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Decided I might as well use this forum as a journal for keeping track of my lifting, supplement/gear usage and challenges that working in healthcare bring to table. Might benefit someone or atleast give you guys a way to tell me I'm retarded for doing things the way I do
About:
Fulltime nurse at the cardiology department, Dutch, married, father of one (for now!), used to work in IT. Life's all about pivoting between family life, lifting, friends/social life, hobbies and work and I would not have it any other way. Been lifting since about 18 y.o. but never got to see the results I expected, mostly because of shitty food, shitty training and eventually being diagnosed with secondary hypogonadism. Could get lean but didn't have the muscle on my frame to support a good look. Hopped on TRT (Dr. perscribed) and fell in love with lifting all over again.
My job as a nurse is pretty intense, meaning irregular hours (early, late and night shifts), constant high stress levels (compared to a regular desk job) and being on top of your game all the time because people can die if I fuck up. My department specializes in initial care for people that have heart attacks, lung oedema, heart failure, cardiomyopathies, etc. I do my lifting and working out as much as possible even if this means getting up at 4:30AM to get a workout it.
Gear:
Allthough my effective training age is probably too low for most of you to consider using gear it's been a godsent for me in combining all that I do and still recover fast.
I see steroids, hormones and all compounds in general as tools for your toolbox. PED's can be used as a way to optimize life, get to goals faster while still being able to take care of the responsibilities I have at work in taking care of others. It allows me to workout hard, recover hard/fast, take care of my family and do my job to a better degree than my colleagues. Could I get to my goals without the use of PED's and only on HRT? Hell yes! Would it allow me to live my life the way I do now and not let either my family/friends, job or workouts suffer? nope..
Being a nurse and having contacts at the hospital lab allows me to run a full panel 4 times a year to keep an eye on my health. Combine that with a periodic
echocardiogram and ECG's twice a year (perks of working in the cardiology department and a cardiologist who's in the know), weekly blood pressure monitoring and a continuous blood glucose monitor I can definitely say I'm keeping a good eye on my health (more than some others) and have only gotten healthier the longer I've been working towards my goals.
Goals:
Body stats as per 12th of july 2022:
About:
Fulltime nurse at the cardiology department, Dutch, married, father of one (for now!), used to work in IT. Life's all about pivoting between family life, lifting, friends/social life, hobbies and work and I would not have it any other way. Been lifting since about 18 y.o. but never got to see the results I expected, mostly because of shitty food, shitty training and eventually being diagnosed with secondary hypogonadism. Could get lean but didn't have the muscle on my frame to support a good look. Hopped on TRT (Dr. perscribed) and fell in love with lifting all over again.
My job as a nurse is pretty intense, meaning irregular hours (early, late and night shifts), constant high stress levels (compared to a regular desk job) and being on top of your game all the time because people can die if I fuck up. My department specializes in initial care for people that have heart attacks, lung oedema, heart failure, cardiomyopathies, etc. I do my lifting and working out as much as possible even if this means getting up at 4:30AM to get a workout it.
Gear:
Allthough my effective training age is probably too low for most of you to consider using gear it's been a godsent for me in combining all that I do and still recover fast.
I see steroids, hormones and all compounds in general as tools for your toolbox. PED's can be used as a way to optimize life, get to goals faster while still being able to take care of the responsibilities I have at work in taking care of others. It allows me to workout hard, recover hard/fast, take care of my family and do my job to a better degree than my colleagues. Could I get to my goals without the use of PED's and only on HRT? Hell yes! Would it allow me to live my life the way I do now and not let either my family/friends, job or workouts suffer? nope..
Being a nurse and having contacts at the hospital lab allows me to run a full panel 4 times a year to keep an eye on my health. Combine that with a periodic
echocardiogram and ECG's twice a year (perks of working in the cardiology department and a cardiologist who's in the know), weekly blood pressure monitoring and a continuous blood glucose monitor I can definitely say I'm keeping a good eye on my health (more than some others) and have only gotten healthier the longer I've been working towards my goals.
Goals:
- Daily activities with family, friends and at work without pain or issues - meaning strength, control and mobility are on point
- 105-110kg with 8-12% BF (means I got a lot more work to be done) and then just maintain
- Bech: 1.25x my bodyweight
- Squat: 1.5x my bodyweight
- Deadlift: 1.5-2x my bodyweight
- Sub 45 minute 10K run
- Swim 2km in open water and not drown
Body stats as per 12th of july 2022:
- Height: 185,5cm (about 6"1')
- Weight: 98.8kg (213lbs)
- BF%: 15.8
- Bench: 3x90kg (198lbs)
- Squat: 4x100kg (220lbs)
- Deadlift: 2x140kg (308lbs) <-- I used to focus a lot more on deadlifting to fix posture
- Dr. perscribed TRT 125mg every 5 days
- Current athletic HRT: 250mg Test-E + 50mg DHB every week split into two administrations (mon-fr) + 2IU's of GH on workout days & 12.5mg of MK667 daily
- Blasted twice in the past; had to cancel my first one because of family reasons, second one put on a solid 5-6kg's of muscle/glycogen in about 18 weeks
- Currently on athletic HRT and doing a mini cut to get ready to blast again end of August
- PPL (3 workouts a week) with abs hit every workout (will post current workout in future post) - focussing on building/maintaining strength currently
- Boxing HIIT workout 1-2x a week (10 rounds of full on boxing, 30 sec recovery, repeat) either seperate or at the end of my lifting workouts
- Easy 4-6K runs 1-3x a week (depending on recovery and time) while focussing on nasal breathing and keeping HR under 150BPM
- Incidental bicycling to work (70Km a day) when the weather and my shifts allows it (once or twice a month)
- Daily walks 8-12K outside with my family - sometimes do 25-35k steps at work
- Daily mobility work, be it a yoga/mobility routine, foam rolling, etc.