Approved Log Mavs "RCS" SARMS Bridge Log

[CEO]

bros let us know if you do refeed
its important to do it right

 

[ROIDDERS]

you might not need a refeed
I seem to recall you were a pretty bigger guy right

 

[chesty]

forget about refeeding
just do some fasting instead

 

[Ulter]

fasting is more effective then refeeding
that would be a smart option

 

[Maverick602]

I greatly appreciate everyone's concerns and advice.

Like many of you, I am not a fan of training while sick. I am near afraid to rest. However, as I age, sitting or laying down in excess is very bad for my mobility, especially my back. I have had a herniated L5S1 since I was 21 years old and if I lay down for more than a day, it takes me days to return to normal. Movement begets movement...therefore I move when I can.

While the symptoms of this virus suck, there are moments daily where I feel "OK"...not healthy, but OK. So I have been capitalizing on those moments.

Today I did ten minutes on the stair climber followed by a ten minute walk on the treadmill. I did not surpass Zone 2 at all. Then I did about 20 minutes of active stretching and mobility followed by 30 minutes in the sauna.

I felt much better afterwards, but that is today. Tomorrow might be different.

Point being the most important thing is to listen to always listen to my body. Pay attention, being away and crushing my ego with a boot of spirituality pays off in spades. As they say.

Going to crash soon and we will see what tomorrow brings.

Goodnight all

 

[Maverick602]

Oh one more thing. A bright spot on my week is that I started caloric restriction Monday. I’m not doing keto …I’m not doing daily intermittent fasting.

I am simply and purposefully eating a balanced diet and simply restrict my calories.

I estimated that my maintenance caloric intake is roughly 3200-3400 per day, so I am targeting the following macros.

2500 cals/day
250g protein
83g fat
188g carbs

Breakfast:
Greek Yogurt 3/4 cup
1/2 cup blackberries
1/2 cup blue berries

Snack:
Oatmeal Jar
1 cup rolled oats
1.5 scoops whey isolate (good shit ...no sweetness or other garbage)
1/2 cup blueberries
2 TBS sliced almonds
2TBS chia seed

Lunch:
10 egg whites
1 cup blue berries
1 cup of kale
10 oz coconut water

Snack:
4 hardboiled eggs - We have chickens BTW and have all the eggs we need

Dinner:
16 oz Dirty Rice
Found a kickass recipe for healthy dirty rice made from ground turkey and cauliflower rice

I have not been hungry at all, which is odd, but I suspect it is because I have not trained hard all week and because I am sick.


FYI....looking for more dinner meal prep ideas for next week. Dinner is the one meal for the week I need to prep in advance. The other meals are easy as pie.

 

[GHgut4life]

Oh one more thing. A bright spot on my week is that I started caloric restriction Monday. I’m not doing keto …I’m not doing daily intermittent fasting.

I am simply and purposefully eating a balanced diet and simply restrict my calories.

I estimated that my maintenance caloric intake is roughly 3200-3400 per day, so I am targeting the following macros.

2500 cals/day
250g protein
83g fat
188g carbs

Breakfast:
Greek Yogurt 3/4 cup
1/2 cup blackberries
1/2 cup blue berries

Snack:
Oatmeal Jar
1 cup rolled oats
1.5 scoops whey isolate (good shit ...no sweetness or other garbage)
1/2 cup blueberries
2 TBS sliced almonds
2TBS chia seed

Lunch:
10 egg whites
1 cup blue berries
1 cup of kale
10 oz coconut water

Snack:
4 hardboiled eggs - We have chickens BTW and have all the eggs we need

Dinner:
16 oz Dirty Rice
Found a kickass recipe for healthy dirty rice made from ground turkey and cauliflower rice

I have not been hungry at all, which is odd, but I suspect it is because I have not trained hard all week and because I am sick.


FYI....looking for more dinner meal prep ideas for next week. Dinner is the one meal for the week I need to prep in advance. The other meals are easy as pie.

@Maverick602 you're keeping it clean
i do suggest you prep meals in advance

dirty rice? not bad but id like to see you cut carbs at dinner imo

you have chickens and no chicken pics? come on bro share

 

[Maverick602]

@Maverick602 you're keeping it clean
i do suggest you prep meals in advance

dirty rice? not bad but id like to see you cut carbs at dinner imo

you have chickens and no chicken pics? come on bro share

Ahaha….I’ll post pics of our chickens

Oh…the dirty ‘rice’ is cauliflower rice so it has 8 carbs per serving or less

 

[Maverick602]

So this "cold" caused fluid build up behind my ear and threw off my equilibrium yesterday and last night. I wasn't dizzy, but my balance was off a few times. Never experienced that before and it was concerning. Kind of like vertigo, so my wife put her foot down and I had to go to the doc this morning. He saw fluid behind my ear which is likely the cause of the inner ear issue/imbalance so he put me on prednisone for 6 days.

