[Andy]

Push naturally for as long as you can before thinking about using anything. You’re young enough and new enough to make some serious progress, and it seems that you’re very much on the ball with everything. Ride this wave, see what you can do and then decide from there.

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[Andy]

A bit of a distracted leg session yesterday, but nothing to cause the sessions to be a bad one by any means.

My left knee has felt absolutely fine for ages, but when I started warming up it started to hurt. I still beat numbers in the session though. I knew I had jinxed with I said to one of my mates that I’ve not had a knee issue in ages. . .

Prime lying leg curls – 1 sets, 8-12, 2 back-off sets, 12-15

– Both BO sets are paused in the lengthened

Prime PL leg ex – 2 sets, 12-15 + triple drop

Arsenal Hack squat – 1 set, 8-12, 1 back-off set, 8-12

– BO set is paused at the bottom

Pendulum squat – 1 set, 8-12

Seated calve raises – 3 sets, 15-20

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[Andy]

I’m approaching the end of this push phase/cycle, so I thought I’d lay out where I ended up PED wise. Total load is 2.2g which is the highest I’ve ever been to. The cycle length was 23 weeks in total, tapering up through those 23 weeks.

Test E – 1000mg/week

NPP – 600mg/week

– I felt surprisingly good on this

Mast P – 600mg/week

– This has only been in the past 3 weeks as I couldn’t be bothered sourcing primo

GH – 8IU (pre-bed)

T4 – 100mcg/day

Lantus – 20IU/day

Humalog – 10IU pre-workout

I felt great on this, BP did rise to around 145-155/75-80, but this was only towards the end of the push. Skin has never been better, I think I’ve had 3 spots in those 23 weeks.

As of next week I’m going to pull back slightly to the following for 10 weeks;

Test E – 325mg/week – I’ll drop this further as the weeks go on

GH – 2IU (pre-bed)

Hi Andy, how do you split insulin lantus in training and rest day ?

How much time pre wo you take 10 ui humalog ? Which amount of carbs pre e and intra wo?[/quote]

Hi mate,

I take my entire lantus dose first thing in the morning every day. I take my pre workout humalog 1 hour – 45 minutes before I train with me pre meal (150g carbs). My intra is 50g of carbs.

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[Andy]

I’ve never heard of primo having a negative or impact on digestion. Tren and orals I’ve seen, but not primo. Like Jordan said though, if it does for you, then it does for you.

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A brilliant, but tiring weekend at both the 2 Bros and PCA British finals – someone really needs to open dialogue between the two so that this doesn’t happen. Surely both feds would benefit from having more competitors and crowd to be in attendance. Granted, some chose to drive immediately after the 2 Bros British straight to Telford, but it wasn’t everyone.

Anyway, it was a great weekend, and I had the whole squad down with me in the Air BnB.

I can’t wait to do it again in 5.5 months time.

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A great day out at Flex Unit in Bathgate – an insanely good gym between Glasgow and Edinburgh. I wanted a change of scene for my YouTube content, so I went there.

There are some really nice pieces in there, some I’ve used before, others I haven’t.

Rope pullovers – 3 sets, 12-15

– My usual, I love getting a tonne of blood in my blood.

Citadel PL pulldowns – 1 set, 8-12, 1 back-off set, 12-15

– Every rep paused in the lengthened portion of the back-off set.

Gym Leco t-bar – 1 set, 8-12 + triple drop set.

– I really like this piece as I feel almost horizontal to the floor.

Mega Mass seated row – 1 set, 8-12, 2 back-off sets, 12-15

– Loved this bit of kit, I’ve been wanting to try it for ages.

Flex pin-loaded low rows – 2 sets, 12-15

SA d-handle cable rows – 1 set, 8-12

I’ll definitely be training there more often once prep starts.

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[Andy]

I’ve used a non-stim pump pre-stage, and it does give me a bit more. However, any added salt and fluid is what is maybe bringing a slightly dehydrated physique to life a bit more.

Spilling will come about from loading too hard days prior. If you’re show ready, a tiny bit of fluid and a non-stim pump isn’t going to cause you to spill.

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I’m approaching the end of this push phase/cycle, so I thought I’d lay out where I ended up PED wise. Total load is 2.2g which is the highest I’ve ever been to. The cycle length was 23 weeks in total, tapering up through those 23 weeks.

