Seems to help with cutting at least for me Baron has more experience running it than me. This is only my second cycle. You have any experience with L theanine and rose hips?
"No deadlifting the last few months" I felt 25 at 50. It is not linear. Develop problems with the sacrum and thats All.The litttle bitch joint that only moves a few millimetrs. Fuse that bitch.I hope you all had little wear and tear in the early years and have Draper like genes, perfect body side symetry, length, strength and balance. No previous broken bones/injuries to favour. Is one body side bothering you? Look out. Arthritis is extremely slow and not a problem to deal with. It will be the least of your problems . I know all about high BUN and creatinine blood. Headaches anyone? One by one the Sunday good group of guys drop by the wayside leaving the gym to the machine circuit trainers. They hated you anyways you know. I am 58 and all you guys could break me in half.......so have a nice day and take care for the long run. Lean,wiry, low cal vegan is the way to go. Out.
Same as what I posted before but will run a thermogenic usually Xenadrine and sometimes switch protein to reduce creatine intake and lower my caloric intake to around 1500. I am a ectomorph and was always a hard gainer. I'm 6 ft and at age 17 I weighed 140lbs. From 17-19 through eating my a$$ off and lifting I put on 30lbs and hit 170. Currently I fluctuate between 170-195 depending on my diet and if I get lazy and eat dirty. From an ab perspective I still look best at 168-170 at around 10% bf. I usually cut in spring/summer and slack in the fall/winter. My biceps are 15 inches and forearms are a little over 12. The great thing about being ecto is I look a lot bigger than I really am. The downside is any excess fat looks like 3x what it actually is.
What I notice is that it helps you preserve your muscle when in a calorie deficit. So even though you don't notice pound loss on the scale, your pants are fitting looser. So in other words, it helps with recomp. I'm beyond the days of bulking and cutting, so my interest is primarily on finding ways to get leaner but most importantly, finding ways to stay lean once I'm there. I have been experimenting with some other things but I don't want to hijack this thread. I will start another thread for that very soon.
Arb, it's good to see you posting this stuff again. I always enjoyed the supplements thread at fattails. I'm still taking most of the sups you listed then. My doctor does a double take every year when he reads my blood test results; numbers improving instead of showing my age . So, thank you kind sir.
I had a somewhat unexpected workout experience yesterday. Going into my leg workout I wasn't really feeling all that motivated so I said to myself, "I'm just going to do something easy like squatting with no weight and go from there." So I proceeded to try a set of ass-to-floor squats in a very controlled manner to failure. In other words, I was trying to make them as difficult as I could since I wasn't using any weight. As soon as I did a few reps, I realized my shorts were a little long so I pulled them up with my hands as high as I could get them and just held them up high so I could really see my quads working in the mirror. When I got to the top of the movement, I squeezed both quads for a few seconds like I was in a bodybuilding competition. Then I proceeded to do as many reps as I could do. I repeated with two more sets after that, so 3 sets total. About 45 seconds of rest between sets. I never counted the actual reps per set but I distinctly remembering that it wasn't anywhere near as many as I thought I could do. Maybe I don't remember because all I can recall is how bad those sets burned. Anyway, I feel a soreness in my legs that I haven't felt in long, long time. And you know how soreness goes, if you're feeling it the very next day after your workout, wait until the next day. That's when the real pain begins. After those three sets, my quads felt fried so I just did some stiff-legged deadlifts, hamstring curls, and some ab work. So if you're looking for a change of pace, or if you're traveling and want a great exercise to do, try 3 sets of squats as described above. You'll be surprised how you feel.
Another nice change of pace: after your "normal" routine remove all weights (or very minimal weight) and do a final set @ max reps but as slooowly as you can and under strict control. Feel the burn~~~...