Getting the blast & cruise right on time for a show

[strongmanaroo]

Gday legends,

I've been scratching my head a little over planning 2027 for blasts and cruises:

I'll be starting a blast when the new year starts but I can't figure how to plan it for these conditions:

1 Strongman event in late May (less important)
1 Strongman event in mid-July
1 Strongman event in mid-November

The goal is to peak for strength for the two important shows. If I start early january would it leave the time for a proper blast, cruise and blast again to reach mid july? Or should I just titrate up for 6 months? That seems crazy.
After july I can reset on a cruise for a while before growing again for november.

I'm open to any advice.
The main things I'll be running:
- Test
- NPP
- Mast
- Anadrol
- Halo

 

[ChewedSleek]

Gday legends,

I've been scratching my head a little over planning 2027 for blasts and cruises:

I'll be starting a blast when the new year starts but I can't figure how to plan it for these conditions:

1 Strongman event in late May (less important)
1 Strongman event in mid-July
1 Strongman event in mid-November

The goal is to peak for strength for the two important shows. If I start early january would it leave the time for a proper blast, cruise and blast again to reach mid july? Or should I just titrate up for 6 months? That seems crazy.
After july I can reset on a cruise for a while before growing again for november.

I'm open to any advice.
The main things I'll be running:
- Test
- NPP
- Mast
- Anadrol
- Halo

@abolone @thimble would be best to talk to

 

[thimble]

Gday legends,

I've been scratching my head a little over planning 2027 for blasts and cruises:

I'll be starting a blast when the new year starts but I can't figure how to plan it for these conditions:

1 Strongman event in late May (less important)
1 Strongman event in mid-July
1 Strongman event in mid-November

The goal is to peak for strength for the two important shows. If I start early january would it leave the time for a proper blast, cruise and blast again to reach mid july? Or should I just titrate up for 6 months? That seems crazy.
After july I can reset on a cruise for a while before growing again for november.

I'm open to any advice.
The main things I'll be running:
- Test
- NPP
- Mast
- Anadrol
- Halo

If it were me, I'd use the event in May as a peak/training day to lead into July. You could potentially start titrating your doses up in April to give yourself a bit of leeway into July

Once that event is over I'd be pivoting into a GPP phase until towards the end of August, still programming specific stuff just less drugs and a bit less food. I'd look to improve on any poor health markers and dosages would likely drop back to a sports TRT dosage, which is roughly 2-3mg/kg of bodyweight, say 250-300mg of test for example.

It's possible to do, ideally a bigger gap would be better but you can get a lot done in a month to put yourself back into a position to continue to push training and doses.

 

[strongmanaroo]

If it were me, I'd use the event in May as a peak/training day to lead into July. You could potentially start titrating your doses up in April to give yourself a bit of leeway into July

Once that event is over I'd be pivoting into a GPP phase until towards the end of August, still programming specific stuff just less drugs and a bit less food. I'd look to improve on any poor health markers and dosages would likely drop back to a sports TRT dosage, which is roughly 2-3mg/kg of bodyweight, say 250-300mg of test for example.

It's possible to do, ideally a bigger gap would be better but you can get a lot done in a month to put yourself back into a position to continue to push training and doses.

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer this, it's been bothering me and I don't want to mess it up by starting a blast unhealthy or too early/late. There might be other smaller competitions in the way but I'll treat these as a heavy session rather than a peak.
So from january to april it's best that I stay on a sports trt then and only increase after that?

 

[thimble]

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer this, it's been bothering me and I don't want to mess it up by starting a blast unhealthy or too early/late. There might be other smaller competitions in the way but I'll treat these as a heavy session rather than a peak.
So from january to april it's best that I stay on a sports trt then and only increase after that?

No problem bro, happy to provide whatever knowledge and insight I have.

Yeah, I'd sit on a sports TRT dose January to April. You definitely won't miss out on any gains to be made. The PEDs will ultimately still illicit gains, just maybe not as dramatically as opposed to 2 grams drug load for example.

