Becoming the Iron Lion

[Montego]

Haven't posted any food pics in a long time because it's the same old stuff 99% of the time but there have been a couple small changes the last few weeks.

Beef meal is -
250g Jasmine rice
250g 85/15 ground Beef
60g saurkraut

I added the kraut a two weeks ago when I picked a possible show. Trying to get the gut good and healthy for prep.

Other meal is - 59c 9f 66p
2 oikos triple zero vanilla yogurt
100g blueberries
100g grapes
1 scoop whey

This is my "treat" / filler meal. Just picked things very easy to digest with low food volume. Also, trying to keep my weight stable has took some effort and this has helped since it sits like air on the gut. This "meal" goes between meals 5&6 usually. I'm not a fan of dairy at all but, these fit in nicely and haven't given me any issues. Whatever probiotics they may or may not have is beside the point.

 

[REHH]

Push today. Tested the shoulder a bit on Incline.

Strength has fallen off a bit as expected but pretty much pain free. I'll continue to work up slowly and safely.

I have a bottle of HEAL from Muscle Gelz coming. It's a topical Bpc157 tb500 gel that I'll be using on the shoulder and knee. Looks promising so I'll keep everyone updated on that.

Session was good, just gotta keep chipping away.

let me know how that works, I’ve been injecting BPC into my knee and shoulder

 

[Montego]

Leg day.

They fixed the Adductor machine! Yaaay! After a few weeks without it I was starting to get worried. Right back to work making sure tempo was on point.

Pretty rough session. I missed a rep on the stiff leg deads because I didn't turn the bar fully to unrack it then I was fighting it turning in my hand the entire set. Still hurt.

I've been adding in a couple bicep movements on leg day when it follows a rest day. They need a little attention so they're getting worked more frequently.

Gonna feel it tomorrow!

 

[Montego]

Yesterday was push. Got after it. No big improvements but no pain and small increases so a big win.

Today is a rest day and tomorrow is pull! Gotta keep hammering on the back!

Still at my cruise dose of test. Waiting on some goodies to land to properly start a blast but I will increase test to 500mg in the next day or so to get things going a little.

Still using 3iu if iron lion puretropins every day IM. Will be pulling bloodwork on those very soon as well.

 

[Montego]

Pull today.

Got it done. Strength is starting to stall a bit finally. I'm handling weights for reps I've never used in the past with really good form though so, it's all going perfectly.

Forgot to log my final bicep exercise. One arm preacher machine to failure 2 sets. Nothing fancy.

Leg day tomorrow! Weeeeeee!....... It's gonna suck.

 

[Montego]

Leg day was great. Improved.

Pulled out hatfield Squats and opted for a machine squat today. Can't do this very long since my top set was the entire stack but, I can run it a couple weeks into the 20 rep range of I feel it.

I also increased the drugs so I'm extra strong and awesome already. Went from 250mg test to 500mg. I can feel the gains already

I laugh at guys running tren every cycle and always trying to find the best combination of drugs. 3 or 4 of this a couple of that.

Those are also usually the guys who can't nail a diet for a week straight without any missteps and are off and on the wagon month to month. Always have some problem popping up here and there. Excuse after excuse. Just ignorance and impatience.

 

[HFO4]

what dose HGH are you using? I was surprised at the level of CTS from 3ius, I usually dont experience CTS issues until 4 ius, how about you?

 

[Montego]

what dose HGH are you using? I was surprised at the level of CTS from 3ius, I usually dont experience CTS issues until 4 ius, how about you?

Just 3iu every day. I've been dealing with it at night as well pretty heavy.

It usually subsides by now but it's still hanging around

 

[REHH]

3iu a day is about all I can do without having too many sides, going to a 5 day on 2 day off helps

 

[Montego]

Push today.

Anther less they stellar push day with this group of exercises. Going to pull things out and adjust for next time this rotation comes up. It's been long enough fighting them.

Overall my top set strength sucked and my backoff and intensity stuff was fine. Will get a plan together for the session after next.

