Personal log from first cycle

little update once again

deload week cause i was goin nonstop gor last 15 weeks, felt like broken toy, elbows were in pain during warmup sets, i wasnt recovering on time etc. body needs a break from time to time.

i will do blood & urine test during this deload, i wanna check mainly kidneys.
tests:

from bloods:
fasted glucose, insulin, hba1c
e2, TT, FT, prolactin, sgbh
crp, crp hs
alt, ast, alp, ggt
cholesterol total, hdl, ldl, triagl., apoB
urea, creatinine, cys c, uric acid, albumin, bilrubin

urine:
urinalysis
urine sediment
urine creatinine
total urine protein
protein to creatinine ratio
urine microalbumin
albumine to creatinine ratio
morning urine osmolality

i will update it here with results when they arrive. if everything will be ok-ish, except cystatinin c, i will remove GH for 2-3 weeks and retest this one marker.

aaanyway, accutane is workin. my acne is gettin better every day, some pimples get red every day and then closing. for 6 months course i should tske it until mid june this year.
sides are... well, im very very dry. spamming lip balsam multiple times per day and still my lips are cracked and bloody. also my face is suuper dry and i have exces desd dry skin around nose and mustache/beard. not ideal... but i guess thats the price

morning fasted weight is 83kg, this is near the end of week 3 and so far im 8kg down, not bad. gettin leaner every day. ive attached few pics, one is after trainin, others are random mirror ones.

when i pull the skin down on my stomach i can see abs clearly, with some veins around. lot of definition on legs when flexed, lot of veins all over when flexed or in gym. not much outside of that cause of no carbs.

i expect that i need to go down to 76-77kg maybe to be around 10%, if someone has good eye, feel free to comment on that.

rn im very close to bf% i achieved during summer and lowest ive been is 76kg so ive gained some muscle.

aaanyway, rn im tryin to relax. lot of work and stress, deload week helps a lot. hopefully labs will be ok and i can add bit of mast or var or something.
Those look like some pretty good labs brother , I hope they come back clean for you
 
Those look like some pretty good labs brother , I hope they come back clean for you

i hope too.
lipids will be far from ideal. i raised statin to 10mg daily so ldl should be bit down, hopefully. but hdl is... well was...

liver should be ok also, curious about hba1c. fasted blood sugar & insulin should be low on tirz and almost no carbs as well.

hormonal panel will be all over. but thats expected.

big question mark is kidney health. honestly im bit nervous about that. i cant undo dmg but not sure where that dmg would come from. again, ive never seen bp higher than 120/70...

anyway. will see.
 
little update once again

deload week cause i was goin nonstop gor last 15 weeks, felt like broken toy, elbows were in pain during warmup sets, i wasnt recovering on time etc. body needs a break from time to time.

i will do blood & urine test during this deload, i wanna check mainly kidneys.
tests:

from bloods:
fasted glucose, insulin, hba1c
e2, TT, FT, prolactin, sgbh
crp, crp hs
alt, ast, alp, ggt
cholesterol total, hdl, ldl, triagl., apoB
urea, creatinine, cys c, uric acid, albumin, bilrubin

urine:
urinalysis
urine sediment
urine creatinine
total urine protein
protein to creatinine ratio
urine microalbumin
albumine to creatinine ratio
morning urine osmolality

i will update it here with results when they arrive. if everything will be ok-ish, except cystatinin c, i will remove GH for 2-3 weeks and retest this one marker.

aaanyway, accutane is workin. my acne is gettin better every day, some pimples get red every day and then closing. for 6 months course i should tske it until mid june this year.
sides are... well, im very very dry. spamming lip balsam multiple times per day and still my lips are cracked and bloody. also my face is suuper dry and i have exces desd dry skin around nose and mustache/beard. not ideal... but i guess thats the price

morning fasted weight is 83kg, this is near the end of week 3 and so far im 8kg down, not bad. gettin leaner every day. ive attached few pics, one is after trainin, others are random mirror ones.

when i pull the skin down on my stomach i can see abs clearly, with some veins around. lot of definition on legs when flexed, lot of veins all over when flexed or in gym. not much outside of that cause of no carbs.

i expect that i need to go down to 76-77kg maybe to be around 10%, if someone has good eye, feel free to comment on that.

rn im very close to bf% i achieved during summer and lowest ive been is 76kg so ive gained some muscle.

aaanyway, rn im tryin to relax. lot of work and stress, deload week helps a lot. hopefully labs will be ok and i can add bit of mast or var or something.

