El Pena's Stayin Diesel with Diesel Test 2040 (sponsored)

[El Pena]

First of thanks to Chuck for selecting me to test this product, received my bottle yesterday afternoon and will begin using it on Monday.

I'm currently cutting and will be doing so until October so I need all the help I can get to maintain strength and muscle mass during this extended cut.

At the recommended dosage the bottle will last 21 days as I workout 6 days a week. Lifting & cardio M-F, cardio only on Sat. usually a longer session than during the week.

Lifting Program - M: 3RM or max reps, T-W: 4 sets 8 reps, Th-F: 4 sets 16 reps. See attached Word File for more detail.

Nutrition Log: http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Current Supps to be used with DT2040:
Dymatize Elite Whey
Fish Oil
ON Opti-Men multi.
Mega/Max Milk
Cissus
Glutamine
Purple Wraath during workout
May add R4W preworkout if I start working out in the early AM again and Chuck has no objection.

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[eldawg]

Cool....what Cissus product are you using?

[El Pena]

Currently Osteobolin-C, when it runs out I'm getting Primaforce since it comes out more favorably at the suggested dosing to price ratio and worked very well for me.

[CHUCK DIESEL]

sub, are u going to start this sat. am?

also u can add r4w but DIESEL TEST 2040 amplifies stimulants so start lower than the dose you've used in the past.

[user4694231326]

Subscribed because of DT 2040!!!!!!

[El Pena]

Started the DT yesterday, no workout. Today had my first workout in the AM since November and it went pretty well. Deads have been sucking of late, ever since my quad strain, and today was no exception. All other lifts went pretty much as expected.

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Max Reps

Dips - BW * 24 +2

3RM
Deads - 365 -10
DB Lateral Raise - 35 n/c
Split Squat - 180 +5
Single Leg Ext. - 135 +5
Pulldown, sup. - 220 +10

Cardio - 20 mins. shadow boxing.

[CHUCK DIESEL]

How u going to know if DT in helping with your performance in the gym if u just started training in the am when u started the DT? Also are you working out AM everyworkout from now on? Did u take the pre-workout dosage this am?

[El Pena]

Well a little clarification is in order, today was my first 5AM workout since Nov. of last year. I usually just workout whenever it fits into my schedule for any given day. I've been working out at various times through the day anywhere from 9AM to 9PM depending on when I have time during the day since mid Jan. so I haven't had a set schedule.

I've not noted much difference in performance regarding the time that I workout at, I have to admit that it is much more convenient to workout at 5AM as the gym is relatively empty compared to PM, so I get done faster, but as far as energy and strength how much sleep I get has much more influence than the time I workout at.

My strength has been stagnant or declining on most lifts for the last couple weeks, I plan on gauging effectiveness by my ability to maintain/gain strength in the coming weeks.

I've been wanting to get into a set schedule which is why I went at 5AM today and the plan was to keep working out at that hour, provided it doesn't affect my schoolwork.

If it's a problem I can stick with my haphazard go whenever thing until the log is over.

Dosing as per instructions on bottle.

[El Pena]

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Nice workout today, joints feeling relatively good. Things went pretty much as planned for the workout, shoulder did get a bit testy on the last set of Inclines other than that no issues.

4 sets 8 reps

Leg Press, narrow - 505
Incline BB - 195
One Arm DB Row - 105
One Arm Tri Pressdown - 50
Rev. CB Curl - 55
MTS Crunch - 50

Cardio - 1 mile run.

[CHUCK DIESEL]

If it's a problem I can stick with my haphazard go whenever thing until the log is over.


No, i cant tell u when to workout, its just better to go into a supplement log changing nothing but the addition of the supplement.

[El Pena]

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Workout went really well took shorter breaks than normal with no detrimental effects, afterwards let everything go during the bag session I was drenched to my shorts when I finished :p.

4 sets 16 reps

Romanian Deads - 100
Seated DB Press - 27.5
Hypers - BW
Face Pulls - 40
Cybex Calf Raise - 90
Forearm Curls - 65

Cardio - 25 mins. heavy bag.

[CHUCK DIESEL]

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Workout went really well took shorter breaks than normal with no detrimental effects, afterwards let everything go during the bag session I was drenched to my shorts when I finished :p.

4 sets 16 reps

Romanian Deads - 100
Seated DB Press - 27.5
Hypers - BW
Face Pulls - 40
Cybex Calf Raise - 90
Forearm Curls - 65

Cardio - 25 mins. heavy bag.

can u post what day u are on in ur updates. So far do u notice any change in libido, mood, energy, recover, strength, power, any of that (I know u just switched to all am workouts) but do u feel any different. Im just trying to pull some info out of u other than what u did during the workout.

