Ryujiin

Nothing Boring About Boron (nih.gov)

Been reading up on Boron more recently with people claiming that taking 10-15mg per day have substantially raises both total and free T while running a cruise/trt. 

There also seems to be evidence that is helps with E2 as well amongst other things. 

I will be adding 12mg/day when I drop down to my base TRT later next moth to see if I notice any difference. 

What are the stats looking like now man?

Hows the diet and training going?

4 hours ago, airman said:

Is the body composition changing? 

That's where I think my mind is messing with me. I would like to think comp is improving as my lifts are still going up bit by bit and more veins are showing up in my calves and arms, but when I look in the mirror most of the time I just see a fat ass lol. 

In theory recomp at my current calorie level should be possible given everything I am running. 

Mind games. 

Looking vascular man. 

Your shirt is in pain man lol. 

A week of 400 less calories per day and the scale did not move an inch...jeeze. 

Has anyone seen this video by VS?

Steve's EXTREME Fat Loss 5 Day Fasting-Mimicking Diet - YouTube

It has me curious to say the least as I normally back off calories a little bit when "dloading" but I cant imagine under 500cals a day...

Will be curious to see his blood work next week and side by side results next week. 

Well, at the very least my legs are making progress (my genetic weak point) which is nice considering my knee is still being a baby. 

I have been measuring improvement by my midsection only (visual) and the scale, so I may need to think more about the entire package. And yes, I know my legs are anywhere near the level of some of you asses on here with my 580lbs leg press and inability to squat heavy lol. 

Does that include international sponsors? 

Your a friggin beast man. 

Ghost calories are real and the body can be a mofo. 

I had to suck it up and reverse diet to reset my maintenance calories to a higher level before starting to see any progress again. 

4 hours ago, a_ahmed said:

hey buddy checking in with you, keep going, good progress

Thanks man. How you making out?

Geeze...only 2 days into the calorie drop and my stomach is rumbling.  At in theory I should see a drop on the scale at the end of this week. 

Still side effect free except for some additional sweating, a slight change in body and urine odor and the desire to jump on anything female that is within my tolerance range for acceptance as attractive.  

I ride share with my coworker in the mornings and she mentioned that traffic was pretty smooth...the next thing I know I'm saying to myself "I bet you vage is smooth" and I almost said it out loud. 

This elevated dosage range is pretty intense. 

Drop some updated pics before and on stage if you can man. Motivate us. 

Agree that if you throw some size on your legs you will be doing some damage for sure. Great waist. 

Your serratus anterior just pops man. Wild. 

Meal plan adjustment this week: knocking off about 400ish cal a day. 

Meal 1: 1 whole eggs, 150g chicken, 2 slices bread, slice of tomato, cucumber, onions, green pepper 

Meal 2: 50g oats w/ cinnamon & 2 servings whey, 20g nut butter. 

Meal 3: 150g chicken breast, 2 wraps, raw mixed vegetables inter wrap with Tabasco sauce. 

Meal 4: (2 hours pre-workout) 50g oats w/ cinnamon & 1.5 servings whey, 20g nut butter. 

Meal 5: (15-30min PW) 2 servings whey, 1 soft chew dark chocolate granola bar, 1 serving psyllium fiber. 

Meal 6: (2-2.5 hours PW) 150g chicken breast, 150g white rice, something green and something colorful. 

See how the numbers go this week. 

Welcome to NL.  You wont be a newbie for long. 

Been a min since my last update. 

I did end up pulling the frozen berries from meal 2 this past week.  Next week I am considering dropping the nut butter to 10g from 20g and then eventually pulling it all together. Another option I might implement later to drop calories even lower is to edit meal 1 to 2 slices of bread and 1 egg. 

Will see what direction things move. 

"Things" have kicked in fully as arm and lower leg vascularity is just silly right now. Im not really lean enough in other places to get it popping though. Oddly I have a few veins showing in my glutes. 

I did add 100mcg of T4 this week and noticed my energy has improved a fair amount.  I may go to 150mcg next week. A full "replacement" dose based on my bodyweight would be around 200mcg. 

No night sweats, no insomnia, no silly rage, but some nice strength gains on my leg and pull days. 

