Gee Willikers, Thats Just SWELL. A Nimbus Swell Log

[Outside backer]

Welcome Wally and the Beave. The folks at Nimbus Nut. Are Allowing me the Opportunity to Log thier Product SWELL. SO follow along the next month to scope out the new kid on the Pump Block.




A tid bit about me

29 Yrs old
6'3 226 lbs
Accumeasure Calipers show 11% and some change on the BF chart

Ive been training for about 10 yrs as an obsession.

My current Routine is Eric Brosers Power / Rep Range / Shock or PRRS

I lift on mon tue thur and Friday. In addition I take Brazillian Ju Jitsu Classes Mon wed and fri from 8-10 pm if time permits.

Im 13 hrs ahead of east coast time here in South Korea until august.

Each day for the first week I will do before and after Photo's and Measurements using a cold flex and warm flex shot. I will be using a GNC body Tape measure to measure each worked BP.

That will set a baseline and Ill follow up with a week 4 before and after cold and warm pump measurement unless kick ass results happen sooner

My current supplementation will remain the same as always with the Only change being SWELL as requested by Nimbus

Other then the usual fish oil whey and multi v

3 drive in the AM with 1 RPM
3 drive and 3 rpm Pre workout

Days off is 3 drive in am 1 rpm 3 drive in afternoon 1 rpm

Nothing taken before ju jitsu workouts.

Ive been on this dosing schedule for months so before anyone cries foul ive gotten pre approval.




In the past Ive tried several Preworkout Pump products

White flood V1
WTF Pumped
Superpump250 ( sample)
4-nitrotropic from epic

Im am waiting for my product to arrive this is just a teaser.

[Colden]

Looking forward to the log!!!!

[Outside backer]

the container arrived today, ill take my first dose this evening ive already lifted today. so the good stuff begins tommarow

initial tastes and ingredient stuff will be up soon

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Day 1:

Initial Observations:

Very mild Orange taste, Nothing too sweat or overbearing. I think 16 oz of water may be a bit too much.

Mixing, the inital shake causes the foam up form the leucine, but after a minute or 2 it was clear very very little if any settlement

Ingredients:

Well its the Posiedon Complex which i enjoy very much and have used about 3 tubs so far this yr In addition L-Leucine, Beta-Alanine, Citrulline Malate, Arginine-Alpha-Ketoglutarate. I love CM and Leucine if there was only one thing in this world I could have would be Leucine without a doubt.


I took My first dose at 6 am 1 hr after breakfast.

My second dose came 35 minutes before the gym along with 3 drive 3 rpm

Today was Back and Bi's rep range day. Now i took pretty much the whole month of feb off when i was home on leave so im just getting back into it.

Initial Measurements all cold flexed, I didnt get a chacne to snap pics because im working 12 hr shifts because North Korea is talking **** so i cant snap this week but wil next week

Forearm 14 inchs after 15 1/4 inches

Bi's 17 1/4 inch after 19 inches

Chest under armpits 48 after 50 inches

Now i usually add a inch or so while warm but today i felt really good. nothing mind blowing no real increase in end. But overall solid pumps

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no gym today is it was wednesday, standard dosing 1 serving in the am before breakfast 1 in the evening, i did notice and it could be mental but no lifting today yet my bi's were still nice and veiny today tommarow is leg day holler

[rubberchicken73]

From my experience and from other logs I have read Swell is pretty decent in the pump department. I got a pretty solid pump but mad vascularity.

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veins seem to be showing all day now even first thing in the morning

Ok leg day was on thursday for me Its now friday evening Im not as sore as i thought I would be but here is how it went down


1 serving at 0600

the next serving with supplementation came 1200 with the gym coming at 1pm

Before quads 26 inches around standing cold mid thigh
After 29 inches around standing and wobbling

Hack squats 3 plates each side facing pad football stance

explosive and fast 5 sets 8 reps each
Seated Leg extensions 160x10 3 sets with 1 sec squeeze at top
Lying Leg curls 4 sets 130lbs x 10
1 legged squats 2 sets 12

Calves 5 sets 14 reps ( 7 toes pointed out 7 toes pointed in 1 set)

i totally forgot to measure my calves ill get them next week

I had planned on doing shoulders today but my work schedule sucked

so sat after noon ( fri night for u guys ) will be shoulders

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SO i did shoulders yesterday ( sat for me)

Had breakfast then took My serving at 1130 am

standing DB military press

65x8 65x8 65 x8 65x8

Seated Military Hammer press
2 plates each side 3 sets of 10

Seated lateral raises
30lb DB 3 sets 12

Front raises 45lb plate 2 sets 15 ( these killed me)

db shrugs 75lb db's 4 sets 8 high tight squeeze

My second serving came at 530pm


Notes after the first week, Much More fullness all day even upon waking when im usually flat and My veins are recessed. As of late I wake up much more fuller and the veins in My forearms and bi's are more pronounced all day long.

