Molecular Nutrition - X-Factor log -= Canadabboy =-

[CanadaBBOY]

Molecular Nutrition - X-Factor - Log by Canadabboy:

I finished off the last of my Udo's oil, and I banished my super concentrated fish oil pills to the freezer for 50 days. From today on (for 50 days at least) I will be EFA free and arachidonic acid rich.

Product Information:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/mn/xfactor.html

What's In It?
Supplement Facts:

Serving Size: 1 Softgel
Servings Per Container: 100

Amount Per Serving:

Arachidonic Acid: 250mg

Other Ingredients:
AA Oil (a proprietary blend of arachidonic acid, palmitic acid, steric acid, linoleic acid, y-linolenic acid, dihomo-y-linolenic acid, myristic acid, arachidic acid, behenic acid, lignoceric acid, and other fatty acids), gelatin, glycerin, water, caramel color, and carob.

Directions: Take 1 softgel 3-4 times daily for 50 days (2 bottles are required for a full cycle). Do not exceed recommended dosage. Take 50 days off before repeating. To maximize benefits, avoid supplementing omega 3 fatty acids, or other anti-inflammatory products, while taking X-Factor.

Warnings: Do not take this product if you have, or are at risk for, diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, arthritis, heart disease, stroke, are pregnant, are suffering for any inflammatory diseases, or are on a red meat restricted diet. Consult with your physician before use if you are taking any medication, or suffer from any other health condition.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Supplements I will be taking:

I will be taking a multivitamin, X-factor, whey protein concentrate, and some nootropics here and there (maybe a bit of stim-x/amp/ECA as well when needed, or pre-cardio).

Goals:

I want to gain mass and clean and lean as possible. I would be very happy to also gain some muscle and loose a bit of fat as well. I will be increasing my calories, focusing on protein but also increasing my carbohydrates (more oats) to compensate for the drop in calories from fats (Udo's oil, salmon oil, peanut butter, egg yolks, etc...). I want my damn arms to get bigger! They’ve been 17's for about a year now, and just recently in this last month it appears that my left arm may have shrunk a bit (probably just errors in my measurements at previous times), even though they are getting stronger!

Strength gains would be very nice, and so would size gains.

Side effects I will be monitoring:

Insomnia

Hair loss

Acne

Personal Stats:

* Height : 6'0/6'1
* Weight : 208-214 (changes during the day)
* Body fat % : Digital callipers are dead right now so and I bought new batteries, but apparently now my body fat level is 0, no matter what width the caliper is open to. I'm around 12% I would say, but the pictures will help monitor that. I am also very well 'in touch' with my body, so I can tell when things are changing (besides I see myself in the mirror everyday)

Measurements:

* Forearms (L / R) - 13.5' / 14'
* Arms (L / R) - 16.5-17' / 17' (left maybe a tiny bit smaller)
* Legs (L / R) - 26' / 26'
* Calves (L / R) - Just under 15.5'' / 15.5
* Waist - 34' (I’ve had a lot of carbs the last few days, maybe a tad over 34)

Diet:


Fats:

My fat intake is being drastically reduced for this log. I will be getting small amounts of olive oil that my daily chilli intake had added to it when made (not a lot), and animal fats from meats and dairy. I will be taking in no EFA supplements, I will maybe eat salmon a few times here and there, I will not eat peanut butter, egg yolks, or cook with olive oil.

Protein:

I'm taking in around 100-130 grams of whey with approximately 200 grams of protein from solid food. My sources of protein are usually chicken (no skin), egg whites, lean ground beef (in chilli), steak, cottage cheese, canned tuna, canned salmon (only sparingly), and milk (1%). I am increasing my protein intake with extra milk, so I should be getting around 300-400grams per day.

Carbohydrates:

In order to compensate for the drop in fats I am adding in more carbs (also I found a way to eat oats which made them portable and more edible, so I will be eating a lot more of those). In the morning I will be having a cup of cottage cheese, with 1-2 cups of milk, 1 scoop of whey, a banana, and then another cup of milk with 1/2 cup of oats (I used to have no oats, but peanut butter and 20g of fatty acids with my shake). Also I will be taking oats, whey, and milk to school and eating it like cereal, along with another protein source such as chicken or tuna.

