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searay
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Yup, I used Ripped Fuel for yrs. , the first thing I would drink every morning. I have issues with low blood sugar. I read that chromium picolinate would help so I was able to find some from Twin Labs and it worked great, no more low sugar issues until I ran out. Couldn't find anymore Twin Labs so I tried a different brand and it didn't work at all. Do you know what happened to them? They weren't even more expensive than other brands.
genetic freak
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3084life
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Another Sunday and and other heavy bench day. Woke up lighter then I've been in years 287.6 down 19 pounds exactly from the weight I was when I hit the 435, and 34 pounds lower then my training weight for that lift. Worked up to a 415 with no real issue, but there was no way 435 was gonna go, so a bit of a black slide. I'm thinking that dropping 40 pounds and maintaining the exact level of strength is never going to happen for me. It was wishfull thinking, but a guys gotta dream, right? I had rested up a bit last week thinking I might be a bit drained, but really I think I messed up my diet that week. I'm shooting for less than a pound a week but dropped 2 after adding .5 the previous week so something happened. Playing around with 200 -300 calories a day is fucking hard, especially when factoring in different levels of expenditure. On a positive note I hit another 665 banded bench a shit ton easier then last week, 680 would have easily gone up, that confuses the workout some. I may up the NPP for the last 4 weeks and see if it plays any role, but this pinning every day is getting fucking annoying. I think I hit something in the right bicep last pinning and my right calf is not liking anything being injected into it. Running out of places to push .8ml a day into.
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3084life
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So weight loss and strength gain is a lot fucking harder then I thought! Weighed in at 282.4, hit a 405 second but missed 425 third. Not sure what happened because 405 fucking FLEW up, it was a really quick warmup rep. I thought for sure 435 was in the bag but wanted to save something for the equipped portion, nope, it died 3/4 of the way up right at my normal sticking point. I was doing pin presses' from that spot with 440 two weeks before, so fuck me! Equipped I missed my 615 opener and second, kept the same weight and hit it on the 3rd attempt but it was a disappointment. I warm up with reps at 615 but it was like someone misloaded by 100 pounds for both the 1st and 2nd attempts. I had to pump myself up to the point of a fucking heart attack but I hit it on the 3rd attempt and then nearly had a breakdown I was so mentally exhausted. I was excited, mad, pissed, sad, angry, depressed all at the same time and after the lift and the 3 whites I just about broke down. That in and of itself was enough to fuel the emotional ride I was on and keep it going for a bit. I couldn't talk for 20 minutes after. I'm still sore, and yesterdays workout was weak as fuck. Its going to take a bit to get over this. Add in the nandrolone is wearing off and my fucking joints are killing me! I'm scheduled for another meet on July 13th. The wife keeps saying I'm fucking nuts, I'm starting to believe her.
genetic freak
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Trying to lose weight and maintain strength is difficult even when pushing the PEDS up. Eventually, you just do not have enough stored glycogen to produce the power you need.
If I was still competitively lifting and also trying to lose weight, I would probably stick to a carb cycling diet that allows me to eat when I need it and drop the calories when I don't. Like the old Dan Duchaine Bodyopus keto diet, it is going to be harder than your typical diet, as you are up and down all the time and cannot get into a groove where you are just hungry and push through it. You will have days where you are extremely hungry (hungricidal), but you usually have a high carb day to look forward to in the new future to get you through.
Paul Barnett goes over it on his podcast Anabolic Bodybuilding. Justin Harris is the guru on it and you can find him discussing it often as well.
If I was still competitively lifting and also trying to lose weight, I would probably stick to a carb cycling diet that allows me to eat when I need it and drop the calories when I don't. Like the old Dan Duchaine Bodyopus keto diet, it is going to be harder than your typical diet, as you are up and down all the time and cannot get into a groove where you are just hungry and push through it. You will have days where you are extremely hungry (hungricidal), but you usually have a high carb day to look forward to in the new future to get you through.
Paul Barnett goes over it on his podcast Anabolic Bodybuilding. Justin Harris is the guru on it and you can find him discussing it often as well.