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The Gasman Files

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Meetketchup said:
Wife and I hit Sally's Apizza which is the GOAT afterwards. I only had a slice as I don't binge and go right back to diet. Wife finished off the whole pie! lol
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A guy I work with is from the area and told me to go there but pizza was the last thing on my mind.

I waited until I got home the following morning and smashed a couple chocolate chip pancakes at a local diner spot.

Well worth the wait
 
Alright, now that the show is done and I had a relaxing day yesterday with a couple untracked meals, back to business.

Only up 4 pounds this morning from stage weight so i didn’t go too crazy.

For the next 4-8 weeks just going to run 250 test. Also going to leverage GH at one bottle per day for better nutrient partitioning while I recover.

Not sure if this is considered a reverse but macros will look as follows

NT day 180p, 300c, 40f
TD 180p, 500c, 20f
High day(2x) 180p, 750c, 0f (one untracked meal allowed).

Only increase is the carbs on training day by 50 and in the high day by 25 from my prep macros.
 
One more from the show and maybe the best one. Finally got to meet the man himself. He drove up from New Jersey to be in my corner for my first show.

I can’t tell how helpful it was to have Kurt there to help guide me through the process.

Such a cool dude, we have a great conversations on our check ins and when I met him it was like seeing an old friend you haven’t seen in a while. No awkwardness.

Took me out for a light lunch in between pre judging and finals.

I know I’m biased but if you are looking for a top notch coach, can’t go wrong with Kurt Havens.IMG_8178.jpeg
 
Congrats on the first show brother you looked great, looking forward to see how your rebound goes!
 
tbda said:
Congrats on the first show brother you looked great, looking forward to see how your rebound goes!
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Thank you brother, I’m really looking forward to this improvement season. Really got to bring up that chest
 
GasmanX said:
For the next 4-8 weeks just going to run 250 test. Also going to leverage GH at one bottle per day for better nutrient partitioning while I recover.
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Perfect! I do something similar - I run 160mg test and bring GH back in...get bloods at 6 weeks post show to assess.

Nice macros as well. Should be a great transition for you into the improvement season.
 
tbda said:
Is kurt going to change your training for the off season?
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He doesnt directly program my training. When we first started working together. I told him what I was doing and he liked the programming I came up with for myself. He trains similarly to the way I do.

I’m going start running a 5 day U/L and hammer frequency while paying attention to the logbook, recovery ect.

The way I figure every other week I can hit chest first three times as opposed to a PPL where I may hit chest twice a couple of times through. We will see how it goes
 
GasmanX said:
NT day 180p, 300c, 40f
TD 180p, 500c, 20f
High day(2x) 180p, 750c, 0f (one untracked meal allowed).
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So if you're running a 5 day U/L Split that would be...

2 NT Days
3 TD Days
2 High days

Right?
 
GasmanX said:
One more from the show and maybe the best one. Finally got to meet the man himself. He drove up from New Jersey to be in my corner for my first show.

I can’t tell how helpful it was to have Kurt there to help guide me through the process.

Such a cool dude, we have a great conversations on our check ins and when I met him it was like seeing an old friend you haven’t seen in a while. No awkwardness.

Took me out for a light lunch in between pre judging and finals.

I know I’m biased but if you are looking for a top notch coach, can’t go wrong with Kurt Havens.View attachment 150643
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If he had you on 200 winny, I’ll pass on him. At least he didn’t tell you 1mg of Adex per day.
Don’t believe the drugs got you there btw. It was mostly your discipline. Great job. Condition is king.
 
CoachCabo said:
If he had you on 200 winny, I’ll pass on him.
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Definitely high IMO, but it's a common protocol by a number of coaches at the moment such as AJ Sims, Kurt Havens, etc. You know how it is Coach, fads come and go. Their justification is that it's for 2 weeks and minimal damage is done in such a short time frame.
 
CoachCabo said:
If he had you on 200 winny, I’ll pass on him. At least he didn’t tell you 1mg of Adex per day.
Don’t believe the drugs got you there btw. It was mostly your discipline. Great job. Condition is king.
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It was for one week and I was willing to try. Not once did he push drugs on me that I wasn’t comfortable with.
 
Meetketchup said:
Definitely high IMO, but it's a common protocol by a number of coaches at the moment such as AJ Sims, Kurt Havens, etc. You know how it is Coach, fads come and go. Their justification is that it's for 2 weeks and minimal damage is done in such a short time frame.
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Minimal damage with even more minimal impact I bet.
GasmanX said:
It was for one week and I was willing to try. Not once did he push drugs on me that I wasn’t comfortable with.
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That’s you. Imagine not being as pharmacologically savvy as you are.

Like coaches pushing 100/100/100/100/100/100 tren/mast/winny/var/T3/clen per day. Yep, It is going on.
 
One week post show update.