[El Pena]

Normally the day is in the title forgot today so I edited that in.

I haven't noted any change in power. Strength was very good yesterday, and was good today, although today was more an endurance workout. Energy has been great in the mornings, especially in the gym, I'm crashing right now in the early afternoon, though that's not unexpected given my change in schedule.

As far as mood, I'm not feeling aggression per se, but when I go at the heavy bag usually after the first 10 mins. I'll start to feel like slowing down so as not to exhaust myself, today I was going all out at it the whole time and just wanted to keep going I got into the music kept moving around, it was a good feeling.

Recovery between sets was great today, recovery from workout to workout is normal. No change in libido.

[El Pena]

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Nice workout today everything went as planned.

4 sets 8 reps

Cybex Squat Press - 360
BB Row, pron. - 160
Tricep pressback - 45
DB Pullover - 45
CB Curl, narrow - 75
Cuban Rot. - 30

Cardio - 1 mile run

Strength - 4/5. Got in all my lifts and reps did struggle a bit on curls, and the rotations.

Endurance - 4/5. Got a little tired toward the end of the lifting session, didn't have any problems with the run afterwards.

Energy - 5/5. No crash at all today, haven't even felt sleepy.

[El Pena]

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Good workouts yesterday and today.

Mon.

3 RM

Single Leg Press - 210
T Bar Row - 190
Incline DB - 85
Rope Pressdown - 140
Hammer Curl - 45
Rev. Crunch - 30

Cardio - 20min. heavy bag.

Tue. 4 sets 8 reps

Pullups - -60
GHR - BW
BB Bench - 145
Bent Laterals - 55
HS Seated Calf - 95
Rev. Forearm Curl - 75

Cardio - 1 mile run.

Strength - 4/5, wasn't able to increase any of the 3RMs, today's workout went great everything felt easy.

Endurance - 5/5, excellent endurance during both workouts and cardio.

Energy - 4/5, a little run down due to not having slept well in the last couple of days.

[El Pena]

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Very good workouts yesterday and today. Had my first really good Deadlifting session in about a month as far as keeping form down through all the sets, although the pump I got halfway through was actually kind of annoying.

Wed. 4 sets 16 reps

Squat - 100
BB Row, sup. - 105
Low Pulley Crossover - 70
Standing DB Tricep Ext. - 45
CB Curl, wide - 35
Ext. Cable Rot. - 15

Cardio - 20 mins. heavy bag

Today

Dips - 4 sets - BW*12

4 sets 8 reps

Deads - 295
DB Lateral Raise - 27.5
Split Squat - 140
Single Leg Ext. - 100
Pulldowns, sup. 180

Cardio - 1 mile run

Strength - 5/5, workouts went better than expected the last couple days, everything just rolled right along.

Endurance - 4/5, lifting has gone great, cardio hasn't been as good as I'd like last couple days.

Energy - 3/5, semester is coming to and end I got a bunch of practicals in the next two weeks followed immediately by finals, and have had a couple of rather restless nights this week, planning on catching up on sleep over the weekend. This has not affected my workouts, but I am feeling run down by evening.

[El Pena]

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Great workout yesterday went in today to do a Yoga class for the first time in forever, did a 45 min. heavy bag workout after the class, finally got a real good nights sleep and energy and endurance were excellent.

Friday 4 sets 16 reps

Leg Press, narrow - 275
One Arm DB Row - 55
Incline BB - 100
One Arm Tri Pressdown - 30
Rev. CB Crunch - 25
MTS Crunch - 25

Cardio - 20 min. Elliptical CT 1 R 1

Today

1 hour Yoga
45 min. heavy bag

Strength - 5/5, workout was excellent Friday morning everything went very smoothly no problems on any lifts.

Endurance - 5/5, did not feel any fatigue during workouts, and got some intense pumps on Friday.

Energy - 4/5, kinda dragged all Friday, feel good right now hopefully I won't crash later in the day.

Recovery - 4/5, My upper back has been incredibly sore the last couple days, every time I get Estim in class the area that receives it gets insanely sore the next day, so far this particular effect has not been reduced while on DT. Rest of the body feels good though.

I'm liking the results thus far and will probably be picking up another bottle so I can run this for a full 6 weeks.

[El Pena]

Sorta off day yesterday went and did the March of Dimes just a long easy walk.