In addition to hopefully eliminating the inner ear things, my knees will feel GREAT! LOL

 

[25homes]

Bridge delayed. I have been sick I for two days as is everyone around me. Fever, headache, chills, congestion, fatigue. Sucks.

Did 15 minutes of cardio, stretching and a sauna today, I’ll do the same tomorrow if no improvement.

As soon as I feel better. This starts.

My last test cycle shot was supposed to be Sunday but I’m dropping the bi-weekly equivalent dose from 500 to 300 per week for at least the next shot Wednesday morning and then Friday back to my TRT dose plus SARMS.

Can’t do much more at the moment. Looking at the screen hurts my freaking head.

Out

That sucks hope you feel btr soon

 

[ballin2504]

Hope ya get to feelin better

 

[BigArms42]

So this "cold" caused fluid build up behind my ear and threw off my equilibrium yesterday and last night. I wasn't dizzy, but my balance was off a few times. Never experienced that before and it was concerning. Kind of like vertigo, so my wife put her foot down and I had to go to the doc this morning. He saw fluid behind my ear which is likely the cause of the inner ear issue/imbalance so he put me on prednisone for 6 days.

In addition to hopefully eliminating the inner ear things, my knees will feel GREAT! LOL

@Maverick602 I would drop doses of all sarms you using and do no training
but diet up the calories and protein for a bit to help recovery

 

[Tiger Salman Khan]

Bridge delayed. I have been sick I for two days as is everyone around me. Fever, headache, chills, congestion, fatigue. Sucks.

Did 15 minutes of cardio, stretching and a sauna today, I’ll do the same tomorrow if no improvement.

As soon as I feel better. This starts.

My last test cycle shot was supposed to be Sunday but I’m dropping the bi-weekly equivalent dose from 500 to 300 per week for at least the next shot Wednesday morning and then Friday back to my TRT dose plus SARMS.

Can’t do much more at the moment. Looking at the screen hurts my freaking head.

Out

@Maverick602 wishing you speedy recovery....get back and kill it bro.....

 

[Masonic Bodybuilder]

Being sick is the worst man. Looking forward to the SARMs starting up. Lucky you have access to unlimited eggs!

 

[Maverick602]

@Maverick602 I would drop doses of all sarms you using and do no training
but diet up the calories and protein for a bit to help recovery

Haven’t started the SARMS yet. I thought it best to extreme my test cycle but taper down from 500mg to 300mg this eeek. Plan it to start SARMS Monday.

I am feeling better but still feel like shit. Some kind of RSV virus. Today was the first day I trained in four days. Kept it light & short followed by the sauna again.

Training again tomorrow. I’ll post updates soon

 

[Maverick602]

Being sick is the worst man. Looking forward to the SARMs starting up. Lucky you have access to unlimited eggs!

It was hard work building the coop and raising the flock but they are relatively low maintenance now. We have 7 chickens and get 5-7 eggs per day.

Getting 5 more chicks soon. I want a dozen

 

[Maverick602]

THERE! A really shitty picture taken while I was sick last week not having trained in 3 days. You guys happy NOW? lol

One more day of prednisone and then I hope I start feeling like my old self again. This bug, whatever it was, sucked. My sleep has been terrible, congested and a total body BLECH/ACHE whatever.

Anyway...here is the launch of my SARMS bridge.

Trailing Cycle Log:

Approved Log - Mav's 1st Peptide Experience (BPC-157, TB-500, Sermorelin)

OK folks...I am nine days into my first peptide "stack", so I thought I might start a log. As some of you may recall, after years off PED's, but always training, I checked back into our wonderful community and dove into SARMS a year ago for the first time in an effort to address nagging...

anabolex.com

Includes Bloods going into this bridge

SARMS DOSING DAY 1 (TODAY):

GW-501516 (CARDARINE) 30 mg day dosed once a day in the a.m.

Mk2866 (OSTABOLIC) 15 mg per day first two weeks then bump to 30 mg per day, dosed once a day in the a.m.

Sr9009 (STENABOLIC) 30 mg day... 15 mg doses 8 hours apart

Supplements:
N2Gaurd
TUDCA
NAC
Vitamin E - 400ui
L-Tyrosine - 500mg
Fish Oil - 3000mg
Vitamin D - 3000IU
Vitamin C - 1000mg


Thinking about adding in Creatine, but I would like to hear everyone's thoughts on this given my goals. In the past when I cycled, I never used while ON...I only used while OFF. But curious to hear pros and cons of using during a bridge or while ON cycle.

