That’s my push session done for tonight

Tomorrow I’m going to a different gym for my pull session. I’ve been looking to go for a while but it’s not happened so I’m forcing it tomorrow

Just sorted food for tomorrow and now having my salmon meal before bed.

Another busy day tomorrow, but it makes the days fly by

Also agree with James mate, if you lead with pull it gives you an extra day before legs so if required gives you chance to top up biceps on leg day

I’d urge you not to do PPLPPL, it will just mean you need to drop the volume in the sessions.

I’d rather you go PPL R UL R and heavily bias the Upper session to the areas you want to focus on.

Unorthodox couple of days at work, long and interesting, but not something I want to repeat soon!

It’s warm again, but very good leg session this evening

Just putting my meals together for tomorrow babe, then it’s final meal and sleep time

Might try the other gym for push tomorrow as I’m going to need to make a decision soon So need to assess the…

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Agree with the guys, if it’s working it’s working, but it’s highly unlikely it will be sustainable as you get stronger and deeper into the rotations

Provided you’re prepared to be reactive and make a change at that point, keep experimenting.

Good push session this evening , gym was super quiet, presumably because of the football.

Everything felt nice tonight, and when my body feels good I’m happy.

Pull session tomorrow which is the one that’s still needing to lose some inhibitions.

Just about to get my last meal, then sleep time.

Have you got what you need from this Connor?

What’s changed and what are your observations?

Rest day today, and the first day of the heat wave. Not ideal, I’m not good with the heat at the best of times, but working in it all day is not the one.

It’s going to get considerably worse now for the next few days so its going to be pretty uncomfortable at work, and it’s going to be a bit much in the gym.

Portable air con unit tobthe rescue for…

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Hi mate

I agree with Hilly, if you’ve got a good connection with the movements and you can recover, we’re good

What volume have you currently been doing?

Hi mate

How was this? Has it started well?

You should get a decent grasp of how the volume is working for you.

Along with Hilly’s suggestion of moving biceps to lower, I’d like to see a leg press variation in lower A.

Really good weekend of training. Very much enjoyed upper today.

It was very warm, and this coming week is going to be super hot, so there’s going to be some pretty uncomfortable sessions

Got a load of meal prep done today so I’m sorted for the first half of the week

Rest day tomorrow, but another big week at work coming up.

Gooooood legs today

SL kneeling curl

Prone curl

Hip thrust

Extension

Pin selection leg press

Squat press leg press

Machine preacher bicep curl

Everything felt great today, really happy with my session even though I’d been on my feet all morning with work

Just about to cook my steak, then bedtime. Upper tomorrow

Hi mate,

I’d agree with Alison and Kerry that leaving it isn’t really an option. If it’s recurring after a period of improvement, I’d urge you to invest the time and money into getting an understanding of what’s happening.

At that point you know how to resolve it, and if you can resolve it, you’re sorted.

Push day. Gooood one tonight

Everything up on last session, body behaving nicely, I’m very happy with that one.

Just cooked my last meal so about to have that and then it’s sleep time

Pull session tomorrow to box off the weekday sessions.

Agree with Kam mate.

I’d swap your loading sessions to Tuesday and Thursday, RDL on the Thursday, away you go.

Really good upper session this afternoon

The big limiter for me at the moment is the chest pieces. I’m ok if I’m working in the high rep ranges (15+) but the pieces aren’t letting me load which is sad.

I’ll try to do my push session at a different gym this week and see if the pieces there allow me to work hard in lower ranges.

That aside,…

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Same as Bish for me mate, I split it three times per day.

You can combine the two products no issue, but you may not need to add additional magnesium to your dream sleep.

Another really good session with progress across the board.

Bodyweight is on the way down which is fine, it’s not a priority at the moment I’ve got a significant performance gap to close before that becomes consequential.

Happy with how the body felt across the push movements, just getting to my last meal now and then pull tomorrow

Hey Rich,

It’s a tough question to answer as I pissed around for 1-3 years in the gym but Im an intermediate lifter, 5’8, 160lbs[/quote]

Hi mate, in that case I would lean towards PPL.
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Rest day today, and whilst I’ve been glad of the extra day off work to get some additional sleep and down time, I can’t say it’s been enjoyable. Anywhere other than directly in front of the fan us unsafe, very fortunate to have tge portable air con unit for tonight

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Sunday — FB

* Monday — Rest

* Tuesday — FB

* Wednesday — Rest / Football

* Thursday — Upper

* Friday — Lower

* Saturday — Football

In this situation id probably set up like this mate

Really enjoyed today’s leg session, and definitely managed another level of effort without hamper.

Session went so

SL kneeling ham

Seated ham

Hip thrust

Leg ext

45deg leg press

Pin selection leg press

Hack squat

The hacks weren’t great. They might be ok for a single set it will try the pendulum which has a decent amount of adjustability

Getting on with…

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Hi Seth,

I too would leave it as it is if you’re making progress

There’s always a pull to do something different, but when you’re progressing well,

Relentless consistency is the way!

Good push session tonight. Everything witter up in reps, weight, or both.

Session went

Cable pushdown

Cable OH ext

Flat chest press

Incline chest press

Shoulder press

Machine lateral

Calf machine

Just got my pre bed meal cooking, then it’s sleep. Pull session tomorrow and ready to test things a little more

Hi mate

Doubling down on the PPL split from the original brief.