Today

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Outstanding workout this morning excellent strength, energy, endurance, and the whole bit despite only 5 hours of sleep.

3RM

Seated DB Press - 70
Romanian Deads - 250
Face Pulls - 150
Cybex Calf Raise - 180
Forearm Curl - 140
Hypers - 92.5

Cardio - 20 mins. Elliptical CT 1 R 1

Strength - 5/5, increased weight on everything today, getting the 70s up for shoulder presses had been a goal for quite some time now since I hadn't been able to do it ever since injuring my shoulder almost 18 months ago.

Endurance - 5/5, no loss of strength throughout the workout and into cardio.

Energy - 5/5, no crash today, and I'm still up fairly late updating this, I'll probably feel it tomorrow. :p

[El Pena]

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Excellent workouts both yesterday and today, I've been able to increase weight on at least half of the exercises I've been doing instead of being stuck or having to drop weight like I was a few weeks ago. Still cutting an average of just over 1lb a week, got another bottle of DT and will be running it for a total of 6 weeks. Dumped the DB pullovers because they were bothering my shoulder, and went back to doing shoulder presses standing because I just didn't like doing it on the smith.

Tue. 4 sets 8 reps

Cybex Squat Press - 365
BB Row, pron. - 160
Tri Pressback - 45
Straight Arm Pulldown - 45
CB Curl, narrow - 75
Cuban Rotation - 30

Cardio - 1 mile run

Wed.

Walking DB Lunges - 4*100ft.
Pushups - 4*20

4 sets 16 reps

Rack Pulls - 145
Standing BB Press - 50
Single Leg Curl - 35
Pulldown, pron. - 80

Cardio - 20 min. Elliptical CT 1 R1

Strength - 5/5, all workouts going as planned feeling strong through everything this week.

Endurance - 5/5, no problems anywhere in the workout or cardio everything went very smoothly.

Energy - 5/5, no longer crashing energy is great during workouts and has been steady throughout the day.

[El Pena]

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Good workout yesterday, shoulders were a little unsteady on the DB presses so I stopped after 2 sets, this morning's workout started out a little slow but ended nicely.

Thursday

4 sets 8 reps

Seated Single Leg Press - 155
T Bar Row - 100
Incline DB - 80, 2 sets only.
Rope Pressdown - 100
Hammer Curl - 35
Rev. Crunch - 15

Cardio - 1 mile run

Friday

GHR - 4 sets BW*8

4 sets 16 reps

Hammer Grip Chins assist. - -100
BB Bench - 100
Bent Laterals - 22.5
HS Seated Calf - 55
Rev. Forearm Curl - 15

Cardio - 20 min. Elliptical CT 1 R1

Strength - 4/5, didn't feel quite as strong as earlier in the week, still got in everything as planned and still managed to get some more weight up on a few exercises.

Endurance - 5/5, no problems keeping strength throughout the workout and into cardio.

Energy - 4/5, crashed Thursday afternoon, haven't crashed today.

Recovery - 5/5, recovery has been excellent this week just minor soreness here and there.

[El Pena]

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Endurance 4/5, Good cardio session Saturday, kinda ran out of gas about 20 min. into the heavy bag work.

Energy 3/5, Felt tired most of the day yesterday woke up this morning with a sore throat hopefully its nothing more than that.

Sat.

1hr. 15min. Yoga, 30 min. heavy bag.

Today Off day.

[El Pena]

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Strength 4/5, wasn't able to improve on any of the 3RM's, but was able to match them, also felt very good this morning things were moving with less effort than expected.

Endurance 5/5, everything is sailing right along on this front no problems throughout lifting or cardio, even took extremely short breaks this morning, on everything but deads, without any negative effect on the workout.

Energy 5/5, sleep has been good the last few days so I've been feeling quite good all day.

Recovery 5/5, minor soreness in a few areas, no problems from one workout to the next.

Minor change to my workouts I'll be doing rotator work prior to every workout again, and have replaced those exercises with other shoulder work in my schedule.

Mon. 3RM

Squat - 255
BB Row, sup. - 205
Low Pulley Crossover - 160
Cybex OH Press - 135
Standing DB Ext. - 115
CB Curl, wide - 90

Cardio 1 mile run

Tue.

Dips - BW*12 4 sets

4 sets 8 reps
Deads - 295
DB Lateral Raise - 27.5
Split Squat - 140
Single Leg Ext. - 100
Pulldown, sup. - 180

Cardio 20 min. Elliptical CT1 R2

[El Pena]

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Strength 4/5, felt good on most exercises, a few issues with the shoulders on some exercises other than that all is good.

