[Andy]

Some of what you’re feeling will be down to inflammation, and chronic soreness from training. However, any tightness, niggles and pains will also need massage work to iron them out. A chronically tight muscle won’t loosen off with 1 week off.

The combination of a week off with some massage work would be a good place to start and/or consider.

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[Andy]

Nothing much to report from yesterday, I spent all day at my brother’s graduation. I didn’t have to bring meals or anything as the ceremony started at 11:00 and finished at 13:00 so I just had to drive home and get my meals in (the joys of only living a few miles from the city centre).

The celebratory meal was at a tapas place, it was all right, nothing to write home about, even though I had told my brother where’s best to eat in Glasgow. . .

I did have 2 drinks yesterday, 1 large glass of red wine with the meal, and the gayest cocktail you’ve ever seen at a sports bar of all places.

I feel drinking is something no one really talks about in the BB world.

I will have 3-4 blow outs a year, big nights out where a week long recovery is needed, but it never impacts my training or eating.

I may have a glass of wine once every month or 2 months.

Although being Scottish, I’m not fussed about it. If someone told me I could never drink again, I couldn’t care less.

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Shoulders smashed yesterday. I overshot with the SM press. I managed 4pps last week for 5 without an assist, however this week, I got 4 with 1 assist. FAR too low for my liking, and it felt off from the get go. I done a back-off set with a double drop to compensate (I usually only do 1 working set for shoulder press).

Small incline Y raises – 1 set, 8-12, 2 sets, 12-15

– Reps performed with a pause in the lengthened portion for the back-off sets

Prime rear peck deck – 3 sets, 15-20 + double drop set

High incline SM shoulder press – 1 set, 8-12, 1 back-off set, 8-12

– The working set didn’t go to plan at all.

HS PL machine side raises – 1 set, 12-15 + double drop set

Back supported cable flys – 1 set, 8-12, 2 sets, 12-15

– Reps performed with a pause in the lengthened portion for the back-off sets

Overhead rope cable extensions – 3 sets, 12-15

Straight-bar ex SS rope cable ex – 3 sets, 12-15

Across the body cable tricep extension – 3 sets, 12-15

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[Andy]

A productive NTD yesterday as my physio is off on holiday, so I didn’t lose 2 hours out of my day driving over to his on the other side of Glasgow.

I still don’t feel like I’ve caught up with sleep yet from the weekend, hopefully this weekend will see me right.

Shoulders today which I am very much looking forward to.

I should in the next few weeks have solidified my prep starting routine/diary. It’s not far off what I do just now, but I’ll pencil in posing, more ab work, things like that so that I do them every day.

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[Andy]

Hi Andy did you have to use an AI on that cycle?

Nope, I’ve never used an AI in offseason. I don’t get much in the way of estro sides

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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)

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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Thx!

45/60 min pre wo you do a solid meal or cor with iso?[/quote]

My pre meal is usually;

200g – 2% turkey breast mince

150g – White jasmine rice

200g – Pineapple

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[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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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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[Andy]

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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