Shocker Nutrition TS2 and Testofen Log

[Jbcarnivore]

The Cycle:

I'm going to be running a six week cycle of Shocker Nutrition TS2 and Testofen. The Testofen is bulk powder, and, for those of you unfamiliar with Testofen, it is essentially concentrated fenugreek. The TS2 has 1710mg of Tribulus, 300mg of 6-oxo, and 200mg of DHB per dose. The Testofen and Tribulus should help to raise overall test levels, while the 6-oxo helps to raise free test levels.

Dosing:

I will be taking the Testofen twice daily - 1 gram in the morning upon waking and 1 gram at night prior to going to bed. I will be taking the TS2 twice daily as well. On weight training days, the first dose (4 caps) will be taken 30 minutes before the workout; on non-weight training days, I will take the first dose with the Testofen in the morning. The second dose every day will be taken with the Testofen before going to sleep.

Other supplements:

Creatine Monohydride - 10g pre and post workout
Multivitamin - 3x daily
Fish Oils - 1000mg 3x daily
Green Tea Extract - 200mg 3x daily
Ginseng Extract - 200mg 3x daily

Diet:

*I eat basically the same thing every day with few exceptions.
*I try to drink 3+ liters of water per day

Breakfast
-3 whole eggs
-7 egg whites
-1c of chopped and mixed green bell pepper, onion, and jalapeno
-Handful of Spinach
-1 Tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
-.5 L of 100% grapefruit juice

Mid-Morning Snack
-.5 L green tea
-1c of Einstein Bros Coffee
-Einstein Bros Cinnamon Sugar Bagel w/ Honey Almond Shmear
-50g of protein powder

Lunch
-2.5c of uncooked Bowtie pasta
-1.25c of Cabernet Marinara
-Handful of spinach
-.5 zucchini squash
-.5 yellow squash
-7oz chicken sausage
-3+c of skim milk

Post-Workout
-50g Protein Powder
-Whatever sweets I can get my hands on (Typically Reese's Cups)

Dinner
-1lb+ of steak
-3+c of skim milk

Post-Dinner
*This part tends to change depending on when I get to bed
-Yogurt
-Protein Powder
-Various Sweets

Workout Schedule:

Monday-Krav Maga
Tuesday-Deadlift Day
Wednesday-Rest
Thursday-Press Day
Friday-Basketball
Saturday-Stones Day
Sunday-Carry Day

Tracking Progress:

-Quantitative:
Since I don't generally record my max weights, I'll just go by what I get during the first week. The exercises that I will watch will be the Deadlift, 12" Log Clean and Press, Atlas Stone, and Farmer's Walk.

-Qualitative:

*(Thanks to fellon for the following list)
Lethargy:
Muscle Soreness:
Overall Mood:
Appetite:

So let's go!

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 1,2

*I actually already started on Sunday, so let me get caught up here. I'll put Day 3 up later.

Day 1

Lethargy: Tired in morning, but fired up when I hit the gym
Muscle Soreness: Hamstrings
Overall Mood: Pensive
MOJO: Below Avg
Appetite: Small

Carry Day

Warm Up - 15min jump rope

Farmer's Walk (listed per hand)
135 x 200' / 195 x 150' / 250 x 100' / 275 x 100' / 275 x 100'

Keg Carry / Truck Push / Tire Flip Medley
1st Run: 200 x 50'/Explorer x 100'/Small Tire (~500lbs) x 5
2nd Run: 200 x 50'/Explorer x 100'/Small Tire x 5

Barbell Shrugs - 135x25/135x20/185x15/185x15
Smith Military Press - 135x8/135x8/165x4/165x6 (pulled it out on the last one!)
12' Log Curl (kinda like an awkward hammer curl) - 88x10/88x8/133x3/133x2


Day 2

Lethargy: none
Muscle Soreness: Legs
Overall Mood: Pensive
MOJO: little to none
Appetite: medium

I got caught in traffic and didn't get to work out

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Day 3

I'm really noticing that even if I am tired or out of it, after my pre-workout dose of TS2, I am on FIRE! I find it easier to "flip the switch"/"get in the zone" when it's time to lift.