I think 2 scoops with 16 oz of water is too little. either the water needs to be decreased or the scoops increased. so im gonna adjust and add a half scoop and drop a bit of water

Im back to normalcy even with North Korea running thier mouth all week we are going back to 8 hour shifts so ill be able to grab pics and what not all next week

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The last 2 days have been some of the best workouts endurance wise that ive had in a long time

Lets start with Monday, The most taxing day physically.

I took my morning dose at 630 am and my workout dose at 3pm lift at 4pm

I started with Chest and tri's its Shock week so I have alot of Drop sets and super sets and rest pauses.

SMith Flat Bench SPeed presses.
135lb i set the stopper just at chest height incase i missed the bar i wouldn tbe crushed. and In a shoving motion I just pushed as hard as I can to see how high the bar flies up. I then catch it Bring it to my chest an repeat

3 sets 8 reps

Incline Bench super set with 40lb DB incline flies
3 sets 225 super set with 40lb 6 reps

Decline Hammer press 4 plates each side 18 reps rest pause

Tri's
Hammer seated dips superset with single arm db raises
2plates and a 25lb plate each side super set with 30lb db
3 sets 8 reps each

tricep skull crusher machine
105lbs 3 sets 8
rope press downs 20 reps rest pause 130lbs

I ate dinner at 6pm and had Ju jitsu at 8pm
The classes was so physically demanding by 10pm i was ready to drop. My forearms were so pumped and painful. But the biggest thing I noticed was endurance. I sparred 4 matches back to back to back. I was soaked in sweat and since im not advanced as the others all I relied on was power. It was just insane to be able to keep going.


Today I did Back and Bi's again morning dose at 7am workout dose at 330pm with rpm and drive. workout at 430 pm

Lat pulldowns drop sets 3 sets
205 x6 175 x4 120 x3 behind neck last set

Bent over DB rows superset with Incline shrugs
105lb db 3x8 ss 40lb incline shrugs 3 sets 8

3 sets of 12 hyper extensions
3 sets of 10 straight arm pulldowns 65lbs

Bi's DB drop sets
50x6 45x4 40x3 4 sets ( by this time i was so pumped it hurt)

Seated COnc. curls Machine
3 sets of 50lbs x 20 reps

now my skin felt like it was gonna split. it actually hurt and I had to rest about 10 min before i did cable hammer curls 3 sets 30lbsx8

i finished up with foremarm curls and went to the rest room to measure my bis and forearms

Bi's 19.5 inches so tight and painful
Forearms almost 16 inches in alot of pain especially from last night

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So todaY IS saturday. Im sore as hell i hit up legs and shoulders on thursday since i had work friday night.

Here is how it all went down and My thoughts and feelings after week 2.

Im still following sdirections as on label. 1 serving in the AM 1 serving about 45 min before lift


Front squats 5 sets
3 sets of 185 30 sec rest 10 reps
2 sets 225 at 8 reps

We dont have a leg press sled here but we have a weak ass leg press "machine"
3 sets 15 super set with DB SLDL 70lb db 6 reps

SIngle leg Leg extensions 110lbs x 8 reps 3 sec squeeze at top of last rep

Seated Leg curls 5 sets of 8 170lbs 30 sec rest

Calves 8 sets of 8 15 seconds rest in between.

SHOULDERs
Barbell Military press 155lbs x 3 sets 8 reps superset with reverse flies 25lb db

Giant set Arnold Press 60x8 superset to seated Lateral raise 25x6 superset to seated front raise 25x6

3 sets

SHrugs 80lb DBs 3 sets 12

by this point i was beat. I mean soaked in sweat exhausted. My endurance was great, i just kept going and going and going

recovery was much quicker as well. My shoulders are a rel lagging point. N0 matter what i do they just want grow and it gets frustrating

This upcoming week we are going to check on measurements pumps and examine before and after poses. I figure 2 weeks should be sufficient to get this flowing thru my viens

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tuesday evening

The last 2 days have been so insane, endurance wise its been just crazy, ive been able to just keep going and going and going, ive missed the chow hall for the past 2 days due to being in the gym so long.

