[Rich Ellis]

Personally I would take this opportunity to get a rest period in

You want to be hitting this 16week period fresh and hard.

Take the chance to get yourself on point and ready to roll both physically and mentally

[Rich Ellis]

Rest day today gang. Pull day tomorrow and I’m ready to roll!!

[Rich Ellis]

I’d agree with Kamara, I don’t think this applies to everyone at all, it’s a bit broad brush when it’s hard to even define who is a bodybuilder.

It definitely does weird things to a lot of people though, so if this calmness is the case, it’s nice to see a positive personality characteristic come from it

[Rich Ellis]

I like Oscar’s mate. That’s what I’d do.

[Rich Ellis]

Push today. Shoulders holding up just fine, but now maxed out on the DBs so just going to have to do rep work – probably a good thing for my shoulders tbh

DB L. Raise
Band Flyes
Incline DB Press
Tricep push-ups
Kennellys

Rest again tomorrow, then a pull session on Friday ??

[Rich Ellis]

Certainly sounds like your preferred option is the hack mate. There’s no right or wrong here, it’s just about “bang for your buck” and a leg press is typically more versatile.

Both great additions mate so money well spent either way

[Rich Ellis]

Agreed with Clare and Oscar, ideal mate!

[Rich Ellis]

Rest today guys, again, knees feeling surprisingly good which is happy. Box squats definitely helping out in that

Push session tomorrow, so rest and food this evening

[Rich Ellis]

What you’re describing is an assault bike. For me, I’d be looking at the Rogue Echo which will be bang on your budget I think

[Rich Ellis]

Agreed with the gang mate. Purely for variety of options, in a home set up, a leg press will give you more value for money. Great investment

[Rich Ellis]

Legs today which is my biggest issue at the moment with limited kit

Continued as of last session – band close stance squat, box squats and lunges.

This is the one session I’m really looking forward to having some more kit around. I’m too busy up for this to be anything like it should be

Rest tomorrow and then into Push

[Rich Ellis]

Hi mate

Yes, sadly current situation just doesn’t allow me to maximise it, but as we get to some level of “normal” I’ll very likely employ again

I think for you, if it’s well programmed, you’re consistent, and you can recover, it’s a good thing to try!

Keep me posted with how it goes mate

[Rich Ellis]

Hi Dean,
What’s the logic here mate? Any particular reason it’s a preference to run two sets in the same rep range?

Lack of equipment at my gym mate so for variation across the week I was thinking one day two sets 8-12 the other day 15-20 especially for leg days o really struggle with variation in my gym especially on peices like the adducter and ham string curl I have one machine for both [/quote]
In which case I think this makes sense mate .you still have a changing variable, which in this case is rep ranges

You might also consider altering the order of the movements? So on the sessions where you have maybe the heavier range for hams, put them first, then the higher rep sets for quads, and vice versa the next time around

Alternatively, it might be that you can “change” some of the other movements enough with the addition of bands and a shift in foot placement? Leg press, smith squat, hack?

Hope some of that is useful mate

[Rich Ellis]

See if you can get some resistance bands to increase load

This is far from an ideal situation, so the addition of intensity techniques may be of value

Essentially, do what you can to hit those stimulating reps

[Rich Ellis]

Mostly calves and arms today but also an extra press as load is low so I’m pushing frequency

Calf raise

DB Curl
BB Curl

Kennellys
DB Press

Limited on number of movements so everything was a 3 set set-up

I’ve not been actively monitoring my weight, I was expecting to be a good bit lighter but the new stimulus has clearly done something

Checked in at 135.1kg. I’ll steadily bring this down a touch, but focus is much more in returning some strength at the moment so not stressing