New member here!

[Dizgym]

Hey guys, I've lurked all over without ever signing up for a few years. But here I am!

Not new to lifting, relatively new to AAS (third cycle). Have a B.S in Sports nutrition.

Stats are as follows:
23 (I started pretty young, but my boys are in good health and keep up to date REGULARLY with my doc)
5'6 (and not stocky. I'm just a small fuckin dude).
160-165lbs depending on how high the moon is.,
<9% BF (via DEXA 6ish months ago), but most recently by calipers.
Lifts are low due to my small overall size. 285bench, 415 squat (light wraps+belt), 425 dead no straps.

Currently about 2 weeks into my third cycle, which I decided to try LOW test e @200mg/wk and low tren e @ 300mg/wk, but i front loaded the tren. Kick starting currently with (also low) 100mg test prop.

So far im liking it. Just started seeing "effects" from the (super low) test, but it is certainly giving me a bit of extra help.

Diet look like
PRO: >175g
CHO: 400-430g (<115g sugars)
FAT: 127g (<38g saturated)

I'm here to learn. Heck, after 4 years of learning how food effects the body, there's still stuff for me to learn about nutrition!! Things are different on-cycle and im very open to ideas.

Also note: Yes, I KNOW I'm 23. I'm already on my third cycle though and as of right now I don't regret it.

Some personal shit you can probably skip:
I've got a loving girlfriend who supports my decisions and helps me pin, and massages the sites (also creates calendars for my cycle). She's frequently my gym partner too, the little ass kicker.

I'm sick of hearing "you must naturally get up to this height or this heavy of a bench and squat before you do gear".. I've heard that too much, and quite honestly it doesn't make sense. I'm only 5'6". I've gone from 120 pounds or probably less getting into college, to where I am now within a few years. Percentage-wise, I'm proud as shit lol. 28" waist, and 44" chest measurement, pure ecto body type. Narrow from the front arms and legs (16"/23.5" respectively). I like the old school style physique because its more reasonable for my genetics as well as more pleasing to the eye. Unfortunately, competing may be out of the question due to arms, chest and back all being quite heavily tattood.

THATS ME! Looking forward to learning

 

[muskate]

Great introduction. You can easily still compete with tattoos. Remember that you get spray tanned prior to stepping on stage. Your tattoos become almost non-noticeable then. I do not have any tattoos personally but a lot of my friends who compete have tattoos and it's never been an issue.

The biggest thing that jumped out at me from your write up is your protein intake. I would almost double it. If I was training you, I would lower your fat by 50-60g and use those calories to increase your protein intake by around 100g.

It sounds like you have a good base. You should put up some photos. I think you would do really well if you decided to compete.

 

[jp4355]

Welcome to Evo !
Glad to see that you decided to Join...................................... JP

 

[LevButlerov]

Welcome to the EVO community! Your cycle is looking pretty good - it is nice to cycle with low dosages. Some people think that bigger dosages equal bigger results, but low dosages can bring very good results too. There is one thing that you should add to the cycle - an AI. Add aromasin at 10mgs EOD. Also, in spite of being an injectable, trenbolone can be somewhat liver toxic, hence you need to use a good liver supporting supplement, such as N2Guard.

 

[Dizgym]

Muskate I somewhat agree on the protein. We've been shown studies that even a beyond-severe third degree burn victims can only use 2g pro per kg of body weight. But the AAS might change that, especially tren. Thanks!

Lev, I've got arimidex. I know it's not a true estrogen killer like aromasin, but on my previous 2 cycles I dialed in my arimidex usage pretty well and feel really comfortable using it. I've got a good source of pharma aromasin just in case shit hits the fan though! On the note of liver toxicity, I've got a couple liver aids, just not n2guard..


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[raptor1331]

welcome man, good to have you here. stats look pretty juicy!

 

[TheOldMan]

I wouldn't mix the amounts of carbs and fats you are, realistically you need to pick one or the other depending on your ability to utilise carbohydrates. I have great respect for studies however they are in a closed environment often looking at isolated variables which is unrealistic especially given the polypharmacology of physique enhancement, think people regardless of natty'ness or not should be shooting for 300-400g of protein a day for in nothing else satiety reasons and health markers.

