Day 94 (13th week - PCT)
Nolva 40/20/20/20
Gw-501516 20 mg day
N2Generate
Today's Theme:
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Juuuuust kidding LOL However, since I have not come off a cycle in 15 years, because I haven't DONE a cycle in 15 years, I am apprehensive about what this experience will be like.
SIDES:
Blood Pressure:
BOOM! This morning 116/76
Mk677 related water retention - The water is slowing dissipating, thank God. I was afraid my pumps would suffer and I am sure they will, but I crushed legs yesterday and the pump was ON!
Blood glucose: I checked my levels this morning for the first time in a month and it's still pre-diabetes level - 130
Aches & pains: I have come to the realization that with or without PED's I am OLD
PED's are not going to make me feel 25 again when it comes to aches and pains. However, they certainly made me nearly as I was at 25. Overtraining is still a reality on PED's at 48 years old. The potential for injury is still a reality on PED's at 48 years old.
Training:
Training sessions have been acceptable lately. As I shared prior, many life distractions from the gym have occurred over the last several weeks, but I got in regular and acceptable sessions. Over the last week, I was able to kick it up a notch and do more cardio and more intense sessions. I think this will continue for at least 3 more weeks before I have another 2-3 weeks of life distractions.
Gains:
This morning I weighed 225, but this cycle taught me to not really rely on weight and instead rely on the mirror. I practiced this back in the day and this experience was a reminder that the mirror is sometimes a better gauge of gains than the scale.
DIET:
To my standards, my diet was not ideal two weeks ago and last week, but now that I am off the MK677 I started fasting again. Feeling a LOT better and happy I can go back to eating 2 meals a day.
Testing:
Going to wait another week or so and then test my levels again. I also want to test my liver enzymes because at times regardless of hydration, my urine was more yellow than I believed it should be. Despite being on N2Gaurd. I am sure all is well, but I want to check it.
Thoughts:
I am going to withhold my comprehensive analysis of this cycle until the PCT is complete and I have my post cycle bloods, however, I am overall pleased with the results.
While my original goals were to recomp and shred, what I really wanted was to gain a lot of strength while healing nagging injuries.
I did NOT shred LOL
However, I was able to achieve recomposition and gain additional muscle and a lot of strength. Did this "Healing Stack" HEAL my tendon issues? Ummmmm....not sure. If I experienced healing gains, they were in the form of strength gains "around" the tendon issues in my forearm and achilles tendons.
That said, the term "healing" can be subjective and SarmsforSale doesn't specify what this stack will "heal" or how it is a "healing" stack. I will comment more on this when I write my full report in a few weeks.
Signing off for now