A bit of a preamble about me, but i'll try and keep it brief.
I'm in my early 40s now. I used to lift weights when I was in my 20s, nothing impressive. I got lazy, injured, married, and so on and ballooned up to near 200kg/400lbs.
These were shitty times that I have probably mostly forgotten. But it hurt to walk, I avoided steps, felt awful in clothes and pretty sure I always sounded like I had been for a jog.
I registered for a weight loss trial, was accepted and basically spent the next 18 months on weekly injections. It was a blind study so I didn't know if I had medication 1, medication 2, a combo of 1 and 2, or placebo. But the side effects became noticable real quick so I knew I was at least not on placebo.
So I basically had hungry under control, couldn't overeat if I wanted to, was consistantly losing weight. Downside was some some occasional sharp stomach pains and occasional diarreah. Although with such a low calorie intake I was pretty lethargic, tired and couldn't be bothered doing much. I'd come home from work and after a little while would think "fuck it, i'm going to bed". Fast foward to the part of the study where the injections were stopped, and I am 82kg/180lbs. I had been on a combo of Cagrilintide and Semaglutide. Gone was a shit tonne of fat but also any muscle I may have had.
I felt weak, small, even vulnerable, but I had no regrets and I was looking forward to getting back into the gym.
I'd been going OK in the gym for about a year. But annoyed I didn't have the motivation, endurance, strength etc that I had in my 20s.
My GP had no interest in sending me to have my Test levels checked, you'd swear I had asked him to check my level of magic.
I decided to jump through the hoops of a Hormone clinic, and was quickly(and expensively) prescribed Test E at 100mg a week split into 2 injections.
Not sure I felt much change, and found the lack of control over dosage and choice quite frustrating. After a bit of searching I found this place.
I tapered up to 500mg/week via 2 injections.
But as of about a week ago:
Test E 500mg/week
Deca 300mg/week - Plan is to run until end of November
Dbol 30mg/day - Will run for about 4 weeks
I take Tudca daily.
I think after November I will cruise with just the Test E and then lead into another bulk cycle.
I just got a blood test which seems to show everything being OK.
Total Test increased x5, SHBG doubled to 63, and Free T exploded x10.
E2 went from 94 to 187 pmol/L (to be expected?)
Annoyingly Prolactin wasn't included in the test which I didn't realise because it was what i was most interested in seeing.
I will have to sort that out shortly.
I have Arimidex and Cabergoline on hand.
I am 99kg/220lbs. My goal is simply as much mass as I can get at my age.
I do one day Pull, next day Push, next day rest then repeat. I'm slowly introducing legs but am also rehabing after minor knee ops on both.
Two things I am struggling with. One is getting enough calories in, I think the Cagrilintide/Semaglutide injections rewired my body/brain, if I don't keep ontop of things I can quite easily eat 1200calories a day and not realise. My goal is 3000 calories a day and it's a struggle. So I have been buying more high calorie foods and tracking what I eat with an app.
The second struggle is trying to progress shoulder movements and hit chest with a shoulder I have dislocated 3 times. It's a crunchy weak mess. I mostly struggle with getting the dumbells into position with incline dumbbell presses.
Other than that I am enjoying the gym. I feel extremely impatient with results.
It's a lot to take in and remember, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't getting overwhelmed sometimes.
Please critque or tell me if I am doing anything stupid.
Thanks!
I'm in my early 40s now. I used to lift weights when I was in my 20s, nothing impressive. I got lazy, injured, married, and so on and ballooned up to near 200kg/400lbs.
These were shitty times that I have probably mostly forgotten. But it hurt to walk, I avoided steps, felt awful in clothes and pretty sure I always sounded like I had been for a jog.
I registered for a weight loss trial, was accepted and basically spent the next 18 months on weekly injections. It was a blind study so I didn't know if I had medication 1, medication 2, a combo of 1 and 2, or placebo. But the side effects became noticable real quick so I knew I was at least not on placebo.
So I basically had hungry under control, couldn't overeat if I wanted to, was consistantly losing weight. Downside was some some occasional sharp stomach pains and occasional diarreah. Although with such a low calorie intake I was pretty lethargic, tired and couldn't be bothered doing much. I'd come home from work and after a little while would think "fuck it, i'm going to bed". Fast foward to the part of the study where the injections were stopped, and I am 82kg/180lbs. I had been on a combo of Cagrilintide and Semaglutide. Gone was a shit tonne of fat but also any muscle I may have had.
I felt weak, small, even vulnerable, but I had no regrets and I was looking forward to getting back into the gym.
I'd been going OK in the gym for about a year. But annoyed I didn't have the motivation, endurance, strength etc that I had in my 20s.
My GP had no interest in sending me to have my Test levels checked, you'd swear I had asked him to check my level of magic.
I decided to jump through the hoops of a Hormone clinic, and was quickly(and expensively) prescribed Test E at 100mg a week split into 2 injections.
Not sure I felt much change, and found the lack of control over dosage and choice quite frustrating. After a bit of searching I found this place.
I tapered up to 500mg/week via 2 injections.
But as of about a week ago:
Test E 500mg/week
Deca 300mg/week - Plan is to run until end of November
Dbol 30mg/day - Will run for about 4 weeks
I take Tudca daily.
I think after November I will cruise with just the Test E and then lead into another bulk cycle.
I just got a blood test which seems to show everything being OK.
Total Test increased x5, SHBG doubled to 63, and Free T exploded x10.
E2 went from 94 to 187 pmol/L (to be expected?)
Annoyingly Prolactin wasn't included in the test which I didn't realise because it was what i was most interested in seeing.
I will have to sort that out shortly.
I have Arimidex and Cabergoline on hand.
I am 99kg/220lbs. My goal is simply as much mass as I can get at my age.
I do one day Pull, next day Push, next day rest then repeat. I'm slowly introducing legs but am also rehabing after minor knee ops on both.
Two things I am struggling with. One is getting enough calories in, I think the Cagrilintide/Semaglutide injections rewired my body/brain, if I don't keep ontop of things I can quite easily eat 1200calories a day and not realise. My goal is 3000 calories a day and it's a struggle. So I have been buying more high calorie foods and tracking what I eat with an app.
The second struggle is trying to progress shoulder movements and hit chest with a shoulder I have dislocated 3 times. It's a crunchy weak mess. I mostly struggle with getting the dumbells into position with incline dumbbell presses.
Other than that I am enjoying the gym. I feel extremely impatient with results.
It's a lot to take in and remember, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't getting overwhelmed sometimes.
Please critque or tell me if I am doing anything stupid.
Thanks!
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