Jin's first bulking cycle

[Milo]

If youre trying to work up to a new heavy PR and want to drop fatigue, volume is the last thing you want leading up to it. Volume is the biggest contributor to fatigue. So many people get this wrong and theyll do "light weight for reps to get the blood flowing". All this does is fatigue you without producing any sort of benefit. Doing a couple singles at moderate weight to keep your size and strength, while not taxing your CNS is ideal.

 

[Jin]

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Yesterday was legs. Nothing too taxing- 6 sets of 4 @315 for squats, extensions, curls and then did biceps.

Today I tried TNE for the first time. I only pinned 50mg. Felt good but no rush or superhuman feeling. Tomorrow I'll try 100mg.
Bench
275x6
315x3
335x1
345x1
355x1 (with a little help)
315x5
3x3@315

flat DB press 3x10@120

DL max effort is 1 week from tomorrow. I'm thinking about a shot of whiskey after a successful 585 pull and before the 600 attempt.

tomorrows pulls are:
315x5
5x1@405

 

[PillarofBalance]

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Yesterday was legs. Nothing too taxing- 6 sets of 4 @315 for squats, extensions, curls and then did biceps.

Today I tried TNE for the first time. I only pinned 50mg. Felt good but no rush or superhuman feeling. Tomorrow I'll try 100mg.
Bench
275x6
315x3
335x1
345x1
355x1 (with a little help)
315x5
3x3@315

flat DB press 3x10@120

DL max effort is 1 week from tomorrow. I'm thinking about a shot of whiskey after a successful 585 pull and before the 600 attempt.

tomorrows pulls are:
315x5
5x1@405

So that was supposed to be a very easy leg day right cause that doesn't add up volume wise. 24 reps at 315 isn't much. Deload?

How confident are you at pulling 600? What's your current best? How will you work up to the 600?

 

[Jin]

So that was supposed to be a very easy leg day right cause that doesn't add up volume wise. 24 reps at 315 isn't much. Deload?

How confident are you at pulling 600? What's your current best? How will you work up to the 600?

That was a deload, yes.

I'm confident in pulling 585. I think I'll be able to swing 600.
Ive pulled 565 for a single and 545 last week for a double.

Here is is my best guess. Really I'm clueless, so tell me what to change.

Squatsx10 @135
DL
135x10
225x5
315x3
405x1
455x1
495x1
545x1
585x1
(whiskey)
600x1

 

[PillarofBalance]

That was a deload, yes.

I'm confident in pulling 585. I think I'll be able to swing 600.
Ive pulled 565 for a single and 545 last week for a double.

Here is is my best guess. Really I'm clueless, so tell me what to change.

Squatsx10 @135
DL
135x10
225x5
315x3
405x1
455x1
495x1
545x1
585x1
(whiskey)
600x1

That ramp up is probably just fine. Might start the whiskey at 405 to 455. It's ability to make you not give a **** what's on the bar shouldn't be underestimated.

My bachelor party was tequila and a dl bar. 500 for reps. No warm up. I got to 8 and had another 10 in me. Until the contents of my stomach reached my throat.

 

[Jin]

Pinned 125mg of tne 60 minutes prior to workout. Wasn't blown away. It really kicked in closer to 2 hours so I'll plan accordingly for next week. I was able to load up the HS row machine with 5 plates on each side and rep 10 easy.

After warm up we hit 8 singles @ 405. Worked on form and setup.

superset x 4
cable rows x 8
lat pull x 8

HS row
4x10

HS Lat pull
4x10

 

[Jin]

The End. New PR

278

Brought the wife to the gym this morning to meet the fellas and watch the PR attempt.

Felt Really good during warm ups. All the weights I made came up easy. Took 200mg of tne this morning. Not impressed. I've never tried it before this, so I have nothing to compare it to, but it didn't do much.

I visualized the 585 pull a lot this past week; strong off the ground, no leg shaking, smooth. And that's just how it came up.
Based off that pull you'd think 600 was in the bag, but I just couldn't get it past me knees. Tried 3 times, so for now my best is 585.

I started deadlifting in late 2015 and was pulling maybe 325 then. My original goal for this cycle was 500, but I ended up pulling that no problem early on, so I just decided to go for 600. It was ambitious and I didn't achieve that goal. But I'm pretty fckin happy about 85+ lb increase in my DL in 4 months.

So that's the end of the bulk. Started at around 252, peaked at 285, ended at 278. Needed a ridiculous amount of Adex to control my e2. Something like 5mg/wk seemed to be the ticket.

