Drooks10 and Double-T Sports Rockin' A New Stack!

[drooks10]

What's up everyone! I am so excited to be starting this new log! I have had so much success with Double-T's products over the last 5 months, and now it's time to push the limits even further!

I was given the opportunity to purchase a couple of new DTS' products before they are released to Bodybuilding.com. These 2 supplements are Betacene and Nitromine. I will be stacking them with Glutacene for this log. The gains should be tremendous! I will be giving feedback on the following:

1. Taste
2. Mixability
3. Pumps
4. Energy
5. Recovery
6. Overall

Here is a little bit of info about myself. I am 30 years old, married to the most perfect woman in the world, Kristen, and have 2 beautiful princesses, Lauren (3 years) and Catherine (6 weeks). Needless to say, I am severely outnumbered at my home by women! Haha.

I am a high school teacher. I have taught for 6 years, and I teach Advanced Placement World Histry and regular World History classes. I have my Master's degree in Educational Leadership and hope to become an assistant principal pretty soon. I am also a personal trainer at my gym, and work up there 3 afternoons a week training clients. Both are great jobs!

In my spare time (haha. Like I have any), I enjoy reading books, watching boxing/mma, and surfing the bb.com forums.

I have been working out since I was in high school. I played football, basketball, and baseball throughout high school and received a football scholarship to the University of West Georgia (a division II school).

Unfortunately as soon as I got to UWG, I began having problems with my back, and in 2001 I had 2 back surgeries that ended my career.

After my surgeries, once I got back in the gym, I realized how important strength training was going to be to rehab and get back to my "old self." After a couple of years, my strength was back and I was feeling great, but then I tore my ACL in my right knee playing basketball!!!! Dang it!

After my ACL surgery, I decided sports were not for me anymore. I decided to throw myself into weight-training, and spend all my spare time in the gym instead of on the playing fields/courts.

I train at 5 am Monday - Friday, and always take Sat and Sun off to be at home with my family.

My training style is very intense (as you will see), and I will change up my rep/set scheme often to keep my muscles confused. Here are my current maxes that I hope to increase while on this stack:

Bench: 125 lbs db's x 4 reps (I don't really do bb bench)
Squat 365
Deadlift 410

I will be including lots of videos in this log of my lifts so be sure to check those out!

Finally, I hope that this log can be an inspiration to others to achieve more than they ever thought possible! I want to thank Paul Burton, the CEO of Double-T Sports, and Jordansrt, the head rep, for making this amazing opportunity available for me. I'm gonna represent for you guys and show everyone just what these supps are capable of producing!

Tomorrow starts Day 1!

[cw955588]

FIRST!!!! Psyched to see how you like the Nitromine... now let's DO WORK!

[perfektion]

will be followin again!

[THEMANBEAST]

Of course I am following, Dave!

[allieninja]

Following. You got some scary monster lifts, haha.

[conradcrow]

imma watching

[kconnell]

Does this mean your old thread/log is closed? Subbed.

[drooks10]

Thanks for following everyone! I plan on making it worthwhile for ya! Here are my goals:

Squat 410
DB Bench 125 for 6 reps
Deadlift 450

[drooks10]

Does this mean your old thread/log is closed? Subbed.

Yes

[journey2swole]

Of course I am following, The addition of NitroMine to your stack is going to make your goals seems insignificant you will hit those very soon and then be off to even greater accomplishments. Just wait! This is going to be intense

[drooks10]

Of course I am following, The addition of NitroMine to your stack is going to make your goals seems insignificant you will hit those very soon and then be off to even greater accomplishments. Just wait! This is going to be intense

I definitely hope you are right! I'm very excited about Nitromine!

[allieninja]

What kind of supplement is the Nitromine?

[Mini-Icon]

Im in, lets see how it goes and GOOD LUCK!!

[Credz]

Looking forward to this!

[drooks10]

Here are a few pics to get this thing started:

Me:



My Princesses:



The Stack:



Video of me doing 4 reps with 100 lbs. dumbbells hammer curls AND a shoutout to a very special Double-T rep! Haha.

[cw955588]

OMG your girls are GORGEOUS!!!!! They are both getting so big so fast (judging from the last pictures!!) You guys are SO blessed!


And I'm really sorry that your arms are so small. (j/k... obviously!!)

[drooks10]

OMG your girls are GORGEOUS!!!!! They are both getting so big so fast (judging from the last pictures!!) You guys are SO blessed!


And I'm really sorry that your arms are so small. (j/k... obviously!!)

Thank you so much! Luckily they look like their mother! Haha. They have grown soooo fast. I wish they would slow down.

Yeah, I know my arms are pretty small. I'm hoping they grow to at least respectable-sized thanks to this stack! Haha!

[Mini-Icon]

Tippin your shake as the music hits.. wow, lol. But the 100lb Hammer-Curls did more than cover it. lol.

[drooks10]

Tippin your shake as the music hits.. wow, lol. But the 100lb Hammer-Curls did more than cover it. lol.

That's how I roll! Haha.

[THEMANBEAST]

The Stack:



Video of me doing 4 reps with 100 lbs. dumbbells hammer curls AND a shoutout to a very special Double-T rep! Haha.

I have those same supps sitting on my counter right now! Oh, and I am sipping my post workout GlutaCene from the same type of shaker, except mine says "HydroWhey"! Very good shakers imo!

[perfektion]

the stack

/drool x10

[conradcrow]

DROOKS 100's holllllly SH*T

[Synapsin]

Subbed for your new log!! You're a superb logger Drooks, I thoroughly enjoy your updates, theres always some humor in them. And you're so lucky to have your hands on some Nitromine!