Training:

I have been doing Dogg Crapp training, however I may discontinue it and try my own variation of it (like a combination of HST and dogg crapp). I don't know how good this Dogg Crapp training is right now. It seems like the best thing ever when I started it, and I still think it seems very good, however it might be TOO much. I think unless you are juiced out of your mind, the extreme failure (on every set, every workout), is far too much for a natural athlete to handle. Even though only lifting weights 3 days a week I get the sinking feeling that it may be enough to drive me to overtraining (due to the sheer difficulty of the workouts and extreme failure at each set). For this reason I may keep the strict slow negatives, but cut out the rest pause style set, and not go to complete failure (and maybe change them to full body workouts like HST). I will however keep the 3 exercises rotation, the slow negatives, the extreme stretching, and the principle of continually increasing your reps or your weight.

[Bloute]

I will be following for sure. Good log Canada !

[CanadaBBOY]

Day 1: Monday March 6th:

I took my first serving at around 11am, I took 2 servings pre workout (around 7 pm), and I took my last serving before bed around 11pm. No one seems to say if you should take it with meals or not, so I have been taking it before meals (or with them, depending on the timing).

I worked chest, back, triceps, and shoulders tonight. Overall it was a decent workout but I'm still getting over being sick.

[CanadaBBOY]

Day 2 - Tuesday March 7th:

I don't know if it's because i'm sick, or because I hadn't worked my upper body in a week, or because I just started X-factor, but I am REALLY sore today. Abnormally sore even. It's just my second day so it's most likely not the X-factor, but this is definatly not a placebo.

I didn't workout today. I was considering doing some cardio, however I'm still sick and I don't want to push it.

[CanadaBBOY]

Originally Posted by Bloute

I will be following for sure. Good log Canada !

Thanks man, when i get a minute i'm gonna pop into your logs and check em out. I haven't been in them for a while.

[Bloute]

Originally Posted by CanadaBBOY

Thanks man, when i get a minute i'm gonna pop into your logs and check em out. I haven't been in them for a while.

Just the good time, I will post my final review on Xplode reload today.


You don't any creatine during your X-factor cycle ?

[CanadaBBOY]

Originally Posted by Bloute

Just the good time, I will post my final review on Xplode reload today.


You don't any creatine during your X-factor cycle ?

I may consider some creatine, but I just finished taking some SNS creatine and to keep this log 'clean' I have opted to not take any other supplements (this is a sponsored log). Also I find that creatine doesn't usually do all that much for me anyways.

[CanadaBBOY]

Here are some before pics from Day 1, I am missing a back lat spread because my brother was not hope. I will get one up ASAP. I had to resize the images, and adjust the brightness/contrast on the leg pics, so sorry if they are blurry. It's hard to flex and hold a camera at the same time without shaking a bit.

[CanadaBBOY]

Couple more. Back lat spread coming in a day or three.

[dwm230000]

Good luck, Canada. I am definitely going to be following this.

[Kledz]

Originally Posted by CanadaBBOY

I have been doing Dogg Crapp training, however I may discontinue it and try my own variation of it (like a combination of HST and dogg crapp). I don't know how good this Dogg Crapp training is right now. It seems like the best thing ever when I started it, and I still think it seems very good, however it might be TOO much. I think unless you are juiced out of your mind, the extreme failure (on every set, every workout), is far too much for a natural athlete to handle. Even though only lifting weights 3 days a week I get the sinking feeling that it may be enough to drive me to overtraining

I feel the same way, you described it to a T.

[CanadaBBOY]

Originally Posted by Kledz

I feel the same way, you described it to a T.

I think the long negatives are great, and I've always known that negatives are key, however it's really easy to neglect them and get caught up in heavy weights/fast reps. So no matter what training style i'm doing I think I will keep the slow negatives.

Thanks for following along guys.

[martel04]

good luck bboy i will be following

[Slated]

You will like it!

I did it once when it first came out but became quite sick before I could finish.

I saw great gains when I ran it though.