 

[Dizgym]

400 would be nearing 50% of my caloric intake I'll have to turn your range down. Yes most studies are very closed-environment. But even patients with 3rd degree burns covering >70% of surface area, their body literally won't (can't) use more than ~2g/kg (technically that's 2/kg of LBM). The body has its limits. I don't want an extra 100-200 grams of protein just to be satiated. My body doesn't really like being in the 160's. Eating 4,000+ calories is a struggle as it is.

I'm not saying upping my protein from where I am now couldn't possibly help in ANY way. But 300-400g for a 160lb person is excessive.


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[Vinni@319]

Welcome Bud, at 165 lbs your lifts are are strong as hell! That's Awesome!
And you'll keep going up for years!!!! Congrats. Have fun with your cycle.

 

[Dizgym]

Thanks vinni@319
I've got good explosive power from training as a sprinter for a while, then dabbling with powerlifting. (Dude I learned a lot of stuff from was a PL)


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[Bad Juju]

for that size those lifts are sick man!

 

[Dizgym]

As far as pictures, this is about a month or so ago when I was in the low 150's. My calves have actually grown about .5-.75" thanks to a workout I found in "The Poliquin Principles" by Charles Poliquin. A calf workout consisting of (1) high volume (400+ reps within 3 exercises from super sets and drop sets) and (1) low volume day 2 days after that. Repeating every 5 days. Designed for downhill skiers to drastically increase calf volume to decrease amount of knee flexion (calf hits hammy) and reduce injury.

Body fat is pretty good here. I've got decent vascularity in my legs anyways. Maybe I was holding some water...

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[Vinni@319]

Damn! Jacked! You won't hit a vein in your quad. You can see them all!!
Haha

 

[Dizgym]

Damn! Jacked! You won't hit a vein in your quad. You can see them all!!
Haha

you're right but I always seem to hit nerves hahaha. Glutes and ventrogluteal for me!

 

[Vinni@319]

That's funny, for some reason I hit nerve in my left quad but not my right.
Never pinned my vents. Is it pretty painless? I guess I'll you tube it?

 

[Dizgym]

YES! It's always the left quad. I've got a birthmark on my right where I can pin smoothly.

As far as ventro.. Even when I get pip from the prop, its completely manageable because the gluteus medius is for abduction, you wont notice it while walking, sitting, or doing really anything.

I don't recommend trying to youtube it. It's all videos for how to administer it to someone else, using landmarks you can find, but theres an easier way.

1. Find the greater trochanter, this is a golf ball sized nub at the top of your femur, on the side of your leg. If you point your toe outwards/sideways by rotating your leg, you can feel this nub come out.
2. go directly north of this (towards your ribs, and feel for the top of your iliac crest.
3. The spot is in line with the high point of your hip bone (iliac crest) and your greater trochanter. A little higher than the midpoint.
SPECIAL TIP: if you do a lateral raise motion with your leg (bring it out to the side) a semi-triangular shaped muscle will appear between where your quads tie in to your hip, and your where your glute is.

Heres where I do it. The greater trochanter is in that dark shaded section towards my shorts. The iliac crest is juuust underneath that desired adonis belt. Like I said, just raise your leg out to the side and you'll see a muscle bump out right on the side of your hip. Its THICK muscle. No nerves and very little blood vessels. Can hold 3mL easy.

 

[Vinni@319]

Ok, cool. I'm clean until at least Late Nov. But I'll try that spot next cycle. Thanks.
Already bringing good stuff to Evo!

 

[Dizgym]

This is a bit of info I'd love to share because I couldn't find shit. Me and my girl spent hours trying to figure out where the diagrams told me to poke until I figured it out.

 

[MikeSnow]

Welcome bro, that's a lot of carbs !

 

[Dizgym]

Thanks man. And yeah, my body loves carbs.


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