BigVelvetG
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Background
I’m just a normal guy with absolutely no desire to ever step on stage. My only goal in all of this is to feel good about how I look. I want to gain a little size and stay lean. I also want to feel good
I'm starting out this phase in a much better spot than when I started 11 weeks ago. I have far more knowledge now and I'm excited about seeing where this will go.
I was sold some "Anavar" by a local guy that came recommended by several of my good friends and it turns out that it was actually Winstrol . And if you don't know, 11 weeks of Winstrol is probably not good.. Anyway. Moving forward I'm working on bringing my body into harmony by reducing my physical load slightly in the gym from a 5 day lift schedule to a 3 day lift schedule and focusing on nutrition and health for the next few weeks.
Ive adjusted the BTM program a bit in an attempt to take some stress off my shoulder. This is what I’ll be following for the rest of this cruise
Building The Monolith (adjusted)
Monday – Quad & Horizontal Press
Friday – Volume & Posterior Chain
My arm / shoulder is not getting better as quickly as I would like so I’m having to make concessions in my training to try to make it rest easier. I’m looking for any way I can take the pressure off the arm and still get a good chest workout in
•Recovery: Good
•Pumps: Solid still.
Nutrition
•Overall I still feel good with plenty of energy. I had a few rough days this week but I’m still feeling on top of things. I had a bit more soreness due to the increase in volume.
I guess 227kg belt squats for 12 -15 were a little more than my ass was expecting
Symptom
Scale: 0 = None | 10 = Severe
Bloodwork
Lipids
CBC
CMP / Liver / Kidney
Assessment (Cruise Entry)
here’s what I think happened from what I can figure out while I was on the Winstrol (15 mg/day × 11 weeks) *** If you don’t know, I thought I was taking Anavar 50mg a day but after some wonky bloodwork, I had it tested and it turned out to be Winstrol. ***
I’m chomping at the bit to increase my testosterone and start a bulk but I know I need to wait for my bloods to come back good. I’m gonna do a mail in blood test tomorrow that should have my e2 and then I’ll have my doctor run it again at the end of the month. After that one comes back I’ll be ready to push as long as all is well.
On a separate note, I had a great time talking to @Mobster and @stevesmi for the EVO podcast. I hope you guys get something out of it. I imagine we will have some more to talk about after I get a good blast in since things have changed quite a bit since our conversation.
Check it out here
https://www.evolutionary.org/evolutionary-org-655-interview-with-evo-brother-bigvelvetg/
I’m just a normal guy with absolutely no desire to ever step on stage. My only goal in all of this is to feel good about how I look. I want to gain a little size and stay lean. I also want to feel good
I'm starting out this phase in a much better spot than when I started 11 weeks ago. I have far more knowledge now and I'm excited about seeing where this will go.
I was sold some "Anavar" by a local guy that came recommended by several of my good friends and it turns out that it was actually Winstrol . And if you don't know, 11 weeks of Winstrol is probably not good.. Anyway. Moving forward I'm working on bringing my body into harmony by reducing my physical load slightly in the gym from a 5 day lift schedule to a 3 day lift schedule and focusing on nutrition and health for the next few weeks.
- Age: 48
- Height: 6'
- Weight: 190.4 lbs
- Waist (navel): 34.38 in
- Training History: 10 years
- PED History: 1 cycle of what was supposed to be Anavar but was actually Winstrol- 11 weeks ended 01/24/26
- Cruise Start Date: 01/25/26
- Planned Cruise Length: ~8 weeks (or until it looks good to start a blast)
- Goal: Improve health markers before next blast (TBD)
- Testosterone: 80 mg/week
- NP Thyroid 90mg (hypothyroidism)
- BPC-157/Tb500 500mcg daily
- GHK-cu 2mg daily
- Mk-677 10mg daily
- Bodyweight: 190.6
- Waist: 34.38
- Sleep (hrs/night): 7
Ive adjusted the BTM program a bit in an attempt to take some stress off my shoulder. This is what I’ll be following for the rest of this cruise
Building The Monolith (adjusted)
Monday – Quad & Horizontal Press
- Pit Shark Belt Squat – 70% × 5, 80% × 5, 90% × 5, 90% × 5, 90% × 5
- Lever Leg Press – 4 sets × 10-12 (deep, controlled, 2-sec negative)
- Weighted Hip Thrust Machine – 4 sets × 8-12 (full stretch at bottom, 2-sec squeeze at top)
- Landmine Floor Press (neutral grip, shoulders stay safe) – 5 sets × 6-8
- Dips (weighted or bodyweight) – 100 total reps
- Seated Calf Raise – 4 × 12-15
- Trap bar Deadlift – 70% × 5, 80% × 5, 90% × 5, 90% × 5, 90% × 5
- Cable Rows (any grip) – 5 sets × 10-15 (stretch hard, controlled)
- Weighted Lat Pulldowns – 5 sets × 8-12 (full stretch, slow eccentric)
- Leg Curl Machine – 4 sets × 10-15
- GHD extensions – 4 sets × 8-12 (add weight when easy)
- Bicep Curls (cable or DB) – 100 total reps
- Face Pulls – 100 total reps
Friday – Volume & Posterior Chain
- Belt Squat or Lever Leg Press – 70% × 5, 80% × 5, then 4-5 sets × 12-15 @ ~60-65% (pump city)
- Overhead Press – 12 sets × 5 @ 60% (45-60 sec rest )
- Weighted Chins– 5 sets × 5-8 (add weight when you can)
- Leg Extension Machine – 4 sets × 12-15 (slow negatives)
- Hip Thrust or GHD – 3-4 sets × 10-12 (whichever you didn’t hammer earlier)
- DB or Cable Shrugs – 100 total reps
- Seated Calf Raise – 100 total reps
- Type: Burn Boot Camp / or Weighted Walking.
