garb's X-factor/CVM extreme stack

[garb]

originally i wasnt planning on keeping an online log on this stack, and i was going to wait another couple weeks before making my order. however, there's been a lot of questions being asked about X-factor lately. so im starting this log to hopefully clear up some of the questions surrounding X-factor, and to let those who are thinking about ordering some to see some of the results from this supp. i will be placing my order tonight and will start once i recieve it. ill post my stats/routine/diet/ect. either tonight or tomorow.

[Beantown22]

that's funny stuff.
I'm about 15 days into this exact same cycle. While I'm not making a detailed log, I was just going to post some pics.

Alot of pumps on this stack, but that's not what I'm looking for, I'm looking for mass gains. So well see, so far so good.

[garb]

looks good beantown, hope it works out for you. feel free to post your progress or any questions you have.

[garb]

finally just placed my order. i shoulda done this last week but i havent had time. everyone came home from college last week so it was a non stop party from tuesday night untill sunday morning.......

lol, i decided to go on a cutting phase until i recieve my package. i took the week off last week, i gave it a rest from the gym and lets just say my diet wasnt optimum for working out. i actually gained a little bit of a gut, so im gona bust my ass this week to try and loose it, and hopefully start to bulk again when i get my package in the mail

[Beantown22]

coming up on mid cycle.

Bench= up
Squat= up
Curl= same
Shrug= up
Back= way up

not very informative, but I'm gaining alot of strength. I'm not quite sold on it yet, but I have about 30 more days to see.

As far as weight, I don't have a BF scale, but I've gained ~ 3 lbs. Not too bad for 3 weeks, not sure if I'm losing fat - but that's not what I'm taking it for.

I'm already pretty cut, but I need some real size.

[snakemw]

looking good man. keep up the hard work and i think you will be very pleased with the x-factor and cvm.

[shuttaLCD]

hey man good luck!

X-Factor is a real nice product enjoy!

-Shutta

[garb]

what does your diet look like. you might not be gaining to mass your looking for because of your diet. try uping 500-1000cals a day. if you post your diet on here, the boys will be able to tweek it for you and you should explode.....

[garb]

hey snake, good to see you back. how was the wedding and the honeymoon????

[mcsteveof2h2h]

I myself have never used the CVM but i did a 50 day cycle of X factor and loved it looks like your already in great shape im sure you will be more than pleased

keep us updated im excited for your results

[snakemw]

hey snake, good to see you back. how was the wedding and the honeymoon????

both of them went great. St. croix was beautiful. thanks for asking and it is good to be back with yall guys. i was starting to have withdraws (spelling).

[Beantown22]

My diet?

Well I'm in High School still, so my lunch usually consists of me eating a Chicken Ceaser Salad - which I know has no nutritional value towards bulking up, but all other things are dripping in grease.

They sell protein shakes, but have 50g of sugar, is that a good trade off?

Other than that, breakfast is usually 2 bagels, sometimes scrambled eggs if I have time, and a glass of milk.

And dinner is whatever my mom or dad cook.

Any creative ideas to work in more protein into a somewhat inflexible diet?

And random thought:
I met this guy at the gym, most jacked up guy I've met in real life, and he told me to once a month, do rudimentary exercises (row, bench press, etc) in 3 sets of 20 to build strength.... and then once a month do those exercises in 3 sets of 2-4, with alot of weight, basically maxing out.

Is that good advice? anybody do something similar?

[garb]

as far as your diet goes, you def want to eat more. on days i have class i like to bring stuff with me. make a few pbj's in the morning and bring them with you to school. bring a bag of peanuts or oats. or even invest the 20 bucks and buy some bars. i know i chow down on met-rx big 100 bars, taste good and theres 340cals 50g carbs 27g protein and 4g fat per bar. as far as breakfast, lunch and dinner go, i would add mabe 1-2 bowls oatmeal for breakfast, buy 2 lunches, and what ever your dad makes if posible eat 2 platefulls. but just remember not to overstuff yourself. you never want to let your body feel hungary, and you never want to feel like your gona explode.

as far as the trainging, idk if just those 2 days are gona make that much of any difference for you. the body gets used to routines pretty quickly, and it really responds well to change. you should change up your style every 6-8 weeks. do 8-10reps for your exercises, then switch that up to 4-6 reps. you can also change to exercises that you do. be creative but just dont overtrain yourself. by overtraining your actually gona loose progress.

keep up the good work....

