Just thought I would throw out a topic to see what other peoples experiences have been on cycle. Probably more specifically their first cycle, or first decent cycle I should say.
Questions I wonder about:
- At what point in your cycle did you notice that your strength/endurance was increasing beyond your previous capabilities?
- If you're talking the 4 major movement being Bench, Squate, Deadlift, and SP, how much did your 1RM or volume increase from previously?
- And to play the devils advocate, how much of that gained strength did you lose post-cycle?
I'm still in my first cycle, but I saw/felt strength gains immediately, now I know that is likely just placebo, but once I started the cycle, I took training much more seriously to squeeze as much as I could out of this short stretch. Hence why I ask what some more experienced users noticed for when the strength actually started increasing.
I hit an all time PR squat of 500lb the day after my first injection, which was a 40lb PR for me. My bench has gone up ~30lb, hitting a 315lb bench just last week in my 4th week on cycle.
I have not gone for any heavy deadlift work because I'm always fighting a bit of a nagging low back strain (believe it's just overly tight hips & psoas), but before I started, deadlift was 455lb.
Should have been feeling amazing, always lacked in the mind muscle connection with them, but I've been feeling hyper focused and in tune with my muscles on the daily, and my press strength has definitely gone up.
Anyways, thought it might be an interesting topic, any add-ons to the points above or other things you noticed early on, during, or post-cycle please share!
Questions I wonder about:
- At what point in your cycle did you notice that your strength/endurance was increasing beyond your previous capabilities?
- If you're talking the 4 major movement being Bench, Squate, Deadlift, and SP, how much did your 1RM or volume increase from previously?
- And to play the devils advocate, how much of that gained strength did you lose post-cycle?
I'm still in my first cycle, but I saw/felt strength gains immediately, now I know that is likely just placebo, but once I started the cycle, I took training much more seriously to squeeze as much as I could out of this short stretch. Hence why I ask what some more experienced users noticed for when the strength actually started increasing.
I hit an all time PR squat of 500lb the day after my first injection, which was a 40lb PR for me. My bench has gone up ~30lb, hitting a 315lb bench just last week in my 4th week on cycle.
I have not gone for any heavy deadlift work because I'm always fighting a bit of a nagging low back strain (believe it's just overly tight hips & psoas), but before I started, deadlift was 455lb.
Should have been feeling amazing, always lacked in the mind muscle connection with them, but I've been feeling hyper focused and in tune with my muscles on the daily, and my press strength has definitely gone up.
Anyways, thought it might be an interesting topic, any add-ons to the points above or other things you noticed early on, during, or post-cycle please share!