9 week cycle, LGD-4033 10mg ED
Left: Immediately at the end of my first serious cut. 5'9-5'10, ~156 morning ~161 day
Middle: Last week on, ~176 morning once reaching 181 day
Right: Current, 4 weeks post-cycle. ~174 morning, 179-180 day.
Results: http://imgur.com/a/Mfr4j
Note: I think the middle pictures are pretty bad but unfortunately they are the only ones I have from my last couple of weeks on the cycle. Maybe just my perception but I feel like these pics don't show much of my size gain. Interesting.
PCT: Clomid 50mg 9 days, 25mg 8 days
Bench: 185x4 -> 190x6
Squat: 225x6 -> 225x15
OHP: 135x1 -> 135x7, 145x3
Seated DB OHP: 60's x 5 -> 70's x 7
DL: 295x1 -> 335x4 (DID NOT train DL between these sessions)
Side effects:
Cycle notes:
Regrets:
Next Step:
I am currently leaning toward a 7 week cut cycle of Ostarine and Cardarine each at 20mg/day. However, I am debating if this is my best bet versus a recomp - possibly LGD+Ostarine. Thoughts?
Left: Immediately at the end of my first serious cut. 5'9-5'10, ~156 morning ~161 day
Middle: Last week on, ~176 morning once reaching 181 day
Right: Current, 4 weeks post-cycle. ~174 morning, 179-180 day.
Results: http://imgur.com/a/Mfr4j
Note: I think the middle pictures are pretty bad but unfortunately they are the only ones I have from my last couple of weeks on the cycle. Maybe just my perception but I feel like these pics don't show much of my size gain. Interesting.
PCT: Clomid 50mg 9 days, 25mg 8 days
Bench: 185x4 -> 190x6
Squat: 225x6 -> 225x15
OHP: 135x1 -> 135x7, 145x3
Seated DB OHP: 60's x 5 -> 70's x 7
DL: 295x1 -> 335x4 (DID NOT train DL between these sessions)
Side effects:
- Gym sessions were ridiculous. I simply could not wear myself out. Recovered very quickly.
- Joints starting taking a beating because of all the extra volume. Added tons of fish oil around week 5.
- Libido through the roof on-cycle. Mild ED for first 10ish days of PCT.
- Had a lot of mood swings weeks 4-7, like I would get REALLY down. Seemed to stabilize at the end of the cycle.
Cycle notes:
- Didn't track calories at all. My school schedule was packed and I knew that if I was gonna err I would err on the side of over-eating since mass gain was my priority. So the gains could have been leaner with better circumstances.
- Haven't tracked post-cycle either, goal was to not lose any weight so I've just been eating 3 really big meals a day to try to maintain weight.
- Was not on creatine during cycle. Did add creatine after PCT to try to level out my workouts and keep volume up to hold on to my gains.
- Focused more on volume than strength. Could have made much better strength gains if I was spending more time training heavy.
- Interesting to me to see how important BF% is to how shoulders look. My shoulders are significantly bigger now but don't overtly appear to be in the pics because of the increased BF%. Definition/separation is HUGE in how big one looks.
Regrets:
- Could not afford bloodwork, would have been interesting to see.
- Did not have a tape measure to do before/after measurements. My arms are much larger (they also seem to have grown post-cycle, possibly more fullness from creatine)
- Can't get same lighting on post-PCT pic because I'm on school break.
- Again, more than anything else, wish that I could have tracked calories and had a leaner bulk. But I put on a lot of mass which was my main priority.
Next Step:
I am currently leaning toward a 7 week cut cycle of Ostarine and Cardarine each at 20mg/day. However, I am debating if this is my best bet versus a recomp - possibly LGD+Ostarine. Thoughts?
