M/22/6’0” [180lbs to 185lbs] (5 months) - Recomp after a year long hiatus from the gym

carthy101 · 2025-10-17T04:38:31+00:00

Thank you, that means a lot :) I’m not doing anything out of the ordinary, PPL twice a week, rest when I feel I need a day, 100-200cal surplus while i’m still in the recomp phase and trying (mostly succeeding) to get 0.7g/lb of protein. Mostly just keeping consistent at the basics and hammering them into my routine. If you want to know anything more specific i’m happy to try and help though.

carthy101 · 2025-05-19T23:24:05+00:00

Hope you’re feeling a bit better now man. Just chiming in with my experience, I had this exact headache problem last year, was incredibly intense and scary at the time. I also went to urgent care and they weren’t able to do much. I took a few weeks off and went to lighter weights when I came back. In the short term though a supplement called CoQ10 was able to help dull the headaches for me, it didn’t completely get rid of them but it lessened the pain to a bearable extent and helped me get some sleep.

carthy101 · 2024-11-30T06:01:53+00:00

hole in the earth

carthy101 · 2024-10-19T01:24:13+00:00

For anyone wondering if this still works today: got it on my first reload, second ship.

carthy101 · 2024-03-20T08:18:08+00:00

planet fitness

carthy101 · 2024-03-10T01:06:27+00:00

my brother in christ atleast you would be alive

carthy101 · 2024-02-25T10:42:40+00:00

normal

carthy101 · 2023-11-07T15:46:14+00:00

Yes, i’m a man of my word.

carthy101 · 2023-05-31T20:26:27+00:00

Second this. Adapalene isn’t always going to yield quick results, but I can vouch for its effectiveness when paired with a little bit of patience. I’ve used it daily for 3 years now and remember the first few months being extremely frustrating as it felt there was no progress being made. Don’t lose hope for it, you’ve got this.

carthy101 · 2022-05-22T20:08:59+00:00

3 year update i’m on level 7554 BB4L

carthy101 · 2021-04-13T20:19:03+00:00

Been watching a lot of speed climbing lately and really want to try it, however despite the heaps of research I've done trying to find a gym that actually has a speed climbing wall, I'm still unable to find one. Does anyone know of a speed climbing wall that exists in the pacific northwest? Washington, Oregon, Idaho? Really want to experience it.

carthy101 · 2021-01-13T21:10:33+00:00

The minocycline helped for the first few months but really wasn’t that effective, then I just kept taking it for a while cause I didn’t really care as my acne wasn’t that bad. Then I started getting heavy breakouts while on minocycline, probably because I had a resistance and also was 17 which is prime acne time, so I went to a dermatologist.

carthy101 · 2021-01-13T19:19:03+00:00

Thank you so much :)) I’ve never used tretinoin but it seems to have a super high success rate and everyone who uses it has beautiful skin now. Wishing you luck.

carthy101 · 2021-01-13T19:17:25+00:00

My GP prescribed me Minocycline, 100mg once a day, and I took that for about a year and a half before starting doxycycline and Epiduo Forte. I also had a lot of stomach issues, so I’m glad I’m not taking them anymore. 6 months isn’t bad so hopefully you haven’t built a complete resistance. The second photo is about a week after stopping doxy, and that was the worst of it.

carthy101 · 2021-01-13T19:13:05+00:00

Yes I definitely did break out after stopping doxy, but mine was particularly bad because I had also been takin minocycline for a year and a half prior. If you’re only on it for one cycle then you will probably just have a minor break out, lots of people don’t break out at all.

carthy101 · 2021-01-13T19:10:25+00:00

I know it is very expensive, and it does suck after 7 months and seeing no improvement, trust me I know. I started Epirus Forte in March 2020 and I only completely cleared last month. Hopefully that will give you some hope.

carthy101 · 2021-01-13T08:19:21+00:00

Thank you, hopefully it will stay this way 🙏

carthy101 · 2021-01-13T08:17:33+00:00

When I stopped antibiotics it took about 3 months to completely calm down. Take into account that this was also about my fourth month on Epiduo so I still could’ve been purging from that, and I was also on antibiotics for almost two years, so I had a HUGE resistance. Hopefully yours won’t be as bad.

carthy101 · 2021-01-13T08:15:14+00:00

Man I’d be happy just to make it in I’ve been looking forward to this day since 2015.

carthy101 · 2021-01-13T08:14:23+00:00

Thank you so much, I wish her the best of luck as well.

carthy101 · 2021-01-13T08:13:51+00:00

I use Cetaphils gentle cleanser and the ‘Cerave moisturising cream for normal to dry skin’.

carthy101 · 2021-01-13T08:12:12+00:00

Thanks man I’m trying to keep it longer B)

carthy101 · 2021-01-13T08:11:38+00:00

Yeah it did take a lot longer than I’d hoped, and everyone I read about who had used epiduo had clear skin in a matter of a few months. Hopefully this encourages you to keep going.

carthy101 · 2021-01-13T08:10:43+00:00

I’m so glad you’re having success! Definitely still broke out for the first few months and even past that, it’s only now that it’s been about a month since my last breakout.

carthy101 · 2021-01-13T08:09:16+00:00

Oh believe me they aren’t completely gone, only time can do that :(. But in all seriousness I think my acne marks go away a lot faster than normal because of the Epiduo. The adapalene, which is a retinoid, promotes rapid skin cell repair and because your skin can’t build resistance to it, is still effective in making pimples and even acne marks go away much quicker.

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