BE all you can BE (Bio Pro and EBOL)

[FunkymonkAW]

BE© ALL YOU CAN BE©

“First, I would just like to get to know you.”:
How’s it goin’ guys. My name is FunkyMonkAW. I am a student at UC Irvine, majoring in Bus Admin, Accounting. I’m 20 years old right now. I’m starting a clean bulk today on Biotivia’s BioForge ProMax, and Thermolife’s E-BOL. I have Thermolife’s C-BOL in the mail, however I do not necessarily consider it to be included in my “BE cycle” since I will be running it AFTER my other two products run out. This log will serve in keeping myself honest and disciplined, so I hope you enjoy the ride.

I was…hefty as a kid to put it nicely. Luckily puberty was kind to me and I figured out that eating cookies all day and ordering my McDonald’s with extra mayo was not making me any thinner as I sat there and played video games until my eyes hurt. I made a gradual transition from being fat to stocky to a little “big.” I am pretty sure that I have minor gyno from being overweight and/or having overactive hormones as a teen. I don’t plan on getting surgery for it since: a) I don’t have $5000, b) I don’t want to be out of the gym for 4-8 weeks, c) I’m afraid that if I start doing things to my body surgically, I won’t want to stop. This issue, coupled with my childhood obesity, have given me major self-image issues. I am convinced that I will never ever see myself as lean enough. This is just something I’ll have to healthily deal with for the rest of my life.

Over the last year, I spent maybe 50-70% of the time cutting. However, in my earlier periods of cutting, I would cheat every 5-10th day, thus dramatically slowing my progress, and in some cases putting me farther away from my goal than when I started. I have gotten much better about this. In my last logged 100 days, I legitimately cheated maybe 3 times in my last 100 logged days. Although my lifts and body HAVE progressed over the last year, I am nowhere near where I feel I should be.

About 100 days ago, I began a run of 2 bottles of Thermolife’s E-BOL and T-BOL. Like an idiot, I decided to cut for the first 9 days, and then bulk. Around week 4-5, I ballooned and gained and kept about 4-6lbs almost overnight, eating exactly what I had been the whole time. Because of my self image problems, I decided that I had become horribly fat and that the ~14lbs I gained in 4-5 weeks was pure fat, despite the fact that I had come off of a cut and cycled onto creatine. Despite my CONSTANTLY increasing lifts, like an idiot I decided to cut. I wasted the most valuable days of the run, 40-50, to kickstart my cut with USPLabs OxyElite Pro. Four weeks later, I felt utterly deflated, tired, and depressed that all of my big lifts were down 10-20lbs across the board. The last four weeks have been a maintenance time more of less, due to some major changes in my life. Now, I’m settled in and I NEED to acquire some mass. I’m still down about 10% on my strength across the board. I have been able to increase my reps on bodyweight exercises like chinups, pullups, and dips.

I want to do this run again, this time bulking for the full 42/50 days. I am easing into my bulk this time, eating at about maintenance (2700-2800cals) for the first few days or week. I will then up calories accordingly to about 3000-3200cals a day. While I do see the benefits to “clean” eating, I believe in moderation in all things, including “dirty” foods.

Macros:
-2700cals initially (will up to 3000-3200 after initial days)
-1.5g/lb protein minimum
-.4g/lb fat minimum
-the rest of my calories will be comprised of carbs and excess protein/fat

Training Regimen:
-Lift for 3-4 days, then take a day off. I did this on my ET run and had INSANE recovery while setting PRs daily.
-workouts will be chest/tris, back/bis, legs/abs, traps/shoulders
-I will be gauging my overall lifting progress based on the big 3 and BB seated overhead press
-I will note PRs in regards to higher weight at decent reps, and higher reps at a preestablished PR weight. There isn’t an exact science to this, just me being honest with myself. I will determine PRs in relation to what I was lifting consistently on my last bulk.
-I make extra sure to get my required (for me) 7-8 hours of sleep.
-I stress form over weight 90% of the time. Sometimes, I will compromise a little form in order to break a plateau, but never to the point of danger.
-I will incorporate dropsets and reach/stretching lifts near the end of my workouts.
-I listen to my body. Sometimes I will do more volume, other times less.