P.S WOW at the hammer curls.

[The_10_2s]

I sub'd up bro excited to see your progress.

Love the pics of your girls! warms a daddy's heart!

[grndfisher]

I'm in.

[jovinni]

I'm here. Let the beasting begin

[drooks10]

I have those same supps sitting on my counter right now! Oh, and I am sipping my post workout GlutaCene from the same type of shaker, except mine says "HydroWhey"! Very good shakers imo!

It's a good feeling having those supps aint it, Steve! Yes, I agree. ON makes some very nice shakers.

/drool x10

It is worth the drool! Haha.

DROOKS 100's holllllly SH*T

All in a day's work, my man! Haha.

Subbed for your new log!! You're a superb logger Drooks, I thoroughly enjoy your updates, theres always some humor in them. And you're so lucky to have your hands on some Nitromine!

P.S WOW at the hammer curls.

Thanks for the compliment about my logs. I truly try to make them as good as possible. I really enjoy doing them! It helps keep me motivated if I know I've got to post for others to see. Thanks for the compliment on the hammer curls.

I sub'd up bro excited to see your progress.

Love the pics of your girls! warms a daddy's heart!

There is NOTHING better than being a Daddy!

I'm in.

Excellent!

I'm here. Let the beasting begin

Here we go!

[Simpy]

You have nice biceps. Mine are long and flat, and I find it very difficult to get a peak.

[drooks10]

5/3/2010 (Day 1)

Workout: The WHEELZZZZZ

BB Squats

135 x 10
225 x 5
320 x 1
370 x 1 (NEW PR)! - Will post video later today once I get home
230 x 10

Leg Press

495 x 10
675 x 8
815 x 4

Hack Squats

405 x 7
455 x 5
495 x 3 (NEW PR)! - Will post video later

DB Lunges

100 x 4
50 x 8
60 x 6

Seated Calf Raises

225 x 15, 15, 15

Sissy Squats

Bodyweight x 30, 30

Cardio

30 minutes on treadmill at 3.5 incline at 3.5 mph



Workout Thoughts

Crazy-strong workout this morning. I was kind of concerned because my back was a little sore, but it didn't bother me at all during the workout! The squat went up nicely, so I'm pretty sure I will try to go heavier next week. Maybe 375 or 380. I was pleased with the hack squats, too. I was getting down fairly deep, so to go up in weight was a pleasant surprise! I had to drop the weight on the lunges as my right hip was kind of hurting. No need to destroy it. Better to fight again another day! I am done doing HIIT for a while I believe. I have been doing it for the past couple of weeks, and it is just making my knees too sore. I am gonna go back to doing my LISS cardio instead. I am going to change it up though and utilize the stairmaster and eliptical along with the treadmill. We'll see how it goes.

Supplements

*1 Scoop Betacene Pre-wo
*3 Scoops Glutacene Intra-wo
*10 Nitromine Tabs immediately post-wo

Supplement Thoughts

BETACENE

Taste: 10/10 - I am telling you guys, this is the best-tasting orange supplement that I have ever utilized. Much better than Creadyl (and I love creadyl) and Glutacene.

Mixability: 10/10 - I mixed 1 scoop in about 12 oz of water in my shaker cup. It mixed up perfectly, with no clumping or residue. It was very smooth as well. Very easy to drink!

Pumps: NA- I can't really comment on this as my legs are tough to gauge for pumps. They were swollen though by the end of the workout! I will assess this later once I hit arms.

Energy: 8/10 - I was very concerned about my energy-level since I workout so early in the morning. I usually drink Creadyl which has stims in it to get me going. No stims this morning, but the workout was fantastic! The energy was there and you can't argue with new PR's!

Recovery NA - We will see tomorrow

Overall 9/10 - Could have easily rated it a 10, but I want to wait and see how I respond the rest of the week. This was an awesome first workout, and we will see if I continue to progress with this new Double-T product!!!!!

GLUTACENE

Taste: 9/10 - I love the taste of wildberry glutacene. The only reason it is not a 10/10 is because I think Strawberry tastes a little better. No artificial taste in this product though. It is very smooth and very easy to chug! I kept having to tell myself, "sip, don't chug, bro!" So good!

Mixability: 8/10 - There is some residue after shaking, but this is common in drinks that contain Leucine. I don't mind the residue though. I just add a little more water and drink it up!

PumpsNA - Will have to wait and see how this combines with Betacene to produce pumps

Energy 9/10 - It's crazy how the endurance was there for me this morning. I was going very heavy and only taking moderate breaks inbetween sets, but I did not suffer any muscle-fatigue.

Recovery NA - Will wait and see how I feel tomorrow. I hammered my legs so this will be a nice test!

Overall - 9/10 - Again, this could very-well be a 10 if the taste grows on me a little bit more to rival the strawberry flavor. We will see how the recovery is as well, which could bump it up to a 10.

NITROMINE

[I]Taste: NA - Tablets

Mixability NA-Tablets

Pumps NA - Taken post-wo

Energy NA - Taken post-wo

Recovery NA - too early to tell. We will see how I am tomorrow

Overall - Can't give a rating yet. We will see how my body responds this week!

Here's a pic for you all. I will post the videos later today (my dang school blocks Youtube so I can't upload here):

[drooks10]

You have nice biceps. Mine are long and flat, and I find it very difficult to get a peak.

Thanks, Simpy. I have good genetics in my arms.