Test E – 1000mg/week

NPP – 600mg/week

– I felt surprisingly good on this

Mast P – 600mg/week

– This has only been in the past 3 weeks as I couldn’t be bothered sourcing primo

GH – 8IU (pre-bed)

T4 – 100mcg/day

Lantus – 20IU/day

Humalog – 10IU pre-workout

I felt great on this, BP did rise to around 145-155/75-80, but this was only towards the end of the push. Skin has never been better, I think I’ve had 3 spots in those 23 weeks.

As of next week I’m going to pull back slightly to the following for 10 weeks;

Test E – 325mg/week – I’ll drop this further as the weeks go on

GH – 2IU (pre-bed)

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If it’s daft amounts of salmon, you run the risk of mercury poisoning, but from what you’ve written there I’d say that’s unlikely, especially if you’re eating smoked salmon, I don’t know many who eat more than 100g of that in a sitting.

I suppose you want to ensure it’s wild salmon, rather than farmed, but that’s not always financially feasible.

Have your blood work checked. If you’re wanting to find out the mercury levels in your blood, book a blood test to see where they land.

In terms of building up intolerances, again, I don’t think you’re eating enough to cause that, but that’s off the back of limited information in terms of weights. I ate 3x chicken breast meals per day, and I can’t go near the stuff – also confirmed by an intolerance test, and diet elimination.

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A very busy day today with 1-2-1 PT.

I’ve mentioned before that as a push phase or offseason nears it’s end, I sometimes allow things to slide, such as missing shots and making up for it days later; missing cardio (this only happens in offseason, but still), subbing off plan meals out for my diet meals (I’ll maybe do this once or twice a week, nothing outrageous).

I try and conduct my offseason’s like prep, I think most of us do, but in those final weeks, the above habits start creeping in. I still look great, and it’s the best I’ve looked finishing a push by far!

I’m due to write out my prep timeline/map, get things sorted like sending away my sleep analysis, getting blood work done etc.

I can’t wait!

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[Andy]

Hilly couldn’t have answered that better!

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There were 0 adjustments to my leg session yesterday. I went for 9pps on the Arsenal hack which is a lifetime PB for me on that. I managed 6, so that’s a start. My left knee felt a bit tight going into the session, and it tightened as the session went on, but as soon as I put it in a passive stretch it went away. I should’ve done that at the start of the session.

Cybex seated leg curls – 1 sets, 8-12, 2 back-off sets, 12-15

– Both BO sets are paused in the lengthened

Prime PL leg ex – 2 sets, 12-15 + triple drop

Arsenal Hack squat – 1 set, 8-12, 1 back-off set, 8-12

– BO set is paused at the bottom

Pendulum squat – 1 set, 8-12

Seated calve raises – 3 sets, 15-20

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[Andy]

Agreed with everyone here.

I’ve binged so many times that I have a million memories of how terrible I feel and look when I do it. I can now tell myself that I’m going to binge, so I literally stop myself now, whereas before it was uncontrollable.

For years pushing my calories up post-show did nothing to curb me binging, because I didn’t enjoy my meals – probably a tip there.

Scheduling in off plan meals helps me, so I’l set one on a Wednesday and Saturday night, as I’m reversing out of my diet. Eventually I’ll remove the Wednesday meal.

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A pretty exhausting Sunday to be honest, it was just all go from the moment I got up until I went to bed, it felt like a Monday more than anything. I had to train yesterday due to me being at the 2 Bros British, as well as the PCA British this weekend, so needs must. We also went for a Sunday roast at a place in the west end which was nice. When I go to a nice restaurant I try to order something I’ve never had before, so I ordered the beef tartar, it looked like dog food, and tasted like mould bum hole. . .

My session was class though! Slightly drop in strength due to having 2 meals instead of 4.

Seated d-handle cable flys – 1 working set, 8-12, 2 back-off sets, 12-15

– Both back-off sets paused

Incline DB press – 1 working set, 8-12, 1 back-off sets, 12-15

– Back-off set paused

Prime incline PL press – 1 working set, 8-12, 1 cluster set

Prime peck deck – 1 working sets, 12-15

– Torque set to 3

Prime rear peck deck – 3 working sets, 15-20

– Torques set to 2

SA d-handle cable side raises – 3 working sets, 12-15

Standing EZ-bar curls – 3 working sets, 12-15 + double drop

SA DB concentration curls – 3 sets, 12-15

Standing EZ-bar cable curls – 2 sets, 12-15

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[Andy]

Tennis elbow is inflammation of the triceps tendon – as is all tendonitis – so they wouldn’t be my choice.

First and foremost, get deep tissue, and passively stretch the tricep every day.

I’d use a supplement like Ostero Pro + Cure Coming to also aid the process of getting rid of this pain.

A short course of OTC anti inflammatories as well.

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