This is going to by my first log so let me know what I miss and need to add.
I am in the middle of a cut right now, started at 177 and now at 170. Probably another 10lbs or so to go before I start another big push. I started TRT in May and have slowly worked up from 120/week to 180 and I am expecting to bump up to 200 when I do bloodwork in December. I played around with Tesamorelin, Mots-C, Sermorelin and some others but kept getting a bad histamine reaction so as of 2 weeks ago I started HGH. Not a reputable supplier so will need to decide where I am going to purchase for my next kits.
Current status 11.20.25
37 y/o Male
180 Test C split 3x week
5iu HGH nightly
2mg Reta split every 3 days
Supps:
Mornings
Axe & Sledge Multi+
NAC 600mg
D3 4000 iu
Omega3 800mg EPA 600g DHA
Taurine 2000mg
Dihydro Berberine 400mg split between 2 meals (higher when carbs were higher)
Evenings
Magnesium 500mg bisglycinate, 500mg malate
Zinc 30mg bisglycinate +3mg copper
GABA 500mg EON
Glycine 3000 mg EON
B6 33mg P5P
Theanine 200mg
I started lifting a little over 3 years ago. Was the definition of skinny fat, had little to no muscle on my body and was at an all time high in terms of weight. Signed up with an online coach (LookLikeYouLift) and spent a little over a year with that program focusing on powerlifting. Had some great strength gains but ultimatly looked like shit. Switched coaches and now working with a bodybuilding coach for the past 17 months.
Below is just progress pics from when I first started (left) when I switched coaches (middle), and at my lowest weight in January before I started my last push (right):
As I mentioned, I am working with a Coach I really like and I am currently on a cut. Below are my pictures from this past weekend:
Obviously, as a total beginner, I had expected to have way more muscle mass at this point but I I am loving the journey and ready to ramp things up.
Below is my current meal plan. I work from home so I am pretty strict and rarely deviate. When I do, I try to protein and calorie match.
As far as my workouts go, I am on an upper heavy split as I wanted to focus on trying to get some size on my upper body. You will see some weights change quite a bit the last few weeks as I joined a new gym with new, better equipment and have been dialing in form and tempo. I also do 16 minutes of stairs (1m level 10, 1m level 5) 4-5x per week:
Lower
Upper A - note flat machine press is plate loaded converging press and machine fly is vertical machine fly. dips are assisted weight
Upper B - note SA Machine row is lat focused and t-bar row is upper back focused
Upper C
As far as sleep goes, it is up and down. I have a newborn (3 weeks old) so obviously im not sleeping great right now. According to Oura, over the past 3 weeks my average sleep score has been 77 and my average readiness score has been 78. Before my daughter was born, I was sleeping okay but have 2 other toddlers who like to wake me up but my sleep and readiness were mid 80's. I had GH at 6ius for a few nights but the tingling woke me so I went to 5iu and its been great.
As far as bloodwork goes, below is my most recent panel from my TRT doc (150 test C/week). I can post baseline before I started too if that is helpful/interesting for anyone. I also just got my own bloodwork yesterday for a more extensive panel including e2 since trt doc doesn't include it. Will upload when I have it.
This may be more than needed for a first log but, as my user name would indicate, im a bit OCD!
Thanks @GHgut4life for the push to get this started.
I am in the middle of a cut right now, started at 177 and now at 170. Probably another 10lbs or so to go before I start another big push. I started TRT in May and have slowly worked up from 120/week to 180 and I am expecting to bump up to 200 when I do bloodwork in December. I played around with Tesamorelin, Mots-C, Sermorelin and some others but kept getting a bad histamine reaction so as of 2 weeks ago I started HGH. Not a reputable supplier so will need to decide where I am going to purchase for my next kits.
Current status 11.20.25
37 y/o Male
180 Test C split 3x week
5iu HGH nightly
2mg Reta split every 3 days
Supps:
Mornings
Axe & Sledge Multi+
NAC 600mg
D3 4000 iu
Omega3 800mg EPA 600g DHA
Taurine 2000mg
Dihydro Berberine 400mg split between 2 meals (higher when carbs were higher)
Evenings
Magnesium 500mg bisglycinate, 500mg malate
Zinc 30mg bisglycinate +3mg copper
GABA 500mg EON
Glycine 3000 mg EON
B6 33mg P5P
Theanine 200mg
I started lifting a little over 3 years ago. Was the definition of skinny fat, had little to no muscle on my body and was at an all time high in terms of weight. Signed up with an online coach (LookLikeYouLift) and spent a little over a year with that program focusing on powerlifting. Had some great strength gains but ultimatly looked like shit. Switched coaches and now working with a bodybuilding coach for the past 17 months.
Below is just progress pics from when I first started (left) when I switched coaches (middle), and at my lowest weight in January before I started my last push (right):
As I mentioned, I am working with a Coach I really like and I am currently on a cut. Below are my pictures from this past weekend:
Obviously, as a total beginner, I had expected to have way more muscle mass at this point but I I am loving the journey and ready to ramp things up.
Below is my current meal plan. I work from home so I am pretty strict and rarely deviate. When I do, I try to protein and calorie match.
As far as my workouts go, I am on an upper heavy split as I wanted to focus on trying to get some size on my upper body. You will see some weights change quite a bit the last few weeks as I joined a new gym with new, better equipment and have been dialing in form and tempo. I also do 16 minutes of stairs (1m level 10, 1m level 5) 4-5x per week:
Lower
Upper A - note flat machine press is plate loaded converging press and machine fly is vertical machine fly. dips are assisted weight
Upper B - note SA Machine row is lat focused and t-bar row is upper back focused
Upper C
As far as sleep goes, it is up and down. I have a newborn (3 weeks old) so obviously im not sleeping great right now. According to Oura, over the past 3 weeks my average sleep score has been 77 and my average readiness score has been 78. Before my daughter was born, I was sleeping okay but have 2 other toddlers who like to wake me up but my sleep and readiness were mid 80's. I had GH at 6ius for a few nights but the tingling woke me so I went to 5iu and its been great.
As far as bloodwork goes, below is my most recent panel from my TRT doc (150 test C/week). I can post baseline before I started too if that is helpful/interesting for anyone. I also just got my own bloodwork yesterday for a more extensive panel including e2 since trt doc doesn't include it. Will upload when I have it.
This may be more than needed for a first log but, as my user name would indicate, im a bit OCD!
Thanks @GHgut4life for the push to get this started.
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