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My Journey to the Stage

Satxbber

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Hello all,

For a little background info, I worked out consistently from the ages of 13-20 as an athlete. Fell into a really bad depression from 20-26 that kept me out of the gym (amongst other things), and I was just eating fast food twice a day with sodas and all that garbage.

In June 2023, I decided I needed to take control of my health while I was still young and had the free time to make the changes necessary (Pics 1 & 2). I had ballooned up to 260lb and felt awful 24/7. The initial changes I made weren't anything extreme or strict. I just implemented a routine of doing 10-minute walks after each meal, trained 3/4 times a week, prioritized protein in my diet, and replaced full sugar and high-calorie foods with as many zero-sugar/low-calorie foods as I could.

Fast forward a year and 3 months of consistency, and I had lost about 70 pounds. My love for the gym has returned in full force, and I was starting to get the itch to "full-send" pursue bodybuilding. There was a professional show locally, so I decided to attend to see what this all was about, and I was hooked immediately. I decided then and there, I would do the amateur show of this event the following year.

At that point, (pics 3-5) I decided to become enhanced, weighing about 195lb. The date of my first injection was Sept 7, 2024.
I started with 200mg test c per week, and slowly ramped up to 500mg per week with 200mg of masteron E to help keep estrogen low. I ran that for about 16 weeks.

At the end of January 2025, I was weighing about 210 and decided to hire my coach. (Pics 6-8). My coach started me off with the following:

P 253
C 172
F 25

20 mins stairmaster 3x a week, 30 mins treadmill 3x week (3 speed, 10 incline)
10k steps per day, 15k sunday

300 Test E
100 Mast E
500mg l-carnitine
500mg Metformin
20mcg Clen

In April, we took our first diet break and added a 20mg dose of anavar on 4x/week on days I was working my weaker body parts. Test was raised slightly to 350mg, clen bumped to 40mcg. At this point, I had dropped 24 pounds from the beginning of February.

P: 260
C: 246
F: 25

Started back in a deficit 2 weeks later, only thing that changed was the macros.

P: 257
C: 209
F: 25

May 5th, we increased test to 450mg/week. This was peak dosing throughout the protocol. Cardio was also increased at this point.

3x/week 30 mins stairs, 3x/week 30 mins treadmill (15% incline, 3 speed).

May 13th, my macros changed.

P: 255
C: 175
F: 25

June 1st I had a few changes. The diet became a bit harder for sure. I was about 187lb at the time.

P: 229
C: 139
F: 18

Cardio - Stairs 4x/ week 40 mins, treadmill 2x/ week 30 mins (15% incline, 3 speed)

At this point, we decided to try Retatrutide at 2mg/week. The reta I left in throughout prep, increasing .5mg/week every 3 weeks up to 5mg/week total. We also increased masteron to 200mg/week.

By 6 weeks out of the first show, calories were in the toilet. Cardio was high, and I introduced tren a.

P: 227
C: 105
F: 18

Cardio - 280 minutes stairs/week. 120 minutes treadmill (15% incline 3 speed)

Test 450
Mast 200
Var - 20mg/4x week
Tren a - 60mg
L-carnitine 500mg
Metformin 500mg
clen 40mcg

This ran basically into my first show (pics 6-9). I had a low for this show of about 174lb.

Between shows, I had about 7 weeks to improve.

I reduced cardio and increased calories both at this point to see how my body responded.

Stairs were removed completely in turn for 1 hour of treadmill per day. Carbs were increased by about 50g.

We increased the masteron to 450mg to match my test, left everything else the same, and introduced winstrol for the last 4 weeks leading into show 2 at 50mg per day. For my second show, we had a low of 161.2lb marking over 100lb of weight lost in my journey to to stage.
 

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Since this week was off on the training schedule, I decided to end it off with a sick shoulders, tris, and bis pump. The pumps have been a1, despite not really taking any preworkout or pump product. I have held around 190 throughout the holidays and can't complain with the condition. Simple but effective.

JM Press 1 working set
oh tricep ext (cable) 3 sets
calble lat raises 4 sets
Incline DB curls 4 sets
Rear delt flies 3 sets
abs

MFW Injections:
120mg Test E
120mg Mast E
500mg metformin daily
20mg cialis EOD
2iu growth daily
40mg tamoxifen daily (gyno flare up)

Food:
P 207G
C 303G
F 29G

Cardio
30 mins 3 speed 10 incline treadmill, 15k steps
 

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Push day today! I don’t know if I slept funny or what but my left side didn’t want to cooperate for any pressing so I only did 1 set of bench today.

