dynoweb's Double-T Sports CreaDyl/NO-Beta transformation log

[dynoweb]

Welcome to my transformation log. I'm a 55 year old male, currently 184 lbs, 19.6% bodyfat and 5' 9" tall have been active in sports most of my life. Five years ago I badly injured my right ankle playing softball. Because of that, I was not able to exercise for two years and got out of shape during that time. My weight went up over 230 lbs and my cardio conditioning was not good. Last year I started my journey to get back into shape, changing my diet and working out on a regular basis. Earlier this year, I learned that someone my age could add muscle mass using diet, supplements, proper weight lifting and rest. From that point on, I've been pushing myself hard to get back into shape. Currently I lift 4 days a week and sometimes do cardio on those days. On my off days I do cardio. I love lifting and pushing myself. My goal with this challenge is to leverage the supplements and hard work to gain as much strength and reduce my body fat as possible.

I'm hoping with this log that I can get feedback from other people about ways to optimize my time in the gym and improving my diet. All comments are welcome.

During this entire challenge I will be using CreaDyl and NO-Beta. I will comment on how I feel like these products are helping me achieve my goals. I will also be tracking the weight that I'm lifting and will highlight new lifting records as they occur. I may also try other Double-T Sports products as needed during this challenge and will comment on those as well.

Fasten your seat belts because here we go,

[THEMANBEAST]

Hi, welcome to the challenge! If you have any questions feel free to ask in here, or PM me.

[dynoweb]

I'm doing the SciVation's Tri-Phase HyperTrophy training program and today was Phase 1 Volume - Week 1, Workout 3 - Legs. What that means is today there are two warm-ups sets followed by 2 max weight at 6-10 rep sets.

This morning I felt tired and a little weak since I'm trying to cut down my bodyfat and haven't been eating many carbs. CreaDyl did seemed to pick me up before I started to lift.

Last month's weight lifting was a month of rest and recovery. All of my lifting was 15-20 reps and not to failure. So the weight was lower than normal. So lifting this week is some trial and error to find the weight that I should be lifting to get to the 6-10 rep and lifting to failure. Here's a summary of the weight and I'll not include the warm up sets.

5 min warm up cardio on the elliptical
Squats 115x12, 135x9 (stopped at 9 because of a knee pain)
Stiff Leg Deadlift 95x10x2 - have a pulled hamstring, so kept the weight down
Leg Extensions 110x10x2 - did 10 so I need to lift higher weight next time
Leg Curl 70x10, 60x10 - curled with good leg, and released (ecentric) with other leg
Lunges, 2 sets walking a room to and from.

Today I had my first serving of CreaDyl from a sample that I received last month. It was Orange Cream flavor. My first reaction after tasting it was really mixed. It wasn't what I was expecting. After a few more slurps of this I believe why it was so unexpected was that it seemed really salty. I suspect it's because of the electrolytes in the mix.

Below are my ratings from 1-10, 1 (bad), 5 (average) and 10 (best of today's experience).

Mood 10
Alertness 10
Drive 10
Recovery 5 - seemed typical, may be different as the sets increase in coming weeks
Focus 10
Pump 1 - I usually don't get much of a pump on my legs
Strength - 5 (couldn't tell if it was better or worse)
Energy 5 - normal
Taste 4 - may get better over time or after the initial shock wears off
Nasty - ? not sure what this is
Overall Rating - 7

I'm going to be placing my order for CreaDyl and NO-Beta today. The Orange Cream flavor was good enough for me to order that flavor. I'll note when I receive it, since the next few workouts will be without.

Lift hard and stay hard
dynoweb (Rick)

[dynoweb]

Great arms workout today. Seemed like a vacation after last week of 5 sets on each exercise. This week is only 2 sets.

Today I went into the working wanting to bust my tail. Seemed like I just didn't get enough of a workout to be of any good.

Didn't do any products today, still waiting on my order to arrive. This week is still trying to find the correct weight for this routine. This I should be pretty well dialed in and will know if new records are being set. Hoping that my NO-Beta/CreaDyl will help me to see some real gains.

The rules of my routine are if I can complete a set of 10, I need to increase the weight, if I can't do 6, then I need to decrease the weight. This week it's two sets/exercise.