TRT:
On TRT Since November 2022
62.5mg of Test Cyp every third day keeps my test levels around 1000

STATS:
Body Weight: 222
BF %? You tell me...lol
Goal is to drop 8 lbs of fat in the next 8 weeks. Then another 8-10 over a 12 week cutting cycle of test, anavar and EQ. If I get to near 200-205 without losing muscle, I will be at fighting weight again.

DIET & MACROS:

2500 cals/day
250g protein
83g fat
188g carbs

Breakfast:
Greek Yogurt 3/4 cup
1/2 cup blackberries
1/2 cup blue berries

Snack:
Oatmeal Jar
1 cup rolled oats
1.5 scoops whey isolate (good shit ...no sweetness or other garbage)
1/2 cup blueberries
2 TBS sliced almonds
2TBS chia seed

Lunch:
10 egg whites
1 cup blue berries
1 cup of kale
10 oz coconut water

Snack:
4 hardboiled eggs - We have chickens BTW and have all the eggs we need

Dinner:
I committed to meal prep every Sunday for the week. I am creating enough for one new meal per day per week in addition to the meals above which will stay relatively the same every day.

Last week:
Dirty Rice made with ground turkey and cauliflower rice)

This week:
Maple Air Fried Chicken Tenders plus broccoli and asparagus

As I track my macros I am noticing I am a little light on carbs and fat at the end of the day, but I am hitting my protein and my caloric mark, so I am not sweating it for now. This is the first time I am counting macros...in about 20 years and while I find it to be a PITA, I am also getting a kick out of it.

TRAINING:

I am in a de-load phase for these 8 weeks. I hit was focused on heavy linear movements over the last 10 weeks and now I am returning to more dynamic training with more mobility/calisthenics with higher reps BUT I am still going to do heavy squat, deadlift and bench once a week...one exercise for 4-5 sets.

Drafting the training plan now, but already started from memory this week.

 

[dylangemelli]

awesome bro, LFG!!

 

[Maverick602]

UPDATE:

Two days into the SARMS bridge. Hit Chest and back yesterday and holy mother the pump was so massive it was positively painful. Looked too big for my liking afterwards. (should have taken a pic!) Yes, I know some here would think that is a crazy statement, but I do not want my upper body to be larger. I definitely need to shape my chest and biceps better, but I do not want gain size on my torso. I do however want bigger legs, but that has always been a pain point for me. They are strong, but slow to grow...however I make slow and consistent progress which is enough for me at this point.

On the other hand, I literally need to intentionally slow the growth in my torso. It's insane. It grows so fast that my speed drops and I cannot hit the bag like I used to. Anyway...I digress..

Assuming the insane pump was because I am in a caloric deficit and have not really trained hard in over a week because of the virus I was battling.

Still working on my deload training program, so I trained with the previous protocol, but dropped the weight and increase my reps to 10-12/set.

Back:
Bent over rows - as parallel to the ground as I could
Used 25's instead of 45's so I could get a long stretch at the bottom
195x12 x 4 sets

Hyper Extensions with a 45 plate
10 reps x 3 sets

Cable Rows
Drop sets with perfect form
150-100-50 - each to failure - can't recall specific rep count but hit at least 8-10 with each weight
4 sets

Lat Pulldowns
Drop sets with perfect form
180-140-100-50 - each to failure - can't recall specific rep count but hit at least 8-10 with each weight
4 sets

BACK ON FIRE

CHEST
Smith Machine Inclines- Holy shitballs - I have not done these in years and was having trouble isolating my upper chest recently. Came across a video of Jay Cutler talking about how Smith Machine Incline was a game changer for his chest so I thought I would hit them up.

225lbs sets of 10+ to failure with massive squeeze at top - perfect form
4 sets

My upper chest was not hit this hard in years. HOOKED

Closed Grip Flat Bench
205 sets of 10+ to failure with massive squeeze at top - perfect form

Decline Cable Flys
50lbs per side - full cross over - perfect form 12 reps
4 sets

Dumbell Pullovers
90lbs
10 reps
4 sets

CHEST ON FIRE


NOTE: Test is slowing dropping back to TRT levels as the esters subside. I can feel it, but it is not bad. In fact, I appreciate the relief and break.

DIET on POINT as previously described. Sticking to that diet. Tracking with an app and staying consistently close to 2500 cals per day.

My Fitbit states I burn 3500-4000 cals per day, but that thing is or can be way off. It's hard to know my maintenance calories, but I think they are probably 3500 so I am sticking to 2500 intake and making sure my protein is spot on. Time will tell

 

[SteveSmi]

diet is looking better