Endurance 4/5, Yesterday I started out fast and kind of faded today I started out slow and finished strong.

Energy 4/5, Energy has been good in the mornings, then I've been crashing in the afternoon, then feeling good again in the evening.

Wed.

4 sets 16 reps

Leg Press, narrow - 280
One Arm DB Row - 55
Incline BB - 105
One Arm Tri Pressdown - 30
Rev. CB Curl - 25
MTS Crunch - 30

Cardio 1 mile run.

Thu.

4 sets 8 reps

Seated DB Press - 55
Romanian Deads - 210
Hypers - 45
Face Pulls - 130
Cybex Calf Raise - 155
Forearm Curl - 100

Cardio 20 min. Elliptical CT1 R2

[El Pena]

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Strength 4/5, nice workout on Friday strength was good on the compounds leveled off on the isolation work.

Endurance 5/5, excellent through entire workout, and my time on the mile is improving.

Energy 5/5, this has been excellent the last couple days no crashes.

Recovery 5/5, excellent recovery between workouts

Friday

4 sets 16 reps

Cybex Squat Press - 180
BB Row, pron. - 100
Tricep Pressback - 22.5
Straight Arm Pulldown - 25
CB Curl, narrow - 35
Front Raise - 12.5

Cardio 1 mile run.

No workout today due to taking a final and then following that up with review sessions for next weeks finals. Tomorrow is a scheduled off day.

[El Pena]

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Strength 5/5, Excellent workouts both yesterday and today felt strong on everything but incline db, shoulders are still being testy on those.

Endurance 5/5, no problems through workouts or cardio.

Energy 5/5, great energy through both days not crash at all.

Recovery 4/5, legs are taking a beating and I'm feeling it today, just that good sore not enough to keep me from doing what needs to get done.

Mon.

Walking DB Lunges - 70*50ft.
Pushups (feet elevated) - 25

3RMs
Rack Pulls - 325
Standing BB Press - 105
Single Leg Curl - 100
Pulldown, pron. - 200

Cardio 1 mile run.

Tue.

Seated Single Leg Press - 160
TBar Row - 105
Incline DB - 80
Rope Pressdown - 100
Hammer Curl - 35
Rev. Crunch - 17.5

Cardio 20 min. Elliptical CT1 R2

[El Pena]

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Strength - 5/5, felt great especially yesterday.

Endurance - 5/5, no loss of strength or energy during both lifting and cardio.

Energy - 5/5, no crashes in the last few days which is a nice change, I've been sleeping better of late too, and now no more finals to worry about.

Mood - Aced 3 out of 4 finals this week so I'm feeling pretty good right now :p.

Wed. 4 sets

GHR - BW*8

16 reps

Assist. Pullups - -100
BB Bench - 105
Bent Laterals - 25
HS Seated Calf - 60
Rev. Forearm Curl - 55

Cardio 1 mile run

Thu. 4 sets 8 reps

Squat - 185
BB Row, sup. - 165
Cybex OH Press - 100
Low Pulley Crossover - 120
Standing DB Tri. Ext. - 80
CB Curl, wide - 65

Cardio Elliptical 20 min. CT1 R2

[El Pena]

Days 34-37

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Good workouts over the weekend, this is my final week on DT so far I'm very pleased, things are coming along nicely on the cut and I've managed not to lose strength on anything and even added a little here and there. Will have final numbers on either Sat. or Sun.

Strength, endurance, and energy all great today. I maxed out the DB's for rows today so I'm going to start increasing reps on it if I can.

3RM
Leg Press, narrow - 905
One Arm DB Row - 125
Incline BB Press - 225
One Arm Tri. Pressdown - 70
Rev. CB Curl - 75
MTS Crunch - 100

Cardio - 1 mile run.

[El Pena]

Nutrition
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=El+Pena

Strength has been excellent the last couple days, endurance has been a little off, allergies are bothering me making cardio more of an effort than it should be. Energy through the day has been very good.

[El Pena]

Today is my last day of DT, I can say I'm well pleased with the product, I've managed to at least maintain strength on every lift and got some small increases on some of them.

Once clinicals are over and I can start working again I'll probably do another 6 weeks.

I attached a word file with the changes in bold.

Will update on Monday when I do my weekly weigh in for the final weigh in, I've been averaging 1lb a week so I expect to be 202-203, down from a starting weight of 209.6.

[El Pena]

Final weigh in update, this morning's weight 202.8, so down a total of 6.8lbs in 6 weeks

[CHUCK DIESEL]

hey thanks for the review.