Lethargy: Fairly Alert
Muscle Soreness: None
Overall Mood: Spacey
MOJO: Average
Appetite: HUNGRY!

Deadlift Day

Axel Deadlift
143x20/253x15/342x10/430x8/518x3/518x2/475x5

Back Squat
160x15/225x10/292x7/358x5/358x4

Sumo Deadlift
265x10/376x8/424x0 (Back =FAIL)

Hyperextensions
BWx12/BWx12/BWx12/BWx12

Plate Pinch (3 metal 10lb plates)
R-20sec L-12sec R-28sec L-8sec
(I really need to work on that left hand)

Hanging Leg Raises
BWx12/BWx12/BWx12

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Day 4

It's not that I'm just hungry, I feel like I NEED food every 3 hours or so! Since I'm trying to maintain my weight and I'm eating more and more often, I may need to up my cardio a bit. I also "feel" strong if that makes any sense.

Lethargy: A little (I didn't sleep much last night)
Muscle Soreness: Back and legs are dead
Overall Mood: Very out of touch
MOJO: A little above average
Appetite: Hungry

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Day 5

I'm starting to put weight on pretty fast (which I need to avoid in order to stay in the lightweight/105kg strongman category). I'm probably going to add extra cardio in on Wednesday and cut back on my pasta. The problem is that I am constantly hungry now. Anyway, since I had trouble getting to sleep the night before last, I took 10mg of melatonin to knock me out - it did too good of a job; I just couldn't wake up this morning, or all day for that matter. Workout still went very well. My pressing strength is definitely up.

Lethargy: Really sleepy (too much melatonin last night)
Muscle Soreness: Back and legs are still killing me
Overall Mood: Normal I suppose
MOJO: On the high side of average
Appetite: Still Hungry...

Workout

12" Log Clean and Press
88x12/132x6/176x4/176x3/187x3/198x1/198x1/176x4

Axel Clean (Axel bar = 2" diameter)
220x4/220x5/242x2/242x1/220x5

Narrow Grip Bench Press (only pinky finger on rough)
185x8/185x7/185x7/185x7

Hammer Curl
45x6/45x6/45x6

Narrow Grip Bench Press
185x7/185/6

Axel Shrugs
187x15/187x12/187x12

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 6

I think my weight gain may be coming from the creatine. I had just gotten back on the creatine a week or so before this cycle, and I packed on about 8 pounds over the past two weeks; I believe it has leveled out, so I presume it's the creatine bloat (I take monohydride). Libido is definitely kicking into high gear and I have noticeably more testicular mass. Muscle recovery seems to be much better. Only one problem; I've been having vivid dreams and very little deep sleep, which is leading to increased lethargy.

Lethargy: a little tired
Muscle Soreness: A little back and tricep soreness
Overall Mood: Apathetic
MOJO: high
Appetite: Small today

Had a college transfer app due at midnight tonight and missed cardio for the second time this week!!! Crap.

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 7

To offset the excessive amount of dreaming that this cycle seems to be causing, I took a unisom last night and got some good sleep. It's been gray and rainy outside all day, and I was having a tough time getting in the lifting mood, but I still had a decent workout. Also, I'm going to add a workout intensity section to my daily stats below. Listening to myself talk today, I realized that my aggression is definitely up.