Probably put in the DB press on Incline since my shoulder is good (had a strain in my side delt today though oddly enough) and revisit my pressing for shoulders.... My delts had been pain free when I was not pressing at all for delts and since I started back the issues have come up. May just do a single set on something I dunno yet.

I still need to get bloods pulled and donate, which I will do this week.

 

[Montego]

Pull day.

Exploring options today. Everything I did today is not currently in my pull rotation so I could see where I can make changes for things that have stalled.

The hammer row is the same machine I've been using but I used a vertical grip instead of pronated today. I used to train this grip but I moved to the other to target more of the mid upper back instead of the lat. Very strong there and I feel the movement well but this is maxed out on the machine with perfect form.... Not sure it's more beneficial then the cybex machine and I have a lot of weight to play with on the cybex.

The hammer pull-down was a no go. This was done standing and it's a great stretch but hardly any activation.

The cable row was meh, nothing great and I feel single arm work here much better and don't miss any of the loading.

The DB rows for upper back, I tossed these in my last pull day and I really like them so I'll plug them somewhere and hammer them into the ground for a while.

This free motion cable pull-down was also a great option. Perfect for what I'm trying to do with overhead pulling movements and, there is no set up.

I plan on doing the same with push when it comes up. Legs I might adjust a bit as well before prep officially begins.

I did clean up the diet the last 10 days or so and I dropped about 7lbs of water instantly. The only thing I did was pull out the extra snack stuff I was having between meals like rice cakes, dry oats and some trail mix. I also have been more conscious of the amount of chick fil a sauce I've been using lol. Around half of what I had been. Pretty drastic and, it was actually planned.

In the off season I am a bit liberal with sauces and snacks when I need them (snacks are still clean food) ON TOP of my planned meals. I don't miss meals because I had a bag of trail mix or a sleeve of rice cakes, I just plug them in when I feel I can eat more. Not only is that helping my calories going in since it can get tough to eat 5000-6000 calories a day but when I do decide to diet, it's very easy to pull those things out at the beginning and have a rather large calorie reduction without feeling it.

I'm a big believer in slow steady reductions, and increases but, the beginning of a prep (the first week) a larger reduction is a very good strategy. You'll see progress the first week instead of just staying the same, which is common the first week of prep since calories should be well above maintenance and small reductions won't do much.

 

[Montego]

Starting point for whatever I end up doing.

Current pics are at the end of 13ish weeks at a cruise dose, 1 week at 500mg test. I have been putting off the starting pics until I get the items I need but, I guess it's as good a time as any right now.

Weight is currently 248 after a pretty big drop I touched on in a few posts before. I'm expecting weight to hang on here or increase a bit the first few weeks as anabolic are added in.

These are after my leg day that was less then stellar. I had a very long day yesterday and only got 4 hours of sleep so not surprised in the least.

Time to get rolling, 16-20 weeks out is the plan.

 

[Matt88]

Subbed in! Let's go!

 

[Montego]

Yesterday was push.

Holding in the same pattern I have been over the last week or two.

Top set strength is holding on or slightly down but the backoff sets are progressing.

I have went back and added in a few carbs on training days so I'm around 400g on those days and 300 on non training days. These are purely carb sources total, not counting stuff I get from everything. I've also increased protein a touch so I'm about 400g a day there.

Fats are still just chic Fil A Sauce, I've got issues, so about 90g there and yeah they're
Shit fats but I don't care right now.

 

[REHH]

Still looking big

 

[Montego]

Pull and legs the last two days.

Today was very good. I got a good bit of sleep finally and was fully charged up.

I started looking for ways to make things harder during leg training and found a couple.

On leg press I just slowed down the eccentric even more, 3 count instead of 2.

On the seated leg curl I moved my body farther forward in the seat and placed the leg brace farther up my Calf instead of closer to the ankle. These were HARD.

I'll do something with Adductors next leg day. Today I just did straight sets and added a cluster set instead of a drop set. I might try 1.5 reps on these. My machine can't hold more then a single 45lb plate and I'm past 20 reps on my first working set.