[redvision]

Best of luck with your cycle bro, I'll be following and I'm sure you'll like it!

Redvision

[jmil]

Goodluck Canada, looks awesome so far. one thing though, how much did you drop your fat intake? I know that you know what you're doing, I'm just asking because some people drop their fat too much.

[CanadaBBOY]

Originally Posted by jmil

Goodluck Canada, looks awesome so far. one thing though, how much did you drop your fat intake? I know that you know what you're doing, I'm just asking because some people drop their fat too much.

Good question. It is quiite a significant fat drop as I haven't done a lot of counteract it by upping my 'bad' fat intake.

I eat a bowl of chilli every day which has a bit of olive oil (not much, i know that's one to avoid), also ground beef and ground pork (fair amount of fat from that), however that's nothing new to my diet. Light mayo with Tuna... maybe i'll eat more cheese with eggs?

Any suggestions on how to increase my 'bad' fat intake? I guess most of my fat increase will be from 1% milk. I will be eating a lot more oats, and with each cup of oats I will be eating 1.5-2 cups of milk with it (like cereal).

[CanadaBBOY]

Day 3 - Wednesday March 8th:

This is a morning update. I'm about to head off to school and i'm extremely sore. I would say that my chest is more sore than yesterday. Again it's probably because I hadn't worked chest in a week, and I went up in weight a bit yesterday, but I am abnormally sore, and this is 2 days DOMS we're talking about.

[EquinOX]

curious... have you taken any PH before using X-factor? SD or PP? Anything?

How old are you bro?

[CanadaBBOY]

Originally Posted by EquinOX

curious... have you taken any PH before using X-factor? SD or PP? Anything?

How old are you bro?

I'm natural, never taken PH, ATD, or steroids, and i'm 21 years old (22 fairly soon).

I don't plan on taking anything like that, and my ultimate goal is a bodyweight of around 225 at 7-8% body fat. I don't know if that's do-able naturally, but we'll see what happens. I haven't really gained much weight in a while so it may be tough. I've gotta go prepare for a job interview (it's occuring during one of my labs so it's going to be a bit of a pain), I will upate tonight after my workout.

[jmil]

Originally Posted by CanadaBBOY

Good question. It is quiite a significant fat drop as I haven't done a lot of counteract it by upping my 'bad' fat intake.

I eat a bowl of chilli every day which has a bit of olive oil (not much, i know that's one to avoid), also ground beef and ground pork (fair amount of fat from that), however that's nothing new to my diet. Light mayo with Tuna... maybe i'll eat more cheese with eggs?

Any suggestions on how to increase my 'bad' fat intake? I guess most of my fat increase will be from 1% milk. I will be eating a lot more oats, and with each cup of oats I will be eating 1.5-2 cups of milk with it (like cereal).

Well...I would do Milk (As you said), Eggs, Cheese is good (again as u said), Yogurt, the lean meats, and Coconut Oil. Coconut oil was first recommended by Aeter, and it seems to be the perfect fat to use for cooking or even throwing into your shakes. I think you can definitely get the fat you need from that stuff, but don't drop your fat intake. You need a decent amount of fats as well.

Goodluck, I know your log will obviously be really well put together and I'm looking forward to it. If you need anything at all, please let me or any of us know!! Take care!

[CanadaBBOY]

Day 3 - Wednesday March 8th:

I did quads (hack squats and leg extensions), hams (laying hamstring curls), calves (donkey calf raises), biceps (preacher curls), and forearms (seated incline hammer curls). It was a pretty decent workout (nothing too special), and I had a really good pump in my quads. The only bad thing about this workout was that my knees were really bothering me.

I have been quite hungry today, and I had a period of 5 hours where I couldn't eat (4 hour lab with a job interview in the middle of it). After my lab i ate a cup of oats, a scoop of whey, 2 cups of milk, and a can of tuna with coleslaw afterwards.

Other than the muscle soreness, and the knee pain I have nothing new to report. I'm hoping that my large increase in carbohydrate intake will help me make better gains.