Lethargy: None
Muscle Soreness: Shoulders
Overall Mood: Normal
MOJO: High
Appetite: hungry
Workout Intensity: 5

Stones Day

*Since it was raining outside, I didn't get to do stones

Jump Rope - 15min

Zercher Lift (off 12" blocks)
143x10/209x7/275x1/275x1/253x2/253x1

Front Squat
154x12/198x7/220x5/242x3

*Since I work out at an Olympic lifting gym, the coach, John Coffee, said I needed to retool my squat form and dropped me down to 65kg for reps

Front Squat (cont.)
154x10/154x10/154x10/154x10

Romanian Deadlifts
264x10/375x6/375x6

Lat Pulldowns
140x12/150x12/160x10/170x6/170x7

Rope Crunches
100x15/100x15/100x12

Hanging Leg Raises
BWx12/BWx12

[Jbcarnivore]

Ok, so I now have some numbers that I will use to gauge my progress in this cycle. They are the following:

Farmer's Walk
275x100'

Axel Deadlift
518x3

12" Log Clean and Press
198x1

(I will try to gauge by atlas stones, my best being the 240lb stone for 3, but I will also use the Zercher since I cannot necessarily train stones every week)

Zercher Lift
275x1

Atlas Stones
240x3

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 8

This cycle is definitely screwing with my deep sleep. I'm waking up multiple times during the night (last night I woke up 5 times, but that may have been due to eating a massive slice of chocolate cake and 1lb of wings right before bed). So, I'm probably going to start taking a unisom every other night or so just to keep me up on sleep. Today was chilly and windy, and I, being stupid, forgot to bring my workout hoodie with me, which meant farmer's walks were no fun today (if they are anyday!). I still managed a PR, though! My legs and back were feeling shot by the time I finished, so I emphasized upper body today. Hopefully I'm worn out enough to get some good sleep tonight! Also, I'm retooling my qualitative data so that lethargy, MOJO, Appetite, and Workout Intensity will be on a scale of 1-10, 5 being average (with the exception of lethargy, which will have 0 as "none") and the scale being logarithmic both directions.

Muscle Soreness: Shoulders
Overall Mood: Normal
Lethargy: 3
MOJO: 7
Appetite: 5
Workout Intensity: 6

Carry Day

Jump Rope - 15min

Farmer's Walk
210x100'/210x150'/210x50'(resetting weight)/230x150'/230x50'(resetting weight)/280x100'

Bench Press
235x7/235x6/235x6/260x3

Ear Pulls (use the rope on low pulley and pull the knobs to your ears)
80x15/80x12/100x10/100x10/100x10

Shrugs with Farmer's Implements
172x15/172x15/260x8/(hands were too torn up by this point to continue)

Tricep Pressdown with Lat Bar
100x8/100x7/100x7

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 9

Weird day today. Also, I've never been this bad about missing cardio, but both of my workout partners were preoccupied, so I missed Krav once again.

Muscle Soreness: Triceps, lower back
Overall Mood: Happy
Lethargy: 1
MOJO: 5
Appetite: 4
Workout Intensity: 0

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Day 10

Muscle Soreness: a little here, a little there
Overall Mood: Normal
Lethargy: 2
MOJO: 6
Appetite: 5
Workout Intensity: 7

Deadlift Day

Axel Deadlift
253x10/363x6/473x1/540x1/562xFAIL/540x1

Back Squat
154x15/264x10/330x6/396x3

Sumo Deadlift
253x10/363x8/473x4

(at this point, I felt like my left buttcheek had ripped off and had a nasty pain in my lower back and, therefore, decided to end this workout prematurely)

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Day 11

Muscle Soreness: none (surprisingly!)
Overall Mood: Happy
Lethargy: 4
MOJO: 4
Appetite: 4
Workout Intensity: 0

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Day 12

Slept pretty well last night and was ready to work out (even though I missed breakfast this morning). I'm very excited that I'm making constant gains on the log, which is my weakest event. I've definitely noticed an increase in muscularity. Furthermore, I've had multiple people tell me that my shoulders and arms look bigger for whatever that's worth. Also, my facial hair has been growing faster than normal (which I take to mean I've got an increase in free test). I'm hoping to swing by the health center next week to get some blood work run just to check. I know my normal test range is between 480 and 520 nanograms per liter.