Supplements:
-generic multi
-NOW Ultra Omega fish oil (2 caps a day)
-protein: All the Whey blend, Gaspari Myofusion, Xtreme Formulations UP2.0, AllMax IsoFlex
-4 BioForge ProMax (2-1-1, 30’ before meals)
-6 Thermolife E-BOL (2-2-2, 30’ before meals)
-once my C-BOL arrives, I will be dosing it at 6-6 (pre/post or AM/PM) for the first 5 days, followed by 6 pre on workout days only
-until then, I will use 3g creatine monohydrate a day, and whatever preWOs I have lying around.
-Genomyx Slin-Slane here and there

Baseline Stats:
Age: 20
Weight: 174.5
Bodyfat %: somewhere between 14-17% (mirror), skinnyfat territory
Height: 5’11”

(these are my “baseline” lift records that I want to recattain and surpass)
Deadlifts: 5*225
Squats: 5*185
BB Flat Bench: 5*150
BB Incline Bench: 5*140
BB Seated Overhead Press: 3*110

Expectations:
Weight: Honestly, I have no idea. I’m not sure if I fall into the “noob” or “novice” category, and I threw in SO MANY variables to my ET run that I really don’t feel like I can accurately predict how much weight I will gain. I will monitor myself in the mirror closely, and try to be patient and reasonable, remembering that BioForge ProMax and E-BOL are not even close to prohormones/AAS.

Body Composition: IDEALLY, I’d put on very minimal body fat. That would just make my day. However, my main goal here is to put on muscle, and HOLD onto it afterwards. I think my calorie monitoring will have a lot to do with this.

Strength: I have big expectations in this department. I was setting PRs daily on my botched ET run on which I was only in a caloric surplus for about 60% of the time. Considering that, I’d like to progress regularly, consistently, and often this time around. Moreso than anything, I want to HOLD ONTO any strength gains I make. I believe this will come down mostly to what I do AFTER the BE run.

Libido: Hey, more is more. Not like it matters too much though, it’s summer and I’m on campus so it’s basically a ghost town around here.

Recovery: Recovery d*** well better be as incredible as it was last time. I LOVE lifting, and would love to be able to lift almost every day and PROGRESS.

My Gym:
I lift at UCI’s gym, the ARC. I also work there during the year. It has basically everything you need to lift, and blows my local Fitness 19, Gold’s, and 24 Hour Fitness away. The only things it doesn’t have in regards to lifting equipment, is a donkey calf raise machine and a mat/area for Olympic lifts.

[davidhogan34]

In bro, good luck!

oh, and just a suggestion, swap legs/abs, with trap/shoulders...that way ur upper body has a break. For me, anyways, If I would do shoulders after back/bis, and chest/tris, I would be pressing the pink dumbbells lol...

just a thought...

[FunkymonkAW]

In bro, good luck!

oh, and just a suggestion, swap legs/abs, with trap/shoulders...that way ur upper body has a break. For me, anyways, If I would do shoulders after back/bis, and chest/tris, I would be pressing the pink dumbbells lol...

just a thought...

Thanks for catching that. That's actually how I've been doing it, it was just a typo.

[THEHUGE]

I'm here

[FunkymonkAW]

Day 1
(Biotivia BioForge ProMax + Thermolife E-BOL, 42/50 days)
Sunday 7/4-off

Schedule:
-7:00am-2 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-7:30am-food+multi+2 FO+CM(3g)
-8:45am-food
-9:20am-food
-12:00pm-1 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-12:30pm-food
-4:30pm-1 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-4:45pm-food
-8:30pm-food

Macros:
2803cal-93f-241c-250p

NOTES:
-BIG bloat and GI distress @ 2pm for like10-15minutes.
-feeling full and hard all day
-not too concerned about my bad dosing times today since it was an off day and the 4th. Happy 4th all!
-@_@ sleep was WONDERFUL, especially considering that I did NOTHING for the last 2 days.

