[Andy]

I think I always forget that I have massage work the day after legs, what was worse today though was that my physio was getting things filmed for his practice, so with him being on camera, he decided to be extra brutal with my quads.

4.5 years on and I still get anxiety about going to see him, you know that way where when you’re nervous you want time to stand still, well that definitely doesn’t happen with the drive over to see him.

I feel fantastic though, sleep is perfect, digestion is back to normal after the bug that I had, we’re flying!

I’ve got a busy 4 days coming up with a wedding, and driving down to Birmingham on the Saturday, but so long as I stay on top of everything, and stick to my schedule I’m fine.

Shoulders tomorrow, and after a session with my mobility coach today, I’m hoping it’s a fruitful one!

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[Andy]

A very successful leg session in the bag, this is the first time in 5-6 weeks I’ve not had any hip pain. My squat was far more even and I was actually able to push off my left leg, where as before I was all over the place and pushing pretty much all through my right, and every time I’d finish my session, my left hip would be screaming for 2-3 hours after.

As I mentioned in a previous blog, I’m going to remove the direct glute work as it’s obviously causing the agitation of my torn left hip as the glute is obviously a bit tight and pulling on the joint.

I’ve got massage, sauna, cold plunge and a mobility session tomorrow, so a complete rehab day, so that’s going to go down a treat!

The leg session went as follows;

Prime PL leg extension – 1 working set, 12-15 with forced and negative reps

BB squats – 1 working set, 8-12, 1 back-off set, 30 (this sucked)

Pendulum squat – 1 working set, 8-12

(Yes, 2 squatting patterns, this I think it helping keep that strain from the hip)

Prime PL lying leg curls – 1 working set, 12-15 with forced and negative reps

EZ-bar walking lunges – 1 working set, longest distance in the gym

Seated calve raises – 3 working sets, 15-20

Cable crunches – 3 working sets, 25

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[Andy]

So back up and running – almost.

I’d say I’m around 80% of myself after 2-3 days of food poisoning. I trained shoulders yesterday to make up for the session I didn’t do on Friday, and it ended up being a really good one. It’s always the cliche that when you think you’re going to have a bad one that you end up having the best session in a long time. It was definitely more the dehydration that got me than anything else.

Anyway, a full day of eating on plan yesterday, and I feel a touch more energetic today, so I’m expecting to see a nice of performance come off the back of today’s chest session – touch wood.

Monday is 1 of 2 days I get all of my meals in prior to the session – minus my PWO obviously.

An insanely busy week this week, with PT and setting up new clients – I still PT because I can’t sit at a laptop all day, and it also means I can get my steps in – and then the PCA First Timers in Birmingham on Sunday. Thankfully I’ve got a few friends coming so the drive won’t be a boring as it usually is.

I swear you England based guys have got it good! We’re so cut off up here in the great north haha. ..

Have a great week guys!

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[Andy]

An update on the foot poisoning; I’m still feeling pretty terrible, but it’s eased since yesterday. I missed my shoulder/tricep session because of it, so if I’m anything above 50% tomorrow I’m going train and make up for it.

When it comes to food poisoning, the biggest issue for me is staying hydrated, and only eating when I’m starving. I feel your body will give you the signs when it’s okay to eat and drink, so that’s what I’ve done these past 2 days, and I’ve kept protein fairly low and just played food by ear (stomach).

I think a deep sleep tonight will help shift some of it at least.

Not the best, but there’s nothing else I can do other than letting the body pass it. I was in full stride as well, but rather than smashing the “fuck it” button, we just do what we can and move on.

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[Andy]

So after a superb 10 days of training I’ve picked up some slight food poisoning, I’ve been eating 300g of protein a day for years, so I know when I’ve got a case of food poisoning. . .

I’m sure many of you are the same and you think that 1 day off will completely derail you, but it won’t. The best thing to do is to not stress the body out further.

It’s hitting me in waves, and I’m going through the cold shivers wave just now, and my limbs feel like they’re all made out of lead.

I’m keeping my TBJP health supplementation in to keep everything at 100% on that front, finger crossed it’s just a 24 hour thing!

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Split is still in reverse due to linking up with clients at the weekend, so it’s legs today and again at EP. That was the first time I’ve trained at the new EP and there’s a few bits of kit I saw that I’d like to try out. It’s going to be a solo one today, so it gives me a bit of freedom to have a bit of a play around.

The one thing I’ve noticed since cutting out direct glute work is that my hip is no longer hurting, and I think that’s because there’s no tension through the glute and thus it’s not pulling on the torn glute tendon – an injury I sustained in my 2021 prep.

I think that ditching the direct glute work is needed to make sure I don’t come up against these hip issues.

Leg extensions – 1 working set, 12-15 reps

Hack squats – 1 working set, 8-12 reps

Horizontal leg press – 1 working set, 12-15 reps

Pin-loaded lying leg curl – 1 working set, 12-15 reps

EZ-bar walking lunges – 1 working set, longest distance in the gym

Seated calve raises – 3 working sets, 20 reps

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A great back day at Prophecy, this was my 2nd time there so I was a bit more accustomed to where everything is – I hope I’m not the only veteran who still gets a bit of gym anxiety going into a new gym?

