Andy
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Ryan is spot on. The SLU PIP is horrendous, and not worth it. The oral versions work fine.
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Agreed with both of the guys, so long as it’s throughly covered, however, don’t add carbs in order to push up slin, the slin should compliment the current carb amounts.
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I had an incredible weekend with clients and my other half in the 2 Bros Scottish on Saturday, and the Granite City Classic on the Sunday. A tonne of travelling though, and I’m very much done in from it.
Off the back of my check-in and new prep low (258.3), Nick and I decided to run 2 high days, one being 750g of carbs with a Five Guys and 1000g of carbs.
On the way back from Aberdeen I decided to not train today, so I pulled the carbs down to 750g (by the end of the day).
The cheat didn’t sit too well, however, that was due to the amount of driving I done over the weekend, and driving always impacts my stomach.
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I would never recommend Mounjaro in bodybuilding.
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Yesterday’s back session was great, I’m still holding the same numbers as my offseason, albeit a few things like the t-bar row are starting to feel a little less stable/braced now that the waist is coming in a lot more.
I pulled my oblique the other week, and it’s been causing me bother up until yesterday where I trialled a set of DB rows – which hurt it the most – and they felt fine, moving 80kg for 8 reps to failure a side.
I just checked in with Nick at 5 weeks out, so we’ll see what he says, but I feel there’s been a big shift since Tuesday’s check-in.
Rope cable pullovers – 3 sets, 12-15
Mag grip lat pulldowns – 1 set, 8-12, 1 cluster set
Conventional T-bar rows – 1 sets, 8-12, 1 set, 12-15
Chest supported t-bar rows – 1 set, 8-12, 1 sets, 12-15
SA DB row – 1 set, 8-12
SA HS PL low row – 1 sets, 8-12
RDL – 1 sets, 5-9
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Agreed with the points above. Insulin sensitivity in the off season should be its primary use.
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I took to Performance Gym Irvine yesterday to train legs and film another session for my YT channel. I don’t think I’ve ever been excited to train legs this close to a show. Usually the dread is there in droves.
HS seated leg curls – 1 set, 8-12
– Each rep is paused in the stretch
Prime PL leg extensions – 1 set, 8-12
Arsenal leg press – 1 set, 8-12
Gymleco hack squat – 1 sets, 8-12
HS pin-loaded lying leg curls – 1 sets, 12-15
Seated calve raises – 3 sets, 15-20
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Sas & Kuba are bang on here!
I also think it’s more likely your bloat is digestion related, rather than sodium/gear related – albeit that might be exacerbating things if there is already a gut issue.
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Back to the usual routine today. I weighed in this morning prior to the 2 high days Nick and I agreed upon, at 258.8, so that’s 3lbs down from Saturday which is what I was expecting. I’m not flat, but we’re both very conscious of fullness dropping too much for too long, so 1000g of carbs goes in today and tomorrow with chest and legs. I’ll pull clen out these 2 days as well.
The shift forward in conditioning is also what I wanted, there’s been a big drop in the glute fat, as well as my obliques getting that paper thin look which I’ve never really had.
I didn’t take photos this morning, it was just a weigh-in to see where I was prior to the load.
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I had a really long drive from Glasgow to Bradford yesterday, in total it took me near enough 6.5 hours due to roadworks. Anyway, I managed an insanely good back session as Muscle Bound. A fantastic gym, one of which I only found out about a few days ago. It was one of those situations where there’s so much kit it’s almost overwhelming to the eye. I didn’t stray from the usual back setup, and stuck to machines I know.
Time to spend a bit of time with the TBJP team at the Ben Weider Classic today!
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Yesterday was probably the first day of the prep I noticed fatigue, dragging my arse a bit, not being bothered with conversation, hyping myself up for small tasks, but even then, it was nothing compared to my hardest days on some of my hardest diets, so I’m not complaining – just observing.
I boxed off most of my steps, cardio and posing in the first 3 hours of the day, so that probably sent me wayward.
Nick and I pulled my carbs down by 15% after Tuesday’s check-in in an attempt to get my glutes to move faster. I’m interested to see just how much has come off with tomorrow’s check-in.
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Dosing = based on carbs
– I don’t think you need to run anything just now.
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A great leg session yesterday, and another one de-volumed. The reason being is that I deloaded last week, and my legs continued to look better as the week went on, so after passing it past Nick, I kept the volume the same except this time I took the sets to failure with a few forced reps.
Cybex seated leg curls – 1 set, 8-12
– Each rep is paused in the stretch
Leg extensions – 1 set, 8-12
<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Pendulum squat – 1 sets, 8-12
BB squats* – 1 set, 8-12
Prime lying leg curls – 1 sets, 12-15 + 1 forced negative
Seated calve raises – 3 sets, 15-20
*As my legs/hip get leaner, I don’t know what it is, but this movement just goes down the gutter. I am hell bent on holding poundages the same, but no matter what, I just lose all power through it. BB squats is and always has been my favourite leg movement, but in the offseason I strip it out because the weight I’m using always starts to stray into unsafe territory.
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A superb day at the PCA Scottish yesterday with a win, two 2nd places and a 5th. I’m gutted for my man Kieran who since leaving the juniors has put on 28lbs of stage weight, and he came in super conditioned for this show, but was outsized by a superb guy from Ireland – Hilly’s client from what I remember. Working that hard in the offseason, putting that amount of size on and not getting the win is gutting – I’ve been there too – but placing aside, it was nothing but positives from this prep and past 2.5 years.
I’m fine, cracking on. . .
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Agreed, the progression is there, it clearly works, keep doing what you’re doing.
If I were to apply context to where some of these opinions come from, some naturals will sometimes replace protein calories for carb calories when they start to get really depleted. However, if for now everything is flying then keep things the same.
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