[FunkymonkAW]

Day 2
(Biotivia BioForge ProMax + Thermolife E-BOL, 42/50 days)
Monday 7/5-chest/tris

Schedule:
-8:00am-2 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-8:30am-preWO+multi+2 FO+CM(3g)
-9:35am-workout
-10:40am-PWO
-12:40pm-1 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-1:10pm-food
-4:30pm-food
-5:10pm-food
-6:30pm-1 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-7:30pm-food

BB Flat Bench: 8*115, 5*135, 4*145, 3*145, 5*135, 4*135
BB Incline Bench: 5*115, 4*120, 4*115, 4*115
Dips: 4*BW, 3*BW, 2*BW
DB OHE: 8*20, 8*20, 8*20
Decline Cable Flies: 8*45, 6*50, 6*50
Vbar Pushdown: 8*110, 8*120, 7*120
DB Flat Bench Dropsets: 8*45+6*40, 5*45+3*40

Macros:
2698cals-95f-215c-247p

Morning Weight:
176lbs

NOTES:
-My workout blew today. No drive or motivation until I got to dips, and by that time the most substantial part of my workout was over. I ended up cutting BB incline bench short in case you couldn’t tell. I did get a sizable pump in my tris considering that my workout blew, I had no preWO product, and I ate my usual amount of preWO carbs/protein.
-I’ve been so thirsty over the last 2 days it’s ridiculous.

[FunkymonkAW]

Day 3
(Biotivia BioForge ProMax + Thermolife E-BOL, 42/50 days)
Tuesday 7/6-back/bis

Schedule:
-7:00am-2 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-7:30am-preWO+multi+2 FO+CM(3g)
-11:00pm-1 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-11:40am-food
-5:00pm-1 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-5:35pm-preWO
-6:40pm-workout
-7:45pm-PWO

Deadlifts: 8*155, 5*185, 5*205, 4*225, 3*225, 2*225
WG Pullups: 3*BW, 3*BW
Lat Pulldownds: 8*110, 8*110, 8*110
CG Seated Rows: 8*90, 8*90, 6*90
EZ Bar Curls: 6*65, 6*65, 6*65
Incline DB Curls: 6*25, 6*22.5, 6*22.5
WG T-Bar Dropsets: 6*55+6*45+6*35, 4*55+4*45+4*35

Macros:
2725cals-69f-238c-289p

Morning Weight:
176.5lbs

NOTES:
Sleep was INSANELY great last night, which is super weird considering that I went to bed hungry and my sleep was nowhere near this good on my prior ET run.

Workout definitely wasn't where I wanted it to be, but at least I maintained weight (albeit down a few reps) without a preWO. Let's hope for bigger and better things next back/bis and for legs day tomorrow.

I’m not sure I said this outright, but I used to abuse caffeine to a MAJOR level. It got to the point where 600mg a day was low, and about 1g was perfectly ok. Needless to say, I’ve been trying to cut down over the last few months. Now that I am off of USPLabs Oxyelite Pro and/or Cellucor D4 Thermal Shock, and since I have successfully (for the most part) cut down to 1 energy drink a day, my daily average caffeine intake is right around 100-200mg. That being said, I was absolutely DRAGGING today. I cracked at noon and grabbed 2 energy drinks. I'm sad to say that I felt like a million bucks after pounding both, and my massive headache subsided. Unfortunately, it was a necessary evil, and I think I’m still coming off of my high levels of caffeine pretty hard. Point is, I’m still making progress.

[lovehasrisen]

Great log bro

[Cannibal6]

Awesome log dude...sub'd and just started my ProMax run yesterday myself. I hear ya on the thirst and the hunger is hitting this morning as well.

[FunkymonkAW]

Weighed in at 178 lbs today, on day 4. I don't get it, I've NEVER been able to gain weight at 2700 before?

[THEHUGE]

Weighed in at 178 lbs today, on day 4. I don't get it, I've NEVER been able to gain weight at 2700 before?

Do you look fatter?

[FunkymonkAW]

Do you look fatter?

Too hard to tell either way, but my pants seem looser and my gut lip seems a little smaller.

[aaronuconn]

Too hard to tell either way, but my pants seem looser and my gut lip seems a little smaller.

I wouldn't worry about fat gain at all then. It's a good indication it's not fat your gaining if your pants are more loose. Possible water gain in other parts of your body?

[THEHUGE]

Too hard to tell either way, but my pants seem looser and my gut lip seems a little smaller.

I'd rather be happy then.

[ChristianLoving]

I wish I had the patience to make my logs all pretty like yours :-)

[FunkymonkAW]

I'd rather be happy then.

I'll be happy when I start setting PRs again. I think I'm still good @ 2700 for another few days at least too.

I wish I had the patience to make my logs all pretty like yours :-)

Copy and paste son.