You don’t need to overthink it or try to be too clever. Good balance of frequency and targetted volume, and will help balance any lower dominance that might exist.

Very good pull session tonight, intensity is on its way back, different kind of approach to my sets, starting to feel a bit like the old days!

Session looked like this

Machine rear delt

Low pully straight bar row

Nautilus pulldown

Chest supported row

Stirrup cable pulldown

Cable pullover

Machine preacher curl

Resting tomorrow, meals prepped, just…

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Where are you with this Sean? What did you go with in the end?

Rest day today.

Another weekend hike in a blink, and week has started.

Day flew by, just finished food prep for tomorrow, and about to get my last meal.

Leg day tomorrow, looking forward to getting my sleep in.

Hi mate

Good example of making it work for you! You’ve obviously tried other set ups and struggled to make it work for your life, so you’ve made something that fits to you.

First leg session of the week and very happy

Everything moved well, load and lreps up, good response from addition of light knee wraps on the hip press – all good news

Just getting my beef meal and then sleep. Push on the cards for tomorrow

Hi mate

Full body and UL give you a very high frequency, which allow you opportunities to rest on the days that you have poor sleep – clever manipulation of volume can respond to the exact frequency you land on.

As Kuba has said, the PPL sessions give you opportunity for lower absolute volume per session, which is the other approach.

Decent leg session today – this session is now less knee taxing, with all of tht work moving to the weekend session where I will gym hop

That means today’s session went

Adductor

Hip Thrust

Hype

Seated Ham

Prone Ham

Leg Extension

Hip Press

Bicep (machine preacher)

Just getting last meal

Sorted, then sleep. Push tomorrow

Where did you get to with this mate? Have you seen any progress and/or managed to get a definitive diagnosis?

Rest day today, but the new clothing has landed !

Been a pretty good day, busy but productive

Just preparing my last meal and then I’ll be getting an early night. Lower tomorrow

Hi mate

Depends what your meals are. If they are rich in complete proteins, following your dinner with EAA is probably unnecessary

Similarly, pre bed might not be the best choice, I’d opt for a much slower releasing, complete protein.

The glutamine will be a really good addition for your gut health, I don’t see a need to change that.

Keep us posted mate

It’s getting repetitive. But another significant jump in loading this evening. Pull movements starting to use some weight that can bring the depth back (hopefully)

Resting tomorrow and then big sessions over the weekend

Just about to get my last meal, then it’s sleep time

Hey Rich

Im doing U/L rn
but i feel its to much for me or my delt or chest dont grow,

My goal is to bring up my chest, back and my delts, my final life goal is to get a pro card one day, ik its to much but yk[/quote]
Don’t ever be apologetic or dismissive of your goals. Keep that at the centre of every decision you make!
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No training today, rest day Fridays.

Very full on week but glad it’s time for food and sleeps

Just about to make my last meal. Legs tomorrow

Hi Theresa,

This is largely down to how broad you want your working rep ranges to be.

As others have noted, you might find some movements progress better if you mix the working rep ranges, some might benefit more from a consistent approach.

As long as you are working on excellent movement execution and tempo whilst working to concentric…

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Hi mate

Some good suggestions here. If you add boiling water as you stir, you should arrive at the consistency you want and avoid any “grainy” textures

You can also just mix with cold water and drink as a shake if you’re in a rush or struggling with appetite

Good step forward on this evening’s push session.

Shoulders and bicep feeling really good at the moment which is letting me work much harder on the push movements.

Last day at work tomorrow before 5 days off which I’m very much ready for.

About to have my salmon, rice, and avocado meal, then it’s sleep

Pull day tomorrow. Looking for some good progress again.

Hi Wiktor,

What is the purpose of drinking the white monster on rest days?

Upper session this evening, and much like last time out, a really good session with really good progression and “feel”.

Things are progressing consistently, that’s what I want and need right now.

Getting bloods done on Sunday, so lower again tomorrow and then resting Saturday to allow a cleaner set of results

One meal to go and then sleep for me.

Hi mate,

Similar to Hilly, readying yourself to maximise your working sets is what we want from our warm ups.

If you feel you can achieve that with lower rep warm up sets, then it’s a viable solution for you.

Rest day today! Had a work event which meant I’ve jumbled training up so going PPL tomorrow through to Sunday

About to cook my last meal, then food and sleep

Pull tomorrow

Hi mate

Just to echo the gang, definitely put some effort into your legs. Even the shorts are tight fitted now to show some of the development through

A good basis for a complete physique

Pull Session this evening, and whilst I rattled through, it wasn’t what pull should be.

Things are improving, my confidence is growing, but the reality is I’m just not excited by this style of training

Nothing I can do about it now unless I put undue risk on what would be a catastrophic injury, so I need to live with it, but doesn’t mean I…

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Hi mate

Talk to us about what’s changed from when you started 6 months ago?

How has your performance improved, and how has your bodyweight changed?

Hopefully you have some before and after pics?

Much much better leg session tonight

Knees just played ball a bit better than last time out which was happy

Resting now tomorrow and then back to upper/lower over the weekend

Enjoyed my first week of dropping weight and just focussing on the lifts, I’ll run this through to start of Jan and then get after it.

Hi mate

My view is that you’re not giving enough recovery for some bodyparts

I’d honestly simplify this mate to either

Upper/lower/rest/repeat

Upper/lower/rest/push/pull/legs/rest/repeat

Push/pull/legs/repeat

I don’t think it needs to be more complex than that.