s#@*! gains!

[timbitz]

I dont understand it, I've run a 12 week cycle using testcyp 500mg/wk
eq 400mg/wk and even threw in some d-bol to kick start.
I have only gained seven pounds!Trained one body part per day 5on 2off
ate like a pig and my back really broke out this time with acne(never happened before)Is it my age?43 yrs old, Alot going on in my life stress- wise and didnt get nearly enough sleep every night(approx 5 hours)
Any advice for my next cycle two months from now?

 

[stonecold54]

what brand gear?

 

[02gixxersix]

eat more. Try a new trainging program.

 

[Mavy]

I think that you just summed it up there for yourself. No rest and lots of stress? You should be putting your body through enough stress with your workouts. 7 lbs aint all that bad, but given your cycle, and the period of time you ran it, you could have packed on more mass. Some people (including myself), can gain that much on the dbol loading phase alone. I am also not a big fan of your training regimine, for building mass. The more you train a body part, the more it is gonna grow. Especially when juicing you dont need 1 week rest until you train the same body part again.

I dont think that you need much advice on your next cycle, more on the other factors though. Diet, protein intake, REST, and try changing your training routine around. Test, EQ and dbol, like you did this time, really should get the job done. How long did you run the dbol? Also, what brand of EQ were you using out of curiosity?

Mavy

 

[Riker29]

I have a friend who went through a very similar scenario. Looking back on it, it was found that several things caused problems ....

Just eating a lot won't do it. You need to eat the right things, (and to a small degree eat them at the correct times in relation to your workout and sleeping),

Stress raises cortisol levels, and if you are under a LOT of stress, that will pretty much stop or lessen any gains,

Training causes localized stress on micelles – but when OVER trained they are so busy just trying to RECOVERY that they never get healed and then grow BEYOND where they were prior to a workout. I am convinced that many of the volume training programs that people do will overtrain many guys (but no one wants to hear that, they just do more sets...)

Lack of sleep will mess anyone up. Period. 5 hours is NOT enough.

You do NOT grow on the gym. You grow by (first overloading the muscles and then providing a time for) allowing the muscle to RECOVER and them to GROW BEYOND ITS PRE-STRESSED SIZE AND STRENGTH. Lack of sleep, overtraining, stress, too many sets, and not enough days for recovery can each add to this NOT happening to the degree that it should.

Many guys will think “well, I did do a cycle, I men, yeah ... I should sleep a lot and stuff, but I did all this gear, shouldn’t I STILL get gains”. Yes, but part of the problem here is that when are ON, they tend to workout more, harder, heavier, and do more sets .... so yes, your body can handle more, but you are also adding to the stress level a lot anyway.

Besides – you did have gains. You gained 7 lbs in a few months time despite not sleeping enough – that is quite amazing actually.

I am curious - at 43 - what was your post-cycle regimen, and do yo feel you recovered quickly/fully?

 

[dzuljas]

you should have 3-4 days of intense training split up throughout the week, most of the time youre resting, thats when u grow