Muscle Soreness: none
Overall Mood: Content
Lethargy: 1
MOJO: 5
Appetite: 6
Workout Intensity: 8

Press Day

12" Log Clean and Press
88x15/154x3/187x4/187x3/187x3/154x7

12" Log Clean
198x5/198x5/220x3

Concentric Log Floor Press
154x8/220x3/198x5/198x5

Military Press
135x10/155x8/165x7/185x4

Very Close Grip Bench Press (Thumbs touching)
135x10/165x8/165x8

Hanging Leg Raise
12xBW/12xBW/12xBW

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 13

I have, once again, missed a cardio day. Now that I'm back at GT, I finding it harder to squeeze cardio in. Oh well, if I do, I do; if I don't, I don't.

Muscle Soreness: shoulders and triceps
Overall Mood: Content
Lethargy: 4
MOJO: 6
Appetite: 5
Workout Intensity: 0

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 14

Wow. That testofen is roaring in with a vengeance now. Everything I heard about it was right. My guys are swollen bigger than golf balls; it's rediculous. Strangely, libido isn't really out of control or anything. Anyway, I took my workout light today since I've been seeing some signs of basedowic overtraining (higher RHR, sleep trouble, etc.) and I believe it is related to the heavy volume I put on my legs and back. I got to train with stones for the first time in over a month, and did surprisingly well. As a matter of fact, I realized a flaw in my technique; I was trying to pull the stone up from my lap using my lats and back rather than using my hip to help "heave it up.

Muscle Soreness: shoulders
Overall Mood: Happy
Lethargy: 1
MOJO: 6
Appetite: 5
Workout Intensity: 4

Stones Day

Jump Rope - 20min

Atlas Stones
180x6/180x6/240x3/240x2/240x3

Tire Flips (The Big Tire)
3 reps/3 reps

Front Squats
154x10/176x10/176x10/176x6

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 15

Didn't get much sleep last night and I was exhausted today. Still had an alright workout though.

Muscle Soreness: Quads
Overall Mood: Tired
Lethargy: 6
MOJO: 4
Appetite: 5
Workout Intensity: 4

Stones Day

Jump Rope - 15min

Farmer's Walk (Had to walk back and forth inside since it was raining. 25' walking forward, 25' walking backwards)
130x150'/253x100'/297x100'/309x50'

Shrugs
154x15/154x15/264x10/264x10/331x10/331x8

Bench Press
225x8/265x6/270x5

Ear Pulls
100x12/100x11/100x10

Rope Crunches
100x15/100x12/100x8

Hanging Leg Raises
12xBW/8xBW

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 16

I slept pretty well last night and felt good all day. However, I took two extra Ts2 by accident last night and, consequently, my libido's been running high today.

Muscle Soreness: Slight full-body fatigue
Overall Mood: Very Happy
Lethargy: 2
MOJO: 8
Appetite: 6
Workout Intensity: 0

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 17

Pretty good workout today. I'm making PRs every week so far, but I'm slowly putting on weight as well, which kind of sucks. With school, though, I don't have time for cardio.

Muscle Soreness: none
Overall Mood: Happy
Lethargy: 3
MOJO: 7
Appetite: 6
Workout Intensity: 7

Deadlift Day

Axel Deadlift
20x143/8x253/4x341/2x429/1x518/1x562/FAILx584

Narrow Back Squats
12x132/8x220/4x308/2x331/10x220

Sumo Deadlift
8x375/6x419/6x441

Hyperextensions
BWxburnout/BWxburnout

Hanging Leg Raises
12xBW/12xBW/12xBW

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 18

I only got 6.5 hours of sleep last night thanks to a bunch of busywork for my Astronomy class. I actually slept through my first alarm this morning (which I've never done), and was exhausted all morning. By the afternoon, though, I was fairly alert and, as has been the tendency lately, my libido was running higher than I would prefer. I'm about to go to bed, and I should get at least 9 hours of sleep tonight so I can get that log press going strong tomorrow!