No deadlifts due the lower back being fried from driving;

Close grip lat pulldowns – 1 working set, 8-12

SA PL Nautilus row – 1 working set, 8-12, 1 back-off set, 12-15

Arsenal t-bar row (fuck it’s heavy) – 1 working set, 8-12 (I done a dropset here just because)

SA DB rows – 2 working sets, 8-12

Panatta mid-back pin-loaded row – 3 working sets, 15

EP again on Thursday to demolish the legs and get a look in the posing room!

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[Andy]

A great day today at the PCA Manchester, and a results at the BNBF Scottish as well! It’s always very rewarding seeing first timers get up onstage. It feels like a lifetime ago that was me at the NABBA Scottish in 2012

I don’t just train competitors, I don’t think I could, but having a handful of prep clients means that I can be quite hands on, and I know myself from having Nick Vandal in my corner for years, that someone who cares and is there goes a LONG way!

Big smiles from everyone across the board!

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I was away to say, “another week down”, but I’m not done training this week, I’m down at EP tomorrow to train legs which is a very nice change of scene. I’ve not been to the new one. I’m going to be tying in with my client James, so there’s going to be some carnage going down. Although, sitting in a car for 4 hours to then train legs isn’t ideal, however, I couldn’t pass up the chance to train with James, and then I’m heading through to the PCA Manchester on the Sunday, so a BB filled weekend!

I’m already feeling and seeing the reintroduction of PEDs on Monday, I have a feeling this is going to be a very productive offseason, and with my physique and blood work these best it’s ever been by a country mile the start of this phase, it can only get better!

I’ll touch base tomorrow with how the session in EP went!

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[Andy]

What is your health supp stack like mate? Especially your LDL, that’s the only market of mine that i struggle with.

Current stack;

ALA – 400mg

Boron – 3mg x2 per day

Chlorella – 1500mg

Curcumin – 120mmg

Glucosamine – 1500mg

Hawthorn berry – 565mg

Horse chestnut – 250mg

Krill oil – 1000mg

Magnesium glycinate – 1 serving

Milk thistle – 1 serving

Multivitamin – 1 serving

Niacin – 1 serving

Super K – 1 serving

TBJP Heart care – 1 serving

TBJP Love heart – 1 serving

TBJP Omega pharma pro – 1 serving

TBJP Vital – 1 serving

Vitamin D – 8000IU

Zinc – 50mg

(I take a probiotic before bed, as well as TBJP digest pharma pro with my first and last meal)

I hope this helps

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[Andy]

Hi Andy

I’ve seen u mention before about how youve improved your digestion. Did getting a food intolerance test help and if so could you recommend one?

Ps. Spoke to you a few times when I trained at Future was glad to see you winning your procard well done

I did mate, I used this one. . .

https://www.tmitesting.com/product/combined-allergy-intolerance/

It’s not 100% accurate, but it’s better than nothing.

Ah cheers man, that means a lot!

tmitesting.com

Combined Allergy & Intolerance

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[Andy]

So the blood work is in, and it’s best panel I’ve EVER had, so I’m pretty delighted with that. I’ve always felt like feels like getting your exam results haha.

There was no issues across my blood count. CK was sitting at 2914U/l but that’s almost half of what it was at in my last set of bloods in January.

ALT was down from the mid-80s to 62.6U/l

This was the best my lipids have ever been, as I’ve managed to drastically lower my LDL. HDLs are still a touch short sitting at 0.92mmol/l but that’s an improvement too.

Obviously hormones are going to be in the gutter, but overall I’m very happy!

Onto the push!

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A great back day completed today, but one that was without deadlifts to preserve my lower back for Saturday when I train legs with one of my clients at EP, which I’ve yet to try since it moved and was renovated.

I’m sure all of us who have used PEDs have experienced that placebo effect when you first go back on everything, although I don’t feel it is a 100% a placebo effect, there must be some sudden adaptation that allows us to lift a touch heavier and train a touch harder from the get go.

I’ve just received my monthly shipment from TBJP (ANDY10 by the way) and I’m trying Dream Sleep for the first time tonight, so we’ll see how that impacts tonight’s sleep.

Last night was the first night with GH in pre-bed (my preferred time to take GH, the other being PWO), and the sleep was incredible, I’ve not slept like that insect removing GH early May.

The offseason is off to a flier!

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I was actually really excited to get up this morning as I know this is now the official start of the offseason, but in reality, not much is changing in terms of food or training, it’s just the simple addition of the PEDs I laid out above.

I should’ve mentioned that this is my starting point, and I’ll be scaling dosages and compounds up from here. I remember putting peak dosages in when I young from the very beginning and feeling terrible, so I give myself a longer period of time and then push dosages up.

I can tolerate test quite well, so I expect that to surpass the 1g mark in the next few months, but as I’ve done with my food, I’m trying to squeeze every ounce of progress out of the setup before I go and make changes to anything.

Chest today, although it’s a solo one, it will still be a good one (probably that placebo effect haha)

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The offseason starts tomorrow, and Nick and I have agreed on the push PED starting point;

Test E – 600mg/week

Primo P – 500mg/week

Superdrol – 40mg, shoulder day only, and only for the first 6 weeks

GH – 6IU – 3IU PWO, 3IU pre-bed

Novorapid – 10IU PWO

Lantus – 20IU AM

T4 – 100mcg/day

We’ll increase dosages and add in another compound at some point too.

Any questions, please let me know. . .

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