Rich Ellis
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Rested today aftwr a good upper session yesterday
Life goes back to normal with long working days tomorrow, and from there we will go after a good physique push
Tipped the scales at 140.8kg this morning, no dietary changes this week – we’ll see where it sits through the week.
Legs tomorrow which I am buzzing for
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Hi mate
Much like the rest of the guys, I’m on board with the regular monitoring of your BP. Get into it multiple times a week and take averages
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Really good upper day today. Enjoyed it a lot and definitely passing a psychological barrier with the bicep injury which I need to be sensible with, but has made a massive difference today.
Resting tomorrow and then lower on Monday. About to fish last meal up and then sleep
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Just to be another voice saying the same thing, keep the protein consistent mate, manipulate fats and carbs as required (as well as expenditure of course).
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Legs today and I’m genuinely very pleased with the progress my knees are making.
I know I’m saying that every session now, but this feels a marked change, something that will let me work hard and get strong again.
Baby steps, I don’t want to jeopardise the progress by rushing, but if I can make a jump session aftwr session I’m in a good spot
About to make my last meal and then I’ll sleep. Back to work tomorrow. It’s been a really good break, much needed, but gone in a blink.
Rest day tomorrow and a bodyweight check on the weekend. Let’s see if I’m growing.
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Hi mate
Some of this is really quite individual.
Lifting/movement execution is a skill, so the more often and more frequently you practice (perfectly) the more efficient you will get.
With that said, every movement will have a ceiling on rate of progression, so some people find a more sustainable progress coming from movement rotation.
There’s not a right or a wrong, but most people do very well with an “A” and a “B” at least.
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Well that’s a wrap for 2025 – happy new year everyone
Not been the easiest of years for me, but we each have our own challenges and I feel very grateful for a couple of extremely close people that make every day a better place
Had a good push session today, and will be in for legs tomorrow- not because it’s the first of Jan and a statement needs to be made, but becaise it’s leg day and I want to progress
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Hi mate
At the risk of sounding like a self help guide, try to shift this from “I’ve got to” to “I get to”.
Be patient, get everything on point and it will come.
Enjoy the challenge , you won’t be able to do it forever.
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Very nice pull session this afternoon
Going in with a lot more confidence in my bicep. I will absolutely not rush, but I will progress, and that’s all I need.
Push session tomorrow where I expect a similar change in feel which will make the difference for me
One meal left tonight. For now, a bit of chill
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Hi mate
It’s done, you can’t change it, so no point worrying about it. Get everything you can get on track sorted now (meals, supps, sleep, hydration etc….), that’s controllable.
Get back in the gym understanding you’re well rested and away you go.
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Rested today after a good PPL run through.
Enjoying the extended time off work to get some rest in. Busy one during the day tomorrow but will have a chilled evening after my pull session
About to get my steak meal and then sleep
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I’m with Marc and Kuba here mate. You’ve said yourself you’re seeing good progress, it’s tempting to always look for more, but balancing the recovery risks that very progress.
It doesn’t have to be fancy!
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Hi mate
Sounds like you’re just in a purple patch of recovering performance at the moment, which isn’t uncommon when people have had a break.
If your execution is excellent across rep ranges, progress will be easy to come by as you can make a jump in load to drop you to the bottom end of the rep range for set 1, then reduce the lid for set two. The following session you can max out the top end of the rep range with that same load on set one, then keep the load for set two and expect a rep drop off from set one, but still within the range.
This should then be a repeatable cycle, of course with the load jumps getting smaller and the rep gains less easy to come by as you push new strength territory.
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Really happy with today’s leg session. Knees are definitely improving and it’s helping me work without inhibition
Strength has such a long way to go, but I’m ok with that, I know it’ll come, I’ve been strong before and I have the same DNA I did then, my body just needs to be in a good spot.
Two meals left this evening and a rest day tomorrow
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JUST made it back for my push session, extra hour and a half added to an already horribly long drive, but made it on time and had a very good workout.
One meal to go tonight and then a good sleep aftwr a long day. Leg session tomorrow which I’m very excited for 💪🏻💪🏻