Muscle Soreness: full-body fatigue
Overall Mood: Content
Lethargy: 6 (morning) 3 (afternoon)
MOJO: 7
Appetite: 6
Workout Intensity: 0

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 19

I forgot to set my alarm last night and ended up getting almost 12 hours of sleep - and missing the first half of a quiz >:[ I think I slept a little too much, though, because I was completely out of the loop today (and even forgot to eat lunch). The workout was decent, but my gains are starting to slow down. The most notable thing I've seen so far on this cycle is that I am a lot happier all the time; which is cool since I am typically apathetic or depressed.

Muscle Soreness: none
Overall Mood: Aloof
Lethargy: 1
MOJO: 6
Appetite: 5
Workout Intensity: 6

Press Day

Jump Rope - 15min

12" Log Clean and Press
88x12/154x3/198x1/198x3/198x1/198x1/154x8/154x8
*I kept losing form; should have gotten 198x3 a second time!

Military Press
135x8/165x7/185x4/185x4/195x2/200x2

Log Pushups (set the log on the floor and put my feet on a box)
BWx25/45x20/45x18/45x16

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 20

I only got about 7.5 hours of sleep last night, but having slept so much the previous night, that didn't really affect me all that much. Had a fairly productive day today, and felt pretty good all day as well.

Muscle Soreness: Triceps and shoulders
Overall Mood: Normal
Lethargy: 2
MOJO: 7
Appetite: 5
Workout Intensity: 0

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 21

I woke up really late today, and didn't have much time to digest before heading up to Coffee's (gym). Since I'm pretty much fed up with it raining every Saturday, I decided to ignore it and do stones anyway. It was 33 degrees and drizzling, but I still did alright. I tried a new method of training for the atlas stones and instead of dropping the stone after every rep, I just squatted it back down into my lap. I was more exhausted after this stone workout than any one I've done before; I thought my biceps were going to fall off!

Muscle Soreness: bad pain in my left forearm
Overall Mood: Normal
Lethargy: 2
MOJO: 7
Appetite: 4
Workout Intensity: 6

Stones Day

Atlas Stones (from lap - see above)
180x2/180x4/240x1/240x3/240x4/240x4/240x2

Front Squat
154x8/154x8/176x6/176x8/176x10 (I really pulled it out on that last one!)

Romanian Deadlifts
154x15/264x10/375x8/419x6/419x4

Hanging Leg Raises
BWx12/BWx12/BWx12

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 22 and Day 23

I woke up feeling really tired and sore with a nasty pain in my left wrist and a crick in my neck. I was also really sore and lethargic. I decided to rest on Sunday and Monday.

Muscle Soreness: bad pain in my left wrist/forearm/right hip; soreness in entire bank
Overall Mood: Bad
Lethargy: 4
MOJO: 5
Appetite: 4
Workout Intensity: 0

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 24

I woke up feeling great this morning. The workout was pretty good, but I didn't get a PR on the Axel Deadlift. I did do Zercher Squats today and really enjoyed them. Also, my friend Rob is a chiropractor and he adjusted my wrist and the pain disappeared instantly! It felt great.

Muscle Soreness: slight pain in left wrist and hip
Overall Mood: Content
Lethargy: 1
MOJO: 7
Appetite: 6
Workout Intensity: 6

Deadlift Day

Axel Deadlift
15x253/8x364/474x1/540x1/584xFAIL

Zercher Squat
110x10/176x8/243x8/265x6/309x4

Rack Pulls (from knee level)
595x3/639x2/661x1/683x1

Hyperextensions
Burnout/Burnout/Burnout

Captains of Crush
1x10/1.5x5/2x2/2.5x1 (on right only)

Horizontal Leg Raises/Butt ups
BWx12/BWx12/BWx10/BWx6

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 25

Felt pretty good today. My left wrist keeps popping out of joint, but thanks to Rob I know how to fix it myself. Not really all that sore, either, so tomorrow's workout should be great!