Todays Dosage:
1 cap 8:30am
2 caps pre workout at 6:30pm
1 cap before bed at 11pm

[CanadaBBOY]

Day 5 - Friday March 10th:

I did chest (high incline smith machine), back (some strange behind the neck pullups in the smith machine using a freeweight bench), triceps (reverse close grip smith press), and shoulders (behind the neck smith press). I also did some rack deads.

The high incline chest presses felt quite good, and the rack deads felt much easier than last time I did them (did 14 this evening with 5 plates quite easily, it's just getting it off the bars initially that's tough). I wasn't really feeling the shoulders or pullups tonight though.

I have increased my caloric intake significantly and I feel very good. I seem to look leaner in the mirror even though I have increased calories (a lot of oats though which are very 'clean'). I have noticed no hair loss, my joints have been a tad bit more sore, I have seen no additional acne, and my doms seem to have increased quite noticably. I have also not noticed any insomnia yet. It seems that when i'm writing notes in class that my arm starts to cramp up and my hand and joints seem to hurt more than normal. By the end of class it feels like my arm is going to fall off, which I have never really noticed before. It may just be that i'm frantically writing down more notes these last few days (quite possible), but it seems like a sort of inflamatory response.

I also seem to have some new stretch marks on my arms. They used to be localized around the crease between my bicep and my shoulder (and down into the armpit area), and then they started to creep forward onto the top of my bicep a bit, and today I just noticed that they seem to be down the side of the bicep and right down below t-shirt level. The t-shirt exposed stretch marks seem to be light though, and only noticable at certain angles. I'm kind of pissed off because my arms haven't increased in diameter in a year yet the stretch marks keep coming. They must be filling out in other ways and just not growing any larger at the 'pinnacle' of the arm, because they do look better.

Todays dosages:
1 - 8:30am
2 - 6:00pm (pre workout)
1 - 10:45pm

[kingcarlos]

nice session dude. subscribed**

[hmrthr1]

Good job subscribed

[CanadaBBOY]

Day 7 - Sunday March 12th:

Well I did not workout today for several reasons.

1) It was my girlfriends birthday.
2) She was having her auditions to a performing arts school so I had to spend the whole day out supporting her.
3) I had a terrible sleep last night

I'm going to do my best to workout tomorrow evening.

One thing i've noticed as far as sleep goes is that it is definatly 'different' since i've been taking x-factor. I have been sleeping fine up until last night (which may or may not have anything to do with x-factor), but the sleep seems to be a bit deeper, and my dreams are very vivid and crazy.

Lets hope for a good sleep tonight.

[CanadaBBOY]

Day 8 - Monday March 13th:

I did quads, calves, hams, bi's, and forearms tonight. It was an OK/terrible workout and I've been in a bad mood all night. I've got an exam coming up and two huge labs due on the same day, i'm having mild lady troubles and I haven't been sleeping 100%. My appitite seems to be up a little bit, and my head feels kind of wierd these last few days (probably sleep related).

I ****ed around in the gym a bit with some friends of mine so that was nice. Anyways I've gotta finish up these labs so I can get on to studying for my midterm. Last night I slept OK but not great, hopefully tonight since I worked out I'll be good. I also took my last dosage as my 2-preworkout pills so maybe that will help.

Todays dosage:
1 - 10am
1 - 2:30pm
2 - 8pm


Life doesn't seem to get any better than when you are with 1 or 2 good friends ****ing around and acting like children. It really makes me wonder about the rest of my life and what I'm doing.

[G.W. Hayduke]

If you end up getting headaches (some people have), I suggest supplementing with some potassium. I gotta give Phosphate bond credit for this discovery.

Good start so far.

[superhombre2k]

Originally Posted by CanadaBBOY

One thing i've noticed as far as sleep goes is that it is definatly 'different' since i've been taking x-factor. I have been sleeping fine up until last night (which may or may not have anything to do with x-factor), but the sleep seems to be a bit deeper, and my dreams are very vivid and crazy.

Lets hope for a good sleep tonight.

I concur. It's taking me longer to fall asleep on XF, but it's much deeper. I am normally a deep sleeper to begin with but wow. And it's so restful!

[kingcarlos]

will XF worsen an old injury that i had?