I competed in 2020, came in very conditioned and won. I decided to compete again in 2021. Went on a bulk. The bulk worked very well. When I passed 250, I had a change of heart. I could not get my blood pressure under control. A blood pressure med I added in an attempt to control my blood pressure caused swollen feet and ankles, but I thought it was my high blood pressure causing edema, so I ended up stopping the cycle. It was not until later when I dropped the certain blood pressure med (amlodipine) that I realized it was the med and not the steroids or high blood pressure. I also got visual disturbances from that stupid med.
Now I am on 100mg a week of test. Blood pressure is well under control. BUT I do not have the same drive to bust my ass in the gym and stay disciplined on diet. I had this view that I would put on weight, then prep and hit the stage 20 pounds heavier than last year, and do very well . . . But training and everything is not the same on 100mg of testosterone a week. So I kind of eat what I want, I hit the gym sometimes, but it's easy to say "not today, tomorrow" when you know damn well you are not going to get out of it what you got out of it on 750 test and 375 deca . . .
I told my wife I would not be competing in 2021. She did not take it well (she really likes me big).
Then this morning we get the news that John Meadows died, and she told me "I don't want you dead."
I have started trying to focus on getting back in the gym and do more cardio, too.
But, yeah, blood pressure has caused me to back off. Blood pressure is much easier to control on 100 mg a week. But how long til I get a Dad bod? LOL!
