Last night was my last heavy squat session. I got up to 355lbs but was not feeling great. This last week was crap for sleep and food so that’s the issue. I wanted 385 but it was not happening. I want to get back into the 400s so I will continue after a week off after the race and with more volume.

This weekend I plan to either do a hard outdoor ride or a dreaded long indoor ride. For this next week I plan to lift lighter and for more volume. Next weekend will be a long zone 2/3 indoor ride prepping for the race. Then it’s peak week.

One small issue is that I have been on TRT for over 10 years. Not because I ever abused testosterone for bodybuilding or anything. I am and have never been that big or able to get big. I was unable to maintain above 300 naturally and my free test was almost zero. After years of battling this I went on trt.

I usually take about 75mg a week even though my doctor prescribed up to 200mg. Let’s be honest 200mg a week is a performance enhancing cycle and it’s juicing. No matter if it is prescribed by a doctor or not. That’s just too much for me, as it makes me tired and bloated with higher blood pressure. For this prep I have increased the dose to 150mg a week. Still higher than I need to feel good so it’s cheating. I have to take it and have lots of extra saved up since I don’t use even half what I was prescribed. So why not use it? Here is the secret. The test takes my cardio ability away. Also if I back off to my regular dose of 75mg two weeks out I get a rubber band effect and my strength goes up and my cardio comes back. It’s knowing your body and how medications work with your body. I have to take it so it is what it is.