I've been on this push for about a month already, but am making a couple changes and will be adding in igf-1. The goal at the end of this, and it will most likely be a 6 month period, will be to go from 199 lbs to 212 at under 10% fat, preferably less. I want to see a solid 6 pack, which I haven't had in years. Closest I've gotten to neing that lean is a soft 6 pack, usually more like a 4 pack, lol.
Where I am right now: 199 lbs, weighed 1st thing upon waking, before any significant intake of any water or any food at all. I'm probably 13 or so % fat. I'll measure that later if I have time today before leaving for work.
What I'm doing: I just got blood drawn for my TRT doc, and will be increasing my dose a little bit. I can't handle anything over 180 mg a week without very disagreeable sides, so unless I can resolve that (and I'm going to experimemt with an anti prolactin, as I suspect that's what my problem is), that will ne the highest dose of testosterone. That keeps my serum test level at about 1400. I will be adding igf-1 in once I get my test level stabilized and happy. That will probably be at 40 mcg per day.
I'm eating roughly 3500 calories per day. This seems to be enough to slowly gain weight without getting too fat. In the last month or month and a half, I've gone from 3000 to 3500 calories, gained about 5 lbs and a couple % fat. Which, now that I think about it, means almost entirely fat (2 % of 200 is 4.....). Not too excited about that. Though I have gotten stronger.
Training: I'm trying something totally new to me, that is a routine based on a powerlifting regimen, 5 x 5. I'm still doing a body part each training session, but instead of my usual pyramid, I'm doing a couple warmup sets and then relatively heavy meat and potatoes, 5 sets of 5 reps. When I can do the weight for 5 x 5, I go up 10 lbs and work at it until I cam do the 5 x 5, then up again.
Where I am right now: 199 lbs, weighed 1st thing upon waking, before any significant intake of any water or any food at all. I'm probably 13 or so % fat. I'll measure that later if I have time today before leaving for work.
What I'm doing: I just got blood drawn for my TRT doc, and will be increasing my dose a little bit. I can't handle anything over 180 mg a week without very disagreeable sides, so unless I can resolve that (and I'm going to experimemt with an anti prolactin, as I suspect that's what my problem is), that will ne the highest dose of testosterone. That keeps my serum test level at about 1400. I will be adding igf-1 in once I get my test level stabilized and happy. That will probably be at 40 mcg per day.
I'm eating roughly 3500 calories per day. This seems to be enough to slowly gain weight without getting too fat. In the last month or month and a half, I've gone from 3000 to 3500 calories, gained about 5 lbs and a couple % fat. Which, now that I think about it, means almost entirely fat (2 % of 200 is 4.....). Not too excited about that. Though I have gotten stronger.
Training: I'm trying something totally new to me, that is a routine based on a powerlifting regimen, 5 x 5. I'm still doing a body part each training session, but instead of my usual pyramid, I'm doing a couple warmup sets and then relatively heavy meat and potatoes, 5 sets of 5 reps. When I can do the weight for 5 x 5, I go up 10 lbs and work at it until I cam do the 5 x 5, then up again.