Ive started taking 3 doses throughout the day with various beverages
in teh morning i put 2 scoops into some orange juice
before lunch i take 1 scoop with gatorade

and 1 hr before my lift i take 3 scoops with water its an all day fully hydrated pump my final serving is with my usual rpm and drive combo

A recap. This is Power week 4-6 rep range

Monday was chest and tri's

Flat Bench
265 x6
280x6
305x4
315x3 shoulder felt much better

Incline bench
235x6 3 sets ( shoulder started to act up)

Decline Bench
285x6 2 sets

Tri's

Decline close grip
225 x5 4 sets
rope pushdowns
150 stack 3 sets 6 reps
reverse cable extensions 30lb x 5
2 sets of 10 dips

Today is where the endurance really increased over last week and my 2nd day of 3 servings

Back and Bi's

Lat pull downs front
220x6 4 sets

Yates rows overhand grip
225x6 3 sets

Underhand grip
225x6 1` set

T-bar row close grip
4 plates 3 sets 6

Straight arm pulldowns
85 x6 3 sets

i really felt like i could have just kept going and going and going

Bi's

DB Curls
65 x6 4 sets
slow negative on last rep

Concrentration curls
2plates x6 3 sets

slow negative on last rep

Hammer curls
55 db x6 2 sets

cable curls 35lb x6 2 sets

wrist curls 30lb x15 4 sets

i usually burnout out so fast that i cut my day short. today i ahd to force myself to leave i ran out of exercises

It wasnt so much a skin splitting pump as it was endurance and th eabilit to recover so fast and just keep going

Nothing hormonal like, just like a feeling of getting a good promotion at work and everything was right.

[rubberchicken73]

Nice. I was wondering when the endurance was going to really kick in. I would expect it to get better for you over the next few weeks. I started to feel it at about day 7 and felt it didn't level out until about week 5 or six.

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The last 2 days have been great Inspiring actually. My legs even get a great pump just from riding my bike! everyday I watch this vid before the gym and well it PUMPs me up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6XO3ecsJRk

but i dunno how to embed it but it signifies how i feel :D

SHoulders and Legs were performed I took some pictures but im at work right now ill post them later. I took several pics randomly throughout the day to show how i seem to be pumped daily even without lifting. Im trying to snap some pics after my workout but its really hard in a military gym without looking like a *** because they just dont understand us lol

here were my lifts

SHoulders

Military Hammer press 125 each side
5 x 6

Lying incline single arm lateral raises ( i read these in this months MD kick ass workout)

these ****ing hurt lol
15lbs x 6 4 sets

Front raises
30lb db x 5 3 sets

reverse flies on peck deck
85lbs 2 sets x8

shrugs

225 x5 3 sets

I coulda seriously just kept going and going and going as your gonna see with my leg workout
LEGS

Barbell squats
285 x8
305 x6
315 x6 x4 x3 all with no belt or wraps i usually atleast belt up but ive really been focusing on core strength and what not so i went without it was tough at first

Leg extensions
235 x6 4 sets

Single legged squats ( if u have ever tried these they are a bitch) im almost able to do them without holding on to something which is a goal of mine

Seated Leg curls
170x8 2 sets

Farmers walk
120lb DB 2 laps around the gym

Calves
8 sets

305lbs x 5

standing single leg calf raises with 25lb db in hand
2 sets 10

i about puked but i just could not seem to burn out. I loved it but im feeling it today.

pictures will be up in 6 hrs when i get out of work tonight ( which is after noon for u folsk)

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These are pics from first thing in the morning so u can see i stay fairly well full looking

cold relaxed

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start of week 3 today. nothing really mind blowing. It is rep range week

today was chest and tri's using a 8 12 15 rep fashion
only 2 servings today 1 in am 1 serving 1 hr before lift

DB press
100lb x8 4 sets

Incline DB press
70lb x 12 3 sets ( this is where i ran out of gas around the 10th rep)

Cable crosses
2 sets of 15 high setting
1 set of 15 low setting

Tri's

Seated Dip machine
6 plates total
4 sets of 9 reps

Standing behind the neck db raises 2 hand
90lb db
3 sets 12 ( after 2nd set i began to run out of steam lol

reverse grip cable pulldowns
3 sets 15 reps 25lbs

i was hoping for a bit more endurance in the upper ranges

i was recovering fairly quickly but i seem to hit a wall after 10th to 11th rep

but the overall fullness is still appearent.