Normal 5-10 min Cardio warmup

Barbell curl - 60x10x2, need to increase the weight, but using caution recovering from a bicep muscle strain.

Close Grip Bench - 105x12, 125x10, need to increase this weight next time

Skull Crusher - 55x12, 65x9, found my weight on this one

DB Curl - 30x7, 30x10 must have had more rest between these, my keep this weight for the reason mentioned above

Standing calf raise - 80lb DB x 20 toe rises x 2 sets (calfs can handle it, but hands may not be able to go much higher)

Seated calf raise - 120 x 20 x 2

Cable tricep pull downs - 6 plates x 10 x 2

Cable tricep overhead extensions - 6 plates x 10 x 2

Did these extra cable triceps exercises since I didn't feel like I had much of a workout.

Hanging knee raises - 20, 15
Weight declined crunches - 40lb x 20 x 2

No products to review on this, full natural

Had a hard pump on the arms that didn't last long.

Also had good news on my bodyfat. I was tested using a 7 point caliper test and it showed that I am 15.9% bodyfat. That last time I was tested using an electric tester and it showed me at 19.4%. I'm going to trust the one with the best reading, why not.

Next week I should have my order and I'm looking forward to hitting it hard with CreaDyl and NO-Beta.

Lift hard stay hard

[StlBarbie]

WELCOME!!!
It looks like you off to a great start!!!

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[duh954boy]

subscribed good luck!

[dynoweb]

Thanks for sub'n, no weights this weekend, but just did a 2 mile run. What was nice about it is that I haven't been able to run for the last few months because of a strained muscle in my right hip. I can still feel it but I think it's getting better. I started running couple of weeks ago and have gradually been increasing my distance. Last time I ran 6 miles I was 15 lbs heavier and ran a 10 min mile pace. Today I did the two miles in less than 18 min. Looking forward to working my way up to break 28 min in a 5k.

That's it for now, still waiting for my shipment from BodyBuilder. I hope it gets here before my Mon workout.

[dynoweb]

Manbeast, does Double-T make any products that would help heal up muscle strains for help prevent them from happening?

[dynoweb]

Got my CreaDyl and NO-Beta yesterday. May not be able to wait until Mon to try them out. We'll see how the day progresses. Also, there's the 2010 Europa Super Show in Dallas this weekend and I'm going there on Fri and Sat. I have VIP tickets to the IFBB pro mens bodybuilding show and I'm so excited. I'll grab some pics and post those later.

I tried to place a picture in this post. It didn't make it, at least there should be an attachment to this. Let me know what's wrong with this picture and if anyone knows how to put an image in a post let me know.

[-jdflex-]

Good luck buddy!! Hit it hard!! I know you battle with the ankle injury, I tore my ATF in January and still battle that a bit!!! Nothing worse than an injury holding ya back!!!

[Credz]

Looking great man. Sub'd for this

[dynoweb]

Today wasn't supposed to be a workout day, but I got my CreaDyl and NO-Beta and had to take the new car for a spin. I decided that i would move Mon's Lats/Trap workout to Sun.

I've been eating carbs this weekend so I was rip roaring ready to hit it hard.

I burned 955 cals today lifting weights. I'm going to state it here that my goal is to hit a 1500 cal weight lifting workout before the end of the month. Here's what I did today

Deadlift 50x10, 50x10, 100x10, 150x10, 170x10, 170x10 (170 is heavy for me)

Pull-up (assisted) 85x12, 85x12, 40x7, 40x6, 40x10 (weight is the assit weight, last set I rested a little longer before doing it, also, could be the NO-Beta kicked in, felt pretty strong on that last set)

Bent Over Row - 65x12, 65x12, 115x10, 115x10, 115x10 (even though I was able to do 10, it felt heavy and I may do the same next week before I up the weight)

Barbell Shrugs - 65x115, 85x15, 135x15, 155x15, 175x15, 195x10, 185x15 - still trying to find my ideal weight, looks like 195 or more next time

DB Shrugs - 65x15, 70x15, 75x10, 80x10 (sure hard to hold 80 lb db's while doing shrugs, that was harder than the shrugs, I may buy some gloves or straps for another day)