Pull was good as well. Not as good since it was a regular sleep day but, not terrible.

These DB rows for upper back are a hit. It's probably because they're new and I don't dread having to beat the book yet. They crush the rear delt and trap.

The 1 arm Bb row has been Meadows rows for a couple weeks. I ran out of space for 25's so I had to use 2 45s which took away some stretch. I just put some plates on the floor and stood on those to get the desired stretch again.

I pulled bloodwork today so I should have results in by the end of next week.

 

[Montego]

Last week at 247 vs this week at 248.

Noticeably tighter and fuller in just a week. We plug on.

 

[Montego]

Tighter, fuller.

 

[Montego]

Goodies arrived!

Will finally get the ball rolling.

Starting doses will be -
500mg test
200mg Deca
200mg tren e

Along with 3iu IL GH every day.

These will carry me for a good while and, when needed, I will increase small amounts.

Thank you IL! Gonna be a solid run.

 

[Montego]

Yday was the first pin of the "cycle", all Iron Lion Oils

60mg tren e
60mg Deca
200mg test e

This will be every other day and it comes out to 210/210/700mg per week.

Pin was smooth and no pip today.

Time to rock and roll!

 

[REHH]

Goodies arrived!

Will finally get the ball rolling.

Starting doses will be -
500mg test
200mg Deca
200mg tren e

Along with 3iu IL GH every day.

These will carry me for a good while and, when needed, I will increase small amounts.

Thank you IL! Gonna be a solid run.

Nice, looks like they’re filled all the way up to the stopper, that’s 12ml

 

[one]

The tread makes sense.

 

[Montego]

Igf results

Great results for me at this dose, it's not wanting to upload clear but it's 279

 

[Montego]

Hmm. Gonna be different this time around. Much harder at this weight then last time.

I'm up 1lb from last check in but harder again.

I'll post some updated stuff today but here's post pull training.

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[gorillaguy33]

Hmm. Gonna be different this time around. Much harder at this weight then last time.

I'm up 1lb from last check in but harder again.

I'll post some updated stuff today but here's post pull training.

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Looking solid brotha glad to see you still grinding hope all is well


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[Montego]

Yesterday was pull day.

As I mentioned, I woke up up a lb to 249 and tighter again.

My training went well but I did have a step back on my Pulldown. I have only been training one vertical pull movement for a long while and it's constantly gotten better. The past 2 pull sessions though I have added one on my alternate day which I assume is the decrease in strength on this one. Either way, we roll on.

I had a sushi boat yesterday as well. I've felt my weight had been dropping aside from the scale showing increases so I gave it a shot. 20 pieces of sushi, 10 pieces is sashimi and 4 rolls without sauce. Slept for 15 hours straight and woke up down 4lbs this morning.

Crazy how the body works, especially if you're in tune.

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[REHH]

Nice to see your bloodwork looked good and still grinding out the sessions

 

[Dano22]

I’m curious what you get out of adding Deca and Tren together . I personally love them both but have always listened to that no adding them nonsense . Seems like a lot of fullness and growth with extra food partitioning and vascularity. Any not so pleasant sides for you ?

 

[Montego]

I’m curious what you get out of adding Deca and Tren together . I personally love them both but have always listened to that no adding them nonsense . Seems like a lot of fullness and growth with extra food partitioning and vascularity. Any not so pleasant sides for you ?

Well, the main goal of losing body fat is to lose minimal lean tissue. Deca and test are king at growing tissue so, holding onto it, they do a fantastic job.

Tren flattens me out rather hard but, it's amazing for myself in holding onto strength, and in turn, lean tissue. The Deca helps keep me fuller so I don't get the flatness I do with just tren alone. Flat happens but, permanent flatness is a disaster waiting to happen if it's going on for too long.

I don't notice any sides with them together but, I run rather moderate doses of the two. I'll never go over 500mg of one alone, much less together.

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[Montego]

Yesterday was legs.

Good session.

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