Hey guys, So after my first cycle (Sustanon) I realized I fell short in many areas that probably effected my gains negatively. Life is busy for us normal folks with 9-5 jobs but you want everything perfect for those 12 weeks on cycle or whats the point? if your gonna spend time, $$, and sweat.
Let me break the issues down one by one:
1) Caloric intake:
My diet was clean as clean can be. I was shooting for 3000 cal a day. The usual, oatmeal, brown/rice, chicken, fish, veggies, greek yogurt, beef/bison/steak about 3 x a week etc. I did 1 cheat meal a week which was usually a Big Ass burger somewhere or sushi. Probably too clean considering my goal was to add muscle weight. I'm skinny naturally so gains are a bitch. My metabolism goes 100 mile per hour 24/7, for some people it's a blessing but for someone trying to add quality muscle it's tough.
I was probably barely hitting my protein requirements, I weigh 170lbs and was shooting for 200gm a day. I added 2-4 scoops of whey, but am a big believer in food over protein supps.
2) Lack of sleep:
This is a no brainer. Obvious in today's society. You have to sacrifice in some areas of life and sleep is one of them, I average 5-6 hrs a day. Does it really matter that much?
3) Over training:
So being on, of course I was in the gym 7 days a week for 2 hours on average plus cardio. Is that overkill when on cycle? I'm 40 years old but felt fine. I took a week off the gym after cycle just for the hell of it. I started back yesterday (Started MK and Clomid/Nolva next week)
4) Labs: I know you guys are gonna grill me on this but I did them once at beginning and my natural T was in the 400 range, Dr appt next week to review labs again. I tell my Dr everything, she's cool. She probably would Rx Test if I asked even though my range was fine.
All in all, I would say successful considering I gained about 8lbs of lean mass and kept most of my hair! I used Finasteride .05 and all my hair stuff (another post) EOD. 1mg is too much and caused ED issues, also Arimidex .05 EOD
Hoping to get some feed back from you guys on how you would deal with these issues on next cycle
Thanks,
J
Let me break the issues down one by one:
1) Caloric intake:
My diet was clean as clean can be. I was shooting for 3000 cal a day. The usual, oatmeal, brown/rice, chicken, fish, veggies, greek yogurt, beef/bison/steak about 3 x a week etc. I did 1 cheat meal a week which was usually a Big Ass burger somewhere or sushi. Probably too clean considering my goal was to add muscle weight. I'm skinny naturally so gains are a bitch. My metabolism goes 100 mile per hour 24/7, for some people it's a blessing but for someone trying to add quality muscle it's tough.
I was probably barely hitting my protein requirements, I weigh 170lbs and was shooting for 200gm a day. I added 2-4 scoops of whey, but am a big believer in food over protein supps.
2) Lack of sleep:
This is a no brainer. Obvious in today's society. You have to sacrifice in some areas of life and sleep is one of them, I average 5-6 hrs a day. Does it really matter that much?
3) Over training:
So being on, of course I was in the gym 7 days a week for 2 hours on average plus cardio. Is that overkill when on cycle? I'm 40 years old but felt fine. I took a week off the gym after cycle just for the hell of it. I started back yesterday (Started MK and Clomid/Nolva next week)
4) Labs: I know you guys are gonna grill me on this but I did them once at beginning and my natural T was in the 400 range, Dr appt next week to review labs again. I tell my Dr everything, she's cool. She probably would Rx Test if I asked even though my range was fine.
All in all, I would say successful considering I gained about 8lbs of lean mass and kept most of my hair! I used Finasteride .05 and all my hair stuff (another post) EOD. 1mg is too much and caused ED issues, also Arimidex .05 EOD
Hoping to get some feed back from you guys on how you would deal with these issues on next cycle
Thanks,
J
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