Now It's back to 200/wk TRT. I'll be relocating back to Japan in 5 days. I'll have a maintenance period of 4-6 weeks; low reps, high weight. Then I'm going to cut down to 12-14%. Hopefully being leaner going into the next bulk will help control the e2 better. I'm thinking about focusing more on PL/strength for the next bit. I'll need to be on top of my diet and do some cardio because I don't burn the same calories PL that I do with high volume BB routines.

Thanks for following along, the encouragement and the advice.

 

[TrickWilliams]

278

Brought the wife to the gym this morning to meet the fellas and watch the PR attempt.

Felt Really good during warm ups. All the weights I made came up easy. Took 200mg of tne this morning. Not impressed. I've never tried it before this, so I have nothing to compare it to, but it didn't do much.

I visualized the 585 pull a lot this past week; strong off the ground, no leg shaking, smooth. And that's just how it came up.
Based off that pull you'd think 600 was in the bag, but I just couldn't get it past me knees. Tried 3 times, so for now my best is 585.

I started deadlifting in late 2015 and was pulling maybe 325 then. My original goal for this cycle was 500, but I ended up pulling that no problem early on, so I just decided to go for 600. It was ambitious and I didn't achieve that goal. But I'm pretty fckin happy about 85+ lb increase in my DL in 4 months.

So that's the end of the bulk. Started at around 252, peaked at 285, ended at 278. Needed a ridiculous amount of Adex to control my e2. Something like 5mg/wk seemed to be the ticket.

Now It's back to 200/wk TRT. I'll be relocating back to Japan in 5 days. I'll have a maintenance period of 4-6 weeks; low reps, high weight. Then I'm going to cut down to 12-14%. Hopefully being leaner going into the next bulk will help control the e2 better. I'm thinking about focusing more on PL/strength for the next bit. I'll need to be on top of my diet and do some cardio because I don't burn the same calories PL that I do with high volume BB routines.

Thanks for following along, the encouragement and the advice.

Really liked checking in here.

You have the 600 in you Jin. Should of been visualizing that 600 instead of the 585. Then it would have been yours.

Never the less was a fun bulk. More then 250 pounds on your dead in a year. Something's working. Strong work brother.

 

[ToolSteel]

Nice work buddy.


The thing I've noticed with tne is that it's not so much an "in the moment" thing. As in, you don't "feel" anything crazy.
Its usually the day after, looking back at the training session, that you realize "holy crap I went full best mode."

 

[Gibsonator]

good log bro and awesome progress! at what weight do you see yourself at 12-14%? 5mg adex/week?! damn!

 

[Jin]

good log bro and awesome progress! at what weight do you see yourself at 12-14%? 5mg adex/week?! damn!

if I didn't lose any lean mass I'd be 10% at 250, so I'll guess somewhere between 255 and 260.

 

[automatondan]

Nice work dude. 585 is pretty awesome, especially not being a PL'r. I say keep at the 600 goal even though you are dropping back to TRT...

 

[BigSwolePump]

Well, all said and done, you had a hell of a run. Looks like you got about 25lbs out of it. I lurked in here anytime I saw a new post. Thanks for keeping it updated. I enjoyed following along.

 

[Jin]

Nice work buddy.


The thing I've noticed with tne is that it's not so much an "in the moment" thing. As in, you don't "feel" anything crazy.
Its usually the day after, looking back at the training session, that you realize "holy crap I went full best mode."

i guess I was expecting to want to, and be able to run through a whole squad of cheerleaders after such a spike in test. Libido wasn't any different.

 

[Gibsonator]

your libido wasn't any different on cycle?! shit dude I have been horny 24/7 lol.

 

[Seeker]

Nice work, Jin. I hope you plan on sticking around when you relocate back to Japan.

 

[Milo]

Good lifts and good bulk. I never felt TNE was worth a damn for me either.

 

[Gibsonator]

so jin how have your friends, family and significant other reacted to your rise to giant? that's an area you never touch on but is very interesting to hear. I can't run into a friend or family member without them tripping out on how much bigger I've gotten, so if you don't mind...

 

[Jin]

your libido wasn't any different on cycle?! shit dude I have been horny 24/7 lol.

libido was very high on cycle. I was expecting an even sharper increase after pinning tne.

Nice work, Jin. I hope you plan on sticking around when you relocate back to Japan.

no doubt I'll be sticking around. Thanks Seeker.

 

[BRICKS]

Strong work Jin, thanks for sharing your experience. Safe travel to you and your family.