

Training:
Up until two weeks ago, I was running an A/B push/pull/legs dealio. Pretty high volume, was getting there every 6 weeks. I have always dealt with like tennis elbow or whatever, and two weeks ago it got bad. I decided to take a week off from the gym & just did cardio. Got back in this week & I am going to slow down to probably 2 days on / 1 day off for the rest of the cut. Very happy with my upper body development, but as you can tell from the pictures - legs are lacking big time. I have come to conclusion that I just do not push hard enough & need to hit the legs with more intensity & volume. Not trying to push myself too much during this cut, so once that is over I am really going to start hitting the legs hard.

Yea so that is where I am at currently. One thing I should note is that prior to using gear, I already had slightly elevated BP. Not really hypertension, but it was on the higher end of the range. Normally right now I am running on average 130-140/70-85. I know that is high, I am thinking of grabbing Telmisartan to deal with that - let me know if anyone else has experience with it.

Anyways that is all I have for now. I will update every week. Really looking forward to becoming a member of the community. Peace out.

@bigstickelrealky nice start to the log man. You have a great physique with deep cut abs. Killer job already

 

[RoySimpson]

Hey everyone - super happy to have found this place. I have been into the cannabis boards since the early 2000s, looks like this place is the exact kind of community I am looking for.

Little background - I have 4 kids ages 11, 6, 3 & 1. Not making any excuses whatsoever, but due to the insanity that is my life - sleep is no where near as good as it needs to be & the diet can go off the rails sometimes. That being said, I always make it to the gym - my rest and fuel intake are just not always optimal.

I have lifted weights on & off since my early teens - I am 39 now. 2.5 years ago I stopped drinking & finally started taking my health seriously. Worked out for a solid year and half before deciding I wanted to do the enhanced deal. First cycle last year was test, 2nd was test & deca & now I am on my cut. Let's get all the deets rolling:

Current Stats:
Age: 39
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 168lbs(first thing in the AM)

Current Cycle(currently on week 10 of 16):
350 Test E
500 Mast E
280 Tren A (thinking about increasing this - have not experienced any sides yet)
60mcg Clen(titrated up from 20)
Reta - 2mg
GH - 4iu daily
Not taking any AIs or anything currently. I am not getting any side effects as far as I can tell. Do seem a bit emotional at times, but nothing gyno related at least.

I really have not experienced any sides at this time. Sleep is a little f*cked, but that is normal for me.

Diet (when on point) consists mainly of:
Breakfast - Normally 2 whole eggs & 6 whites. I bulk cook them every weekend in the air fryer. Depending on what is going on, I may have a piece of toast or two to go with that. If the morning is shot, I have a cup of coffee with a scoop of True Nutrion's beef collagen. Get a 30g of protein at least.
Mid morning - If on point, this would be my first chicken/rice/veggie meal. If no time or something happened, I usually will make a shake with isolate, some oats or banana (or both), Fairlife fat free milk & ice. Delish & works great in a pinch. I probably rely on these too much, but its what I need to do sometimes.
Lunch - Same as above.
Afternoon - normally some greek yogurt & a fruit/veggie.
Dinner - This will either be chicken/rice - or I just started eating white fish a few nights a week. I work out at night so being bloated/full at all from my last meal sucks & I noticed the fish never gives me that.
Post - This is always a shake - isolate & dextrose.

As noted - I probably rely way too much on protein shakes, but I do get the highest quality I can find. I also really like milk & will often supplement with that if I do not have time. Carb intake has been very inconsistent the last few weeks due to spring sports starting - but things levelled out this weekend so hopefully this week will get back to a little more consistency.

Training:
Up until two weeks ago, I was running an A/B push/pull/legs dealio. Pretty high volume, was getting there every 6 weeks. I have always dealt with like tennis elbow or whatever, and two weeks ago it got bad. I decided to take a week off from the gym & just did cardio. Got back in this week & I am going to slow down to probably 2 days on / 1 day off for the rest of the cut. Very happy with my upper body development, but as you can tell from the pictures - legs are lacking big time. I have come to conclusion that I just do not push hard enough & need to hit the legs with more intensity & volume. Not trying to push myself too much during this cut, so once that is over I am really going to start hitting the legs hard.

Yea so that is where I am at currently. One thing I should note is that prior to using gear, I already had slightly elevated BP. Not really hypertension, but it was on the higher end of the range. Normally right now I am running on average 130-140/70-85. I know that is high, I am thinking of grabbing Telmisartan to deal with that - let me know if anyone else has experience with it.

Anyways that is all I have for now. I will update every week. Really looking forward to becoming a member of the community. Peace out.

@bigstickel Great work bro! I will follow along!

 

[bigstickel]

Hello my peeps - so I unfortunately hit a bit of a snag over the weekend. I have been dealing with some tennis elbow for a while & instead of handling it I just ignored. Low and behold, I was replacing our front door over the weekend & when I went to pick up the door, I felt about 4-5 pops in my forearm. It felt the way bubblewrap sounds when you twist it - if that makes sense to anyone lol. Anyways, here is the synopsis from the report:

IMPRESSION:
Severe distal biceps tendinosis with a high-grade partial tear at the radial
tuberosity. Torn fibers are retracted 4 mm and the tear involves greater than
75% of the tendon insertion. There is prominent surrounding soft tissue edema
and moderate bicipital radial bursitis.

Moderate common extensor tendinosis with a moderate partial tear at the
lateral epicondyle.

Mild flexor/pronator tendinosis.

Mild to moderate joint effusion.

Waiting to speak with my doc, but I am assuming I will need surgery. Anyone out there ever deal with this before? I am honestly really upset that I am not going to be able to train my upper body lol. I guess now I have no excuse to not focus on the legs.

 

[BritishCanadian]

Jeez brother, is it painful?

 

[LevButlerov]

Hello my peeps - so I unfortunately hit a bit of a snag over the weekend. I have been dealing with some tennis elbow for a while & instead of handling it I just ignored. Low and behold, I was replacing our front door over the weekend & when I went to pick up the door, I felt about 4-5 pops in my forearm. It felt the way bubblewrap sounds when you twist it - if that makes sense to anyone lol. Anyways, here is the synopsis from the report:

IMPRESSION:
Severe distal biceps tendinosis with a high-grade partial tear at the radial
tuberosity. Torn fibers are retracted 4 mm and the tear involves greater than
75% of the tendon insertion. There is prominent surrounding soft tissue edema
and moderate bicipital radial bursitis.

Moderate common extensor tendinosis with a moderate partial tear at the
lateral epicondyle.

Mild flexor/pronator tendinosis.

Mild to moderate joint effusion.

Waiting to speak with my doc, but I am assuming I will need surgery. Anyone out there ever deal with this before? I am honestly really upset that I am not going to be able to train my upper body lol. I guess now I have no excuse to not focus on the legs.

not good sorry to hear this
do you have swelling can you take a pic please? @bigstickel