- frequency: TTS / duration: 45min
My arm / shoulder is not getting better as quickly as I would like so I’m having to make concessions in my training to try to make it rest easier. I’m looking for any way I can take the pressure off the arm and still get a good chest workout in
•Recovery: Good
•Pumps: Solid still.
Nutrition
- Calorie intake remains around 2500 a day
- Protein ~260g
- Carbs ~245g
- Fat ~75g
- N2Guard 7 caps daily
- NAC 600mg (Bulk Supplements)
- Selenium (Life Extension)
- Optiferin - C (Pure Encapsulations)
- Probiotics (Lab4)
- L-Citruline 6g before workouts (bulk Supplements)
- Creatine 10g daily
- Niacin 640 mg daily
- LMNT 1-2 packets daily
•Overall I still feel good with plenty of energy. I had a few rough days this week but I’m still feeling on top of things. I had a bit more soreness due to the increase in volume.
I guess 227kg belt squats for 12 -15 were a little more than my ass was expecting
Symptom
Scale: 0 = None | 10 = Severe
| Anxiety / Irritability | 2 |
| Mood | 0 |
| Libido | 10 |
| Sleep Quality | 7 |
| Appetite | 6 |
| Joint Health | 4 |
| Water Retention | 2 |
| Acne | 0 |
| Soreness | 8 |
Bloodwork
Lipids
- Total Cholesterol: 155
- HDL: 23 (Low)
- LDL: 112 (High)
- Chol/HDL Ratio: 6.78 (High)
- Total Test: 814
- Free Test: 187
- SHBG: 20
- E2: 65 (High)
- LH/FSH: Suppressed (expected)
- Prolactin: Normal
CBC
- Hematocrit: 44.3
- Hemoglobin: 14.3
- RBC: Normal
- Platelets: Low Normal (normal for me)
CMP / Liver / Kidney
- AST / ALT: Normal
- Creatinine / eGFR: Normal
- Glucose: Normal
Assessment (Cruise Entry)
- E2 and Lipids are the primary issue
- E2 control vis stability
- Lipid recovery
- Maintain training output without CNS fatigue
- Normalize markers while planning blast
here’s what I think happened from what I can figure out while I was on the Winstrol (15 mg/day × 11 weeks) *** If you don’t know, I thought I was taking Anavar 50mg a day but after some wonky bloodwork, I had it tested and it turned out to be Winstrol. ***
- Winstrol is a DHT oral that does not aromatize, but it crushes SHBG (mine dropped to 20 nmol/L).
- Lower SHBG = way more free testosterone floating around.
- More free T = more gets converted into estradiol by aromatase.
- My E2 hit 65 pg/mL on bloodwork… even though the Winstrol itself added zero estrogen.
- That’s why the labs looked “high E2” but I had zero sides (no gyno, no bloat, libido still 10/10).
- No more SHBG-crushing compounds.
- My SHBG should already starting to climb back up.
- Free T should be coming down to a normal level for my TRT dose.
- E2 should be dropping naturally (no AI needed).
I’m chomping at the bit to increase my testosterone and start a bulk but I know I need to wait for my bloods to come back good. I’m gonna do a mail in blood test tomorrow that should have my e2 and then I’ll have my doctor run it again at the end of the month. After that one comes back I’ll be ready to push as long as all is well.
On a separate note, I had a great time talking to @Mobster and @stevesmi for the EVO podcast. I hope you guys get something out of it. I imagine we will have some more to talk about after I get a good blast in since things have changed quite a bit since our conversation.
Check it out here
https://www.evolutionary.org/evolutionary-org-655-interview-with-evo-brother-bigvelvetg/