Looking good bro, all the water and bloat is gone. I guess you will fill out when you introduce higher carbs again
 
Looking good bro, all the water and bloat is gone. I guess you will fill out when you introduce higher carbs again

thanks mate

for sure. 2-3 days with high carbs & salt & water and i will inflate like baloon :D

honestly i like this look. bit bigger in size than last time, i feel very good and kind of "light", no bloat, water retention etc.

i would like to try add mast e at low-ish dose, that should make it look better

i have booked wellness weekend in mountains mid march, i wanna look crispy and tanned by that time :D
 
Cut looks to be working. Lookin aesthetic as fuck. Hope that bloodwork comes back A-OK.

thanks mate. this is 4th week and after that i wanna do refeed with carbs and keep fats low. basicly add rice to chicken to reset metabolism.

hopefully everything will be ok, i was at lab today. morning urine was almost clean like water, no foam etc. will see, i will upload results.
 
lab results attached.

from what i can see
cbc is good

lipids are good also. hdl 29, ldl 53, ApoB low, so despite low hdl, im good cause ldl is under 55, right?

hormonal panel looks like .. well, expected
total test is around 500ng/dl - after blood draw i pinned my weekly dose of 200mg of test decaonate

e2 at 34, i feel great, shbg is crushed - expected due to proviron, maybe thats why my TT is bit lower than i would like.

electrolytes are in range, i should probably increase magnesium?

liver is without issues

insulin sensitivity is good, despite GH, hba1c looks good too

buuuut mainly, cystatinin c came down to reasonable number. creatinine & urea are slightly elevated but that could be due to diet, i eat only protein (220g daily) rn

according to chat gpt my urine results are good, no big issues or kidney stress/damage.

if someone can read it, especially
urine results, i will be glad for feedback.
 

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lab results attached.

from what i can see
cbc is good

lipids are good also. hdl 29, ldl 53, ApoB low, so despite low hdl, im good cause ldl is under 55, right?

hormonal panel looks like .. well, expected
total test is around 500ng/dl - after blood draw i pinned my weekly dose of 200mg of test decaonate

e2 at 34, i feel great, shbg is crushed - expected due to proviron, maybe thats why my TT is bit lower than i would like.

electrolytes are in range, i should probably increase magnesium?

liver is without issues

insulin sensitivity is good, despite GH, hba1c looks good too

buuuut mainly, cystatinin c came down to reasonable number. creatinine & urea are slightly elevated but that could be due to diet, i eat only protein (220g daily) rn

according to chat gpt my urine results are good, no big issues or kidney stress/damage.

if someone can read it, especially
urine results, i will be glad for feedback.
urine results seem good, especially considering the scare with the elevated CysC you had earlier
also up you magnesium. I missed mine for a few days and I am cramping like a bitch
 
This is great news brother, glad everything came out fine!

yea i was scared, not gonna lie.
am i ready for 300/300 test/mast? :D

urine results seem good, especially considering the scare with the elevated CysC you had earlier
also up you magnesium. I missed mine for a few days and I am cramping like a bitch

creatinine in urea is low, that looks like overhydration, togeather with low sodium.
i drink all the water all the time so .. that could be improved.

i have 1kg of magnesium powder (im not paying for capsulatef supplements anymore), im just waiting for capsules to arrive and i can cap it myself.
but honestly, even with clen, i have 0 cramps. no issues. but that could be optimalized for sure

overall im very happy about it.
looks like test d isnt saturated yet, blood was drawn just before test injection. buuut rn im midrange natural :D fiest time in year or so

damn mast & var is smiling at me...
 
yea i was scared, not gonna lie.
am i ready for 300/300 test/mast? :D



creatinine in urea is low, that looks like overhydration, togeather with low sodium.
i drink all the water all the time so .. that could be improved.