Inclined crunches 30

1 Scope of CreaDyl, 3 tab or NO-Beta - seemed to tolerate just fine, I'll try up'ing the dose next workout.

Mood - 10 - very motivated
Alertness - 10
Drive - 10
Recovery - 10
Focus - 10
Pump - 8 (most of work was not in the arms)
Strength - 10 (helped with the extra carbs too)
Energy - 10
Taste - 8 I added more water to the CreaDyl and it was much better
Nasty - >> not sure what this is

Overall - 10 - great workout today, feel like I'm ready to do my Tue workout now

Diet has been considerable varied. I'll get more boring on Mon. Here's what I ate today

#1
1/2 cup Old Fashioned Oats
2 eggs
1/4 c Heartland Granola Cereal Lowfat Raisin

390 Cal, 13.5 g fat, 49 g carbs, 19.5 prot

#2
2 1/3 lb Turkey burgers on whole grain buns

580 Cal, 19 g fat, 50 g carbs, 54 prot

#3 - Post workout
1 1/2 scope Dymatize Iso-100
159 cal, 0 fat, 1.5 carb, 39 prot

#4
3/4 cup whole grain brown rice
6 oz grilled chicken breast
1 c Broccoli & Cauliflower
20 Almonds

484 cal, 15.5 fat, 31.42 carb, 45 prot

#5
Promax double fudge brownie

290 Cal, 7g fat, 37 g carb, 20g prot (24 sugar)

$6
1 scope Casein protein
2 tbsp Jiff Natural Peanut Butter

320 cal, 17g fat, 14 g carb, 31 g prot

Day Total
2204 cal, 73g fat, 183g carbs, 209g protein
955 cal burned 90 min weight lifting
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1249 cal net (not enough to add muscle)

Any comments or adjustments that I should be making are welcome.

Let's hit it hard this week, it's going to be great.

[dynoweb]

Figured out how to do this. Check this out..

[fitnessman]

Whoopsie on the label!



We will let the plant know!

Just keep the lid on when reading directions

[dynoweb]

Just keep the lid on when reading directions

You got it!

Did tomorrows workout today. Now there's motivation. Today was chest and shoulders. Seemed like a hard working workout that I did in just over an hour. Only burned 600+ calories.

Tried upping my sups to 1.5 srv CreaDyl and 6 NO-Beta. The 10 min pre-cardio warmup seemed like my breathing was more labored at lower cardio rates. Not sure what that means.

It's hard to take the NO-Beta on an empty stomach when you're eating 6 times a day. I took 3 at 10am, ate at 10:15 and took three more at 11:15. My workout started at 11:30. Here's what the workout looked like:

Bench Press - went heavier than last week, thanks Double-T
95x12, 95x12, 175x10, 185x8, 185x8 (not bad for an old man with a bad shoulder

Inclined DB Press
30x15, 40x10, 55x4, 50x8, 50x10 - last set lowered the incline

Dips
55lbx12, 40x10 <-- weight assisted warm-up, 9, 11, 10 <-- body weight

DB Press
20x15, 20x12, 35x10, 35x8, 35x8 that's all I got to get 8

DB Side Lateral - w/ 2 sec hold at top and slow going down
12x10, 12x10, 15x7, 15x7, 12x8 --- really wearing out

Gorilla Chin/Crunch - 15 reps
Declined crunches with 25 lbs DBs - 25 crunches

Felt like a good workout and was pretty tired and pumped when I was done.

Here's a iPhone capture of the pump

[StlBarbie]

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[dynoweb]

I'm going to list my supplements to get feedback for changes, improvement and or recommendations.

I typically workout at noon.

Breakfast
multivitamin
fish oil
glucosamine, chondroitin

10am - just prior to my morning snack
3 NO-Beta
1000 mg CLA
1000 mg Sesamin

11:45 am - just prior to my workout
3 NO-Beta

12:00-1:00 during workout
1.5 Scopes CreaDyl
5g L-Glutamine
5g BCAA (2.5g L-Leucine, 1.25g L-Isoleucine, 1.25g L-Valine)

Mid afternoon
1000 mg CLA
1000 mg Sesamin

Evening
multivitamin
fish oil
glucosamine, chondroitin

[dynoweb]

Quick post -

Cardio day
Treadmill 30 min
Lap Swimming 20 min

No Sups today

Any comments on my previous post?