[garb]

thats good to hear snake, im glad everything went well for you and your new wife.....

[garb]

finally got everything in yesterday, and started today.

starting wieght: 161.5lbs

waiste: 32.5"
left bicep: 14.25"
chest: 40.5"


dossage:
two x-factor with breakfast and two with dinner.
cvm one serving 30mins before lift and 8-12 hours later


additional supps:
syntrax matrix
ON 100% whey
casien protein
multivitamin

[garb]

shoulders

front barbell raise:
65-x8
75-x8
75-x8

db military press:
50-x8
50-x8
50-x8

seated lateral raises:
25-x8
25-x8
25-x8

**bd shoulder shrug:
60-x10
60-x10
60-x10

**barbell shoulder shrug:
135-x10
135-x10
135-x10

**supersets


pretty good workout. looking foward to some good gains. next week im gona begin bulking again and probobly change my routine around.

on a side note, i got pink lemonade flavor cvm extreme. omg, i had to suck on a real lemon afterwards to get my lips to stop puckering.....ive never had anything that sweet/sour before lol

[snakemw]

thats good to hear snake, im glad everything went well for you and your new wife.....

thanks man. and glad to see your workouts are going good.

[garb]

time to change up the routine again. i saw dinoiii post this workout a while ago and thought id give it a go.

mon: chest & bis
tues: back & abs
wed: off
thurs: cehst & abs
fri: back & tris
sat: legs & traps


monday:

incline bench press
3 sets 4-6 reps, 1 set rep out(50% 1rm)
decline bench press
3 sets 4-6 reps, 1 set rep out(50% 1rm)
flat bench flyes
2 sets 8-12 reps
standing barbell curls
2 sets 6-8 reps


tuesday:

bent over barbell row(reverse grip)
3 sets 4-6 reps, 1 set rep out(50% 1rm)
weighted pull ups
3 sets 4-6 reps, 1 set rep out(no weight)
Abs


Thursday:

flat bench press
3 sets 4-6 reps, 1 set rep out(50% 1rm)
uneven push ups
2 sets each
incline flyes
2 sets 8-12 reps
Abs


Friday:

bent over barbell rows
3 sets 4-6 reps, 1 set rep out(50% 1rm)
weighted chin ups(palm facing you)
3 sets 4-6 reps, 1 set rep out(no weight)
skull crusher
4 sets 6-8 reps


saterday:

squats
3 sets 6-8 reps
leg extentions
3 sets 6-8 reps
lying leg curls
3 sets 8-12 reps
calf raises
2 sets 8-12 reps
dumbell shoulder shrugs
2 sets 6-8 reps
barbell shrugs
2 sets 8-12 reps


its a little bit different then the one that he posted. ill post the link at the bottom for it.

http://www.discountanabolics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1763

[garb]

this is yesterday's work out

incline bench press
165-x6
175-x6
175-x6
115-rep out

decline bench press
155-x6
165-x6
165-x6
115-rep out

flat bench flyes
45-x8
45-x8

standing barbell curls
75-x8
75-x8


pretty good workout. the soreness is starting to kick in. im going to probobly start bulking again next week. i did a little bit of a cut to try and loose some of the gut i got after thanksgiven break. ill be doing my back work out later on today.

[mcsteveof2h2h]

nice keep it up man

[garb]

today was back

bent over barbell rows(reverse grip)
135-x6
145-x6
155-x6
95-rep out

weighted pull ups
25-x4
25-x4
25-x3
no weight rep out(8)

some abs


felt really different to only do those two things for back, but i have faith in dinoiii's knowlege and im sure itll be good. i have never really done weighted pull ups before so i kinda struggled a little with them. something i really need to work on, should be nice to see those numbers go up and the weeks progress.