i have 1kg of magnesium powder (im not paying for capsulatef supplements anymore), im just waiting for capsules to arrive and i can cap it myself.
but honestly, even with clen, i have 0 cramps. no issues. but that could be optimalized for sure

overall im very happy about it.
looks like test d isnt saturated yet, blood was drawn just before test injection. buuut rn im midrange natural :D fiest time in year or so

damn mast & var is smiling at me...
What kind of magnesium powder do you have? I mix my magnesium powder in my morning electrolyte drink mix. I add a little crystal light and it's OK tasting ,my mix is , sodium citrate, potassium chloride, magnesium glycinate in 16 ounces of water, I drink that first thing in the morning then I chase it with another 16 ounces of water for a total of 32 ounces first thing in the morning , electrolytes included.
 
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What kind of magnesium powder do you have? I mix my magnesium powder in my morning electrolyte drink mix. I add a little crystal light and it's OK tasting ,my mix is , sodium citrate, potassium chloride, magnesium glycinate in 16 ounces of water, I drink that first thing in the morning then I chase it with another 16 ounces of water for a total of 32 ounces first thing in the morning , electrolytes included.

mag. glycinate, its just tasting horrible togeather with potassium ... i have flavoured electrolytes + added ionized salt (i think thats correct term?) in 0,5l of water and also wash it down with another one of plain water, sometimes bit more. makes big difference imo, most people are not hydrated for days, i couldnt...

anyway, i will cap my mag. and have some each morning and before bed.
i regularly add salt to water during the day, same with training water.

for future i wanna experiment with liquid carbs during workout, maybe it will help a bit.
 
i wanna talk about trainin a bit, probably i will split it into multiple posts.

currently, i do PPL / R / PP / R, thats for whole week. so high frequency. low volume and high intensity with one all out set to failure, either assisted, with dropset or rest pause. that wont change until next growth phase. i enjoy this style of training quite a bit, takes lot of mental suffering to achieve muscle failure on some movements but i get lot of dopamine from it.

i had an idea to change my split and program it better to my goals/needs.
its all in planning phase, im bit on crossroad cause this current plan works great but what if i could do better...

option is high volume bro split but im not sure if i will like that style...

second one is hybrid PPL. i was thinkin how to do it with enough rest and pushing areas that are lagging.

i need to work on chest, figure out better way. i struggle with it big time, weak mind muscle connection and i camt contract chest very well. front delts and tricep are takin over on pressing movements (fncline db press, hammer incline press).

then big one are glutes. very small, i dont train them that much and it looks like that...
then abs/core training which was bit hard to do with current split, lack of energy at the end always

also, i would like to have separate armday. one, for "fun and deload" workout once per week and i think i could work on them better this way.
 
so my idea is something like:

Monday
push, higher volume for chest, side & rear delts and tricep. Preexhaust chest with hugh volume flies and and cables, then do pressing movements.
I will need to lower the weight on pressing movements and dont train to failure but it could help with pushing through chest.
Overall it would be higher volume pushday compared to current style

Thuesday
Pull. High volume, hugh intensity pullday. Back is progressing very fast, i feel it very well and its one of my stronger points. With reduced frequency to just once per week i could add more excercises/sets and do one excercise for bicep at the end. 1-3 heavy sets only.
I wanna add rack pulls for upper & mid traps and spinal errectors. it could improve my posture also.
Other than that, pullover machine, pulldown with wide & narow underhand grip to fry lats as much as possible, 2-3 variations of rows. Im not sure how much i could do but with back training every 7 days i should be able to recover from quite hard season.

Wednesday
Legs. No need to change anything very much there, they grow, they are plenty big. I would only add more glutes.

Thurstday
Rest

Friday
Chest + abs, goal would be to repeat high volume chest training. With high frequency and high volume, intensity has to go down.
I hope that with this "style" i could get more chest development
As for abs/core, i should have plenty of
time and energy to hit it properly

Saturday
High volume armday + glutes
Again, more of a pump day, to exhaust arms with volume and not muscle failure.
As for glutes, they would have their own time and i could hit them properly once again

Sunday
Rest



Im open to discusion and/or advices here.
I did ppl from almost beggining and its working, but maybe i could do better.
For now, until i will transition into growth phase everything will stay the same and i will fight against muscle loss :D
 
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