lovely update my brother and always love reading your thoughts and the process you're going through. Interesting all around and thank you for the effort you put into these updates.OFFSEASON WEEK 5 UPDATE (fuelled by the GOAT @Raptor Labs and supported by @Raptor Rep
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8.10.25:
125.1kg fasted (photos attached are from this date prior to getting a bit sick)
13.10.25:
124.7kg fasted
General Overview
First week and a half on the new dosages, and overall I’m feeling really, really good. Strength and performance have been absolutely flying with some huge progressions in the gym and the pumps have been insane. Outside of training, I’ve felt mostly amazing and super locked into the process, although I’ve noticed a few mild side effects creeping in — mainly a little irritability and a noticeably lower sex drive which I thought was interesting.
This lines up pretty well with my most recent bloodwork, which showed testosterone levels on the lower side for still building up from the first couple weeks out of prep at 27nmol and 800 free. I suspect this is due to pulling test in peak week and the EQ being run so high right out of the gate whilst I had low oestrogen from peak week, eq potentially also occupying some of the androgen receptors and somewhat suppressing the impact of the test. Will be discussing this with coach at Wednesday’s check-ins and may need to push test slightly to restore some more androgen load.
Cycle Adjustments
- Testosterone Enanthate: 300mg/week (unchanged, may increase pending check-in)
- Equipoise: 1200mg/week (continuing high push phase)
- NPP: 70mg EOD (added to assist with elbow irritation that’s been lingering since prep)
- HGH: 8iu daily (split AM/PM)
- Insulin: None (holding off – sensitivity still extremely high)
- Retatrutide: ~1mg per week total, split between 3–4 ad hoc doses depending on appetite
- BPC-157: 1mg daily (increased to assist with elbow)
- TB-500: 1mg daily (increased to assist with elbow)
- 5-Amino 1MQ: 100mg daily (split over two doses)
- MOTS-C: 1mg daily
Nutrition Update
Food has been increased slightly, with carbs pushed up on both training and rest days. Digestion remains phenomenal — food is sitting perfectly, energy is stable, and no bloating or discomfort at all.
- Training Days: 285P / 690C / 50F
- Rest Days: 285P / 575C / 60F
Training and Recovery
Training has been absolutely electric. Every session feels explosive, strength is climbing rapidly, and recovery between sessions has been incredible. The addition of NPP has already made a noticeable difference with joint comfort — particularly around the elbow, which was flaring up a bit post-show with the strength rebound. Despite the workload increase and higher intensity, recovery markers remain excellent.
Unfortunately, I did fall a bit under the weather with a bad cold/flu over the past couple of days, but hopefully nothing major, just a short setback that’ll pass quickly.
Reflections on High-Dose EQ
Running EQ this high has been an interesting experience. In the gym, it’s genuinely one of the best compounds I’ve ever used, strength progressions, pumps, and muscular endurance are all next-level. Outside of the gym, however, I’ve noticed moments of being slightly flat, somewhat overstimulated, and occasionally more stressed or easily overwhelmed. Hard to say whether that’s purely EQ-related or more to do with current business stress and workload, but it’s something I’m mindful of and working on. In general though, this is the best training has ever felt, and this is of absolutely paramount importance to me and the love of the process and progression of the process too in my opinion so honest review so far EQ is absolutely amazing at higher dosages but I am keen to push the testosterone up as I feel this will improve a lot of facets of the cycle structure.
So with that being said, most of the time I’m feeling incredible — motivated, clear, and beyond focused on the process. This phase is just beginning to take shape, and I can already feel it’s going to be something special.
hopefully you're feeling better, you're looking incredible