Muscle Soreness: slight pain in left wrist
Overall Mood: content
Lethargy: 3
MOJO: 8
Appetite: 5
Workout Intensity: 0

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 26 + Day 27

Yesterday and today were awful. Relationship issues kept me up late on Wednesday, and, since I had a test and two homework sets due on Friday, I couldn't make it to the gym. I'm feeling like a weak lard. Luckily, I finally got to chill and relax tonight, and I'm planning a really hard workout for tomorrow. On a side note, I accidentally took 2 grams of Testofen Wednesday night and Thursday morning, and the libido has been uncomfortably high. It started to level back out today

Muscle Soreness: none
Overall Mood: exhausted
Lethargy: 5
MOJO: 9+
Appetite: 4
Workout Intensity: 0

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Day 28

Since I didn't get to workout on Thrusday, I was definitely ready to get back in the gym. Trying to do Log Press and Stones on the same day may have been okay if I had done the log first, but I did Stones first, and that shot my CNS before I ever got to the log. It was a good workout, though (just look at my pitiful zercher squats at the very end!). Overall a pretty good day.

Muscle Soreness: none
Overall Mood: Eager to workout
Lethargy: 2
MOJO: 8
Appetite: 5
Workout Intensity: 7

Stones/Catchup Day

Tire Flip (Light Tire ~500lb)
LTx5/LTx5/LTx5

Sled Pull
90x100'/90x100'

Atlas Stones (1 Clean, Lap to full extension)
180x2/240x5/240x4/240x6/240x5/240x3
*I did full cleans on every rep for the last set

12" Log Clean and Press
88x15/154x8/176x4/198xFAIL/154x10/154x8
*The Atlas Stones sapped my leg drive and balance, killing me here

Zercher Deadlift
121x10/209x8/253x6/275x1

Zercher Squat
99x15/165x10/209x8

Hanging Leg Raises
12xBW/12xBW/12xBW

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 29

I got very little sleep last night and just couldn't get fired up at the gym. I started doing the farmer's and could do hardly any weight. So I went and got a cup of coffee and hopped on the treadmill for 25 minutes. Feeling more alert and awake, I went back to work on the farmer's and did a little better. A lot of the trouble came from soreness and instability from the hard stone workout yesterday. My pressing was excellent today, though. I always do military press after the log press, but today, I did it as a primary exercise and got a PR!

Muscle Soreness: Back/glutes/hams
Overall Mood: Lethargic
Lethargy: 5
MOJO: 8
Appetite: 5
Workout Intensity: 6

Carry Day

Farmer's Walk
143x100'/253x50'/253x50'
*Went and got coffee and walked on the treadmill to wake up

Treadmill - 25min

Farmer's Walk
253x100'/253x100'

JM Presses
185x8/185x9/185x8

Military Press
135x8/185x6/185x6/205x3/215x2/225x1

Shrugs
132x17/220x15/309x12/397x6/397x6/309x6

Superset:
Horizontal Leg Raises w/ Butt-Ups & Hyperextensions (all with bodyweight)
15-12 / 12-12 / 12-12 / 15-12

[Jbcarnivore]

Day 30

REALLY tired all day today (up late and up early). Getting in bed now, so I should get some good sleep tonight.

Muscle Soreness: full-body fatigue
Overall Mood: tired
Lethargy: 6
MOJO: 7
Appetite: 3
Workout Intensity: 0

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Day 31

Once again, I didn't get much sleep and I couldn't get my mind in the gym. After I failed the 595 twice (my max is 620) and then failed 573, I was so pissed off, I decided to deadlift until my hands were too sore to grip the bar. So that's what I did. I even did some more reps after my callus tore. I proceeded to do good mornings until my hamstrings cramped, even when I bent over with no weight on my back. So even though the workout started out bad, it ended up being pretty good overall.

Muscle Soreness: glutes
Overall Mood: tired
Lethargy: 5
MOJO: 6
Appetite: 3
Workout Intensity: 7


Deadlift Day

Treadmill (Jog) - 10min

Deadlift (Regular Bar)
154x15/265x10/375x3/485x1/551x1/595xFAIL/595xFAIL/573xFAIL/507x6/507x4/507x1 (Callus rips here)/507x5/518x3/518x1

Deep Good Mornings
88x10/88x10/110x8 (Hamstrings cramp severely)