[davidhogan34]

damn dude, 4 days in and already leaning out lol... ****. I hope my mega dose kicks in just as fast...

[Animal001]

INN!! cant wait to start mine soon... except im just going to run BFv2 cant afford to add e-bol lol good luck thoo!!

[FunkymonkAW]

Day 4
(Biotivia BioForge ProMax + Thermolife E-BOL, 42/50 days)
Wednesday 7/7-legs/abs

Schedule:
-7:00am-2 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-7:30am-preWO+multi+2 FO+CM(3g)
-11:05pm-1 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-11:35am-food
-4:45pm-1 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-5:15pm-preWO
-6:10pm-Xtreme Formulations ICE Plus
-6:30pm-workout
-7:45pm-PWO

Squats: 8*135, 5*165, 5*175, 3*175, 3*175, 2*185
Decline Situps/Twists: 18*BW, 18*10, 9*10
DB Lunges: 8*40, 6*45, 6*45
Machine Oblique Twists: 8*80, 6*90, 8*80
Hanging Knee Raises: 12*BW, 12*BW, 12*BW
Decline Leg Press: 4*450, 4*450, 3*450
Seated Calf Raises: 8*115, 8*140, 8*140


Macros:
2688cals-88f-198c-276p

Eat of the Day:


Morning Weight:
178lbs

NOTES:
Squats still aren’t where they need to be. I should be pumping out 5*185 pretty easily. Decline leg press is short on reps right now too. However, I did hobble out of the gym, which is the BEST feeling on legs day.

[FunkymonkAW]

Day 5
(Biotivia BioForge ProMax + Thermolife E-BOL, 42/50 days)
Thurssday 7/8-traps/shoulders

Schedule:
-7:00am-2 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-7:30am-preWO+multi+2 FO
-11:05pm-1 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-11:35am-food
-1:00pm-food
-5:30pm-1 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-6:10pm-preWO
-6:45pm-2 NL OcTrain
-7:00pm-workout
-8:05pm-PWO

BB Seated OHP: 8*85, 5*95, 5*95, 5*100, 4*100, 4*100
CG Chinups: 3*BW, 3*BW
BB Upright Row: 8*75, 8*75, 6*80
DB Seated OHP: 8*45, 7*45, 5*45
HB Shrugs: 10*185, 10*185, 10*185
DB Front/Side Delt Raises: 6*17.5, 6*17.5, 5*17.5
Reverse Pec Deck: 8*100, 8*100, 6*110

Macros:
2670cals-68f-255c-261p

Morning Weight:
178.5lbs

NOTES:
Workout was legit. Lifts are getting closer and close to where I’d like them to be back to. I expect them to be there in the next 1-2 traps/shoulders days. My front delts were BLASTED today.

Woke up looking…weird in the mirror. My belly lip is tapering off ever so slightly, but I look thicker and feel a little squishier in my torso area, like I’m carrying a bit of extra water. This may be because it’s been several days since I’ve….relieved myself. My chest is still flattening out, although this is making my nipples a little more prominent. My back is looking and feeling incredible, although I consider that to have always been my strong point. My legs are ON FIRE from the day before, and spending 9 hours in man-heel dress shoes certainly didn’t help. Felt good though, it’s been a while since I’ve had mad DOMS from legs day. Up on weight AGAIN, despite eating only 2700calories, a level at which I’ve never been able to gain on before. Interesting, encouraging, and depressing all at once.

[THEHUGE]

Interesting, encouraging, and depressing all at once?
Skip the depressing part. None of your supps causes water retention and your waist is shrinking afterall!

[UHCougar05]

I'm here for the gangbang...

[FunkymonkAW]

Interesting, encouraging, and depressing all at once?
Skip the depressing part. None of your supps causes water retention and your waist is shrinking afterall!

Alrighty then. BTW, woke up again looking as lean as I have since the start, @ 178.5

[THEHUGE]

Alrighty then. BTW, woke up again looking as lean as I have since the start, @ 178.5

Lulz I'd be stoked

[FunkymonkAW]

Day 6
(Biotivia BioForge ProMax + Thermolife E-BOL, 42/50 days)
Friday 7/9-off

Schedule:
-5:45am-2 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-5:50am-2 Slin-Slane
-6:05am-breakfast+multi+2 FO
-12:10pm-1 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-12:45pm-food
-4:30pm-1 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-5:00pm-food
-6:00pm-food

Macros:
2824cals-112f-207c-248p

Eat of the Day:


Morning Weight:
178.5lbs

NOTES:
Legs were ON FIRE today. Feeling lean as ever.