[BigPath]

Hi buddy, good luck on your transformation. If you need anything lemme know, Subbed and al the best

[thnx4tryn]

Amazing starting point! Best of luck to you

[dynoweb]

Amazing starting point! Best of luck to you

Thanks

[dynoweb]

Hi buddy, good luck on your transformation. If you need anything lemme know, Subbed and al the best

Another thanks

[dynoweb]

Today was my leg workout. This is the second week of my Tri-Phase Hypertrophy training which means that I'm doing three sets to failure of each exercise. If I can do 10, I need to increase the weight.

I was pumped going to into the workout. I'm excited about this challenge, busting my tail and my CreaDyl/NO-Beta.

WOW! today I seemed to not be able to lift to failure today. I keep increasing weight and was able to do it just like the lower weight. The sky is the limit. I took 6 tabs of NO-Beta before leaving to go to the gym. While I was there I sipped on two scopes of CreaDyl. This workout made me feel like I've been sluffing off before today.

1. Mood - 10
2. Alertness - 10
3. Drive - 10
4. Recovery - 10
5. Focus - 10
6. Pump - 7 - leg day, I don't see much of a pump when I do legs
7. Strength - 10
8. Energy - 10
9. Taste - 7
10. Nasty - ?
11. Overall Rating - 10 - what a workout, loved it!

Cardio warmup 10 min

Squats
65x10, 85x10, 135x10, (155x10, 165x10 - new records and still not at my max)

Stiff Leg Deadlift
85x15, (105x15, 115x15, 135x12, 155x10 - new records and still haven't found my max)

Leg Extension
70x10, 90x10, (120x10, 130x10, 140x10, 150x10 - new records and still haven't found my max)

Leg Curl
50x10, 70x10, 90x10, 90x8, 90x10 - still nursing an ham strain, worked ecentric lifts on injury

Lunges
3 sets of weighted room walking

Bottom line, that was pure excitement. Loved the workout and want to do it again right now but I know I need time to rest.

Lord please give me patience right now.

[pastorpritch]

nice workout man! And yes, patience is key. Little by little though, you'll get there. Looking back you won't believe where the time went!

[Striver]

In

[dynoweb]

In

Thanks for jumping in, lets get it done.

[dynoweb]

Focus on Arms and Calves today. In week 2 so it's three working sets of each exercise with two warmups.

Today I took NO-Beta before leaving for the gym and brought the CreaDyl and drank it while I worked out. I usually have it gone before I'm 25% of my way through the workout.

Had two workout partners today and we pushed each other to lift heavier and pushing the pace. Makes it exciting when we see each other trying to outwork everyone else.

Warmup Cardio - 10 min

Barbell Curl - actually I pyramided my weight up using dumpbells today to get us going faster.
60x10, 60x10, 60x10 - I would increase this since I'm at 10 rep, but I'm still nursing a bicep strain

Close Grip Bench - EZ bar - this gets unstable as the weight gets heavy
65x15, 85x12, 125x10, 145x10, 155x8

Skull Crusher
55x15, 55x15, 70x6, 65x10, 65x10

DB Curl
20x15 25x10 35x5 30x6 30x7 - not much left in the tank for this one

Standing Calf Raise - holding dumbbells
45x30, 50x30, 80x15

Seated Calf Raise
220x15, 220x15, 220x15

Abs
Hanging L for 15 sec
Hanging knee raises - 20
Weight declined crunches - 40lb x 30

Dips
20 non-assisted

Good workout, felt a little DOMS on my chest from the chest workout. I'm taking the next two days off of weights and will be doing just cardio.

Lift hard fellow Double-T'ers

[dynoweb]

I guess I'm setting my goals too high.



Anyway, today got in a 2 mile run and did a 200m swim. After my workout, I went to the Europa IFBB pro show. There's some serious muscle out there. Heading back to it tomorrow to watch the final judging. If anybody wants to see some of the show, I could post a video on my bodyspace. Just let me know.

[BigPath]

thats so cool that you got to go there! did you learn anything new by talking to the guys out there?

[dynoweb]

thats so cool that you got to go there! did you learn anything new by talking to the guys out there?

My most interesting talk was with Derek from Scivation. He's a super nice guy and enjoys helping with diet and routine.

Being there can sure humble you. There are some big guys out there.