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Tuesdays workout Back and Bi's rep range. Man talk about another ass kicking today as of right now im struggling to type this as my arms are killing me to the point that when i flex them they cramp up

typical dosing today

Back rep range

Wide grip lat pulldowns
190x8
205x8
205x8

CLose grip v handle lat pulldowns
205x10
205x10
205x10

close grip Tbar rows ( placing Barbell in corner and loading plates using v handle)

2 plates and 25lb plate
3 sets 12 ( killer for me)

reverse incline shrugs
50lb db
3 sets 15

Back hyper extensions
3 sets 12

Bi's

Seated DB curls
45x8
50x8
50x8
50x8

Seated Preacher curl machine
45lb plate plus 10lb plate
12 slow controlled reps 3 sets after 10 was a burn unlike anyother

Reverse grip curls
45lb bar
3 x15 reps ( cramping up about now)

seated wrist curls
35lb db
5 sets 12


im toast right now

i did 15 min of high intesity cardio and left im beat tired

[leonidas300]

Damn that is a lot of volume. You are more of a man than I am, but that is not really saying much :D :D

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yeah over the last yr ive increased my volume

nothing major to report today its shock week nothing spectacular

Flat Bench super set with db flies

235x8 ss 50lb db x 6 5 sets
decline hammer strength 4 plates each side 18 reps rest paused
Incline hammer strength high press 2 plates each side 25 reps rest paused


tri's

Close grip bench super set with ly db extensions
205x6 ss 30lb x6
225x6 30lb x 6 3 sets

reverse grip cable pulldowns drop set 60 x10 50x8 40x6 3 sets

behind the neck db raises 80lb db x12 3 sets


abs cardio and rolled out

[smssambear19]

OB...just saw this...the log is looking good brutha. I shall continue to follow along.

Cheers!

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So without wanting to sound like a broken record, ive saved everyone the posting every day. Its been about a month of taking swell and I think its safe to say i can make an informed opinion of this product.

I still have swell remaining and will continue to take it. Let me sit back and ponder thoughts and ill Post my opinions all consolodated here shortly

[rubberchicken73]

Looking forward to the review...staying tuned...

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Wel i wanted one more week of usage before i gave my final thoughts and opinions here are some photos


but here some current cut shots

228 lbs the accu measure body calipers say 11.2 % cool calipers btw

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i thought this was a cool photo it makes me look big lol
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i decided to go strapless today on the deadlifts and this is what happesn ripped thumb and caluses from hell

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SO after a month of using swell here are some likes and dislikes what id change etc.


Pro's

great formula, im a big fan of posiedon and hydration is so key little people realize how diff the body acts when its fully charged. and CM is just an awesome addition to it.

Endurance and quick recovery, On my power days i typically rest about 3 min in between sets but by the 1.5 min mark i felt like i could go again but i really had to hold off for full rest

On rep range and shock weeks it was nice to have the quick recovery. It didnt help very much in terms of increasing reps I still felt the burn toward the top of the rep range but the recovery to start again within seconds was very appearent.

Pump was great and long lasting, waking up in the AM and being veiny is nice

Next day recovery DOMS was very limited even on leg day where DOMS can crippled me for a few days within a day or soi felt fine and was prob fully recovered within 3 days atleast that is how my body felt

Alot of servings. I boosted My servings per day and frequency this isnt just a 30 day product this can last 2-3 months easily very good bang for the buck


great to stack with pretty much anything. I ran it with my current line up and ill be taking it into my MMV2 3-ad stack starting up right now



CONS VERY FEW

Flavor I applaud Nimbus for trying to flavor it but its a very weak orange kind of like a orange koolaid packet in 5 gallons of water. But it does make for a great addition to gatorade or any other juice

IMO i think adding a 3rd scoop or another dose in the day for 3 total servings makes the product that much more effecting


overall this product makes sense to have and to take daily. Not only does it back up its claims. But Its just a quality product and a large amount for what u pay


it gets my seal of approval