[FunkymonkAW]

Day 7
(Biotivia BioForge ProMax + Thermolife E-BOL, 42/50 days)
Saturday 7/10-chest/tris

Schedule:
-6:35am-2 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-7:05am-breakfast+multi+2 FO
-11:30am-1 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-12:00pm-preWO
-12:30pm-2 Neogenix Cryoshock
-12:50pm-workout
-2:00pm-PWO
-3:45pm-food
-7:30pm-1 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-7:50pm-food
-8:40pm-food

BB Flat Bench: 8*115, 5*135, 5*135, 5*145, 5*145, 4*145
BB Incline Bench: 5*115, 4*125, 4*125, 4*120, 4*120
Dips: 4*BW, 3*BW, 4*BW
DB OHE: 8*20, 6*22.5, 5*22.5
BB Decline Bench: 6*115, 6*125, 5*135, 3*135
Vbar Pushdown: 8*110, 6*120, 6*120, 6*120
DB Flat Bench Dropsets: 6*45+4*40, 4*45+3*40

Macros:
2829cals-80f-269c-260p

Morning Weight:
177lbs Guess all the weight was hiding in my rectum

NOTES:
-Holy tricep pump Batman!! I REALLY felt the connection between my pecs and mind. The whole workout was out of this world, which is a huge plus considering my last chest/tris workout blew hardcore. All lifts were higher than 5 days ago. By the end of the workout, my body was torched and completely worn out. Felt incredible to say the least.

-With any luck, I will SMASH tomorrow for back and bis.

-Probably gonna up the cals to 2800, based on how I look in the mirror tomorrow

-Crazy vascularity in my right forearm.

[FunkymonkAW]

Day 8
(Biotivia BioForge ProMax + Thermolife E-BOL, 42/50 days)
Sunday 7/11-back/bis

Schedule:
-7:55am-2 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-8:25am-preWO+multi+2 FO+CM(3g)
-9:40am-workout w/ Intrafuse
-11:00am-PWO
-12:15pm-1 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-12:30pm-1 Slin-Slane
-12:45pm-food
-5:00pm-1 BioForge ProMax + 2 Thermolife E-BOL
-5:35pm-food

Deadlifts: 8*155, 5*185, 3*205, 5*185, 5*185, 5*185
WG Pullups: 3*BW, 2*BW
Lat Pulldownds: 8*110, 8*110, 6*115, 5*115
CG Seated Rows: 8*90, 8*90, 6*100
EZ Bar Curls: 7*65, 6*65, 6*65
DB Hammer Curls: 8*22.5, 8*25, 7*25
WG T-Bar Dropsets: 8*55+4*45+4*35, 4*55+4*45+4*35


Macros:
2802cals-75f-274c-258p

Morning Weight:
177.5lbs

NOTES:
Plain and simple, my workout blew today. Minimal pumps, no PRs, and deadlift form was way way way off. For whatever reason, I was rounding my back hardcore at only 205lbs, so naturally I chose to do the rest of my sets at 185 to try and get the form down. I have such a love/hate relationship with deads it’s ridiculous sometimes. Oh well, at least I progressed in a few of my lifts and got a semi-sick lat pump. From now on, I will never do a morning workout by choice. They always blow.

Oh, I have mad DOMS in my pecs and tris anytime I make even the slightest stretching movement with them. I can’t even recall the last time I had such a good chest/tris workout. Also, my legs are still sore from 4 days ago.

I was…SO HUNGRY TODAY. 0_0 I wanted to slap on another ~300cals or so of food at the end of the night, but I’m afraid it will blow the recomp effects I’m seeing.

Also, beach party with the whole family on 8/22, which is about a week after my BE cycle ends. That’s my motivation not to balloon like I did on my ET cycle. Of course, I was eating 3300 that time….

[bigla2004]

I'm up in here now too

[FunkymonkAW]

I'm up in here now too

alright! Look good so far?

[bigla2004]

Most definitely, solid sup stack, one I may run in the future