Still sitting at 109kg...which makes 100kg feel pretty far away. Ill post update photos end of month for comparison.

John Meadows, Renowned Bodybuilder And Coach, Reportedly Dies At 49 (generationiron.com)

I will truly miss him. John was a great inspiration to so many. 

Welcome to NL man. 

Just thought I would throw up what I have been eating on average (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday)

Note that Wednesday is a rest day so the post workout meal gets tossed.  Saturday and Sunday I don't use any shakes and nothing is planned out as it family's time but I shoot for 4 meals (40-50g protein, 40-50g carb, 15-20g fat) + 2 EAA drinks.

I also catch a nice 2 hour nap each day on weekends which is a thing of beauty. 

Pre-food: 1 tbsp ACV and half a lemon squeezed into 1L of water with ice.  

Meal 1: 2 whole eggs, 150g chicken, 4 slices bread, sliced of tomato, cucumber, onions, green pepper 

Meal 2: 50g oats w/ cinnamon & 2 servings whey, 100g frozen blue berries, 20g nut butter. 

Meal 3: 150g chicken breast, 2 wraps, raw mixed vegetables inter wrap with Tabasco sauce, 1 scoop EAA. 

Meal 4: (2-2.5 hours pre-workout) 50g oats w/ cinnamon & 1.5 servings whey, 20g nut butter 

Meal 5: (15-30min PW) 2 servings whey, 1 soft chew dark chocolate granola bar, 1 small banana 

Meal 6: (2-2.5 hours PW) 150g chicken breast or other semi lean meat source, 100-200g white rice, something green and something colorful. 

So, not much has changed except I lowered the pre-workout oatmeal by 25g and the pre-workout whey by 1/2 a scoop. 

Next week I will probably drop the frozen berries at meal 2. 

Also wanted to point out a random note that the last 2 days I have been lethargic as fuck after lunch. Takes a white monster and about an hour to snap out of it but I swear I could fall asleep standing up. 

A friend informed me I should add T3 (50mcg) or T4 (100mcg) into the mix at some point as well but I think I will hold off on that. Something about tren increasing T4 to T3 conversion and thus elevating your TSH and thus causing the lethargy...but I need to do some research before I buy into that. 

Yesterday was leg day and I always sleep pretty bad after training legs and they just ache all night.  Like old man growing pains. 

On 8/1/2021 at 3:59 AM, MrGains said:

Just be careful with constant caber use. Studies show it causes some serious side effects to your heart. Prami is my go to, but I tolerate it well. It can make some feel ill.

The above info about caber is very notable as way to many people abuse it.  Its not fun when the solution is worse than the problem. 

I would like to add that not everyone gets deca dick, so don't jump the gun with using any harsh form of prolactin/progesterone suppression.  If your paranoid then you could try supplementing with 100-300mg P5P per day for peace of mind in the absence of any side effects.  

Another side note is to figure out what ratio of test:deca works best for you (some people do better on high test/low deca, low test/high deca or even a 1:1 ratio) side effect wise. 

Last note: this is some nice thread necromancy as the OP was in Feb lol. 

On 7/29/2021 at 8:35 PM, MrGains said:

Def taking on that “I lift heavy shit” look. Can even see some vasculature coming in.  You should put this pic beside the first one you took. Might give you some insight and extra motivation. Push on bro! Be turning heads soon!

Thanks man. A long way to go, but baby steps and all that. 

109kg flat Sunday AM and I am going to go back to daily tracking and taking the weekly mean average and using that for adjustments. 

Good workouts last week and some improvements on a few lifts. Placebo and such. 

No issues so far with the cycle but Im not very deep into it yet. Not that I expect any issues. 

Converse for general days, Nike Metcons for leg focused days. 

9 hours ago, airman said:

Arms are looking good, overall I see some good shape underneath.  Lean up  a little more and you will look great. 

Thanks. I have a long way to go and I know it, but baby steps as it where. 

Hoping over the next few months to get down to a clean 100kg and then hold there and reset my baseline again, then repeat. I probably need to be around 95kg to see abs I think. See if I can get a post push workout pic this Friday in gym lighting to throw up to highlight the difference in lighting and pump lol. It might make me feel better.