Average weight holding steady around 175. Can definitely notice some cosmetic changes even though the weight is the same. Obviously the tren/mast/winstrol being out of my system at this point is why and that’s ok.

I’ve had two nights in a row where my sleep has been much better and feeling rested the next morning. Had my first session in the gym where I felt energized and strong.

Going to keep the food as is for now.

All good signs as I continue to recover.
 
After checking in with Kurt we have a massive bump in food coming.

Holy shit

Non training day
180P 400C 40F

Training day
180P 600C 20F

High day (2x)
180P 1000C 0F

I guess we are gonna grow now, he wants me to get to 210 in a year. LFG 🚀
 
I guess he means no added fat. It is impossible to eat those calories without some incidental fats.

I absolutely cannot understand this low/no fat thing.
 
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CoachCabo said:
I guess he means no added fat. It is impossible to eat those calories without some incidental fats.

I absolutely cannot understand this low/no fat thing.
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That’s correct and it’s only only on the high days.

I mean, I get the logic. If you are using AAS you don’t need the fats for hormone synthesis and even if you are natural. Your fat requirements aren’t that high.

If I was nattie, my recommended fat intake would be about 50g (0.3g/pound bw). So on average I eat half that on any given day and therefore leverage the carbs.

I understand the other side for leaving fats higher but TBH I prefer eating this way having done both.
 
GasmanX said:
That’s correct and it’s only only on the high days.

I mean, I get the logic. If you are using AAS you don’t need the fats for hormone synthesis and even if you are natural. Your fat requirements aren’t that high.

If I was nattie, my recommended fat intake would be about 50g (0.3g/pound bw). So on average I eat half that on any given day and therefore leverage the carbs.

I understand the other side for leaving fats higher but TBH I prefer eating this way having done both.
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This is all on 250mg test?
 
You are wild for the candy corn but those pumpkin spice frosted flakes look good. Going to have to find those myself.

I've listened to Kurt so many times say that he does not like pushing food out of the show.. I woonder what changed for him. He must have watched Justin rebound me. :ROFLMAO: In all seriousness, this is a lot of food. I'm VERY interested to see how your body comp does over the next four weeks.

A bottle of GH for you is 10-12iu?
 
Oakley6575 said:
You are wild for the candy corn but those pumpkin spice frosted flakes look good. Going to have to find those myself.

I've listened to Kurt so many times say that he does not like pushing food out of the show.. He must have watched Justin rebound me. :ROFLMAO: In all seriousness, this is a lot of food. I'm VERY interested to see how your body comp does over the. next four weeks.

A bottle of GH for you is 10-12iu?
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I think that’s a benefit of working with somebody over the course of a year…..they see how your body responds to changes in food, gear etc.

Remember, I was having 750 on high days one week out from my show.

He did say I don’t HAVE to eat that much but the appetite is there then go for it and it definitely was today.

Yea I run Iron Lion GH and they usually test out around 12IU per bottle

The pumpkin spice are good but the strawberry milkshake ones are the best in the lineup, hands down
 
GasmanX said:
I think that’s a benefit of working with somebody over the course of a year…..they see how your body responds to changes in food, gear etc.

Remember, I was having 750 on high days one week out from my show.

He did say I don’t HAVE to eat that much but the appetite is there then go for it and it definitely was today.

Yea I run Iron Lion GH and they usually test out around 12IU per bottle

The pumpkin spice are good but the strawberry milkshake ones are the best in the lineup, hands down
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YES, I went through the strawberry milkshake box so fast. Those are better than the original.

Really looking forward to your progress from here. Justin had me eating 820g of carbs on my high day at my leanest. I've very surprised Kurt pushed your food so high, so fast. Just goes against everything he preaches. But like you said, you might be one of those unicorns that he is able to do this with where most of his other clients wouldn't be able to handle it. The diet stuff is so fun to me.. I wish I was as interested in training as I am in the nutrition side of things.

You are going to blow up in the next few weeks. I hope you keep up on progress pics because you are going to be a monster. Your back is disgusting already. I can't wait to see you fully saturated with water and glycogen.
 
Oakley6575 said:
YES, I went through the strawberry milkshake box so fast. Those are better than the original.

Really looking forward to your progress from here. Justin had me eating 820g of carbs on my high day at my leanest. I've very surprised Kurt pushed your food so high, so fast. Just goes against everything he preaches. But like you said, you might be one of those unicorns that he is able to do this with where most of his other clients wouldn't be able to handle it. The diet stuff is so fun to me.. I wish I was as interested in training as I am in the nutrition side of things.

You are going to blow up in the next few weeks. I hope you keep up on progress pics because you are going to be a monster. Your back is disgusting already. I can't wait to see you fully saturated with water and glycogen.
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Thank you brother. Yea I’m finally getting excited again now that my body has been in a good spot the last few days.

Sleep is much better and im feeling more energized in the gym.

On the road to 210 according to Kurt. We’ll see
 

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