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Tootle Tritely Behind Aeroplanes

Is there a bookie event on when you're going to fall apart this time?

Just kidding. This is going to be really interesting. Good luck!

Funny you should mention that. My right knee is inflamed and I've skipped the optional Oly practice day this week. I've taken some Ibuprophen which has helped. I'm thinking the problem is down to the way I've been sitting at the computer rather than due to training, although training is exacerbating it. Ho hum.

 

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Taffeta Teacups Bulge Alarmingly

Week 1 - Day 2

I wasn't sure what I'd end up doing today since my knee was still not happy. I took some Ibuprophen this morning and when I went for my workout I reckoned that I might be able to get away with doing some front squats but that I'd pay for it later. Accordingly, I went for deadlifts instead.

The ten sets of doubles were done with a minute between starts. The last few sets were agony on the lower back and when I'd finished I just had to sit and let it rest. Almost certainly due to the dbol but I'm only taking 15mg ED. At least the deadlifts were fine on my knees. I have high hopes of being able to squat on Friday.

Not much to report with the MP. I went for strict MP so as not to be tempted into putting more stress on my joints. I was starting to get a pump by the end of these and I was almost unable to complete the set of 20 at 20Kg due to a pump in my shoulders that took another ten minutes or so to dissipate.

I was going to try some pullups but I had to see a man about a horse and he arrived early while I was doing the pressing.

How do people cope with pumps? I hate the sensation and it just gets in the way of a workout. I can just suck it down with the best of the them but working out is supposed to be fun.


All weights in Kilos
Deadlift
20x10, 60x5, 100x5, 120x3, 140x1, 146x2 for ten sets
MP
20x10, 40x6, 63x5x5, 20x20

 

[Protobuilder]

Nice job planning around the nicks and nacks.

It's funny you mention the pump . . . i've recently changed up my Day 1 squats to a hypertrophy/fatigue-type plan and since I start my workouts with them, my lower back and hams get pumped and it's actually very annoying when I try to do bent rows later. LoL

 

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Thanks.

I had wanted to do fronts and GMs but I really enjoyed the doubles on deads. They make a fun alternative to pounding out sets of 5.

I'm going away to visit family over the weekend and it looks as though it'll be a three-day weekend so I'll have an extra day in which to recover from Friday squats. I have the knee-tube back on and the joint is feeling better today than it did yesterday.

 

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I agree, a pump anywhere except at the very end of a workout is just an annoyance......maybe the low back just needs a long weekend and it'll be fine next week......good dosing on the D-Bol though......when Dr. Zeigler first made the drug, that was the recommended dose for the York lifters, 5mg for lightweights, 10mg for the guys about 200-240, and 15mg for the heavyweights (242+).....and they all gained faster than they could have hoped and not one of them had a problem with sides......somewhere along the line, more is better came of age and guys started slamming the stuff like tic-tacs, lol.

 

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Indeed, I know guys who have said they were very happy back in the day with their gains on just 6mg per day. I just laughed the first time I saw somewhere offering 50mg tablets.

I sometimes think that many just want to emulate the BBing superstars and believe that if they can just find that magic super-dose then everything will fall into place.

 

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Top Trumps Beat Aces

Gay Arm Day

BW this morning 126.2 Kg = 277.64 lbs

I decided to do some biceps curls. It's been just over a year since I last worked biceps so I reckoned it might be time to put the curl rack to good use. Killer pumps, oh yeah!

I had thoughts of being able to do 60Kg (132 lbs) but the 55.5 x 6 was fairly hard work. I'm sure there was some body action in there but fairly strict reps.

I would have taken an arm measurement but can't find the tape measure.

I'm also dropping the dbol today. I've decided to go off it.


All weights in Kilos
BB Curls
20x10, 40x6, 50.5x6, 55.5x6, 40x8

 

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Indeed, I know guys who have said they were very happy back in the day with their gains on just 6mg per day. I just laughed the first time I saw somewhere offering 50mg tablets.

I sometimes think that many just want to emulate the BBing superstars and believe that if they can just find that magic super-dose then everything will fall into place.

yea, you wanna know what's really funny. guys nowadays want an excuse to pop dbols like candies - so they convince themselves that arnie used to swallow them by the handful, kind of like JK and his almonds
then there's the other one about how back in the day 5mg of dbol was more potent then it is now
i've even heard of guys crushing a few dbols and mixing it with their workout drink. everytime they take a sip, they give it a good shake.

 

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Tinsel Town Breeds Actors

Week 1 - Day 3

Well, whatever my intentions, squatting wasn't going to happen today. I can only hope that a three-day weekend will give my knee enough rest to be usable next week. A visual inspection of the knee revela no swelling or inflamation but it's unpleasant to bend it. I kept attempting air squats to see whether I might get away with some squats but it was never an option.

Bench was about right at 110Kg. I'm trying to anticipate being stronger next week as I reaclimatize to the lift and pick up speedy gains otherwise this would have been a shade too high for a first week.

Ditto with the row. It felt a shade harder than expected. My knee could have had something to do with that, too, though.

I had wondered whether to try some GMs at this stage but the rows convinced me to leave the knee alone and I just finished off with some decline situps. One more rep per set from last time.

I have a four to five hour drive ahead of me tonight that I'm not looking forward to.


All weights in Kilos
Bench
20x10, 40x8. 60x5, 80x3, 110x5x5, Close Grip 65x10 for 2 sets
Pendlay Row
20x10, 60x5, 80x3, 93x5x5
Decline Sit-Up
BW x 11 for 5 sets

 

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Trying To Be Active

Is there a bookie event on when you're going to fall apart this time?

Just kidding. This is going to be really interesting. Good luck!

I note you wrote "when" not "if".

This run is pretty much over. I didn't take the drive to visit family over the weekend since my knee has been pretty much debilitating. I don't know whether I've sprained it, in which case last week's workouts aggravated it, or whether I have some negative interaction with the hormones. I note that I had knee swelling on the last cycle too but not as bad as this time and I reckoned that that one was due to a reaction to a quad shot.

I tried to go and do some dips yesterday but the act of moving the bar out of the way was an ordeal in itself and I did one or two dips before I decided that I was just irritating the knee. Accordingly, I doubt that I'll do any significant workout this week.

I'm terminating the aas cycle for the time being until I've gone through another rehab. I'll run a pct starting from Saturday.

It's been a shitty year overall for working out.