[garb]

havent been around the computer for the last few days. thurday, friday, and saterdays work outs went reall well. i didnt write down the numbers and dont remember off hand. i had a final at 10:40 today so i decided to lift this morning....

incline bench press
185-x6
195-x6
195-x5
135 rep out

decline bench press
165-x6
165-x6
165-x6
135 rep out

standing barbell curls
85-x8
85-x8


i decided to skip the flat bench flyes today to cut down on some time. i still had to shower and get ready for class so i needed the few extra minites. i took my weight this morning and it was 165. im up 3.5 pounds so far in a little over a week. however i feel like im starting to let my diet get a little loose. im gona lean it out a little bit durring the hollidays, espically since i dont know what days im gona be able to lift.

[garb]

tuesdays back work out

bent barbell rows(reverse grip)
145-x6
155-x6
165-x6
95-rep out

3 sets wide grip pull up

abs



todays chest workout

bench press
215-x6
215-x6
225-x5**(more like 5.5, only went about half way down on rep 6)
135-rep out

2 sets of uneven pushups

incline flyes
50-x10
50-x10

abs


workouts are going good, but it feels like im getting a little lazy because the workouts are so short. on a side note, my sleep paterns have been all f**ked up lately. everyones home from college and ive been staying out till 4-5 in the morning and waking up at 9:30. hopefully things settle down a little after christmas.

ill be weighing myself tomorow morning so ill have an update there

[shuttaLCD]

Garb,

Looks good so far. I hope the sleeping scheduale gets back on course. But i know what you mean its hard to maintain all that stuff over the holidays like this. My diet is really starting get to me i buckled down today in hopes to keep it the rest of the time. But its definately hard when your grandma keeps shoving sweets/food into your face/mouth LOL

keep it up man!

-Shutta

[garb]

lol shutta, our grandma's are a lot alike

[mcsteveof2h2h]

lol the ever dreaded dieting during holidays

[garb]

bent barbell rows
145-x6
155-x6
165-x6
95-rep out

3 sets of chin ups

skull crushers
85-x8
85-x8
85-x8
85-x8


nice workout today. even though these workouts arent very long, im getting some nice pumps and DOMS from them. the soreness from the x-factor is finally starting to kick in. i can still feel it in my chest from yesterday.

my weight this morning was 164. im down a pound from monday. you know what that means, time to get the diet back in shape....and hope for the best durring the holidays

[garb]

incline bench press
195-x6
195-x6
195-x6
135-rep out

decline bench press
165-x6
175-x6
175-x6
135-rep out

flat bench flyes
30-x10
30-x10

ez bar curls
85-x8
85-x8

good work out today. at work so i gota make this quick. my internet is down, so i dont know when ill be able to update next. hopefully i get this figured out. until next time...

[garb]

havent been around to update in a while.

workouts have been going good. i went back to a regular routine this week.

i finished up that last of my x-factor yesterday, so im goin to finish out with the cvm xtreme. i still have a good amount of that left.

on a plus note, decided to try and max out bench yesterday with my friend. looks like 245 is my new max...for now. that number will be going up very shortly lol. any way, i dont know when ill be able to update again, so when im finished with the cvm extreme, ill write my review of the stack.

[Beantown22]

Haven't been here in a while but I figured I'd finish commenting on this stack.
Today is my last dosage of X-factor.

I gained 20lbs on my lat pull down, 15lbs on my bench press, 10lbs on my DB bench press -- those are all that stick out in my head for the moment.

I think I'm having some plateau problems with my biceps.

It stinks because my cycle was drawing to a close during holiday vacation so my workout routine and diet got all jumbled up. But for having a week of not so serious workouts toward the end of the cycle I am very pleased with the results.

The pumps on this stack were crazy although that wasn't my main goal for this stack. I'm very lean so it happens pretty easily I guess, but doing hammer curls was the first time I ever noticed people watch me doing reps.

Good stack, you should try it.