Bench 1 set
Flies 3 sets
Single arm overhead tricep 4 sets
Cable Lat raise 4 sets
Machine press 2 sets

MFW Injections:
120mg Test E
120mg Mast E
20mg cialis EOD
2iu growth daily
40mg tamoxifen daily (gyno flare up)

Food:
P 207G
C 303G
F 29G

Cardio
30 mins 3 speed 10 incline treadmill, 15k steps
 

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Pull session today! I pulled back the weight just a touch so that I could increase the volume comfortably. Weighing close to 195lb now

db row 3 sets
Lat pull down 3 sets
Single arm preacher curl 4 sets
High row 2 sets
Cable pull over 2 sets

MFW Injections:
120mg Test E - USP
120mg Mast E - USP
20mg cialis EOD
2iu growth daily - USP
40mg tamoxifen daily (gyno flare up)

Food:
P 207G
C 303G
F 29G

Cardio
30 mins 3 speed 10 incline treadmill, 15k steps
 

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Ending off 2025 the right way with leg day. The legs are growing well. Pumps have been great, I increased volume this week so the training weight will start increasing slowly. Bodyweight still around 192. Not really looking to push it up too much right now.

Hack squat 3 sets
SLDL 3 sets
Leg extensions 3 sets
Single leg ham curls 3 sets
Calves 4 sets
Abs 4 sets

MFW Injections:
120mg Test E - USP
120mg Mast E - USP
20mg cialis EOD
2iu growth daily - USP
40mg tamoxifen daily (gyno flare up)

Food:
P 207G
C 303G
F 29G

Cardio
30 mins 3 speed 10 incline treadmill, 15k steps
 

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Today was a scheduled rest day. Happy new year my friends! Enjoy my first check-ins of 2026. Looking to grow tf out of this physique.

MFW Injections:
120mg Test E - USP
120mg Mast E - USP
20mg cialis EOD
2iu growth daily - USP
40mg tamoxifen daily (gyno flare up)

Food:
P 207G
C 303G
F 29G

Cardio
30 mins 3 speed 10 incline treadmill, 15k steps
 

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NOW THIS IS WTF IM Talking ABOUT!!! Kick ass job dude!!! You are forever my nemesis now and I will destroy your soul . Just jkn but proud of ya brother and you picked a great spot here at ASF. And that's what I call and intro!!!

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push day today. growing and improving session to session. Really wanted to lock in on my execution this week.

DB incline 2 sets
Flies 3 sets
Tricep push down 4 sets
cable lateral raise 4 sets
Incline machine press 2 sets
Abs

MFW Injections:
120mg Test E - USP
120mg Mast E - USP
20mg cialis EOD
2iu growth daily - USP
40mg tamoxifen daily (gyno flare up)

Food:
P 207G
C 303G
F 29G

Cardio
30 mins 3 speed 10 incline treadmill, 15k steps
 

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NOW THIS IS WTF IM Talking ABOUT!!! Kick ass job dude!!! You are forever my nemesis now and I will destroy your soul . Just jkn but proud of ya brother and you picked a great spot here at ASF. And that's what I call and intro!!!

Sent from my motorola razr 2025 using Tapatalk
thank you brother! glad to be here and sharing my journey with you guys.
 
Today I had a pull session. I am really happy with how my back is progressing. Weight is holding steady around 192lb fasted, which I am quite happy with. Question for people in the comments, do you track blood gluclose and blood pressure? I think soon I will push the food. Also, shoutout to US-PHARMACIES.NET for the quick touchdown. The order was sent Monday.

Neutral Grip Lat PD 3 Sets
Seal Rows 3 sets
Cable Curls 4 sets
Cable Pullover 2 sets
Rear Delt Flies 2 sets
Cable Row 2 sets
MFW Injections:
120mg Test E - USP
120mg Mast E - USP
20mg cialis EOD
2iu growth daily - USP
40mg tamoxifen daily (gyno flare up)

Food:
P 207G
C 303
F 29G

Cardio
30 mins 3 speed 10 incline treadmill, 15k steps
 

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Today I had a pull session. I am really happy with how my back is progressing. Weight is holding steady around 192lb fasted, which I am quite happy with. Question for people in the comments, do you track blood gluclose and blood pressure? I think soon I will push the food. Also, shoutout to US-PHARMACIES.NET for the quick touchdown. The order was sent Monday.

Neutral Grip Lat PD 3 Sets
Seal Rows 3 sets
Cable Curls 4 sets
Cable Pullover 2 sets
Rear Delt Flies 2 sets
Cable Row 2 sets
MFW Injections:
120mg Test E - USP
120mg Mast E - USP
20mg cialis EOD
2iu growth daily - USP
40mg tamoxifen daily (gyno flare up)

Food:
P 207G
C 303
F 29G

Cardio
30 mins 3 speed 10 incline treadmill, 15k steps
As you get to 6 iu and higher you should definitely track glucose. At that point, on average, the resulting IGF-1 starts to interfere with insulin signaling. That on top of all the eating to grow puts a huge strain on the pancreas. So you should dial things in so your glucose stays in range. You can use things like berberine and metformin to help but the less manipulation you do the healthier you will be and the better your progress.
 
As you get to 6 iu and higher you should definitely track glucose. At that point, on average, the resulting IGF-1 starts to interfere with insulin signaling. That on top of all the eating to grow puts a huge strain on the pancreas. So you should dial things in so your glucose stays in range. You can use things like berberine and metformin to help but the less manipulation you do the healthier you will be and the better your progress.
Hell yeah brother I appreciate the advice. All great stuff. I was actually looking at glucometers recently. I was really curious to hear someone as large as Nick Walker didn’t need to use any slin.
 

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