In that time focus on the unattractive fundamentals to lay the runway for the peaks to come. Things like consistent sleep, hydration and food intake will all be invaluable and you'll thank yourself when you're feeling good through your peak for establishing those habits and systems ahead of time. Something that's taken me a long time to learn

 

[strongmanaroo]

No problem bro, happy to provide whatever knowledge and insight I have.

Yeah, I'd sit on a sports TRT dose January to April. You definitely won't miss out on any gains to be made. The PEDs will ultimately still illicit gains, just maybe not as dramatically as opposed to 2 grams drug load for example.

In that time focus on the unattractive fundamentals to lay the runway for the peaks to come. Things like consistent sleep, hydration and food intake will all be invaluable and you'll thank yourself when you're feeling good through your peak for establishing those habits and systems ahead of time. Something that's taken me a long time to learn

I feel like my recovery is top notch. I sleep 8 hours per night, since I left my job my body is in a relaxed state too.
Training is a little impaired lately but otherwise consistent.
Now diet... Ha. That's the real Achilles' heel of any strongman. I'm lucky if I can get 200g of protein per day.

Thing is, so far I've only cycled once technically. I was on normal TRT for 3 months, on 250mg test (TRT +) for another month and now finishing off a 350mg test/100mg deca cycle with a few experiments along the way with orals.
So a sports TRT won't be too far off for me.

 

[SteveMobsterG]

Zero need to cruise here.

1 Strongman event in late May (less important) Do an 8 week cycle late March into Late May - med to long esters. Rest, recover. Some will still be in your system without pinning.
1 Strongman event in mid-July - mid June 2-4 weeks, higher doses, shorter esters. Harsher PEDs (tren A??). Orals?

LONG ASS TIME off. Then 8 week as per the first one from September
1 Strongman event in mid-November

Dependent on loads and events done I'd suggest you should also carry over some base level of power

Fix the shitty diet (just neck shakes) and whatever the impairment is. Or why bother B&C and putting your name down for 3 comps you wont do justice too. I never competed (bar maybe the 2010 Mighty Mitts at the Arnold) to 'take part'.

 

[strongmanaroo]

Zero need to cruise here.

1 Strongman event in late May (less important) Do an 8 week cycle late March into Late May - med to long esters. Rest, recover. Some will still be in your system without pinning.
1 Strongman event in mid-July - mid June 2-4 weeks, higher doses, shorter esters. Harsher PEDs (tren A??). Orals?

LONG ASS TIME off. Then 8 week as per the first one from September
1 Strongman event in mid-November

Dependent on loads and events done I'd suggest you should also carry over some base level of power

Fix the shitty diet (just neck shakes) and whatever the impairment is. Or why bother B&C and putting your name down for 3 comps you wont do justice too. I never competed (bar maybe the 2010 Mighty Mitts at the Arnold) to 'take part'.

Thank you so much for your answer, it's giving me a better idea on the type of approach to take for sure.

I compete mostly because I love doing strongman. The less important one in may I won it last year, and a few challenges here and there that don't require peaking for.
But for the 8 weeks with mid to long esters I'm a little surprised, something like Deca won't kick in by then no?

 

[SteveMobsterG]

Thank you so much for your answer, it's giving me a better idea on the type of approach to take for sure.

I compete mostly because I love doing strongman. The less important one in may I won it last year, and a few challenges here and there that don't require peaking for.
But for the 8 weeks with mid to long esters I'm a little surprised, something like Deca won't kick in by then no?

Then pick another. One that fits. NPP is shorter.

I kinda guessed you enjoyed it vs winning. Which makes my suggestion make more sense. Why, in essence, stay on ALL fkin year in a B&C which is NOT good in order to 'just take part'?

An aside - once I got good (circa 2004-2010) in Grip I ALWAYS competed to place. When kicking the most trophy type butt I'd look at some and KNOW they were there just to get PBs. I've been around would be amateur strongmen. Some had great set ups and supporter yet, IMO, pissed about about sub-maximal efforts. It literally annoyed me to see them hold back and go through the motions