Thread: RE-COMP Cycle

Good week and all is working well. I am a little weaker in the gym but that is because body adjusting to the drop in cals but should rebound back soon.

I revamped my cardio to fit in better with my work hours. I do 12 hour shifts with 2 days on 2 days off

So I do my cardio on work days first thing in the morning 30mins and on off days I just focus on working out. This fits in better and is the best fit right now. I will monitor cardio and if 30mins not enough I will increase it too 45mins.

So far so good and has been a productive week. My wife said the other day that my delts are sticking out more and my skin is thining out more around that area.

Week 2 down and progress is coming along nice.
Not weighing myself at this stage will do that at the 6 week mark

Week 3
MT 200 1ml eod
EQ max 2ml wk
40mcg t3
med hgh 4iu ed

still doing 30min cardio in first thing in morning around 3-5 sessions per week depending on my shift roster

I go about 3-5 days low on carbs then up for one day

so far so good

Originally Posted by MR BIG

Hmmm... no test... any issues?


You should do regular fat tests to see if you are reducing.

No issues yet!
with the test out now I do not feel as bloated although I have lost some fullness other then that I am ok.

I mean sex drive still high and wake up with a boner every morning.

I plan on put he tbol/var mix in next week. The idea is that the tbol should help with some fullness and the var should add to the fat burning.

I am not too concerned with taking measurements every week as I have many years of experience and know what too look for.
My waist is going down and I can see more separation through my mid section arms legs etc

I already worked out my cals at the start and from my TDEE it is 2100cal with re-feeds of 3000cal so no those numbers I know I am coming down.

MT200 is good the tren in it has improved my strength and got a liitle insomnia and I dream a lot more but no night sweats yet.

this is the results of my mass cycle
test 400 3ml/wk
eq max 2ml/wk

this is basically what I used for 12 weeks
weight 92kg and fat up to 99kg @ 24%bf

so I figured I did not drop or add any fat on this cycle just gained 7kg and if you take the water weight off I maybe gained about 4kg of muscle.

Again this is not what I wanted to do hence why I am now doing the re-comp goal is to get bodyfat to low teens over the next 12weeks

and along the way I hope to add some more muscle.

into my third week now and I know it is working down to 96kg and my waist is down an inch and arms are now just under a solid 18inches

so that tells me I have dropped fat and added some muscle.

this is a little trick I learnt from a Mr World champion. He always said if your waist is getting smaller then you are losing body fat

and he would gauge his muscle losses and gains by his arm measurement

if your arms remain the same your all good if you gain size that is a sign you are added muscle whilst dropping fat and if your arms go down in size along with your waist measurement it is a sign you have lost muscle

so from that I take it that my waist is dropping and arms have grown 1/4 of an inch so I am moving in the right direction.

Originally Posted by ironmaster

this is the results of my mass cycle
test 400 3ml/wk
eq max 2ml/wk

this is basically what I used for 12 weeks
weight 92kg and fat up to 99kg @ 24%bf

so I figured I did not drop or add any fat on this cycle just gained 7kg and if you take the water weight off I maybe gained about 4kg of muscle.

Again this is not what I wanted to do hence why I am now doing the re-comp goal is to get bodyfat to low teens over the next 12weeks

and along the way I hope to add some more muscle.

into my third week now and I know it is working down to 96kg and my waist is down an inch and arms are now just under a solid 18inches

so that tells me I have dropped fat and added some muscle.

this is a little trick I learnt from a Mr World champion. He always said if your waist is getting smaller then you are losing body fat

and he would gauge his muscle losses and gains by his arm measurement

if your arms remain the same your all good if you gain size that is a sign you are added muscle whilst dropping fat and if your arms go down in size along with your waist measurement it is a sign you have lost muscle

so from that I take it that my waist is dropping and arms have grown 1/4 of an inch so I am moving in the right direction.

As you can see in the above pic my two injuries

torn right pec 2007
torn left biceps 2012

both where repaired through surgery

anyone wanting advice on injuries feel free to ask for my advice

That is what 24% body fat looks like!!!!!!!!!

I know a fat fuck does it bother me yes can I fix this YOU BET YOU BALLS I CAN.

How'd you get the two tears, and what would you recommend for people who wish to avoid them? yeah you'll smash the fat loss mate, you've done it before obviously.

Originally Posted by grotereber

How'd you get the two tears, and what would you recommend for people who wish to avoid them? yeah you'll smash the fat loss mate, you've done it before obviously.

Both injuries was not from poor form or trying to lift more then I could handle

my pec tear came after I tried a test of strength on the bench press
at that time I could do 315 for an easy 12 reps but on this day while warming up my mate and I wanted to see if we could do 20 reps with two plates which is 225 x 20 well I did 23 reps and after the set my chest delts tris where as pumped as hell. I should have called it a day on my chest workout that day but I continued on with my workout. When I got to 315 I was preeing out on my 7th rep when POP my pec went. I put it down to everything being full taxed and pumped from my previous 225 bench.

My bicep was a completed accident I was doing dumbbell shoulder press and as I brought the 40kg dumbbell down to rest on my knee it slipped and I tried to pull it back onto my knee and BANG the biceps popped. I should have just let it fall.

I would say my pec tear could have been avoided but the biceps was a complete accident.

Originally Posted by ironmaster

Both injuries was not from poor form or trying to lift more then I could handle

my pec tear came after I tried a test of strength on the bench press
at that time I could do 315 for an easy 12 reps but on this day while warming up my mate and I wanted to see if we could do 20 reps with two plates which is 225 x 20 well I did 23 reps and after the set my chest delts tris where as pumped as hell. I should have called it a day on my chest workout that day but I continued on with my workout. When I got to 315 I was preeing out on my 7th rep when POP my pec went. I put it down to everything being full taxed and pumped from my previous 225 bench.

My bicep was a completed accident I was doing dumbbell shoulder press and as I brought the 40kg dumbbell down to rest on my knee it slipped and I tried to pull it back onto my knee and BANG the biceps popped. I should have just let it fall.

I would say my pec tear could have been avoided but the biceps was a complete accident.

Agreed, they both sound unlucky. Usually it's 'I tried to max out without a warmup or spotter' type stuff.